Cy in Full Dress
tion of Maggies career as an admired member of society in St Oggs ainly ty, clad in a -floating kind, ores of aunt Pullets inction among tional ificial airs, until iful and simple: ty to call simplicity as o ed tones t belong to pretentious vulgarity; but tall being next to t, it seemed neoday t Miss Guest oo Miss Laura spoke and moved continually o effect. All St Oggs and its neig ance to see ts open roof and carved oaken rafters and great oaken folding-doors, and lig on t place ripes painted on tly, long-snouted cer, t in t one end, surmounted an oaken orcra , alls for refress for gentlemen disposed to loiter and yet to exc of vie, t fitness of t building for an admirable modern purpose t made cy truly elegant, and led ty up to t, riking t ered t exc arcra one oriel ed glass Lucy all for tain large plain articles at tall to icles rats and ote products of anding. But it soon appeared t tlemens dressing-gos of suctention and inquiry and excited so troublesome a curiosity as to tive merits togetermination to test trying on, as to make a very conspicuous one. ties of to sell, and did not dressing-go once ty and bad taste of tailor could furnis is possible t tic notice of various kinds ulliver on trong and unmistakable lig conduct in many minds t. Not t anger on account of spurned beauty can dial breasts of cable ladies, but rat take a deeper tinge from trast, and also, t today Maggies conspicuous position for t time made evident certain ceristics to ory bearing. tullivers direct gaze, and sometyle of y, o Lucy tic claims on tion of Mr Step.
As for dear little Lucy e benevolent triump tionate projects so give spirits today, and s not pleasure in ttractiveness. It is true, sepmost attention on ticles o cajole tomers into t effeminate futilities. o lay aside and Fez of by superficial observers to be interpreted less as a compliment to Lucy t is a great coxcomb, young torry observed, `but t Oggs - orry had red hair.)
And Stepely notil Lucy said, in ratone,
`See, noting one. t s - do buy them.
`Oep be intended for imaginative persons ern reason is my forte, you kno get Po buy t he come?
`o come. t of ted. But nohing of Maggie.
`No, no - see - s a customer: t coming up.
Lucys eyes turned erest too see t intervieime oure of feelings, but so notice t akem act enougo enter at once into talk about terested in purc Maggie, and not calling on o speak muc sremulous.
`icularly amiable to your cousin, said Stepone to Lucy. `Is it pure magnanimity? You talked of a family quarrel.
`O, t e tle indiscreet in isfaction, and speaking Step appear to notice toanding aloof until akem, ransactions.
`My son came o some ot of t all table gallantries to me. I .
Surned speaking, and urned aepo Stepill ting money, and avoided looking up. S ed o Lucy today, and come near salutation and botient e of former failures in resolution. And during t feo failures, looking to ts t must soon come to separate t in detail.
Stepep by step as if il round tall and ing ill sle voice saying, `Arent you very tired? Do let me bring you somet or jelly - maynt I?
ted tones sal vibration of a harp close by her.
`O no, tly, and only ant.
`You look so pale, Steped, in a more entreating tone. `Im sure youre exed. I must disobey you, and bring something.
`No, indeed I couldnt take it.
`Are you angry me.
`Pray, go a ely form o te corner of tra, ered treaty tc t implied, but Stepurned a once, and, follo tle more t angle of t. An entirely ne occurred to Stepself o ion, it convinced tion betairs to t room, wo P down be his hand on his shoulder.
`Are you studying for a portrait, Pc oriel makes a capital bit from tain just marking it off.
`I udying expression, said Ply.
`, Miss tullivers? Its ratoday, I ter. me to o get , but I ural antipatween us, I suppose - I o please her.
` a e you are! said Philip, flushing angrily.
`, because experience must old me t Im universally pleasing? I admit t turbing force here.
`I am going, said Ply.
`So am I - to get a breats oppressive. I t and service long enough.
tairs toget speaking. Purned ter door into t Step call in on along to one of t ted to too dasable, tride a care at a Pyt t issues from a moral conflict en so close a resemblance to vice, t tinction escapes all outs, founded on a mere comparison of actions. It is clear to you, I Step a e - capable of deliberate doubleness for a selfis uations betematic concealment of it mig of Pion.
Mean all cold and trembling, painful sensation in tely repressed tears. as o be alrife? S voices around o t easy, babbling current. It t t Dr Kenn, ely come into taking a general vieime, and ruck iful face. Sting quite still, for tream of customers te ernoon: tlemen all , pained expression, finisrast beted. urally draention as a neriking one at croduced to call on business at Mr Deanes, but o oo speak. S a cinctive relief from tion,
plain, middle-aged face, rating kindness in it, seeming to tell of a rand, but y torugglers still tossed by t on Maggie at t moment emotions, but are yet in time merely contemplative, s of natural priested to be tumblers and victims of self-despair: most of us at some moment in our young lives, natural order in any sort of canonicals or uncanonicals, but o scramble upo all ties of nineteen entirely such aid, as Maggie did.
`You find your office ratiguing one, I fear, Miss tulliver? said Dr Kenn.
`It is, rat being accustomed to simper amiable denials of obvious facts.
`But I can tell Mrs Kenn t you o you.
`O I lemen came very fast to buy tcoats but I t knoo say about them.
Dr Kenn smiled. `I o parisulliver - am I? You a distance from us o.
`I eaco anotuation of the same kind very soon.
`Ahis neighbourhood, I believe.
`O I must go, said Maggie, earnestly, looking at Dr Kenn old ory in t s of implicit revelation e transiently - on a miles journey, pering by ty of a ranger to keep alive therhood.
Dr Kenns ear and eye took in all t th meaning.
`I understand, rigo go. But t prevent our meeting again, I prevent my knoter, if I can be of any service to you.
out urned away.
`Srouble or ot , . `Poor c turn out to be one of
`ture pitcoo oo low.
t in tiful eyes.
It may be surprising t Maggie, among absent noructing to more elated on a day e of so many looks and smiles, toget satisfactory consciousness tall beauty, cro of ten everyty. If t state of mind could ed, o ep at , offering ion near and distant, ies of culture at tronger ty - passion, and affection, and long deep memories of early discipline and effort, of early claims on y; and tream of vanity along and mingled imperceptibly s force today, under ts and inward impulses broug week.
P spoken to tacles bet - but old everyto Lucy, Maggie, being informed t give t to eaco ing feelings oo great for Maggie to say mucriump revelation, and Lucy could stle more t t of oms getting triving. tails of preparation for to usurp Lucys attention for t fes t o rouse deeper feelings. Po t Maggie e conversation to figtle interference.
But oget home, Lucy said,
`You must give up going to stay Moss ter tomorroe a note to ell it off at my request and Ill send t. S be displeased - youll y of time to go by and by. And I dont you to go out of t now.
`Yes, indeed I must go, dear - I cant put it off. I leave aunt Gritty out for ttle time, for Im going ao a neuation on ty fifth of June.
`Maggie! said Lucy, almost onis.
`I didnt tell you, dear, said Maggie, making a great effort to command some time ago, I e to our old governess, Miss Firniss, to ask o let me knouation t I could fill, and tter from elling me t I could take to t during trial of a situation eace yesterday to accept the offer.
Lucy felt so t for some moments so speak.
`Maggie, s last, `o me - not to tell me - to take sucep - and noed a little, and t everyto be so is t up - let me e. to keep you and P.
`Yes, said Maggie, faintly. `toms feeling. give c least not for a long en him.
`But I alk to ten alk to Poms al to me - I dont tinate.
`But I must go, said Maggie, in a distressed voice. `I must leave some time to pass. Dont press me to stay, dear Lucy.
Lucy for tes, looking aing. At lengt down by h anxious seriousness, said--
`Maggie, is it t you dont love Po marry ell me - trust me.
Maggie igtle inct.
`Yes, Lucy - I and lot for me - to make . No one else could be quite I cant divide myself from my brot go a. Pray dont speak to me again about it.
Lucy obeyed in pain and word she said was,
`ell, dear Maggie, at least you o t Park omorroo pay tiful visits. Ay and tea.