The way we live now

The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Way We Live Now, by Anthony Trollope This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: The Way We Live Now Author: Anthony Trollope Release Date: June 10, 2002 [eBook #5231] This revision was first posted on July 18, 2013 Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE WAY WE LIVE NOW*** E-text prepared by Andrew Turek and revised by Joseph E Loewenstein, M.D HTML version prepared by Joseph E Loewenstein, M.D The illustrations for Chapters I-L were generously made available by the Google Books Library Project (http://books.google.com) and for Chapters LI-C by Internet Archive (http://archive.org) Editorial Note: The Way We Live Now was first published in twenty monthly parts from February, 1874, to September, 1875, and in book form by Chapman and Hall in 1875 Both the monthly parts and the Chapman and Hall first edition contained the forty illustrations included in this e-book The artist, whose name is not listed on the title page, was long thought to be Samuel Luke Fildes, but recent scholarship attributes the illustrations to Lionel Grimston Fawkes Images of the original illustrations for Chapters I-L are available through the Google Books Library Project See http://www.google.com/books? id=TvsBAAAAQAAJ Those for Chapters LI-C are available through Internet Archive See http://archive.org/details/waywelivenow02trolrich THE WAY WE LIVE NOW by ANTHONY TROLLOPE CONTENTS Chapter I THREE EDITORS II THE CARBURY FAMILY III THE BEARGARDEN IV MADAME MELMOTTE'S BALL V AFTER THE BALL VI ROGER CARBURY AND PAUL MONTAGUE VII MENTOR VIII LOVE-SICK IX THE GREAT RAILWAY TO VERA CRUZ X MR FISKER'S SUCCESS XI LADY CARBURY AT HOME XII SIR FELIX IN HIS MOTHER'S HOUSE XIII THE LONGESTAFFES XIV CARBURY MANOR XV "YOU SHOULD REMEMBER THAT I AM HIS MOTHER." XVI THE BISHOP AND THE PRIEST XVII MARIE MELMOTTE HEARS A LOVE TALE XVIII RUBY RUGGLES HEARS A LOVE TALE XIX HETTA CARBURY HEARS A LOVE TALE XX LADY POMONA'S DINNER PARTY XXI EVERYBODY GOES TO THEM XXII LORD NIDDERDALE'S MORALITY XXIII "YES;—I'M A BARONET." XXIV MILES GRENDALL'S TRIUMPH XXV IN GROSVENOR SQUARE XXVI MRS HURTLE XXVII MRS HURTLE GOES TO THE PLAY XXVIII DOLLY LONGESTAFFE GOES INTO THE CITY XXIX MISS MELMOTTE'S COURAGE XXX MR MELMOTTE'S PROMISE XXXI MR BROUNE HAS MADE UP HIS MIND XXXII LADY MONOGRAM XXXIII JOHN CRUMB XXXIV RUBY RUGGLES OBEYS HER GRANDFATHER XXXV MELMOTTE'S GLORY XXXVI MR BROUNE'S PERILS XXXVII THE BOARD-ROOM XXXVIII PAUL MONTAGUE'S TROUBLES XXXIX "I DO LOVE HIM." XL "UNANIMITY IS THE VERY SOUL OF THESE THINGS." XLI ALL PREPARED XLII "CAN YOU BE READY IN TEN MINUTES?" XLIII THE CITY ROAD XLIV THE COMING ELECTION XLV MR MELMOTTE IS PRESSED FOR TIME XLVI ROGER CARBURY AND HIS TWO FRIENDS XLVII MRS HURTLE AT LOWESTOFT XLVIII RUBY A PRISONER XLIX SIR FELIX MAKES HIMSELF READY L THE JOURNEY TO LIVERPOOL LI WHICH SHALL IT BE? LII THE RESULTS OF LOVE AND WINE LIII A DAY IN THE CITY LIV THE INDIA OFFICE LV CLERICAL CHARITIES LVI FATHER BARHAM VISITS LONDON LVII LORD NIDDERDALE TRIES HIS HAND AGAIN LVIII MR SQUERCUM IS EMPLOYED LIX THE DINNER LX MISS LONGESTAFFE'S LOVER LXI LADY MONOGRAM PREPARES FOR THE PARTY LXII THE PARTY LXIII MR MELMOTTE ON THE DAY OF THE ELECTION LXIV THE ELECTION LXV MISS LONGESTAFFE WRITES HOME LXVI "SO SHALL BE MY ENMITY." LXVII SIR FELIX PROTECTS HIS SISTER LXVIII MISS MELMOTTE DECLARES HER PURPOSE LXIX MELMOTTE IN PARLIAMENT LXX SIR FELIX MEDDLES WITH MANY MATTERS LXXI JOHN CRUMB FALLS INTO TROUBLE LXXII "ASK HIMSELF." LXXIII MARIE'S FORTUNE LXXIV MELMOTTE MAKES A FRIEND LXXV IN BRUTON STREET LXXVI HETTA AND HER LOVER LXXVII ANOTHER SCENE IN BRUTON STREET LXXVIII MISS LONGESTAFFE AGAIN AT CAVERSHAM LXXIX THE BREHGERT CORRESPONDENCE LXXX RUBY PREPARES FOR SERVICE LXXXI MR COHENLUPE LEAVES LONDON LXXXII MARIE'S PERSEVERANCE LXXXIII MELMOTTE AGAIN AT THE HOUSE LXXXIV PAUL MONTAGUE'S VINDICATION LXXXV BREAKFAST IN BERKELEY SQUARE LXXXVI THE MEETING IN BRUTON STREET LXXXVII DOWN AT CARBURY LXXXVIII THE INQUEST LXXXIX "THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE." XC HETTA'S SORROW XCI THE RIVALS XCII HAMILTON K FISKER AGAIN XCIII A TRUE LOVER XCIV JOHN CRUMB'S VICTORY XCV THE LONGESTAFFE MARRIAGES XCVI WHERE "THE WILD ASSES QUENCH THEIR THIRST." XCVII MRS HURTLE'S FATE XCVIII MARIE MELMOTTE'S FATE XCIX LADY CARBURY AND MR BROUNE C DOWN IN SUFFOLK ILLUSTRATIONS "JUST SO, MOTHER;—BUT HOW ABOUT THE TWENTY POUNDS?" THE DUCHESS FOLLOWED WITH THE MALE VICTIM "THERE'S THE £20." THEN MR FISKER BEGAN HIS ACCOUNT THEN THE SQUIRE LED THE WAY OUT OF THE ROOM, AND DOLLY FOLLOWED "YOU SHOULD REMEMBER THAT I AM HIS MOTHER." THE BISHOP THINKS THAT THE PRIEST'S ANALOGY IS NOT CORRECT CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER VII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XVI "YOU KNOW WHY I HAVE COME DOWN HERE?" CHAPTER XVII SHE MARCHED MAJESTICALLY OUT OF THE ROOM "IN THE MEANTIME WHAT IS YOUR OWN PROPERTY?" "I HAVE COME ACROSS THE ATLANTIC TO SEE YOU." "GET TO YOUR ROOM." SIR DAMASK SOLVING THE DIFFICULTY "I LOIKS TO SEE HER LOIK O' THAT." THE BOARD-ROOM LADY CARBURY ALLOWED HERSELF TO BE KISSED "IT'S NO GOOD SCOLDING." "I DON'T CARE ABOUT ANY MAN'S COAT." THE SANDS AT LOWESTOFT "YOU, I THINK, ARE MISS MELMOTTE." THE DOOR WAS OPENED FOR HIM BY RUBY "CAN I MARRY THE MAN I DO NOT LOVE?" FATHER BARHAM MR SQUERCUM IN HIS OFFICE "HAVE YOU HEARD WHAT'S UP, JU?" MR MELMOTTE SPECULATES "NOT A BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE IN THE HOUSE." MELMOTTE IN PARLIAMENT "GET UP, YOU WIPER." "I MIGHT AS WELL SEE WHETHER THERE IS ANY SIGN OF VIOLENCE HAVING BEEN USED." "YOU HAD BETTER GO BACK TO MRS HURTLE." "AH, MA'AM-MOISELLE," SAID CROLL, "YOU SHOULD OBLIGE YOUR FADER." CHAPTER XXI CHAPTER XXIII CHAPTER XXVI CHAPTER XXIX CHAPTER XXXII CHAPTER XXXIII CHAPTER XXXVII CHAPTER XXXIX CHAPTER XLI CHAPTER XLIII CHAPTER XLVI CHAPTER L CHAPTER LI CHAPTER LII CHAPTER LVI CHAPTER LVIII CHAPTER LXI CHAPTER LXII CHAPTER LXIX CHAPTER LXIX CHAPTER LXXI CHAPTER LXXV CHAPTER LXXVI CHAPTER LXXVII "HE THOUGHT I HAD BETTER BRING THESE BACK TO YOU." "WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES THAT MAKE?" "SHE'S A COOMIN; SHE'S A COOMIN." "OF COURSE YOU HAVE BEEN A DRAGON OF VIRTUE." "SIT DOWN SO THAT I MAY LOOK AT YOU." THE HAPPY BRIDEGROOM MRS HURTLE AT THE WINDOW "THERE GOES THE LAST OF MY ANGER." CHAPTER LXXXII CHAPTER LXXXV CHAPTER LXXXVII CHAPTER LXXXIX CHAPTER XCI CHAPTER XCIV CHAPTER XCVII CHAPTER C CHAPTER I THREE EDITORS Let the reader be introduced to Lady Carbury, upon whose character and doings much will depend of whatever interest these pages may have, as she sits at her writing-table in her own room in her own house in Welbeck Street Lady Carbury spent many hours at her desk, and wrote many letters,—wrote also very much beside letters She spoke of herself in these days as a woman devoted to Literature, always spelling the word with a big L Something of the nature of her devotion may be learned by the perusal of three letters which on this morning she had written with a quickly running hand Lady Carbury was rapid in everything, and in nothing more rapid than in the writing of letters Here is Letter No 1;— think, more at ease and less troubled in his spirit than he had been during those months in which there had still been doubt The sort of happiness which he had once pictured to himself could certainly never be his That he would never marry he was quite sure Indeed he was prepared to settle Carbury on Hetta's eldest boy on condition that such boy should take the old name He would never have a child whom he could in truth call his own But if he could induce these people to live at Carbury, or to live there for at least a part of the year, so that there should be some life in the place, he thought that he could awaken himself again, and again take an interest in the property But as a first step to this he must learn to regard himself as an old man,—as one who had let life pass by too far for the purposes of his own home, and who must therefore devote himself to make happy the homes of others So thinking of himself and so resolving, he had told much of his story to his friend the Bishop, and as a consequence of those revelations Mrs Yeld had invited Hetta down to the palace Roger felt that he had still much to say to his cousin before her marriage which could be said in the country much better than in town, and he wished to teach her to regard Suffolk as the county to which she should be attached and in which she was to find her home The day before she came he was over at the palace with the pretence of asking permission to come and see his cousin soon after her arrival, but in truth with the idea of talking about Hetta to the only friend to whom he had looked for sympathy in his trouble "As to settling your property on her or her children," said the Bishop, "it is quite out of the question Your lawyer would not allow you to it Where would you be if after all you were to marry?" "I shall never marry." "Very likely not,—but yet you may How is a man of your age to speak with certainty of what he will do or what he will not do in that respect? You can make your will, doing as you please with your property;—and the will, when made, can be revoked." "I think you hardly understand just what I feel," said Roger, "and I know very well that I am unable to explain it But I wish to act exactly as I would do if she were my daughter, and as if her son, if she had a son, would be my natural heir." "But, if she were your daughter, her son wouldn't be your natural heir as long as there was a probability or even a chance that you might have a son of your own A man should never put the power, which properly belongs to him, out of his own hands If it does properly belong to you it must be better with you than elsewhere I think very highly of your cousin, and I have no reason to think otherwise than well of the gentleman whom she intends to marry But it is only human nature to suppose that the fact that your property is still at your own disposal should have some effect in producing a more complete observance of your wishes." "I do not believe it in the least, my lord," said Roger somewhat angrily "That is because you are so carried away by enthusiasm at the present moment as to ignore the ordinary rules of life There are not, perhaps, many fathers who have Regans and Gonerils for their daughters;—but there are very many who may take a lesson from the folly of the old king 'Thou hadst little wit in thy bald crown,' the fool said to him, 'when thou gav'st thy golden one away.' The world, I take it, thinks that the fool was right." The Bishop did so far succeed that Roger abandoned the idea of settling his property on Paul Montague's children But he was not on that account the less resolute in his determination to make himself and his own interests subordinate to those of his cousin When he came over, two days afterwards, to see her he found her in the garden, and walked there with her for a couple of hours "I hope all our troubles are over now," he said smiling "You mean about Felix," said Hetta,—"and mamma?" "No, indeed As to Felix I think that Lady Carbury has done the best thing in her power No doubt she has been advised by Mr Broune, and Mr Broune seems to be a prudent man And about your mother herself, I hope that she may now be comfortable But I was not alluding to Felix and your mother I was thinking of you—and of myself." "I hope that you will never have any troubles." "I have had troubles I mean to speak very freely to you now, dear I was nearly upset,—what I suppose people call broken-hearted,—when I was assured that you certainly would never become my wife I ought not to have allowed myself to get into such a frame of mind I should have known that I was too old to have a chance." "Oh, Roger,—it was not that." "Well,—that and other things I should have known it sooner, and have got over my misery quicker I should have been more manly and stronger After all, though love is a wonderful incident in a man's life, it is not that only that he is here for I have duties plainly marked out for me; and as I should never allow myself to be withdrawn from them by pleasure, so neither should I by sorrow But it is done now I have conquered my regrets, and I can say with safety that I look forward to your presence and Paul's presence at Carbury as the source of all my future happiness I will make him welcome as though he were my brother, and you as though you were my daughter All I ask of you is that you will not be chary of your presence there." She only answered him by a close pressure on his arm "That is what I wanted to say to you You will teach yourself to regard me as your best and closest friend,—as he on whom you have the strongest right to depend, of all,—except your husband." "There is no teaching necessary for that," she said "As a daughter leans on a father I would have you lean on me, Hetta You will soon come to find that I am very old I grow old quickly, and already feel myself to be removed from everything that is young and foolish." "You never were foolish." "Nor young either, I sometimes think But now you must promise me this You will do all that you can to induce him to make Carbury his residence." "We have no plans as yet at all, Roger." "Then it will be certainly so much the easier for you to fall into my plan Of course you will be married at Carbury?" "What will mamma say?" "She will come here, and I am sure will enjoy it That I regard as settled Then, after that, let this be your home,—so that you should learn really to care about and to love the place It will be your home really, you know, some of these days You will have to be Squire of Carbury yourself when I am gone, till you have a son old enough to fill that exalted position." With all his love to her and his good-will to them both, he could not bring himself to say that Paul Montague should be Squire of Carbury "Oh, Roger, please do not talk like that." "But it is necessary, my dear I want you to know what my wishes are, and, if it be possible, I would learn what are yours My mind is quite made up as to my future life Of course, I do not wish to dictate to you,—and if I did, I could not dictate to Mr Montague." "Pray,—pray do not call him Mr Montague." "Well, I will not;—to Paul then There goes the last of my anger." He threw his hands up as though he were scattering his indignation to the air "I would not dictate either to you or to him, but it is right that you should know that I hold my property as steward for those who are to come after me, and that the satisfaction of my stewardship will be infinitely increased if I find that those for whom I act share the interest which I shall take in the matter It is the only payment which you and he can make me for my trouble." "There goes the last of my anger." "THERE GOES THE LAST OF MY ANGER." Click to ENLARGE "But Felix, Roger!" His brow became a little black as he answered her "To a sister," he said very solemnly, "I will not say a word against her brother; but on that subject I claim a right to come to a decision on my own judgment It is a matter in which I have thought much, and, I may say, suffered much I have ideas, old-fashioned ideas, on the matter, which I need not pause to explain to you now If we are as much together as I hope we shall be, you will, no doubt, come to understand them The disposition of a family property, even though it be one so small as mine, is, to my thinking, a matter which a man should not make in accordance with his own caprices,—or even with his own affections He owes a duty to those who live on his land, and he owes a duty to his country And, though it may seem fantastic to say so, I think he owes a duty to those who have been before him, and who have manifestly wished that the property should be continued in the hands of their descendants These things are to me very holy In what I am doing I am in some respects departing from the theory of my life,—but I so under a perfect conviction that by the course I am taking I shall best perform the duties to which I have alluded I do not think, Hetta, that we need say any more about that." He had spoken so seriously, that, though she did not quite understand all that he had said, she did not venture to dispute his will any further He did not endeavour to exact from her any promise, but having explained his purposes, kissed her as he would have kissed a daughter, and then left her and rode home without going into the house Soon after that, Paul Montague came down to Carbury, and the same thing was said to him, though in a much less solemn manner Paul was received quite in the old way Having declared that he would throw all anger behind him, and that Paul should be again Paul, he rigidly kept his promise, whatever might be the cost to his own feelings As to his love for Hetta, and his old hopes, and the disappointment which had so nearly unmanned him, he said not another word to his fortunate rival Montague knew it all, but there was now no necessity that any allusion should be made to past misfortunes Roger indeed made a solemn resolution that to Paul he would never again speak of Hetta as the girl whom he himself had loved, though he looked forward to a time, probably many years hence, when he might perhaps remind her of his fidelity But he spoke much of the land and of the tenants and the labourers, of his own farm, of the amount of the income, and of the necessity of so living that the income might always be more than sufficient for the wants of the household When the spring came round, Hetta and Paul were married by the Bishop at the parish church of Carbury, and Roger Carbury gave away the bride All those who saw the ceremony declared that the squire had not seemed to be so happy for many a long year John Crumb, who was there with his wife,—himself now one of Roger's tenants, having occupied the land which had become vacant by the death of old Daniel Ruggles,—declared that the wedding was almost as good fun as his own "John, what a fool you are!" Ruby said to her spouse, when this opinion was expressed with rather a loud voice "Yes, I be," said John,—"but not such a fool as to a' missed a having o' you." "No, John; it was I was the fool then," said Ruby "We'll see about that when the bairn's born," said John,— equally aloud Then Ruby held her tongue Mrs Broune, and Mr Broune, were also at Carbury,—thus doing great honour to Mr and Mrs Paul Montague, and showing by their presence that all family feuds were at an end Sir Felix was not there Happily up to this time Mr Septimus Blake had continued to keep that gentleman as one of his Protestant population in the German town,—no doubt not without considerable trouble to himself ***END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE WAY WE LIVE NOW*** ******* This file should be named 5231-h.txt or 5231-h.zip ******* This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: http://www.gutenberg.org/5/2/3/5231 Updated editions will replace the previous one the old editions will be renamed Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and 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