The last chronicle of barset

The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Last Chronicle of Barset, 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 Last Chronicle of Barset Author: Anthony Trollope Release Date: January, 2002 [eBook #3045] [Most recently updated: December 29, 2011] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE LAST CHRONICLE OF BARSET*** E-text prepared by Kenneth David Cooper and revised by Joseph E Loewenstein, M.D HTML version prepared by Joseph E Loewenstein, M.D., and Delphine Lettau The illustrations by George Housman Thomas in this HTML file were taken from the First Edition of The Last Chronicle of Barset (Smith, Elder and Co., London, 1867) Mr Crawley before the Magistrates Mr Crawley before the Magistrates Click to ENLARGE THE LAST CHRONICLE OF BARSET by ANTHONY TROLLOPE First published in monthly installments from December 1, 1866, to July 6, 1867, and in book form in 1867 CONTENTS I How Did He Get It? II By Heavens He Had Better Not! III The Archdeacon's Threat IV The Clergyman's House at Hogglestock V What the World Thought About It VI Grace Crawley VII Miss Prettyman's Private Room VIII Mr Crawley Is Taken to Silverbridge IX Grace Crawley Goes to Allington X Dinner at Framley Court XI The Bishop Sends His Inhibition XII Mr Crawley Seeks for Sympathy XIII The Bishop's Angel XIV Major Grantly Consults a Friend XV Up in London XVI Down at Allington XVII Mr Crawley Is Summoned to Barchester XVIII The Bishop of Barchester Is Crushed XIX Where Did It Come From? XX What Mr Walker Thought About It XXI Mr Robarts on His Embassy XXII Major Grantly at Home XXIII Miss Lily Dale's Resolution XXIV Mrs Dobbs Broughton's Dinner-party XXV Miss Madalina Demolines XXVI The Picture XXVII A Hero at Home XXVIII Showing How Major Grantly Took a Walk XXIX Miss Lily Dale's Logic XXX Showing What Major Grantly Did After His Walk XXXI Showing How Major Grantly Returned to Guestwick XXXII Mr Toogood XXXIII The Plumstead Foxes XXXIV Mrs Proudie Sends for Her Lawyer XXXV Lily Dale Writes Two Words in Her Book XXXVI Grace Crawley Returns Home XXXVII Hook Court XXXVIII Jael XXXIX A New Flirtation XL Mr Toogood's Ideas About Society XLI Grace Crawley at Home XLII Mr Toogood Travels Professionally XLIII Mr Crosbie Goes into the City XLIV "I Suppose I Must Let You Have It." XLV Lily Dale Goes to London XLVI The Bayswater Romance XLVII Dr Tempest at the Palace XLVIII The Softness of Sir Raffle Buffle XLIX Near the Close L Lady Lufton's Proposition LI Mrs Dobbs Broughton Piles Her Fagots LII Why Don't You Have an "It" for Yourself? LIII Rotten Row LIV The Clerical Commission LV Framley Parsonage LVI The Archdeacon Goes to Framley LVII A Double Pledge LVIII The Cross-grainedness of Men LIX A Lady Presents Her Compliments to Miss L D LX The End of Jael and Sisera LXI "It's Dogged as Does It." LXII Mr Crawley's Letter to the Dean LXIII Two Visitors to Hogglestock LXIV The Tragedy in Hook Court LXV Miss Van Siever Makes Her Choice LXVI Requiescat in Pace LXVII In Memoriam LXVIII The Obstinacy of Mr Crawley LXIX Mr Crawley's Last Appearance in His Own Pulpit LXX Mrs Arabin Is Caught LXXI Mr Toogood at Silverbridge LXXII Mr Toogood at "The Dragon of Wantly." LXXIII There Is Comfort at Plumstead LXXIV The Crawleys Are Informed LXXV Madalina's Heart Is Bleeding LXXVI I Think He Is Light of Heart LXXVII The Shattered Tree LXXVIII The Arabins Return to Barchester LXXIX Mr Crawley Speaks of His Coat LXXX Miss Demolines Desires to Become a Finger-post LXXXI Barchester Cloisters LXXXII The Last Scene at Hogglestock LXXXIII Mr Crawley Is Conquered LXXXIV Conclusion ILLUSTRATIONS Mr Crawley before the Magistrates Frontispiece Mr and Mrs Crawley Chapter I "I love you as though you were my own," Chapter VI said the Schoolmistress "A convicted thief," repeated Mrs Proudie Chapter XI "Speak out, Dan." Chapter XII Grace Crawley is introduced to Squire Dale Chapter XVI Farmer Mangle and Mr Crawley Chapter XVII "She's more like Eleanor than any one else." Chapter XXII "I am very glad to have the opportunity Chapter XXIV of shaking hands with you." "What do you think of it, Mrs Broughton?" Chapter XXVI Squire Dale and Major Grantly Chapter XXVIII "Never mind Mr Henry." Chapter XXXIII Lily wishes that they might swear to be Chapter XXXV Brother and Sister She read the beginning—"Dearest Grace." Chapter XXXVI "Mamma, I've got something to tell you." Mr Toogood and the old Waiter They pronounced her to be very much like a Lady "As right as a trivet, Uncle." Posy and her Grandpapa Mrs Dobbs Broughton piles her Fagots "Because of Papa's disgrace." "But it will never pass away," said Grace "Honour thy Father,—that thy days may be long in the Land." "It's dogged as does it." Mrs Proudie's Emissary "You do not know what starving is, my dear." "They will come to hear a ruined man declare his own ruin." "No sale after all?" "These are the young Hogglestockians, are they?" The last Denial "What is it that I behold?" "Peradventure he signifies his Consent." CHAPTER I HOW DID HE GET IT? Chapter XLI Chapter XLII Chapter XLV Chapter XLVIII Chapter XLIX Chapter LI Chapter LV Chapter LVII Chapter LVIII Chapter LXI Chapter LXIII Chapter LXV Chapter LXIX Chapter LXXI Chapter LXXIV Chapter LXXVII Chapter LXXX Chapter LXXXII Illustration can never bring myself to believe it, John," said Mary Walker, the pretty daughter of Mr George Walker, attorney of Silverbridge Walker and Winthrop was the name of the firm, and they were respectable people, who did all the solicitors' business that had to be done in that part of Barsetshire on behalf of the Crown, were employed on the local business of the Duke of Omnium who is great in those parts, and altogether held their heads up high, as provincial lawyers often They,—the Walkers,—lived in a great brick house in the middle of the town, gave dinners, to which the county gentlemen not unfrequently condescended to come, and in a mild way led the fashion in Silverbridge "I can never bring myself to believe it, John," said Miss Walker "You'll have to bring yourself to believe it," said John, without taking his eyes from his book "A clergyman,—and such a clergyman too!" "I don't see that that has anything to do with it." And as he now spoke, John did take his eyes off his book "Why should not a clergyman turn thief as well as anybody else? You girls always seem to forget that clergymen are only men after all." "Their conduct is likely to be better than that of other men, I think." "I deny it utterly," said John Walker "I'll undertake to say that at this moment there are more clergymen in debt in Barsetshire than there are either lawyers or doctors This man has always been in debt Since he has been in the county I don't think he has ever been able to show his face in the High Street of Silverbridge." "John, that is saying more than you have a right to say," said Mrs Walker "Why, mother, this very cheque was given to a butcher who had threatened a few days before to post bills all about the county, giving an account of the debt that was due to him, if the money was not paid at once." "More shame for Mr Fletcher," said Mary "He has made a fortune as butcher in Silverbridge." "What has that to do with it? Of course a man likes to have his money He had written three times to the bishop, and he had sent a man over to Hogglestock to get his little bill settled six days running You see he got it at last Of course, a tradesman must look for his money." "Mamma, you think that Mr Crawley stole the cheque?" Mary, as she asked the question, came and stood over her mother, looking at her with anxious eyes "I would rather give no opinion, my dear." "But you must think something when everybody is talking about it, mamma." "Of course my mother thinks he did," said John, going back to his book "It is impossible that she should think otherwise." "That is not fair, John," said Mrs Walker; "and I won't have you fabricate thoughts for me, or put the expression of them into my mouth The whole affair is very painful, and as your father is engaged in the inquiry, I think that the less said about the matter in this house the better I am sure that that would be your father's feeling." "Of course I should say nothing about it before him," said Mary "I know that papa does not wish to have it talked about But how is one to help thinking about such a thing? It would be so terrible for all of us who belong to the Church." "I do not see that at all," said John "Mr Crawley is not more than any other man just because he's a clergyman I hate all that kind of clap-trap There are a lot of people here in Silverbridge who think the matter shouldn't be followed up, just because the man is in a position which makes the crime more criminal in him than it would be in another." "But I feel sure that Mr Crawley has committed no crime at all," said Mary "My dear," said Mrs Walker, "I have just said that I would rather you would not talk about it Papa will be in directly." Ullathorne, was there also to meet his new vicar, as was also Mr Thorne's very old sister, Miss Monica Thorne And Lady Anne Grantly was there,—she having come with the expressed intention that the wives of the two brothers should know each other,—but with a warmer desire, I think, of seeing Mr Crawley, of whom the clerical world had been talking much since some notice of the accusation against him had become general There were, therefore, ten or twelve at the dinner-table, and Mr Crawley had not made one at such a board certainly since his marriage All went fairly smooth with him till the ladies left the room; for though Lady Anne, who sat at his left hand, had perplexed him somewhat with clerical questions, he had found that he was not called upon for much more than monosyllabic responses But in his heart he feared the archdeacon, and he felt that when the ladies were gone the archdeacon would not leave him alone in his silence As soon as the door was closed, the first subject mooted was that of the Plumstead fox, which had been so basely murdered on Mr Thorne's ground Mr Thorne had confessed the iniquity, had dismissed the murderous keeper, and all was serene But the greater on that account was the feasibility of discussing the question, and the archdeacon had a good deal to say about it Then Mr Thorne turned to the new vicar, and asked him whether foxes abounded in Hogglestock Had he been asked as to the rats or the moles, he would have known more about it "Indeed, sir, I know not whether or no there be any foxes in the parish of Hogglestock I do not remember me that I ever saw one It is an animal whose habits I have not watched." "There is an earth at Hoggle Bushes," said the major; "and I never knew it without a litter." "I think I know the domestic whereabouts of every fox in Plumstead," said the archdeacon, with an ill-natured intention of astonishing Mr Crawley "Of foxes with two legs our friend is speaking, without doubt," said the vicar of St Ewolds, with an attempt at grim pleasantry "Of them we have none at Plumstead No,—I was speaking of the dear old fellow with the brush Pass the bottle, Mr Crawley Won't you fill your glass?" Mr Crawley passed the bottle, but would not fill his glass Then the dean, looking up slily, saw the vexation written in the archdeacon's face The parson whom the archdeacon feared most of all parsons was the parson who wouldn't fill his glass Then the subject was changed "I'm told that the bishop has at last made his reappearance on his throne," said the archdeacon "He was in the cathedral last Sunday," said the dean "Does he ever mean to preach again?" "He never did preach very often," said the dean "A great deal too often, from all that people say," said the archdeacon "I never heard him myself, and never shall, I dare say You have heard him, Mr Crawley?" "I have never had that good fortune, Mr Archdeacon But living as I shall now do, so near to the city, I may perhaps be enabled to attend the cathedral service on some holyday of the Church, which may not require prayers in my own rural parish I think that the clergy of the diocese should be acquainted with the opinions, and with the voice, and with the very manner and words of their bishop As things are now done, this is not possible I could wish that there were occasions on which a bishop might assemble his clergy, and preach to them sermons adapted to their use." "What do you call a bishop's charge, then?" "It is usually in the printed form that I have received it," said Mr Crawley "I think we have quite enough of that kind of thing," said the archdeacon "He is a man whose conversation is not pleasing to me," Mr Crawley said to his wife that night "Do not judge of him too quickly, Josiah," his wife said "There is so much of good in him! He is kind, and generous, and I think affectionate." "But he is of the earth, earthy When you and the other ladies had retired, the conversation at first fell on the habits and value of—foxes I have been informed that in these parts the fox is greatly prized, as without a fox to run before the dogs, that scampering over the country which is called hunting, and which delights by the quickness and perhaps by the peril of the exercise, is not relished by the riders Of the wisdom or taste herein displayed by the hunters of the day I say nothing But it seemed to me that in talking of foxes Dr Grantly was master of his subject Thence the topic glided to the duties of a bishop and to questions of preaching, as to which Dr Grantly was not slow in offering his opinion But I thought that I would rather have heard him talk about the foxes for a week together." She said nothing more to him, knowing well how useless it was to attempt to turn him by any argument To her thinking the kindness of the archdeacon to them personally demanded some indulgence in the expression, and even in the formation, of an opinion, respecting his clerical peculiarities On the next day, however, Mr Crawley, having been summoned by the archdeacon into the library for a little private conversation, found that he got on better with him How the archdeacon conquered him may perhaps be best described by a further narration of what Mr Crawley said to his wife "I told him that in regard to money matters, as he called them, I had nothing to say I only trusted that his son was aware that my daughter had no money, and never would have any 'My dear Crawley,' the archdeacon said,—for of late there seems to have grown up in the world a habit of greater familiarity than that which I think did prevail when last I moved much among men;—'my dear Crawley, I have enough for both.' 'I would we stood on more equal grounds,' I said Then as he answered me, he rose from his chair 'We stand,' said he, 'on the only perfect level on which such men can meet each other We are both gentlemen.' 'Sir,' I said, rising also, 'from the bottom of my heart I agree with you I could not have spoken such words; but coming from you who are rich to me who am poor, they are honourable to the one and comfortable to the other.'" "And after that?" "He took down from the shelves a volume of sermons which his father published many years ago, and presented it to me I have it now under my arm It hath the old bishop's manuscript notes, which I will study carefully." And thus the archdeacon had hit his bird on both wings CHAPTER LXXXIV CONCLUSION It now only remains for me to gather together a few loose strings, and tie them together in a knot, so that my work may not become untwisted Early in July, Henry Grantly and Grace Crawley were married in the parish church of Plumstead,—a great impropriety, as to which neither Archdeacon Grantly nor Mr Crawley could be got to assent for a long time, but which was at last carried, not simply by a union of Mrs Grantly and Mrs Crawley, nor even by the assistance of Mrs Arabin, but by the strong intervention of old Lady Lufton herself "Of course Miss Crawley ought to be married from St Ewolds vicarage; but when the furniture has only half been got in, how is it possible?" When Lady Lufton thus spoke, the archdeacon gave way, and Mr Crawley hadn't a leg to stand upon Henry Grantly had not an opinion upon the matter He told his father that he expected that they would marry him among them, and that that would be enough for him As for Grace, nobody even thought of asking her; and I doubt whether she would have heard anything about the contest, had not some tidings of it reached her from her lover Married they were at Plumstead,—and the breakfast was given with all that luxuriance of plenty which was so dear to the archdeacon's mind Mr Crawley was the officiating priest With his hands dropping before him, folded humbly, he told the archdeacon,—when that Plumstead question had been finally settled in opposition to his wishes,—that he would fain himself perform the ceremony by which his dearest daughter would be bound to her marriage duties "And who else should?" said the archdeacon Mr Crawley muttered that he had not known how far his reverend brother might have been willing to waive his rights But the archdeacon, who was in high good humour,—having just bestowed a little pony carriage on his new daughter-inlaw,—only laughed at him; and, if the rumour which was handed about the families be true, the archdeacon, before the interview was over, had poked Mr Crawley in the ribs Mr Crawley married them; but the archdeacon assisted,— and the dean gave away the bride The Rev Charles Grantly was there also; and as there was, as a matter of course, a cloud of curates floating in the distance, Henry Grantly was perhaps to be excused for declaring to his wife, when the pair had escaped, that surely no couple had ever been so tightly buckled since marriage had first become a Church ceremony Soon after that, Mr and Mrs Crawley became quiet at St Ewolds, and, as I think, contented Her happiness began very quickly Though she had been greatly broken by her troubles, the first sight she had of her husband in his new long frock-coat went far to restore her, and while he was declaring himself to be a cock so daubed with mud as to be incapable of crowing, she was congratulating herself on seeing her husband once more clothed as became his position And they were lucky, too, as regarded the squire's house; for Mr Thorne was old, and quiet, and old-fashioned; and Miss Thorne was older, and though she was not exactly quiet, she was very old-fashioned indeed So that there grew to be a pleasant friendship between Miss Thorne and Mrs Crawley Johnny Eames, when last I heard of him, was still a bachelor, and, as I think, likely to remain so At last he had utterly thrown over Sir Raffle Buffle, declaring to his friends that the special duties of private secretaryship were not exactly to his taste "You get so sick at the thirteenth private note," he said, "that you find yourself unable to carry on the humbug any farther." But he did not leave his office "I'm the head of a room, you know," he told Lady Julia De Guest; "and there's nothing to trouble me,—and a fellow, you know, ought to have something to do." Lady Julia told him, with a great deal of energy, that she would never forgive him if he gave up his office After that eventful night when he escaped ignominiously from the house of Lady Demolines under the protection of the policeman's lantern, he did hear more than once from Porchester Terrace, and from allies employed by the enemy who was there resident "My cousin, the serjeant," proved to be a myth Johnny found out all about that Serjeant Runter, who was distantly connected, indeed, with the late husband of Lady Demolines, but had always persistently declined to have any intercourse whatever with her ladyship For the serjeant was a rising man, and Lady Demolines was not exactly progressing in the world Johnny heard nothing from the serjeant; but from Madalina he got letter after letter In the first she asked him not to think too much of the little joke that had occurred In her second she described the vehemence of her love In her third the bitterness of her wrath Her fourth she simply invited him to come and dine in Porchester Terrace Her fifth was the outpouring of injured innocence And then came letters from an attorney Johnny answered not a word to any of them, and gradually the letters were discontinued Within six months of the receipt of the last, he was delighted by reading among the marriages in the newspapers a notice that Peter Bangles, Esq, of the firm of Burton and Bangles, wine merchants, of Hook Court, had been united to Madalina, daughter of the late Sir Confucius Demolines, at the church of Peter the Martyr "Most appropriate," said Johnny, as he read the notice to Conway Dalrymple, who was then back from his wedding tour; "for most assuredly there will be now another Peter the Martyr." "I'm not so sure of that," said Conway, who had heard something of Mr Peter Bangles "There are men who have strong wills of their own, and strong hands of their own." "Poor Madalina!" said Johnny "If he does beat her, I hope he will it tenderly It may be that a little of it will suit her fevered temperament." Before the summer was over Conway Dalrymple had been married to Clara Van Siever, and by a singular arrangement of circumstances had married her with the full approval of old Mrs Van Mr Musselboro,—whose name I hope has not been altogether forgotten, though the part played by him has been subordinate,—had opposed Dalrymple in the efforts made by the artist to get something out of Broughton's estate for the benefit of the widow From circumstances of which Dalrymple learned the particulars with the aid of an attorney, it seemed to him that certain facts were wilfully kept in the dark by Musselboro, and he went with his complaint to Mrs Van Siever, declaring that he would bring the whole affair into court, unless all the workings of the firm were made clear to him Mrs Van was very insolent to him,—and even turned him out of the house But, nevertheless, she did not allow Mr Musselboro to escape Whoever was to be left in the dark she did not wish to be there herself;— and it began to dawn upon her that her dear Musselboro was deceiving her Then she sent for Dalrymple, and without a word of apology for her former conduct, put him upon the right track As he was pushing his inquiries, and working heaven and earth for the unfortunate widow,—as to whom he swore daily that when this matter was settled he would never see her again, so terrible was she to him with her mock affection and pretended hysterics, and false moralities,—he was told one day that she had gone off with Mr Musselboro! Mr Musselboro, finding that this was the surest plan of obtaining for himself the little business in Hook Court, married the widow of his late partner, and is at this moment probably carrying on a law-suit with Mrs Van For the law-suit Conway Dalrymple cared nothing When the quarrel had become hot between Mrs Van and her late myrmidon, Clara fell into Conway's hands without opposition; and, let the law-suit go as it may, there will be enough left of Mrs Van's money to make the house of Mr and Mrs Conway Dalrymple very comfortable The picture of Jael and Sisera was stitched up without any difficulty, and I daresay most of my readers will remember it hanging on the walls of the exhibition Before I take my leave of the diocese of Barchester for ever, which I purpose to in the succeeding paragraph, I desire to be allowed to say one word of apology for myself, in answer to those who have accused me,—always without bitterness, and generally with tenderness,—of having forgotten, in writing of clergymen, the first and most prominent characteristic of the ordinary English clergyman's life I have described many clergymen, they say, but have spoken of them all as though their professional duties, their high calling, their daily workings for the good of those around them, were matters of no moment, either to me, or, in my opinion, to themselves I would plead, in answer to this, that my object has been to paint the social and not the professional lives of clergymen; and that I have been led to do so, firstly, by a feeling that as no men affect more strongly, by their own character, the society of those around than country clergymen, so, therefore, their social habits have been worth the labour necessary for painting them; and secondly, by a feeling that though I, as a novelist, may feel myself entitled to write of clergymen out of their pulpits, as I may also write of lawyers and doctors, I have no such liberty to write of them in their pulpits When I have done so, if I have done so, I have so far transgressed There are those who have told me that I have made all my clergymen bad, and none good I must venture to hint to such judges that they have taught their eyes to love a colouring higher than nature justifies We are, most of us, apt to love Raphael's madonnas better than Rembrandt's matrons But, though we do so, we know that Rembrandt's matrons existed; but we have a strong belief that no such woman as Raphael painted ever did exist In that he painted, as he may be surmised to have done, for pious purposes,—at least for Church purposes,— Raphael was justified; but had he painted so for family portraiture he would have been false Had I written an epic about clergymen, I would have taken St Paul for my model; but describing, as I have endeavoured to do, such clergymen as I see around me, I could not venture to be transcendental For myself I can only say that I shall always be happy to sit, when allowed to so, at the table of Archdeacon Grantly, to walk through the High Street of Barchester arm in arm with Mr Robarts of Framley, and to stand alone and shed a tear beneath the modest black stone in the north transept of the cathedral on which is inscribed the name of Septimus Harding And now, if the reader will allow me to seize him affectionately by the arm, we will together take our last farewell of Barset and of the towers of Barchester I may not venture to say to him that, in this country, he and I together have wandered often through the country lanes, and have ridden together over the toowell wooded fields, or have stood together in the cathedral nave listening to the peals of the organ, or have together sat at good men's tables, or have confronted together the angry pride of men who were not good I may not boast that any beside myself have so realized the place, and the people, and the facts, as to make such reminiscences possible as those which I should attempt to evoke by an appeal to perfect fellowship But to me Barset has been a real county, and its city a real city, and the spires and towers have been before my eyes, and the voices of the people are known to my ears, and the pavement of the city ways are familiar to my footsteps To them all I now say farewell That I have been induced to wander among them too long by my love of old friendships, and by the sweetness of old faces, is a fault for which I may perhaps be more readily forgiven, when I repeat, with some solemnity of assurance, the promise made in my title, that this shall be the last chronicle of Barset Footnote Baronum Castrum having been the old Roman name from which the modern Barchester is derived, the bishops of the diocese have always signed themselves Barnum [RETURN] ***END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE LAST CHRONICLE OF BARSET*** ******* This file should be named 3045-h.txt or 3045-h.zip ******* This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: http://www.gutenberg.org/3/0/4/3045 Updated editions will replace the previous one 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