Barchester Chronicles (2 of 7)

you Mary I must speak to your brother I know he's always delighted to see you but what's wrong well he travels to London on the next train and he still has to catch up with his work I must speak to him I have a favor to ask him I'm sure he'll have time for a small favor after all he does love you better than anyone in the world please don't talk like that Mary for naught you mustn't joke about me and mr. bold once I have spoken and asked your favor once that is done I can never be anything further between us I see I'll fetch him Mary you mustn't leave us alone together I shall certainly stay yeah good morning Miss Honey good morning mr. Bould miss Harding mr. Barone what sort of talk is that I'm sorry I'm so rushed it's such a bore having to go to London and so many stupid things to do once I'm there especially in this weather it's so warm discussing the weather extremely warm yes and how is mr. Harding Eleanor has a favor to ask please be quiet so she may ask it I'm sorry you asked how my father is I will tell you he is very unhappy he would hardly know him if you saw him you said you wanted to ask a favor my father is unhappy because of the campaign against him concerning his position as warden of the hospital he is unhappy because of the unspeakable things that have been written about him in the newspapers only in the Jupiter I think I hope it was not you who wrote those things of course not he's been called avaricious dishonest they say he is robbing the old men they say he is taking large sums of money and doing nothing in return I have never suggested such thing you are part of the campaign my campaign is against the power of the established church and its misuse of vast sums of money then why should my father bear the punishment he is totally blameless I know that no and so do all my friends my father is persecuted he's been singled out for scorn and disgrace and you began all this you John bold whom we also valued I'm asking you this one favor to abandon your campaign against the hospital I'm asking you to spare his reason and his life I'm ask pray do not drive to distraction a man who has loved you so well surely John you cannot refuse her I would give him my soul it would serve her no I ask nothing for myself what I ask is for my father my soul my house my heart my all every hope in my breast is centered in her when I see her as she is now sorrow every nerve in my body suffers no note there can be no talk of love between us will you protect my father from the evil you have created Eleanor I would do anything for you will you will you leave my father to die in peace in this quiet her will you will you I shall not leave you till you promise I will cling to you in the street I will kneel to you before all the people you shall promise me Lucia ha ha promise ha promise me say my father is safe promise me and I will let you go promise her all I can do I will do huh yeah bless you I shall travel to London this evening instead of this afternoon you always tell me the evening train is Jiri and cold so it is buts afternoon I shall ride out to plums did I shall inform dr. grant Lee that I'm abandoning my proceedings against the hospital thank you I should warn you that other people more influential than I am are still concerned about the situation but I shall persuade them to the best of my ability to refrain from any further personal or allusion to your father good I'm deeply grateful let's go so soon you have a busy day ahead of you I must tell my father the news but may I not say one word for myself I will fix your bonnet Eleanor well John says his one word I'll fetch my bonnet myself honored guests are never allowed to fetch their own bonnets don't be absurd Ellen I have a favor to ask of you I shall try to be reasonable will you marry me yes well must build what can I do for you very happy to do anything for such a friend of my father nor I hope you'll excuse me calling dr. grant Lee look no apologies ever necessary from mr. Perrault only let me know what I may do for him to be brief I'm abandoning my legal proceedings in connection with the hospital and your attack on mr. Harding dr. grantee there has been no personal attack I can assure well we weren't quarrel about words I should call it an attack and attempt to take away from a man every penny of his income yes most men would call that an attack but whatever it is called you wish to abandon it I intend to put an end to the legal proceedings that I instigated good afternoon doctor love rooms well Nance I'm surprised carrying on a losing lawsuit when there is nothing to gain but everything to pay yes that is not closed I think you misinterpret my motives dr. grant Lee but I suppose that is a little consequence I came here to tell you a matter of fact and I have done so good afternoon Oh one moment mr. Bould you have done me the honor are forcing me into a certain amount of conversation on a subject which strictly speaking should have been left to our lawyers please do me the courtesy of allowing me to reply to your matter-of-fact I am in no immediate hurry dr. grant Lee but I am mr. bold my time is not exactly leisure time so you're going to abandon the lawsuit yes dr. grant ray I am having exposed the gentlest of men to all the abuse and insolence which the press was capable of having declared that it was your duty as a man of high public virtue to protect those poor old fools of the hospital having a humbug them into signing a foolish petition you now decide that the game costs more than it is worth and you must have done with it miss understands it as a little lick to have done with has it occurred to you that we may not now choose to give over that we may find it necessary to to punish the injury that you've done us after all we've gone through enormous expense to resist this in Dakota's attack of yours I understand that you took council's opinion not just castles opinion the opinion officer Abram hazard the Attorney General I have a care now your lawyer friend mr. Finney of High Street blotches dummy deal in 1618 sysm 13 and fourpence is but with Sir Abraham we're talking about large sums of money crushing costs which may have to come out of your own pocket any such demands will doubtless be made to my lawyers good afternoon dr. gray yeah me outside I have not finished I would like you to hear Sabra map hazards latest opinion but perhaps you already know about perhaps that is why you're here I know nothing whatever of Sabra haphazard or his opinion he declares most explicitly that you have not a leg to stand on mr. Harding is a safe in his hospital as I'm here in my rectory at a more futile attempt to destroy a man was never made I had this opinion from the very fast lawyer in the land and under these circumstances you expect me to make you a low bow for your kind offer to release mr. Harding from your net shotgun that is not strong enough to hold him they are netters taller the pieces no I bid you were very good afternoon I have work to do dr. grunty I have nothing further to say I came here with the warmest kindest feet yes enjoy who don't nobody dads then those feelings have been grossly outraged by your treatment yes I'm sure they must have I have chosen not to see my father-in-law ruined what an outrage that must have been your peeling time will come when you will understand why I called here today good day mr. bowl perhaps perhaps when mr. Harding becomes my father-in-law - good afternoon sir good heavens and he would persuade his associates but their future efforts must be concerned with matters of public principle and there will be no more personal attacks on you I see I thought you would be pleased it's all too late it's much too late I thought it would be alright now come with me you move to London again mr. ball Prince sir well it isn't easy reform in the world I should say hoped you want to return again indeed yes Mr Dan read that my dear we alluded some weeks ago to an instance in which the warden of an arm's housing Barchester has become possessed of the income of the greater part of the whole institution the case is certainly a paltry one compared with the tens of thousands of pounds the church habitually expends on its own comfort for the wardens income is but a ploy eight hundred a year as a rather well written is it not considered purely as a piece of English prose you don't agree please please continue an action has been taken against mr. warden Harding by a gentleman acting solely on public grounds and it is apparently to be argued by the church authorities that mr. Harding takes nothing but what he receives as a servant of the hospital and is not responsible for the amount of stipend given to him for his work that's just the hand of the man Thomas Thomas an associate a bold a journalist from London a triple condemnation is there more much much more touching legally with doctors be fair if anyone questioned the daily wages of a bricklayer employed on the building quality of a charwoman who cleans it but if this plea be put forward we trust mr. Harding will be forced as a witness to state the nature of his employment the amount of work that he does the income which he receives and the source from which he obtained his appointment we do not think he will receive much public sympathy to atone for the annoyance of such an examination I truly believe I have no right to be here no right to be warden of the hospital no right to be warden with 800 pounds a year no right to be warden with such a no right to spend in luxury money that was intended for charity what will he do mr. Bould has withdrawn from the case and social I I shall go to London first thing in the morning and inform the church's legal adviser of my intentions you cannot have a court case without principal witness well the Archdeacon go with you I think not my dear I wish to do all this before the Archdeacon can interfere exactly he argues very well and I can't always answer him he'll say I lack moral courage and strength of character all the warden needs is power of endurance and strength of character and a little moral courage there's a very easy aware who's that my son did theofilos so we shall we shall have to leave this pretty place whatever you wish what used to us this house or all the money if we are to be publicly insulted and humiliated but we shall take the music with us mr. Bould has asked me to marry him I trust you said yes you don't mind why on earth should I mind John build is honest good kind-hearted and right thinking in the main a good wife will smooth the little imperfections a man to whom I can trust my earthly richest London tis very popular this week mr. Hani not with me I'm afraid this is necessity thank you the Archdeacon if I see him tell him tell him as much of the truth as you consider necessary good morning mr. buns morning my lord mr. Harding at home is here oh no he and Miss Harding went into Barchester first thing did this how long they would be happy I think miss Harding will be back soon mr. adding I I I don't know about I formed the impression that you were sitting on that bench looking at the water that's right sir oh you do that most days I will join you until the return of one or more Harding's no please people now we shall double the effort of contemplating the river it's good to see you John are you busy i yes rather but if I have a leisure hour of the day and this is it I'm hoping you would oblige me in a certain matter anything you know this lawsuit that I've been engaged in the man who takes all the money and does nothing I've abandoned it why the warden mr. Harding his conduct is so excellent so unselfish that I cannot proceed in the matter to his detriment I think nothing should be done until the order ship becomes vacant on his death yes I suppose sir when it will again be filled before anyone hears a vacancy see old storage on the vested rights of the incumbent but supposedly incoming has a vested wrong and the poor people of your town have a vested right if only they could get to hear about it isn't that the case well in principle perhaps it will cost you a great deal to abandon this case a few hundred pounds I can't help hmm quite refreshing to hear a man talking so casual manner about his hundreds does the man Harding know what you're proposing I think by now he will know of my intention I am sorry hinges a man to commence this kind of thing and not suit through it ins you and it injures you mr. Harding better to pursue it to the bitter end and the bitter end is where we are traveling John whatever your feelings on the subject pamphlets are written and circulated questions may well be asked in the house famous men take up the cause fire has gone too far to be quenched the building must go now and as the Timbers are all rotten why the sooner the better everyone in Barchester has read the Jupiter mr. Harding has felt those remarks very deeply and painfully if I assure you that he personally is in no way to blame will you discontinue the articles My dear fellow I cannot answer for the Jupiter I do not ask you to abandon any principle or precept I simply ask you to abstain from personal allusion to mr. Hardy I value your friendship John and I yours so I cannot listen to interference I don't want to interfere what you do what else is it you imagine that I can keep certain remarks out of a newspaper that is interference if you choose to call it so suppose I had this power and used it as you wish isn't it clear that that would be a great abuse look at our newspapers look at their recognized work does this not depend upon the assurance that the public feels and these newspapers are or are not totally independent you mention a duped the weight of the Jupiter is much too great to be moved by any mere private request even if it were made or more influential person than myself you have only to think about that and you'll see that I'm right willing enough to listen to me when I gave you the information that enabled you to write the articles the information was true yes because of your newfound admiration for mr. Harlan does the information cease to be the truth no I'm sure that it would cease to be the truth your newspaper required to be served shardene Ellen ah good morning this is a pleasant surprise right yeah you're looking radiant where is your father London London you wish to see Sir Abraham of Hazard yes please these are his chambers oh yes these are his chambers but he's very rarely here especially at the moment at the moment he's very busy in the house with the convent custody bill of course I understand with hot is it in connection with the exact description of the case is the Queen on behalf of the wool carders of Barchester versus the trustees under the will of the late John Hiram I see and your name is mr. Septimus Harding mister Septimus Iran no Harding I am Septimus Harding the case concerns the late John Hyrum good and you would like to speak to sir Abraham about the wool gatherers at bar Chester note Oh wool carders not poor gathereth of course Carter now have your address I live in Barchester do you have a London address I'm staying chapter hotel near some poles messages of extreme urgency are taken to sir Abraham at the house several times a day on the hour you will receive a reply at the bar Chester otech really there's a chapter hotel the chapter hotel yes in Paul's forgive me mr. Hadi Barchester is where the wool carders are found is that correct reasonably correct there will be a message for you from sir Abraham as soon as possible how soon might that be I'm sure no later than the end of the week the end of the week but about two days is is Tuesday sir Abraham is quite remarkably Swift in these matters yes that is quite clear to me I wonder it might be a further assistance no I believe not I shall await my message at the chapter hotel near misses and Paul yes thank you good morning thank you mr. bass Chester Rachel Bradshaw Bradshaw Brad Bradshaw my dear Bradshaw we're going to London and I need to look up the times of the trains we are gay well I couldn't possibly manage London on my own Rachel Oh Susan well it's a first London Sears how do I find our train there is a standard procedure as you well know is that you asked me to find it thank you why are we going to London what to prevent your father from taking complete leave of his senses I think you must be mr. Hardy from Barchester I am mr. Harding yes there is a message for you mr. Hardy from Rochester no from sir Abraham haphazard he will see with his chambers at ten o'clock this evening splendid I am deeply indebted to just my pleasure sir um if there is anything else yes there was something I wonder if there is a copy of Bradshaw I might look at we have two copies of read Shaw - one in the office and one in there ha ha ha you mean you know all the times of the trains my heart the trains between London and the Cathedral cities those being the trains our clients are generally interested inside this would be a botch s2 train yes it would some friends of mine may be travelling down from Barchester I understand out today in the hopes of catching me catching me before my appointment with the sir Abraham there are three first-class opportunities for them to do so sir to express opportunities and one stopping opportunity if you take my meaning sir indeed should they catch the morning Express they could be here within they are really good friends are they sir oh yes very good very very good the old friends but alas I have several other appointments before that with Sarah Abraham and so if they do arrive today from Rochester and they may not but if they do would you be kind enough to give them a message if they arrive I will indeed give them your message and if they do not arrive I would take the liberty of not giving them a message what is the mission mr. Hardy the message here the messages mr. Harding has gone out and will not be returning to the hotel until 11 o'clock this evening come a long way all right I'm come in good dr. cárdenas a cigar please yes sir with tickets I knows I haven't oh so special that way I said thank you my good man purchased or sold me empty sir all our most eminent citizens going up to the Capitol nothing I'm actually but surely it was or mr. Hardy and said sir that he will be back at 11:00 see thank you very much thank you sir I'll see about your oh yes a very kind level o'clock good afternoon good heavens that's can the man be doing until 11 o'clock he is staying out until 11 o clock the message was perfectly clear so I realize he's out but what is he doing perhaps if we wait until he returns and then ask him he would tell us coffee hmm one shilling thank you sir a shilling for your cigar on your coffee there's your ticket for your cigar and your coffee thank you sir but I don't smoke this is a cigar divan sir a cigar divan of course Thank You Dai I fear I have little use for this you could pass it on to a friends none of my friend smokes either well the Archdeacon but I doubt very much whether he would like pardon the presumption sir but I smoked from time to time take it please take it thank you sir I'll fetch your coffee unless you prefer sherbert sherbert some of our gentlemen prefer sherbert to the coffee sir no thank you coffee would be fine Archy are cheeky that wasn't apps but I see no possibility of eating his supper as well she'll have to talk and read rather more than I had anticipated very sorry to keep you waiting mr. Wardin motto and to name so disagreeable an hour but this was the earliest that was not disposed of it is I who should apologize and so all our trouble about this lawsuit is at an end at an end the attorneys for the other side have indicated they have withdrawn their suit of course they must pay the costs no rebuttals in a roundabout sort of way I I thought it was likely to happen and the absolute expense to you and dr. grant clear will be trifling I I am currently concerned in the house with the convent custody bill so far we have dealt with 106 clauses only nine have been pass 56 have been withdrawn 14 have been altered so they now mean the reverse of the original proposition 11 have been postponed and several totally misled and we're now having a prolonged dispute about clause 107 which orders the bodily a searching of none searching goth nannies of or Jesuitical symbols by elderly clergymen and is of course the mainstay of the whole bill what a relief to deal with an issue with simple as harems hospital Barchester cerebrum that is really why I came to see you I fear it is not as simple as some people imagine not why ever not the opposition have been drawn from the field the status quo has been restored but not my status quo My dear sir what are you talking about I need to know am i directly and legally entitled to the proceeds of the property after do maintenance of the 12 beats men since we are not going into court to examine that question I cannot give you a precise answer only a personal appeal and what is your personal opinion I think you would probably have won your case probably and in your personal opinion am i morally entitled to the money from the hospital morality what is that to do with the law I am going to resign as warden of the hospital rezaian a man should never resign from anything unless he means it I mean it have you discussed this with dr. drunky no have you any private me not Sixpence have you not an unmarried daughter yes what god bless me how do you intend to live I am presenter at the Cathedral and I have a small living in the parish of Crabtree between the two I should have a hundred and sixty pounds a year give up this idea and mr. Harding a man is never the best judge of his own position the man is the best judge of his own feelings I would rather beg than see those words written about me in the Jupiter and know that the man who wrote those words has truth on his side my God knows whether I love my daughter but I'd rather she and I begged in the streets that she should live in comfort on money which is rightly the property of the poor I'm sorry and now you should know that from tomorrow I shall no longer be warden of Hiram's hospital you should sleep on this mr. Harding make no hasty decisions I have slept upon it have done more than sleep upon it I have laid awake on it and that night after night found I could not sleep upon it but now now I have made my decision I think I shall sleep again I shall sleep tonight midnight I know my dear yes but midnight I hadn't Ana I had an appointment with the Attorney General Judith he was not available until 10 o'clock was that about the Attorney General I've just been to see him how unfortunate the appointment had to be at this late hour because of his involvement with the convent custody bill so far they've dealt with a hundred and six clauses but they're having prolonged dispute over the hundred and seventh which deals with the bodily search of nuns for Jesuitical symbols by elderly clergymen you you've been with the Attorney General I thought I had made that clear Archdeacon 10 o'clock it had to be great men will have their own way well I can't imagine what Sabra will think it's not some customary for clients to go direct to their counselor isn't it well I did it but Sir Abram didn't seem to think it's strange and since the action has been withdrawn I suppose I have no longer his client what did you say to him I told him that I'm resigning signing yes but she can't do sirs everything I'm sure that cerebrum advice to instant yes I did I'm sure he said that you should you should can set your is my friends I still yet still on it and and make no hasty decision what are you going to live on God that feedeth the young Ravens will take care of meals a fish if the Ravens persisted in refusing the food prepared for them they wouldn't be fed input a fact you can resign the bishop wouldn't accept it yep sure that settle now we mustn't get any of this talk of resignation yet abroad now just equality I am resigning your father's luggage eight hundred pounds a year and nothing to do but write his music all because some scoundrel writes a couple of articles newspaper well I've done my duty if you choose to ruin yourself I cannot help it I shall reside what's to be done how can a man live if he gives up all his income I'm not giving up all my income I don't like the idea of your reverting to the status of Vicar of Crabtree Crabtree is totally acceptable consider this for some time I have felt the need of a domestic chaplain here in the palace not a young working champion but somebody steady and middle-aged something I could talk to him take a glass of wine with a man I could trust to poke the fire properly what would be the duties of such a job duties oh I don't know we we can easily think of some duties I would rather not live on crumbs from the bishops table and I suppose that Jupiter might not approve Crabtree is perfectly acceptable better than some cuts but st. Cuthbert oh I knew it is a tiny parish but the church is beautiful and as a fine organ and you would still be in the heart of Barchester missing couples vehicle yes only 75 a year that would be ideal we shall drink a little wine on that we need you in the town do you really think so to talk to to take wine with and through to poke the fire if you would be so kind ha no when anybody else does that the room fills with smoke I think it is because you are a pure man adrift amongst sinners they hope sinners are so much easier to cope with not all the glasses charge mr. buttons they're all full mr. adding my dear old friends you all know that I am going to leave you where there have been disagreements between us have light over the funds of the hospital but we never wanted to drive your reverence out of eat I'm not being driven out I'm leaving of my own free will and for my own good reasons and and I am not angry or offended by any man in this hospital I am I'm angry with them a sign that petition no no no let there be no anger if any man has done wrong it has been through wrong advice in this country we're entitled to look to our own rights and you have done no more than that now since I am leaving since my income no longer depends upon your doings I ventured to offer you my advice some gentlemen will probably be taking my place very soon and I ask you to receive him in a kindly spirit and to make no further comment on the amount of his income were you to succeed in lessening it you would not increase your own allowance that the surplus would not go to you of that I am convinced and and your wants are I am sure more than adequately provided for god bless you Reverend sir we knows that too late you knows it you ruined yourselves and mr. addy and you've ruined me too Don says nobody has been ruined you shall all be well looked after and I shall be you fully employed in the parish of st. Cuthbert's we are moving into lodgings over the chemists shop in the high street and I shall be delighted to see any of you at any time either at my lodgings or in my church whichever you prefer now if you'll raise your glasses god bless you all may you live contented and die trusting in the Lord Jesus Christ and thankful to Almighty God for the good things he has given you god bless you all my friends okay sure good luck sir I have now to forgive those who have injured me and then to die that's all any of us can hope for mr. Harding sir I think Johnny bears waking up Johnny pal mr. bell mr. Bell is awake mr. Bell I'm leaving you here ha god bless you hmm look what shall we doing here are they given us a hundred pounds

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Published: Wed Mar 16 2016