Show CHAPTER XI robert champley la Is not as a rule rula given to thinking much about his neighbors concerns conc eins iafet et the vision of shell startled and pale as aa she bhe stood before lim him in the gathering gloom of the tha hall ball at the wilderness reses more than once and confronts him during the tha wakeful batches of that summer night when breakfast la III over the next morning and the brothers are enjoying their pipes together with the news of the day under the rose wreathed verandah which shelters sh elbers the dining room windows of Cli champley ampley house robert suddenly breaks tho the silence I 1 am going ON over er to tho the wilderness will ou come he asks addressing his b brother aber I 1 to the wilderness repeats ted in amazement why what a up you went to the wilderness last evening that Is no reason why I 1 t go again this morn morning laughs robert not tie the slightest assents ted with a lazy shrug oc hla his sho ulden deril it IE you have a fancy for stinging bottles natt nott les it may be a weakness on my iny part but 1 I have a particular al a rilon to prickly young women and mademoiselle shell I 1 is a a per perfect feet hedgehog ihen 1 hen ou all wont come coine not it if I 1 know it and you can hint to the tha young lady that she has lost the tha pleasure of oe my company kompany om pany entirely through her waspishness of disposition perhaps then she enill ft mend her w as s yes that would A be likely to make a 11 trong strong impression on her I 1 should t think says the elder brother derisively as lie he clears 1 3 aphes from hla his pipe and prep prepares tres for departure the tha fact Is lie ho continues in explanation I 1 think shell ought to join her mother at oakford it Is really not safe bate tor am her to remain here all alone 11 oh she Is safe enough 1 nobody who has had one Inte interview iview with her is likely to molest her a second time scoffs ted how ci e er it if she is weighing on sour our mind you had certainly better get rid of her beffie we start so go and give her the benefit of your opinion it if you ou dare you always were of a somei somewhat hat quixotic nature not in the lea least it returns robert seriously only where duty so BO plainly leads one must needs follow capital no doubt for the held heid of a family drawls ted it II ever I 1 marry I 1 hope a sense of my responsibility ft ill fall upon me at tho the same time at present my duty plain ly leads me to pack and not to moralize with shell on the impropriety of hei conduct you ale aie a lazy dog ted and no mista mistake ket laughs robert champley looking down with an indulgent smile at his younger brother bi other m who ho instead of bestirring himself for the talked of packing lias stink eunk do down doan an upon the close shaven gi gheen eon slope leading to the venanda and is almost lost to view under tho the sheet os of tho the times I 1 I 1 am thankful for small mercies ic ie ted in a tone of unmerited persecution your speech would mould have been moro more had you substituted r titu ted the woid puppy for dog now speed sou on sour our way I 1 have no earthly m wish ish to detain you and tell miss shell with etli my best i especto that she Is quite welcome to the moor now we N a have done with it if I 1 I 1 I 1 all righta laughs lt robert obert and the text next moment ho he is walking briskly don the avenue As h he e nea neais i s t the h e wilde wilderness r n e ss h however 0 v et e r his p paco a co sl slackens a c k e ns A after f tp r a all ll 11 w what h a t business elness bu of his is it that shell chooses to remain at home bome instead of joining her mother and sister may she not feel justly annoyed at his interference a and nd resent it as sheer impertinence and set he be cannot somehow feel jus jua rifled in going away and leaving her unprotected she has been kind to his hl children their little hearts seem full of her her name trips from their tongues twenty times a day and yet incomprehensible girl that she bhe la Is she never to care one jot about them and if she speaks of them at all deems them by her tone I 1 little nuj nui 11 well duty la Is duty she can misconstrue him IB IA she will laugh at him it if it so pleases her but he will have hla his say eay and just tell her plainly and seriously that she ought to go to oak ford with this resolution uppermost in his mind he mounts the large flat doorstep and pulls the bell As a rule when nhen the whole family are at home the hall door stands open to admit the summer sunshine now it la Is closed and robert champley notes with a sigh that it badly wants wanta a coat of paint to be ba continued |