My stomach’s set so sharp and fierce on:
But ’tis your better part, your riches.
That my enamored heart bewitches.”—Hudibras.
A month after the departure of Lord Mortimer the Roslin family left Ulster Lodge1. Amanda sighed, as she saw them pass, at the idea of the approaching meeting, which might, perhaps, soon be followed by an event that would render her fond remembrance of Lord Mortimer improper2. Many of the families about the castle were already gone to town for the winter. Those who remained in the country till after Christmas, among whom were the Kilcorbans, had so entirely3 neglected Amanda, from the time the marchioness arrived in the neighborhood, that they could not think of renewing their visits, confident as they were, from the proper dignity of her and Fitzalan’s manner, that they would be unwelcome.
The weather was now often too severe to permit Amanda to take her usual rambles4; and the solitude5 of the castle was heightened by her own melancholy6 ideas, as well as by the dreariness7 of the season. No more the magic hand of hope sketched8 scenes of flattering brightness, to dissipate the gloominess of the present ones. The prospects9 of Amanda’s heart were as dreary10, as desolate11, as those she viewed from the windows of the castle. Her usual avocations12 no longer yielded delight. Every idea, every occupation, was embittered13 by the reflection of being lessened14 in the estimation of Lord Mortimer. Her health declined with her peace, and again Fitzalan had the anguish15 of seeing sorrow nipping his lovely blossom. The rose forsook16 her cheek, and her form assumed a fragile delicacy17, which threatened the demolition18 of his earthly happiness. He was not ignorant of the cause of her dejection, but he would not shock her feelings by hinting it. Every effort which tenderness could suggest, he essayed to cheer her, but without any durable19 effect; for though she smiled when he expressed a wish to see her cheerful, it was a smile transient as the gleamings of a wintry sun, and which only rendered the succeeding gloom more conspicuous20.
At this period of distress21, Lady Greystock, who continued[Pg 194] her visits at the castle, made a proposal, which Fitzalan eagerly embraced. This was to take Amanda with her to London, whither she was obliged to go directly, about a lawsuit22 carrying on between her and the nephew of her late husband.
Change of scene, Fitzalan trusted, would remove from Amanda’s mind the dejection which oppressed it, and consequently aid the restoration of her health. Of Lord Mortimer’s renewing his addresses, he had not the slightest apprehension23, as he neglected the opportunities he might have had in the country for such a purpose. Fitzalan, it may be remembered knew not that his lordship had ever deviated24 from his indifference25, and he believed it occasioned by a transfer of his affections to Lady Euphrasia. He was also ignorant of the great intimacy26 between the Roslin family and Lady Greystock, and consequently of the probability there was, from such an intimacy, of Amanda’s being often in the way of Lord Mortimer. If she met him, he was confident it would be as the husband or favored lover of Lady Euphrasia; and, in either of these characters, he was certain, from the rectitude and purity of her principles, she would be more than ever impressed with the necessity of conquering her attachment27; whilst the pain attending such a conviction would be lessened, and probably soon removed by surrounding objects, and the gay scenes she must engage in from being the companion of Lady Greystock, who had a numerous and elegant acquaintance in London.
Her ladyship appeared to him, as she did to many others, a pleasing, rational woman—one to whose care his heart’s best treasure might safely be consigned28. He was induced to accept her protection for his Amanda, not only on account of her present but future welfare. His own health was extremely delicate. He deemed his life very precarious29, and flattered himself Lady Greystock, by having his beloved girl under her care, would grow so attached to her, as to prove a friend if he should be snatched away ere his newly-obtained independence enabled him to make a provision for her. In indulging this hope, his heart could not reproach him for anything mean or selfish. Her ladyship had frequently assured him all her relations were very distant ones, and in affluent30 circumstances, so that if his Amanda received any proof of kindness from her, she could neither injure nor encroach on the rights of others.
This, however, was not the case, though carefully concealed31 from him, as well as many others, by her ladyship. Her education had either given birth to, or strengthened, the artful propensities32 of her disposition33. She had been one of the[Pg 195] numerous offspring of a gentleman in the southern part of Ireland, whose wife, a complete housewife, knowing his inability of giving his daughters fortunes, determined34 to bring them up so as to save one for their future husbands.
At the age of nineteen, Miss Bridget, by her reputation for domestic cleverness, attracted the notice of a man of easy independence in the neighborhood, who, being a perfect Nimrod, wanted somebody to manage those concerns at home, which he neglected for the field and kennel35; and in obtaining Miss Bridget, he procured36 this valuable acquisition. His love of sport, with his life, was fatally terminated the second year of his marriage, by his attempting to leap a five-bar gate. A good jointure devolved to his widow, and the office of consoling her to the rector of the parish, a little fat elderly man, who might have sat very well for the picture of Boniface. So successful were his arguments, that he not only expelled sorrow from her heart, but introduced himself into it, and had the felicity of receiving her hand as soon as her weeds were laid aside. Four years they lived in uninterrupted peace, but too free an enjoyment37 of the good things of this life undermined the constitution of the rector. He was ordered to Bath, where his mortal career was shortly terminated, and his whole fortune was left to his wife.
In the house where she lodged38 was an ancient baronet, who had never been married. His fortune was considerable, but his manner so strange and whimsical, that he appeared incapable39 of enjoying the advantages it would have afforded to others. Notwithstanding his oddities, he was compassionate40; and as the fair relict was unaccompanied by a friend, he waited on her for the purpose of offering consolation41, and any service in his power. This attention instantly inspired her with an idea of trying to make him feel tenderer sentiments than those of pity for her. His title and fortune were so attractive, that neither his capricious disposition, nor the disparity of their ages, he being sixty, and she only eight-and-twenty, could prevent her ardently42 desiring a connection between them. Her efforts to effect this were long unsuccessful; but perseverance43 will almost work miracles. Her constant good-humor, and unremitted solicitude44 about him, who was in general an invalid45, at last made an impression on his flinty heart, and in a fit of sudden gratitude46 he offered her his hand, which was eagerly accepted.
The presumptive heir to the baronet’s large possessions was the son and only child of a deceased sister. At the period[Pg 196] this unexpected alliance took place, he was about twenty, pleasing in his person, and engaging in his manner, and tenderly beloved by his uncle. This love, Lady Greystock saw, if it continued, would frustrate47 her wish of possessing the baronet’s whole property. Various schemes fluctuated in her mind relative to the manner in which she should lay the foundation for Rushbrook’s ruin. Ere she could determine on one, chance discovered a secret which completely aided her intentions.
In the neighborhood of the baronet’s country residence, Rushbrook had formed an attachment for the daughter of a man against whom his uncle entertained the most inveterate48 enmity. A union with this girl, she was well convinced, would ruin him. She therefore gave him to understand she knew of his attachment, and sincerely pitied his situation, encouraging his love by the most flattering eulogiums on his adored Emily; declared her regret that hearts so congenial should be separated; and at last intimated that if they wished to unite, she was convinced she would soon be able to obtain Sir Geoffry’s forgiveness for such a step. Her artful insinuations hurried the unsuspicious pair into the snare49 she had spread for them. The consequence of this was what she expected.
Sir Geoffry’s rage was unappeasable, and he solemnly vowed50 never more to behold51 his nephew. Lady Greystock wished to preserve, if possible, appearances to the world, and prevailed on him to give her five hundred pounds for Rushbrook, to which she added five of her own, and presented the notes to him, with an assurance of pleading his cause whenever she found a favorable opportunity for doing so.
He purchased an ensigncy in a regiment52 on the point of embarking53 for America, where he felt he would rather encounter distress than among those who had known him in affluence54.
Her ladyship now redoubled her attention to Sir Geoffry, and at last prepossessed him so strongly with the idea of her affection for him, that he made a will, bequeathing her his whole fortune, which she flattered herself with soon enjoying. But the constitution of Sir Geoffry was stronger than she imagined, and policy obliged her to adhere to a conduct which had gained his favor, as she knew the least alteration55 of it would, to his capricious temper, be sufficient to make him crush all her hopes.
Fifteen years passed in this manner, when a friend of Rushbrook’s advised him no longer to be deluded56 by the promises Lady Greystock still continued to make, of interceding57 in his favor, but to write himself to his uncle for forgiveness, which[Pg 197] the duty he owed his family, and the distress of his situation, should prompt him to immediately. Rushbrook accordingly wrote a most pathetic letter, and his friend, as he had promised, delivered it himself to the baronet. The contents of the letter, and the remonstrance59 of his visitor, produced a great change in the sentiments of the baronet. Tenderness for a nephew he had adopted as his heir from his infancy60 began to revive, and he seriously reflected, that by leaving his fortune to Lady Greystock, he should enrich a family unconnected with him, whilst the last branch of his own was left to obscurity and wretchedness. Pride recoiled61 from such an idea, and he told the gentleman he would consider about a reconciliation62 with his nephew.
The conversation between them, which Lady Greystock had contrived63 to overhear, filled her with dismay; but this was increased almost to distraction64, when an attorney being sent for, she repaired again to her hiding-place, and heard a new will dictated65 entirely in Rushbrook’s favor.
Sir Geoffry was soon prevailed on to see his nephew, but Mrs. Rushbrook and the children were not suffered to appear before him. They were, however, supplied with everything requisite66 for making a genteel appearance, and accompanying the regiment (again ordered abroad) with comfort.
Soon after their departure, Sir Geoffry sunk into a sudden state of insensibility, from which no hopes of his ever recovering could be entertained. The situation was propitious67 to the designs of Lady Greystock; none but creatures of her own were admitted to his chamber68. An attorney was sent for, who had often transacted69 business for her, relative to her affairs in Ireland; and a good bribe70 easily prevailed on him to draw up a will she dictated, similar to that before made in her favor. The baronet was raised in her arms, whilst the attorney guided his almost lifeless hand in signing it; and two clerks set their names as witnesses. Sir Geoffry expired almost immediately after this scheme was executed.
Rushbrook’s friend, who had been appointed to act for him, if this event took place whilst he was abroad, now appeared. A will found in Sir Geoffry’s cabinet was read, by which it appeared Mr. Rushbrook was his sole heir. The exultation71 of the peruser72, however, was of short continuance; her ladyship’s attorney appeared, and declared the will was rendered null by one of later date, which he had drawn73 up in Sir Geoffry’s last moments, by his express desire. Consternation74 and surprise pervaded75 the mind of Rushbrook’s friend; he saw the will was too well attested76 for him to dispute it, yet he suspected foul[Pg 198] play, and lost no time in communicating his suspicion to Rushbrook.
Her ladyship settled her affairs most expeditiously77 and returned with delight to her native country, after a very long absence from it. Most of her near relations were dead, but she had many distant ones, who, prompted by the knowledge of her large fortune, eagerly reminded her of their affinity78, and vied with each other in paying her attention. This was extremely pleasing to her ladyship, who was fond of pleasure at other people’s expense. For herself she had laid down rules of the most rigid79 economy, which she strictly80 adhered to. From the many invitations she received she was seldom a resident in her own house; she judged of others by herself, and ascribed the attentions she received to their real source, self-interest, which she laughed secretly to think she should disappoint.
She was remarkable81 (as Miss Kilcorban informed Amanda) for asking young people to do little matters for her, such as making her millinery, working ruffles82, aprons83, and handkerchiefs.
The tranquillity84 she enjoyed for two years after Sir Geoffry’s death was a little interrupted by his nephew’s arrival from America, and commencing a suit directly against her by the advice of his friends and some eminent85 lawyers, on the supposition that the will by which she inherited had been made when his uncle was in a state of imbecility.
Lady Greystock, however, received but a trifling86 shock from this; she knew he had no money to carry on such an affair, and that his advocates would lose their zeal87 in his cause, when convinced of the state of his finances. On being obliged to go to London to attend the suit, it immediately occurred that Amanda would be a most pleasing companion to take along with her, as she would not only enliven the hours she must sometimes pass at home, but do a number of little things in the way of dress, which would save a great deal of expense.
Amanda, on the first proposal of accompanying her, warmly opposed it; she felt unutterable reluctance88 to leave her father, and assured him she would, by exerting herself, prove that a change of scene was not requisite for restoring her cheerfulness. Fitzalan knew her sincerity89 in making this promise, but he also knew her inability of performing it; his happiness, he declared, depended on her complying with this request: he even said his own health would probably be established by it, as during her absence he would partake of the amusements of the country, which he had hitherto declined on her account. This asser[Pg 199]tion prevailed on her to consent, and immediate58 preparations were made for her journey, as the invitation had not been given till within a few days of her ladyship’s intended departure. As she went by Holyhead, Fitzalan determined on sending Ellen to her parents till Amanda returned from England, which determination pleased Ellen exceedingly, as she longed to see her family, and tell them particulars of Chip. As the hour approached for quitting her father, the regret and reluctance of Amanda increased; nor were his feelings less oppressive, though better concealed: but when the moment of parting came, they could no longer be suppressed; he held her with a trembling grasp to his heart, as if life would forsake90 it. On her departure, the gloom on his mind seemed like a presentiment91 of evil; he repented92 forcing her from him, and scarcely could he refrain from saying they must not part.
Lady Greystock, who in every scene and every situation preserved her composure, hinted to him the injury he was doing his daughter by such emotions; and mentioned how short their separation would be, and what benefit would accrue93 to Amanda from it.
This last consideration recalled to his mind instantly composed him, and he handed them to her ladyship’s chariot, which was followed by a hired chaise containing her woman and Ellen; he then sighed her a last adieu, returned to his solitary94 habitation to pray, and in spite of all his efforts, weep for his darling child.
Amanda’s tears streamed down her pale cheek, and never did she experience a pang95 of such sorrow as that she felt, when, the chaise descending96 a hill, she caught the last glimpse of Castle Carberry.
She perceived, however, that her ladyship had no relish97 for a gloomy companion, and therefore endeavored to recover her spirits, and enter into conversation.
Lady Greystock had a number of friends in that part of Ireland, and therefore never stopped at an inn.
“I always, my dear,” said she to Amanda, “make use of the friendship professed98 for me, and thus endeavor to render the great road of life delightful99.”
They arrived the third day in Sackville Street, where her ladyship had a house, and two days after embarked100 for England. They slept the first night they landed at Holyhead, and the next morning pursued their journey.
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gratitude
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affinity
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