MR. and Mrs. Tyrold returned to Etherington somewhat relieved in their spirits, though perplexed1 in their opinions. They had heard from Sir Hugh, that Edgar had decidedly disavowed any pretensions2 to Indiana, and had voluntarily retreated from Cleves, that his disavowal might risk no misconstruction, either in the family or the neighbourhood.
This insensibility to beauty the most exquisite3 wanted no advocate with Mrs. Tyrold. Once more she conceived some hope of what she wished, and she determined4 upon seeing Edgar before her departure. The displeasure she had nourished against him vanished, and justice to his general worth, with an affection nearly maternal5 to his person, took again their wonted place in her bosom6, and made her deem herself unkind in having purposed to quit the kingdom without bidding him farewell.
Mr. Tyrold, whom professional duty and native inclination7 alike made a man of peace, was ever happy to second all conciliatory measures, and the first to propose them, where his voice had any chance of being heard. He sent a note, therefore, to invite Edgar to call the next morning; and Mrs. Tyrold deferred8 her hour of setting off till noon.
Her own natural and immediate9 impulse, had been to carry Camilla with her abroad; but when she considered that her sole errand was to nurse and appease10 an offended sick man, whose chamber11 she meant not to quit till she returned to her family, she gave up the pleasure she would herself have found in the scheme, to her fears for the health and spirits of her darling child, joined to the superior joy of leaving such a solace12 with her husband.
Sir Hugh had heard the petition for postponing13 the further visit of Camilla almost with despondence; but Mr. Tyrold restored him completely to confidence, with respect to his doubts concerning Dr. Orkborne, with whom he held a long and satisfactory conversation; and his own benevolent14 heart received a sensible pleasure, when, upon examining Indiana with regard to Edgar, he found her, though piqued15 and pouting16, untouched either in affection or happiness.
Early the next morning Edgar came. Mrs. Tyrold had taken measures for employing Camilla upstairs, where she did not even hear that he entered the house.
He was received with kindness, and told of the sudden journey, though not of its motives18. He heard of it with unfeigned concern, and earnestly solicited19 to be the companion of the voyage, if no better male protector were appointed.
Mr. Tyrold folded his arms around him at this grateful proposal, while his wife, animated20 off her guard, warmly exclaimed–‘My dear, excellent Edgar! you are indeed the model, the true son of your guardian21!’
Sorry for what had escaped her, from her internal reference to Lionel, she looked anxiously to see if he comprehended her; but the mantling22 blood which mounted quick into his cheeks, while his eyes sought the ground, soon told her there was another mode of affinity23, which at that moment had struck him.
Willing to establish whether this idea were right, she now considered how she might name Camilla; but her husband, who for no possible purpose could witness distress24 without seeking to alleviate25 it, declined his kind offer, and began a discourse26 upon the passage to Lisbon.
This gave Edgar time to recover, and, in a few seconds, something of moment seemed abruptly27 to occur to him, and scarcely saying adieu, he hurried to remount his horse.
Mrs. Tyrold was perplexed; but she could take not steps towards an explanation, without infringing28 the delicacy29 she felt due to her daughter: she suffered him, therefore, to depart.
She then proceeded with her preparations, which entirely30 occupied her till the chaise was at the gate; when, as the little party, their eyes and their hearts all full, were taking a last farewell, the parlour door was hastily opened, and Dr. Marchmont and Edgar entered the room.
All were surprised, but none so much as Camilla, who, forgetting, in sudden emotion, every thing but former kindness and intimacy31, delightedly exclaimed–‘Edgar! O how happy, my dearest mother!–I was afraid you would go without seeing him!’
Edgar turned to her with a quickness that could only be exceeded by his pleasure; her voice, her manner, her unlooked-for interest in his appearance, penetrated32 to his very soul. ‘Is it possible,’ he cried, ‘you could have the goodness to wish me this gratification? At a moment such as this, could you —?’ think of me, he would have added; but Dr. Marchmont, coming forward, begged him to account for their intrusion.
Almost overpowered by his own sudden emotion, he could scarce recollect33 its motive17 himself; while Camilla, fearful and repentant34 that she had broken her deliberate and well-principled resolutions, retreated to the window.
Mr. and Mrs. Tyrold witnessed the involuntary movements which betrayed their mutual35 regard with the tenderest satisfaction; and the complacency of their attention, when Edgar advanced to them, soon removed his embarrassment36.
He then briefly37 acquainted them, that finding Mrs. Tyrold would not accept him for her chevalier, he had ridden hard to the parsonage of Cleves, whence he hoped he had brought her one too unexceptionable for rejection38.
Dr. Marchmont, with great warmth, then made a proffer39 of his services, declaring he had long desired an opportunity to visit Portugal; and protesting that, besides the pleasure of complying with any wish of Mr. Mandlebert’s , it would give him the most serious happiness to shew his gratitude40 for the many kind offices he owed to Mr. Tyrold, and his high personal respect for his lady; he should require but one day for his preparations, and for securing the performance of the church duty at Cleves during his absence.
Mr. and Mrs. Tyrold were equally struck by the goodness of Dr. Marchmont, and the attentive41 kindness of Edgar. Mrs. Tyrold, nevertheless, would immediately have declined the scheme; but her husband interposed. Her travelling, he said, with such a guard, would be as conducive42 to his peace at home, as to her safety abroad. ‘And with respect,’ cried he, ‘to obligation, I hold it as much a moral duty not to refuse receiving good offices, as not to avoid administering them. That species of independence, which proudly flies all ties of gratitude, is inimical to the social compact of civilized43 life, which subsists44 but by reciprocity of services.’
Mrs. Tyrold now opposed the scheme no longer, and the chaise was ordered for the next day.
Dr. Marchmont hurried home to settle his affairs; but Edgar begged a short conference with Mr. Tyrold.
Every maternal hope was now awake in Mrs. Tyrold, who concluded this request was to demand Camilla in marriage; and her husband himself, not without trepidation45, took Edgar into his study.
But Edgar, though his heart was again wholly Camilla’s , had received a look from Dr. Marchmont that guarded him from any immediate declaration. He simply opened upon the late misconception at Cleves; vindicated46 himself from any versatility47 of conduct, and affirmed, that both his attentions and his regard for Indiana had never been either more or less than they still continued. All this was spoken with a plainness to which the integrity of his character gave a weight superior to any protestations.
‘My dear Edgar,’ said Mr. Tyrold, ‘I am convinced of your probity48. The tenor49 of your life is its guarantee, and any other defence is a degradation50. There is, indeed, no perfidy51 so unjustifiable, as that which wins but to desert the affections of an innocent female. It is still, if possible, more cowardly than it is cruel; for the greater her worth, and the more exquisite her feelings, the stronger will be the impulse of her delicacy to suffer uncomplaining; and the deluder52 of her esteem54 commonly confides55, for averting56 her reproach, to the very sensibility through which he has ensnared her good opinion.’
‘No one,’ said Edgar, ‘can more sincerely concur57 in this sentiment than myself; and, I trust, there is no situation, and no character, that could prompt me to deviate58 in this point. Here, in particular, my understanding must have been as defective59 as my morals, to have betrayed me into such an enterprise.’
‘How do you mean?’
‘I beg pardon, my dear sir; but, though I have a sort of family regard for Miss Lynmere, and though I think her beauty is transcendent, her heart, I believe —’ he hesitated.
‘Do you think her heart invulnerable?’—
‘Why-no-not positively60, perhaps,’ answered he, embarrassed, ‘not positively invulnerable; but certainly I do not think it composed of those finely subtle sensations which elude53 all vigilance, and become imperceptibly the prey61 of every assailing62 sympathy; for itself, therefore, I believe it not in much danger; and, for others–I see not in it that magnetic attraction which charms away all caution, beguiles63 all security, enwraps the imagination, and masters the reason!’—
The chain of thinking which, from painting what he thought insensible in Indiana led him to describe what he felt to be resistless in Camilla, made him finish the last sentence with an energy that surprised Mr. Tyrold into a smile.
‘You seem deeply,’ he said, ‘to have studied the subject.’
‘But not under the guidance of Miss Lynmere,’ he answered, rising, and colouring, the moment he had spoken, in the fear he had betrayed himself.
‘I rejoice, then, the more,’ replied Mr. Tyrold, calmly, ‘in her own slackness of susceptibility.’
‘Yes,’ cried Edgar, recovering, and quietly re-placing himself; ‘it is her own security, and it is the security of all who surround her; though to those, indeed, there was also another, a still greater, in the contrast which —’ he stopt, confused at his own meaning; yet presently, almost irresistibly64, added–‘Not that I think the utmost vivacity65 of sentiment, nor all the charm of soul, though eternally beaming in the eyes, playing in every feature, glowing in the complection, and brightening every smile —’ he stopt again, overpowered with the consciousness of the picture he was portraying66; but Mr. Tyrold continuing silent, he was obliged, though he scarce knew what he said, to go on. ‘Nothing, in short, so selfishly are we formed,-that nothing, not even the loveliest of the lovely, can be truly bewitching, in which we do not hope or expect some participation67.–I believe I have not made myself very clear?–However, it is not material–I simply meant to explain my retreat from Cleves. And, indeed, it is barbarous, at a season such as this, to detain you a moment from your family.’
He then hastily took leave.
Mr. Tyrold was sensibly touched by this scene. He saw, through a discourse so perplexed, and a manner so confused, that his daughter had made a forcible impression upon the heart of Mandlebert, but could not comprehend why he seemed struggling to conceal68 it. What had dropt from him appeared to imply a distrust of exciting mutual regard; yet this, after his own observations upon Camilla, was inconceivable. He regretted, that at a period so critical, she must part with her mother, with whom again he now determined to consult.
Edgar, who hitherto had opened his whole heart upon every occasion to Mr. Tyrold, felt hurt and distressed69 at this first withholding70 of confidence. It was, however, unavoidable, in his present situation.
He went back to the parlour to take leave once more of Mrs. Tyrold; but, opening the door, found Camilla there alone. She was looking out of the window, and had not heard his entrance.
This was not a sight to still his perturbed71 spirits; on the contrary, the moment seemed to him so favourable72, that it irresistibly occurred to him to seize it for removing every doubt.
Camilla, who had not even missed her mother and sister from the room, was contemplating73 the horse of Edgar, and internally arraigning74 herself for the dangerous pleasure she had felt and manifested at the sight of his master.
He gently shut the door, and approaching her, said, ‘Do I see again the same frank and amiable75 friend, who in earliest days, who always, indeed, till–’
Camilla turning round, startled to behold76 him so near, and that no one else remained in the room, blushed excessively, and without hearing what he said, shut the window; yet opened it the same minute, stammering77 out something, but she herself knew not what, concerning the weather.
The gentlest thoughts crossed the mind of Edgar at this evident embarrassment, and the most generous alacrity78 prompted him to hasten his purpose. He drew a chair near her, and, in penetrating79 accents, said: ‘Will you suffer me, will you, can you permit me, to take the privilege of our long friendship, and honestly to speak to you upon what has passed within these last few days at Cleves?’
She could not answer: surprise, doubt, fear of self-deception, and hope of some happy explanation, all suddenly conspired80 to confound and to silence her.
‘You cannot, I think, forget,’ he soon resumed, ‘that you had condescended81 to put into my hands the management and decision of the new acquaintance you are anxious to form? My memory, at least, will never be unfaithful to a testimony82 so grateful to me, of your entire reliance upon the deep, the unspeakable interest I have ever taken, and ever must take, in my invaluable83 guardian, and in every branch of his respected and beloved family.’
Camilla now began to breathe. This last expression, though zealous84 in friendliness85, had nothing of appropriate partiality; and in losing her hope she resumed her calmness.
Edgar observed, though he understood not, the change; but as he wished to satisfy his mind before he indulged his inclination, he endeavoured not to be sorry to see her mistress of herself during the discussion He wished her but to answer him with openness: she still, however, only listened, while she rose and looked about the room for some work. Edgar, somewhat disconcerted, waited for her again sitting down; and after a few minutes spent in a useless search, she drew a chair to a table at some distance.
Gravely then following, he stood opposite to her, and, after a little pause, said, ‘I perceive you think I go too far? you think that the intimacy of childhood, and the attachment86 of adolescence87, should expire with the juvenile88 sports and intercourse89 which nourished them, rather than ripen90 into solid friendship and permanent confidence?’
‘Do not say so,’ cried she, with emotion; ‘believe me, unless you knew all that had passed, and all my motives, you should judge nothing of these last few days, but think of me only, whether well or ill, as you thought of me a week ago.’
The most laboured and explicit91 defence could not more immediately have satisfied his mind than this speech. Suspicion vanished, trust and admiration92 took its place, and once more drawing a chair by her side, ‘My dear Miss Camilla,’ he cried, ‘forgive my having thus harped93 upon this subject; I here promise you I will name it no more.’
‘And I,’ cried she, delighted, ‘promise you’-she was going to add, that she would give up Mrs. Arlbery, if he found reason to disapprove94 the acquaintance; but the parlour door opened, and Miss Margland stalked into the room.
Sir Hugh was going to send a messenger to enquire95 how and when Mrs. Tyrold had set out; but Miss Margland, from various motives of curiosity, offered her services, and came herself. So totally, however, had both Edgar and Camilla been engrossed96 by each other, that they had not heard the carriage drive up to the garden gate, which, with the door of the house, being always open, required neither knocker nor bell.
A spectre could not more have startled or shocked Camilla. She jumped up, with an exclamation97 nearly amounting to a scream, and involuntarily seated herself at the other end of the room.
Edgar, though not equally embarrassed, was still more provoked; but he rose, and got her a chair, and enquired98 after the health of Sir Hugh.
‘He is very poorly, indeed,’ answered she, with an austere99 air, ‘and no wonder!’
‘Is my uncle ill?’ cried Camilla, alarmed.
Miss Margland deigned100 no reply.
The rest of the family, who had seen the carriage from the windows, now entered the room, and during the mutual enquiries and account which followed, Edgar, believing himself unobserved, glided101 round to Camilla, and in a low voice, said, ‘The promise–I think I guess its gratifying import–I shall not, I hope, lose, through this cruel intrusion?’
Camilla, who saw no eyes but those of Miss Margland, which were severely102 fastened upon her, affected103 not to hear him, and planted herself in the group out of his way.
He anxiously waited for another opportunity to put in his claim, but he waited in vain; Camilla, who from the entrance of Miss Margland had had the depressing feel of self-accusation, sedulously104 avoided him; and though he loitered till he was ashamed of remaining in the house at a period so busy, Miss Margland, by indications not to be mistaken, shewed herself bent105 upon out-staying him; he was obliged, therefore, to depart; though, no sooner was he gone, than, having nothing more to scrutinize106, she went also.
But little doubt now remained with the watchful107 parents of the mutual attachment of Edgar and Camilla, to which the only apparent obstacle seemed, a diffidence on the part of Edgar with respect to her internal sympathy. Pleased with the modesty108 of such a fear in so accomplished109 a young man, Mr. Tyrold protested that, if the superior fortune were on the side of Camilla, he would himself clear it up, and point out the mistake. His wife gloried in the virtuous110 delicacy of her daughter, that so properly, till it was called for, concealed111 her tenderness from the object who so deservingly inspired it; yet they agreed, that though she could not, at present, meet Edgar too often, she should be kept wholly ignorant of their wishes and expectations, lest they should still be crushed by any unforeseen casualty: and that, meanwhile, she should be allowed every safe and innocent recreation, that might lighten her mind from its depression, and restore her spirits to their native vivacity.
Early the next morning Dr. Marchmont came to Etherington, and brought with him Lionel, by the express direction of his father, who never objected to admit the faulty to his presence; his hopes of doing good were more potent112 from kindness than from severity, from example than from precept113: yet he attempted not to conquer the averseness of Mrs. Tyrold to an interview; he knew it proceeded not from an inexorable nature, but from a repugnance114 insurmountable to the sight of a beloved object in disgrace.
Mrs. Tyrold quitted her husband with the most cruel regret, and her darling Camilla with the tenderest inquietude; she affectionately embraced the unexceptionable Lavinia, with whom she left a message for her brother, which she strictly115 charged her to deliver, without softening116 or omitting one word.
And then, attended by Dr. Marchmont, she set forward on her journey towards Falmouth: whence a packet, in a few days, she was informed, would sail for Lisbon.
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