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With
the
ornaments
on
the
walls
and
ceilings
cleaned
and
brightened
up
,
and
with
the
heavy
old
-
fashioned
beds
,
chairs
,
and
tables
replaced
by
bright
,
pretty
,
and
luxurious
modern
furniture
,
these
two
promised
to
be
at
once
the
most
attractive
and
the
most
comfortable
bedchambers
in
the
hotel
.
As
for
the
once
-
desolate
and
disused
ground
floor
of
the
building
,
it
was
now
transformed
,
by
means
of
splendid
dining
-
rooms
,
reception
-
rooms
,
billiard
-
rooms
,
and
smoking
-
rooms
,
into
a
palace
by
itself
.
Even
the
dungeon
-
like
vaults
beneath
,
now
lighted
and
ventilated
on
the
most
approved
modern
plan
,
had
been
turned
as
if
by
magic
into
kitchens
,
servants
’
offices
,
ice
-
rooms
,
and
wine
cellars
,
worthy
of
the
splendour
of
the
grandest
hotel
in
Italy
,
in
the
now
bygone
period
of
seventeen
years
since
.
Passing
from
the
lapse
of
the
summer
months
at
Venice
,
to
the
lapse
of
the
summer
months
in
Ireland
,
it
is
next
to
be
recorded
that
Mrs
.
Rolland
obtained
the
situation
of
attendant
on
the
invalid
Mrs
.
Carbury
;
and
that
the
fair
Miss
Haldane
,
like
a
female
Caesar
,
came
,
saw
,
and
conquered
,
on
her
first
day
’
s
visit
to
the
new
Lord
Montbarry
’
s
house
.
The
ladies
were
as
loud
in
her
praises
as
Arthur
Barville
himself
.
Lord
Montbarry
declared
that
she
was
the
only
perfectly
pretty
woman
he
had
ever
seen
,
who
was
really
unconscious
of
her
own
attractions
.
The
old
nurse
said
she
looked
as
if
she
had
just
stepped
out
of
a
picture
,
and
wanted
nothing
but
a
gilt
frame
round
her
to
make
her
complete
.
Miss
Haldane
,
on
her
side
,
returned
from
her
first
visit
to
the
Montbarrys
charmed
with
her
new
acquaintances
.
Later
on
the
same
day
,
Arthur
called
with
an
offering
of
fruit
and
flowers
for
Mrs
.
Carbury
,
and
with
instructions
to
ask
if
she
was
well
enough
to
receive
Lord
and
Lady
Montbarry
and
Miss
Lockwood
on
the
morrow
.
In
a
week
’
s
time
,
the
two
households
were
on
the
friendliest
terms
.
Mrs
.
Carbury
,
confined
to
the
sofa
by
a
spinal
malady
,
had
been
hitherto
dependent
on
her
niece
for
one
of
the
few
pleasures
she
could
enjoy
,
the
pleasure
of
having
the
best
new
novels
read
to
her
as
they
came
out
.
Discovering
this
,
Arthur
volunteered
to
relieve
Miss
Haldane
,
at
intervals
,
in
the
office
of
reader
.
He
was
clever
at
mechanical
contrivances
of
all
sorts
,
and
he
introduced
improvements
in
Mrs
.
Carbury
’
s
couch
,
and
in
the
means
of
conveying
her
from
the
bedchamber
to
the
drawing
-
room
,
which
alleviated
the
poor
lady
’
s
sufferings
and
brightened
her
gloomy
life
.
With
these
claims
on
the
gratitude
of
the
aunt
,
aided
by
the
personal
advantages
which
he
unquestionably
possessed
,
Arthur
advanced
rapidly
in
the
favour
of
the
charming
niece
.
She
was
,
it
is
needless
to
say
,
perfectly
well
aware
that
he
was
in
love
with
her
,
while
he
was
himself
modestly
reticent
on
the
subject
—
so
far
as
words
went
.
But
she
was
not
equally
quick
in
penetrating
the
nature
of
her
own
feelings
towards
Arthur
.
Watching
the
two
young
people
with
keen
powers
of
observation
,
necessarily
concentrated
on
them
by
the
complete
seclusion
of
her
life
,
the
invalid
lady
discovered
signs
of
roused
sensibility
in
Miss
Haldane
,
when
Arthur
was
present
,
which
had
never
yet
shown
themselves
in
her
social
relations
with
other
admirers
eager
to
pay
their
addresses
to
her
.
Having
drawn
her
own
conclusions
in
private
,
Mrs
.
Carbury
took
the
first
favourable
opportunity
(
in
Arthur
’
s
interests
)
of
putting
them
to
the
test
.
’
I
don
’
t
know
what
I
shall
do
,
’
she
said
one
day
,
’
when
Arthur
goes
away
.
’
Miss
Haldane
looked
up
quickly
from
her
work
.
’
Surely
he
is
not
going
to
leave
us
!
’
she
exclaimed
.
’
My
dear
!
he
has
already
stayed
at
his
uncle
’
s
house
a
month
longer
than
he
intended
.
His
father
and
mother
naturally
expect
to
see
him
at
home
again
.
’
Miss
Haldane
met
this
difficulty
with
a
suggestion
,
which
could
only
have
proceeded
from
a
judgment
already
disturbed
by
the
ravages
of
the
tender
passion
.
’
Why
can
’
t
his
father
and
mother
go
and
see
him
at
Lord
Montbarry
’
s
?
’
she
asked
.
’
Sir
Theodore
’
s
place
is
only
thirty
miles
away
,
and
Lady
Barville
is
Lord
Montbarry
’
s
sister
.
They
needn
’
t
stand
on
ceremony
.
’
’
They
may
have
other
engagements
,
’
Mrs
.
Carbury
remarked
.
