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An ordained priest performed the ceremony in a consecrated building and Protestant marriages, so celebrated, are marriages acknowledged by the Catholic Church. Under those circumstances, the ceremony which afterward united you to Miss Eyrecourt though neither you nor the clergyman were to blame was a mere mockery. Need I to say any more? Shall I leave you for a while by yourself?" "No!
Eyrecourt had held her place in society, acting under an intensely selfish sense of her own interests, fortified by those cunning instincts which grow best in a barren intellect. Perfectly unworthy of being trusted with secrets which only concerned other people, this frivolous creature could be the unassailable guardian of secrets which concerned herself.
Stella thought of Romayne's tastes, all in favor of modest retirement, and of her mother's tastes, all in favor of ostentation and display. She frankly owned the result produced in her own mind. "I am afraid to consult my mother about our marriage," she said. Romayne looked astonished. "Do you think Mrs. Eyrecourt will disapprove of it?" he asked. Stella was equally astonished on her side.
To this day I don't know from what precise nervous malady he suffers; I could only guess that it had been troubling him again since he and I last met. My first conventional civilities were dedicated, of course, to his wife. She is still in attendance on her mother. Mrs. Eyrecourt is now considered to be out of danger.
The other seems, to my humble view, to be the young lady of whom we have been speaking. Is it not strange that Miss Eyrecourt has never been married?" The trap had been elaborately set; Father Benwell had every reason to anticipate that Miss Notman would walk into it. The disconcerting housekeeper walked up to it and then proved unable to advance a step further.
In the first place, nothing was said of the widow's reference to her son's death, and of the effect produced by it on his younger brother. The boy was simply described as being of weak intellect, and as requiring to be kept under competent control. In the second place, Romayne was left to infer that ordinary motives of benevolence were the only motives, on his part, known to Miss Eyrecourt.
As Roman Catholics, and as old friends of Romayne, the Lorings naturally rejoiced in his conversion. But as old friends also of Romayne's wife, they were bound not to express their sentiments too openly. Feeling that any discussion of the priest's motives would probably lead to the delicate subject of the conversion, Mrs. Eyrecourt prudently determined to let the matter drop.
She almost brought the tears into my eyes, she received me so kindly. If her mother had not been in the room but her mother was in the room; I had no other choice than to enter on my business, as if I had been the family lawyer. Mrs. Eyrecourt began by reproving Stella for asking my advice, and then assured me that she had no intention of leaving London.
"Do you pass most of your evenings alone, Mr. Romayne?" "Not quite alone. I have the company of my books." "Are your books the companions that you like best?" "I have been true to those companions, Miss Eyrecourt, for many years. If the doctors are to be believed, my books have not treated me very well in return. They have broken down my health, and have made me, I am afraid, a very unsocial man."
Ah, I understand she kept that to herself, poor dear, and with good reason, too." I thought of the turned-down page in the letter. Mrs. Eyrecourt readily revealed what her daughter's delicacy had forbidden me to read including the monstrous assumption which connected my marriage before the registrar with her son-in-law's scruples. "Yes," she proceeded, "these Catholics are all alike.
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