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On a sudden, however, the proverb of mending old garments with new cloth occurred to me. "I am afraid," said I, "any new adventures which I can invent will not fadge well with the old tale; one will but spoil the other." I had better have nothing to do with Colonel B , thought I, but boldly and independently sit down and write the life of Joseph Sell.
Still, Quarmby's story had not been without foundation; it was true that the proprietor of The Study had for a moment thought of Alfred Yule, doubtless as the natural contrast to Clement Fadge, whom he would have liked to mortify if the thing were possible. But counsellors had proved to Mr Rackett the disadvantages of such a choice.
On a sudden, however, the proverb of mending old garments with new cloth occurred to me. 'I am afraid, said I, 'any new adventures which I can invent will not fadge well with the old tale; one will but spoil the other. I had better have nothing to do with Colonel B , thought I, but boldly and independently sit down and write the life of Joseph Sell.
Never in my life shall I do anything of solid literary value; I shall always despise the people I write for. But my path will be that of success. I have always said it, and now I'm sure of it. 'Does Fadge retire from The Study, then? inquired Reardon, when he had received this tirade with a friendly laugh. 'Yes, he does. Was going to, it seems, in any case.
Fixed in his antipathy to the young man, he would not allow himself to admit any but a base motive on Milvain's side, if, indeed, Marian and Jasper were more to each other than slight acquaintances; and he persuaded himself that anxiety for the girl's welfare was at least as strong a motive with him as mere prejudice against the ally of Fadge, and, it might be, the reviewer of 'English Prose. Milvain was quite capable of playing fast and loose with a girl, and Marian, owing to the peculiar circumstances of her position, would easily be misled by the pretence of a clever speculator.
What a true sentence that is of Landor's: "It has been repeated often enough that vice leads to misery; will no man declare that misery leads to vice?" I have much of the weakness that might become viciousness, but I am now far from the possibility of being vicious. Of course there are men, like Fadge, who seem only to grow meaner the more prosperous they are; but these are exceptions.
It's the only way to get on; one has to take it for granted that people are willing to help you. I have made a host of new acquaintances just lately. 'I'm glad to hear it, said Marian. 'Do you know but how should you? I am going to write for the new magazine, The Current. 'Indeed! 'Edited by that man Fadge. 'Yes. 'Your father has no affection for him, I know.
'I felt that. Of course I can't think of it now. She smiled, raising her face to his. 'Don't trouble, said Jasper. 'Wait a little, till I have made myself independent of Fadge and a few other men, and your father shall see how heartily I wish to be of use to him. He will miss your help, I'm afraid? 'Yes. I shall feel it a cruelty when I have to leave him.
That a man like Jasper Milvain, whose name was every now and then forced upon his notice as a rising periodicalist and a faithful henchman of the unspeakable Fadge that a young fellow of such excellent prospects should seriously attach himself to a girl like Marian seemed to him highly improbable, save, indeed, for the one consideration, that Milvain, who assuredly had a very keen eye to chances, might regard the girl as a niece of old John Yule, and therefore worth holding in view until it was decided whether or not she would benefit by her uncle's decease.
'But this isn't so well suited for Fadge. And I much prefer to be independent, as long as it's possible. 'That's one of your faults, Edwin, remarked his wife, mildly. 'It's only the strongest men that can make their way independently. You ought to use every means that offers. 'Seeing that I am so weak? 'I didn't think it would offend you. I only meant 'No, no; you are quite right.
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