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Hilary never told it till, years after, she wept it out upon a bosom that could understand the whole, and would take good care that while the life beat in his she never should go through the like again. Ascott came home that is, was brought home very humbled, contrite, and grateful.
Ascott, who, when his approaching honors could no longer be concealed from him, became for the nonce a most attentive husband, and succumbed dutifully to every fancy his wife entertained, openly expressed his satisfaction in Elizabeth, and gave her one or two bright golden guineas in earnest of his gratitude.
The nuns had thought her a good Catholic, and she had had to pretend she was. Monsignor, it is true, had turned the conversation and saved her from exposure. But what then? She knew, and he knew, everyone knew; Lady Ascott, Lady Mersey, Lady Duckle very probably didn't care, but appearances had to be preserved, and she had to tell lies to them all. Her life had become a network of lies.
The Misses Leaf ay, even Selina, whose irritation against the provoking boy was quite mollified by the elegant young man were no wiser than their neighbors. But there was one person in the household who still obstinately refused to bow the knee to Ascott.
"Never hear of Ascott any more?" repeated Hilary; and for an instant she ceased to think of him as what he was swindler, forger, ungrateful to his benefactors, a disgrace to his home and family. She saw only the boy Ascott, with his bright looks and pleasant ways, whom his aunts had brought up from his cradle, and loved with all his faults perhaps loved still. "Oh, I must go home.
Consequently, as Mr. Ascott was always absent in the city until dinner, Hilary did not see him for months together, and her brother-in-law was, she declared, no more to her than any other man upon 'Change, or the man in the moon, or the Great Mogul. His wife spoke little about him.
His introduction to this circle he owed to an old friend, Hugh Carnaby, whose social position was much more clearly defined: Hugh Carnaby, the rambler, the sportsman, and now for a twelvemonth the son-in-law of Mrs. Ascott Larkfield.
"We must not let the boy remain in debt; it would be such a disgrace to the family." "It is not the remaining in debt, but the incurring of it, which is the real disgrace to Ascott and the family." "Hush Hilary," said Johanna, pointing to the opening door; but it was too late.
God help the women who, for those belonging to them husbands, fathers, brothers, lovers, sons have ever so tenderly to apologize. When they came in sight of St. Pancras's Church, Ascott said, suddenly, "I think you'll knew your way now, Aunt Hilary." "Certainly. Why?" "Because you wouldn't be vexed if I left you?
Ascott into my confidence more or less and she agrees with me that I ought to lay down a strong, rigid policy and that it is your duty to execute it.
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