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Updated: April 30, 2025
It was among the maxims of Kenelm Chillingly's creed that a sensible man should never allow himself to be surprised; but here he was, to use a popular idiom, "taken aback," and lowered himself to the rank of ordinary minds by saying, simply, "I don't understand."
Braefield, let me trust to your good sense and the affection with which you have honoured my niece not to incur the risk of unsettling her mind by a hint of the ambitious projects for her future on which you have spoken to me. It is extremely improbable that a young man of Mr. Chillingly's expectations would entertain any serious thoughts of marrying out of his own sphere of life, and "
"Come to Exmundham, and if I do not give my consent to propose to Cecilia Travers hold me a tyrant and rebel." Lady Chillingly's letters were much longer.
"In that case," said Kenelm, gravely, and extracting from the water a small but lively trout, which settled itself in Lady Chillingly's lap, "in that case I would rather not be amused. I have no interest in the absurdities of other people. The instinct of self-preservation compels me to have some interest in my own."
"It would be no friend to Lily who could put such notions into her head; and there is no reason to suppose that they have entered into Mr. Chillingly's." "Would you be sorry if they did? Surely you would like your niece to marry well, and there are few chances of her doing so at Moleswich." "Pardon me, Mrs.
Braefield, let me trust to your good sense and the affection with which you have honoured my niece not to incur the risk of unsettling her mind by a hint of the ambitious projects for her future on which you have spoken to me. It is extremely improbable that a young man of Mr. Chillingly's expectations would entertain any serious thoughts of marrying out of his own sphere of life, and "
In due course he received this answer, You are an insolent little fool, and I'll thrash you within an inch of your life. After the receipt of that polite epistle, Kenelm Chillingly's scruples vanished, and he took daily lessons in muscular Christianity. Kenelm returned to school with a brow cleared from care, and three days after his return he wrote to the Reverend John,
In due course he received this answer, You are an insolent little fool, and I'll thrash you within an inch of your life. After the receipt of that polite epistle, Kenelm Chillingly's scruples vanished, and he took daily lessons in muscular Christianity. Kenelm returned to school with a brow cleared from care, and three days after his return he wrote to the Reverend John,
"Come to Exmundham, and if I do not give my consent to propose to Cecilia Travers hold me a tyrant and rebel." Lady Chillingly's letters were much longer.
It was among the maxims of Kenelm Chillingly's creed that a sensible man should never allow himself to be surprised; but here he was, to use a popular idiom, "taken aback," and lowered himself to the rank of ordinary minds by saying, simply, "I don't understand."
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