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Updated: June 13, 2025
Had Hester said her prayers with a proper feeling of self-negation, in that religious spirit which teaches the poor mortal here on earth to know that darkness and gloom are safer than mirth and comfort, then the Lord would have told her to leave Folking, to go back to Puritan Grange, and to consent once more to be called Hester Bolton.
It would be well that the coming heir to the Folking estate should be born at Folking. Whether an heir, or only an insignificant girl, it would be well that the child should be born amidst the comforts of home; and so they came back. When they reached the station at Cambridge the squire was there to receive them, as were also Robert Bolton and his wife.
'I wouldn't have said anything about his wife. 'That would not have been civil, said Aunt Polly; 'and as you insist on my asking him, I do not wish to be rude. And so the letter was sent as it was written. It reached Caldigate on the day which Hester was passing with her mother at Chesterton, on the Tuesday. She had left Folking on the Monday, intending to return on the Wednesday.
But what can I do, dear? If they will go on persevering, she will, of course, have to give way. The 'they' spoken of were the Daniels, and old Mr. Bolton himself, and latterly the Nicholases, all of whom were of opinion that the separation of the mother from her daughter was very dreadful, especially when it came to be understood that the squire of Folking went regularly to his parish church.
'Papa bade me stay here, but I told him that most certainly I should go home to Folking. Then Mrs. Bolton also became aware of fixed will and resolute purpose on her daughter's part. 'Does his word go for nothing? 'How can two persons' words go for anything when obedience is concerned? It is like God and Mammon. 'Hester!
But Hester sent back word that, in her present condition, she would see nobody, not even her mother. But it was not only from the family of the Boltons that these applications and entreaties came. Even Mr. Seely took upon himself to tell Mr. Caldigate that under existing circumstances Hester should not be detained at Folking. 'I do not know that either she or I want advice in the matter, Mr.
'She was not very propitious, sir; but that was not to be expected. 'She is a poor melancholy half-crazed creature, I take it, said the squire; 'at least, that is what I hear. The girl, I should think, would be glad to get away from such a home. But I am afraid you will find a good many obstacles. After that nothing more was said about the matter at Folking for some days.
The son, however, was ready to confess to himself that the chief fault had been with himself. It was natural, he thought, that a father's regard should be deadened by such conduct as his had been, and natural that an old man should not believe in the quick repentance and improvement of a young one. He hired a gig and drove himself over from Cambridge to Folking.
'I don't see why you shouldn't wear pretty things if you've got the money to pay for them, said Mrs. Robert. Mrs. Daniel shook her head, but on the afternoon before the wedding she bought an additional ribbon. Caldigate came over from Folking that morning attended by one John Jones, an old college friend, as his best man.
Cambridge, perhaps, would do as well as any other. 'You must never do that, sir. You must not leave Folking. But as for myself, I have ideas about my own life. 'Are they such that you can tell them? 'Yes; you shall hear them all. But I shall expect you to help me; or at least not turn against me? 'Turn against you, John! I hope I may never have to do that again.
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