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Will it be too much to say, that they had formed a part of her breeding, and had been given to her with her blood? She understood well that from her, as heiress of the House of Humblethwaite, a double obedience was due to her father, the obedience of a child added to that which was now required from her as the future transmitter of honours of the house.
I am to be a Benedict, and the house of Humblethwaite and the title are to be kept together. I know you will congratulate me. My cousin is a charming girl, and worth all that I shall lose ten times over." It was impossible, he thought, that the man should refuse him credit for eighty pounds till Christmas, when the man should know that he was engaged to be married to £20,000 a year!
He had known Humblethwaite before; and, irrespective of all its beauties, and of the wealth of the Hotspurs, was quite willing to fall in love with Emily Hotspur. That a man with such dainties offered to him should not become greedy, that there should be no touch of avarice when such wealth was shown to him, is almost more than we may dare to assert.
They have intellects; they do think; the hours with them are terribly long; and they have no hope! The Hotspurs of Humblethwaite remained at home till Christmas was passed, and then at once started for Rome. Sir Harry and Lady Elizabeth both felt that it must be infinitely better for their girl to be away; and then there came the doctor's slow advice.
It must come off, if a little time is given, and then every shilling will be paid. A few pounds more or less won't make any difference. Do arrange this, and you'll find I'll never forget how kind you have been. I've been at Humblethwaite to-day, and things are going quite smooth. Yours most sincerely, Don't mention Walker's name, and everything shall be settled just as you shall fix.
Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite was a mighty person in Cumberland, and one who well understood of what nature were the duties, and of what sort the magnificence, which his position as a great English commoner required of him. He had twenty thousand a year derived from land.
Did not the lesson of every hour seem to tell him that, throughout his long life, he had thought too much of his house and his name? It would have been better that he should have waited till the letter was in his pocket before he returned home, because, when he reached Humblethwaite, the last argument was wanting to him to prove to Emily that her hope was vain.
The evil should have been avoided by refusing admittance to Cousin George both in London and at Humblethwaite. It certainly was too late; too late, that is, to avoid the evil altogether. The girl had been asked for her heart, and had given it. It was very much too late. But evils such as that do admit of remedy. It is not every girl that can marry the man whom she first confesses that she loves.
Still Lady Elizabeth said nothing. "If she gives me a promise, she will keep it," said Sir Harry. Then the mother could answer, "I am sure she will." "If the worst come to the worst, we must go away." "To Scarrowby?" suggested Lady Elizabeth, who hated Scarrowby. "That would do no good. Scarrowby would be the same as Humblethwaite to her, or perhaps worse. I mean abroad.
When George Hotspur left Humblethwaite, turned out of the house by the angry Baronet early in the morning, as the reader will remember, he was at his own desire driven to Penrith, choosing to go south rather than north. He had doubted for a while as to his immediate destination.
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