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the consequences of  what  I   have   done   sooner  than make   believe 

I¨ve done what I never would have done。 I¨d never have spent the 

money for my own pleasure!I was tortured into it。 ̄ 

    Through       the    remainder      of   this   day    Godfrey�察    �with    only 

occasional   fluctuations�察  �kept   his      will   bent   in  the  direction    of   a 

complete      avowal     to  his   father�察  �and    he   withheld     the  story    of 

Wildfire¨s loss till the next morning�察�that it might serve him as an 

introduction to heavier matter。 The old Squire was accustomed to 

his    son¨s   frequent     absence     from    home�察    �and    thought     neither 

Dunstan¨s       nor   Wildfire¨s    non´appearance        a   matter    calling   for 

remark。 Godfrey said to himself again and again that if he let slip 

this   one   opportunity  of   confession   he   might   never   have   another�察�

the revelation might be made even in a more odious way than by 

Dunstan¨s malignity�此�she might come as she had threatened to do。 

And then he tried to make the scene easier to himself by rehearsal�此�

he made up his mind how he would pass from the admission of his 

weakness       in  letting   Dunstan     have    the   money     to  the  fact   that 

Dunstan had a hold on him which he had been unable to shake off�察�

and   how   he   would   work   up   his   father   to   expect   something   very 

bad before he told him the fact。 The old Squire was an implacable 

man�此�he made resolutions in violent anger�察�and   he   was not  to  be 

moved from them after his anger had subsided!as fiery volcanic 

matters      cool   and    harden     into   rock。   Like    many     violent    and 

implacable men�察�he allowed evils to grow under favour of his own 

heedlessness�察�till they pressed upon him with exasperating  force�察�

and     then    he   turned    round     with   fierce   severity    and    became 



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unrelentingly       hard。    This   was    his  system     with   his   tenants�此   �he 

allowed them to get into arrears�察�neglect their fences�察�reduce their 

stock�察�sell their straw�察�and otherwise go the wrong way!and then�察�

when      he    became      short    of   money      in   consequence        of   this 

indulgence�察�he took the hardest measures and would listen to  no 

appeal。   Godfrey   knew   all   this�察  �and   felt   it   with   the   greater   force 

because he had constantly suffered annoyance from witnessing his 

father¨s sudden fits of unrelentingness�察�for which his own habitual 

irresolution deprived him of all sympathy。 ��He was not critical on 

the   faulty   indulgence   which   preceded   these   fits�察  �that   seemed   to 

him     natural   enough。��   Still�察   �there   was   just   the  chance�察    �Godfrey 

thought�察  �that his father¨s pride might see this marriage   in  a light 

that would induce him to hush it up�察�rather than turn his son out 

and make the family the talk of the country for ten miles round。 

    This   was   the   view   of   the   case   that   Godfrey   managed   to   keep 

before     him    pretty   closely   till  midnight�察    �and   he   went    to  sleep 

thinking   that   he   had   done   with   inward   debating。   But   when   he 

awoke      in  the  still  morning   darkness       he   found    it  impossible    to 

reawaken his evening thoughts�察�it was as if they had been tired out 

and were not to be roused to further work。 Instead of arguments 

for  confession�察  �he   could now  feel   the   presence   of  nothing   but   its 

evil   consequences�察  �the   old dread   of  disgrace   came   back!the   old 

shrinking from the thought of raising a hopeless barrier between 

himself and Nancy!the old disposition to rely on   chances   which 

might   be   favourable   to   him�察  �and   save   him   from   betrayal。   Why�察�

after all�察�should he cut off the hope of them by his own act�拭�He had 

seen the matter in a wrong light yesterday。 He had been in a rage 

with Dunstan�察�and had thought of nothing but a thorough break´ 

up   of   their   mutual   understanding�察  �but   what   it   would   be        really 



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wisest for him to do was to try and soften his father¨s anger against 

Dunsey�察     �and    keep    things    as  nearly    as   possible    in   their   old 

condition。     If  Dunsey     did   not   come    back    for  a   few   days   ��and 

Godfrey did not know but that the rascal had enough money in his 

pocket to enable him to keep away still longer���察�everything might 

blow over。 



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                                  Chapter 9 



           odfrey rose and took his own breakfast earlier than usual�察�

          but   lingered   in   the   wainscoted   parlour   till   his  younger 

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          brothers   had   finished   their   meal   and   gone   out�察  �awaiting 

his father�察�who always took a walk with his managing´man before 

breakfast。   Every   one   breakfasted   at   a   different   hour   in   the   Red 

House�察�and the Squire was always the latest�察�giving a long chance 

to   a   rather   feeble   morning   appetite   before   he   tried   it。   The   table 

had been spread with substantial eatables nearly two hours before 

he   presented   himself!a   tall�察  �stout   man   of   sixty�察  �with   a   face   in 

which the knit brow and rather hard glance seemed contradicted 

by    the  slack   and   feeble   mouth。    His   person    showed     marks     of 

habitual     neglect�察  �his   dress   was    slovenly�察   �and   yet   there   was 

something in the presence of the old Squire distinguishable from 

that of the ordinary farmers in the parish�察�who were perhaps every 

whit as refined as he�察�but�察�having slouched their way through life 

with   a   consciousness   of   being   in   the   vicinity   of   their   ^betters ̄�察�

wanted      that  self´possession     and   authoritativeness      of  voice  and 

carriage   which   belonged   to   a   man   who   thought   of   superiors   as 

remote existences with whom he had personally little more to do 

than    with   America     or   the  stars。  The  Squire    had   been   used    to 

parish   homage      all  his  life�察 �used  to  the  presupposition      that  his 

family�察�his tankards�察�and everything that was his�察�were the oldest 

and best�察�and as he never associated with any gentry higher than 

himself�察�his opinion was not disturbed by comparison。 

   He glanced at his son as he entered the room�察�and said�察 �What�察�

sir�   �haven¨t    you   had   your    breakfast    yet�拭院  �but   there   was    no 

pleasant     morning     greeting    between     them�察  �not   because     of  any 



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unfriendliness�察  �but because   the   sweet  flower   of   courtesy   is   not  a 

growth of such homes as the Red House。 

    ^Yes�察   �sir�察院 �said   Godfrey�察     �I¨ve  had    my   breakfast�察   �but   I  was 

waiting to speak to you。 ̄ 

    ^Ah� �well�察院�said the Squire�察�throwing himself indifferently into 

his   chair�察  �and   speaking   in   a   ponderous   coughing   fashion�察  �which 

was felt in Raveloe to be a sort of privilege of his rank�察�while he cut 

a piece of beef�察�and held it up before the deerhound that had come 

in with him。 ^Ring the bell for my ale�察�will   you�拭 �You  youngsters¨ 

business  is   your  own   pleasure�察  �mostly。   There¨s   no  hurry  about  it 

for anybody but yourselves。 ̄ 

    The   Squire¨s   life   was   quite   as   idle   as   his   sons¨�察  �but   it   was   a 

fiction kept up by himself and his contemporaries in Raveloe that 

youth     was   exclusively     the   period    of  folly�察 �and   that   their   aged 

wisdom       was   constantly      in  a  state   of  endurance       mitigated     by 

sarcasm。 Godfrey waited�察�before he spoke again�察�until the ale had 

been brought and the door closed!an interval during which Fleet�察�

the deerhound�察�had consumed enough bits of beef to make a poor 

man¨s holiday dinner。 

    ^There¨s      been    a  cursed    piece    of  ill´luck  with    Wildfire�察院   �he 

began�察 �happened the day before yesterday。 ̄ 

    ^What�      �broke    his   knees�拭院    �said   the   Squire�察   �after   taking    a 

draught of ale。 ^I thought you knew how to ride better than that�察�

sir。   I   never   threw   a   horse   down   in   my   life。   If   I   had�察  �I   might   ha¨ 

whistled      for  another�察    �for  my    father   wasn¨t    quite    so  ready    to 

unstring as some other fathers I know of。 But they must turn over 

a new leaf!they  must。 What  with  mortgages   and arrears�察  �I¨m   as 

short o¨ cash as a roadside pauper。 And that fool Kimble says the 

newspaper¨s talking about peace。 Why�察�the country wouldn¨t have 



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a   leg   to   stand   on。   Prices   ¨ud   run   down   like   a   jack�察  �and   I   should 

never get my arrears�察�not if I   sold   all  the   fellows   up。   And  there¨s 

that damned Fowler�察�I won¨t put up with him any longer�察�I¨ve told 

Winthrop to go to Cox this very day。 The lying

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