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money to pay the score。 Comrade Tummas�察�give us thy arm。 Mr。 Hayes�察�
you're a hearty cock�察�I make no doubt�察�and all such are welcome。 Come
along�察�my gentleman farmers�察�Mr。 Brock shall have the honour to pay for
you all。; And with this�察�Corporal Brock�察�accompanied by Messrs。 Hayes�察�
Bullock�察 �Blacksmith�察 �Baker's´boy�察 �Butcher�察 �and one or two others�察�
adjourned to the inn�察�the horses being�察�at the same time�察�conducted to the
stable。
Although we have�察 �in this quiet way�察 �and without any flourishing of
trumpets�察 �or beginning of chapters�察 �introduced Mr。 Hayes to the public�察�
and although�察 �at first sight�察 �a sneaking carpenter's boy may seem hardly
worthy of the notice of an intelligent reader�察 �who looks for a good cut´
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throat or highwayman for a hero�察 �or a pickpocket at the very least�此 �this
gentleman's words and actions should be carefully studied by the public�察�
as he is destined to appear before them under very polite and curious
circumstances during the course of this history。 The speech of the rustic
Juvenal�察�Mr。 Clodpole�察�had seemed to infer that Hayes was at once careful
of his money and a warm admirer of Mrs。 Catherine of the ;Bugle�此─�and
both the charges were perfectly true。 Hayes's father was reported to be a
man of some substance�察 �and young John�察 �who was performing his
apprenticeship in the village�察�did not fail to talk very big of his pretensions
to fortuneof his entering�察�at the close of his indentures�察�into partnership
with his fatherand of the comfortable farm and house over which Mrs。
John Hayes�察�whoever she might be�察�would one day preside。 Thus�察�next to
the barber and butcher�察�and above even his own master�察�Mr。 Hayes took
rank in the village�此�and it must not be concealed that his representation of
wealth had made some impression upon Mrs。 Hall toward whom the
young gentleman had cast the eyes of affection。 If he had been tolerably
well´looking�察�and not pale�察�rickety�察�and feeble as he was�察�if even he had
been ugly�察�but withal a man of spirit�察�it is probable the girl's kindness for
him would have been much more decided。 But he was a poor weak
creature�察 �not to compare with honest Thomas Bullock�察 �by at least nine
inches�察�and so notoriously timid�察�selfish�察�and stingy�察�that there was a kind
of shame in receiving his addresses openly�察�and what encouragement Mrs。
Catherine gave him could only be in secret。
But no mortal is wise at all times�此�and the fact was�察�that Hayes�察�who
cared for himself intensely�察�had set his heart upon winning Catherine�察�and
loved her with a desperate greedy eagerness and desire of possession�察�
which makes passions for women often so fierce and unreasonable among
very cold and selfish men。 His parents ��whose frugality he had inherited��
had tried in vain to wean him from this passion�察 �and had made many
fruitless attempts to engage him with women who possessed money and
desired husbands�察�but Hayes was�察�for a wonder�察�quite proof against their
attractions�察 �and�察 �though quite ready to acknowledge the absurdity of his
love for a penniless alehouse servant´girl�察 �nevertheless persisted in it
doggedly。 ;I know I'm a fool�察─�said he�察 �and what's more�察�the girl does not
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care for me�察�but marry her I must�察�or I think I shall just die�此�and marry her
I will。; For very much to the credit of Miss Catherine's modesty�察�she had
declared that marriage was with her a sine qua non�察 �and had dismissed�察�
with the loudest scorn and indignation�察 �all propositions of a less proper
nature。
Poor Thomas Bullock was another of her admirers�察�and had offered to
marry her�察�but three shillings a week and a puddn was not to the girl's taste�察�
and Thomas had been scornfully rejected。 Hayes had also made her a
direct proposal。 Catherine did not say no�此�she was too prudent�此�but she was
young and could wait�察�she did not care for Mr。 Hayes yet enough to marry
him��it did not seem�察 �indeed�察 �in the young woman's nature to care for
anybody��and she gave her adorer flatteringly to understand that�察 �if
nobody better appeared in the course of a few years�察�she might be induced
to become Mrs。 Hayes。 It was a dismal prospect for the poor fellow to live
upon the hope of being one day Mrs。 Catherine's pis´aller。
In the meantime she considered herself free as the wind�察�and permitted
herself all the innocent gaieties which that ;chartered libertine�察─�a coquette�察�
can take。 She flirted with all the bachelors�察�widowers�察�and married men�察�in
a manner which did extraordinary credit to her years�此�and let not the reader
fancy such pastimes unnatural at her early age。 The ladiesHeaven bless
them��are�察 �as a general rule�察 �coquettes from babyhood upwards。 Little
SHE'S of three years old play little airs and graces upon small heroes of
five�察 �simpering misses of nine make attacks upon young gentlemen of
twelve�察 �and at sixteen�察 �a well´grown girl�察 �under encouraging
circumstancessay�察 �she is pretty�察 �in a family of ugly elder sisters�察 �or an
only child and heiress�察�or a humble wench at a country inn�察�like our fair
Catherineis at the very pink and prime of her coquetry�此�they will jilt you
at that age with an ease and arch infantine simplicity that never can be
surpassed in maturer years。
Miss Catherine�察�then�察�was a franche coquette�察�and Mr。 John Hayes was
miserable。 His life was passed in a storm of mean passions and bitter
jealousies�察 �and desperate attacks upon the indifference´rock of Mrs。
Catherine's heart�察 �which not all his tempest of love could beat down。 O
cruel cruel pangs of love unrequited� �Mean rogues feel them as well as
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great heroes。 Lives there the man in Europe who has not felt them many
times��who has not knelt�察 �and fawned�察 �and supplicated�察 �and wept�察 �and
cursed�察�and raved�察�all in vain�察�and passed long wakeful nights with ghosts
of dead hopes for company�察�shadows of buried remembrances that glide
out of their graves of nights�察 �and whisper�察 �We are dead now�察 �but we
WERE once�察�and we made you happy�察�and we come now to mock you�此�
despair�察�O lover�察�despair�察�and die;��O cruel pangs��dismal nights��Now
a sly demon creeps under your nightcap�察�and drops into your ear those soft
hope´breathing sweet words�察 �uttered on the well´remembered evening�此�
there�察 �in the drawer of your dressing´table ��along with the razors�察 �and
Macassar oil���察�lies the dead flower that Lady Amelia Wilhelmina wore in
her bosom on the night of a certain ballthe corpse of a glorious hope that
seemed once as if it would live for ever�察�so strong was it�察�so full of joy and
sunshine�此�there�察 �in your writing´desk�察 �among a crowd of unpaid bills�察 �is
the dirty scrap of paper�察 �thimble´sealed�察�which came in company with a
pair of muffetees of her knitting ��she was a butcher's daughter�察�and did all
she could�察 �poor thing�。��察 �begging ;you would ware them at collidge�察 �and
think of her who;married a public´house three weeks afterwards�察 �and
cares for you no more now than she does for the pot´boy。 But why
multiply instances�察�or seek to depict the agony of poor mean´spirited John
Hayes�拭 �No mistake can be greater than that of fancying such great
emotions of love are only felt by virtuous or exalted men�此�depend upon it�察�
Love�察�like Death�察�plays havoc among the pauperum tabernas�察�and sports
with rich and poor�察�wicked and virtuous�察�alike。 I have often fancied�察 �for
instance�察 �on seeing the haggard pale young old´clothesman�察 �who wakes
the echoes of our street with his nasal cry of ;Clo'� �I have often�察�I said�察�
fancied that�察�besides the load of exuvial coats and breeches under which
he staggers�察�there is another weight on himan atrior cura at his tailand
while his unshorn lips and nose together are performing that mocking�察�
boisterous�察 �Jack´indifferent cry of ;Clo'�察 �clo'� ─ �who knows what woeful
utterances are crying from the heart within�拭�There he is�察�chaffering with
the footman at No。 7 about an old dressing´gown�此�you think his whole soul
is bent only on the contest about the garment。 Psha� �there is�察 �perhaps�察�
some faithless girl in Holywell Street who fills up his heart�察 �and that
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desultory Jew´boy is a peripatetic hell� �Take another instance��take the
man in the beef´shop in Saint Martin's Court。 There he is�察 �to all
appearances quite calm�此�before the same round of beeffrom morning till
sundownfor hundreds of years very likely。 Perhaps when the shutters are
closed�察�and all the world tired and silent�察�th