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Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
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FROM THE DEPTHS
BY MRS. E. D. E. N. SOUTHWORTH
CONTENTS
I. RECOVERY
II. HERMAN AND ISHMAEL
III. FATHER AND SON
IV. BEE
V. SECOND LOVE
VI. AT WOODSIDE
VII. AT TANGLEWOOD
VIII. WHY CLAUDIA WAS ALONE
IX. HOLIDAY
X. ISHMAEL AT BRUDENELL
XI. THE PROFESSOR OF ODD JOBS
XII. THE JOURNEY
XIII. LADY VINCENT'S RECEPTION
XIV. ROMANCE AND REALITY
XV. CASTLE CRAGG
XVI. FAUSTINA
XVII. THE PLOT AGAINST CLAUDIA
XVIII. IN THE TRAITOR'S TOILS
XIX. CLAUDIA'S TROUBLES AND PERILS
XX. A LINK IN CLAUDIA'S FATE
XXI. NEWS FOR ISHMAEL
XXII. ISHMAEL'S VISIT TO BEE
XXIII. HANNAH'S HAPPY PROGNOSTICS
XXIV. THE JOURNEY
XXV. THE VOYAGE
XXVI. THE STORM
XXVII. THE WRECK
XXVIII. A DISCOVERY
XXIX. A DEEP ONE
XXX. A NIGHT OF HORROR
XXXI. THE CASTLE VAULT
XXXII. THE END OF CLAUDIA'S PRIDE
XXXIII. THE COUNTESS OF HURSTMONCEUX, 259
XXXIV. THE RESCUE, 273
XXXV. A FATHER'S VENGEANCE, 283
XXXVI. ON THE VISCOUNT'S TRACK, 296
XXXVII. STILL ON THE TRACK, 306
XXXVIII. CLAUDIA AT CAMERON COURT, 317
XXXIX. SUSPENSE, 327
XL. FATHER AND DAUGHTER, 333
XLI. ARREST OF LORD VINCENT AND FAUSTINA, 345
XLII. A BITTER NIGHT, 357
XLIII. FRUITS OF CRIME, 367
XLIV. NEMESIS, 378
XLV. THE VISCOUNT'S FALL, 392
XLVI. THE FATE OF THE VISCOUNT, 399
XLVII. THE EXECUTION, 410
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XLVIII. NEWS FOR CLAUDIA, 419
XLIX. THE FATE OF FAUSTINA, 433
L. LADY HURSTMONCEUX'S REVELATION, 439
LI. ISHMAEL'S ERRAND, 449
LII. THE MEETING OF THE SEVERILD PAIR, 466
LIII. HOME AGAIN, 475
LIV. WHICH IS THE BRIDE? 486
LV. CONCLUSION, 494
CHAPTER I.
RECOVERY.
Something I know. Oft, shall it come about
When every heart is full of hope for man,
The horizon straight is darkened, and a doubt
Clouds all. The work the youth so well began
Wastes down, and by some deed of shame is finished.
Ah, yet we will not be dismayed:
What seemed the triumph of the Fiend at length
Might be the effort of some dying devil,
Permitted to put forth his fullest strength
To loose it all forever!
--_Owen Meredith._
Awful as the anguish of his parting with Claudia had been, it was
not likely that Ishmael, with his strength of intellect and will,
would long succumb to despair. It was not in Claudia's power to make
his life quite desolate; how could it be so while Bee cared for him?
Bee had loved Ishmael as long as Ishmael had loved Claudia. She had
loved him when he was a boy at school; when he was a young country
teacher; when he was a law-student; and she loved him now that he
was a successful barrister. This love, founded in esteem and honor,
had constantly deepened and strengthened. In loving Ishmael, she
found mental and spiritual development; and in being near him and
doing him good she found comfort and happiness. And being perfectly
satisfied with the present, Bee never gave a thought to the future.
That she tacitly left, where it belongs, to God.
Or if at times, on perceiving Ishmael's utter obliviousness of her
own kindly presence and his perfect devotion to the thankless
Claudia, Bee felt a pang, she went and buried herself with domestic
duties, or played with the children in the nursery, or what was
better still, if it happened to be little Lu's "sleepy time" she
would take her baby-sister up to her own room, sit down and fold her
to her breast and rock and sing her to sleep. And certainly the
clasp of those baby-arms about her neck, and the nestling of that
baby-form to her bosom, drew out all the heart-ache and soothed all
the agitation.
Except these little occasional pangs Bee had always been blessed in
loving. Her love, all unrequited, as it seemed, was still the
sweetest thing in the world to her; and it seemed thus, because in
fact it was so well approved by her mind and so entirely unselfish.
It seemed to be her life, or her soul, or one with both; Bee was not
metaphysical enough to decide which. She would not struggle with
this love, or try to conquer it, any more than she would have
striven against and tried to destroy her mental and spiritual life.
On the contrary she cherished it as she did her religion, of which
it was a part; she cherished it as she did her love of God, with
which it was united.
And loving Ishmael in this way, if she should fail to marry him, Bee
resolved never to marry another; but to live and die a maiden; still
cherishing, still hiding this most precious love in her heart as a
miser hides his gold. Whether benign nature would have permitted the
motherly little maiden to have carried out this resolution, I do not
know; or what Bee would have done in the event of Ishmael's marrying
another, she did not know. When Claudia went away, Bee, in the midst
of her regret at parting with her cousin, felt a certain sense of
relief: but when she saw the effect of that departure upon Ishmael
she became alarmed for him; and after the terrible experiences of
that day and night Bee's one single thought in life was--Ishmael's
good.
On the morning succeeding that dreadful day and night, Ishmael awoke
early, in full possession of his faculties. He remembered all the
incidents of that trying day and night; reflected upon their
effects; and prayed to God to deliver him from the burden and guilt
of inordinate and sinful affections.
Then he arose, made his toilet, read a portion of the Scriptures,
offered up his morning prayers, and went below stairs.
In the breakfast parlor he found Bee, the busy little house-keeper,
fluttering softly around the breakfast table, and adding a few
finishing touches to its simple elegance.
Very fair, fresh, and blooming looked Bee in her pale golden
ringlets and her pretty morning dress of white muslin with blue
ribbons. There was no one else in the room; but Bee advanced and
held out her hand to him.
He took her hand, and retaining it in his own for a moment, said:
"Oh, Bee! yesterday, last night!"
"'Upbraid not the past; it comes not back again.' Ishmael! bury it;
forget it; and press onward!" replied Bee sweetly and solemnly.
He raised her hand with the impulse to carry it to his lips; but
refraining, bowed his forehead over it instead, and then gently
released it. For Ishmael's affection for Bee was reverential. To him
she appeared saintly, Madonna-like, almost angelic.
"Let me make breakfast for you at once, Ishmael. It is not of the
least use to wait for the others. Mamma, I know, is not awake yet,
and none of the gentlemen have rung for their hot water."
"And you, Bee; you will also breakfast now?"
"Certainly."
And she rang and gave her orders. And the coffee, muffins, fried
fresh perch, and broiled spring chickens speedily made their
appearance.
"Jim," she said to the waiter who set the breakfast on the table,
"tell cook to keep some of the perch and pullets dressed to put over
the fire the moment she hears the judge's bell ring, so that his
breakfast may be ready for him when he comes down."
"Very well, miss," answered Jim, who immediately left the room to
give the order; but soon returned to attend upon the table.
So it was a tete-a-tete meal, but Bee made it very pleasant. After
breakfast Ishmael left Bee to her domestic duties and went up into
the office to look after the letters and papers that had been left
for him by the penny postman that morning.
He glanced over the newspapers; read the letters; selected those he
would need during the day; put the others carefully away; tied up
his documents; took up his hat and gloves, and set out for his daily
business at the City Hall.
In the ante-chamber of the Orphans' Court Room he met old Wiseman,
who clapped him on the shoulder, exclaiming:
"How are you this morning, old fellow? All right, eh?"
"Thank you, I am quite well again," replied Ishmael.
"Ah ha! nothing like good brandy to get one up out of a fit of
exhaustion."
"Ah!" exclaimed Ishmael, with a shudder.
"Well, and have you thought over what we were talking of yesterday?"
"It was--" Ishmae
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