Готель з привидами

           Thereisaletterfromhislawyers,authorisingyoutoapplytothemforthemoney.’

           Ineveryclassofsociety,gratitudeistherarestofallhumanvirtues.Inthenurse’sclassitisextremelyrare.Heropinionofthemanwhohaddeceivedanddesertedhermistressremainedthesameopinionstill,perfectlyundisturbedbythepassingcircumstanceofthelegacy.

           ’Iwonderwhoremindedmylordoftheoldservants?’shesaid.’Hewouldneverhaveheartenoughtorememberthemhimself!’

           Agnessuddenlyinterposed.Nature,alwaysabhorringmonotony,institutesreservesoftemperaselementsinthecompositionofthegentlestwomenliving.EvenAgnescould,onrareoccasions,beangry.Thenurse’sviewofMontbarry’scharacterseemedtohaveprovokedherbeyondendurance.

           ’Ifyouhaveanysenseofshameinyou,’shebrokeout,’yououghttobeashamedofwhatyouhavejustsaid!Youringratitudedisgustsme.Ileaveyoutospeakwithher,Henry—youwon’tmindit!’Withthissignificantintimationthathetoohaddroppedoutofhiscustomaryplaceinhergoodopinion,shelefttheroom.

           Thenursereceivedthesmartreproofadministeredtoherwitheveryappearanceoffeelingratheramusedbyitthannot.Whenthedoorhadclosed,thisfemalephilosopherwinkedatHenry.

           ’There’sapowerofobstinacyinyoungwomen,’sheremarked.’MissAgneswouldn’tgivemylordupasabadone,evenwhenhejiltedher.Andnowshe’ssweetonhimafterhe’sdead.Sayawordagainsthim,andshefiresupasyousee.Allobstinacy!Itwillwearoutwithtime.