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immensely taken�察�the more she thought of it�察�with that idea of mine 
about the act of homage�此 �it had ended by filling her with a 
generous rapture。  She positively desired to do something sublime 
for him�察�though indeed I could see that�察�as this particular flight 
was difficult�察�she appreciated the fact that my visits kept her up。  
I had it on my conscience to keep her up�此 �I neglected nothing that 
would contribute to it�察�and her conception of our cherished 
author's independence became at last as fine as his very own。  
;Read him�察�read him ´ THAT will be an education in decency�察─�I 
constantly repeated�察�while�察�seeking him in his works even as God in 
nature�察�she represented herself as convinced that�察�according to my 
assurance�察�this was the system that had�察�as she expressed it�察�
weaned her。  We read him together when I could find time�察�and the 
generous creature's sacrifice was fed by our communion。  There were 
twenty selfish women about whom I told her and who stirred her to a 
beautiful rage。  Immediately after my first visit her sister�察�Mrs。 
Milsom�察�came over from Paris�察�and the two ladies began to present�察�
as they called it�察�their letters。  I thanked our stars that none 
had been presented to Mr。 Paraday。  They received invitations and 
dined out�察�and some of these occasions enabled Fanny Hurter to 
perform�察�for consistency's sake�察�touching feats of submission。  
Nothing indeed would now have induced her even to look at the 
object of her admiration。  Once�察�hearing his name announced at a 
party�察�she instantly left the room by another door and then 
straightway quitted the house。  At another time when I was at the 
opera with them ´ Mrs。 Milsom had invited me to their box ´ I 
attempted to point Mr。 Paraday out to her in the stalls。  On this 
she asked her sister to change places with her and�察�while that lady 
devoured the great man through a powerful glass�察�presented�察�all the 
rest of the evening�察�her inspired back to the house。  To torment 
her tenderly I pressed the glass upon her�察�telling her how 
wonderfully near it brought our friend's handsome head。  By way of 
answer she simply looked at me in charged silence�察�letting me see 
that tears had gathered in her eyes。  These tears�察�I may remark�察�
produced an effect on me of which the end is not yet。  There was a 
moment when I felt it my duty to mention them to Neil Paraday�察�but 
I was deterred by the reflexion that there were questions more 
relevant to his happiness。

These question indeed�察�by the end of the season�察�were reduced to a 
single one ´ the question of reconstituting so far as might be 
possible the conditions under which he had produced his best work。  
Such conditions could never all come back�察�for there was a new one 
that took up too much place�察�but some perhaps were not beyond 
recall。  I wanted above all things to see him sit down to the 
subject he had�察�on my making his acquaintance�察�read me that 
admirable sketch of。  Something told me there was no security but 
in his doing so before the new factor�察�as we used to say at Mr。 
Pinhorn's�察�should render the problem incalculable。  It only half´
reassured me that the sketch itself was so copious and so eloquent 
that even at the worst there would be the making of a small but 
complete book�察�a tiny volume which�察�for the faithful�察�might well 
become an object of adoration。  There would even not be wanting 
critics to declare�察�I foresaw�察�that the plan was a thing to be more 
thankful for than the structure to have been reared on it。  My 
impatience for the structure�察�none the less�察�grew and grew with the 
interruptions。  He had on coming up to town begun to sit for his 
portrait to a young painter�察�Mr。 Rumble�察�whose little game�察�as we 
also used to say at Mr。 Pinhorn's�察�was to be the first to perch on 
the shoulders of renown。  Mr。 Rumble's studio was a circus in which 
the man of the hour�察�and still more the woman�察�leaped through the 
hoops of his showy frames almost as electrically as they burst into 
telegrams and ;specials。;  He pranced into the exhibitions on their 
back�察�he was the reporter on canvas�察�the Vandyke up to date�察�and 
there was one roaring year in which Mrs。 Bounder and Miss Braby�察�
Guy Walsingham and Dora Forbes proclaimed in chorus from the same 
pictured walls that no one had yet got ahead of him。

Paraday had been promptly caught and saddled�察�accepting with 
characteristic good´humour his confidential hint that to figure in 
his show was not so much a consequence as a cause of immortality。  
From Mrs。 Wimbush to the last ;representative; who called to 
ascertain his twelve favourite dishes�察�it was the same ingenuous 
assumption that he would rejoice in the repercussion。  There were 
moments when I fancied I might have had more patience with them if 
they hadn't been so fatally benevolent。  I hated at all events Mr。 
Rumble's picture�察�and had my bottled resentment ready when�察�later 
on�察�I found my distracted friend had been stuffed by Mrs。 Wimbush 
into the mouth of another cannon。  A young artist in whom she was 
intensely interested�察�and who had no connexion with Mr。 Rumble�察�was 
to show how far he could make him go。  Poor Paraday�察�in return�察�was 
naturally to write something somewhere about the young artist。  She 
played her victims against each other with admirable ingenuity�察�and 
her establishment was a huge machine in which the tiniest and the 
biggest wheels went round to the same treadle。  I had a scene with 
her in which I tried to express that the function of such a man was 
to exercise his genius ´ not to serve as a hoarding for pictorial 
posters。  The people I was perhaps angriest with were the editors 
of magazines who had introduced what they called new features�察�so 
aware were they that the newest feature of all would be to make him 
grind their axes by contributing his views on vital topics and 
taking part in the periodical prattle about the future of fiction。  
I made sure that before I should have done with him there would 
scarcely be a current form of words left me to be sick of�察�but 
meanwhile I could make surer still of my animosity to bustling 
ladies for whom he drew the water that irrigated their social 
flower´beds。

I had a battle with Mrs。 Wimbush over the artist she protected�察�and 
another over the question of a certain week�察�at the end of July�察�
that Mr。 Paraday appeared to have contracted to spend with her in 
the country。  I protested against this visit�察�I intimated that he 
was too unwell for hospitality without a nuance�察�for caresses 
without imagination�察�I begged he might rather take the time in some 
restorative way。  A sultry air of promises�察�of ponderous parties�察�
hung over his August�察�and he would greatly profit by the interval 
of rest。  He hadn't told me he was ill again that he had had a 
warning�察�but I hadn't needed this�察�for I found his reticence his 
worst symptom。  The only thing he said to me was that he believed a 
comfortable attack of something or other would set him up�此 �it 
would put out of the question everything but the exemptions he 
prized。  I'm afraid I shall have presented him as a martyr in a 
very small cause if I fail to explain that he surrendered himself 
much more liberally than I surrendered him。  He filled his lungs�察�
for the most part�察�with the comedy of his queer fate�此 �the tragedy 
was in the spectacles through which I chose to look。  He was 
conscious of inconvenience�察�and above all of a great renouncement�察�
but how could he have heard a mere dirge in the bells of his 
accession�拭 �The sagacity and the jealousy were mine�察�and his the 
impressions and the harvest。  Of course�察�as regards Mrs。 Wimbush�察�I 
was worsted in my encounters�察�for wasn't the state of his health 
the very reason for his coming to her at Prestidge�拭 �Wasn't it 
precisely at Prestidge that he was to be coddled�察�and wasn't the 
dear Princess coming to help her to coddle him�拭 �The dear Princess�察�
now on a visit to England�察�was of a famous foreign house�察�and�察�in 
her gilded cage�察�with her retinue of keepers and feeders�察�was the 
most expensive specimen in the good lady's collection。  I don't 
think her august presence had had to do with Paraday's consenting 
to go�察�but it's not impossible he had operated as a bait to the 
illustrious stranger。  The party had been made up for him�察�Mrs。 
Wimbush averred�察�and every one was counting on it�察�the dear 
Princess most of all。  If he was well enough he was to read them 
something absolutely fresh�察�and it was on that particular prospect 
the Princess had set her heart。  She was so fond of genius in ANY 
walk of life�察�and was so used to it and understood it so well�此 �she 
was the greatest of Mr。 Paraday's admirers�察�she devoured everything 
he wrote。  And then he read like an angel。  Mrs。 Wimbush reminded 
me that he had again and again given her�察�Mrs。 Wimbush�察�the 
privilege of listening to him。

I looked at her a moment。  ;What has he read to you�拭─�I crudely 
enquired。

For a moment too she met my eyes�察�and for the fraction of a moment 
she hesitated and coloured。  ;Oh all sorts of things� �

I wondered if this were an imperfect recollection or only a perfect 
fib�察�and she quite understood my unuttered comment on her measure 
of such things。  But if she could forget Neil Paraday's beauties 
she could of course forget my rudeness�察�and three days later she 
invited me�察�by telegraph�察�to join the party at Prestidge。  This 
time she might indeed have had a story about what I had given up to 
be near the master。  I addressed from that fine residence several 
communications to a young lady in London�察�a young lady whom�察�I 
confess�察�I quitted with reluctance and whom the reminder of what 
she herself could give up was required to make me quit at all。  It 
adds to the gratitude I owe her on other grounds that she kindly 
allows me to transcribe from my letters a few of the passages in 
which that hateful sojourn is candidly commemorated。



CHAPTER IX。



;I SUPPOSE I ought to enjoy the joke of what's going on here�察─�I 
wrote�察 �but somehow it doesn't amuse me。  Pessimism on the contrary 
possesses me and cynicism deeply engages。  I positively feel my own 
flesh sore f
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