Chapter 29

           Inahandsomeroom:thoughitsfurniturehadrathertheairofold-fashionedcomfort,thanofmodernelegance:theresattwoladiesatawell-spreadbreakfast-table.Mr.Giles,dressedwithscrupulouscareinafullsuitofblack,wasinattendanceuponthem.Hehadtakenhisstationsomehalf-waybetweentheside-boardandthebreakfast-table;and,withhisbodydrawnuptoitsfullheight,hisheadthrownback,andinclinedthemeresttrifleononeside,hisleftlegadvanced,andhisrighthandthrustintohiswaist-coat,whilehislefthungdownbyhisside,graspingawaiter,lookedlikeonewholabouredunderaveryagreeablesenseofhisownmeritsandimportance.

           Ofthetwoladies,onewaswelladvancedinyears;butthehigh-backedoakenchairinwhichshesat,wasnotmoreuprightthanshe.Dressedwiththeutmostnicetyandprecision,inaquaintmixtureofby-gonecostume,withsomeslightconcessionstotheprevailingtaste,whichratherservedtopointtheoldstylepleasantlythantoimpairitseffect,shesat,inastatelymanner,withherhandsfoldedonthetablebeforeher.Hereyes(andagehaddimmedbutlittleoftheirbrightness)wereattentivelyuponheryoungcompanion.

           Theyoungerladywasinthelovelybloomandspring-timeofwomanhood;atthatage,when,ifeverangelsbeforGod’sgoodpurposesenthronedinmortalforms,theymaybe,withoutimpiety,supposedtoabideinsuchashers.

           Shewasnotpastseventeen.

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