Ellen Wood

Name: East Lynne — Chapter 44
Author: Ellen Wood

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“East Lynne — Chapter 44”, published in 1861, is a work by Ellen Wood. It explores elements such as East Lynne, Lady Isabel and Carlyle.

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Ellen Wood, East Lynne — Chapter 44 (1861)

“ Madame Vine was agitated. She held her handkerchief to her mouth, and the boy noticed how her hands trembled.
"I have learnt to love Lucy. It has appeared to me in these few months' sojourn with her, that I have stood to her in light of a mother. William Vane," she solemnly added, keeping her hold upon him, "I shall soon be where earthly distinctions are no more; where sin and sorrow are no more. Should Lucy Carlyle indeed become your wife, in after years, never, never cast upon her, by so much as the slightest word of reproach, the sin of Lady Isabel." ”

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Ellen Wood, East Lynne — Chapter 44 (1861)

“ For Lucy's sake, therefore, she would be grieved to part with Madame Vine, and would raise her salary to anything in reason, if she would but stay. But, on her own score, Barbara had as soon Madame Vine went as not; for, in her heart of hearts, she had never liked her. She could not have told why. Was it instinct? Very probably. The birds of the air, the beasts of the field, the fishes of the sea, have their instincts, and so does man have his. Perhaps it was the unaccountable resemblance that Madame Vine bore to Lady Isabel. ”

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Ellen Wood, East Lynne — Chapter 44 (1861)

“ I am going to take her for a drive in the pony carriage, if you must know. She said she'd come, and John's getting it ready."
"I could not possibly allow it," said Madame Vine. "You'd be sure to upset her."
"The idea!" he returned, indignantly. "As if I should upset Lucy! Why, I'm one of the great whips at Eton. I care for Lucy too much not to drive steadily. She is to be my wife, you know, ma bonne dame."
At this juncture two heads were pushed out from the library, close by; those of the earl and Mr. Carlyle. Barbara, also, attracted by the talking, appeared at the door of her dressing-room. ”

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Ellen Wood, East Lynne — Chapter 44 (1861)

“ Carlyle feels truly grateful for your love and attention to his poor boy."
"To leave you will give me pain also," Madame Vine answered, in a subdued tone. Pain? Ay. Mrs. Carlyle little guessed at its extent. All she cared for on earth she should leave behind her at East Lynne.
"Indeed you must not leave," resumed Barbara. "It would be unjust to allow you to do so. You have made yourself ill, waiting upon poor William, and you must stay here and take a holiday until you are cured. You will soon get well, if you will only suffer yourself to be properly waited on and taken care of." ”

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Ellen Wood, East Lynne — Chapter 44 (1861)

“ In nearing the grave, all fears and hopes, of whatever nature, relating to this world, lose their force, and fears or hopes regarding the next world take their place. Our petty feelings here are lost in the greater.
In returning to East Lynne, Lady Isabel had entered upon a daring act, and she found, in the working, that neither strength nor spirit was equal to it. Human passions and tempers were brought with us into this world, and they can only quit us when we bid it farewell, to enter upon immortality in the next.
When Lady Isabel was Mr. Carlyle's wife, she had never wholly loved him. ”

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Ellen Wood, East Lynne — Chapter 44 (1861)

“ In her alarm, she went off volubly, something to the effect that "it was no wonder she was ill: illness was natural to her family."
"At any rate, you have become ill at East Lynne, in attendance on my children," rejoined Mr. Carlyle, decisively, when her voice died away. "You must therefore allow me to insist that you allow East Lynne to do what it can toward renovating you. What is your objection to see a doctor?" ”

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Ellen Wood, East Lynne — Chapter 44 (1861)

“ Talking about smothering children, what accounts have we in the registrar-general's weekly returns of health! So many children 'overlaid in bed,' so many children 'suffocated in bed.' One week there were nearly twenty; and often there are as many as eight or ten. ”

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