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else。 No good will ever come of this�察 �and I hope she will never marry
him。;
With this unusual burst�察�Kate retreated to Hope。 Hope took the news
more patiently than any one�察 �but with deep solicitude。 A worldly
marriage seemed the natural result of the Ingleside influence�察 �but it had
not occurred to anybody that it would come so soon。 It had not seemed
Emilia's peculiar temptation�察 �and yet nobody could suppose that she
looked at John Lambert through any glamour of the affections。
Mr。 John Lambert was a millionnaire�察�a politician�察�and a widower。 The
late Mrs。 Lambert had been a specimen of that cheerful hopelessness of
temperament that one finds abundantly developed among the middle´aged
women of country towns。 She enjoyed her daily murders in the
newspapers�察 �and wept profusely at the funerals of strangers。 On every
occasion�察�however felicitous�察�she offered her condolences in a feeble voice�察�
that seemed to have been washed a great many times and to have faded。
But she was a good manager�察 �a devoted wife�察�and was more cheerful at
home than elsewhere�察 �for she had there plenty of trials to exercise her
eloquence�察�and not enough joy to make it her duty to be doleful。 At last her
poor�察 �meek�察 �fatiguing voice faded out altogether�察 �and her husband
mourned her as heartily as she would have bemoaned the demise of the
most insignificant neighbor。 After her death�察�being left childless�察�he had
nothing to do but to make money�察�and he naturally made it。 Having taken
his primary financial education in New England�察�he graduated at that great
business university�察 �Chicago�察 �and then entered on the public practice of
wealth in New York。
Aunt Jane had perhaps done injustice to the personal appearance of Mr。
John Lambert。 His features were irregular�察 �but not insignificant�察 �and
there was a certain air of slow command about him�察 �which made some
persons call him handsome。 He was heavily built�察 �with a large�察 �well´
shaped head�察 �light whiskers tinged with gray�察 �and a sort of dusty
complexion。 His face was full of little curved wrinkles�察�as if it were a slate
just ruled for sums in long division�察 �and his small blue eyes winked
anxiously a dozen different ways�察 �as if they were doing the sums。 He
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seemed to bristle with memorandum´books�察�and kept drawing them from
every pocket�察�to put something down。 He was slow of speech�察�and his very
heaviness of look added to the impression of reserved power about the
man。
All his career in life had been a solid progress�察 �and his boldest
speculations seemed securer than the legitimate business of less potent
financiers。 Beginning business life by peddling gingerbread on a railway
train�察 �he had developed such a genius for railway management as some
men show for chess or for virtue�察�and his accumulating property had the
momentum of a planet。
He had read a good deal at odd times�察�and had seen a great deal of men。
His private morals were unstained�察 �he was equable and amiable�察 �had
strong good sense�察 �and never got beyond his depth。 He had travelled in
Europe and brought home many statistics�察�some new thoughts�察�and a few
good pictures selected by his friends。 He spent his money liberally for the
things needful to his position�察�owned a yacht�察�bred trotting´horses�察�and had
founded a theological school。 He submitted to these and other social
observances from a vague sense of duty as an American citizen�察�his real
interest lay in business and in politics。 Yet he conducted these two
vocations on principles diametrically opposite。 In business he was more
honest than the average�察�in politics he had no conception of honesty�察�for he
could see no difference between a politician and any other merchandise。
He always succeeded in business�察 �for he thoroughly understood its
principles�察 �in politics he always failed in the end�察 �for he recognized no
principles at all。 In business he was active�察 �resolute�察 �and seldom
deceived�察 �in politics he was equally active�察 �but was apt to be irresolute�察�
and was deceived every day of his life。 In both cases it was not so much
from love of power that he labored�察�as from the excitement of the game。
The larger the scale the better he liked it�察�a large railroad operation�察�a large
tract of real estate�察�a big and noisy statesman��these investments he found
irresistible。
On which of his two sets of principles he would manage a wife
remained to be proved。 It is the misfortune of what are called self´made
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men in America�察�that�察�though early accustomed to the society of men of
the world�察 �they often remain utterly unacquainted with women of the
world�察 �until those charming perils are at last sprung upon them in full
force�察 �at New York or Washington。 John Lambert at forty was as
absolutely ignorant of the qualities and habits of a cultivated woman as of
the details of her toilet。 The plain domesticity of his departed wife he had
understood and prized�察�he remembered her household ways as he did her
black alpaca dress�察�indeed�察�except for that item of apparel�察�she was not so
unlike himself。 In later years he had seen the women of society�察�he had
heard them talk�察�he had heard men talk about them�察�wittily or wickedly�察�at
the clubs�察�he had perceived that a good many of them wished to marry him�察�
and yet�察 �after all�察 �he knew no more of them than of the rearing of
humming´birds or orchids��dainty�察 �tropical things which he allowed his
gardener to raise�察 �he keeping his hands off�察 �and only paying the bills。
Whether there was in existence a class of women who were both useful
and refined��any intermediate type between the butterfly and the drudge�察�
was a question which he had sometimes asked himself��
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