Appleton's wondrous village warehouse; and the
lane, after passing by the handsome old farmhouse of Mr. Harrington,
Mr. Mohun's principal tenant, led to a bridge across a clear trout
stream, the boundary of the parish of Beechcroft.
CHAPTER III--THE NEW PRINCIPLE
'And wilt thou show no more, quoth he,
Than doth thy duty bind?
I well perceive thy love is small.'
On the Sunday evening which followed Eleanor's wedding, Lilias was
sitting next to Emily, and talking in very earnest tones, which after
a time occasioned Claude to look up and say, 'What is all this about?
Something remarkably absurd I suspect.'
'Only a new principle,' said Emily.
'New!' cried Lily, 'only what must be the feeling of every person of
any warmth of character?'
'Now for it then,' said Claude.
'No, no, Claude, I really mean it (and Lily sincerely thought she
did). I will not tell you if you are going to laugh.'
'That depends upon what your principle may chance to be,' said
Claude. 'What is it, Emily? She will be much obliged to you for
telling.'
'She only says she cannot bear people to do their duty, and not to
act from a feeling of love,' said Emily.
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