JoeyandCharlottewereintheroom。Joeywasnowordained，andwascuratetoTheobald。HeandErnesthadneverbeensympathetic，andErnestsawataglancethattherewasnochanceofarapprochementbetweenthem。HewasalittlestartledatseeingJoeydressedasaclergyman，andlookingsolikewhathehadlookedhimselfafewyearsearlier，fortherewasagooddealoffamilylikenessbetweenthepair；butJoey’sfacewascoldandwasilluminedwithnosparkofBohemianism；hewasaclergymanandwasgoingtodoasotherclergymendid，neitherbetternorworse。HegreetedErnestratherdehautenbas，thatistosayhebeganbytryingtodoso，buttheaffairtailedoffunsatisfactorily。
Hissisterpresentedhercheektohimtobekissed。Howhehatedit；hehadbeendreadingitforthelastthreehours。She，too，wasdistantandreproachfulinhermanner，assuchasuperiorpersonwassuretobe。Shehadagrievanceagainsthiminasmuchasshewasstillunmarried。ShelaidtheblameofthisatErnest’sdoor；itwashismisconductshemaintainedinsecret，whichhadpreventedyoungmenfrommakingofferstoher，andsheranhimupaheavybillforconsequentialdamages。SheandJoeyhadfromthefirstdevelopedaninstinctforhuntingwiththehounds，andnowthesetwohadfairlyidentifiedthemselveswiththeoldergeneration——thatistosayasagainstErnest。Onthisheadtherewasanoffensiveanddefensivealliancebetweenthem，butbetweenthemselvestherewassubduedbutinternecinewarfare。
ThisatleastwaswhatErnestgathered，partlyfromhisrecollectionsofthepartiesconcerned，andpartlyfromhisobservationoftheirlittlewaysduringthefirsthalf-hourafterhisarrival，whiletheywerealltogetherinhismother’sbedroom——
forasyetofcoursetheydidnotknowthathehadmoney。Hecouldseethattheyeyedhimfromtimetotimewithasurprisenotunmixedwithindignation，andknewverywellwhattheywerethinking。
Christinasawthechangewhichhadcomeoverhim——howmuchfirmerandmorevigorousbothinmindandbodyheseemedthanwhenshehadlastseenhim。Shesawtoohowwellhewasdressed，and，liketheothers，inspiteofthereturnofallheraffectionforherfirst-