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"You made an
impracticable experiment, that's all. Give Cecil free scope, let
her feel that she has her due, and all will come right."
"Nothing can be done till after the Wil'sbro' business," said
Raymond, glad of the reprieve. He could not bear the prospect of
banishment for his mother or himself from the home to which both
were rooted; and the sentence of detachment from her was especially
painful when she seemed his only consolation for his wife's
perverseness. Yet he was aware that he had been guilty of the
original error, and was bound to give such compensation to his wife
as was offered by his mother's voluntary sacrifice. He was slow to
broach the subject, but only the next morning came a question about
an invitation to a dull house.
"But," said Cecil, "it is better than home." She spoke on purpose.
"I am sorry to hear you say so."
"I can't call it home where I am but a guest."
"Well, Cecil, my mother offers to leave the home of her life and
retire into Church-house."
Cecil felt as if the screw she had been long working had come off in
her hands.


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