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ower and said softly, "Kiss me, Eleanor." There was, as before, just that mingling of affection and exaction which conquered her. She knew all she was giving, but she half dared not and half cared not to refuse. "You little witch--" said he as he took possession of the just permitted lips,--"I will punish you for your naughtiness, by taking you home very soon--into my own management." Mrs. Powle was in Eleanor's room when she entered; waiting there for her. "Well Eleanor," she began,--"is it settled? Are you to be Lady Rythdale?" "If Mr. Carlisle has his will, ma'am." "And what is _your_ will?" "I have none any longer. But if you and he try to hurry on the day, mamma, it shall never come,--never!" Mrs. Powle thought she would leave that matter in more skilful hands; and went away well satisfied. CHAPTER V. AT THE COTTAGE. "This floating life hath but this port of rest, A heart prepared, that fears no ill to come." The matter was in skilful hands; for the days rolled on, after that eventful excursion, with great smoothness. Mr. Carlisle kept Eleanor busy, with some pleasant little excitement, every day varied. She was made to taste the sweets of her new position, and to depend more and more upon the hand that introduced her to them. Mr. Carlisle ministered carefully to her tastes. Eleanor daily was well mounted, generally on Maggie; and enjoyed her heart's delight of a gallop over the moor, or a more moderate pace through a more rewarding scenery. Mr. Carlisle entered into the spirit of her gardening pursuits; took her to his mother's conservatory; and found that he never pleased Eleanor better than when he plunged her into the midst of flowers. He took good care to advance his own interests all the time; and advanced them fast and surely. He had Eleanor's liking before; and her nature was too sweet and rich not to incline towards the person whom she had given such a position with herself, yielding to him more and more of faith and affection. And that in spite of what sometimes chafed her; the quiet sway she felt Mr. Carlisle had over her, beneath which she was powerless. Or rather, perhaps she inclined towards him secretly the more on account of it; for to women of rich natures there is something attractive in being obliged to look up; and to women of all natures it is imposing. So Mr. Carlisle's threat, by Eleanor so stoutly resisted and resented, was extremely likely to come
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