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Chapter 2
Euclidean Space
1. u − w = 3 − 0 = 3−0 = 3
4 −2 4 − (−2) 6
[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
−1 5 −1 + 3 (5) 14
v + 3w = 6 +3 0 = 6 + 3 (0) = 6
[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
5 −4 −1 −2 (5) + (−4) + 3 (−1) −17
−2w + u + 3v = −2 0 + 3 +3 6 = −2 (0) + 3 + 3 (6) = 21
−2 4 2 −2 (−2) + 4 + 3 (2) 14
(b) 3x1 − x3 = 4
4x1 − 2x2 + 2x3 = 7
− 5x2 + 9x3 = 11
2x1 + 6x2 + 5x3 = −6
[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
1 1 −2 3
3. (a) x1 −5 + x2 7 + x3 6 = 12
4 0 −8 0
[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
4 −3 −1 5 0
(b) x1 0 + x2 2 + x3 5 + x4 −2 = 6
3 12 6 0 10
4. (a)
[ ] [
x1
x2 [
5 + s1 3
x3 ] ]
= −
7 2
0 1
x1 1 2 13
x2 0 0 1
(b) = + s1 + s2
x3 17 1 0
x4 1 0
0
[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
1 3 5 x1 + 3x2 5
5. (a) x1 a1 + x2 a2 = b ⇔ x1 + x2 = ⇔ = ⇔
−5 6 9 −5x1 + 6x2 9
335
336 Section 2.1: Vectors Chapter 2: Euclidean Space 336
[ ]
1 3 5
the augmented matrix −5 6 9 has a solution:
[ ] [ ]
1 3 5 5R1 +R2 →R2 1 3 5
−5 6 9
∼
0 21 34
34
From row 2, 21x2 = 34 ⇒ x2 = 21 . From row 1, x1 + 3( 2134 ) = 5 ⇒ x1 = 71 . Thus, b is a linear
combination of a1 and a2 , with b = 17 a1 + 34 a2 .
[ ] 21 [ ] [ ]
1 −2 7
(b) x1 a1 + x2 a2 + x2 a2 = b ⇔ x1 −3 + x2 3 = 5 ⇔
[ ] [ ] [ ]
x1 − 2x2 7 1 −2 7
−3x1 + 3x2 = 5 ⇔the augmented matrix −3 3 5 yields a solution.
8x1 − 3x2 −4 8 −3 −4
[ ] [ ]
1 −2 7 3R1 +R2 →R2 1 −2 7
−8R1 +R3 →R3
−3 3 5 ∼ 0 −3 26
8 −3 −4 0 13 −60
( 313)R2 +R3 →R3 1 −2 7
∼ 0 −3 26
158
0 0 3
From the third equation, we have 0 = 158 3 , and thus the system does not have a solution. Thus,
b is not a linear combination of a1 , a2 , and a3 .
6. (a) False. Addition of vectors is associative and commutative.
(b) True. The scalars may be any real number.
(c) True. The solutions to a linear system with variables x1 , . . . , xn can be expressed as a vector x,
which is the sum of a fixed vector with n components and a linear combination of k vectors with
n components, where k is the number of free variables.
(d) False. The Parallelogram Rule gives a geometric interpretation of vector addition.
2.1 Vectors
[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
3 −4 3 − (−4) 7
1. u − v = −2 − 1 = −2 − 1 = −3 ;
0 5 0−5 −5
[ ] [ ] [ ]
2 (6) 2 12
6w = 6 −7 = (6) (−7) = −42
−1 (6) (−1) −6
[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
2 3 2−3 −1
2. w − u = −7 − −2 = −7 − (−2) = −5 ;
−1 0 −1 − 0 −1
[ ] [ ] [ ]
−4 (−5) (−4) 20
−5v = (−5) 1 = (−5) 1 = −5
5 (−5) 5 −25
[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
2 −4 2 + 3 (−4) −10
3. w + 3v = −7 +3 1 = −7 + 3 (1) = −4 ;
−1 5 −1 + 3 (5) 14
[ ] [ ]
2 −1 −4 5
2w − 7v = 2 −7 −7 1
337 Section 2.1: Vectors Chapter 2: Euclidean Space 337
[ [
− 7 (−4)
2 (2) ]
3
= 2 (−7) − 7 (1) 2
]
2 (−1) − 7
(5) =
−21
−
3
7
338 Section 2.1: Vectors Chapter 2: Euclidean Space 338
[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
2 3 4 (2) − 3 5
4. 4w − u = 4 −7 − −2 = 4 (−7) − (−2) = −26 ;
−1 0 4 (−1) − 0 −4
[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
−4 2 (−2) (−4) + 5 (2) 18
−2v + 5w = (−2) 1 +5 −7 = (−2) (1) + 5 (−7) = −37
5 −1 (−2) (5) + 5 (−1) −15
[ ] [ ] [ ]
3 −4 2
5. −u + v + w = − −2 + 1 + −7 =
0 5 −1
[ ] [ ]
−3 − 4 + 2 −5
− (−2) + 1 − 7 = −4 ;
−0 + 5 − 1 4
[ ] [ ] [ ]
3 −4 2
2u − v + 3w = 2 −2 − 1 +3 −7 =
0 5 −1
[ ] [ ]
2 (3) − (−4) + 3 (2) 16
2 (−2) − 1 + 3 (−7) = −26
2 (0) − 5 + 3 (−1) −8
[ ] [ ] [ ]
3 −4 2
6. 3u − 2v + 5w = 3 −2 −2 1 +5 −7 =
0 5 −1
[ ] ] [
3 (3) − 2 (−4) + 5 (2) 27
3 (−2) − 2 (1) + 5 (−7) = −43 ;
3 (0) − 2 (5) + 5 (−1) −15
[ ] [ ] [ ]
3 −4 2
−4u + 3v − 2w = −4 −2 + 3 1 − 2 −7 =
0 5 −1
[ ] [ ]
(−4) (3) + 3 (−4) − 2 (2) −28
(−4) (−2) + 3 (1) − 2 (−7) = 25
(−4) (0) + 3 (5) − 2 (−1) 17
7. 3x1 − x2 = 8
2x1 + 5x2 = 13
8. −x1 + 9x2 = −7
6x1 − 5x2 = −11
−4x1 = 3
9. −6x1 + 5x2 = 4
5x1 − 3x2 + 2x3 = 16
10. 2x1 + 5x3 + 4x4 = 0
7x1 + 2x2 + x3 + 5x4 = 4
8x1 + 4x2 + 6x3 + 7x4 = 3
3x1 + 2x2 + x3 = 5
[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
2 8 −4 −10
11. x1 −1 + x2 −3 + x3 5 = 4
[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
−2 5 −10 4
12. x1 1 + x2 −2 + x3 3 = −1
7 −17 34 −16
13. [ ] − −3 + x2 [ ]
x1 1 2 −1
339 Section 2.1: Vectors Chapter 2: Euclidean Space 339
2 [ [ [
−3 −3
+ x3 ] + x4 −1 −
6 ] 1
1 2]
0 = −
0 1
5
340 Section 2.1: Vectors Chapter 2: Euclidean Space 340
[ ] [ ] [ ]
−5 9 13
14. x1 3 + x2 −5 = −9
1 −2 −2
[ ] [ ] [ ]
x1 −4 3
15. x2 = 0 + s1 1
[ ] [ ]
x1 −2
16. = s1 1
x2
[ ] [ ] [ ]
x1 7 −2
17. x2 = −3 + s1 0
x3 0 1
x1 1 3 −4
x2 −2 0 5
18. =
x3 0 + s1 0 + s2 1
x4 0 1 0
x1 4 6 −5
x2 0 0 1
19. = + s1 + s2
x3 −9 3 0
x4 1 0
0
x1 1 −7 14 −1
x2 0 0 0 1
20. x = 0 + s1 0 + s2 1 + s3 0
3
x4 −12 1 0 0
x5 1 0 0
0
[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
3 −1 3 −1 2
21. 1u + 0v = u = , 0u + 1v = v = , 1u + 1v = + =
−2 −4 −2 −4 −6
[ ] [ ]
7 5
22. 1u + 0v = u = 1 , 0u + 1v = v = −3 ,
−13 2
[ ] [ ] [ ]
7 5 12
1u + 1v = 1 + −3 = −2 .
−13 2 −11
[ ] [ ] [ ]
−4 −2 9
23. 1u + 0v + 0w = u = 0 , 0u + 1v + 0w = v = −1 , 0u + 0v + 1w = w = 6 .
−3 5 11
341 Section 2.1: Vectors Chapter 2: Euclidean Space 341
1 4 9
8 −2 9
24. 1u + 0v + 0w = u = 2 , 0u + 1v + 0w = v = 5 , 0u + 0v + 1w = w = 0 .
2 −5 1
[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
a −1 −10 −3a − 4 −10
25. −3 3 +4 b = 19
⇒ −9 + 4b
=
19 ⇒ −3a − 4 = −10 and −9 + 4b = 19.
[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
−1 3 c 1+6 c
27. − a +2 −2 = −7 ⇒ −a − 4 = −7 ⇒
2 b 8 −2 + 2b 8
2 1 c −4 −c −4
29. − +2 − = ⇒ −a − 9 = ⇒
a −2 5 3 3
1 3 0 d 5 d
4 1 c −4 −4 + 2 − c −4
30. − −2 +2 b
−
−3 = 3 ⇒ =
3 ⇒
2 + 2b + 3
−1 3 −6 d 1+6+6 d
[ ] [ ]
1 4 −6 1
=
−5 ⇔ the augmented matrix −6 9 −5 has a solution:
[ ] [ ]
4 −6 1 (3/2)R1 +R2 →R2 4 −6 1
2
−6 9 −5
∼
0 0 −7
[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
2 0 6 2x1 6
34. x1 a1 + x2 a2 = b ⇔ x1 −3 + x2 3 = 3 ⇔ −3x1 + 3x2 = 3 . The
1 −3 −9 x1 − 3x2 −9
first equation 2x1 = 6 ⇒ x1 = 3. Then the second equation −3 (3) + 3x2 = 3 ⇒ x2 = 4. We check
the third equation, 3 − 3(4) = −9. Hence b is a linear combination of a1 and a2 , with b =3a1 + 4a2 .
344 Section 2.1: Vectors Chapter 2: Euclidean Space 344
[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
1 −3 2 1 x1 − 3x2 + 2x3
35. x1 a1 + x2 a2 + x2 a2 = b ⇔ x1 2 + x2 5 + x3 2 = −2 ⇔ 2x1 + 5x2 + 2x3
[ ] ] [
1 1 −3 2 1
= −2 ⇔the augmented matrix 2 5 2 −2 yields a solution.
3 1 −3 4 3
[ ] −2R1 +R2 →R2 [ ]
1 −3 2 1 −R1 +R3 →R3
1 −3 2 1
2 5 2 −2 ∼ 0 11 −2 −4
1 −3 4 3 0 0 2 2
[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
2 0 −2 2
36. x1 a1 + x2 a2 + x2 a2 = b ⇔ x1 −3 + x2 3 + x3 −1 = −4 ⇔
[ ] [ ] [ ]
2x1 − 2x3 2 2 0 −2 2
−3x1 + 3x2 − x3 = −4 ⇔the augmented matrix −3 3 −1 −4 yields a solution.
x1 − 3x2 + 3x3 5 1 −3 3 5
−3 3 −1 −4 ∼ 0 3 −4 −1
1 −3 3 5 0 −3 4 4
[ ]
2 0 −2 2
R2 +R3 →R3 0 3 −4 −1
∼
0 0 0 3
From the third equation, we have 0 = 3, and hence the system does not have a solution. Hence b is
not a linear combination of a1 , a2 , and a3 .
37. Using vectors, we calculate [ ] [ ] [ ]
29 18 76
(2) 3 + (1) 25 = 31
4 6 14
Hence we have 76 pounds of nitrogen, 31 pounds of phosphoric acid, and 14 pounds of potash.
38. Using vectors, we calculate [ ] [ ] [ ]
29 18 242
(4) 3 + (7) 25 = 187
4 6 58
Hence we have 242 pounds of nitrogen, 187 pounds of phosphoric acid, and 58 pounds of potash.
39. Let x1 be the amount of Vigoro, x2 the amount of Parker’s, and then we need
[ ] [ ] [ ]
29 18 112
x1 3 + x2 25 = 81
4 6 26
4 6 26 0 102 306
29 29
[ ] [ ] [ ]
29 18 285
x1 3 + x2 25 = 284
4 6 78
4 6 78 0 102 1122
29 29
[ ] [ ] [ ]
29 18 123
x1 3 + x2 25 = 59
4 6 24
(29/671)R2 →R2 [ ]
(−102/29)R2 +R3 →R3
29 18 123
∼ 0 1 2
0 0 0
Back substituting gives x2 = 2 and x1 = 3. Hence we need 3 bags of Vigoro and 2 bags of Parker’s.
42. Let x1 be the amount of Vigoro, x2 the amount of Parker’s, and then we need
[ ] [ ] [ ]
29 18 159
x1 3 + x2 25 = 109
4 6 36
(29/671)R2 →R3 [ ]
29 18 159
(−102/29)R2 +R3 →R3
∼ 0 1 4
0 0 0
Back substituting gives x2 = 4 and x1 = 3. Hence we need 3 bags of Vigoro and 4 bags of Parker’s.
347 Section 2.1: Vectors Chapter 2: Euclidean Space 347
43. Let x1 be the amount of Vigoro, x2 the amount of Parker’s, and then we need
[ ] [ ] [ ]
29 18 148
x1 3 + x2 25 = 131
4 6 40
29 18 148
(−102/671)R2 +R3 →R3 0 671 3355
∼ 29 29
0 0 2
Since row 3 corresponds to the equation 0 = 2, the system has no solutions.
44. Let x1 be the amount of Vigoro, x2 the amount of Parker’s, and then we need
[ ] [ ] [ ]
29 18 100
x1 3 + x2 25 = 120
4 6 40
29 18 100
(−102/671)R2 +R3 →R3 671 3180
∼ 0 29 29
0 0 6400
671
6400
Since row 3 is 0 = 671 , we conclude that we can not obtain the desired amounts.
45. Let x1 be the amount of Vigoro, x2 the amount of Parker’s, and then we need
[ ] [ ] [ ]
29 18 25
x1 3 + x2 25 = 72
4 6 14
4 6 38 0 102 102
29
− 29
29 18 301
(−102/671)R2 +R3 →R3 671 671
∼ 0 29 − 29
0 0 0
From row 2, we have 67129 x2 = − 29 ⇒ x2 = −1. Since we can not use a negative amount, we conclude
671
80 280 440
∼ 40 40
0 27 27
48. Let x1 be the number of cans of Red Bull, and x2 the number of cans of Jolt Cola, and then we need
[ ] [ ] [ ]
x1 27 94 = 309
80 + x2 280 920
80 280 920
∼ 40 40
0 27 9
40 40
From row 2, we have 27 x2 = 9 ⇒ x2 = 3. From row 1, 27x1 + 94(3) = 309 ⇒ x1 = 1. Thus we
need to drink 1 can of Red Bull and 3 cans of Jolt Cola.
49. Let x1 be the number of cans of Red Bull, and x2 the number of cans of Jolt Cola, and then we need
[ ] [ ] [ ]
x1 27 94 = 242
80 + x2 280 720
80 280 720
∼ 40 80
0 27 27
51. Let x1 be the number of servings of Lucky Charms and x2 the number of servings of Raisin Bran, and
then we need [ ] [ ] [ ]
10 2 40
x1 25 + x2 25 = 200
25 10 125
25 25 200 ∼ 0 20 100
25 10 125 0 5 25
[ ]
10 2 40
(−1/4)R2 +R3 →R3
∼ 0 20 100
0 0 0
From row 2, we have 20x2 = 100 ⇒ x2 = 5. From row 1, 10x1 + 2(5) = 40 ⇒ x1 = 3. Thus we need
3 servings of Lucky Charms and 5 servings of Raisin Bran.
52. Let x1 be the number of servings of Lucky Charms and x2 the number of servings of Raisin Bran, and
then we need [ ] [ ] [ ]
10 2 34
x1 25 + x2 25 = 125
25 10 95
25 25 125 ∼ 0 20 40
25 10 95 0 5 10
[ ]
10 2 34
(−1/4)R2 +R3 →R3
∼ 0 20 40
0 0 0
From row 2, we have 20x2 = 40 ⇒ x2 = 2. From row 1, 10x1 + 2(2) = 34 ⇒ x1 = 3. Thus we need
3 servings of Lucky Charms and 2 servings of Raisin Bran.
53. Let x1 be the number of servings of Lucky Charms and x2 the number of servings of Raisin Bran, and
then we need [ ] [ ] [ ]
10 2 26
x1 25 + x2 25 = 125
25 10 80
25 25 125 ∼ 0 20 60
25 10 80 0 5 15
[ ]
10 2 26
(−1/4)R2 +R3 →R3
∼ 0 20 60
0 0 0
From row 2, we have 20x2 = 60 ⇒ x2 = 3. From row 1, 10x1 + 2(3) = 26 ⇒ x1 = 2. Thus we need
2 servings of Lucky Charms and 3 servings of Raisin Bran.
352 Section 2.1: Vectors Chapter 2: Euclidean Space 352
54. Let x1 be the number of servings of Lucky Charms and x2 the number of servings of Raisin Bran, and
then we need [ ] [ ] [ ]
10 2 38
x1 25 + x2 25 = 175
25 10 115
From row 2, we have 20x2 = 80 ⇒ x2 = 4. From row 1, 10x1 + 2(4) = 38 ⇒ x1 = 3. Thus we need
3 servings of Lucky Charms and 4 servings of Raisin Bran.
[ ] [ ]
2000 3000
55. (a) a = 8000 , b = 10000
[ ] [ ]
3000 24000
(b) 8b = (8) = . The company produces 24000 computer monitors and 80000
10000 80000
From row 2, we have −2000x2 = −4000 ⇒ x2 = 2. From row 1, 2000x1 + 3000(2) = 24000 ⇒
x1 = 9. Thus we need 9 weeks of production at facility A and 2 weeks of production at facility B.
56. We assume a 5-day work week.
[ ] [ ] [ ]
10 20 40
(a) a = 20 , b = 30 , c = 70
10 40 50
[ ] [ ]
40 800
(b) 20c = (20) 70 = 1400 . The company produces 800 metric tons of PE, 1400 metric tons
50 1000
of PVC, and 1000 metric tons of PS at facility C in 4 weeks.
[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
10 20 40 700
(d) Let x1 be the number of days of production at facility A, x2 the number of days of production at
facility B, and x3 the number of days of production at facility C. Then we need
[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
10 20 40 240
x1 20 + x2 30 + x3 70 = 420
10 40 50 320
57.
( [ ] [ ] [ ]) [ ] [ ]
8
5u1 +3u2 +2u3 1 3 −1 2 16
v = 5 +3 +2 = 1
= 5
5+3+2
= 10 10
2 4 5 32 16
5
( [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]) [ ]
−1 2 0 5 23 12
[ ] [ ]
1 3 5 13
− 11 x1 + 11 x2 + 11 x3 11
= =
11 x1 − 11 x2 + 11 x3
3 2 2 16
11
We obtain the 2 equations, −x1 +3x2 + 5x3 = 13 and 3x1 − 2x2 +2x3 = 16. Together with the equation
x1 + x2 + x3 = 11, we have 3 equations and solve the corresponding augmented matrix:
[ ] [ ]
−1 3 5 13 3R1 +R2 →R2 −1 3 5 13
R1 +R3 →R3
3 −2 2 16 ∼ 0 7 17 55
1 1 1 11 0 4 6 24
−1 3 5 13
(−4/7)R2 +R3 →R3
∼ 0 7 17 55
0 0 − 267 − 52
7
7 7 From row 3, − 26 x3 = − 52
355 Section 2.1: Vectors Chapter 2: Euclidean Space 355
⇒ x3 = 2. From row 2, 7x2 + 17(2) = 55 ⇒ x2 = 3. From row 1,
−x1 + 3(3) + 5(2) = 13 ⇒ x1 = 6.
356 Section 2.1: Vectors Chapter 2: Euclidean Space 356
1 2 1 4
x + 11 x2 − 11 x4
11 1 11
1 1 3 5
= x − 11 x2 + 11 x3
11 1
= 11
2 2 1 12
11 x1 + 11 x3 + 11 x4 11
We obtain the 3 equations, x1 + 2x2 − x4 = 4, x1 − x2 + 3x3 = 5, and 2x1 + 2x3 + x4 = 12. Together
with the equation x1 + x2 + x3 + x4 = 11, we have 4 equations and solve the corresponding augmented
matrix:
−R1 +R2 →R2
1 2 0 −1 4 −2R1 +R3 →R3 1 2 0 −1 4
1 −1 3 0 5 −R1 +R4 →R4
∼ 0 −3 3 1 1
2 0 2 1 12 0 −4 2 3 4
1 1 1 1 11 0 −1 1 2 7
(−4/3)R2 +R3 →R3
1 2 0 −1 4
(−1/3)R2 +R4 →R4 0 −3 3 1 1
∼ 0 0 −2 5 8
3 3
5 20
0 0 0 3 3
From row 4, 5
x4 = 20
⇒ x4 = 4. From row 3, −2x3 + 5 (4) = 8 ⇒ x3 = 2. From row 2,
3 3 3 3
−3x2 + 3(2) + 4 = 1 ⇒ x2 = 3. From row 1, x1 + 2(3) − 4 = 4 ⇒ x1 = 2.
61. For example, u = (0, 0, −1) and v = (3, 2, 0).
62. For example, u = (4, 0, 0, 0) and v = (0, 2, 0, 1).
63. For example, u = (1, 0, 0), v = (1, 0, 0), and w = (−2, 0, 0).
64. For example, u = (1, 0, 0, 0), v = (1, 0, 0, 0), and w = (−2, 0, 0, 0).
65. For example, u = (1, 0) and v = (2, 0).
66. For example, u = (1, 0) and v = (−1, 0).
67. For example, u = (1, 0, 0), v = (2, 0, 0), and w = (3, 0, 0).
68. For example, u = (1, 0, 0, 0), v = (2, 0, 0, 0), w = (2, 0, 0, 0),and x = (4, 0, 0, 0).
69. Simply, x1 = 3 and x2 = −2.
70. For example, x1 − 2x2 = 1 and x2 + x3 = 1.
[ ] [ ] [ ]
−3 (−2)(−3) 6
71. (a) True, since −2 = = .
5 (−2)(5) −10
[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
1 −4 1 − (−4) 5 −3
(b) False, since u − v = − = = =
3 2 3−2 1 1 .
72. (a) False. Scalars may be any real number, such as c = −1.
(b) True. Vector components and scalars can be any real numbers.
73. (a) True, by Theorem 2.3(b).
(b) False. The sum c1 + u1 of a scalar and a vector is undefined.
357 Section 2.1: Vectors Chapter 2: Euclidean Space 357
74. (a) False. A vector can have any initial point.
358 Section 2.1: Vectors Chapter 2: Euclidean Space 358
[ ]
1
(b) False. They do not point in opposite directions, as there does not exist c < 0 such that −2 =
4
[ ]
−2
c 4 .
8
75. (a) True, by Definition 2.1, where it is stated that vectors can be expressed in column or row form.
(b) True. For any vector v, 0 = 0v.
76. (a) True, because −2 (−u) = (−2) ((−1) u) = ((−2) (−1)) u = 2u.
[ ] [ ]
0 0
(b) False. For example, x 0 = has no solution.
1
77. (a) False. It works regardless of the quadrant, and can be established algebraically for vectors posi-
tioned anywhere.
(b) False. Because vector addition is commutative, one can order the vectors in either way for the
Tip-to-Tail Rule.
78. (a) False. For instance, if u = (2, 1) and v = (−1, 3), then u − v = (3, −2) while −u + v = (−3, 2).
(The difference u − v is found by adding u to −v.)
(b) True, as long as the vectors have the same number of components.
u1 u1 (a + b) u1
u2 u2 (a + b) u2
79. (a) Let u = . . Then (a + b)u = (a + b) . = .
. . .
un un (a + b) un
u1 v1 w1
u2 v2 w2
(b) Let u = . ,v = . , and w = . . Then
. . .
un vn wn
u1 v1 w1 u1 + v1 w1
u2 v2 w2 u2 + v2 w2
(u + v) + w = . + . + . = . + .
. . . . .
un vn wn un + vn wn
(u1 + v1 ) + w1 u1 + (v1 + w1 ) u1 v1 + w1
(u2 + v2 ) + w2 u2 + (v2 + w2 ) u2 v2 + w2
= . = . = . + .
. . . .
(un + vn ) + wn un + (vn + wn ) un vn + w n
u1 v1 w1
u2 v2 w2
= . + . + . =u+ (v + w).
. . .
un vn wn
u1 u1 bu1
u2 u2 bu2
(c) Let u = . . Then a(bu) = a b . =a .
. . .
un un bun
359 Section 2.1: Vectors Chapter 2: Euclidean Space 359
a (bu1 ) (ab) u1 u1
(ab) u2 u2
a (bu2 ) = (ab) = (ab)u.
= = . .
.
a (bun ) (ab) un un
u1 u1 u1
u2 u2 u2
(d) Let u = . . Then u + (−u) = . + − .
. . .
un un un
u1 −u1 u1 − u1 0
u2 −u2 u2 − u2
= . + . = . 0 = 0.
= .
. . . .
−un
un − u n 0
un
u1 u1 0 u1 + 0 u1
u2 u2 u2 + 0 u2
(e) Let u = . . Then u + 0 = . . = . = u. Likewise,
0
+ . =
. . . . .
un + 0 un
un un 0
0 u1 0 + u1 u1
0 u2 u2
0 + u2
0+u= + = = = u.
. . . .
0 un 0 + un un
u1 u1 (1) u1 u1
u2 u2 (1) u2 u2
(f) Let u = . . Then 1u = (1) . = . = . = u.
. . . .
un un (1) un un
[ ] [ ]
2 1
80. Using, for example, u = and v = .
1 3
The vector u − v =
360 Section 2.1: Vectors Chapter 2: Euclidean Space 360
[ ]
1 is the
−2
translat
ion of
the
vector
w′
which
has
initial
point
the tip
of u
and
terminal point the tip of v, as in Figure 6.
81.
361 Section 2.1: Vectors Chapter 2: Euclidean Space 361
82.
83.
84.
85.
86.
351 Section 2.2: Span Chapter 2: Euclidean Space 351
87. We obtain the three equations 2x1 + 2x2 + 5x3 = 0, 7x1 + 4x2 + x3 = 3, and 3x1 + 2x2 + 6x3 = 5.
Using a computer algebra system to solve this system, we get x1 = 4, x2 = −6.5, and x3 = 1.
88. We obtain the four equations x1 +4x2 −4x3 +5x4 = 1, −3x1 +3x2 +2x3 +2x4 = 7, 2x1 +2x2 −3x3 −4x4 =
2, and x2 + x3 = −6. Using a computer algebra system to solve this system, we get x1 = −7.5399,
x2 = −1.1656, x3 = −4.8344, and x4 = −1.2270. (Solving this system exactly, we obtain x1 = − 1229
163 ,
x2 = − 190
163 , x 3 = − 788
163 , and x 4 = − 200
163 .)
2.2 Practice
[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
Problems 4 0 2 4 2
[ ]
2
1. (a) 0u1 +0u2 = 0 +0 = , 1u1 + 0u2 = 1 +0 = , 0u1 +1u2 =
−3 1 0 −3 1 −3
[ ] [ ] [ ]
2 4 4
0 +1 =
−3 1 1
[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
6 −2 0 6 −2 6
(b) 0u1 + 0u2 = 0 1 +0 3 = 0 , 1u1 + 0u2 = 1 1 +0 3 = 1 , 0u1 + 1u2 =
4 −3 0 4 −3 4
[ ] [ ] [ ]
6 −2 −2
0 1 +1 3 = 3
4 −3 −3
[ ] [ ] [ ]
1 0 −1
2. Set x1 u1 + x2 u2 = b ⇒ x1 2 + x2 4 = 2 ⇒
−2 3 5
[ ] [ ]
x1 −1
2x1 + 4x2 = 2 . From the first equation, x1 = −1. Then the second equation is 2 (−1) +
−2x1 + 3x2 5
4x2 = 2 ⇒ x2 = 1. The third equation is now −2 (−1) + 3 (1) = 5 ⇒ 5 = 5. So b is in the span of
{u1 , u2 } , with (−1) u1 + (1) u2 = b.
[ ] [ ] [ ]
7 −2 −2 x1 6
3. (a) A = −1 7 4 ,x= x2 , b= 11
3 −1 −2 x3 1
[ ] x1 [ ]
4 −3 −1 5 x2 0
(b) A = ,x= x3 , b=
3 12 6 0 10
x4
There is not a row of zeros, so every choice of b is in the span of the columns of the given matrix
and, therefore, the columns of the matrix span R2 .
(b) Row-reduce to echelon form:
[ ] [ ]
4 1 (−1/4)R1 +R2 →R2 4 1
−3
∼
1 0 − 13
4
352 Section 2.2: Span Chapter 2: Euclidean Space 352
Since there is not a row of zeros, every choice of b is in the span of the columns of the given
matrix, and therefore the columns of the matrix span R2 .
353 Section 2.2: Span Chapter 2: Euclidean Space 353
There is not a row of zeros, so every choice of b is in the span of the columns of the given matrix
and, therefore, the columns of the matrix span R3 .
(b) Row-reduce to echelon form:
[ ] (−1/2)R1 +R2 →R2 [ ]
2 0 6 (1/2)R1 +R3 →R3
2 0 6
1 −2 1 ∼ 0 −2 −2
−1 4 1 0 4 4
[ ]
2 0 6
2R2 +R3 →R3 0 −2 −2
∼
0 0 0
Because there is a row of zeros, there exists a vector b that is not in the span of the columns of
the matrix and, therefore, the columns of the matrix do not span R3 .
6. (a) False. If the vectors span R3 , then vectors have three components, and cannot span R2 .
(b) True. Every vector b in R2 can be written as
b = x1 u1 + x2 u 2
x1 x
= (2u1 ) + 2 (3u2 )
2 3
(d) True. Every vector b in R2 can be written as b = x1 u1 +x2 u2 = x1 u1 +x2 u2 +0u3 , so {u1 , u2 , u3 }
spans R2 .
2.2 Span
[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
2 9 0 2 9 2
1. 0u1 + 0u2 = 0 6 +0 15 = 0 , 1u1 + 0u2 = 1 6 +0 15 = 6 , 0u1 + 1u2 =
[ ] [ ] [ ]
2 9 9
0 +1 =
6 15 15
[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
−2 −3 0 −2 −3 −2
2. 0u1 + 0u2 = 0 +0 4 = , 1u1 + 0u2 = 1 +0 4 = , 0u1 + 1u2 =
7 0 7 7
[ ] [ ] [ ]
−2 −3 −3
0 +1 = 4
7 4
354 Section 2.2: Span Chapter 2: Euclidean Space 354
[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
2 1 0 2 1 2
[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
0 1 −6 0 0 1
4. 0u1 + 0u2 + 0u3 = 0 5 +0 2 +0 7 = 0 , 1u1 + 0u2 + 0u3 = 1 5 +0 2 +
−2 6 2 0 −2 6
[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
−6 0 0 1 −6 1
2 −2 −2 6 2 6
[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
2 4 −4 0 2 4
5. 0u1 + 0u2 + 0u3 = 0 0 +0 1 +0 0 = 0 , 1u1 + 0u2 + 0u3 = 1 0 +0 1 +
0 6 7 0 0 6
[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
−4 2 2 4 −4 4
0 0 = 0 , 0u1 + 1u2 + 0u3 = 0 0 +1 1 +0 0 = 1
7 0 0 6 7 6
0 −1 12 0 0 −1
1 8 −1 0 1 8
6. 0u1 +0u2 +0u3 = 0 +0 +0 = , +0u + 0u = 1 +0 +
1u
3 −5 1 0 1 2 3 3 −5
0 2 0 0 0 2
12 0 0 −1 12 −1
−1 1 1 8 −1 8
0 = , 0u1 + 1u2 + 0u3 = 0 +1 +0
1 3 3 −5 1 = −5
0 0 0 2 0 2
[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
3 9 3x1 9
7. Set x1 a1 = b ⇒ x1 = −15 ⇒ = .
5 5x1 −15
From the first component, x1 = 3, but from the second component x1 = −3. Thus b is not in the span
of a1 .
[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
10 −30 10x1 −30
8. Set x1 a1 = b ⇒ x1 −15
= ⇒ = .
45 −15x1 45
From the first component, x1 = −3, and from the second component x1 = 3. Thus b = −3a1 ,and b is
in the span of a1 .
[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
4 2 4x1 2
9. Set x1 a1 = b ⇒ x1 −2 = −1 ⇒ −2x1 = −1 .
10 −5 10x1 −5
From the first and second components, x1 = 12 , but from the third component x1 = − 12. Thus b is not
in the span of a1 .
[ ] − [ ]
−1 −2
10. Set x1 a1 + x2 a2 = b ⇒ x1 3 1 + x2 −3
355 Section 2.2: Span Chapter 2: Euclidean Space 355
6 [
−
6
]
=
⇒
] [ ] 2
[
−x1 − 2x2 −6
3x1 − 3x2 = 9 . We obtain 3 equations and row-reduce the associated augmented matrix
−x1 + 6x2 2
356 Section 2.2: Span Chapter 2: Euclidean Space 356
From the second row, −9x2 = −9 ⇒ x2 = 1.From row 1, −x1 − 2(1) = −6 ⇒ x1 = 4. We conclude
b is in the span of a1 and a2 , with b = 4a1 + a2 .
[ ] [ ] [ ]
−1 2 −10
11. Set x1 a1 + x2 a2 = b ⇒ x1 4 + x2 8 = −8 ⇒
−3 −7 7
[ ] [ ]
−x1 + 2x2 −10
4x1 + 8x2 = −8 . We obtain 3 equations and row-reduce the associated augmented matrix
−3x1 − 7x2 7
to determine if there are solutions.
[ ] [ ]
−1 2 −10 4R1 +R2 →R2 −1 2 −10
−3R1 +R3 →R3
4 8 −8 ∼ 0 16 −48
−3 −7 7 0 −13 37
[ ]
(13/16)R2 +R3 →R3
−1 2 −10
∼ 0 16 −48
0 0 −2
From the third row, 0 = −2,and hence there are no solutions. We conclude that there do not exist x1
and x2 such that x1 a1 + x2 a2 = b, and therefore b is not in the span of a1 and a2 .
3 −4 0
1 2 10
12. Set x1 a1 + x2 a2 = b ⇒ x1 + x2 = ⇒
−2 3 1
3 5
3x1 − 4x2 0 −1
x1 + 2x2 10
−2x1 + 3x2 = . We obtain 4 equations and row-reduce the associated augmented matrix
1
−x1 + 3x2 5
−2 3 1
∼ 1
0 1
3
−1 3 5 0 5
5
3
13. A = [ ]
2 8 −4
357 Section 2.2: Span Chapter 2: Euclidean Space 357
−1 [ ] [
−3 x1 −10
5 ,x= x2 , b ]
x3 =
4
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A third time Mrs. Green shook her head; solemnly, ominously she
shook it. “Well,” she muttered, “if girls will behave like that, after all
the schooling, and praying, and preaching, and—;” the rest of the
observation was unheard by the Stones, as their landlady had left
the room as she uttered it, slamming the door behind her. Lottie
knew by her manner that the cobbler’s wife was offended; and was
convinced that within an hour the story of the five sovereigns would
be spread all over Axe, as was already that of Abner’s arrival at
Southampton, Deborah, in her efforts to procure money for her
journey, having found it impossible to obey her husband’s injunction
of secrecy.
“Lottie, how did you get all that money?” asked her brother, as
soon as Mrs. Green’s heavy clumping step was heard descending
the stair.
“Oh, don’t you be a-worritting me too, Steady!” exclaimed Lottie,
calling the lad by a name which Arthur Madden had given to him in
the class, and which had clung to him, from its appropriateness, till it
had almost superseded his own.
Steady was not wont to “worrit” any one, and least of all the sister
to whose brighter intelligence he had habitually looked up through
his clouded boyhood, and whom he heartily loved. He was easily
silenced, but not easily relieved. He sat down by the casement to his
usual occupation of cutting pegs, but ever and anon a heavy sigh
came from the poor youth’s breast.
“You’re troubled about father?” asked Lottie, who was laying out
the rough-dried linen which she was about to iron for her mother.
“I warn’t a-thinking of father, but of that money,” replied the lad, in
his slow, measured drawl: he had difficulty in putting even the most
simple thought into words.
“Steady, surely you know me, you can trust me!” cried Lottie, with
a swelling heart.
“I does trust you,” said the lad emphatically, “but other folk won’t;”
and with another sigh he relapsed into silence.
Very sadly Lottie pursued her occupation of ironing. “Oh,” thought
she, “I wish that I could smooth away all these difficulties, as I press
down the creases out of this linen! Father ill—Mr. Arthur dying—
mother away—and then this dreadful, dreadful promise! Oh, that I
never had made it!”
“Here’s Mr. Eardley a-coming,” said young Stone, looking out of
the window.
For the first time the sound of her pastor’s name was unwelcome
to Lottie, for the first time in her life she dreaded an interview with the
clergyman. What could she say to him, how explain to him what
must appear so mysterious and strange?
Mr. Eardley crossed the road, and did not, as Lottie earnestly
hoped, pass the door of the cobbler’s shop. She heard his foot on
the stair, his tap at the door of the room. Lottie laid down her iron,
courtesied on the entrance of the clergyman, and remained with her
eyes fixed on the ground, her fingers nervously twitching the linen
which lay on the table beside her. She was not sufficiently collected
to think of offering her pastor a chair.
“Lottie, I am sorry to hear that you have left your place,” said Mr.
Eardley. “You seemed to be so happy and contented when I spoke to
you last Sunday, that I hoped that you would remain for many years
at the Lodge, and become in time a valuable servant.” Mr. Eardley’s
address was fatherly and kind, but Lottie’s only reply was in the big
tears which rolled slowly down her flushed cheeks.
“Come, my child, speak frankly to one who has your true welfare
at heart. Did you displease your lady? or had you some little
difference with your fellow-servant?”
Mr. Eardley paused for an answer, but no answer came.
“O Lottie, speak out!” cried her brother, who had a child-like faith in
the wisdom as well as the kindness of their pastor.
Mr. Eardley was both perplexed and distressed by the strange
reserve shown by one whose disposition he had hitherto found clear
as daylight. He had heard in an exaggerated form the story of the
money which Lottie had brought from Wildwaste, and very painful
suspicions began to arise in his mind. Yet the clergyman shrank at
first from saying a word that might appear like a charge of dishonesty
against one whose character had hitherto been without a stain.
“What did your lady say to your leaving her?”
“Nothing,” was trembling upon the lips of the girl, but Lottie
pressed them together, and kept silent. She was aware that if by
answering questions she were led into telling anything, she would
gradually be drawn into telling all; it was only by preserving silence
that she could possibly preserve the secret which she had solemnly
promised to keep.
“Lottie, why don’t you speak?” cried Steady in real distress.
“Miss Gritton appears to be so gentle and kind,” pursued the
clergyman.
“She’s an angel! I’d die for her!” interrupted Lottie, fairly breaking
down, and bursting into a fit of loud sobbing.
“Do you not think that, if you have displeased her, she might be
persuaded to overlook a fault, and take you back?” suggested Mr.
Eardley, glad that at least the girl’s obstinate silence was broken.
“I can’t go back!” sobbed Lottie.
“And wherefore not?” inquired Mr. Eardley.
“Lottie, do, do speak,” pleaded her brother.
The poor girl was in bitter distress. A false idea of honour has led
many a duellist to face the fire of an enemy, but never did the most
nervous spirit more shrink from such an ordeal than did that of the
little servant-maid from that which she now had to pass through.
Influenced by the highest sense of honour—conscientious respect
for a promise—Lottie stood the mark of questions, each of which
seemed to strike her in the tenderest part. She had more than filial
reverence for her pastor: to stand well in his favour, to do credit to
his care, had been one of the highest objects of her ambition; to
grieve, displease, disappoint him, was misery to which she could
hardly have believed it possible that she should ever be exposed.
Mr. Eardley, on his part, found the interview very painful. He had
regarded Lottie Stone as one of the most promising girls under his
pastoral charge; she was so simple-minded, affectionate, and pious;
he could have trusted her with money uncounted; were she to prove
ungrateful and unworthy, in whom could he henceforth trust? The
clergyman was very patient and tender, but he was also very faithful.
For more than an hour he stood in that little room, plying the silent,
miserable girl with questions that put her to the torture, appealing to
her reason, her affections, her conscience; exhorting, reproving,
entreating—doing all that lay in his power to overcome her
inexplicable reserve. Mr Eardley saw that Lottie’s character, that
most precious of earthly possessions, was at stake; that if she
continued silent, a merciless world would believe the worst. He
explained this again and again; and Lottie, in anguish of soul, felt
how true was every word which he uttered. And yet, had she not
promised before God? was it not better to endure suspicions than to
incur sin? Not all the efforts of her pastor, backed by the entreaties of
her simple-hearted brother, could force the poor girl from the position
to which conscience had fastened her, like a baited creature fixed to
the stake.
At length, disappointed and disheartened, Mr. Eardley took his
leave, promising, however, soon to return. Lottie wrung her hands in
silent misery as she heard the door close behind him. “There,” she
thought, “goes the kindest, most generous of friends, wearied out at
last, and thinking me an ungrateful and wicked girl. Oh, I could have
borne anything better than this!”
Lottie was not to have even a breathing-space of relief. Not five
minutes after the departure of Mr. Eardley, the baronet’s carriage
drove up to the door of the cobbler’s shop, with Isa and her cousin
within. Its approach was announced to Lottie by her brother’s
exclamation, “Here comes your mistress a-looking arter ye now!”
“I think all this will drive me mad!” cried Lottie, pressing both her
hands to her burning temples.
Isa had been much surprised, and even alarmed, on being
informed by Hannah at an early hour that morning that “that there girl
Lottie” had “run away without saying a word to nobody; taken her
bundle, and gone clean off.” Isa could in no way account for the
sudden departure of her young servant, except by imagining that she
had taken offence at something, and that perhaps something wild
and gipsy-like in her nature corresponded with her somewhat gipsy-
like appearance.
“To go without saying a word to me, kind and indulgent as I ever
have been, seems so strange, so ungrateful,” observed Isa to her
brother, when she mentioned to him at breakfast a fact of which he
had had much earlier notice than herself.
“No accounting for the vagaries of a raw, untutored village rustic,”
observed Gaspar, applying to his snuff-box; and he was ungenerous
enough to add, in order to cover his own confusion, “You had better
count up the spoons.”
“I could answer for Lottie’s honesty,” said Isa.
So could Gaspar Gritton, for he had seen it put to the proof; he
had seen the “raw, untutored village rustic” withstand a temptation
under which he, an educated man, calling himself a gentleman, had
basely succumbed. But Gaspar felt himself placed in a position of
difficulty. He would probably have at once told his sister all the
circumstances connected with Lottie’s dismissal, had it not been for
Isa’s having spoken to him on the subject of the Orissa. Gaspar
shrank from avowing to one who, as he knew, suspected his
honesty, that he actually had a large sum of money concealed in a
vault.
“What could have induced the girl to take such a step?” said Isa,
following the current of her own thoughts. “Hannah is as much in the
dark as ourselves.”
“Really,” observed Gaspar peevishly, “the subject is not worth the
trouble of considering. Such an insignificant cipher may go, or stay,
or hang herself; it matters not the turn of a straw to us.”
A feeling of indignation swelled the heart of Isa, and it cost her an
effort to give it no outward expression. Isa was not one of those who
regard the humbler members of a household as mere pieces of
furniture, to be discarded when faulty, or neglected when worn out,
without a thought or a care. She looked upon them as fellow-
Christians and fellow-immortals, over whom the position of master or
mistress gives an influence for which an account must one day be
rendered. Added to this, Lottie’s simplicity, warmth of heart, and the
knowledge of her early trials, had engaged in her behalf the kindly
interest of her young mistress. Isa’s anxiety on account of her run-
away servant was not only a matter of conscience, but a matter of
feeling also.
After some minutes of silence, Isa exclaimed, as if she had
suddenly found a clue for which she had been searching, “It must
have been your words to her yesterday evening.”
“What words do you mean?” asked Gaspar.
“You said that she must have been drinking. Such a sentence,
though lightly spoken, would wound her deeply, for she would think it
an allusion to the well-known vice of her father, whom, poor child,
she loves so dearly.”
“Really,” observed Mr. Gritton, with a short, harsh laugh, “we must
be careful now-a-days where we blow thistle-down, lest it should
wound some sensitive maid-of-all-work!” He was not sorry that Isa
should suggest some cause for Lottie’s sudden flight that was
remote from the real one.
“I cannot rest till I know all, and have seen the poor girl,” thought
Isa; “I will go over to the Castle at once, and ask Edith to take me in
the carriage to Axe.”
CHAPTER XV.
EVIL TONGUES.
“I will not go in with you, Isa dear,” said Edith, as the carriage
approached the little country town. “Lottie will speak to you more
freely if no one is by. I hope that we shall be able to carry back with
us to Wildwaste your runaway little gipsy maid.”
“I am sure that we shall,” replied Isa. “Lottie is an affectionate girl,
and loves me. I must chide her a little, but gently; she is one with
whom a short reproof will go a long way.”
“And all your scourges are made of feathers, like those in the fairy-
tale,” said Edith with a smile, as the carriage rolled up to the door of
Mrs. Green’s shop.
Courteously declining the guidance of the cobbler’s stout wife, Isa
lightly ascended the stair to the lodging above. She entertained not
the slightest doubt of succeeding in bringing back her truant; her only
subject of consideration was how far reproof should be blended with
kindness. Lottie’s strange conduct had given her mistress just cause
of offence; it must not be overlooked, though in Isa’s heart it was
already forgiven.
The lady tapped at the door, and entered the room where Lottie
stood trembling. Her face was buried in her hands; but Isa could see
the red burning flush on her neck. The girl’s attitude was so
expressive of humiliation and grief, that her gentle mistress forgot at
once all her intended rebuke.
“My poor Lottie, what has happened?” There was nothing but
kindness and sympathy in the voice which uttered the question.
The tears trickled through Lottie’s brown fingers; but she did not
remove her hands or raise her head.
“What has happened?” repeated Isa, addressing herself to the lad,
who had risen from his seat on the entrance of the lady.
Steady tugged hard at the button of his jacket; his nostrils dilated;
he looked first to one side and then to the other, an image of dull
perplexity. He jerked out the answer, “She won’t tell no one;” and
then, unable to bear another interview like that which had just
passed between his sister and Mr. Eardley, the poor lad shuffled
hastily out of the room.
Isa went up to Lottie Stone, and gently laid her hand on her
shoulder. “If you have had anything to pain and distress you, open
your heart to me. I am not angry with you, Lottie, though you did
wrong to leave the house without giving notice. I am willing to take
you back if you tell me frankly the cause of your going.”
“I can’t tell,” replied Lottie in a choking voice.
GIDEON LISTENING.