Like many thrillers that begin with an intriguing premise, "Bad Influence" is more fun in the setup than in the payoff. For at least the first hour, we are not quite sure what game Lowe is playing, and the full horror of his plan is only gradually revealed. The climax of the movie discharges a lot of the suspense by turning into a more conventional cat-and-mouse game. But I was grateful for the final shots, which played fair with the logic of the plot and didn't try to sneak in the cheap surprise I was waiting for.
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His brother, as full of mirth and mischief, and as noisy andlaughter-loving as Herbert was quiet and thoughtful, made his way atonce, winning regard by storm, and retaining it by his frank andgenerous qualities, which made him a favorite with young and old. Evenin his hours of study, there was not the least evidence of reflection orsoberness. As a child he had had much to contend with, in the way ofpassion, pride, and self-will; but his home influence had been such ajudicious blending of indulgence and firmness on the part of both hisparents, such a persevering inculcation of a strong sense of duty,religious and moral, that at fifteen his difficulties had been allnearly overcome; and, except when occasional acts of thoughtlessness andhasty impulse lured him into error and its painful consequences, he wasas happy and as good a lad as even his anxious mother could desire.
The blue-eyed, fair-haired, graceful, little Emmeline, not only theyoungest of the family, but, from her slight figure, delicate, smallfeatures, and childish manner, appearing even much younger than she was,was indeed a source of joy and love to all, seeming as if sorrow, exceptfor others, could not approach her. She had indeed much that required acarefully guiding hand, in a yielding weakness of disposition, indolenthabit in learning, an unrestrained fancy, and its general accompaniment,over-sensitiveness of feeling, but so easily guided by affection, andwith a disposition so sweet and gentle, that a word from her mother wasalways enough. Mrs. Hamilton had little fears for her, except, indeed,as for the vast capability of individual suffering which such adisposition engendered, in those trials which it was scarcely possibleshe might hope to pass through life without. There was only onesafeguard, one unfailing comfort, for a character like hers, and thatwas a deep ever-present sense of religion, which untiringly, and yetmore by example than by precept, her parents endeavored to instill.Greatly, indeed, would both Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton have been astonished,had they been told that the little girl, Ellen Fortescue, who to bothwas such an enigma, and who was seemingly in all things so utterlyunlike their Emmeline, was in natural disposition exactly the same;and that the vast difference in present and future character simplyarose from the fact, that the early influences of the one were sorrowand neglect, and of the other, happiness and love.
"Indeed, he has done me more than justice, and himself not enough. WhenI left him, I had scarcely a hope that my very disagreeable advice wouldbe followed; besides, Mr. Grahame," she added, more playfully, "it wasnot from disagreeing with you on a mother's influence that my lookreproached you, you know well enough what it meant; and I still say,that even now, if you would but be less reserved and stern, would butsee Helen's many better qualities, as clearly as you do her faults, youmight still win her to your will even with regard to your children."
"When the room is not quite so full: she has not half her sister'sconfidence, and so large an audience would frighten away all her littlepowers; but I will promise you a very sweet song instead," she added, asHerbert approached, and eagerly whispered some request. "That is, if mypersuasions can prevail on my young friend; Mrs. Greville, must I askyour influence, or will mine be enough?"
It was happy for Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton, and Mr. Howard, too, that theywere ignorant of the multiplicity of great and little things which couldnot fail to engross the mind of Sir Edward Manly, who was not onlycaptain of the Prince William, a gallant seventy-four, but commander ofthe little flotilla which accompanied him, or they could not have restedso secure. Happy for them too, during those years of separation, thatthey were not perfectly acquainted with Edward's real weakness ofcharacter, or of the fearful extent of mischief which the influences ofhis first twelve years had engendered. Had he remained at Oakwood tillnineteen or twenty, it is probable they would have been insensiblyconquered, and the impressions of good, which he had appeared soreadily to receive, really taken root and guided his after life, buteighteen months could not do this, as Mrs. Hamilton would have felt, hadshe known all the effect of her sister's ill-judged partiality andindulgence; but this, as we have already mentioned, was concealed fromher by the bright, lovable, winning qualities, which alone wereuppermost. Our readers, in fact, know more of Edward (if they have atall thought of his conduct in so frequently allowing his sister tosuffer for him) than his aunt, penetrative as she was; and, therefore,in the events we shall have occasion to relate, we trust that Mrs.Hamilton will not appear an inconsistent character, inasmuch that one ingeneral so successfully observant, should fail in penetration when mostneeded.
The earnest wishes and prayers of Mrs. Hamilton and her faithful Elliswere disappointed. The latter part of the month of September had beenexceedingly stormy, and though there was a lull from about the 3d to the9th of October, the equinoctial gales then set in with the utmost fury;continuing day after day, night after night, till the ear seemed almostto tire of the sound, and the mind, anxious for friends at sea, despairof their cessation. During the few calm days, the young party at Oakwoodhad scarcely been absent from the windows, or from that part of the parkleading to the Plymouth road, above an hour at a time. Percy and Herbertrode over to Plymouth, but were told the frigate could not be in for afull week. The late storms must have detained her, though she was afast-sailing craft. It was a great disappointment to them, for on the10th of October college term began, and they were compelled to return toOxford. The cause of their mother's intense desire for Edward's return,indeed, they did not know; but they were most impatient to see him, andthey hoped, they did not exactly know what, with regard to his influencewith Ellen. However, the day of their departure came, and still he hadnot arrived, and the storms had recommenced. Percy had gone to saygood-by to Ellis, with whom Ellen chanced at that moment to be. Full ofspirits and jokes, he determinately looked away from his cousin, tookboth Ellis's hands, and shook them with his usual heartiness.
Startled as he was, Mr. Howard, well acquainted with the human heart,its errors, as well as its better impulses, knew how to answer thispassionate appeal, so as to invite its full confidence and soothe at thesame time. Edward poured out his whole tale. It is needless to enterupon it here in detail; suffice it, that the artful influence ofHarding, by gradually undermining the good impressions of the home hehad left, had prepared his pupil for an unlimited indulgence inpleasure, and excitement, at every opportunity which offered. And as thePrince William was cruising off the coast of British America, andconstantly touching at one or other of her ports, where Harding, fromhis seniority and usefulness, and Edward, from his invariable goodconduct, were often permitted to go ashore, these opportunities,especially when they were looked for and used by one practiced in deceitand wickedness, were often found. It does not require a long period toinitiate in gambling. The very compelled restraint, in the intervals ofits indulgence, but increased its maddening excitement, and once givenup to its blind pursuit, Harding became more than ever necessary toEdward, and of course his power over him increased. But when he tried tomake him a sharer and conniver in his own low pleasures, to teach himvice, cautiously as he thought he had worked, he failed; Edward startedback appalled, and though unhappily he could not break from him, fromthat hour he misdoubted and shrunk away. But he had given an advantageto his fell tutor, the extent of which he knew not himself. Harding wastoo well versed in art to betray disappointment. He knew when to bringwine to the billiard-table, so to create such a delirium of excitement,that Edward was wholly unconscious of his own actions; and once or twicehe led him into scenes, and made him sharer of such vicious pleasures,that secured him as his slave; for when the excitement was over, theagony of remorse, the misery, lest his confiding captain should suspecthim other than he seemed, made him cling to Harding's promises ofsecrecy, as his only refuge, even while he loathed the man himself. Itwas easy to make such a disposition believe that he had, in some momentof excitement, done something which, if known, would expel him the Navy;Edward could never recall what, but he believed him, and becamedesperate. Harding told him it was downright folly to think about it soseriously. It was only known to him, and he would not betray him. ButEdward writhed beneath his power; perpetually he called on him forpecuniary help, and when he had none, told him he must write home forit, or win it at the billiard-table, or he knew the consequences; andEdward, though again and again he had resolved he would not touch a ballor cue (and the remorse had been such, that he would no doubt have keptthe resolve, had it not been for dread of betrayal), rather than writehome, would madly seek the first opportunity, and play, and win perhapsenough, all but a few pounds, to satisfy his tormentor, and for these hewould appeal to his sister, and receive them, as we know; never asking,and so never hearing, the heavy price of individual suffering at whichthey were obtained. 2ff7e9595c
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