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THE 


COBNHILL    MAGAZINE, 


VOL.  XIII. 


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1                                           THE 

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COKNHILL 

M  A  G  AZ  I   S^  E. 

VOL.   XIII. 

JANUARY  TO  JUKE,  1866. 

LONDON: 

SMITH,    ELDER    &    CO.,    65,    CORNHILL. 

186G. 

itUiiun 


COOTENTS  OF  VOLUME  XOl 


Wi^xs  AND  Dauoutebs.    An  Evkbx-day  Stors, 

Chapter    LX,    BageiHaialey'8C(»ife8siDii(wittiaNotebjr theEditur)        1 


Ap.-'^iau.u.e:.     BjAVilHe  CoUins. 


Chapter 


XI. 

xn. 
xm. 

XIV. 
XV. 


Chapter         I. 


Book  thb  Foubib- 
LoTO  and  Law 


continaed. 


81 

A  Scandal  at  the  StatioQ  „ -  89 

An  Old  Han'B  Heart  .„ 90 

Miss  Gwilt*8  DiBiy._ tU 

The  Wedding  Day „-  91« 

Book  tub  Fitth. 
Miss  GwUc's  Diary.. 


Chapter 


Chapter 


U. 

m. 


I. 

II. 

m. 


(oMtiHtied)   _ 

The  Diary  Continued __ 

The  Dioij  Broken  oS 


....  S39 

...  439 

.„  443 

...  4G1 

.,..  573 


(conlinued) 

Book  the  IaAMt. 

At  tho  Terminns. 5D7 

In  tbe  Honse 602 

Tbo  Purple  Flask  683 


'J'!!^  Clavebisos.     Bj 

Chapter 

I. 

II. 

lU. 

IV. 

V, 

VI. 

VII. 

VII  [. 

IX. 

X. 

XI. 

XII. 

Xlli. 

XIV. 

flt 

XV. 

Efilooub. 

L    News  from  Norfolk   „ 7  tS 

II.    Midwinter  ._ 713 

By  Anthony  Trollope. 

Julia  Braliazon  129 

Harry  ClaTCring  chooses  his  Profession 185 

I^rd  Ongsr 145 

Flimonce  BnrUrn _ 257 

Lady  Ongar's  Itetnm 26fi 

liov.  Samnel  Saul - 274 

Some  Scenes  in  tho  Life  of  a  Coimtcsu SSS 

Tbe  Honse  in  Onslow  Creiswiit  394 

Too  Prudent  by  Half 402 

Florence  Burton  at  tbo  Iteetory  C13 

Sir  Hugh  and  bis  Brother  Archie  E21 

Lady  Ongsr  takes  I'oasession S3^ 

A  Visitor  ealla  at  Ongar  Park (141 

Connt  PaterofE  and  his  Sister 647 

An  Evening  in  Bolton  Street ». 6G0 


Vi  CONTESTS. 

Amorican  Humour  ..,_ - -,..._...„._.— „_ S8 

Andent  FcQians  and  Peniaa  Litcratuni 121 

Arnold  (Uattliew):— My  CountiTinMi ^ 133 

Tho  Study  of  Celtic  Literature.    Piirts  I— UI.  ....232,  463,  538 

AuBtralio,  A  I*tlcr  from  a  Conrict  (in)  to  a  Brother  in  England iS3 

Amtralian's  (An)  Impressions  of  England 110 

Biukct,  Eccentricities  in  a __ 3 1.5 

Bourbon,  Cetlierinc  dc 213 

Cameron,  Captain :  lu  CaptLvil y C33 

Canal,  A  Visit  to  the  Suci.    OVilh  Map) 3G3 

Catherine  do  Bourbon.. „ _ 213 

Cattle  Plagne,  Notes  on  tho 297 

Celtic  Literature,  the  Study  of.    By  Matthew  Arnold.    Parts  I— HI S82,  4G9,  538 

Ceremonies  of  the  Jewish  Kcligion sai 

Christmas,  Thoughts  in  Italy  about IG 

Ciodcrolia.... 721 

CouTicl's  (A)  Letter  from  Australia  to  a  Brother  iu  Eujjlanil 499 

Conntijmco  (My),    By  Matthew  Arnold ., 153 

Culture,  tho  Modern  Doctrine  of 434 

I>ante,  Re-discovery  of  his  Benmns  at  Eavcnna C65 

Deadly  Sins,  The  Old  Poets  on  tho  Seven  C24 

Eccentricities  in  a  Basket 345 

England,  An  Australian's  Impressions  of 1 10 

Esther.    No.  IT 228 

Exhibition,  The  National  Portrait .,„. 743 

Ecnians  and  Fenian  Literature,  The  Aneicot    131 

Firelight,  Told  in  the ._ - 484 

Funeral  (Tho  Second)  of  Napoloon.    By  Micliacl  Augclo  Titmarxh 48 

Geneva,  Modem - .'. 409 

German  Life  (A)  before  the  Peace  of  1815 675 

Greek  Qnarnntinc,  (My)  Experience  in  a 173 

nouses.  Old - 611 

HamouT,  American... 23 

Impressions  of  England,  An  Auatmlian'a  ., no 

In  Captivity.    By  Captain  Cameron  _. C39 

Information,  Superior „ _ 4,^0 

Italy,  Thoughts  (iu)  about  Christmas  , 16 

Jacques  in  the  Forest  _„ „ „ 3(i7 

Jewish  Bcligion,  The  Ceremonies  of  the    221 

Jews' Wailing-Placc,  Jeruaakm  „ .,...„. 210 


CONTENTS.  Tii 

Tmso 

lADgtuge  and  Thongbt - - S67 

Letter  bxaa  ft  CoDTict  ia  Anatnlia  to  b  Brother  in  England 469 

Literalnre,  The  Stndy  of  Celtic.    By  Matthew  Arnold.    Parts  I— HI  „...282,  4C9,  S38 

Ancient  Fenian   - - 121 

Uichael  Angdo  Titmanh  :  The  Second  Funeral  of  Napoleon,  1ij 49 

Uodem  Uoctrioc  of  Cnltnro - 43-1 

Modem  Genera 409 

Mj  Conntrj-men.    By  Matthcv  Arnold 133 

Najnicoi],  Tbc  Second  Fnneral  of.    By  Michael  Angcto  Titninnh 48 

Kuional  Portrait  Eshibition    „ 743 

>'oU3  on  the  Cattle  Flngne 297 

Oldllonaca  ^ 611 

Old  Poeta  (The)  on  the  Seven  Deadly  Sins    „ „.  624 

rortroit  Exhibition,  The  National 743 

Qnaroutine,  (My)  Experience  ina  Greek 173 

Recollections  of  Waterloo  by  a  SnndTing  Veteran   44 

Jt«-disco«ry  of  Dante's  liemsioa  at  Ravenna   665 

RehgtoD,  The  Ceretnonies  of  the  Jewish 221 

Socond  Fimcnil  of  Napoleon.    By  MiiU.iel  Angclo  Titm.irali .„. 48 

Seven  Deadly  Sins,  The  Old  ToeU  on  tlie 624 

Sleeping  Beauty  in  llic  Wood 5SC 

Strange  Story  ., , .„.  017 

Stndy  (The)  of  Celtic  Literature.  By  Matthew  Arnold.    I'arla  I.— III.    2S2,  409,  538 

Suti  Canal,  A  Visit  to  the.    (With  Map) ' 363 

Superior  Information  , 430 

Titniar*h,  Michael  Angclo  :  The  Second  Fuaeml  of  Napoleon,  by 48 

Thonght  and  language 667 

Thonghrs  in  Italy  about  Christmas 16 

To  Esther.    So.  II.    ..,. 228 

Told  in  the  Firelight 484 

Visit  (A)  to  the  Suez  Canal.    (With  Map)  363 

Wailing-Plaee,  The  Jems',  at  Jerusalem 210 

Waterloo,  Recollections  (of)  by  a  Snrviving  Veteran 44 

Wood,  The  Sleeping  Beauty  in  the 556 


LIST    OF   ILLUSTRATIONS. 


ra  FACC  PJtRE 

Tub  Last  Tcrmsq  ..„ 1 

A  Cliebt  fob  Mb.  Pkdgipi -.  81 

"A  rum  FECKLEHB  tuisg,  TOTrmiiso  aimsu  likt, — " 12!> 

The  Esv  of  iiiii  ELOrt:iiEST  18-1 

Mr.  Sali.  PBorosBS .._ 227 

pATH'-i  Asi)  Son aic 

A  F2iK(Di.T  Talk   3S5 

The  Soi-  lo  CEKUKiiUfl - „.  43'J 

Wab  xot  tub  FniCK  n»  uer  IIakd  ? 5ia 

fobce  avd  cukhisq... „ .,... 673 

"Did  he  kot  dkak  false  witmrsh  aoaiksi  ugb?" 641 

Ore  too  many   _ _ _ »„__..- 6S3 


TUE 


CORNHILL   MAGAZINE. 


.lAXUARY,  1866. 


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CIlATTEIl  IJf. 

OGEK  IiaO  n  great  deal  to  Uiink  ol 

an   lie   turoixl   wxa.y  from   looJiiog 

after  tbo  ennisge  as  long  fta  it  oouJd 

bo  s«fln.     TliQ  day  before,  be  bad 

l*eliered  Uiat  Moll/  bad  oomo  to 

ri^wall  tbesymptomaof  hifgrowinj; 

lore  for  ber, — symptoms  which  be 

thought  iuid  bcfl9  so  {wlvot, — «8 

diigu»tii>g  iiiconMiincy  to  tlui  fpeon- 

Btant  Cynlbia ;    tliat   sbe  had  felt 

ihat  AD  ntttichn-.rat  wbioli  could  be 

J^  to  foon  transfuned  lo  «ii<itbi.-r  w.ns 

^  ni>t  woilb  buTing;  und  tliiit  cIh:  hnd 

[  desired   Xa   mark   all    this   by   h«r 

^  ^  I  ohaogcd  trcntmvnt  of  htm,  nnd  aa  lo 

1^.  c* J  jjjp  -J  jg  jjj^  jmj    g„(  (jjig  morning 

I  iipr  old  ftwcet,  frnnk  manner  bad 
[<-tura«d — in  tbvir  lad  iotcrrien', at 
any  •nx*\.  He  puzried  hinuelf  bard 
lo  God  oat  what  could  hare  distrcst«d  licr  nl  breakfast-time.  Ho 
•Tca  wrat  so  fiir  «■  lo  aak  Bofjioaon  wbctlivr  Uise  Gibson  had  r«c<-ivvd 
any  lelltn*  that  maraing ;  and  when  lie  heard  that  A\e  had  bad 
Im  tiird  to  b(>rk-Te  that  the  letter  was  in  nme  way  the  caiiBc  of 
Iter  siWToir,  So  U\x  vi  good.  Tboy  were  frienda  again  ofler  tbdr  im- 
jilL — xii.  73.  I. 


4 


/ 


a 


WIVES  AND  DADGUTEUS. 


•pokra  difl'erenoe;  but  lliut  waa  not  cuougli  fur  Kogor.  lie  fdt  ererj 
day  more  and  mere  certain  Llmt  i-ha,  nnJ  she  alone,  eoulil  matcc  litui 
Iinj>|iy.  He  bad  Ml  tliis,  luiil  Iiiid  [iiLiily  given  up  all  Iioih*,  ivliile  liU 
futlifi  hud  bccii  urgiug  iipvn  him  ihv  my  courec  he  inont  diMirrd  to  tnkc. 
No  need  for  "  trying  "  to  love  Iier,  be  aaid  lo  biniaclf, — ihnt  woa  alrcudy 
done.  And  jet  lie  was  very  jealom  on  ber  behalf.  TV'aa  tliat  love  worth/ 
of  her  which  bad  ones  been  gircn  to  Cjatliia  7  Was  not  this  ftOuir  too 
miicli  ft  iiicolciiig  Diiiniciy  of  the  last?  Again  juBt  on  tJie  point  of  leaviug 
EiigUnd  for  n  cuusiclct-ablc  time  I  If  lie  fullowtd  her  now  to  hi-r  own 
botac, — in  the  teiy  drawing-room  where  he  had  once  offered  to  Cyntlila  I 
And  tlien  by  a  Rtniig  resolTe  he  determined  on  this  course.  Tliejr  wera 
friends  now,  and  lie  kiased  the  rose  tliat  was  her  pledge  of  friendship.  If 
he  went  to  Africa,  be  tan  aomo  deadly  chances;  ho  knew  be««r  what  ihey 
were  now  tlina  he  had  doni:  vilii-n  he  went  before.  Until  his  rctarn  be 
woutd  not  even  attempt  to  win  more  of  bcr  love  than  be  abcady  had. 
But  (iiu-e  snfc  home  iigaiii,  no  weak  fiindes  as  to  what  miglit  or  might  not 
Lu  tier  nntwrr  hIiouM  prevent  his  running  all  cbancea  to  gain  the  wainaa 
who  watt  to  bim  the  one  who  erxcelled  all.  Ilia  was  not  the  poor  vanity 
that  thinks  moro  of  tba  poiwibli}  niorti(i(»ttion  of  a  refn^il  than  of  tba 
precious  Jewel  of  a  bride  that  may  be  won,  Souiebow  or  onotlicr,  plena* 
God  to  stnd  him  buck  eafe,  be  woald  put  hia  fute  to  the  touch.  And  till 
ihcn  he  would  be  pntient.  IIo  wm  no  longer  a  boy  to  rush  at  the  coveted 
object;  he  was  a  man  capable  of  judging  and  abiding. 

Molly  »»mt  hw  father,  a.i  soon  air  nhe  conld  find  him,  to  the  Ilall  ;  and 
then  iwte  down  lo  llie  old  hfe  in  the  home  drawing-room,  where  alio 
tiiiiscd  Cynibia's  bright  pr«enco  nt  evory  torn.     Mrs.  Cibaon  was  in 
ratlier   a   qneiuloua   mooil,   which   fastened   itself   upon   th«   injury   of  j 
Cynthia's  Utter  bi'ing  nddreascd  to  Molly,  and  not  lo  herself,  I 

"  Conaidering  all  the  trouble  I  had  with  her  IrouEs^au,  I  think  abe 
wight  hare  written  to  me." 

"  But  she  did — her  first  leUor  was  to  you,  tnamTna,"  said  Molly,  her  rtol 
thoughts  still  intent  upon  tJie  Ifnll — upon  the  aick  child — npoa  Roger, 
and  his  begging  for  tiic  llower. 

"  Yes,  just  a  first  letter,  three  pages  long,  with  an  account  of  her 
croBslng;  while  to  you  ihc  cnu  write  about  fashiona,  and  liow  the 
bu&net^are  worn  in  Pnno,  and  all  i^orCfi  of  intareming  thinga.  But  poor 
mother!  mnn  never  expeet  confidential  Iirtters,  ]  have  found  that  out." 

' '  You  may  nee  my  letter,  mammii,"  said  Molly, "  tJieru  is  leally  nothing 
in  it." 

"  And  to  think  ofhcr  writing,  and  crossing  to  you  who  don't  value  it, 
while  my  poor  heart  ia  yearning  aitur  my  lost  child  I  Beally  Ule  is 
somewhat  hard  lo  bear  at  times." 

Then  there  was  a  ailencu — for  a  while. 

"  Do  lell  me  ftomcthing  nhotit  your  vi«it,  Molly.  Is  Roger  very  heart- 
broken?    Do«i  lic  talk  much  about  Cynthiaf" 

"  No.     He  does  aot  mention  her  oftvn  j  hardly  erer,  I  think." 


I 


WIVES  AND  DAUGHTERa 

"  1  never  Uiouglit  hv  had  niucli  Itding.  U  he  bad  luu]^  ho  would  not 
itn  Iti  her  go  m>  t^nly." 

"  I  don'l  He  how  h«  could  help  it.  When  he  cutne  lo  too  her  tOcr 
hit  Rluin,  ah«  wiu  nlrcaiiy  c»^iigrd  to  Mr.  IlenclenKMi — tie  hod  coiu* 
dtwB  ihat  T«T7  day,"  uUl  Molly,  niili  perhaps  more  h«at  than  the  ocen- 
MH  mjuired. 

"  My  poor  h«ad  I "  aid  Mn,  Gibaoc,  jmltiog  l»r  band*  up  to  her 
had.  "  One  may  we  yoaVe  been  rtop^ung  wiih  people  of  robuit  health, 
aad — exctwc  my  Myiog  it,  Moliy,  of  your  frienda — of  nnrrtincd  habit*, 
yovVe  got  w  talk  ia  m  loud  a  toIm.  But  do  remember  my  bead,  Molly. 
60  Bogn-  law  quite  fbigotten  CymliJa,  han  ho?  Oh  1  vthat  incotwinnt 
cnatarcs  idcd  arv  I  He  will  be  falling  iii  love  wJUi  khqq  grondcn  next, 
Bftirk  my  words !  They  arc  making  a  pet  and  n  lion  of  Itini,  ond  he's 
{art  the  kind  of  weak  young  man  to  have  liis  bead  turned  by  it  all ;  aad 
t«  pnpove  to  somv  fine  lady  of  r.ink,  who  would  no  mgre  think  of  mnrry- 
ing  hiiB  than  of  marryiug  her  footmaa." 

"I  dofl't  ihiiik  it  ia  liki-ly,"  atil'l  Mtilly,  atoutly.  "  Hoger  tf  too 
ttnaible  &r  anything  of  the  kind." 

"That'a  jun  ibe  &ult  1  nlwaya  found  vritb  him  ;  Ben«ibl«  and 
fioU-boned  I  Now,  tbat'i  a  kiud  of  chDiacttr  which  may  ho  very 
tWaable,  but  which  rovnltn  iiir.  Oivn  ]iig  warmth  of  liciin,  L'vcn  with  a 
linle  of  that  cxiiBvaganee  of  fccliiif!  wh'ruh  niiale^idt  tlic  judgmi-nt,  and 
f"»Aaftt  into  romiineo.  Poor  Ur.  Kirlcpatrick  I  That  wm  jutt  liia 
tiantStr.  I  used  to  tell  him  that  his  lore  for  mc  was  (|ntio  ronisutiu. 
I  lUok  I  bare  told  you  about  hia  walking  &ve  inilca  in  ttio  rain  to  get  me 
a  amffin  onoa  when  I  wan  ill  T  " 

"Tcsr'Mid  Molly.     "It  was  very  kiitd  ofbim.'* 
"  So  inpTUdcnt,  toot     Jut>t  what  one  of  your  Kusible,  cold-hearted, 
Bpfae*  people  woTild  never  have  tbotight  of  doing.    Willi  his  cough 
mdalL" 

"I   hope   be   didn't  aulTer  for  it?"  ropUed  Molly,  an;tiou>  at  any 

.  I«  keep  off*  the  subject  of  the  Uiinileys,  upoa  wbich  abe  aad  lior  rtep- 

alwaya  dtaifrecd,  and  011  whtob  aho  found  it  difltcnlt  to  keep  b«r 

"Tea,  indeed,  he  did!  I  don't  think  he  ever  got  orer  the  cold  he 
UB^  that  day.  I  winh  you  hud  known  him,  Molly.  I  aoiiietiam 
vender  what  would  have  happened  if  you  hod  been  my  real  daughter, 
and  Cynthia  d«-ar  pnpa'a,  and  Mr.  Kirk[Mirick  iiiid  your  own  dear  mother 
b^  aU  lived.  People  talk  n  guod  deal  about  natural  nfRnitie*.  It  would 
have  Iwm  a  (jueetion  fur  a  [ihi1u)>ojihcr."  She  hegan  to  think  on  the 
■Bpc«riliilitica  abc  bad  Huggvnled. 
_  **  I  wotxier  how  the  poor  lilUe  bny  iaf"  tnid  Molly,  ofler  a  pause, 

^^^Wung  out  her  tbougliL 

^^F  **  Poor  little  child  1     When  one  thinks  how  little  his  prolonged  exist- 
W     met  la  la  be  doBired,  one  feela  tlwt  hia  ileatb  would  be  a  boon." 
^^^  **  MltPT""* '  wbat  do  yoti  mean  V  Baked  jlotlr,  niucb  iihocked.    '*^7Vy 

1.^ IZ — 


wives  AID  pircirraB. 


tvtry  ooe  eara  tor  hit  Hie  m  tbe  iDcat  prwioiii  l&liif  1    Too  bare  never 
■ecB  lum  1     lie  »  ibe  Ueiutat,  nrwtett  liule  feOoir  thai  can  W I     Wlut 


dd 


jmi: 


'I  riKmU  here  tboo^ii  tbai  die  aqnire  voold  lisre  dewvd  •  brUcr- 
horn  htit  tban  tba  affifring  of  a  semnt« — wiUi  all  Ua  idea*  about 
dcKenl,  and  blood,  and  tana\y.  Aod  I  sboold  bare  thoagbt  tbat  it  vaa  a 
little  Btart^jfiag  to  Bogtr — wbo  most  natttiallj  bare  kokcd  upoa  bimadf 
■a  bu  bnlber'a  brir— to  tail  a  liuie  iaieflopmg  ebiJd,  lulf  Frcncb,  balf 
Engltib,  atef^ing  into  Lis  ■boea  1 " 

"  Yon  doa't  know  bov  fiuid  tbcjr  an  of  bun, — die  upon  looks  opon 
bim  as  the  apple  of  bis  eyo." 

"  II0II7 !  Molly !  pray  dcoi't  let  mc  bear  jmx  vang  nicb  mlgar 
MpKinona.  Wbtn  nball  I  t«acb  7»u  tme  refixKtBent — Uut  rtfineme&t 
wbkb  ooDBista  in  oercr  ercn  tUinUii^  a  migar,  oomnionplic*  Ibtng? 
ProTcrba  and  idioma  are  norcr  used  by  people  of  educatioii.  '  Apple  of 
bl>  ejc ! '     I  am  roJly  sboeked." 

"  Well,  mamina,  I'm  vrry  wiry;  but  after  all.  wlut  I  nonled  to  say 
a»  itioDgly  u  1  could  nas,  that  tbe  equire  lor«a  the  lilUc  boy  m  miKl)  a* 
Ilia  owo  cbild  ;  nnd  ibat  llcger — ob  I  wbat  a  shame  10  Hank  ibnt  Roger 
"     And  she  Etoppcd  aaddcnly  ahort,  as  if&be  were  chcJied. 

"  I  doa't  wonder  at  yonr  indignatiot],  my  dear ! "  nid  Mm.  Gibsoo : 
"  It  >■  jiuc  wliat  I  abuuld  bave  ftrlt  at  your  nge.  But  one  leama  tbe 
bateoeM  of  baman  n.'tture  ^Titb  advnnciog  year*.  1  wjis  »-roc£,  though,  to 
iindccrivEi  you  «o  early — btil  depend  upon  it,  tbo  tliouglit  I  alluded  to 
bfia  croHKd  Itoger  llnniley'i  miitd  !" 

"  All  •oris  of  ihongbts  eross  one's  mind — it  dcpcnda  tipoa  trbeUter 
one  givea  them  liarbom-  and  encoaragement,"  said  Molly, 

"  My  dear,  If  you  must  have  tho  lui  wcrd,  don't  let  it  be  a  truism. 
Btil  let  us  talk  od  some  more  intertsling  tubjpcl.  I  »Jii.'d  Cynttbia  to  buy 
mo  a  Hilk  gown  in  Paris,  and  I  raid  1  wotilil  rtnd  lii-r  word  tvhat  colour  I 
llxvd  upon — I  thiiik  dark  blue  U  tli«  most  ifconilng  to  my  coitipUxion ; 
*bat  doyoii  miy?" 

Molly  ngrced,  sooner  than  (sVe  tlio  trouble  of  tbinldng  about  tbe 
tiling  At  aIL;  she  wasf'^r  too  full  of  licr  Hilent  review  of  nil  the  tiiiil) 
iu  Koger'a  cliaracler  ubicH  bud  liilcly  come  miikT  licr  notice,  and  that 
gnre  tbe  lie  direct  to  bcr  stepmother's  euppoaiti^n.  Just  tb«n  tlivy  beard 
Mr.  Gibaon's  step  (lowti&tnii'B.  Dut  It  was  some  lime  before  be  made  bis 
entrance  into  the  room  where  lliey  wtrc  eiltio^. 

"  How  is  little  Koger  1 "  said  Molly,  Mgerly. 

"  Bu^jiniiiog  with  sctrlel  fever,  I'm  atraid.  It's  well  you  U-ft  when  yoa 
dill,  Mully.  You've  in:-ver  bud  it.  Wo  must  stop  up  all  iatercoiuw  witb 
tbe  Hall  for  a  time.     If  there's  one  illness  J  dread,  it  is  this." 

"  Bm  you  go  nnd  come  back  to  n^,  pnpa." 

"  Yc».  Uul  I  ulwnys  t»kc  plvnly  of  prccntilions,  irowever,  no  need 
to  tnllc  About  risks  lliaL  liu  iu  the  wuy  of  one's  duly.  It  is  unnecesiary 
riakl  llint  we  must  avoid,"' 


WIVES  AND  DAUGHTERS.  S 

•<  yvm  lit)  li«T«  U  bully  1 "  ukcd  Molly. 
**  I  on't  ivll.     I  sltall  do  my  but  Ibc  the  wee  liidilie.** 
WhuDtfTtr  Ur.  Gilson't  fcdinga  ircrc  touched,  be  was  bi4  to  recur  lo 
ilw  Lu^oage  of  hi*  youtli.    y\o]ly  knew  nov  t1iat  )>e  «u  noch  iatcrMted 
k  die  one. 

For  ■onu}  daja  there  wna  iinminml  dangt-r  to  the  lltUc  hoy  ;  for  aome 
vedcs  tbera  was  a  more  chrooia  ferm  of  illness  to  coQKnd  with ;  but 
wbcn  iIm  tnmiediste  danger  vu  oTcr  and  the  mna  daily  interest  was 
pai<,  HMy  bcgu  lo  nalixe  that,  fiom  the  strict  ^uaruitiiic  bor  liabcr 
cndcntiy  ibougbt  it  eec(«nry  to  («(ablish  tH>twceQ  tlie  two  hoiuva,  ihe 
«m  Bot  Itkvly  to  ate  Koger  Again  before  Iiis  dcpoitun:  for  Africa.  Oh  I  if 
iht  tkOd  bbt  toado  more  of  the  uncared-for  duys  tb%l  aho  bad  pass&d  wiib 
his  at  tb«  Kali  I  Worse  ihaa  oncared  for  ;  days  on  which  she  hod  avoided 
Ust  I  refused  to  coarvmi  freely  with  him;  given  him  pain  by  her  cluiage 
itf  nanner;  for  (he  haul  rciad  in  hia  «y<^  board  in  bi«  voice,  that  he  bad 
been  patplcxed  and  palne<1,  and  norr  her  imngitiaUon  dwelt  on  and 
■nffetatad  tlio  expnanoo  of  Itxa  tones  and  looks. 
Oaa  «venl»g  alt«r  dinner,  Iwr  fallicr  said, — 

"  Aa  lli«  coontry-peoplu  my,  IVe  done  a  stroke  of  work  to-day. 
D/for  Uamley  and  I  have  laid  our  heads  together,  and  wo  have  made  a 
fXm  by  which  Mn.  Osborne  and  ber  boy  wlU  leave  the  llntl," 

**  What  did  Isay  tbc  Dthcrday.MoUy?"  said  Hrs.  Gibson,  interruptiDg, 
and  giriag  Molly  a  UxA  of  cxtrema  int^-lUgmce. 

*■  And  go  into  lodjpnja  at  Jennings'  farm  ;  not  ibiir  litmdred  yards 
(roBi  the  Park-lield  gate,"  cootuiucd  Mr.  Gibson.  "Tho  aquire  and  hia 
dai)gliur-tn<1aw  have  got  to  be  much  belter  frieoda  over  tbc  litile  fellow's 
rid(*bed;  and  I  think  be  sees  now  how  impossible  it  would  be  for  the 
ootlier  to  leave  Iter  cbiJd,  ftud  go  and  bo  happy  in  Franco,  which  baa  been 
the  notion  running  in  bu  head  all  tliia  lime.  To  buy  Iter  off,  in  fact. 
ButUuit  one  night,  when  I  was  very  uncertain  wliethcr  I  could  bring  him 
thrtmgh,  tbcy  took  lo  ciyiof^  toji«t]ier,  and  condoling  with  eneh  other ;  and 
it  waa  joK  like  kiring  down  n  cnruin  that  had  hci-n  between  tli«m ;  liny 
have  been  rathu- fricndstlmn  otlicnvitce^-cTsiocc.  Still  Roger" — (Molly's 
,... ..  L .  ...  .^  wnrm  and  her  eyes  aoft  and  bright ;  it  was  such  a  pleasure  to 
'  l:v) — "  and  I  both  agree  that  his  mother  knows  much  better  how 
■  the  boy  than  liia  grandfuther  doM.  I  sHppMO  that  was  the 
I  tiling  nhe  get  (cvoi  that  banl-beortetl  mulrvss  or  hen.  She 
trUittly  has  been  well  liaincd  in  the  maDagifmcut  of  children.  And  it 
her  impntiont,  and  annoyed,  and  unluppy,  when  she  sees  the 
I  giving  ilic  child  QDta  and  ale,  and  all  aoiia  of  alUy  Indulgences,  and 
ipuiltiig  him  in  every  pcsiillc  way.  Yet  she's  &  coward,  and  dc^veti't 
tpenk  «at  htrr  mind.  Now  by  t>eing  in  lodgings,  and  having  her  own 
servanl*— i^cc  pntUy  rooma  they  are,  too ;  wa  went  lo  see  tbvui,  and  Mrs. 
FmiaiDga  promises  tu  altetid  well  to  Mrs.  Osborne  Ilamlcy,  and  ia  very 
koBoutvd,  and  on  that  sort  of  thing — not  ten  minutea'  walk  &om  the 
IIbQ,  loo,  so  tlitu  die  and  tbe  Itltio  chop  may  canly  go  baekwardi  and 


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W!VCS  ASD  DAUGHTKliS. 


forwards  ns  otita  ns  th(;y  likr,  and  yet  tlio  inay  keep  th«  control  over  Irr 
child'a  (]i*cii)1ina  and  diet.  In  sHort,  I  tliink  I'vu  dom  a  f[Ood  day'ii 
work,"  he  coDtinued,  Ktreicliing  hioisclf  a  lilile  ;  und  tbcn  with  a  shok« 
lousing  liimaeU^  and  uuiking  rotdj-  to  go  out  ngain,  to  vcc  a  p«itivut  vtlio 
tiud  sent  ibt  him  ia  his  absence. 

"  A  gond  day's  vcorl;  I  "  he  rei>ralcd  to  liitnaplf  oa  be  ran  dowosUirs. 
"  I  Jua't  know  when  I  bar«  been  so  luppy  1 "  For  he  had  not  lold 
Mollj-  nil  tluit  had  pitEied  belweeti  him  nnd  Bogrr.  Kogor  h>d  begun 
a  ffwli  subject  of  conYfi-Hitliun  just  us  Mr.  GJlison  was  biwUining  avray 
from  iho  Hull,  after  completing  tlu)  now  nrrnngemcnt  for  AIm6e  and  her 
child. 

"You  knoir  that  I  net  oil  next  Tacsdaj',  Mr.  Gibson,  dun't  yon?"  ttid 
Hcger,  a  little  abmpUy, 

"  To  be  Mire.  I  hope  you'll  be  u  iiicco»sfuI  in  all  yoar  aciontjiic 
ctJGcti  as  yoii  were  the  last  tinw?,  and  haTo  no  urrowi  nwaitingyon  when 
jou  omrie  biick." 

*'Th»rik  you.  V«9.  1  hope  bo.  Yon  don't  think  (litre's  any  danger 
cf  inni-cliaa  now,  do  j-on  ?  " 

"  Nol  If  the  discaso  wcro  to  vprrnd  through  the  household,  I  tliink 
yrtf  should  hnv«  had  Mtnc  signs  of  it  before  now.  One  is  never  sure, 
renn-mher,  with  ic;irli-t  fever." 

Hoger  VIM  silent  for  a  minute  or  Uvo.  "  Sliould  you  ho  afraiil,"  lio 
said  nl  length,  "  of  epeing  mu  at  your  hoiiso?  " 

"Thiink  you;  hut  I  iIiiiiIe  I  noukl  mthcr  decline  the  pleasure  of 
your  society  thero  nl  pre««nt.  It*«  only  Uir««  wc«ki  or  «  month  sini^v 
iho  ctiild  hpgan.  Bt-iudw,  I  HhuU  be  over  here  again  bvfoie  you  gn. 
I'm  nlways  on  my  guard  nguiost  symptoms  of  drojwy.  I  have  known  it 
Bupcrvcne." 

"Thdn  1  shall  not  see  Molly  again  I"  said  Koiger,  in  a  tone  and  with  a 
look  of  grrat  dissppointment. 

Mr.  GibxoQ  tiirued  his  kewi,  obaorvaiit  ♦yes  wpon  tli«  young  man, 
and  looked  at  him  in  as  |>ctietrnLiag  a  manner  as  If  he  had  been 
thinning  with  an  unknown  illnow.  Then  the  doctor  and  the  Hither  com  - 
pressed  his  lips  and  gave  venc  to  a  long  intelligent  whistle.  "Whew  1" 
Baid  he. 

Itogtr's  bronxed  checks  took  a  Jeeper  elmdc. 

"You  will  take  a  messago  to  her  from  me,  won't  jou?  A  nKssngn  of 
C«rcwcl]  ?  "  he  pleaded. 

"  Not  r.  I'm  not  going  to  he  n  nie«Mge-oarTi«r  between  any  young 
mnn  and  young  won).Mi.  I'll  tell  my  womeokind  I  lorbade  you  to  come 
near  the  house,  nnd  Ihat  you*re  sorry  to  go  oway  without  bidding  good-by. 
That's  all  1  shall  say." 

"  But  you  do  not  disapprove  7 — I  see  you  guess  wliy.  Oh  I  Mr.  Gibncm, 
Jut  ^kk  to  ni«  nno  word  of  what  must  be  ia  your  heart,  though  y{m  nrs 
pntcoding  not  to  undentand  why  I  would  give  worlds  to  see  Molly  again 
before  I  go." 


I 


VIXVSS  AMD  DAUOUTBUa.  7 

**}<;  iit'»r  l>i>}-I"  luitl  SCr.  Gibeon,  ncrc  affMlcd  Uian  lif  liktJ  to 
Aaw,  uid  tilling  bk  haai  oa  Roger's  shoulder.  TliiM)  liH  {itillctl  liiiiuw-lf 
1^),  Dad  (niilgniTCily  oucQgli, — 

"  Mini!,  iliiliy  k  uot  Cjnihiii.  If  thn  were  to  caro  for  jou,  she  i«  ii«t 
coe  who  could  ti-iuisrcr  tier  love  lo  itie  nvxt  coinvr." 

"  T«ti  tuiAQ  tivt  »  tcadU;  HA  I  lave  ijnitc,"  rcpUt-d  Roger.  "I  only 
whh  )'Ou  eotild  kunir  wiint  a  difli'H&t  feeling  ihu  U  to  my  bnvi^i  Iov«, 
farCjathW 

"I  wua'l  lliiiiViitg  of  j-ou  wIkh  I  »pokc;  but,  bowcrcr,  aa  I  iniglit 
Isn  i«aMiDlien.'<i  aJlerwartU  iliat  jrou  vcre  n«i  a  mcMlel  of  consiancy,  Wt 
n  brar  what  you  luivc  lo  nay  for  youreelf." 

'*  Nu  much.  I  flid  lovo  Cj-ittJii»  x«ry  mucb.  Hot  manacn  mid  her 
Umy  be«ri[cti«d  mt ;  but  hor  l«ltera,-~sliort,  liumiyl  IdterM,—  loine- 
fiao  rimwiog  tbst  abo  rvally  Iiada't  tnkrn  the  u-uuble  to  read  inioe 
Umagb, — I  eutnot  tell  ;ou  Uio  pain  th«y  gftve  me  I  Turelve  monlha' 
■alimil*i,  in  f[c«iueiit  danger  of  oavH  Ufa — face  to  fiice  with  denib — tomo- 
tiae*  tS"*  *  '^■>  '■''^'^  uiatij'  jr«ars'  experience.     Still  I  longed  tur  tlw 


wfacB  I  diuuld  ntQ  li«r  sweet  face  ogain,  and  bear  her  speak.  Then 
the  letter  at  tbe  Cape  ) — and  etlll  I  boped.  But  you  know  bow  I  found 
btf,  vbi-n  I  wrtit  to  luire  lb<t  intcrriuw  nbicb  1  tnutt-d  might  end  in  tlie 
nwvaJ  ot  our  rvlniioos, — engaged  to  Mr.  Heudenton.  1  sat*  ber  walking 
«ilh  tilm  in  ynur  ganlcn,  coquetting  wiib  him  about  a  flower,  just  as  eliC 
■ad  t4  do  -K-ilh  mc  I  can  9e«  lb«  piljiag  look  Id  A£oI1;'ii  ejres  as  ebo 
vUdwd  me;  1  can  aee  it  now.    And  I  could  beat  m;-self  fur  being  inch  a 

Ubd  &ul  as  to Wbat  miut  alic  think  of  me?  bow  eIio  inuat  dcipiie 

ac,  cboodng  th«  f/iluc  Dncna." 

"Come,«onie  1  Cjrmbtn  isn't  so  Iwl  aailiat.  She's  a  rery  fascinatiuj, 
bnltj  ctvalure," 

**  1  know  I  t  knov  1  I  nil!  never  allow  anj'  on«  to  efty  a  word  against 
kcr.  If  I  called  bcr  the  falae  Duciea  it  was  bccauao  I  wanted  (o  expraa 
mj  aeni*  of  tliu  diSweuM  between  li«r  nod  H»Uy  aa  etrongly  as  I  eonldl. 
Ton  mmt  allow  for  a  tovo-'s  cxa@gcr:ttion.  Besides,  all  I  nanit'd  to 
mj  waa, — Do  jrou  think,  lliat  Mully,  alUr  kkIo^  and  knowing  tliab  I  bad 
hnred  a  j^erson  «o  infctior  to  hcrecir,  could  crcr  be  brought  lo  listt-n 
to  toet" 

**  t  don't  know.  I  can't  tell.  And  eren  if  I  could,  I  iroaid  not.  Only 
it  U'l  any  vomfoit  to  yon,  I  may  lay  wluit  nty  expi^rii'nn)  luu  taught  niP. 
Women  are  ([uwr,  uurenaoning  crcatitrc*,  and  aiv  jimt  as  likely  aa  not  to 
love  a  man  who  ha>  becu  tlircwing  away  liia  alTecliou." 

**  Thank  you,  itir  I  "  siid  Uoger,  inteiTupUng  him.  "I  aee  you  mean 
to  ^ve  me  cimuragtsnenl.  And  I  bad  reaolvol  nerer  to  give  Uvlly 
a  bint  «f  what  I  Mt  till  I  rvluraed, — and  then  to  try  and  win  bvr  by 
erery  mBini  in  my  power.  I  tletennioed  not  lo  repeal  the  former  nceiic 
in  tite  farriict  place, — in  your  dtawing-rovm, — liowevcr  I  might  b«  lotnpled. 
And  pehupa,  after  all,  6b«  avoided  me  when  nlie  was  hero  bwi." 

**  Kow,  Hc^r,  I'ro  lisioned  to  you  long  enough.     If  you're  nothing 


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belter  to  tlo  with  jciir  lime  than  to  lall:  lihonl  my  dnugbler,  I  fcare, 
Wlipn  you  come  bticli  it  will  ht  lime  (riiwigli  to  e:iQutre  Itow  far  your 
fuiber  would  approre  or  »tich  an  cngtigoment." 

"  He  hiniBelf  ur^  it  upon  iii«  ifac  oilier  isy — but  then  !  vas  in 
^CTpair — I  thciiglil  it  was  too  late." 

"  And  whnt  mean*  you  nre  likely  to  have  of  mftintainiog  a  wift, — I 
iilwnj'fi  tliuiiglit  llint  point  wni  pnssetl  too  lightly  over  vrlii-u  you  formed 
your  hurried  engngpinent  to  Cyutliia.  I'm  not  mercenary, — Mo!ly  haa 
some  money  independently  of  me, — that  she  by  the  way  knows  nothing 
of,— not  niiic}i;^and  I  can  allow  her  soaiettiing.  But  all  thcBe  tbinaa 
must  he  led  liU  your  rL-tura."  HIH 

"  Then  yon  sanciion  my  atfaclimtut  7  "  "^ 

"I  don't  know  wlint  you  mtnu  by  sanctioning  il.  I  can't  help  it,  I 
BOppoes  I««ing  oac'i  daughter  is  a  necessary  evil.  Still  " — seeing  llie  (Ji»- 
np  pointed  expression  on  Koger'afnce — "ilia  hut  fair  toyou  toB«y  I'dralher 
give  my  child, — my  only  child,  rcmcmbor  ! — to  you,  tliiin  to  any  man  in 
the  world  I  " 

"Thank  yon  1 "  siid  Roger,  ahnking  Imndawtlh  Mr.  Gibson,  almost 
ngninat  tbc  will  of  tltc  latter.  "  And  Z  may  ace  her,  juet  once,  befora 
Igo?" 

"Decidedly  not.  Therp.  I  come  in  aa  doctor  as  veil  as  fullicr. 
Nol" 

"But  ytiu  will  t.iko  a  riGwage,  at  any  rate 7  " 

"  To  my  wife  atid  to  licr  coiijoially.  I  will  not  scpArnlc  them.  I  will 
not  in  the  slightest  way  be  a  go-between." 

"  Very  well,"  aaid  Roger.  "  Tell  them  both  as  strongly  a«  you  cnti 
how  I  rcgi'Ct  your  prohibition.  I  eee  I  must  nubmit.  Bui  if  I  don't  come 
hack,  I'll  hnuni  yoii  for  having  been  to  crud." 

"Come,  I  like  that.  Give  mc  a  wise  mnn  of  solcnoo  in  loTC  I  Ko  ona 
beats  him  ia  folly.     Good-by." 

"  Gcod-by.     You  will  see  Holly  this  afternoon  I " 

"  To  be  unt.  And  you  will  aoe  your  father.  But  I  don't  hcarc  sudi 
[lortcntuus  Mgha  at  the  thought." 

Mr.  Gibson  gave  Ilogcr's  uiDwagc  to  his  wife  imd  lo  Molly  that  evening 
at  dinner.  It  iros  but  whul  the  liiltvr  had  expvctcd,  after  all  hei-  father 
had  said  of  the  very  grtat  danger  of  infection  ;  but  now  that  Iilt  cxjwelaliua 
c.imcin  ihc  alijipe  cf  a  fiHiddccifiion,  it  took  aw.ijherapix'tite.  She  sub- 
mitted in  silence;  but  her  obs<>r^■.'lnt  father  noticed  that  ftilec  this  apecch 
of  bis,  slicouly  played  with  the  food  on  her  phile,  and  concealed  a  good 
deal,  of  it  under  Iitr  knife  and  fork. 

"Lover  rrrms  fiilht-r  I  "  tiioiigbl  he,  half  widly.  "Lover  winis." 
And  hti,  loo,  bt^ciiiK!  indifTercnt  to  all  that  remained  of  his  dinner.  Hit. 
Gibson  puttered  on  ;  and  nobody  listened. 

The  day  of  Koger'a  dcpartiiro  came.  Alolly  tried  hard  to  forget  It  in  work- 
ing awny  at  a  cushion  ehc  was  preparing  as  a  present  lo  Cyniliia ;  p<:op!«  did 
worstcd-woik  in  lliosfl  day*.    One,  tiro,  throe.    Oue,  two,  ibree,  four,  fi?c, 


VnVES  AND  DAircUTKHS. 


BX,«nm;  xll  irmng.  tlwvastliinVinjof  Bomi>UiiDgcl*e, nnd  hadtoonpiol: 
n.  It  wu  a  niur  daj,  loo{  nod  Mre.  Gibron,  wlio  had  pluntic<l  to  go  out 
and  jmytamt  calls,  hod  le  «Ujr  indMn.  Thui  modo  h«r  restl««  and  fidgoty, 
Slic  kvpl  gtung  backwarOa  and  fwdrards  to  dilTcraiit  windows  tn  the  dniw- 
tBf-rpam  to  IfKik  at  llie  H-eutlier,  as  iftiit  imagined  lliot  wldlc  it  laincd  at 
nt  window,  it  ougtil  tw  Ene  weallior  nt  another.  >'  Mollj — oome  here  ! 
•bo  ia  tlMt  man  vntppcd  up  in  a  cloak, — i\vn, — near  llie  Park  ivaII,  under 
^  bMcli'trtc — lie  hw  bc«D  there  tliia  Lsir-kour  aitd  norc,  never  utirriDg', 
and  looklog  at  Uiia  Iioiisv  all  llie  lime  I     I  think  it's  very  Biispicioui." 

Molly  IiMked,  and  io  wi  Inttatit  rrcogalicd  Roger  nuder  oil  his  wraps, 
Ucr  6m  iDstinet  vaa  to  dmw  b««]f.  The  Diuct  Io  come  fornardi,  and 
«y — "  ^\'hy,  maaiina,  Ii'b  Koger  llsnilf^  I  Look  now — ho'n  kixctng  liia 
hand;  bo'a  wisliing  lu  good-by  in  tli«  only  wny  he  can  ! "  And  she 
lB^JCJ(id#d  to  hii  Nigii ;  hut  she  whs  n«t  sura  if  Im  perceived  her  nodeit 
^niet  t»OTem«i)i,  Tor  Mrs.  Ciiliion  l>ceitii:i:  imnie<llnlu!j  m  demontinuivc 
Hat  Moll/  Gmcii.-d  that  her  eagt-r  fwludi  pautominiio  laotivns  niuat  abwrb 
■U  his  aticntioo, 

"I  call  this  90  aticnttre  of  liini,"  itaid  Mrs.  Gibson,  In  the  niidiit  of  a 
Tolle^  of  luattM  of  her  band.  "  licallj  it  is  quite  romantic.  I(  remiuds 
IBS  at  fermvr  dajTs — but  he  will  be  too  late !  I  niuxt  ncnd  him  uway ;  it 
ti  faalf-paat  twdre  I"  And  cli«  took  out  her  watch  and  lield  it  up, 
tapjitag  it  with  her  fore-fltigc.-,  and  occupying  the  Tery  ci^nlre  of  the 
wtsdow.  Mcllv  vfJth\  only  peep  here  nnd  there,  dodging  now  up,  now 
JowD,  now  on  tliia  bide,  now  on  that  ol'  the  perpetuallj-moTing  arms. 
She  Coaded  she  saw  ROiuetbing  of  a  corresponding  movement  on  Koget's 
jvt.  At  leogth  he  wont  aniiy,  ilowly,  slowly,  and  oftvii  looking  back,  in 
ilo  of  tho  tnpi>cd  watch.  ^In,  Gibson  at  lust  retreated,  and  Alolly 
ijr  moTrd  intii  livr  [Jacc  to  rcc  Lis  fignra  onec  more  before  tlii;  turn 
t/tbe  road  Lid  it  from  bcr  view,  lie,  too,  know  where  the  Inst  glimpse  of 
Mr.  Gibson's  house  wna  to  bo  obtained,  and  cnee  more  ho  turned,  and  his 
whita  handkerchief  flrated  in  ihu  air,  Molly  wavud  licrs  high  up,  with 
CBgor  bnging  that  il  sliould  be  Ktn.  And  then,  he  wxa  gone  !  nnd  Molly 
nninHd  to  Ikh-  woi»l(d-work,  happy,  glowing,  i«d,  content,  and  thinking 
to  liRsetr  bow  sweet  it  iVlewhibipl 

Mticn  ^e  came  to  a  sense  of  the  present,  Mm.  Gibnori  was  Kiying, — 

**  Cpea  my  word,  tbongb  Roger  Hamley  has  never  been  a  great 
{■Toarim  of  mine,  this  Utlte  attention  of  bis  baa  romindvd  mc  very  forcibly 
of  aTvry  charming  young  man — a  coujNranf,  m  the  French  would  call  him 
— Llnicnftnl  Harpei^— you  murt  have  heard  ni«  speak  of  him,  Molly  t" 

"  1  think  1  liavc  I "  wid  Molly,  absently. 

"Wdl,  yoH  remcmU-r  how  devoted  he  was  to  mo  when  I  ww  nt 
Jin.  DuneombeX  my  first  atuntion,  and  1  only  wventccn.  And  when 
the  rf— '•''*i"  '-rirty  was  ordered  Io  nnolhtr  town,  poor  Mr,  IIari»er  caiuo 
tad  (1  '^  the  schoolroom  window  for  nearly  nn  hour,  and  I  know 

it  w«»  liis  ilii:ii  tiial  the  land  played  '  The  girl  1  left  behind  mc.'  w!n-n 
Lhc7  tnarahcd  onl  thv  next  ilny.    Poor  Mr.  Hnrpcr  I     It  was  before  I 

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^'IVES  AND  UAi;GHTElt& 


linrw  d.-ar  Mr.  Kirki«lrkk  !  Dear  mc  ITcrw  oft«n  my  poor  henrt  hu 
lind  to  blcod  in  iHia  life  of  mioc !  not  but  whut  ilciir  papa  ia  a  verj  worihy 
niftn,  *ncl  maknt  mc  very  hippy.  II«  voiild  spoil  me,  indct^l,  if  I  would 
Jet  him.     Still  in--  U  not  aa  rioli  as  Sir.  lleD'lerMn." 

Tliat  Iiuit  Bciitcnce  coni.iinctl  iKc  genu  of  Mnf.  Gibson's  present 
grieTanoo.  Having  maprieij  Cynllii-i,  ns  hot  motli(*r  pi.it  ii — tnlcing  endit 
to  herseir  M  if  die  liml  hui)  the  principal  part  in  the  achi«T«mmt— «l)e  now 
bceasM  a  Uttl«  covioiu  of  licr  datij|ht«r'i  gooJ  fartune  in  being  tho  wiru 
of  ft  young,  handiomp,  rioh,  and  moderately  f&sliionable  man,  who  lived 
in  London.  She  nalvi-ljr  cxprcucd  Her  ii.-«lin^s  on  this  subject  to  her 
htnhand  one  daj  wtirn  tih<-  wan  roally  not  fv«ling  quiic  well,  nnd  vhnv 
ooowquently  her  aiui<ivHiii:<n  were  much  more  pmenC  to  her  mind  (Imn 
her  Buuron  of  Liippinexs. 

"  It  is  such  It  pity  I  "  snid  she,  "  that  I  was  born  when  I  wiu.  I  kTiouM 
to  luiTc  liked  to  belong  to  this  gcncrmion." 

"■nuit'a  8omclime»  my  own  fwling,"  snid  lie.  "  So  mnny  new  vi«wii 
Mfm  to  be  iiju-iied  in  iwieiice,  that  I  slintild  like,  if  it  were  poMiblc,  to  lifo 
till  their  reality  was  nscertuiiivd,  luid  one  saw  wlint  they  lu-d  to.  But  1 
di>n'l  suppoBe  that's  your  nswon,  nny  dear,  for  wishing  to  be  twenty  or 
thirty  years  younger." 

"  No,  indeed.  And  I  did  not  put  tt  in  tbnt  hnrd  unplcaunt  way ;  [ 
only  said  I  should  like  to  belong  to  (his  generation.  To  tell  the  truth,  I 
wiw  thinking  of  Cyntliin.  Without  Yaitity,  I  believe  I  was  as  pretty  aa  slie 
is — whcD  I  was  n  girl,  I  mean ;  I  had  not  her  dark  cye-lAtlum,  but  then  my 
nose  was  straightcr.  And  noir  look  at  the  diffuenee  !  I  have  to  live  in  s 
little  country  town  with  three  servnni*,  ond  no  carriage;  and  she  with  her 
inferior  good  looks  will  live  in  Suwex  Pl;io<*,  and  keep  a  man  and  a  broiighnm, 
uiid  I  don't  know  what.  Hut  the  fat;t  is,  In  lliis  getiemtion  there  are  aa 
many  more  rich  young  men  than  there  were  when  1  was  a  girl." 

"  Oh,  oh  1  BO  that's  your  naRcn,  ia  it,  my  dear.  If  you  had  been  yonng 
now  you  might  have  married  aomcbody  ai  well  offa*  Walter?  " 

"  Yen  I  "  «aid  she.  "  I  think  that  was  my  idea.  Of  wiurao  I  BhoulJ 
have  liked  htm  to  be  you.  I  nlwnys  think  if  you  had  gone  to  the  bur 
you  might  have  •neeecdcd  belter,  and  lived  in  London,  Um.  I  don'l  lliink 
Cynihia  cares  much  where  *he  lives,  yel  yon  ace  ii  has  come  to  her." 

•'  What  has— London  7  " 

"Oh,  you  dear,  fiiceltotis  man.  Now  thnt'a  jiiat  the  thing  to  havtt 
ca|.lifai.ed  a  jury.  I  don't  Iwlievc  Walter  wjli  ever  be  so  clever  aayou 
ate.  Yet  ho  can  take  Cynthia  to  Paria,  and  abroad,  and  everywhere,  1 
only  hope  .ill  this  indulgence  won't  develope  the  fiiuli.!  in  Cynthia's 
charocli^r.  It's  a  week  nim:"  we  heard  from  her,  and  I  did  write  so  par- 
ticuUrly  to  ask  her  fur  the  autumn  fiuthioim  before  I  bought  my  neur 
bonnet.     But  riches  are  a  great  snare." 

"  Ba  thiiakful  ycu  are  spared  temptation,  my  dc*r.*' 

"No,  I'm  not.  Evi-iT?  body  likes  to  be  tempted.  And,  after  all,  it*» 
Tcry  ea.<iy  to  resist  temp tatioa,  if  one  winbes." 


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"I  lioD't  find  It  to  tstsy,"  suii]  hvr  liiisbnnd. 

*'Bere*a  tD«<iicine  Utt  yon,  maiuniii,"  ni<i  MoDj,  entering  irith  a  letter 
:  Dp  in  her  lianJ.     "  A  U-tter  from  Cj-nthin." 

*  Oh,  you  dmr  little  iDcasen^er  of  good  news  \    Tbara  naa  one  of  lli« 

deJliea   in   Mangnall's   <|iiF«tiona  wbow  ofilce  it  wua   to   bring 

Hwn.     Tb«  l«ttn-  is  dal«d  from  Cftlaia.     They're  ooming  liome  I     Stui's 

faM^il  ne  «  bImwI  aii<l  u  boiinul  t     Tbe  dirat  crcaliirv  !     Alvjya  tliink- 

ng  of  Mben  bofofe  liers^lf:  good  forUinfi  cniinot  ipoil  h«r,     ThvyVo 

«  tealght  kA  of  ihoir  holiday  I     Their  house  U  not  imite  rinAy ;   ibcjr'ru 

SMHig  herei     Oh,  now,  Mr.  Gibeon,  we   miut   have   the   new  dinner 

WPhea  at  Wniu's  I've  *«t  my  luurt  on  no  Inng  t     '  Home  '  Cj-nthin  eolh 

ihia  braM-     I'b  eure  il  has  been  «  Itonio  tu  Iter,  poor  duliDg  I     I  doubt 

tftbeit  it  nocher  man  in  tba  world  M'ho  woald  bare  tr««tcd  hia  stop- 

teghttt  like  dear  papa  I     And,  Moll/,  you  roust  h.ive  n  new  gown." 

"Oone,  oomal     Seiucmbcr  I  belong    to  (he  la&t   gcn^^vCion,"  tnid 
MLGttwn. 

"And  Cyiuhi«  will  not  notice  what  I  wear,"  naiil  Molly,  bright  wUh 
'ftaam  at  the  thought  o(  Kclcg  her  agnin. 

*Nd1  but  Waller  will.     He  hoa  uioU  n  quiulc  eye  for  dr^Ki,  and  I 

lUak  I  lival  papa  ;  if  he  ia  a  good  atepliiUior,  I'm  a  gorvl  aicjimoiher, 

ad  I  could  not  be«r  to  tee  my  Molly  shnbhy,  and  not   looking  lier  beat. 

Ibm  bare  a  new  gown  toa     It  won't  ilo  lu  hxik  aa  it*  wc  bad  sotbing 

*%U  Ike  dreeKfl  which  wo  wore  at  tb«  wedding  1" 

Bm  Moll/  Mood  againit  the  new  gown  for  herself,  nnd  nrgcd  that  if 
[■(^lUaand  Waller  were  to  come  to  vitiit  them  nfVn,  ibey  li:i!l  btittcr  we 
tbey  rcnlJy  were,  in  dre&s,  habile,  and  appointmunts.  \Vhtu 
Xr.  GibMBbad  left  the  room,  Mrs.  UibEon  noflly  reproaclifd  Molly  for 
krobetinacy. 

"Tou  migbt  hare  allowed  me  to  beg  for  a  new  gown  for  you,  Molly, 
*Aan  you  knew  liow  mnch  I  ailmired  that  ligureil  Biik  at  Brown's  the 
other  day.  And  now,  of  oourvc,  1  can't  be  so  sclluli  as  to  get  it  for 
nyeell^  aiid  yo*i  to  hare  notiiing.  Yuu  should  b-iirn  to  understand  (ha 
wiihea  of  olhrr  people.  Still,  on  tlic  whole,  yuit  are  a  dear,  aweet  girl, 
ml  1  only  wiih — well,  I  know  what  1  wiali;  only  dear  papA  do's  not 
like  it  to  be  talked  i^mU  And  now  yovcr  mo  up  ck«e,  and  let  me  go  to 
riwp,  and  dream  about  my  dear  Cynlhia  and  my  new  shawl  I  " 


llxas  the  stofj-  ia  b«ilcen  off,  and  ii  «ui  never  be  finished.  Wbnt  proinistd 
to  be  tlM  crowning  work  of  &  life  ii  a  Tnrinorial  of  dealb.  A  low  daya 
looter,  and  it  would  haTc  been  a  tritimpliul  calumn,  crowned  with  n  cnpital 
«f  i«Ul  Icarc*  and  flAwer*:  Tiowit  ix  anotheraert  of  oolumn — one  of  ihoM 
«d  wUH  pUlaia  which  eland  broken  in  ihe  cliarcbjrnrd. 


WIVES  AVD  DACGllTEnS. 

Dtil  if  tliC  worlc  is  not  quite  complete,  Htllc  rMnains  tu  br  added  to  it, 
snd  that  little  has  b«cTi  djalinctly  Mflcctcd  into  our  mindiu  Wc  kaow  tliat 
lEoger  Ilamloy  will  marry  Molly,  and  tlmt  is  wlint  we  nrc  most  eonceroed 
about.  Iiidocti,  there  was  little  dae  to  tell.  liid  the  writer  lived,  ahc 
would  Imre  ecnt  her  hero  baek  to  Arrica  forthwith  ;  and  thcM  sdentiSo 
partB  of  Africa  are  a  long  wnj  jrom  ITamley;  imd  there  is  not  miidt  to 
dioose  between  a  long  distance  and  a  long  lime.  How  nun;  hoars  are 
lliero  in  tw«nty-fciur  wlien  you  arc  all  alone  in  a  dMCrt  place,  n  tlioruaad 
inile.1  from  the  ]inp[>incta  which  might  be  jimn  to  take — if  you  were  then 
to  tiike  it  7  How  inaoy,  when  from  tlie  tourers  of  the  Topin^mbojcur  heart 
flieB  back  ten  times  a  day,  ]ike  a  carrier-pigeon,  to  the  one  only  aouroe  of 
future  good  for  you,  and  ten  timca  a  day  retumi  with  ita  meaMi^  wi- 
(Ii-livftrod  ?  Itnny  more  than  are  couiiUkJ  on  ihn  ojilwidiir.  So  Roger  found. 
Tlie  days  were  wci-lcs  tliat  separated  him  fjom  ih*^  time  when  Molly  gxrs 
liim  a  certain  little  tlower,  and  months  from  the  time  which  divorced  btin 
from  Cynthia,  whom  he  hnd  begun  to  doubt  bi-foro  he  knew  for  certain  that 
nhc  was  ncrer  much  north  hoping  for.  And  if  niich  wcro  his  days,  what  ma 
the  slow  proc<'f5ion  of  actual  weeks  and  months  in  thow  remote  nnd  solitary 
plnces?  Tliey  were  like  years  of  a  alay-ai*hoine  lifp,  with  liberty  and 
Iciauie  to  ecc  tiiat  nobody  wob  coiirlin);  Molly  meanwhile.  The  o&ect  of 
(his  was,  that  long  beforo  tho  term  of  his  engagement  was  ended  ail  that 
Cynthia  had  hecn  to  him  was  disparted  from  Roger's  mind,  and  all  that 
Molly  vraf  and  might  be  to  him  lillpd  it  fiill. 

lie  returned ;  hut  when  he  saw  Molly  again  ho  rpmembered  that  to 
Iicr  the  time  of  bis  absence  might  not  have  aecined  bo  long,  and  was 
oppressed  with  the  old  dread  that  g!io  wowld  tliink  him  fickle.  Thci^re 
this  young  gentleman,  ao  set) f- reliant  and  to  luciil  in  icieaU6c  matters, 
found  it  diflicult  after  all  to  tell  Moily  how  much  he  hoped  ebc  loved  him; 
and  might  hare  btttndered  if  he  had  not  thought  of  iM^inning  by  showing 
her  the  flower  that  was  plucked  from  the  noaegay.  How  chiirmingly  that 
Bc^tie  would  have  bfcti  rfrnwn,  hnd  Mrs.  Gaskcll  lived  to  depict  it,  wa  can 
only  imagine:  llial  it  u'otiW  have  beni  charming— especially  in  what 
Molly  did,  aod  looked,  and  sjiid — wc  know. 

Roger  and  Molly  ars  married  ;  nnd  if  one  of  tlicm  is  happier  tlian  tJic 
other,  it  is  Molly.  Her  husband  has  no  need  to  dm.w  upon  thci  little 
forlune  which  is  to  go  to  poor  Osbonic's  boy,  tvv  be  becomes  profeesor  at 
some  gtval  scientiBc  institution,  and  wins  his  way  in  the  world  hand- 
Bonicly.  'Jlic  squire  is  almost  aa  happy  in  this  marriage  as  his  son.  If 
any  one  sttflers  for  it,  it  is  Mr.  Gibson.  But  he  takes  a  partner,  so  as  lo 
get  a  chance  of  running  tip  to  London  to  Ktay  with  Slolly  for  a.  few  dnvs 
now  and  then,  and  "to  get  a  litllorest  from  i  In*.  Gibson."  Oi'what  vtns'lo 
faa{]>en  to  Cynthia  after  hex  marriage  the  niilhor  was  not  heard  to  eay  much, 
and,  indeed,  it  doea  not  seem  thtit  anything  needs  to  be  nddud.  One  liltlu 
anecdote,  however,  was  to!d  of  her  by  Mrs.  Gankel!,  which  is  very  chanic- 
terislic.  Ona  day.  when  Cynthia  nnd  her  husband  were  on  a  vijit  to 
JIamlcy,  Mr.  Ucadurson  learned  fur  the  fir^t  lime,  through  an  innocent 


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I 


nsnal  mmH:  of  Mr.  fiibann'a,  ihat  the  Gimaus  traviillcr,  Hogcr  Uaialty, 
■at  kaowa  to  Uie  fjitiiilj-.  CyDthU  had  ncrer  liappenetl  to  nHiiciua  iL 
Utiw  wH  that  ltU]6  tnudcnt,  loo,  irooldhave  been  di-ecribed  I 

B«t  it  uitttleu  to  apQcrulnte  ufon  wlint  would  have  been  done  hy  llio 
dilMto  atmag  bind  which  an  create  no  more  Moll/  Gihsona — no  more 
BogCT  Hamlcy^  W«  hare  repcateil,  in  lliU  brief  note,  all  thjit  is  known 
U  hvT  duigos  for  th«  stoiy,  vhich  woald  have  buc-n  completed  in 
atUwf  obapter.  Tlicre  la  not  bo  mucli  to  regret,  then,  w  fur  at  thii  novel 
«  eooeemed ;  iiu)«ad,  the  regntu  of  tliono  who  knew  her  are  Itiss  for  Llic 
lav  of  tb*  ooreliilt  thin  of  the  womnn — one  of  the  kindest  and  wiaesl  of 
Imt  time.  Bui  jrd,  for  her  own  miVc  as  a  novelist  alone,  her  nntdmeljr 
&»ih  ts  a.  maUer  for  dwp  Kgmt.  It  U  e1«ar  in  this  novel  of  Tfit'e*  aitd 
PttagkUrt,  In  tha  «quisit«  lirile  storj-  thai  prpccdetl  il,  Cotitin  PhiHis, 
ad  in  Sylria'$  Lorert,  that  Sirs.  GatkcU  had  williin  theM  firo  ycora 
Kvicd  Qpoa  a  new  career  with  »11  thu  fr«*hDU8  of  youth,  and  with  a  mind 
^icb  VDcaicil  to  have  pat  oflT  its  clajr  and  to  have  been  bom  again.  But 
An  "  pat  off  its  chij  "  nnst  be  taken  in  a  vctj  naTTcur  cense.  All  uindf 
■r«  tiaclm«il  more  or  less  with  the  "  muddy  vestore  "  in  wliich  tiiey  ure 
Kntaswd ;  but  few  minds  crcr  showed  Icsa  of  base  csrth  than  Mrs. 
CTad  lira  It  v-ai  so  nt  nl]  timei;  but  lately  even  the  original  alight 
tinctun  Kcaied  to  diuippear.  Wlulc  you  read  any  one  of  the  last  iJiree 
Iwka  we  have  aamed,  you  (cv\  younelf  caught  out  offinabMniaable  wicked 
vntl'l,  oawling  with  jeltislincss  and  recking  with  base  putsions,  into  one 
mhav  there  la  much  weakness,  many  mistakes,  suffcringB  long  and  bilter, 
Uit  wbcfc  it  ia  possibI«  for  people  to  lire  calm  and  wlioleaomo  lives ;  and, 
«i«t  IB  more,  you  feel  that  this  h  at  k^avt  nt  real  n  vicrld  as  the  other. 
Tlic  kinilljr  (pirit  wliicb  think.i  nn  ill  loolcs  out  uf  her  pages  inadial« ;  and 
«hllc  we  read  tlicm,  wc  breathe  tlie  purer  intetligenee  wbieb  prefers  to 
AnA  with  emotion*  and  poaiiMts  which  hnve  a  living  root  in  minds 
wUhio  the  pale  of  ealvaticFn,  and  not  with  ibccc  which  rot  without  it. 
Tliu  efttht  ia  nior«  especially  dudarcd  in  Cousin  PhUtia  and  Wins 
«aj  Uiauffhttrt — their  iiutlwr'a  laltat  woiks;  they  seem  to  filiow  ibat  for 
bar  tli«  eod  of  fife  was  not  descent  amongBt  the  clods  of  (he  valley,  but 
•oent  iiuo  the  pnrtT  air  of  the  beaveo-aapiring  hills. 

Wt  ar«  snyiDg  nothing  now  of  the  miTcly  intellectual  qunlitiea  diaplnyed 
ta  ihoM  Ulcr  works.  Twenty  yeara  to  come,  that  may  be  thnught  the  more 
important  cinntion  of  ihe  liro  ;  in  the  pretience  of  her  grave  we  cannot 
thbfc  ao;  bat  jt  is  irtic,  all  iheaouic,  tlL-tLas  mere  works  of  ait  and  ob«er- 
mtoa,  IbcM  lator  novels  of  Mm  Caakell's  are  among  Iho  Cnctl  of  our  time. 
Tbstv  la  a  scene  in  Cousin  PhillU — wLero  Ilolnian,  making  hny  with  bis 
•ei^  ends  the  day  with  a  pKihn — tvhicb  is  not  excelled  as  a  picture  in  all 
Bodcm  ft«tioQ  ;  ^nd  llie  nmo  may  be  said  of  that  chapter  of  this  last 
Ocry  in  wliich  Ilogrr  smokes  a  pipe  with  the  Squire  after  the  quorrvl 
«itb  Oriiomo.  There  U  little  lit  either  of  thc«e  seencs,  or  in  n  wore  of 
mIkts  whkb  ineeeed  ench  other  tike  gema  in  a  cabinet,  which  the  ordinary 


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WIVES  AND  DAUGnTKIlS. 


Dord-Bukcr  could  "Bcue."  There  is  no  "niBitrial"  ibr  It'a  in  ha!?- 
SrdOBU)  farming  nion  unging  Iijiuds  in  n  field,  or  «  dUeoBtentod  old 
gc^nclvtnnn  cmcking  tobncco  wiili  liis  son.  Still  I«m  cnuld  lie  ami)  himself 
of  llio  Tiiini-riirs  of  a  liulv  girl  ecnt  to  be  happy  iti  a  line  liuusc  full  of 
iin<:  penpli! ;  but  it  is  just  in  such  tilings  tui  lluae  thnt  Irue  genius  npp<.>an 
brighlesl  acil  most  unaf|iroae!iutilG.  It  is  ihe  Bame  wiih  the  pcnt'iugct 
in  Mr>.  GuskcH'e  noiks.  C^nlliia  ia  «ac  of  tbo  most  dilEcuU  chninetcra 
wliicii  liiiv«  ever  Iwou  BllcnipU'd  iu  our  time.  P(?rffCt  art  nlwnj's  obscures 
Uie  difTiciiUin  it  ovcicoinm;  utid  it  is  not  till  wc-  try  to  fullo^ir  ilie  pro- 
^Mssca  hy  ■wliich  suoh  a  (hnrocter  as  the  Tito  of  Jtomela  U  created,  for 
instance,  llial  we  htt^'m  lo  undersland  what  .1  niarvelloiis  piece  of  worV  it 
is.  To  be  8urc,  Cynthia  wna  not  eo  diflkult,  nnr  ia  it  nearly  so  great  it 
Crvalion  us  tbat  8|i]endTd  achi<?reinGnt  of  art  and  ihinigbt — of  the  mmi 
Itrr,  of  tlic  profciii ndtrst  thought,  But  she  also  belongs  to  the  ItlnJ  of 
churiiL'tvni  vvliich  wrc  oniicciwd  only  ia  mlnda  lurgc,  cleiir,  harmonioiw  und 
just,  and  wliidi  con  be  povlrayed  fullj'  and  without  flaw  onlyhy  hands 
obtdient  lo  tlic  finest  motions  of  the  mind.  Viewed  in  ihis  light,  Cyntliia 
is  a  more  iinportnnt  pieco  of  vork  i/ven  thnn  Mol!)',  ddicatvly  as  sjio  I* 
diBtvii,  and  true?  nnd  hnrmouious  as  that  picture  is  idito.  And  whit  kA 
have  aid  of  Cynthia  niny  he  siiid  with  vquui  truth  of  Odhotiie  Uamlc-y, 
The  inn!  dclinciilion  of  a  ohnracter  Hkfi  that  is  as  fine  n  test  of  art  aa  tlie 
|wiuiing  fif  u  fuot  or  a  liand,  which  aUo  seems  so  easy,  And  ia  which  per- 
feetion  i»  most  rare.  Id  this  caw  the  work  is  perfect.  Mrs.  Oostcell  haa 
drawn  a  ik'xvn  cbaructt^rx  more  striking  thnn  Osborne  Kincc  shq  mvto 
iitiri/  liiirlon,  but  not  one  uliich  ph«u»  more  oxquUitc  fi[ii«h. 

Anoth^tr  thing  wc  may  h«  permitted  to  notice,  because  it  has  a  grcnt 
and  general  significance.  It  may  be  true  that  this  is  not  exactly  lh« 
place  for  crilicism,  but  since  Vi'c  are  wiiting  of  Osbome  Kamley,  va 
cannot  ri'sibt  iKiiiitiiig  nut  .'i  pecnliiir  inrtnnco  nf  thti  nibllor  concep- 
tioijii  wliich  underlie  all  rcully  connidcndilc  works.  Here  arc  Osborne 
and  ]{(^cr,  Iwo  mcti  wiio,  is  every  purtieulor  that  can  be  edscd  for 
description^  nrc  totally  diHerent  crvaturex.  Roily  and  mind  thoy  art 
qiiiCc  unlike.  They  have  dilFtrent  tnstca  ;  they  lake  difli-rcnt  wayn  : 
they  Mv  (11(11  of  two  »orts  which,  in  the  society  senap,  nercr  "know" 
each  olhei';  and  yet,  never  did  brotherly  blood  run  more  mnnifi-*l  than 
in  the  veins  of  tliose  two.  To  make  that  manifest  without  allowing  lL« 
cBbrt  lo  poep  out  fur  a  single  moment,  would  be  a  triumph  of  art  j  but  it 
is  a  "touch  beyond  tJtc  reach  of  art"  to  make  llK'ir  llkenesi  in  iinlike* 
nfja  w  naUiral  a  thing  that  wo  no  more  wonder  about  it  than  wc  wonder 
at  seeii^g  the  fruit  and  ihu  bloom  on  tlie  same  bramble  :  wc  have  always 
Been  them  there  tc^ethcr  in  bkckSicrry  acoson,  and  do  not  wonder  nbout 
it  nor  think  abaut  it  at  nil.  Inferior  writeiii,  cuen  some  writera  who  arc 
highTy  ncoounled,  would  have  revelled  in  the  "conlra«f,"  pcmuaded  that 
tilt  y  wf-rc  doing  n,  fine  HQalomiciil  dranjatJc  thJng  by  bringing  it  out  at  eTcry 
opportmiity.     To  the  uulLor  of  Wives  and  Dmtghltrs  this  wirt  of  aQutomj 


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WIVES  AND  DAUGHTERS. 


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m  mere  dielocntioii.  Sb«  began  hy  bnTing  the  people  of  her  story  bom  in 
tie  usnst  vay,  and  not  built  up  like  the  Frankenstein  monster;  and  tlius 
wba  Squire  Hutnley  took  a  wife,  it  was  then  provided  that  his  two  boys 
ihoold  be  as  naturally  one  and  diverse  as  the  fruit  and  the  bloom  on  the 
bnuiible.  "  It  god  without  Bpeaking."  These  difference*  are  prt'cisely 
what  might  have  been  expected  from  the  union  of  Squire  Hamlcy  with 
the  towD-bied,  refined,  delicate-minded  woman  whom  be  married;  nnd 
tbeafiecUon  of  the  young  men,  their  kinil-ncss  (to  use  the  word  in  its  old 
and  new  meaninga  at  once)  is  nothing  but  a  reproduction  of  those  im- 
palpable threads  of  lore  which  bound  the  equally  direrse  father  and 
mother  in  bondi  fiutct  than  the  ties  of  blood. 

But  we  will  not  permit  ourselves  to  write  any  more  in  this  rein.  It 
ii  nnncctnary  to  demonstrate  to  those  who  know  what  is  and  what  is  not 
tnie  literature  that  Mra.  Goskell  was  gifted  with  some  of  the  choicest 
&cnUiea  bestowed  upon  mankind ;  that  these  grew  into  greater  strengtli 
and  ripened  into  greater  beauty  in  the  decline  of  her  days ;  and  that  ehe 
has  gifted  US  with  tome  of  the  truest,  purest  works  of  fiction  in  the  lan- 
guage. And  she  was  herself  what  her  works  show  her  to  have  been — a 
wise,  good  womnn. — [Ed.  C.  M.] 


IG 


SS^houghts  in  ,3(tnta  ubotit  Chrislmns. 


What  U  t!ic  meaning  of  our  KnglUh  Cliristmaa?  wLcucc  cornea  tliis 
ri^joicing  (Kroiigli  th«  Innd?  whj  do  u-c  fn-cl  Cliristmos  to  be  different 
fruni  all  oilier  ne^oni  of  ihe  yenr  ?  what  makes  it  fleem  so  truly  Kcrthem, 
TiaUoiml,  »nd  homely,  ihitt  we  coniiDt  bear  to  kccjp  the  fnaat  upoa  a  Sovdgn 
ehcTe  7  Tliese  qucBlions  grow  upon  mo  sa  I  stood  one  Advent  oflpmoon 
bcticnlh  the  Domu  of  Fiortncc.  A  prk-at  was  thunOerrng  from  llic  pJilpit 
ngwniit  French  scepticism,  and  «.xulling  the  iniraute  of  ihu  lacAriiatiou. 
Through  Hie  wbole  dim  cliurch  blaied  altir  candles.  Ciowda  of  men 
and  women  knelt  or  eat  nhout  the  iirchcs,  murmuring  iheir  prajere  of 
juvpnmtjon  for  tlia  f(.*aiiviil.  At  tlie  door  were  pi-iiliirs,  selling  little  booln, 
in  which  were  printed  all  the  ortlci's  for  ChnsJmas-tiile,  with  tilories  of 
fit.  Felix  and  St,  Catherine,  whose  ilevotion  to  tlto  infitnt  Christ  had 
ivronght  tJifiti  weul,  and  promises  iif  the  reniisaion  of  four  purgntorinl 
centuries  to  thoeie  who  zeiduualy  obaetved  tlie  service  of  the  church  at 
this  most  holy  time.  I  knew  that  the  people  of  Fioreiice  wore  preparing 
for  Chrintmas  in  tlicir  own  tray.  But  it  was  not  onr  Cbristmat.  It 
Imppened  that  outsid*  the  ehurth  the  climnie  eccmcd  o»  wintry  as  oar 
own — £nowsioruis,  nnd  iee,  and  wind,  and  chilliDg  lng^iiggeMting  Northern 
cold.  But  na  the  palncca  of  Florence  lacked  oiir  cutiil'ortiible  fires,  and 
the  greetings  of  friends  lucked  our  Ijearty  handshakes  and  loud  good 
•nUlie*,  80  iherfl  Menied  to  be  a  want  of  feeling  in  their  Christmas 
Beirictts  and  customs.  Again  I  iisked  mjsetf,  "  What  do  we  ucaa  Ly 
Cbrigtmaa  1 " 

The  same  thought  pursued  nie  aa  I  Jrove  ncrrot^s  the  hills  to  Rome: 
1>y  Sienna,  vnM.,  and  browa,  and  uuiuliabiTcd  among  its  cnrth-hcaps  ;  by 
CliiuKi,  with  its  city  of  ■  dead  and  unknown  people ;  through  the  chestnut 
forests  of  the  Apennines;  by  Orvieto's  rock,  Viterbo'a  founiains,  and  tlio 
cnk-growH  eolitud^'s  of  the  Gimininn  heights,  fr^-m  which  one  eega  the 
broai!  lake  of  Bolseiia  nnd  (he  Roman  plain.  Brilliiuit  sunliglit,  like  tliat 
of  a  day  in  late  Stplembur,  ahoue  upon  Ihu  luuddcape,  and  I  [bought — Can 
this  be  Christmas  7  Are  they  bringing  mistletoe  and  holly  on  the  country 
carls  into  the  towns  in  far-off"  England  ?  la  it  clear  anil  frosty  there,  wiiH 
the  tramp  of  heel*  upon  the  flag,  or  tnowing  silently,  or  loggy  with  a 
round  red  sun,  and  crio  of  warning  at  the  cornels  of  the  streets  f  I  reached 
liomo  on  Chris tmaa-Gvei  in  time  to  hear  midnight  sen'icca  in  the  Siatine 
Clmiiel  and  St.  Juhn  Liitoran,  to  breathe  the  dual  cf  decayed  GhrinG>s,  to 
wonder  id  doting  cinlinnUbcgrimt'l  with  snuff,  ;iH(ll  to  n-!ieut  ilie  ope'n- 
mouthed  bad  taste  of  my  countrymen  who  niado  a  mockery  of  llicsv  paby- 
Btricken  ceremonies.  Ninccardinuls  going  to  tliwp,  nine  trsin-bearera  talking 


I 


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TnOL'OUTS  W  ITALr  JLBOUl  CnSTSTUAS. 


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^on^i  tvatiy  h^ge,  Landsomc  Switsers  in  tlie  dreen  dcrincd  hy  Michncl 

Aagvlo,  aamm  iuliKr*i  b  ehair  mj^'d  clF  bjr  gildiKl  niluogn,  ibe  intolc&e« 

And   oigcntM*  ct  puljrglot  touristic  plenty  of  wax-candles  dripping  on 

[Mop)c*(  bcadi,  Mid  &  cuntiuuul  nnsnl  drone  proceeding  froni  the  gilded 

ea^,  oat  »rvrliicb  wen-  cniiglit  at  imen-al>  Llii<««  vrords,  and  thcM  onljr, — 

**  Secotz  saculonini,  Aini-n."     Such  wcf «  dtii  ingn-dientx  of  the  odebntcd 

intiac  KiTtcc.      The  cliapel  bbzcd  witlt  light,   nnd  Tcry  strange   did 

Uidiacl  Angclo'a  "  Lost  Judgtncut,"  Sibyls,  and  Prophvln,  appear  npon  the 

not  acd  wall  above  iVu  niotlt-y  ncd  uRincaning  crond.     Hvxt  morning 

1  jnl  oa  ay  dretft-clotbes  nud  white  lii;,  and  impaired  with  multitude!  of 

Ca($:i>liiD«n  smilorly  dressed,  sad  of  Engliahwomcn  in  black  craj^— the 

nf;aIittoa  costutno — to   St.  Peter's.     It  waa  a  glorious   and   cloudless 

nomiop;  vunbeame  •trefuui^  in  columns  from  the  eoutbcra  window^ 

&Uing  OQ  the  XMt  vpxce  full  of  HiMicrt  and   u  mingled  nines  of  every 

kittd  c/  people.     Up  ihc  nnv«  stood  double  files  of  the  PontiScal  guard. 

Ucsli  *ud  nunii  mixed  with  (lie  Swits  cuinutiers  nnd  hnlbcrds,     Con- 

tidmi  otiwdod  round  the  aacred  imngcit,  and  e8{:(>cially  round  ihn  loe  of 

St.  rcler.     laavnuuiy  mothers  Itfl  tlK-ir  annOdlcd  babiea  uptol^tmit. 

Talcu  of  Cftrdiaali,  vitb  the  iomriable  red  umbrellas,  hung  about  sidc- 

ehtfitli  uil  ■scriatui.     Purpk-manlled  mtnuignori,  like  emperor  butter- 

Km,  BctXtA  iloirn  the  nuJn  from  eunlighi  into  iliadoir.      MoTcmcul, 

cpjopr,  and  the  <lir  of  expcctatii>n,  made  the  cimrch  alive.     We  shoncd 

mrimiDMBt  to  the  gtiiird,  were  admitteil  within  their  raaka,  and  so]L>iiinIy 

valknl  u}>  totraid  the  domo-     Thcro,  under  it>  bnnd  coucppj,  stood  the 

atttr  glilimng  utth  jnld  and  candlcB.     'i'fae  choir  was  catpelied  and  himg 

nth  Ksrirt.   Tko  mngniScent  tliroDCS  rose  ready  fox  the  Pope  :  guanls  of 

iMBOor,  wldicra,   attitch^  and  the  ^lite  of  tb«  residents  and  vuitora 

ia  Boom,  were  scattered  in  groups  picturesquely  varied  by  eccletdastios 

of  aO   onlera   and   dcgrere.      At   ten   u   niirring   took    pliicc  near   the 

gTMl  wmI  door.     It  opi^ned,  and  ne  saw  the  proccaaion  of  the  Pope  and 

Us  esfdinala.     Before  hiin  marched  the  singers  and  the  blowers  oT  the 

■hvr  tnonpets,  niakbg  the  moat  liquid  melody.    Then  came  hia  Cap  of 

llBatettMtev,  and  three  tiaras;  then  a  oooipatiy  of  uiitrt'd  bishops;  next 

thi  canJinals  b  KarU-t;  and  la«t,  nluft  beneath  a  canopy,  upon  the 

ifaoBldk-ra  of  men,  and   daokod  by   the  myBtic  faiis,  advanced  the  Pope 

LiiBteli^  ffirayinj;  to  and  fro  like  a  Llama,  or  an  Aitcc  king.     Still  tho 

tmmpeU  blew   ninsl   mlvcrty,  and   still  the  people   knelt;    and  B4  he 

rym  m  kovlt  luid  hfid  his  blcMiDg.     ThftQ  he  took  his  Mute  and  received 

luDBncn.     After  this  the  chotr  b<>gan  to  aing  a  mass  of  Palcatiina'a,  and 

Ae  drocons  rubvd   the  Pope.      Manrelloas  putting   on   and   taking  08" 

(f  rola  atid   liaraa  and  milra  cnsncd,  during  uhicli  there  was  much 

tewie^   and    praying   and   burning   of  inccnMr.     At  hist  when  he  had 

xncbcd  liie  Ii4i'<'Bt  "l^^gu  o(  sacrificial  sftnctity,  he  procccdt'd  to  tho  attar, 

sailvd  CD  by  eardinala  and  bishopa.     >InTing  c>etucd  it  car«ftilly,  lie  took 

t  higher  ihrnov  and  divnU'd  himself  of  part  of  lib  robes.    Then  the  mass 

ttst  00  In  mmnl,  till  (he  moment  of  coaaccntioa,  trhcn  it  paused,  tho 


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THOUGHTS  IS  rtALT  ABOUT  CIIRiSTMAS, 


I 


Pope  OMC«nJcd  from  lut  tUrotur,  pnaaccl  dovrn  tlie  olioir,  «nd  readied 
ftltu-.   Every  one  knell ;  the  uliriU  bell  tinkled  ;  the  silver  Irumpels  blew; 
lliu  air  biu-ame  sick  nntl  heavy  with  incense*,  ho  llial  nan  and  cAndldight 
HYrooncd  iu  au  atr»(«[)licrQ  of  odorous  cIciid-wrcBlti*.     'Dio  vrholo  diTirdi 
tivmblsd,  hosriDa  thti  ftntnge  eubllo  iiiu^io   vibrate  in  the  domfi,  nodi 
■Gciitg  tlic  Pope  witli  liin  own  Iianili  lift  Clinil'it  body  froin  tliv  ullu  anil 
jir*a.-ne  it  to  tlio  pcojilo.     An  old  pariah  priost,  pilgrim  from  Borae  valley 
€if  the  AiMjuuini^,  who  knelt  beside  iitc,  ciit'd  and  quivered  with  exceu 
of  HdomtioQ.     The  grcAt  tombs  nrouiid,  the  ociiliitut'ed  Mtint4nncl  ungcls,   _ 
tlic  domo,  iho  vuluriKiB  of  light  and  incense  and  imAimiliar  mdixly,  th«  I 
'hicriircliy  miniHinuii,  the  wliitu  uiid  cenlral  ll};iire  of  the  Pope,  tho  iiiiilti- 
lude — mndc  up  nu  overpowering  efl'tct,    Wliat  followed  was  intensely  dull. 
My  miml  again  went  back  tg  England,  and  I  thought  of  ChrbtmaB  servicet 
beginning  in  idl  village  chorchcs  nnd  all  ciLthcdrnla  throughout  tho  land — 
tlivir  old  rnmiliiir  hymn,  thdr  iiiitiioni  of  Itiitiilol,  ihoir  tritffi  yrt  revcrvnd 
it'rmonit.     How  Jtiri-rent  thw  two  sceu«3  are — ChristTiina  in  Rome,  Christ* 
jQoa  in  Englanii — Italy  and  the  North — tho  spirit  of  Latin  and  the  spirit 
of  Tratooic  Christianity.  ■ 

Wiiat,  then,  coattitiitca  the  tOBCsco  of  our  ChrifiCmas  as  diflereaL  fraic  ' 
tluit  of  more  SoutJtern  nations  f  In  llidr  origin  lhi>y  nra  the  utmc.  The 
Mablu  of  Bfthkheni,  the  slar-lt^d  kingH,  cli«  shcplii-rd*,  iinJ  the  angsU— all 
tho  beautiful  slory,  in  fact,  which  St.  Luke  alone  of  the  Evangelist!  bil 
prMerved  for  ui— are  whit  tho  whole  Clirislian  world  owee  to  the  religiota 
fi:oliog  of  tho  Ilcbrcivn.  'llic  first  nnd  tccocid  chaptcra  of  St.  Luke  va 
moat  inipoptaiit  in  the  hiatory  of  Christian  mylholugy  and  nrt.  They  fcti 
far  from  containing  ilic  whole  of  what  wo  mean  by  ChriHtmuii ;  but  llis 
religious  poetry  vrbich  gather*  round  that  acoaon  luust  be  aought  upoa  their 
pnges.  Angela,  wer  since  tho  captivity,  had  continued  to  play  a  most 
iinportant  jwrt  in  the  viiiions  of  the  Hebrew  prophets,  and  in  the  live*  of 
llieir  great  men.  W«  know  not  what  n-minincfinct^s  of  old  Egyptiim  dvitiui, 
vbiEalnngc  tJiadnws  of  the  winged  be.ixiH  ofPcnia,  (liltH  through  their 
dreania.  In  the  desert,  or  under  the  boundlt^a  sky  of  Babylon,  these 
thajtes  becamo  as  distinct  as  tho  precise  outlines  of  Oriental  scenery. 
They  iacamutiJ  the  vivid  thoughts  nnd  intense  longingti  of  l3ie  prophets, 
who  gradually  came  to  give  them  human  forma  and  tillo.  \Ve  Iicur  of 
Ihtin  by  nnrue,  as  K-rvanta  and  uttt-ndiints  upon  God,  as  guardians  of 
nntions,  and  piilroDS  of  grc.it  na^n.  To  the  Ilchrfw  mind  the  whole 
liuacen  world  wa)  full  of  spirits,  active,  strong,  nnd  swift  of  flight,  of 
various  aspect,  and  with  power  of  spei-ch.  It  is  hard  to  imagino  what  the 
Jeviah  disciples  and  the  early  Grcik  and  Roman  cnnvnrta  thought  of  then 
gri-nt  beings.  To  us,  the  liit^rarchlea  of  Dionynuiit,  th«  dogmas  of  l}i« 
Church,  the  poetry  of  Danle  and  Milton,  and  the  funns  of  art,  have  mad* 
them  quite  familiar.  Northern  nntions  hnvc  appropriated  tho  Angels,  and 
invested  them  with  allribules  nlit-n  to  their  Oriental  origin.  They  fly 
through  OUT  pino-fore^ls,  and  thu  gloom  of  doud  or  atorin  ;  they  i!dc  upon 
onr  dnnging  belli,  and  gather  in   swift  equmlroos  among  Ihe  nrohea  of 


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inlfi  Wflwx  liicrn  ntakin};  llglit  in  the  CATcraooa  di-plli  of 
ma  or  mtvui-lKMijiii  never  cnmo,  atid  umittcrin^  to  tlie 
ouodtd  M-  the  wruj  ;  tlivjr  biar  al«lt  ihv  ctnsen  of  di«  tnau ;  tlii!jr  aag 
in  tlie  uU»etos  of  choriatem,  and  lire  ia  Aniloa  or  poetry  soul  mtuic  ;  oiir 
ekanslHs  b«ftf  tlirir  tumn ;  we  ml]  our  diiidrin)  hj  Uii;ir  titlu ;  trc  )of« 
tlica*  M  cor  giarJijib*,  aiid  llii:  irholc  uii&veti  trorld  is  nuule  a  liuiua  to  na 
hf  Ikcir  inM^MJ  prewtWQ.  All  thtte  \iuug»  nns  Ute  growth  of  tiine  and 
ti«  vnric  of  ntee>  whote  artutio  imiginatJoQ  u  more  powcrfu]  thiui  that  of 
At  ''   '  Tel  lliu  nc}i  U-gac;  of  ronuinctf  is  l>ouiid  up  iu  th«  secoitd 

dtt,  I-ukc  ;  nnd  it  U  to  him  tv«  tiiutt  gir«  thauks  vrhco  at 

-  I !  '-r  t}i«  >li«(>l)erd*  and  tha  angeU  ia  EnglUli  wordi 
|i«ttUUJuL  uia:(  lij  (jwti  Grcvk. 
Tb«  aiu:«U  in  the  BUbl«  of  Iktblehein,  tha  kings  who  «an)o  l>om  the 
far  Eovt,  aod  the  i)ilf>mg  sheplmds,  arc  tbe  gift  of  Hebrew  Je^eud,  nod 
cf  Um  Umk  physiciaa,  Luke,  to  ChrUtntnk.  llow  tlieae  atrnnge  iind 
forgnoQi  inctdeiitfl  nSt'ct  tnodrra  fancy,  remains  for  us  to  Dxamiae;  at 
pncBt  ve  miut  aak>  what  did  tbu  Haiixaaa  give  Iu  Christ  luas?  'Xho 
caMioiu  of  (be  C}iri«tian  n-ligi«n,  like  ererything  that  belong*  to  the 
mdm  wuchl,  bavo  nothing  pom  and  simple  in  ihvir  nature.  'Uiey  are 
llta  (iwth  of  long  i^c«,  aud  o(  widrJy  difl'treiit  siystviiis,  parts  of  which 
W**  b«Ma  fuMd  i»lo  ooc  living  whole.  In  tiiu  respect  th«j  rcwnibk  our 
^^«^c,  cut  blood,  c<ir  litemutv,  and  our  tnudi-a  of  thought  wnd  feeling. 
We  Bad  CliiutuiBit;  in  one  m-hm:  irhnlly  vriginul ;  iu  (mother  nccur,  wboUf 
II  1|MH  1  ef  old  III  r.i  both  lenKSf  tmlrersal  and  connopcilitan. 

TttftMuan  elccDctr     .  -unaa  ua  remnrkable  ioitanee  of  ihb  ac<)uiiu- 

tin  power  of  Cbriatiiuiitf.  Tlw  nhibratioa  of  th«  Audral  tflkee  placs  nt 
At  at&e  tim*  u  iluit  of  iho  |t:ig:in  Knittrnatia ;  and  from  lliu  old  uueUmiu 
■f  ikal  buUiIajr,  Cbiixtiii3s  ul'^oiliL-d  much  Unit  wiu  cooaiatvtil  uiih  ihe 
(|inl  of  tbv  orvr  Tcltjicn.  Krery  one  know*  that  during  iho  MturuuUa 
tk*  vbola  world  fri«joy«d,  in  thought  at  leaat*  a  perfect  freedom.  Men  wlio 
iaA  goam  to  bnd  aa  ahirns  row  iheir  own  iniialara.  From  tliu  enjattuta 
sd  dtsmal  aualcu  cng<«  tlioy  wmt  forth  to  rarablc  in  the  itrceta  aad 
iiMi.  IJbrrtf  of  kpoch  vuN  given  tliem,  nnd  thiy  mi|fht  latirizu  tliOdt* 
titM  of  tbclr  loidl.  lo  which  on  blhct  duys  ihey  had  to  miuintvr.  iioiuv 
•■  1^  d«j,  b/  a  itrai^e  wout  of  logic,  which  we  mi^l  almost  call  a 
|fwpUPH  of  blind  conad'nce,  srgaljvnl  the  phUosopliic  dictiini  that 
ttftri^P*  wen  by  law  cf  naltirc  aluret,  and  acknowWdlged  thd  higher 
jftftSJrJe  of  alMolule  (.'•lunliiy.  The  cnltirunlia  Uood  out  from  the  whole 
as  a  {>rut«it  in  bvour  of  nnircnoJ  brotlierhood,  ntid  the  right  thai  all 
than  aldi*  l'^  (-njoy  life  kiUr  their  own  faahioo,  wilhin  the  boooda 
that  natuife  bat  anlgticd  them.  We  du  not  know  bow  fur  the  Stoic  acbool, 
>!iidi  «iw  to  BtTcng  ill  Itciitic,  and  Itad  eo  m-iny  poinLi  of  ccniaci  with 
iW  CbraCiaat,  hikl  ccnTircu-d  iU  own  ihcurifi  nf  c'liuliiy  v-iih  ihin  old 
f^vm  af  th»  talurualia.  But  it  ia  oerlaiu  that  the  fcUnwslup  of  humau 
Usai,  aod  tlio  &««  abartdoniuent  of  claaa  prert^ivc^  bccanii:  a  part  tf 
CWttlaat  limush  llit  habit  of  tho  satiiniBlis.   We  are  pmctiuug  a  Ktinati 


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virluc  to  thU  dny  ivlicn  nt  CIiTiatflias-tiiiie  our  lumJ  is  libeiiil,  and  wc  tlilnli 
it  wrong  llinl  tlip  ponnwi  wn-tch  nhould  fait  to  frol  llie  pleasure  nf  the  dny. 

Of  course  Chmtianity  inspired  the  frct-doiu  of  tlic  Kiturnalia  witli  ft] 
higher  meaning.     The  mystery  of  the  Incdrnntion,  or  the  dcilication 
human  nature,  put  nn  vnd  to  ulavpry  tlirougli  h.11  the  year,  as  well  as  i 
tliifl  aingl«  duy.     WImt  lint]  boen  ii  kjjid   of  airuIcBs  licence  b«can 
moBt  ennobling  principle  by  whioli  men  nro  oxnitcd  la  a  Htnla  of 
respect  and  mutual  reverence.     But  in  tlic  BimimiiliB  wiis  found, 
mDd«i  an  easy  aymbol  v!  unwlfiah  enjoyment.     The  peculiar  Ii-ec-1 
•yiiiputhy  we  [iraclUo  on  tiint  day  nmy  ba  traced  without  exaggeration 
tlie  Itom.-in  R-srivnl. 

The  eady  Itoman  Christians  prohably  kept  Chmtmas  with  no 
ceremonies.     Ctiri»t  was  as  yet  too  closu  to  lliem.     He  had  not  bccon 
itic  glorious  cr<:aturu  of  tUi:ir  f^ncy,  but  was  purtly  an  hiittoric  being 
jiiirlly  coiifuMil  in  their  iniaginalion  with  itminisceuccfi  of  pagan  deitie 
As    the  Good  Sliejilicrd,  nnd  as   OrphciiH,  we  find    him  piiiuted  in 
Catoo<jmb8  i  and  those  who  thought  of  Ilim  as  God,  loved  to  dwcl]  uj 
His  rii«n  grealmw  more  than  on  the  idyll  of  Hta  birlli.     To  ihfm  HM 
t^itry  upon  earth  seemed  less  a  subject  of  rcjoidng  titan  His  opi-iiin^ 
tho  heavens ;  iliey  RiifiTed,  and  looked  forward  to  a  future  ]iiip[iine»(] 
ihey  would  not  seem  lo  make  this  -world  pcrnmncnt  by  sharing  its  gladJ^ 
ncM  with  the  hcathoni.      Theirs  in  truth  ivas  n  re1ig;ion  of  hope  and 
patience,  not  of  trinmphaal  recoUeciion  or  of  present  joyfulneas. 

The  Northern  convcrls  of  the  early  church  added  mej-e  to  the  ptvulis 
dinraclCTof  our  Christ  mas.    Wlio  ciin  lell  what  pagan  rites  were  half  sane 
tificil  by  llicir  association   with  thai  Bcjmon,  or  how  much  of  our  cheer- 
fuIncM  belonged  to  iieatheu  orgirs,  and  the  banquets  of  grim  wnrUka 
godif      Certainly   nothing   strikes  one   more   in   reading   Scandinarinn 
poetry,  than  the  odd  mixture  of  pagan  and  Chrisiian  icntimenls  which  it 
prcsit^iita.     For  tbough  the  mlsuonnnee  of  the  CEiui-ch  did  all  they  could 
lo  iveun  AKay  ihc  minds  of  men  from  their  old  Ruperaiiiitins  ;  yet,  wifdA 
thaa  iheir  modvm   followers,  tlity  saw  lliht  some  tliiu^  might  remain^ 
untouched,  and  that  even  the  great  outlines  of  the  Christian  liiitli  mi^ht 
be  iidopted  to  tht;  liablw  of  tbo  people  whom  they  ntodied  to  conviTC^ 
Thus,  on  tbo  ere   band,  they  destroyed   the  old  tciikplM  one  by  oiic^' 
and  called  the  Idola  by  the  name  of  devils,  and  Btiovv  to  obliterate  lli« 
eonga  which  sang  great  deeds  of  bloody  goda  and  hc-roci,  while,  on  tbt 
other,  they  taught  ilia  Krjrihern  si'a-kiugs  that  Jesus  was  n  Prince  sur- 
roundtd  by  twelve  diikea,  who  conquered  all  tht;  world.      Besides,  ihfj 
left  the  days  of  the  week  to  tlic-ir  old  patrons.     Of  course  tiic  iningination 
of  the  people  pieserved  more  of  heathendom  tlion  even  such  init^ionatiL's 
coiiM  approve,  inixhig  up  ihc  deeds  of  the  Christlian  sfliiiM  with  old  heroic 
legonds,   BCt'ing  BmlilBr's  beauty  in  Chnst,  nnd  iho  strength  of  Thor  in 
Sampson  ;  nitribnliug  ningie  lo  St.  John,  Mweariug,  as  of  old,  bloody  ontln 
in  Uvd's  name,  over  the  gildt-d  boar'a>head,  burning  the  yule-log^,  and 
cutting  sacred  boughs  to  grace  their  new-buiU  churchon.     The  wnga  of 


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dicin  «nil  suiidlI  nf  lio'y  In^'lB,  and  inipnrBlitioua  tf^vcreiif-p  for  ihe  tuftw, 
txC^itB  1"  trll  uf^n  tbc  i>c«jilv ;  und  toon  tlie  cclio  of  tLelr  «iU  rvligioQ  only 
MeUed  Dpno  the  «at  ul  inlcnritk,  ntlneliing  it«cir  to  lima  of  mere  ihan 
jtj.  Cliriittmas  wns  one  of  these  timesj  And  the  <>i<l  ruilh  throw 
cdcbrAtion  a  fhotnsiic  light.  MnnjrcuatAfusof  llie  gcninl  jvignn 
laed ;  ihty  awnrnl  Itaiiulcss  when  ilio  «cn<«  of  joy  wai  ChrUiiiiii. 
Dmul'a niallelce  graced  ihc chiuch  porcbea of  Eaglomi  and  of  Krunct% 
■od  »  blood  lingerad  on  its  licmm.  CliriKtiunit  (hii*  boeuna  a  lime  or 
fiStMonliiury  niplt>iy.  Tlic  pro|iI«  lured  U  am  coimccltng  iLeir  old  Jifo 
with  the  [K'w  religion,  prrha|)a  uucviisciuunlyi  though  every  one  miglit 
M  tbM  Chrartinu  wits  no  cominoa  Christian  fuist.  On  its  ere,  strange 
voodera  faq)[cn«d  :  llic  thorn  that  sprang  nt  Glastonbury  from  tiic  Mcrcd 
tnwa  nlu^  Joeei>h  brought  with  him  from  Polcaiine,  ^vhen  Avaion  wa« 
•tilt  as  tsland,  MoiBoaied  on  tlmt  dny.  The  Conibli  mincra  secnied  to  heiir 
tWe  KMiod  oF  »!!(.'''*?  1^™  arise  fium  inbntvrgcd  ohiiTclitj  Iry  tlio  nhore,  and 
otbm  sod  Ibat  bells,  beneath  llic  groand  where  villngea  had  bMti,  chimed 
jtuif  on  that  ore.  Ko  ertl  xhiag  had  power,  as  JMarcellua  in  tfaviltt 
Ddb  CB,  and  tbc  bird  of  dawntiig  crowed  the  whole  night  through.  One 
iu(^l  Binltiplj'  fblk'lofQ  abont  the  Banctity  of  ChriittTniis,  but  enough  hax 
bm  Hid  Ki  liiow  ibit  round  it  lingort>d  long  tlie  h-jjeudnry  spirit  of  old 
MOfl^D.  It  IB  not  to  Jaws,  or  Greekn,  or  liomuus  ihat  we  one  our  anoient 
Ouiilnuut  &neie*,  but  to  thoni  luilf-hcalhcn  nnceilors  who  lovingly  looked 
\mA  Iff  Odln't  <Uys,  and  htli)  tlie  old  while  they  ombrnccd  (he  new. 

Let  OS  inuigioe  Clirirtmaa  L>ay  in  a  niodinrvn!  town  of  Northern  Kng- 
latit,  The  caihnlral  boB  been  pnrLly  built.  It*  iiuve  and  1ranBi-]Jtd  ate 
tkc  work  of  Korman  architects,  but  the  choir  rcukains  for  more  graceful 
fa«Bcx*  and  more  diiUuI  hand*.  The  old  city  is  full  of  onfUmen 
aamblfd  to  comptele  the  churcb.  Some  tui?Q  come  as  a  reltgloun  duly, 
t«  v»rk  f  ff  their  tule  of  dins  by  bodily  Jabonr.  Some  arc  animated  by  a 
ini  ct  art — eiin{>I«  men,  who  might  hare  rivalled  with  itie  Ureekj  in 
t^m  nf  luore  cultiralion.  Other*,  ogntn,  are  well-known  corTGre,  biought 
kr  hir«  from  dialnnt  towns  and  countrica  beyond  the  Bca.  But  lo-d«y, 
lai  for  setne  daynpast,  tlio  xound  of  hacinier  and  chisel  has  been  Kileni 
ta  the  eboir.  >lonks  have  bu»tlcd  tdiout  the  nave,  dressing  it  up  nith 
beay-bcmglta  and  btuhca  of  yew,  and  preparing  a  lUge  for  the  (acred 
aby  Ibay  to*  geiag  to  Rtiiibit  on  the  feast  lUy.  C^rt»tiuaa  ia  not  like 
Cbniaa  Christi,  and  now  the  n:iarket-[iUce  Htaodti  ioohee  deep  in  mow,  bo 
^T  iIm  mifnclca  mRsI  he  enacted  beneath  a  roof  inetead  of  in  the  open  air. 
And  what  r^o*^  "^  ni^iropriale  na  llio  cathedral,  where  ]>oor  people  may 
Ian  wanatb  and  ihtlier  whilst  they  see  lt«  show  T  Beaidot,  the  gloo«y 
cU  cbttrcb,  with  it*  windows  darkened  by  tlio  fulling  mow,  lenda  Iticif  to 
eiadl^&ght  riFcct»  t!i.il  will  enhance  tlic  8[ilendoar  of  Uic  scene.  Every- 
lUcf  b  ready.  The  inceoM  of  morning  maw  yet  lir^ws  round  tba 
^HT.  Iht  voice  of  tbu  friar  who  lold  tlie  people  from  llie  pulint  tlie 
gMj  of  CliriflV  binh.  has  lianily  ceasti  to  echo.  Time  lias  jual  been 
BT«n  fix  »  uiid-Oay  dinner,  and  for  the  ■bepberds  and  farm  luda  lo  troop 


>UGUTd  IN  IT 


CUItlSTU 


in  from  tlie  oountry-nde.     The  moaka  are  T«*dj  at  tbe  woodeu  stage 
draw  it«  ourtain,  and  all  l)ie  niiv«  ia  full  of  cjiger  faces.     There  you 
tee  ilie  ■itiilh  luid  carpenter,  the  butcher's  wife,  die  country  pri€S^  and 
brown  Kniuui^can  monk.     lIun^r«d«of  workmen,  iThoM  hume  tUe  cath< 
dral  far  tlie  time  is  made,  arc  alsa  her«>,  and  you  may  know  the  artuta  1>^ 
their  tliouglilful  forvlicads  and  keen  cyvs.    Thnt  youog  monk  caireL 
Madoaiift  and  her  Sen  nboTe  tbe  koulhern   porch.      Hcsidc  him  stand* 
lli«  innttrr  Tnaxon,  whoM  strong  arniH  have  hewn  gigantic   imagisi 
propliL-bi  nnd  Kpostlea  lor  iho  piimack'S  outtiide  the  cliuir ;  aad  tbe  lictlv 
BitB  with  cunning  eyes  between  the  two  is  hs  who  cuts  such  quaint  het>- 
goblina  Inr  the  gargoyles,    lie  hi«  a  vein  of  Haiirc  in  him,  and  bia  humour 
OTcrflovTS  into  iho  stone.     Many  and  iiutny  ■>  grim  bcitst  and  kideoua  hod 
has  he  hidden  amooj;  viuu  loavui  and  trellis  wc^rk  upon  tha    porches. 
TboK  who  know  him  well  urv  lulli  to  iiri^t;r  hirn,  for  ft-ir  llii-ir  sons  and 
MM*  MOB  ihoukl  laugh  at  them  for  ever  caricatured  in  eoltd  ttonc.  Hnrk  I 
Ihera  totmdi  the  bell.   The  curtain  is  drawn,  and  tho  vandlfs  blaze  brightly 
round  thf!  wooden  alage.     WW  ia  this  tirat  ecena  7     We  have  God  in 
Heaven,  droaaed  lihe  a  Pope  with  triple  oroM-n,  and  utt>endedbyhiaeourtof 
BDgel*.     They  sing  and  tuu  up  ceuxers  till  he  lifts  hut  ha&d  and  ipeaka. 

In  a  long  Latin  epeecli,  ho  uufolda  the  ordvr  of  creation,  and  hta  will 
concerning  man.  At  the  ond  of  it,  up  U'iip*  an  ugly  buRbnn,  in  goat-akia, 
with  tain*'  horns  Uj)OU  hin  Ii^J-  Suiiiu  children  begin  to  ory,  but  lite 
older  people  Iatigh,for  this  ia  the  devil,  thti  clown  and  comic  «hantct«i,  wh« 
talka  their  couimon  tongue,  and  Ims  no  reverence  before  the  very  throne  of 
Heaven.  Ho  nsks  Itavc  to  plague  men,  and  rcceivca  it;  then,  witli  many 
a  curious  caper,  he  goes  down  to  Hell  bcnejith  the  (tag*.  The  angeb 
ung  and  tosa  thdr  ccnscra  ojt  beforo,  and  th{!  linit  scene  cIcM(>it  to  a  sound 
ol'  t>r(!aiis.  The  next  ia  dull ;  it  icpi\»i.-nts  the  I'liU,  tltt  mviik»  hurry  over 
it  <iuJckly,  iix  a  tc-dious  but  necessary  preluds  lo  tho  birth  of  Chriiit.  That 
is  the  true  Clirintinas  part  of  tlic  ceremony,  nod  il  is  undcmtood  that  llie  _ 
best  ftotora  and  mo«t  b«flutifttl  i.rt»c»  arc  to  bo  rcaerved  for  it.  TIm  m 
builders  of  thf  choir  iit  pnrticid»r,  nre  iiiier-ost«d  in  tlie  coming  aoeaefl, 
eincQ  one  of  their  number  hiu  lieeu  choacn  fur  hit)  h^dsomc  face  and 
tenor  voic«,  to  uug  ihe  migel's  pnrt. 

Ho  is  n  young  fellow  of  nineteen,  but  Iiia  biard  ia  not  yet  grown,  nnd 
long  b^  liangi  down  upon  his  shoulders.  A  chorister  of  the  cathedral,  his 
younger  hrolhiT  will  net  the  Virgin  M:iry.  Ai  hist  the  curtain  ia  drawn. 
We  ace  a  cot  luge -room,  dimly  lighted  by  n  lump,  and  Mary  ttpinoitig 
near  her  bediide.  She  Hingn  a  counlr)-  air,  and  goca  on  working,  till  a 
ruRtling  noliic  is  heard, mure  liyht  is  thrown  upcn  the  Hlnge,»nd  aglorioua 
creature,  In  while  raiment,  with  broad  golden  winga,  apjHUirtt.  Ho  bears 
a  lily,  und  crien  : — "Ave  M.iria,  flriitia  Ploim  I"  She  does  not  anawcr, 
but  »tnnda  cotifiiBcd,  wilti  down- dropped  eyes  mid  timid  mien.  Gabri«) 
nttt  from  lh«  ground  and  comforts  Iter,  and  siogs  uloud  bis  message  of 
glad  tidings.  Th«n  Mary  gathers  conrag^^,  mid  kneeling  in  her  turn 
thanks  God ;   and  wbra  tliv  angd  nnd  his  radianoe  dieuppcuis,  she 


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of  the  Magnificat,  clcatly  anJ  urnplj-  iu  tlit  darkened  room. 
And  eilrer  Rotindt  tliin  iiymn  tlirongli  tho  gr^at  cliiiivh.  'Hie 
vnMen  1en<*1,  and  diiUrcn  ore  biiiilipd  as  by  a  InlULiy.  Bui  aainc  of  the 
Uwb  Kid  preaticc-Wli)  b«giu  (u  lliink  it  rather  ilull.  Titey  are  not  torr/ 
«Wb  ih*  ttf^t  Bccne  ofctiB  with  a  (litcp-ruld  aiid  a  Utile  camp-6rc. 
DxKUuljilila  DeatinftH  Jekic  from  tlic  fold,  and  Ave  or  kix  common 
tJifn  are  &ttitif[  round  the  blasiog  wood.  .  One  uitglit  £iacj-  they 
bd  ctopped  fltnuglit  iVoni  Ui«  clmrcli  fluor  to  tli«  stage,  u  naturnl 
do  they  looli'  Badded,  Uiiry  call  LbeinKlvea  bjr  oommoD  aainva — Culin 
IgA  Tom  LLe-a-bed,  and  tumble  Dick.  BXany  a  r«iind  Lii)(;h  wakes 
i»  lh«  diarcb,  whra  tbrM;  shcphridi  g«t  up,  and  hold  debate 
t  atolcm  abcop.  Tom  Lic-a-bcd  has  DOtbiDg  (o  remark  but  ibat 
%t  fa  »«ry  rteqij',  and  does  not  wnm  ii>  go  in  ecarch  of  it  to-nighi; 
Oelin  cut!  jokee,  aiid  Uirows  out  alirevd  niinptcivnA  tbot  Dick  knows 
UMillilrift  gf  the  matter ;  but  Dick  is  oiy,  und  k(.'«{i«  iLcm  off  the  scent, 
h  a  Anr  of  bis  arid«a  reveal  to  the  audience  that  he  is  thv  roal  tlitef 
thcj  are  tliiis  talkinic,  aleoue  fatla  upon  the  alicpherds.  Soft  muiic 
fivn  t^  daoreh  organ  brcaihci^  and  Hv?y  appear  to  fall  asleep. 

The  lUge  is  now  (jiiil«  daik,  and  for  a  (vw  momenta  the  aisloa  echo 
oaljr  to  tb«  dvutg  iselody.  ^Vhen  behold,  a  ray  of  light  is  seen,  and 
i^lredoor  gtwn  around  the  stage  ft-om  unseen  candles,  and  in  the  gtorj- 
Gabriel  a]V(»nn  upoa  a  bi^httr  platform  made  to  look  like  cloudx.  'Hia 
AepLeiii  Wake  iu  confusion,  ttriviug  to  shelter  Uicir  eyes  fiom  thia 
Bswvntsd  brilliancy.  But  tiabrit:!  wavnt  bi«  lily,  spreada  his  great  gold 
wlaga,  and  lids  good  dxcr  wiih  clurion  votw.  Tho  shopberda  Cill  to 
Vvnbipr  <um1  suddooly  round  Gabrii-I  there  gatbt-ia  a  choir  of  uDgcls, 
and  a  song  of  "Gloria  in  Bxcelus"  to  the  Bound  of  a  d<>i.-p  oignn  U 
htuA  tu  off.  From  distant  ajska  il  swells,  and  sccnia  la  conic  ftura 
Throogh  a  long  rca&nant  fugue  th«  glory  tUo<^  and  as  it  ctn^eo 
oonplex  condosion,  the  Ughts  tlio  out,  the  angels  dimppear,  snd 
Oabrid  bdes  into  tlio  darkness.  Still  Ibv  ibvphcrds  knee),  nutJcally 
jfcanfTwg  a  cArol  half  In  Latin,  half  in  Ki^lUh,  which  begins  "  In  dulci 
JoIiQd."  TIis  people  know  it  well,  and  when  the  chorus  rises  with 
■  Ubi  sunt  gaudin  ? "  its  wild  melody  is  caught  by  voices  up  and  down 
ibe  nave,  lliis  ao^ie  nudcea  doep  iinprenioii  upon  many  ke:krts  ;  for 
tlie  bcanty  of  Gabriel  ta  rare,  and  fuw  who  ace  him  in  hia  angel's  dresi^ 
«««Id  k&nw  him  for  the  lad  who  daily  caitcs  his  lilies  and  broad  water 
fl^  about  the  julljirs  of  the  choir.  To  tltat  simple  audience  he  inler- 
pKta  hraven,  and  litlle  children  will  aee  him  in  their  dreams.  Dark 
winiM-  aigbts  and  awful  fon-sts  will  be  trodden  by  hia  feet,  madt  nuiKical 
by  hU  mdodiona  voice,  and  parlvd  by  Ihc  rustUng  of  his  wuigs.  The 
ymtli  hitaaelT  may  return  to-morrow  to  the  workman's  blouxe  and  chiwl. 
Mil  hi*  mnnory  lives  in  many  minds  and  may  funib  a  p.irl  of  Chtintnias 
lo  the  Ikaty  of  men  oa  yet  unbuni.  Tlie  ntxl  diawing  of  the  curtain 
Aaitt  Hi  tie  stable  of  llotbleli<-m  crowned  by  its  star.  There  kneels 
JCoT,  aod  Joav]>h  Ifnna  ti{iun  his  ttaif.     The  ox  and  oa  are  close  at 


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THODOHTS  IS  ITALY  ABOUT  CDItlSTlIAS, 


hand,  ami  J«iiis  lies  in  jevrelled  ro'bce  on  straw  willaa  the  mnngcr.  Tn 
riglit  and  left  bow  the  shepherds  wonhii'pinj;  in  dumb  shoir,  while  Takes 
Bnm  behind  chnut  a  sok'nin  hjinn.  In  ibo  midst  at  the  melody  is  hcnrd 
a  flourish  or  trunipcls,  nnd  hir.nl'J:*  »t<>p  upon  tlio  ilngP,  followed  hy  ihe 
tlirco  crowned  knij;a,  'Ihi-'y  linve  come  fjom  tltc  (ta  Eiint,  kd  hy  the  flUr. 
The  !K)ng  ecuex,  whilo  driiiiiR  luid  fifca  aod  truinpcU  pla^  k  titalely  tnarrh. 
The  liinga  pass  hy,  and  do  obeisance  one  by  ono.  Eoch  gives  soine  costly 
gift;  each  dofls  liis  crown  nnd  lcav«*  i[  nt  thr  .Saviotir'i  f^-et.  Then  tlioy 
rotiru  to  n  dislaiico  and  worKhip  in  iiileiice  like  ihe  tJiephfrd*.  Agiua 
the  augel'a  Houg  iit  licord,  aud  trhilv  it  dJ««  away,  tho  curtain  doacK,  and 
the  lights  arc  put  out. 

Tho  pky  3B  over,  and  CYcning  Ilhs  como.  Tho  people  must  go  from 
iTic  wami  chuich  into  lh«  tivzea  snow,  aud  crunch  their  homeward  way 
bc-iii^alh  Old  moon.  But  In  their  minds  tiicy  carry  a  tense  of  light  and 
mitsic  nnd  unearthly  lovcliticu.  Not  n  scenti  of  this  day'<  pngcanl  will 
bs  loBt.  It  grows  within  them  and  createa  the  poetry  of  Chrittniat. 
Nor  must  wo  foiget  the  ncul^tors  who  lislcn  to  the  play.  "Wo  Bpoke 
of  tbcm  minutely,  because  these  ntyatcriea  Euik  deep  into  their  cvula 
and  found  a  wiiy  inio  their  Oiirviugs  on  the  ejuhcJnil  walk  The 
morik  who  made  Madonit  hy  the  suutUem  porch  will  reinetnher  Gabriel, 
and  placfl  him  Ixnjiing  low  in  lordly  saltitatioti  by  her  ride.  The  painted 
glass  of  the  cliajjier  iKiuse  will  glow  with  fieiy  chcirs  of  angels  learned 
by  hcnrl  tlint  night.  Aud  who  doua  not  know  the  jiiockJiig  dcvila  and 
quaint  satyrs  timt  the  humorom  sculptor  will  enrvc  amcng  hisfruitMand 
dowcTB?  Some  of  tho  niiBcrerea  of  the  elnlla  slill  bear  r«i^traits  of  tlio 
•hcpliord  thief,  nnd  of  the  os  and  n^  who  blinked  so  blindly  when 
tho  king*  by  torchlight  brought  their  dazzling  gifts.  Truly  ihoso  old 
tuimde-plays  and  llie  iiarved  iirork  of  ciintjing  hands  thut  they  iunpircd 
are  wurtii  to  ua  more  tbau  all  the  deliciite  crentious  cf  Italian  pencils.  , 
Our  homi'ly  Northern  churchca  still  retain  for  (lii;  chiM  who  reads  their  1 
boMSia  and  their  sculpiurod  fronts  more  Chriatmnfl  poetry  than  vrc  can 
find  in  Fra  Angelico'a  devoiitneas,  or  the  liveliness  of  Giotto.  Not  that 
Southern  nrtials  have  done  Uffthiog  for  our  Chmlmns.  Ciuabue'n 
gigantic  nngeJs  nt  Assisi,  and  llie  radiant  aerapiu  of  Kaiihiiel  or  of  j 
Signorelli,  were  scui  by  Miiton  in  his  Italian  jt>iiriiey.  He  gazed  ia  I 
RotoikIi  churchi?a  on  graci'ful  nativities,  into  which  Angelico  and  Crcdi 
threw  their  einiplei  souls.  How  much  llicy  tingi'd  his  Ikncy  we  cannot 
say.  But  what  wc  know  of  heavenly  hierarchical  we  later  men  have 
l«ani«d  from  Milton  ;  nnd  what  he  saw  he  spoke,  nnd  n-hat  hf  spoke  in 
•ounding  verso  lives  for  us  now  and  sways  our  reason,  aud  conlroLi  our 
Anc}',  and  makca  an  art  cf  high  theology. 

Thus  have  wn  alleinpteil  rudely  to  rerall  a  scene  of  meditevat  Chridt- 
maa.  To  underHtand  the  domestic  liahtls  of  that  age  ia  not  so  easy, 
though  one  can  fnney  }i»w  the  barons  in  th^^ir  IialU  held  ChriAtmas  with 
thebonr'ti  lie;id  nnd  the  j>Etcr  and  the  groat  yule-log.  On  the  daia  xat 
loi'd  and  lady,  waited  on  by  knight  and  u^uirc  and  page ;  but  down  the 


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blig  ImH  fettsuij  yeomen  nml  liiiidg  nad  men-at-ann-i.  Liltio  rcmatns  to 
03  of  dioae  &iy^  nnii  nv  hnve  outworn  their  jolUiy.  Ii  U  really  from  the 
Ktitsbcthan  pc^ta  thnC  OQr  kuk  cf  old-fiubioDcd  festivity  axwea.  They 
Irrad  M  ibe  ?ad  of  one  agv  and  tlie  bcginDtng  cf  nriotlicr.  Though  bom 
to  nmtgante  the  new  en,  they  bclongn]  hy  right  of  As»ocint!on  and 
(fnpathy  ta  tiM  period  that  wns  flwting  liist  away.  Thia  enabled  them 
U  irpliunt  tlio  poetry  vf  pam  and  present.  Old  oostcms  and  old  sutea 
oTlcdug,  when  tboy  ore  nbfiut  to  pcrUh,  pats  into  tho  realm  ofitcL  For 
Bt  is  like  a  flower,  nhich  coiuuramntes  the  pinnt  nnd  ends  ita  growth, 
wbtk  it  translates  ita  nature  into  lorelmeaH.  Tlim  DniKc  anrl  Orca^a 
MubrilMd  iBodi»faI  theology  in  works  <<f  imp^rishjiblo  bfniiCy,  and 
GBiJcqiMra  uu]  hia  fvllowx  nindc  immottal  tho  lifo  and  manners  that  wt^re 
decaying  ia  their  own  time.  Men  do  not  reflect  upon  their  niude  of 
;  fUJ  they  arc  pusing  Cram  ctiA  ttatc  to  nncther,  ani!  the  eonscious- 
cS  art  ioipliea  a  beginning  of  new  tilings.  Let  one  who  wishes  to 
appr«ciat«  tb*  idc«l  of  an  En^Ii«!i  Clinatmaa  r«a<i  Shnkapenro'a  tang, 
"  Vilicra  icicles  Imng  by  tho  wall ; "  nnd  if  ho  know«  tome  old  grey 
gnagc,  &r  from  the  high  roail,  iunong  pimlun-H,  with  n  river  floTnn^  aear, 
and  cairing  rools  in  elm  trees  by  the  garden-wall,  let  him  plneo  Dick 
Bad  Joan  and  Marian  there.  Wc  hare  heard  no  much  of  penni»neni,  and 
barooi  of  beef,  and  yulc-loga,  and  b^iy,  and  roacmary,  and  holly-botighs 
ml  npoa  the  hill-nde,  nod  crab-npp!ea  bobbing  in  the  waauit  bowl,  and 
BBsqurs  and  ranmmers,  atul  dancers  on  tho  ms)te«,  thnt  wc  nved  not  here 
a  Chri«tnias-«ve  in  oldon  timf«.  Rtit  one  chHrnclfj-iitic  of  tliR 
ElizalKth  may  be  tiienlioncd  :  ihut  is,  its  love  of  mn-iic.  Fugiittd 
malodiea  mag  by  voicca  without  inatTunienta  wore  much  in  vogoe.  Wu 
oall  them  madrigaU,  and  ihotr  hnlf-mc-rry,  hall'*nip1*iiicli«]y  lantuc,  yot 
mill  the  time  when  England  had  her  gift  of  art,  when  alio  needed  not  to 
of  Marenzio  nnd  rak-elrin.-i,  when  licr  Wilii}r?s  and  lir-r  Morland.t 
t  W  Dovlaads  won  the  praise  of  ^hak^care  and  the  court.  Wc  hear 
ibe  edho  of  tboM  aoog*,  and  in  some  towni  at  ChrietiniU  or  the  N«w  Year 
bU  ni«drigal«  ttiD  (ound  in  pmiitG  of  nriann  mid  of  Plijltia  and  tho 
Bomtry  life.  What  are  called  naita  »re  hut  tt  [kmh-  travest)'  of  ih(«« 
iDg  £liz.iT)elhan  enrclt.  Wc  turn  in  cur  beda  half-pitj-ing,  half- 
by  hanth  voices  that  (juavcr  aenaeleas  ditties  in  the  fog,  or 
laaclKSB  fiddle*  playing  popular  ain  without  proprioty  or  interest.  It  ia 
a  asange  mtxlare  of  incongmouj  elemenla  which  the  Elizabethan  age 
prwcfit*.  We  see  il  afar  olT,  like  the  meeting  of  a  hundred  Btrcamn  tliat 
gn>v  into  a  rivr.  W«  are  failing  on  the  flnod  long  after  it  has  shmnk 
,  ungle  tide,  nnd  the  1>anks  are  dull  ami  tame,  nnd  ilie  all-absorbing 
ia  before  us.  Vet  sometimes  we  hear  a  munnur  of  the  distaut 
nnd  Chrifltmas  is  a  day  on  which  the  many  waters  of  the  sge 
it  Elirabetl)  sound  clearest 
Tha  af©  which  followed  wm  not  poetical.  The  Pnritana  reslraincd 
fadirily  and  art,  and  hated  tiiu«ic.  Yet  from  this  period  auiida  out  the 
tifam  of  Niluiti,  wiillcn  when  ho  was  a  youlh,  but  bearing  promtso  of  bis 
n*.  Mil.— Ko.  73.  SI. 


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TUOUGH'rS  i»  ITALY  ABOUT  CHRISTMAS. 


liter  niiiiO.  At  c-d«  time,  w  ire  rend  it,  wc  sevu  t«  b«  iooking  on 
pietitni  lijr  Kmic  tilil  llulinn  artifit.  Dnl  no  [ticturo  eaii  give  Milton^ 
aituJe  or  tuako  tbo  *'  buaa  of  Iiravcu's  (lec]>  organ  blow."  Hens  he  hhioIk 
n«iT  aaKointioDs,  iiud  reveal*  Ike  r««lni  of  pottry  whiob  ii  rvuninnl  ft 
Uter  titnn  to  travene.  Milloo  (bit  the  true  ecnlunent  of  Norllien 
{StrUtiniu  when  lio  o{)atttl  bis  poein  widi  lli«  "  winter  n-iH"  in  (]*fuiice 
ef  biatorioftl  prolwbillty,  anil  irhnt  tho  Frencit  call  "  liwul  cnlnnrint;.'' 
Notlting  bIidwi  Itow  wlioUy  wv  jwople  of  tlio  North  Ii4ve  a[>[>ropriKlwi 
diristnuis,  ind  dimJc  U  s  Gr«atur«  of  our  ovrn  imagitiatioa,  more  lliMn  tliii 
dwelling  on  ttlndu  knd  niowt,  nnd  bitter  frottn,  to  atimn  (Vnm  lh«  frngrtinl 
oigbu  of  I'nlfRtine.  But  Miiioa'^  hymn  u  like  a  iiym|)1iony,  entbraoinji 
naay  (boughU  and  perioik  of  varying  melodj.  Th«  mtiiric  of  ibc  venijiliiiii 
bring*  to  bia  mind  ibe  age  of  gold,  and  that  eu^gesta  ibe  judgment  and 
the  redemption  of  Ibo  vorld.  Sntjn'i  king<)oni  laila,  tbe  false  goiia  go 
Ti»\h,  Apollo  leave*  his  tokVj  throne,  attd  all  the  dim  Phsnician  And 
E^ptiun  d<>ki(»,  wlili  thaw  ihni  dn*Mo  fjnoy  fn1>lrd,  ttvp  awnr  like 
gboBU  into  tlie  darknefls.  Wlut  u  nwel)  c>r«lannjr  vouiid  ii  in  tliOM^  Him ! 
It  reminds  ua  of  tlie  tmoc  of  Pan,  wbieb  went  abroad  upon  the  walen 
«liMi  Cliriiit  died,  and  all  iho  nlterancw  of  Gtxl  «ii  ourtli,  feignvd  la 
I>t-I|i1itnn  ■lirinea,  or  tntiv  spc-kcn  on  Ibe  sacred  bills,  wrre  miiti;  fi>r  ever. 
Adc^r  Millon  came  tlie  ago  vrhlch,  of  til  oth^r*,  is  the  pKwiest 
in  oiir  histoi;.  Wi>  cannnt  find  mucli  novt*lly  of  InteroKt  iwlded  to 
Cbritlniaa  al  tlita  timb  Bnl  tlten  ia  one  pieoc  of  pwti^  tliat  wume- 
liow  or  aiMtlwr  teems  to  belimg  to  iht'  reign  of  Anse  and  of  the  (iectrgni, 
— tlie  poetry  of  bell*.  Great  ciric  c^irjinnitloni  leigned  in  thme  6ny», 
cliUfv-liwAl-duMift  lyrAiinlx<-d  iin<t  vrvrv  rich,  and  mnny  a  goodly  cbinto 
of  Iwlls  they  bting  in  old  cliurch-MeepIini.  Li>l  tts  go  inio  the  B({U»re 
room  of  tin:  betfry.  where  the  clock  ticks  all  dity,  and  the  long  rope*  harg 
dimpling  down  with  fur  upon  their  l^mp  for  ringvr'a  Itauda,  above  tbe 
■ockeocL  for  rio^'era'  feci.  There  we  may  read  long  ttiU  DTglldtuI  uamni, 
recording;  mountiiinous  bob-majoTA,  rung  a  cniiury  »gn,  wlih  Hprtial  piaifie 
le  him  wli»  |>iil1ird  lliu  tenor-bell,  year  after  yrer,  until  be  died,  and  Uft 
it  lo  bU  aon.  The  an  of  boll-rjnging  fa  tm/onad,  and  reqiiirea  a  tong 
aitprcniiwvbip.  Er«n  novr,  in  aomc  old  dtica,  the  rin^'rrF  fbi-in  a  guiti 
anH  myatiTj'.  Suppoue  It  to  be  (Tliriatniaa-eve,  in  the  ymr  mi.  It 
ninr  n  qiuarler  before  tireire,  nnd  tlie  oi-xton  ku  unlocked  lie  dinrcli 
|iil««,anil  mt  the  U-Ifry  do&r  *JAr.  Candica  are  IfgM«d  io  tbe  room  ab»vd 
md  jug*  of  tn.-«>r  stnnd  reiuly  fiir  Ihn  ringen.  Up  tliey  htnlla  one  bjr  onj 
and  Iwtea  to  tiit>  (icJiiiiga  i/f  tlir  rltrfc  Ihnt  tell  the  pa«ii!i;!  m>nui<v.  At  biat 
it  givea  a  olkJc  i  nnd  now  Utey  (linw  off  ooat  and  wnutcoal,  strap  tfc 
RirdlM  llgliinr  Tonnd  the  walat,  and  radt  Iiotili  hu  mpp  to  nndlni 
'firalrat'*  '  \r«,  and  fofth  acroas  the  tileut  city  go  lite  clamot^tj 
chioH*.  '■  rockn  nnd  rceU,  and  Cat  nwny  lhi>  nii'li'  )•  ilarL 

Pamp  liirlmleiil  WutwiiiJ*,  t-ualiing  fmm  tbit  '  Ii 

iIhi  Inland  vall^'yi,  nlrh  tlto  anund,  and  ton  it  '.-   -i-  .  :.    ,  a ..r 

^imta  and  aufltcliM  1o  walcfaera  (kr  away,  upon  bleak  mootlaiMU  and  ilw 


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rnouGHTs  IS 

lnvngf  woodjr  lills.     le  tJiere  not  iioincthing  dim  and  ulrangfi  lit  llio 

ihM^l  nf  tbww  I'ight  id«ii  meeting  in  the  h<-nrt  of  n  greet  vitj*  iu  the 

UtfnnrMGy-rooED,  to  itJra  might j* dCMiiHi  llmr,  »liii]l  »nitoiiDoe  lo  liHtening 

ten  wSa,  milus  away,  tlic  bidli  of  a  new  dav,   miU   itlt    to    dancers, 

aatntn,  Kiideiitji,  )iltN'|)4tr>t,  and  porlmps  to  <iying  iiion,  thiit  Clirixt  is  bora? 

I(t  tlii>  aiHodmion  sitflicc  I'ur  t)i«  time.     And  of  cur  cwn  Chmtniiu 

Hsne))  ku  been  mid  and  §iiiig  by  Itcltvr  voices,  thnt  w«  may  learo  il  tu 

ribfafiagi  tnd  the  mnnoncB  cf  those  who  read  ilie  liTeBidetal««of  Diokcm, 

mianhMffyin  tlicJr  homcK.    Thf  many  ckaientawhidi  wu  Iwve  miclca- 

mnd )«  reenlJ,  mi*  nil  of  them  In  the  ChriBtnms  of  the  prpitent,  jvirliy, 

a>dant)t,  and«r  the  ^nn  of  vngiie  aiid  obwin-e  PMnitimt'tit,  partly  m  time- 

ImmuvI  nantiuBcctioos,  partly  as  &  purtiou  of  our  own  life.     But  iboro 

kontTiew  of  poetry  which  we  enjoy  nior«  fully  than  any  prpvimua  ^«. 

TWnmKiic.     Music  u  of  nil  tli(!  nrla  the  yoiiniri-ir.  and  of  aJl  con  free 

Imttf  moBt  rfadily  from  aymbolit.     A  iine  picco  of  tnnxic  morca  bcfun  lu 

Ifla  I  Itrin;  piMioci,  which  nenl*  no  fcirni   or  colour,  no  Interjiroiing 

HHriuiom,  (o  coQYoy  its  strong  luit  indiMina  niKititicnncv.     Ivnch  niiiR 

limt  fadt  hii  Knil  rvvoiliid  to  him,  and   oniibleil  to  netima  n  out  of 

Uiflj  in  obedience  to  the  chaageful  acmnd.     In  this  muTinL-r  nil  oiir 

CUbUH  thought*  and  emotionn  hara  1>e«n  gathered  up  for  ub  by  Uaadcl 

10  lu  dnmn  of  the  Metiiah.     To  Knglishmeu  it  is  almoat  as  weli  known 

•ad  HMHBry  m  Iha  Biblo.     But  only  odd  who  baa  heard  i<i  piixloral 

•fMe  perforuMt  yi-ar  iiAor  ymr  fVom  childhood  in  thu  hushc-d  cuihiidrnl, 

tiMn  ptndanC  laiiiin  or  ■coiioi-i  iii-'iko  the  gloont  of  uUle  and  choir  iiid 

■lyMtiucB  li«lf  iiit«lligibt«,  can  invcHt  lhi>  tnu»ic  with  long  oanetntion* 

tf  He«nulat«d  awe.     To  hii  mind  it  brings  a.  toetie  at  nddnight  of  hills, 

«W  ia  ike  starlight  of  thu  East,  with  whliti  Hocke  scjillered  on  the  down. 

Til*  breath  of  winda  iliat  come  and  go,  the  hlcittitsg  of  lli«  slipoji,  witli  i:ow 

Bid  ihra  B  tiiikluig  bell,  and  now  and  tlicri  the  vniuo  ofao  awakened  thrp- 

bsd,  ii  al]  that  bnraka  the  deep n^posc.    OrcrhcodshimmcrUie  bright  alani, 

ad  hw  lo  Weat  Hm  tho  moon,  nut  pilo  and  liclcly  (he  drcnToa)  oa  in  our 

Vonb,  tut  golden,  full,  and  hathiug  distant  lowera  and  toll  aiirial  palms 

villi  OoikIs  of  light.     Hdtih  is  a  child'a  viuoii,  begotten  by  tho  mutic  of 

Ifce  ■yDiphony,  and  wh«n  h«  waki>s  from  tranca  nt  its  Ion  ailrer  close,  thu 

^rk  auhvdral  eoema  glowing  with  a  tlioiimnd  angd  facet,  and  all  the  sir 

h  trennlotM  with  atigi;!  wlnj^a.     Then  follow  the  aolilnry  trM'i  voice  and 

tht  awift  chroma. 

Here  li't  me  cJoai!  my  Chri«tiiiaii  reircrieH.  1  have  tried  to  set  down 
laiBeof  the  vnrioaB dements  whidi  age  oncragehae  nddoil  to  maku  up  our 
Sortliem  fMitiral,  An  Italtiin  or  a  Spaniaid,  looking  bnckward  uji  the 
rrrrr  of  Time,  would  ace  oilivt  laiidninrkf ;  but  lUI  who  coll  thenutilvca  by 
Ike  great  CbHsllan  mitne  would  find  ili«  fountain  of  their  fixiling  in  llie 
nmt  mhich  binda  Chriatcndom  into  unity,  and  lualte*  tli«  world  odo 
imtfivfaoen< 


a_ji 


^nifrtciiit  ^umoui;. 


Tbe  doK  Itlood-ivlnliniuliip  ivliich  exists  bcl«-«en  ounctves  aod 
Axatema  pooplc  haa  [ii<oduc«<l  «  curiona  pluy  of  inooiuistent  KcnLimt 
liefoie  the  lal«  war  tliero  waa  a  tendoauy  nmong^t  inrniy,  and  (wpue 
tunongst  the  mc«l  cdticAtcd  AnM-rioins,  to  take  aiich  pride  iu  their 
nection  vitlj  tlic  tnoth<!r< country  na  uiu  coDaittcnt  with  n  strong  kiwc  of 
tlieir  own  superior  meriu.  Still  wh«ii  n  man  hiisi  iit-vtir  had  a.  chance  of 
qnamlUug  except  with  hU  brotlicr,  tlie  resuiliug  fiimily  fvud  Ja  apt  to  be 
bitter  ;  and  when  his  only  foundation  Tor  boasting  has  been  dcrircd  from 
thrashing  tic  aanic  brother,  th«  feud  is  likely  to  he  long  reiiii<  in  beted. 
Wa  nec»l  not  ini«ir«  how  far  thft  fceUng*  mtcrtainod  towarda  ua  haVB 
1*0011  modiliod  by  certain  laic  disputes.  For  the  present  there  is  Tin- 
datibtodly  a  sorcscM  wliicli  gives  ilio  lepulbivo  loixca  at  Iciist  a  raomcntarjr 
niipfiriority  to  the  attmctiv«.  Ameiioana  are  more  apt  to  boaat  of  thcJr 
having  developed  a  rlialinct  national  character  than  nf  foruung  s  branch 
of  tlie  "  Au>;lo-^.ixon"  mce.  And  pulling  aside  lite  aiiimuaity  ivhich 
such  a  pciiiimpnt  may  eovcr,  vte  entunit  ikmUt  that  it  rxpreBSoii  on  llio 
whole  a  wiser  and  manlier  view.  Wiicri  a  mitic>i>  is  paaing  ont  of  tiw 
hobbledehoy  stage,  it  iliould  became  iad«p«Qdoat  in  thought  aa  we]]  na 
in  political  arrangotnents.  Moreover,  although  the  nncleiia  upoa  whi^ 
the  Anterican  nation  was  formt-d  \va.i  of  g^cauiitu  Engliah  stiifT,  lui  immenm 
quantity  of  foreign  miitcrial  hna  gntiinrcd  round  it,  which  will  materially 
modify  its  ultimate  comjioMtion.  Ociinans  and  Irish  have  pourod  in  by 
the  hundred  thoiiaund.  Ntw  York  is  eaid  to  inoludv  the  third  Gcmiaa 
city  population  in  the  world  ;  and  must  eimtain  inoi-o  Trithniea  than  aar 
pliM^e  alter  Duhtlii.  In  the  far  West  tiiere  arc  Tilliigcit  vrhvre,  to  jitdfie 
from  the  Ungunpp,  Iho  trfivcllcr  might  tJincj  himself  on  the  Ixuiha  of  tlie 
Khine  or  thu  Datuibc;  and  ihci-e  nvc  many  towns  where  the  German 
clement  eccuis  to  diopnlc  thcpredoniiuanccnf  the  Aml^rican.  The  curious 
thing  in,  indeed,  not  that  the  population  Blionld  have  «  hotei«g« neons 
an  appearance,  but  that  it  nliouKI  tend  no  rapidly  to  conform  to  the  well- 
known  American  type.  A  generation  ot  two,  at  most,  aoents  to  suffice  to 
atreteh  the  (ni  [>lAcid  German  and  to  sober  the  excitable  IriBhmnn  intA 
the  lean,  eager,  and  Bclf-r»lnuned  Yankco;  and  to  initiate  the  new 
comera  into  all  the  myttteries  of  caucuaea,  plnlforma,  ncwspnpcrs,  ftec- 
schools,  and  the  whale  machinery  of  American  social  lile.  Distinct, 
however,  OS  tbc  American  breed  has  become,  the  couatiy  ia  atill  in  eome 
renpect;*  a  province  of  Kngland.  Wo  cannot  apeak  here  of  similarity  in 
laws,  religion,  politics,  tind  a  fjw  oilier  triUca.  But  the  idcniiiy  of 
language  is  itMlf  one  great  bond  of  union.     Englnnt)  and  America  r\va 


t 


£TtJC(l  be  mmay  porposea  by  lines   or  ilcniiLrciiliuu  as  broad   and    m 

ieefu  ili«  Atlaotio;  but  in  b  iilcrar/  j>oinl  nf  ricvr  they  are  abtohitely 

ncnuiJODa.     The  United  Suites  take  their  literatura  from  ua  as  uarc- 

umiDjras  wc  used  lo  taie  our  cf>ltun  from  them,  and  (Ibi' tlie  parallel 

ii  mi!udd2y  not  quite  cooipietc)  vriiliout  pnying  for  it.     Tbcy  are  in 

ihtiR^KCt  our  luhjccts  as  much  as  when  they  wotm  our  eolooica.     Tlio 

ialdlfctaal  empire  of  Mr.  Mill,  or  Mr.  Cuj-lylc,  or  Mr.  Tennyaon,  extends 

onr  Uasnchoaetta  aa  distinctly  as  over  Aliddlcfios.     Travclliag  on  aii 

Aaxricaii  niibMod,  you  liavc  one  advuntage  to  cucnpenRate   for  a  alow 

nio  of  progttti  combined  ivitli  invrcaacd  danger  tu  your  neck :    ite»»- 

tu7»  diculate   throtigh   Lho  train,  bringing   trays  full  of  bcofis.     Yi>u 

Cod  amngat   tbera   George    Eliot's   lost    vork,   or    the   laat    thing  in 

KBatioa  Dovcls  as  certainly  aa   you  would  on  ooe  of  Mcstirs.  £iuitii 

«i  Sea's  book-Etalls.      Nuw  York  is  not  more  de^endont  ujiuii  I'liria 

ftr  CaluffDt   than   it    is    upon    Kogbnd    Tor    books.      I'Uv   navtapajicri 

tiuttail  against  ua  fill  their  coliunna  froni  our  majjasincs.     Kot^rprUing 

firaa  Rpublisli  eycrytliicg  of  value  su  stiyu  us  it  appears  in  England. 

Atamcana  indeecl  boast  tlutt  tliey  lutve  diocov^rcd  tlie  merits  of  eonno 

rf  nir  autiiora   before  we  had   recagnixed    tkem   ouraelvee.      Collected 

tHnitai  oT  tho  writinits  of  Macaulay.  o(  Procd,  and  of  otlicr  autliois,  tvera 

fathm^it  out  in  Amcnca ;  and  cdu<:iib!d  AmcricnnK  are  to  tlic  lull  aa 

■■iiir  witb  our  writers  as  wc  can  liu  uureclrea.     Wu  bave,  il  Li  truu, 

MtiT^  a  cortsia  quantity  of  lUEcbango  in  kind ;  but  up  to  tlio  prctient 

tite  this  bas  Cormti  but  an  iaoon«<lvTablc  sut-ulT.     Tbu  uiodiocriiy  vhicii 

tiMDMtimM  nUribut4Al  tu  deiaocratio  institutions,  but  wiiicb  niuy  iiiuro 

WMuibly  be  put  down  to  the  exceptional  social  eondition  of  a  young 

onut^,  ta  as  marked  in  literature  ai  iit  oilier  deportments  of  lile.     It 

eobaiai  to  be  seen  wtietlier  the  convuUioD  which  has  stirred  tbo  couutry 

lo  ttt  JbundaliooB,  ma/  produce  aucb  nu  outburxt  of  literary  unur^y  in 

Aacrice,  as  our  own  great  struggle  appears  to  buvc  produced  in  l^ogland 

It  iIk  b^ianiag  of  tiie  century.     For  the  present,  however,  there  oro  no 

iidicilMoa  of  any  writer  fitted  to  tako  his  place  umongst  lliD  inti^llcctUMl 

i^tkn  fif  tk«  world  in  acicnco,  philosopliy,  or  pacliy.     Theodore  Puikcr, 

tuavM,   Havtbomc,  Longftdlow,  and   sevtiral  other  names  of  rarii>UM 

■ail  aiight  be  ucotioncd;  but,  although  men  of  ability,  none  of  ibi^ni 

on  be  said  to  have  paasftd  out  of  tha  second  rank.    They  have  not  struck 

<M  any  new  paths  of  thought;  they  hare  been   imitators  mthcr  tlinu 

faricn  ;  they   hive   all  shown   a   cciUin   iiicompktcuva*  indiC4iting   aa 

■tteititt  iiMtt«J7  of  their  subJocU— it  almost  cecau  as  if  to  a  young 

iHbT  grown-up  men  had  immature  miada — and  tJieir  efiorta  rou'tad  lU 

Wb«r  of  ulrvmcly  clerei:  ettayt  by  undergraduates,  tluut  of  the  tltorongli 

viAaiflhed  work  of  well-trained  tlilul^eis.     "  Thu  Uiiitc-d  Stntea,"  lu  one 

rf  itwir  moat  original  wrilcrn  .-aya,  "  I'utniali  the  gr«at*.-at  market  for  inld- 

ketnal  grvtn  fruit  of  all  places  ia  the  world.     Die  demand  for  intu'Ilectuat 

hboor  is  BO  icnomioui,  and  t}ia  market  so  far  from  ntk;e,  that  young  biluut 

llai*  to  Uk  like  unripe  ga««)bcjri« — get  plucked  lo  make  a  &oI  of. 


so 


AMERICAN  IIUMOUB. 


TliinV  of  ft  conntrj'  nhich  bu^m  £0,000  copies  of  the  '  Proverbial  Philo- 
vaphjr,'  wliil«  ttie  aiiilior'ii admiring  oounlrj-mea linre  b«vn  buying  13,000  1 
llvvr  can  one  )«t  bit  fritit  baog  in  Ibe  eun  until  it  g«la  taWj  ripe,  wbile 
Ihcra  Rre  80,000  each  bungiy  mouths  ready  ea  Bwallow  it  nnd  proclaim  il« 
prniicB  1  CoRseqiwnlly,  llicre  norcr  was  such  n  colloction  of  crude  (lippini 
And  balf-growQ  wind&Us  u  oiir  nstim  lit«ntare  displajs  atnong  iti 
fruiU." 

There  an:  not  watiling  certain  aymptocns  of  bettor  tbingF.  Wilhont 
touchin;  nponan^  other  BUbj«ct,  wc  propose  to  notice  on*  diilinetly  original 
product  of  the  Americttn  mind.  Vf*  eiwii  better  «stim«t»  ita  rnlue  bereaAsr. 
At  pi-esent,  Iioirever,  VB  may  urame  that  Amoricaa  bumour  bai  a  flarovr 
pccuiinr  to  itMlf.  It  BRwOt  of  tba  noil.  It  i>  an  indigraoiw  borne  frowth. 
fitke  tbe  native  wine*  of  a  country-,  it  La*  an  aromn  of  ita  own,  aai  »  not 
nifld«  up  loimilntfltlM  Champagnes  orBur^indies  uf  a  different  oJimitp.  And 
if  ttaqnaUlieahare  not  yetbeen  fully  developed,  there  ia  hopoUiat  wiihcara- 
ful  cultirnlion,  itmaybebronghttofutnret^xccltcQW*  It  ia  perhapa  natnrnl 
thnt  thtt  particular  literary  product  ^lioitld  be  tbe  firal  to  >how  the  enpaoiliM 
of  i)m  country,  llvro  U  >omo  roonon  for  tho  nnfllo)^  often  drawn  betvrocn 
llioyoulli  ofa  people  and  the  yoQtb  of  an  indiridual ;  and  a  yoooft  man  ndoo 
(hows  an  adniimble  hnmoar  before  lie  lias  dereloped  oorrMpendinff  fHCullira 
in  other  direction*.  To  take  one  striking  Mtample — Mr.  DicVens  ili«play«d 
nil  tlie  peculiar  charact«rtsUc«  of  hia  humotir,  if,  Inderal,  he  did  not  giro 
tbe  moat  perfect  exninple  of  it,  in  PichPiek,  uimoul  ha  first  publication, 
nnd  written  at  a  Tery  early  a^e.  No  man  can  have  the  xtock  of  thought 
which  is  neceawry  for  phikao^Jjicnl  ot  BcieoUlic  o.tc*lIenoe,  iior  even  the 
ilmik  a(  experience  nnd  observation  of  life  wbieh  ii  neer>nary  for  a  rfnlly 
gral  norelist,  until  he  has  grown  out  ofhis  flnt  youth,  lie  can  acaroely, 
in  apiu  of  K>nio  innnarkable  examples  to  the  contraTy,  bar*  enriohed  hit 
imai;Tniition  ralBcirnily  to  bo  a  ^tent  fwi-t,  Ilui  it  i*  oanntiily  pneribla 
)hT  ktra  to  ehow  hfai  aonas  of  humour.  To  nooount  fur  thia,  it  would  ba 
oaceMHry,  if  it  were  de^irnblA,  to  ex|Jain  what  we  mean  by  hnii 
taak  which  we  may  at  once  decline  aa  bopel««ily  iniprniiicahte. 
[■rofoDnd  pvycliologiiti  waA  eriiicj  wbo  hare  tried  their  kurnla  at  a  daftot- 
tlen,  bave  aignally  broken  down.  W«  knew,  mdomi,  Umt,  \m\vm  our 
national  boast  ia  ill-fitunded  (a  ntppoaittnn  not  to  Im  eiitenaiiml  for  ■ 
moment),  Immnir  is  aomHhii:^  for  wbicb  E»};]i»hni«n  are  pre-cmiiieiilly 
diiititijni^ed,  and  In  whlnh  Ftvncfamen  aro  eo  defteient  tlmt  ibe/  lurv« 
ftTMt  fo  borrow  our  name  for  it.  Itabrlais  and  JtlnU^ra  nnd  Voltxiro  nnd 
<mo  or  two  othor  wHien  have  cvHninly  lome  fiienliy  v.  'i  i.*  nakf-d 

•>ye,  MroQgly  resentin  it;  but  when  we  look  at  th>  i  ..  a  gond 

I«lr  of  Ciijfliali  glaM«t,  wo  am  that  it  Un'l  the  geniiitie  artlole.  Aa  for 
GennaiM,  It  niwd  not  b«  mid  that  ihey  ar«  al<nni  u  s^nntivn  to  hummir 
a*  ao  many  apple  dnmplinga.  Tba  ani||faal  opciultim  which,  oa  aauHutna 
<"'  ■'tjiipwed,  mi^hl  gfl  ft  »i  of  nSoolcIiaiatt, 

K'  >\way  upon  a  CiennaT)  r  lUranan  b«ar,or 

lioiott-gniwn  lobaocfr,  sc«o  to  aot  lu  eAxtmil  prophylactica.    Trying  a  jok* 


i 


i 


AVeiUCAK  utnuouB. 


Gcnnnn  U  liJietlcliiing  a  rliinocrrcMimlli  a  tlrn«',ornth(T 

*.  Wardi-U'B  lilt  bey  in  the  i-iU;  Vfiu  mny  (wsoiblj-  send  a 

nffkant  kts  •urHue,  but  joa  don't  penelmto  ihn  oiiUiilo  layer.     'Stiny 

Vt,Hktntt,  ma  amumblc  pi'cpla,  aa  is  •ufliiriciitly  di-monBr.rnicd  hy  their 

likaf  fhaaort  in  tliat  <lr«iirit<«t  of  comia  fipHodicAU,  Kiaiiilcrinlahch — a 

|nfaiiiW)  wliioli  ts  to  Chttrivari  wlmt  BaTsrian  bwr  i*  to  clitinipagtio. 

"mehnixa,  tbougli  (-xqabitvly  witty,  docs  not  often  slioif  that  Icndcr- 

OM  ot  rtvling  vhicb,  combined  with  wii  (if  wo  may  innke  a  dAgmalie 

MRriiiin  aboat  liro  unknown  lliingn),  rnvoitrs  tlie  development  of  hninnnr. 

AGtniMB  has  (end«rn«a«  enough  and  to  spare,  but  is  apt  to  be  di^Scimt 

in  tk«  quick  play   of  intellect  which  produc^a  wit.     Our  best  English 

^^rariili  liBTO  pmcDlcd  the  bapjjy  oonihi nation  where  the  feelingx  are 

tf  dw  right  diirtanoe  from  lhi>  intellect,  fm  thnt  tho  nparlcii  itriick  out  by 

»it  fall  iii*tiiiitly  upou  uur  imitimenl.     Or,  perhaps,  a  Frenchman  pantwa 

M«|tudEJy  ovt-r  the  aaiociuled  ideas  to  got  the  roll  meaning  out  of  them  ; 

■daOvrnmn  dweJU  uptm  th<-m  ton  long  nnd  too  hciTtly.     Whai^'er  iho 

fUbiOfiby  of  wit  and  huuKHir  may  hv,  ihity  ilcpntl  to  some  pxteot  upon 

iNMriag  rraetnblance^  and  contrast«  winch  li<T  upon  tfa«  mirfncc  and  irtll 

lUt  bar  a  luborioan  exam  inn  tion.      Everybody  iV-ele  that  Sydney  Smith 

ludtan  fiXf]aiailely  huntdurous  remark,  vrhm  he  «iid  tliat  it  wnt>  to  hot 

tte  bt  eonld  taku  off  hli  fl»h  and  nit  in  hi«  booM  ;  and  that  Chnrlet 

Uali  mi  mare  profeundly  humoiiroit*  In  tlip  "  DEwcrlntinn  ttjhtin  Rnnicl- 

(V*    fo  take,  for  example,  ««(.>  iwntencc :    "  !^ec  him"  ftlio  kicking 

1^}  "ia  (lie  dish,  hifi  Muond    cradle,  how  nk^ek  he  lieth  t     WntilO'at 

An  biva  thSa  innoc«ni  grow  np  to  the  groMTipm  and  indooility  which 

te  olttni  uccomptiny  nMlnrcr  Bwin«hood  ?"     The  toQch  nbont  tlie  recund 

tndlt  Ed  inimitable;    hut   if  a    proKnio   monMDr  ithould    ineist    upon 

nlydnf  the  cjiprcsiioaB — upon  dotermining  the  di-grec  of  rcwmblancc 

htt^MU  tt   piff*'  dish   and   hi*  orndlfi,  or  upon  deU-rmining  the   exiict 

HBrng  to  ba  attributed  to  Sydney  Sniith'a  melaphor  of  aiitin;i  in  your 

l«Mi  iIm  whola  bmnly  of  the  corapariaunn  would  (vnpornte.     You  might 

m  «*1I  t»y  to  nalyao  the  flavour  of  roast-pig  Uy  di«<(ctJng  liim  with 

kMrriag-knife. 

lUt power  ofentehinK  supcrficinl  rc«cmfa1iino(«l>y  A  niyfttnonn  intel- 
llNBal  inatiDct  ia  as  likely  (a«  w(^  bnvv  licftiro  remnrk*^}  tn  esint  in  s 
jrean^nian  as  in  on  ohl  onr.  It  in  cvrn  more  likely  to  be  found  -nhcre 
t^  poreepli»e  facwIllM  ore  atin  fresh  and  vigorous,  before  vro  have  selited 
ion  into  fl  proswia  way  of  looking  at  thitigs ;  bftfore  otir  minds  have 
•ifin«)  wkI  rtur  intellectual  epidermis  hccomo  thickened  by  the  wcni' 
of  Iir«.  It  ia  tnw  that  thow  happily  conBtitutfld  men,  who  ret.iin 
imprambllily,  will  ac(|uirc  a  richer  humour  as  ihoir  ntindi  bt^ninu 
Iteid  by  new  idcu.  The  Immour  of  Hamlet  or  of  Jacquw  wmikl  bo 
wwUMliwhU  in  ft  vofy  yming  man.  But  the  peculiar  cast  of  humour  by 
•lidi  any  man  will  be  hcrral^er  dinlin[[iiish</d  Im  gi-neirally  dinplaycd  lu 
mwpiaiotuly  ia  hiH  youth  as  at  u  Intel-  )iei'iod. 

It  is  a  Turr  dilKcult  luak  to  find  the  ppiihvt  which  ought  to  make 


AMEGICAN 

tlic  pevuliatlties  uf  Amcricui  liuiiiour   iuUilt^ibI«  U> 
already  uuderaiand  nil  ihat  can  Lu  sjid  to  tliom.     No  on«  can  put  iido 
words  dm  dilTereace  betwi^en  tiie  hcent  of  a  rose  and  □  wjiUllower.    A 
■inglo  experiment  will  dw  awrc  Iban  any  qiianiity  of  explanation.     And, 
tlierefure,  wbtrn  wc  nltempl  to  seinu  M^mc  uf  tliu  muin  cliiirnutvristics  of 
American  huniuur,  wc  nrc  only  lr)i»g  by  vciy  intjfltctunl  inuin»  to  tmcU 
wliat  liny  oau  inny  Icarii  Itir  bintvr  from  live  minutca'  study  of  the  BujtoiB 
I'njtai.     A  wliulm  Mire^tii  of  American  humour  haa  lately  been  tumi-d 
upon  utj,     Ariana4   Watd,  liie  Orphcut  C.  Ktrr  Papers,  the  Letiert  »f 
Major  Downin-j,  nnd   various   oOilt    fiiM-tiiiUx  pl-t  for  in  niic^s,   hiirc  nuidt 
thuir  apiK-anmce  uti  tlii»  wdc  of  iIil-  Alluiitic.     As  a  rule,  nolhing  ia  more 
diillcult  tliun  for  ono  antioo  to  Liiigli  lit  tliu  jukes  wbk'li  iiiniiiw  unothcr. 
A  great  pltilbsopliiT  uKL'd  [o  luugli  till  tlie  tears  ran  down  liis  cheeks  al 
the  nghc  of  two  spiJciD  figtiiing ;  oui'  inability  to  perceive  Llie  joke  raaft 
ponibly,  be  a  pioof  of  our  dulooM,  not  of  his  childialinesa.     KagU«liin«n 
and  Yankees  are,  however,  to  fur  of  one  family  as.  to  appreciate  each 
other's  humotir,     iiiome  of  the  papers  w«  Ii^vc  uitntioned  oonlatn  very 
Kinnll  jckus ;   but   English   railway  traveilers   certainly   btiy   them   and 
chucklt!  over  tliein.     Their  humoiir  only  difTcra  ftoni  oui>  as  anoUier 
npccivs  of  tlji<  antiie  (;cnu».     And  thcri^fore  wt  may  npprociaie  it  duIE- 
uicatly  ta  see  liow  tbis  vuriciy  in  coiinectL^d  with  certain  other  national 
peculiariUM.     U  la  not  w  unlilce  lu  tu  be  plnixtd  oiitfiide  our  sphere  of 
cn(tciMn,,nnd  yut  it  a  unlike  enough  lo  euggi-xt  the  ncccasily  of  aoino 
(.'Xpliinaiioii. 

There  is  a  contrast  hotwecn  dilTtiiisnt  Auiciicun  writers  which  often 
(Strikes  us.  The  Unitud  Stall's  »re,  us  wo  know,  the  land  which  ia  or 
ought  to  be  bouiiilwl.on  iho  EmI  by  the  Atlantic  Ocean,  on  (he  West  by 
the  eelting  sun,  on  tho  Norlh  by  tlic  norora  horcalis,  and  on  tint  iiouth 
ty  the  D;iy  of  Judgment.  The  language  of  tliL'ir  orators  not  imfrequently 
corrcapt^nda  to  the  mn^ailude  of  llii;  iiiitloual  idea<  There  linTC  been 
many  succeason  to  tho  iuimitsble  Elijah  Fogra'm.  Hia  well-known  bursts 
of  eloquence  atv,  like  aiany  pf  Mr.  DJekcns's  iuiitations,  a  good  d«il  more 
lively  tlinii  reality,  but  they  atiiko  the  true  note.  Tlic  aubject  of  liia 
cloijueuce  waa  "  verdant  us  ai*  ih«  inouutnlns  of  our  country,  liright 
end  tlowing  aa  are  our  mlaL-ral  licks,  uonpilul  by  withering  convention- 
alities aa  artJ  out-  broad  and  boiuidlesd  prcar«t%  Rough  be  oiay  be,  ao 
air  our  bars  ;  wild  he  may  be,  so  nir  our  bulfaiers ;  but  he  ia  the  cliild  of 
naliir'  and  tlic  child  of  frct-doni,  and  hia  boastful  auflwer  to  the  de^pot  and 
the  tyrant  is,  thai  his  bright  home  is  in  the  acitiii'  sun." 

Wo  gould  quote  nttUiing  from  llic  origirinls  so  good  na  the  imitation. 
It  ia  n  klad  t>f  jwrlablu  sonp,  an  ounce  of  which  diluted  with  water  would 
pKiduce  a  gulhm  of  Fourth  of  July  omiion.  The  originals  gcnundly  make 
their  "tall  talk"  dull  aa  well  aa  bombasiic.  The  commit  of  which  we 
havo  spoken  is  that  between  the  maniifncttircra  and  the  consumers  i>f  thta 
eloquence.  The  goiiuitie  YatikL-c  is*  the  iaciiraaiion  of  shrewd  common 
ficnao.     It  luuntH  ttninge  thnt  he  nliuuld  be  tnkcn  In  by  ihia  "  wind  h:ig" 


A 


ikitot  eniory.     Ono  would  as  soon  t^poci  n  t}nt-(iah  to  rise  ftt  a  taloxm 
itj.   Be  hat  BUch  a  keen  eye  for  b  fact,  that  mie  would  expect  biin  to 
i(M  nert  flumincrjr.     The  cxpUnalton  is,  perliapa,  aiinplv.     Ererv  hiit 
Aatri  persun  first  trie*  Co  lt«  eloquent  I>y  piling  up  Sig  words,  and  to 
leKndiltr  ty  employing  !>lrong  oiifa.     lie  lias  read  enough  to  undbrslaiid 
■fupedftlun  expression},  and  h'u  taalt  U  not  polulied  eoougli  ta  bcc 
tlrai^  tliem.     We  Me  soniclliing  or  tlic  mine  kind  whvtiuver  an  EngtUh 
pamy-a-lincr   triea  to   he  impreasivc.      But  it  is  nlaa  chorACtemtic  of 
liw  Antericau  tliat  this  bombAst  not  opiy  cxhis  lidc  by   sido  witU  a 
I«cafiv]y  dry  humour,   but  gnidunlly  passt^s  into  it.     Tiie  iK>rpotn>tor 
(f  UOcubcIous  absurdities  gr«(Iu:dly  begins  to  iniuiiifacturc   llicin  coa* 
leicady  and  of  malice  prcpi-BEo.     He  tiUka  in  'Krulcs  vein  and  winks  At 
lui  •>  if  bo  Eaw  the  joke  liinscll'.     Tlic  mere  btinconibe  of  oruloni  passcH 
into  titt  qitkint  ftxaggcratioDs  charncteriatic  of  tbe  Western  Stales,  who 
dtxrib«  thmutelves  as  half  hatw,  half  alligator,  with  a  djah  of  the  failli- 
^tttlie.    Tk«  most  outfageous  bombast  of  the  irnr  proctrcdci  from  tJiu 
MariiMu  Panoa  Brownlow,  \rlio  Enid,  if  vtn  rcincmb<^  right,  that  h<3 
jnpOKd,  if  necessary,  to  fight  the  "  Scceali "  till  hcil  fruxe,  nnd  tlivui  to 
fi^  tlMtn  on  lh«  ice,      The  strong  touch  of  piofimity  which   is  hem 
okmctcriitically  introduced, produces  another  dtsiiact  fomi  of  ex»gg<r^Iltt^l 
hsgwge.     It  it  coiDtDoa,  capeoially  in  tlic  South- ncnturn  States,  to  iiievt 
ftofk  irbo  seem  to  have  made  a  study  of  ih«  art  of  profiitio  £w<>nriug. 
tkrf  [&wnt  new  and  curious  onths.     They  eyslciuiitically  intorliird  crcry 
Mletwe  with  a  choice  ccUcctloa  of  peculiar  epithetii.     They  absolutely 
ovuieUe  into  explocivns  of  iicw-racigleil  oulhii,  going  oS*  like  some  ntivc-l 
ffaaa  of  fireworks.     It  it  obviously  jtnpusitiljle  to  quote  any  appropriate 
qiKfawiM  of  thin  ltingiiag«. 

Tlia  use  of  vi'iy  big  wordsi,  either  Ecrioualy,  or  sa  a  more  or  leea  con- 
•QMMly  absurd  piece  of  cxlmra^anfc,  ia  net  the  ii:ally  cliuractcn^lic  p^rt 
oTAtaenean  humour.  Tlicre  are,  indeed,  two  ivays  of  producing  a  comio 
(Act  which  may  be  oonidtlered  as  the  invcrKC  of  each  olltcr.  An  nbsurd 
ovtntateuicnt  or  an  absunl  nndcrstntcmrnt  mny  be  equally  eflbctivo. 
UiMn  FaLatalT  tcUs  Bavdolj^Ii  lliat  hiH  liicu  is  an  "  everlasting  bonfire 
lijlil; "  that  ho  has  "  Mvcd  hiiu  u  ihuusaad  uiarks  in  linkft  and  lorchu, 
mlkbg  in  tlio  night  b«twixt  tavern  and  tavern,"  ho  givos  u  good  tpeciiDou 
of  the  fitat.  A  weiUmown  Amcricun  example  is  Ihu  osMcrtion  of  the 
Uiaunippl  captain,  thai  hia  boat  oould  float  wherever  tho  ground  waa  a 
GkIb  damp.  To  illustrate  the  tcci'iid,  we  might  quote  ihc  American,  who 
Ud  managfd  to  quote  something  in  liia  native  country  to  parall>rl  all  the 
•tvuien  of  Europe.  At  Inst,  ho  was  asked  whether  he  liiwl  not  just 
cmwd  the  Alpa.  "  W«ll,"  be  replied,  "  I  guess  I  pawed  some  rialu' 
pound."  The  philoeoiAy  of  the  two  mtthodB  la  pnhaps  tlie  •ame  ;  but 
llw  Mcond  is  the  oomiooner  amotig«t  the  geniuuo  AtucriHcan  humouilsta. 
Tr'h«n  Artemoa  Ward  describes  liia  courtebip,  ho  bi-gins  by  iuforujing  his 
Mond  lhft(  aha  wu  A  gaacUe  :  whioli,  h*  tcmiiikg, "  I  thought  was  putty 

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84  ^^^        AMERICAN  UUUOUR. 

fine."  ITe  goes  oo,  "  I  xiith  tlinr  vat  winrlcra  to  my  soul,  •<>  tliat  yon 
could  see  bori«  of  mj*  fuclin'e.  Tbvrc'a  Qiv  eiiuugh  ia  hvrc  to  bil«  all  the 
Cftnihwf  nml  tiiniipn  in  tho  ncig}iboiiiboa<l ,  Vesoovius  and  tJie  crilUt 
ain't  a  drcum^lancc  I "  To  all  whicli,  the  lady  replies,  »ita  aome  more 
nKetupla  at  eloquence  on  tie  approved  mndctis  "  You  My  tiiv  Btrat«  out 
vbnx  jou  are  drivln'  at.  If  ymi  mean  geltiii'  l)itcIi<H),  I'm  in  ! "  'i'liia 
may  hv  taken  mtnii  illuetrntioti  of  the  nature  of  the  reiil  ]Mi>uUr  Iiujnonr. 
It  U  toa  cnniiidcrable extent  a  protesC  byalirciwil  common  eenee  agninat  tl» 
bombast  wliicli  ia  so  prevaleat,  but  wliicli  doca  not  quite  lucceed  in 
pasring  itself  off*  for  ttenuino-  >Vli«n  a  man,  nnttinilly  ii<\i[«,  is  bcI  down 
to  hear  omlon  upoiit  noiiu^iio,  lio  U  lometime^  BufGciently  awed  to  accept 
it  for  geQuiri«, — lie  fee]a  tiiat  he  ia  not  entitled  to  bo  ]l  critic  ;  but  liis 
natire  aenae  i>nabIeB  him  to  hnvu  oecaRinnal  glimpuw  of  iu  ubniirdtty,  and 
h«  expreseeH  bitiiaelf  in  rath<^^  cosirM  but  very  tertc  condemnation. 

Tile  OTiginttl  rourcc  of  Amerifon  humour  is,  therefore,  to  bu  looked 
for  in  inch  men  as  FronVltn.  11  a  was  the  iDoiLrnatioa  of  Ibat  popular 
wisdom  wbicb  generates  pioTcrbs  and  fablce.  His  philosophy  never  aoarv 
above  a  rather  low  IeT«?l  [  it  ink<>»  tho  form  of  \-ery  rary  maxtmi; — of  tba 
great  fomily  to  which  l>t-1')[ig  tha  axioms  nlwut  a  penny  tavvd.  being  a 
iwnny  got,  and  th«  advuiita^^a  gained  by  beioft  early  to  bed  and  early  to 
rise,  A  chnrnoterisiic  story  ia  the  one  which  hit  UM  to  console  Jefluraon  ' 
for  the  alterations  made  in  the  druA  i>£  iho  Dcelaruiion  of  Independence. 
A  friimd  of  hi*  had  put  up  aa  »  sign,  a  nentiy  painted  hat,  with  tho 
inacripiion,  "  John  Brown,  hatter,  mnkea  and  repira  hata  for  ready 
money."  One  acqunintnncc  suggested  tlmt  thg  hnt  wna  not  wiintcd,  aa 
the  inicriplion  explained  his  trade.  A  xncoiid  obttervcd  Unit  the  ronark 
about  n-udy  monfy  wna  imprudent;  a  thii'd,  that  as  erury  linltev  made  ■ 
and  repaired  hale,  the  word*  alter  hatter  might  be  left  out  and  nothing  I 
aub«tilu[«d;  and  n  fourth,  lliat  t-very  one  knew  he  was  a  hAtl^,  cir  would 
Bcc  tho  ^uita  in  the  windunr;  so  that  liit:  in!<tirip(ion  was  i-educed  tu  "  Jcba 
Brown,"  MomI:  don't  be  too  stmsiliTo  to  your  fiuyids'  ailviee.  The 
same  Tein  of  humour  appears  in  the  innumernblc  aixTcdotes  about 
llr.  Lincoln,  who  ia  the  exact  iilustnitJon  of  tho  gr«at  stratum  of 
American  society  wliicb  forma  iJie  real  slri'ngth  of  tlio  nniion,  but  Ja  vpry 
feebly  mpreseoled  by  its  newapajx-ra  and  j>uIiiIci.inN.  It  is  enougli  to 
allude  lo  one  or  two  of  Mr.  I.incoln'B  well-known  eayingi.  There  it  Iha 
one  illustrating  the  diiliciilty  of  joining  t^c  North  and  South  ;  about  the 
architect  who  raid  that  he  could  build  a  bridge  to  the  infernal  regions,  on 
vrliieh  his  friend  n-marked  ihiit  he  had  "  some  doubts  iibnnt  the  abutment 
on  the  '  other  aide.' "  There  is  hie  answer  to  aome  one  w  iio  Tefjuesttul  him 
lo  inltrfurff  nbont  anmu  lri£ing  detail,  telling  liow  the  eapt^tin  of  a  flaltioat 
wn*  «.nk<nl  by  a  fiithrr  lo  stop  in  th<-  miildl*  of  a  dangerous  n^id,  that  his 
little  boy  might  pick  up  an  ajiple  which  he  liod  dropped  overboard ;  or 
there  is  lh«  last  hint  w>iich  hi'  gave  about  reconstmctinn  in  rcfurwico  to 
the  BCTT  state  governmeat  iu  Louisiana,  that  it  ia  better  to  batch  your 


AUF.KtCAX  IIUUOUB. 

«fp|]Mn  to  break  thorn.  Tiie  M>IngB  rigbtly  or  wnitgly  aUribnteJ  to 
lljit,Tilh  tlie  inTAmble  connncncctiiont,  "1  kntitr  »  in.tn  dnu-n  West," 
miftU  be  detcriWl  lu  hair-bskefl  prtneihs.  IT  1)107  ^''■'<-'  <■  '■"''*  '"^'^ 
enppaned,  oad  hod  n  rallirr  vri^er  nppliciilion,  Ui«)-  iniglit  c-nsily  bu«onio 
pRiTciln]  ftntl  wDuU  oinliitn  s  ^iliiltuioplijr  roty  supeiior  to  Mr.  Tuppr'fl. 
T^t}*  tx«tlIi:iiUy  represent  tlie  [KCiitiitr  national  humour,  us,  inileed,  many 
•f  ikcm  vere  no  doiibi  aajiingi  nt  Urge  upon  aoaiety,  tn  vihicU  Mr.  Lincoln 
Nllmed  to  act  M  q>oaM>i'.  The  pullticxl  tune  nliicli  they  iiiilicnti!  \ii\b 
upmtitti  ih&t  remiiMl*  ua  inucit  more  of  Eitclish  toulinient  llmn  would 
be  BfiffTwl  fratn  tliQ  tft  tittm-atictn  of  the  otliuiiil  orgnns.  Thcr«  ia  tli« 
MBu  WvKig  ccntrJnpt  fi>r  liiimtittg,  im<I  Tut  "hijiliriiluiin  "  scnlimcni ;  tlic 
■W  VTong  pmcltcal  sense  and  dialiki!  for  rite  di'diiration  of  kfty  ilMhart 
prinri]>Ift.  Tlie  liiimour  'at,  it  la  lru«,  »  good  dcJiI  titter;  ii  at,  jkuIiiijh, 
ikcaur,  aadit  U  c«iUinl^'  cilcn  more  ]inifmii;.  To  represent  tliu  tj-|>iuil 
pnditcvof  t]i«couun<Mlity,  w«iniul  (iret  laka  a  pocil  scliil  Kn^lisii  nitil'llu- 
daMl'ijrilan.  Let  tiini  liv  luViiI  in  fiimmer  nai  frozen  in  winlcr  till  Uc 
hu  (Ml  lifl  iiiporriuouK  fat  nnd  liU  fresh  conip1cxii>n  ;  lie  uiU  tlion  bnvo 
IH  Open  incii  or  two  in  heigiii  nnil  inllior  Ion  in  girlli — rspeciMlly  round 
A*  niu.  Sappnst;  tiini  to  linrc  r^Uinvd  in  the  prucfwa  &  good  dcul  uf  hi« 
iufinritjr  with  lb«  Bililc,  Iml  tu  h»«e  lost  hoiik'  of  liitt  reopecL  fur  it ;  he 
nuw  \an  ibrguttMi  liis  trAiliiioiial  rvvereiice  for  liie  Chiircli  and  ilie  l[oti!t(> 
clLuit,  and  )uir«  l>oci)  picacbod  at  hy  •'  vrindb.igs"  of  home  grcwtli  lilt 
lifii  beginning  to  Be«  titrough  a  good  many  of  ilinr  trick*.  Ilia  naiuml 
ibmiDMi  Uas  beon  increased,  but  lie  lias  become  more  rtscrrcd,  more 
•miut«,  and  not  quite  k>  gODd-tt-iiijwri'd.  And  fitnth-.  In;  mutt  Imro 
BBow  nvy  d(.-cid«il]y  M  tho  coiir]a<.>iiii  (:i1>uut  wliicli  wi;  will  iioi  argue) 
iht  be  M,  on  tiic  wliolu,  OM  of  lliu  fi»<jet  fcJlowd  on  caitli,  atid  tiie  cvtitn-, 
or  in  l)ie  y4iiki-4  f>hm»<>,  thfl  "  liub  "  of  the  oiviliswil  world.  Ilo  will  glvu 
^^Hifet|q>!i<''-Tiiunii  wjlh  n  tuinf;I(^  nir  of  alircwdnpss,  ecir-rLnlrniiit,  nnd  coni- 
P^^^l^l  end  llicy  will  be  liti^d  Mith  »n  occn^ionol  lialf-oonsuioiu  il.'isli 
ofutr«Tiiganc«.  Tbe  rtmlt  will  Uo  illuslnitvil  \iy  a  ahurt  notice  of  one  or 
tnol'tlic  iMte  IminouroiiB  writings. 

ArHwui4  M'ard  in,  »i  the  wbole,  tlie  best  spMimfn  of  the  liiEt  cnp  of 
lnaiiMiri«u.  He,  it  t<  tnio,  ovi-»  ouriiclliing  to  bit  aystmn  of  s|«.'llini;, 
*lni&  »  a  small  enoujli  firm  uf  wtl.  ']'lier«'  i»n*t  viiry  naicli  fuu  in 
wnfi§g  **  bm««4lli,"  or  in  putting  "goakin"  for  joking.  Ecovnirio 
^bDIi^  is  OB  nfcctMay  in  tlic  higtota  Pitptn  ni  it  n  in  Ihtrtu,  \wcnUBa  it 
)•«  granini:  ntlemiii  lo  givo  tlic  dialect  of  Uic  country.  Evory  buniouriit 
■MrwMnly  loaM  a  gml  d4?al,  bj  Dot  being  able  to  i-^prt^cnt  t)iv  peculiar 
aval  drawl,  wlitch  Mtma  10  corrMtpoad  to  Uic  inontnL  altitude  of  ibe 
ifoLer.  Many  of  tb*  mott  excellent  i.ijings  in  nil  conreniation  won't  keep. 
D^rired  of  the  niiinnfr,  nnd  of  tlie  driiiu.itic  dialogue  wbich  expluina 
Ifacm  at  ibe  lime,  ibty  become  Htupid  ;  llwy  cannot  retiiin  their  hriUiiineif 
taadxTttato.  The  apelling  which  represenlB  the  original  [iroiinneiaiion 
>ithrrofoT«  a  f^r  expedient;  but  the  nrbiriory  blandcn,  iiuili  oa  <iU4>ti"S 


"  Hamlet's  Soliloquy,*'  "2B  ur  tiol  2  Q  " — iiroMfnjtljr  uniueaniiig.  Tfa«re 
are,  hovrever,  bcltL-r  tliings  Uiaii  UiU  in  Artei-ius,  luid  in  iiu  vlstt  U>  tli« 
Moraiotu  ho  h-M  cvvn  Ttrtiliircd  to  spell  concctlj.  IIU  humoitr  lias  (be 
genuine  Viiukt'c  cast,  alllioiigli  it  does  iiol  ooniain  very  brilliiiiit  3]>eciiiiens. 
Hb  ooljr  occasiomilly  1^Tilt3  on  puliticd  tufica,  wliicli  are  the  ntapla  of 
mnHt  or  hi*  iiiiluuora  mid  rivals.  W'q  amj  quale  one  or  two  bite  from  bh 
visil  to  tlie  Blyi-nion*,  iis  examples  of  his  stylo.  In  ptuuiog  through 
Kuvada  hu  remarks,  "  yliooting  isn't  as  popiiUr  in  Nevadft  a*  i:  onca  wn*. 
A  lew  years  since  tbey  used  to  hare  '  dead  man  ibr  brciikAtst'  "  (a  pbyrul 
Caliibrniaa  plirfise)  "every  moriiiug.  A  rcrorinvd  dcajterado  told  lae 
t)i»t  he  suppoBcl  liQ  hiid  killed  iticn  enough  to  Btock  n  gruvi^yaid. 
'  A  fteUiig  ol'  remorse,'  lie  said,  '  xouietimes  comcn  over  uie!  But  I'm  an 
altered  iitan  notv,  1  hain't  kii!t:d  a  iiiiin  ft>r  ovar  tivo  weeks.  Whnt'Il  ycr 
poison  yourself  with  7'  he  added,  dealing  u  resonant  blow  ou  the  bar," 
Tills  is  followed  by  a  *tory  of  a  notorious  doeperado,  whose  practice  itwaa 
to  call  f>r  liquor,  nad,  il'  nny  one  declined  joining  him,  "  to  comoieaco 
shooting."  At  last,  wii  a  mtusal  of  gome  utrjingiT,  hu  drew  hiit  rex'olver 
tmd  excliijtned,  ''  Goud  (lod,  munt  I  klH  n  miin  every  linic  I  come  to 
Caraoii  7 "  with  whiob  pathetic  worda,  "  of  sorrotv  rather  than  of  angw," 
he  C red  and  ktllud  his  man.  "The  citizens,"  lioivev<.Tr  thought  this  r 
trifle  too  much  nnd  nliot  tlic  miirdertr  down  nith  rifluN,  'J'his  is  tho 
Iciud  of  story  which  the  natiaior  lelis  with  inipeTiiiruble  gravify  of  eoun- 
tciiauce,  plenscd  if  you  Inugh,  and  doubly  pleased  if  you  are  credti!uii> 
rt'ougli  to  be  iiwed.  He  deseribcs  Murmonimn  with  tho  sitine  kind  of 
hmiiuiiroiLs  eiilmiic!^.  In  bin  Iiiin^iiiary  visit  to  Biighuin  Totirg,  wimu  lln 
Iiropliet  aaj'S  in  jin.-^wtr  (o  a  qiiL-aiiun,  "  '  I  liev  i-ij;hly  wivi'S,  Mister  Ward. 
1  sertinly  nm  married,'  'How  do  yuii  like  it  as  far  as  y\iii  hcv  g»t?' 
ged  I."  In  hia  real  visit  he  seems  to  have  taken  mueh  the  auiue  point  of 
^iekv.  "  Brighani  Young,"  hv  saya,  "  is  n  man  of  great  luiitural  ability. 
If  yoii  nsk  me  how  pious  Lo  ia,  I  treat  it  as  a  conundnim,  and  give  it 
Mp."  But  he  speaks  civilly  of  the  Mormons,  who  arc  fond  of  balls,  ahowsi, 
and  theatres.  The  plays  have  to  be  modified,  as  one  of  the  Mormons  left 
a  rcpresentalioQ  of  the  Latty  of  Lyoni  together  with  hia  twenty-four 
wives,  becaii^^c  he  wouldn't  Ece  a  phiy  where  n  man  made  such  a 
cutacd  Sata  over  one  womnn.  Pcrhnpa  Iiid  beat  story,  as  one  illuslra- 
live  of  the  worst  aide  of  Yankee  sliie^vdneas,  relates  to  a  converGatton 
which  he  profesics  to  hiivc  heard  in  a  Now  Knglund  utore  to  the  follovrin;; 

^  tflMt  :— 

^^^  •*  Say,  BiO,  wot  you  done  wiih  that  air  gorril  marc  of  journ  ?■" 

^^H  ".Sold  her,"  s.iid  SVilliam,  wiili  a  smile  of  eatisJaclion. 

^H  "Wot'dyottgitr" 

^^H  "  Huiid'd  an*  fifty  dollars,  cash  dcoivn," 

^^P  "Howl     Ihmd'd  an'  £(ly  foi  that  lucfcin'  spaviu'  critter 7     \\ 

t  JOB  sell  her  to  7  " 

I  "Sold  bw  to  mother  I" 


ST 

••ffct?"  exeliiiiiic<d  brDtlin*  Ko.  I,  "did  yon  really  i^Il  ihat  IkUii* 
ipnift'J  OTiter  to  inoilitT  J    W'lAl,  you  air  *  nlireivd  oiio  ! " 

BomuiroaB  titcrmurc  ia  Anioncn,  as  well  ea  ever/  other  ktad  of 
litatUBK,  ha>  teen  of  lulc  chiefly  dvvoU'il  lo  iIjc  war  »s  tlic  one  grettt 
fcp<  of  ialCfvnt,  Wt  taay  rcimirk,  by  llti;  wiiy,  tlint  a  very  anfiiir  criti- 
daa  hu  hma  auuit  by  aom«  vrritcrc,  ytiit>  tarn  to  fnnoy  tliat  wu  stopped 
ill  joLb^  dtniiig  ibe  Ciimean  nar;  that  Punch,  wliilvL  it  ]iuneA,  n^rer 
mak  R  kit  ftt  Lord  Aberdeen,  or  that  Gilmy  iicvor  caricaturt'U  Pitt 
n  the  ntTQiutioBwy  wariL  Th«  Aitutricans,  it  vriu  said,  joked  about 
Ibc  wu  became  their  hfiirta  were  sot  iii  !t.  ThU  is  simply  ahturd. 
fi^lly  «  wroogly,  tiivj  cCTlaiiily  gavu  tvcxy  \>ro»{  of  being  nbsorbvd 
B  iIm  «u  io  an  nlmo^t  incrcdibla  extent.  That  was,  boiviTer,  no 
nMoD  "ahy  they  ailiould  ftbaodon  llic  uso  of  their  trCQcImnt  and  somctiuics 
aAa  grim  ntyle  of  hunionr.  When  some  one  ropioaclKid  Prosideiit 
lixah  fw  hia  jokea  during  »ume  of  tlie  wor*t  purl  nC  ihe  war,  hu  n-pliwl, 
ft*l  int  for  euch  a  rehucaltuu  be  cuulU  not  haru  buruc  the  weif;ht  of 
•snly.  Ills  btst  very  touobiug  inaugural  nea^uign  gi^'^  "^  doubt,  the 
•Ml prerailing  colour  of  his  miud,  vrhich  vrns  an  olmcet  pathetic  nielan- 
^J\  aod,  iu(k«d,  it  may  be  cbs(;tved  tli^t  iii<:n  with  n  vary  ftiong  tcnuc 
U  hniur  aro  ftt4[aeully  imdiiied  to  meluncliuly  iutervidi).  ^Ve  don't 
'"IP*"  that  the  occasional  fuccUoiiuKss  of  tlie  American  people  vraa 
Ai  ceonquencc  of  any  6ucli  necessity  for  rulief,  btit  it  was  CRrlainly  aa 
n«]atBt)e  with  tlio  deepest  sentiment.  The  genej-al  tone  of  tliought, 
Ikq^  DAt  tLe  method  of  BXproaaiou,  aiay  be  Jairly  tmAgincd  by  talcing 
iM«f  tli«  vrerage  Eoglislifflea,  who,  as  an  EngliBhnuin,  condemned  ihu 
iw  hartily ;  tbonglit  it  ira*  noDKiue  to  fight  to  force  men  into  brotherly 
ludsos;  considered  ihii  AbuliiiontMi  to  bo  humbugs,  and  the  United 
JMn  l«  h«  riiiiuing  into  hofek'SM  bankruptcy.  Sncli  a  man,  trancplantvd 
b  a  MfficiaBt  time,  would  absoib  the  popuUr  prejudices  of  Ida  new  soil. 
Uiwoold  adoptas  bUndly  a.  difl'c:T«.nt  »ct  of  nsitionsl  com tnon places.  Ho 
ndil  iiMcndbly  Bubstilutu  a  fhnuticul  belief  in  nn  idol  ctilted  tbc  Union 
foa  Mitf  ia  old  England  ;  lie  would  hnte  humbug  ond  ngitnton  and 
•nmpt  joba  bcanlly,  and  aureasooatle  phibntJiropy  more  lienrtily  still. 
Tie  hatred  whieb  Knglisbmen  felt  for  "red  tApo"  id  the  Crimean  war,  snd 
IW  Mtilliiipt  wbieb  ihcj  (some  of  th«m  at  least)  have  exprce«d  lor  ni^gor- 
«in1up[«rB  during  t)>e  Jamaica  troubles,  nuiy  repre«i-nt  the  feelings  of 
^t  gmsine  Yankee  populaliiin  lowanla  grees-baeka  and  shoddy  ariato- 
netes  on  tli«  one  hand,  and  the  irrepreseible  negro  on  the  oiber.  ^Xe 
tie  wished  boontly  to  si-e  the  nifiser  free,  hated  hint  as  the  cansc  of  the 
tnobtca,  and  as  our  English  Or  **  Anglo-Saxon "  breed  always  haton  an 
Ulna  net.  The  battery  of  the  hnmouristit  is  gpnernlly  dirockd  to  pby 
^w  iLcae  obnoxious  objectB.  The  prcrvDlent  -view  of  the  nigger  is  cxccl- 
'•iJy  ptt  by  Arlemtia  Ward.  *'  Feller  loiierxcns,  the  Afrikfln  may  be  our 
Anther  . , . .,  but  the  AfriVan  isn't  our  sifter  and  oiir  wife  and  our  uncle. 
lU  im't  antral  of  onr  btotbcrt  and  all  our  fiut  wile's  rclationa.     He  ia&'t 


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gg  -^^^  AMERICAN   llUUOUa. 

our  grand&ther  luttl  our  grttAt-graiuiratlier,  and  oiii*  ount  ia  tii«  cooDtrji 
Scaceiy;  aad  yet  mimcna  persona  would  hure  ub  tliink  «i  .  .  .  .  Bi 
we've  got  llie  Afrikan,  or  ruther  he's  got  us,  and  now  wot  lir  wc 
do  about  ic?  Jle'n  &  orful  iiooeance.  P'rafw  he  ifa'i  to  bLnM 
P*ntpt  he  WHA  'Creat^'l  lor  sum  wiec  jxirpintii,  like  tliQ  mniiilM  and  Hci 
ni)gbii'  nun  ;  tint  it's  niity  liaid  to  nee  it."  Tlic  rcokless  Govornin 
fXpvndJturc  ig  tok-rnbly  ntiriicd  tn  llio  OrphaiM  C.  Kerr  Paper$;  wW 
liowcri!)',  orn,  uk  u  mie,  vcjy  poor.  'J'lie  author  goes  to  sea  the  tri 
giin,  hiiiiilar  ui  iJiR&e  used  at  the  IteToUiiion,  only  that  it  wiu  painted 
iiislciid  of  bhiP,  and  huil  n  Inrgi'r  ttmdi-hi>lo.  Being  point4>d  at  a  Inrget 
CO  yaniii  wlT,  the  target  i*  imt  hit,  and  no  b:i!l  vaw  be  found.  Afior  gre«t 
surpriav  auiiKl>oiiy  \vo\u  iiitu  ihv  uioulh  and  «Wrx'ce  that  the  b^U  has  not 
gone  out  ax  all.  "  The  inventor  Hiid  lliii  wutild  happnn  snmotinini^ 
eape(Utttly  if  you  didn't  put  n  brick  over  tho  touch-hde  wht-n  you  firrf 
^0  gun."  Tho  GoTtmiiimt  ordcrB  forty  pm«  on  th«  Bpot,  at  200,000 
dollnra  a  jijuei.-.  This  i«  rnihcr  n  pfindfrdiui  wttpinjit  st  wiiticiim,  bat  i^ 
otimigli  to  indicntti  the  nnltire  oC  a  good  deal  iif  popitiar  incoldouMftaa 
Another  ndc  of  the  negro  queetion  is  touched  upon  in  Ward^  vHl  U 
liiclinicind  id^er  the  uege. 

"  My  brottier,  I  eed  to  a  cullerd  pnrson,  air  you  awarn  ihut  youVn  bii 
'mancipiitod  ?     Do  you  rcidlzu  liow  glorifnis  il  i*  in  bo  iVmi  ?  ivU  in«,  in] 
di-iir  brother,  do<-s  it  nut  rccrn  like  Bomo  i1ie.-ini,  or  do  you  rcilite  the  grea 
fact  in  nil  it's  lovin'  and  lioly  magnitood  7 '' 

"lie  aaid  he  would  lake  aotme  gin," 

Another  bit  iatbctaneT«in  illuatrotntbe feeling;  iiwardiitlic  Soiithei 
whim.  Artcmits  roinarks  : — ■>  Thr-ro  is  raty  a  ^cox  deal  of  Union  aonV 
ineiit  in  this  ciiy — I  we  it  on  evVy  hnnd.  I  met  a  man  to-day,  who  wiid; 
*  Wliy,  wo've  bia  fightiu'  agin  tho  old  Aug !  Lor'  blca  ni*,  how  eiag'lar  1' 
He  thpn  borrered  five  dollars  of  me  and  bust  into  a  lluod  cf  t^ars."  And 
the  gf^noral  verdii-t  oil  ttic  wnr  iti  eumnied  up  an  lullovra,  at  the  end  of  a 
conv«T8ation  with  a  "  prowd  and  hawty  Sitthenpr."  i 

"  Toung  man,  ndoo.  You  youihem  fellows  ii  probbly  my  brothpn,' 
though  you'vo  occnaionally  had  a  cuEsed  (I'lcirr  wny  of  ehowin'  it  1  h'a 
ov)-r  now.  L4.-t'it  nil  givr?  in  nnd  innki!  n  I'liuniry  on  tliin  conlin«t)t  thak 
6linll  give  alt  Europe  the  cramp  in  (li«  atuinmuck  every  time  lliity  look' 
at  ut.  Adoo,  adoo  1  And  a*  I  am  through,  Tit  Jike^vive  any  adoo  to  j-ou, 
gentle  reader,  merely  remarlcing,  that  the  star-spanglocl  banner  ia  wavin' 
round  loose  ngin,  and  that  thcri;  don't  ;>L'cni  to  be  itnything  lite  matter  wilh 
tho  Goddem  of  Liberty  licyond  a  alight  cold  "  i 

Willi  which  chmacteriatic  touch  of  Mr.  Ward's  we  mast  !ea.re  himJ 
Though  not  very  brilliant,  he  fairly  rcprt-scnts  the  average  popular  eenla4 
ment.  A  much  higher  represenUliveof  the]vjliticnl  feeling  of  the  Krtintry 
is  to  be  found  in  Mr.  Lowell,  aailior  of  the  Jiiyhio  PnjMTS.  The  Gnt 
series  of  those  pojjere,  which  rc-lltcte  the  Bi-riwilion  produced  in  the  NortliA 
by  the  Mexican  war,  and  the  atuiexntion  of  Texas,  was  to  nnany  people  th« 


EBICAK  HUMOtlH. 


ftff  nrfUtion  «r  Afn<^ri(«n  tmmonr.  Ahlionsh  tliey  would  tetjuire  A 
enngi«iitNr]r  to  tnnhh  ihe  Frrglinh  renitcr  fuMy  to  undentand  tbeir  ullu- 
tiMu,  Aat  brillmnt  hila,  <>ndo!W(l  in  lan^ta^  eqiinlly  qunlnt  iinil  cauetie, 
im^nnri  many  nniuyfiiainled  with  Amwicflu  poliiio*.  Sni-h  nxt-rm  m 
tiii  fixa  itipK  on  the  mcnutry.  alllionpli  llie  n?a(!cr  might  liavn  ii«vct  lit-nrd 
ti  Gfatnl  Jacl:«c<n'l  Mtrrr,  in  wln'cli  tlic  cxprMgifn  nliouL  "jirtu  of 
bndeoi "  cociiM,  nor  4-v«-ii  hxve  known  wito  Uic  iiimoiis  Gi-nertil  waa,  and 
MiSf  loB  wIiQ  w«r«  Cans  and  Cnllionn  : — 

Hie  raaia  <ia]ih'  ta  hlHiiir  anil  vm  Uj  nn  mfflm, 

TbM>  llic  rmxin  I  want  to  (jirpai)  Fretiluin's  aroe  i 
II  pau  all  ihe  eunuiirpd  an  us  in  idliiv. 
An"  fi"olii»«  nnr  \tntrr's  orig'iinl  lilco. 
So  John  C  Calbau»,  ocs  hc;— 
Tb«t^  n  plain,  lati  Can 
Aa  lliat  ioiii«  one'tt  nn  aaa, 
Ii'a  ei  cltor  m  the  9un  Is  at  nmvrt.  ta  hf. 

Il ai Tet^ dangeroDi  tiling  lo  atlnnpt to  rcpost  n  aiiocdHful hlL  Tlie 
mnber  i4  worlta  is  small  in  wliich  the  second  pari  la  not  Inferior  lo  tlia 
bK,  iDd  for  ibc  wmph"  rwann  thHt  tlift  first  ia  (*pnei-ali_r  uponlancwi*,  iiiiil 
iknand  done  to  otdfr.  And  n-c  cannot  lioneady  my  that  >lr.  Lowdl'a 
pMMl|pMr  to  US  to  be  an  exci>[iti(Mi  to  thu  riil«.  Tlicre  a»,  however, 
MDongu  ihem,  aamfi  linn  a<  ri^n'>i!t  and  pointed  aa  lie  rrer  wr»l<',  and 
AefpnuB  a  good  example  of  linmoor  riaing  nearly  to  llie  pilcli  of 
|Btaa  They  are  an  ahrewd  and  ncy  u  the  beat  of  the  floating  stories 
ci  Xtaite  wit.  Bttt  (hey  nre  direclttl  liy  the  Iionoarable  indit^noiiiiti 
vUA  jiMtifm  aatire  j  ii«  lays  on  itie  vliip  vidoupily,  but  on^  {hnlu  which 
wtii  ifaacrTC  whipping.  Kuglislim^n  will  nAlnmlly  think  him  tniatnkcn  in 
of  hia  judgnicnl.i  of  locn  and  thir^»,  but  tliey  vU]  nul  deny  that  liia 
csillibit  rnd  pruuaon  and  ii(  a  dignified  kind.  Allhniij^li.  tberuriiii-, 
iImj  have  tlie  frnuine  American  llarotir,  llicy  bnTC  not  tliat  liiiTdiK^W)  and 
c^  fevlinK  vhich  sometime  r«p^I*  ua  in  American  iloriM, 
prove  tlmt  nn  Amcricnn  of  rpal  cnltivaiinn  can  be  large-TninilBd 
wliiUt  rmiainin;;  tbrrouglily  Aniencan.  Wc  ^uotc  one  or 
l))OU);b  it  doea  tlirm  litile  ju8lic«  to  lake  ll»-in  apart  from  the 
tWexL     Hm,  for  example,  u  a  bit  talccn  at  random  from  a  poem  on  the 

n'hcn  TOW  rlgbtc  vai  cur  wron;.  Juhn, 

Von  diiln'l  ttn^  for  fiux — 
Briiaxnyi  nri(li>n(-i>r(n>p,  John, 
Ww  t^ood  'nousli  Inw  tor  iit. 
Ok  VmIb  B.,  ta  h«,  "1  i^dcm, 
Tboaith  phftic**  gr^oi,"  mm  lie, 
"It  du«Hi'i  Tuttcr.  Ihat  l)ia(  lie  can  rHoller 
Pttveriptiona  N)pi'd  'J.  11,' 
Put  ap  hy  jou  or  me." 

r*  lake  ihii  niproly  aa  tm  cxumpln  ot  the  atyte.     It  ia  booiely  utd 

bat  aometinies  liilla  into  tUe  i^(  that  ii  r9q.uir«a  to  Im  Mad  twiM 


^ 


f/vtT  Wvic  il»   raeaiiiiig   U   exactly  aeuusl.     To  tnko  n  FpccinK'n  of  »i 
fuwugo  in  nUiuli  l!bo  humour  is  almost  overpowfied  by  llie  jimsmuh,  wej 
<iai>tc  ibo  laxi  two  vctks  uf  iliu  last  paper,  vrhich  allailc-s  to  tliu  cinuuvi- 
patiODproclAniniion  iipon  wtiich  Uncnin  hadm  Iutt  vontiircd: — 

An'  <»me  mnt  will,  I  Uiiolc  it'*  gmtiJ 

Ali«'»  gut  hh  will  ct  lull  bliKiui-JoitiHM'l 
III  li-inl-lliLmGS  till  it'll  fland 

The  stinia  of  bi-iti'  iti  deadly  canic*t; 

Thtt'ii  wnt  wc  want — ive  wnnt  In  kunw 

Tlic  folka  OQ  our  siile  ticz  the  Iravcry 
1(1  li'lkvc  iM  haril,  cumo  ivuil,  ciiiiio  wot, 

In  Vrccdorn  «x  Jeff,  dcea  iu  Slavvrj*. 

Bi>t  the  two  forcM  fo<it  to  foot, 

Aa'  C'vur^v  mj»n  bnaws  wbo'll  lie  wimiL-r, 
liVli'wo  faitii  in  Gu'l  licx  unj'  njuL 

'I'hM  got*  down  dccjicr  tliiia  liJs  dinner. 
77if»  *i  will  In;  fnlt  /njtn  ptile  tii  |iolr, 

Willioiit  uo  need  of  iiroclxmalian, 
I'jinh'*  biltKuit  CDuntry'*  ipil  hiT  kiiul. 

Au'  ri«ou  up  (ulh's  Grc&ltst  Xtilbu] 

Much  American  Imniour  eonsiAti  of  naying  high-flown  P!tpp«Bion«1 
by  tringiug  tbem  down  abruptly  to  tlie  bent  of  jilaiii  fuels:  at  in  the  I 
ciuc  of  the  niggers  uud  nbolition ;  but  lu  tLat  ciiac  n]iow:i,  mush  tlint 
is  rciilly  uot;lc  h  d\>1  to  suffvT  along  with  its  imhatioa;  and  hence  iomal 
of  the  cynical  hnnlit^ss  oJ"  which  wc  Iiaro  spofcon.  Ja  tlic  luat  vcrai'^l 
Mr.  Lowell  takes  a  different  niethcil,  iim!  miikt-Bihe  reiilly  noble nmbiiion,! 
nhiuh  lii'S  at  the  botiuin  uf  uiormotiH  pilcH  of  homhasl  and  buncombe  in 
llie  Auicricna  mind,  come  out  the  mora  vigOToiuIy  for  beiag  put  iaXO* 
humely  language. 

There  in  one  more  charactmstic  of  Auiericnn  humour  which  w-umurtj 
noUce^tliis  r>tmiliitr  lue  of  Bcriplurn!  limguBge.  In  certnin  cnaea  this  it 
pL-rlKclly  lutural  and  hnnuleos.  An  "uneducated  man  luixi-x  tip  Hcripturs 
and  coiiiiuon  life  luoro  fiequenUy  in  proportion  to  hia  bflicf  in  Hcrlpturo. 
Mnny  of  tho  slorlcE  which  eecm  riBky  to  us  would  he  imprcatiivo  to  tlic 
originnl  Apcitkcn,  A  ceitaia  Jlr,  Lorenzo  Daw  pivaehed  a  sermon  on 
tho  test  from  St.  Paul,  "  I  can  do  oU  thing*,"  "  No,  Paul,"  he  «aid, 
"you  aro  wrong  fi>r  once.  I'll  het  you  five  dollars  you  can't,"  and  he 
hiid  down  a  five-dollar  bill  on  tho  de^.  llo  contlaued  to  rond,  "  through 
Jesus  Chmt  owr  Lo^3."  "  Ah  !  Paul,"  hu  wiid,  *'  that's  a  very  diffprcnt 
thing  ;  tlie  bet's  oft."  This  duddcdiy  bi'iits  iiny  aDetdote  wt-  aver  hiiani 
of  Mr.  Spui-goou ;  but  there  was  foriutirly  o  i-!tce  cf  prench«r«  ia  tlie 
Uiiiti'd  Stateit  in  whose  mouths  Buch  a  saying  would  seem  to  be  very 
natural.  There  wiis  n  wcU-kiiown  r<:tui'  Cnrtwright,  n  Methodist  preacher 
in  Tennijflsce,  who  has  published  certain  "  ftkctchts  nnd  ccc^ntricitieji.'^ 
The  stylo  of  this  gentleman's  olocjiiencc  may  be  judged  of  from  tlie 
following.  A  certain  major  "flow  into  a  desperate  rage,  ttnd  said  ii 
he  thonghl  I  uould  light  liiui  a  duel  he  would  ckillvugo  uie. 


'  iTyou  clisllecge  me,  I  will  acc«pt  it,' 
" ' Well,  fir'  aaiil  he,  '  I  Jo  tlarc  you  to  mortal  combat.' 
"•Very  well,  I'll  SgU  you  ;  nod,  wr,'  mi  I,  'accwdiiig  to  tbe  luwB 
<i  iMxmr  1  cuppoae  it  is  m/  right  tu  choose  llie  weaponii  witli  wbleh  w« 
ntiil«fatr* 

"•CutAialy/midlic. 

"'Well,'  said  I.  '  tUea  we  vrill  Mep  orvr  into  tliia  lot  ai>rl  get  a  couple 
iTntaatoUkS.     I  lliiuk  I  cah  llaialt  you  witL  uDc' 

"But  oh  1  wbst  a  rage  lie  gol  into.  lie  ulvricliwl  hU  fiats  and  looked 
fctfcuce.  Sud  be,  '  li*  I  tliou^lil  I  could  whip  yoti,  I  wuulJ  mniiu  yrju 
in  ■  ttoucDt.' 

"'¥«,  yes,  mujor,*  said  I;  'but,  thuilc  tiod  I  you  can't  whip  mc  ; 
bd  ilun'l  you  nttciupt  to  nliikc  tue  ;  fur,  if  you  do,  and  ibc  devil  gtlu  out 
rf  yoQ  into  me,  1  aliall  give  you  tbe  worst  whipping  yon  ever  got  in  all 
jvu  liJe ! '  and  then  walked  olT  and  Wl  Lim." 

This  vigorous  ponoa  wjm  KtiJ,  on  itnutbcr  ocuuion,  to  huve  bvld  a 

piduu  icrryniai)  untlvr  waivr  tilt  ho  wduU  prouiisv  tu  say  tb«  Lord's 

foja.    He  allerivanJa  Iwcaiau  inticuutc  with  Ouaural  Juckeoa,   ou  nn 

temaoa  certainly  «iedit»ble  iu  some  re«pecu  to  both.     The  Goncrul  cume 

oncrcBing  lo  tbu  church  where  Lo  was  alrc-udy  prcuchiag.     An  otliciuiia 

ha^OHin  of  the  Gvncrol'f  waLkd  lata  to  tukc  ooaiv  nottev  of  his  nmvul. 

*I  bit,"  liQ  ta)»,  "a  tluah  of  indignation   come  out  nil  ovvr  iiic,  auJ 

fui}cacly  spcakiog  uut  audibly,  I  snid,  '  Who  m  General  Jackson  7     if  he 

ia'tgtt  hif  wul  coavertcd,  God  will  (Unm  him  as  quick  as  he  would  a 

fioioc*  atgro.' "     Whereupon  the  pix-jtchffr  and  thv  Gcaeral  became  in- 

Haaic  fneiuis.     This  rough  pioachci-  in  thu  bal^sutllcd  districts  was  no 

dsttbt  Bait«d  to   hit  ttock.     Amung&t   the  iudtc  civill/ed  Nuw  Englmid 

anilatiaii,  the  mixture  of  sacred  and  praruuo  huA  bet:n  duu  Co  Purilan 

HMUtMoit  Bii^  i^'U  aunives  to  some  extent  to  iho  prifi^eiit  tiuio.     W'iicru 

VSy  «lw  b  sufficiently  educated  tu  rt-aJ  tbc  Uible,  and  the  BiblQ  i&  th<i 

fiat  book  that  erery  ooc  rtudo,  a  .gruit  many  of  its  phmscx  nro  tur<;  to  past 

hlo  ooounou  UN.     Our  modern  plan  of  treating  the  Bible  reBpeetfully  by 

BRJaUf  keeping  it  out  of  the  way  of  common  life,  u  a  piece  of  refincnient 

iMOOipteheiudblc  (o  tuinds  which  linvu  not  bcon  Bimic  so  seuaitivc  ty 

tdnoation.    Wc  would  rather  not  decidi:)  which  prautici-  shows  iDost  buLivf, 

iboi^li  it  U  plain  vhicli  ahows  luosl  ruvcreucv.     llie  un  of  scriptural 

pbmM  TiJA,  however,  in  America  come  down  to  poopto  who  aro  tattle  in 

tif  haUt  of  reading  the  Bible  wtlh  much  fititb  or  willi  much  ic7[H:ct. 

"Hw  coaieqtieua:   ia,  that  b   good   many   modern  Auicricun  witticisuii 

cotataly   strike   an  Engliahman  as   pi-ofane.     There  is  tho   one,  whidi 

t*ojb(idy  kuowB,  wbkfa  itooimla  tlio  trapper's  prayer  when  he  waa  in 

hnga  from  a  grisly  bear.     We  mention  it  ns  a  curioiu  example  of  tlio 

ftsv  in  which  a  etoiy  passes  from  one  people  to  asotticr,  and  by  being 

■aooninodated  to  diCcrcul  »ccncry  taki.-9  a  diilVrcut  humourous  tinge.   Mr. 

CvIyIl  ia  lh«  Lift  of  rredtrick,  rclatts  the  unecilole  in  an  earlier — we 


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AUERICAN  ntlMOUR. 


cannot  toy  wIiL-tlicr  it  is  th«  original — fumi,  wlici'c  a  Priifn'dii  Grnoml 
implores  tlic  ilivina  fariitii:  upon  the  PriiiwiaR  nrrnf  in  thd  nppi-o.tcliing 
bnillu,  Slid,  if  tli.tl  caiitiDl  be  ^miitixl,  iniploron,  nl  l<^it,  the  divine 
neulrtlit^.  Ill  dia  Aniunoan  vcniun,  Um  prufiiaity  ii  noiiicwliat  lieiglit- 
cned  by  the  way  in  whicH  the  srglit  cf  n  tarnation  big  bear-fighl  seems  to 
be  thrown  in  as  An  iniiii cement  tovrnrda  grarttiag  tlic  prayer.  This 
Acciuatioa  Iiim  beca  brougUc  agaioHt  Mr.  Lotvellj  aa,  fur  oxeTn[>le,  in  regard 
to  Che  wcll-Icncwti  vems — • 

Puion  Watm  Mt  ho  ntrvr  hoerJ  in  H*  Wo 

That  ibo  Apottlcs  riSKcd  out  in,  tticir  aimllcr-tail  OMili 
An'  umii^licd  routiil  iu  front  tif  a  drum  and  a  ltfc> 
To  gel  wiaxv  on  'cm  afflec  or  fiujiiQ  ou  'eia  lotm ; 
lint  Jr.hn  1*. 
Hobliiaon  ha 
Sm  (hof  didn't  know  aKrything  il'>w&  in  JnilM, 

Tt  ia  iiiipi>3i>ibli;  to  proiivuiiuo  poiritiveij  on  eacb  a  point,  because  tho 
eflbot  (il«piiila  BO  tnucb  upon  our  conventional  mode  of  showing  rmpect. 
We  tnay,  howerer,  stty,  ibnt  if  the  writer  ia  to  be  judRcd  by  hia  inlcntion, 
Mr.  Lowell  mit*t  lio  fully  acquittctl;  lie  tisea  the  moat  vijjoroua  illaitra- 
lions  ibiil  come  to  band,  witlidiit  very  carefully  asking  whi-re  they  com» 
from  ;  but  be  dotct  gives  us  nliat  can  be  fairly  cnlltid  gmtnitoutt 
profanity. 

Most  of  the  humour  nf  which  we  hnve  quoted  examples,  Is  what  mij 
be  dJIed  "  applied  humour."  It  ia  the  rc&ull  of  fibrewd,  und  for  the  most 
part,  half-educftled  minds,  acting  iiiwn  inultent  of  every-diiy  interert^ 
amongst  which,  cf  course,  politics  occupy  a  promi nenr.  pjut  in  Ami'i-Ioa. 
Wc  (bould,  in  order  to  complete  the  subject,  laVo  notice  of  the  para 
humour ;  of  humour,  thnt  is,  which  exiita  only  fi>r  it's  own  imko,  and 
which  EuiTCcIy  ariacB  until  there  baa  grown  up  a  clasa  ^rilh  tsatc  for 
literary  leisure,  and  which  goes  ihroiigh  inlullectual  cxerciups  for  the  lovo 
of  them.  Budi,  for  example,  arc  Charles  Lamb's  exquiFito  Es»iyi»,  uhcue 
existence  is  stifficicnt  to  juntif}'  thomjclvcs.  Wo  read  them  not  to  Icnm, 
but  for  ihe  pleaBore  of  the  extjniiKiie  Ktyln  and  grocet^il  piny  of  thought. 
Of  tJiia  kind  of  humour,  it  may  be  euppoBed  that  we  filmli  meet  ivith  few 
exnmplM  in  America,  from  their  love  of  the  pniciicftl,  and  from  the 
smtller  Dumber  of  finished  8chot.ir«.  A  man  doesn't  begin  to  writs  pure 
humour  or  Latin  TerKS  till  lie  hu  time  on  hiii  lituid^  Arti-m^is  Ward 
can  only  he  clamed  one  degno  abovft  th«  wnx-flgure  (how-men  whom  he 
peraooates.  lie  is  not  enough  of  nn  intdlc^ctunl  hting  to  conic  up  to  the 
character  we  require.  Wnsliington  Irving  and  Jlr.  Hawlhorue  sliowed 
aorne  very  deltonle  humour,  but  it  was  fcnrcely  original  tmough  lo  bo  dis- 
tincUy  AmeriOAn.  It  remindLd  119  not  di.-^lATilly  of  European  moiiiis,  Wc 
can,  however,  mention  one  writer  who  has  sliown  a  vzry  dislhiciirc  and 
thoroughly  national  humour;  Ve  mean  T^r.  Holmes.  He  sbowa  the 
peculiar  ahrewdnesB  «f  hii    ecnnttjmcti,  but  «pplied  to  more  refinwl 


AUEKICAN  HUMOmt.  48 

objects  of  dionght.  He  is  oilen  quaint,  but  is  never  guiltj  of  trans^easing 
tbe  bomids  of  reallj  good  taste.  It  ia,  however,  unfiiir  to  nttempt  a  sum- 
mirj  of  his  merits  Bt  the  end  of  an  article,  and  we  will,  therefore,  oon- 
dude  our  qaotationa  hy  a  ahoii  specimen  taken  &om  bia  most  amusing 
bwA,  The  Avtocrat  of  the  Breakfast-tabU  :— 

"  Oar  brains  are  seventy-year  clocks  ;  the  angel  of  life  winds  them  up 
caee  for  all,  then  closes  the  case,  and  gives  the  key  into  tbe  hand  of  the 
ufd  of  resnrrection. 

"Tic-tac,  tio-tac,  go  the  wheels  of  thought;  our  will  canoot  atop 
tban;  they  cannot  stop  themselves;  sleep  oannot  still  them;  madaeai 
taHf  makes  tliem  go  fiister ;  death  alone  can  break  into  the  case,  and 
■itiog  the  erer-Bwing^ng  pendulum,  which  we  call  the  heart,  silence  at 
kdthe  clicking  of  the  terrible  escapement  we  have  carried  so  long  beneath 
tor  vriokled  foreheads  I 

"If  we  could  only  get  at  them  as  we  lie  on  onr  pillows,  and  coont  the 
disd  beats  of  thought  after  thought,  and  image  after  image  jsrring 
Ibimgh  the  overtired  organ.  Will  nobody  block  these  wheels,  uncouple 
tbtt  pinion,  cut  the  string  that  holds  these  weights,  blow  up  the  infernal 
madiiDe  with  gonpowder  7  ....  If  anybody  would  only  contrive  Boroe 
kiad  rf  a  lever  that  we  could  thrust  in  among  the  works  of  this  horrid 
nloBiton  and  check  them,  or  alter  their  rate  of  going,  what  would  the 
»orid  give  for  the  discovery  ?  " 

'From  half  s  dime  to  a  dime,  according  to  the  style  of  the  place  and 
■be  quality  of  the  liquor,"  said  the  young  fellow  whom  they  call  John. 

"  Yon  speak  trivially,  but  not  unwisely,"  I  said. 


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^fcolleqfioiis  of\  Jilatcijtoo  bti  a  ^urutuitijg  Oetenit. 


I  vxu  rctootabcr.  tbc  m<>rutDj;  «f  iha  1 8tli.  The  heAr^  rain  duiin;;  lint  '\ 
nitrlkt  liEitl  chilU'il  t1iQ  iiir,  ilic  dark  clottilt  ovi'rliuiiil  c^iKt  a  gloom  upou  tbo 
fiuIJ,  and  iiluigctlicrdi);  iiLiirnin;^  vas  iinueiually  cIicciIms  lor  the  month  of 
June.  But  I  pei-eoivod  no  reilectioa  of  tHat  gloom  up™  the  fucc*  of  our 
meu,  and  aa  column  after  coluuin  wf  tlie  French  caiiie  in  sigbt,  tbey  maio- 
taiucd  tln!  *iim(!  uadiiuuWd  (wpoct.  For  my  own  port,  I  t'vlt  nuxioiu) — but 
not  wlitjJiy  -on  my  own  acccunl.  I  had  b&cn  pretty  well  uftworietl  u>  the 
allien  of  ))ciwdcr  uti  the  castcTn  cou&t  of  Spain;  tiul  1  had  a  1iroili«r,  quite 
«  young  fellow,  who  never  had  wom  a  red  coal  wntil  two  dnys  fcclyr*. 
Tliifl  ywiilli,  bfing  appointed  to  my  own  corps,  I  Lad  emuggled  nway  to 
join  tlic  rt-gimcnt  in  place  ol'  tliu  dcp6t.  I  did  it  nitliout  Icwc,  and  lli« 
net 'was  n  ni±h  oni» ;  but  I  thought  it  might  perhaps  be  tho  making  of 
Iiiiu  il'  he  could  kce  a  ILiUe  aprvicc.  I  now  dupWcd  my  iiisliiifaa.  Tlie 
lad  appeai'cd  so  unuvrred  tLal  I  fcurwl  Iio  luight  di«gnic»  bimstlf,  aud 
bring  ruin  upon  me  too.  If  bt;  run  ofT  tho  fK-UI,  what  nculd  follow  ?  I 
ebudtlcrcd  iit  tlic  thought.  IK'  tvould  be  Mit;n»it>E«d  (vi-  hie  oa  a  cuwanL' 
and  a  dcBcrUj,  wliile  I  should  bo  tried  by  court-martial,  and  perha 
dismisMd  tlie  serviciG  tbi-  the  breach  of  diicIpliDC  I  had  conituitted. 

"Oh,  K.,  tlii)  is  fcoriull  "  euid  my  hopeful  protvgi^',  as   the   ehota 

kcjfnn  tn  tvll,     "  Did  you  kx  poor fail?    And  tbprt-'s  IjlIwJ  I 

And  1  don't  BfC ,  he  muat  bo  gone  ttwl  wcaJiall  all  eooti  be  knocked 

over  at  this  rate  1 "     I  called  llio  8L-rg(>»at  of  rij  company  (poor  felloir, 

lie  was  numbered  with  the  dt-ad  cro  nightfall.)     "  Sorgeiint ,"  said  I, 

"  you  BCG  my  brotlicr ;  he  is  quite  a  hoy,  utiuiiud  to  tcrricc.  I  catnist 
him  to  you  ;  don't  let  lum  ont  of  your  sight  a  moment  during  the  dny.  If 
I  oliculd  full,  and  lio  surviTcs  tno,  hand  ovvr  my  walch  aud  purae  to 
lin»;  but  mind  nnAl  keep  your  (syo  upon  him." 

Ab  it  drew  lowiirds  mid-day,  the  heat  became  oppicEsive,  and  it  vrat 
truly  juiicful  to  walcJi  oiir  brave  troop»  bearing  up  agniust  it  under  the 
pondurous  accoiitrements  of  tho&c  days.  But  none  Buccumbed  to  the 
beat,  nnd  our  gallant  fellows  lianilkJ  brown  Cess  (a  weajjon  that  weighed 
fourteen  pounda)  with  as  good  a  wilt  us  the  luclcy  chnpa  of  ihfl  pce&ent  day 
do  the  Enfield  or  lh«  Whitworlh. 

Wc  had  now  riiniLiucd  Kltilionary  Homc  Iioutb,  drawn  up  in  square, 
our  ranks  as  yet  not  mattrialiy  thinned,  when  n  huge  column  of  the 
enemy,  btriu-ing  down  all  before  it,  opened  so  murderous  a  fire  upon  im, 
that  oni  corps  lust  half  its  men.  Wc  retired  to  anothL-r  position,  where 
wa  re-rormed  square — n  small  square  now,  and  in  this  atlitudi.',  on  the 
de&nsive,  we  continued  until  tlic  isHue  of  tUc  great  tight  was  virtuidly 
decided. 


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jniO(tiLE<;noy8  ov  watbbloo  by  l^ulmmi  vetkras. 

Tl(M  onlj'  wbo  have  cxpoiuinccd  wLnt  it  Is  to  be  kept  io  aa  uttiliido 
rf  ikA«n  Ihcw  how  it  triis  ihc  pniicnce  of  the  soliiier.  Oiir  niDa  woro 
ttejly  ihJPrting  for  n  chnrgc,  but  neccwity  forbad  it.  It  wna  not  oa 
aach  our  esposare  to  the  fl»  «r  miixkeriy  or  grape-Bbot  tbat  induced  ilii« 
ha^ag  to  prod  ibe  cnfoij ;  but  it  waa  tlis  ohnrgea,  or  rather  the  attcnipled 
ebMg«,arilie  eawlry  which  prcvoked  the  feoJing.  Agnin  8n<I  again  camo 
If  dit  eninBivrs,  but  it  vas  ao  go.  The  horses  liked  not  those  shining 
bifoeetf,  «k1  tba  bajooctc  never  tHncfacd;  ec,  with  bitti-r  imprccatJon», 
ikqr  were  comjtclleil  to  turn  nil.  Mxny  a  briiro  cuirassier  ma  brought  to 
fa  greoad  nhil«  tlitis  retrnelng  )ii.<i  step*,  otir  inen  bitring  orders  to  fire  nt 
tbt  hones  u  thej-  reli-eated. 

It  wu  just  nfler  one  nf  tbesG  cliargcs,  during  n  Tew  miniitM*  respite, 
t^  I  locked  around  mo  to  aco  who  vms  gone,  or  mtlicr  who  wiu  ]e{t, 
aha  to  »y  dismay  J  cmild  nAwhcro  Ji«cm  my  brotlior.  "  Wli«rc  waj 
&»  (ngeatit  under  whosw  cliarge  I  h«il  jibcod  him  7"  '■  IIo  was  down," 
lU;  toM  me.  "  And  my  Iwlher  ? "  "  Uc  Iiait  Idl  the  fielJ."  "  Left  the 
Ud  I "  exdftinied  I  in  agony.  "  It's  nil  right,"  iv|ilied  a  brother  oUiccr ; 
"kmM  wounded' — notbadlj;  •«■,  here  ia  hia  shako."  And  mrc  enough, 
m  ■naUBing  the  tlutko,  I  found  it  1o  b«  hia  <  nnd,  what  was  more  satit- 
hoorffi  ball  bail  nnai^ed  the  peak  and  dam-igcd  th':  front ;  raorcoTei", 
thfioBdewu  stained  with  blood. 

Il  mxj  sepm  ■Irang«>,  but  tho  ^ift])l  of  that  bloorl  nJTordiHl  me  intense 
itlid^  eapcciallj  when  I  heard  ihitt  tJic  wound  iras  noway  dangerous.  Tlie 
iffMbension  Uk4  eelf-reproach  undtr  which  I  had  been  labouring  since 
Ai  iuma  all  left  tne,  and  1  eommeiiced  forthwith  congratulating  myself 
qn  my  own  temerity,  and  to  frame  congmtulitiona  for  my  brother  if  I 
AnU  live  to  meet  him. 

To  ii>  it  ae«ined  the  day  w«a  going  dead  againM  \i».  To  be  sure,  we 
mU  ace  but  a  Kclion  of  l!ic-  lic-ld ;  but  if  tlint  presented  n  tamplo  of  tlia 
^4  tbcre  wa«  but  one  oouolusioii  to  nrrive  at,  tbat  we  were  outnnmbcrod 
sd  aropower^  by  the  enemy. 

Bill  the  day  was  wparing  away.  In  a  few  liniiTS  tbfl  sun  would  aet, 
■1  if  vlctoiy  were  denied  us  there  utu)  cunifort  in  ilie  l)ioti^-bt  tliat 
bkaon  woul'l,  at  uiy  rate  for  a  space,  termiiiale  tUu  cvin)>at.  Doubt 
mi  (fMcaJitlicn  [vrernilcj  anengiit  ni :  the  night's  campaign  wns,  in<le«d, 
iiftmuog  to  \t  discuaecd,  when  a  sliifi*  oiTiccr  was  descried  galloping  up 
iMnudt  oa.  He  was  ovidootly  the  bMrer  cfan  important  cotnmnnication. 
mm  VM  it  7  That  tlie  antiy  wiut  routod  t  That  immediate  retreat  was 
wJered  i  Listm.  "  The  body  of  the  French  army  was  in  full  retreat— 
«■  wer«  to  follow  titi  tlie  enemy  t " 

Il  would  take  an  abler  pen  ihim  mine  to  oourey  a  notion  of  the  effect 
lUi  tiilcUj{*en«c  produced.  The  cnthuaiasm  of  our  n>en  sought  Tent  in 
Amti.  Aod  with  all  speed  we  commenced  carrying  out  the  welcoma  order. 
Siota  uf  all  aortj)  and  siies  were  slill  Bytng  about  um,  anil  in  quitting  tlio 
gmisd  wberti  we  hnd  passed  as  mitny  wenry  hours,  I  reoeived  a  wound 
b  Ut*  koee  t  n  raacally  riHt-ball  b^il  lo<I^'  •!  and  Mtuclt  fant  between  tbo 


I 


tmnU  boB«,  puMing  me  oompletol^r  hon  de  combat,  'i'hia  vm  reolljr  too 
bwl,  being  dUablod  just  as  ibc  Ix-st  fun  was  coming;  but  il  was  viin  lu 
gnimbte,  fttiil  truly  glad  was  I  to  be  Itfie'l  on  to  tLo  buck  vf  a  slmy  bono 
which  ihsj*  cstigbt  Aud  brought  nie.  Dt'cliiimg  miy  escort,  1  eel  out 
•loae,  telling  my  oomrAdw  I  diotilil  make  my  w»y  unawisted  to  tha 
rear,  if  not  to  BruBscls.  I  soon,  however,  bec/i;iie  piuiirnlly  imnre  of 
my  error ;  for  when  well  out  of  reath  of  help,  the  poor  hnite  that  vRrried 
me  Maggered  and  fell,  hiiYiag,  1  concludo,  rttcciTed  some  wound  which 
hjid  Fscflped  dMedion. 

My  plight  was  now  *  mtt^  ons.  Hy  kuw  was  growing  Btiflf,  and 
swcIJing  f^MrfuHJ.  Pvin  ninl  wvukncsi  wvro  increasing  overy  iiioui«nt, 
and  I  Cp!t  1  must  aoon  lie  down  amongnt  ihc  dying  itiid  tlio  dvad.  !>ull, 
cm  1  limped,  drnggiog  after  me  tJie  Mifleniog  limb.  I  IrAnt  upon  my 
•word,  bill  it  bent  ben^itth  my  weight,  mid  I  rcMlv^d,  if  I  could,  to  change 
it  for  one  that  would  bclu-r  ^upjwrt  me.  A  few  paces  off  by  rhv  boily  of 
a  Frcni:]!  ofEccr,  nwfully  niiingk-<i  by  a  roaiid  thoi  which  hiul  tuuck  htm 
in  tlic  bowclii.  As  1  glanced  nt  hlu  cinntnnnnco,  it  soeniw)  fiuilc  calm. 
and  beyond  the  jallur  on  the  tiliockH  thttre  whs  little  in  the  iVaiiirus  to 
dmraclcrize  his  prvseiil  bluuiber  lu  ihu  til«cp  of  dcnlh,  or  to  indicAlC 
preceding  agony.  No  fueling  of  Roliclttide  was  il  whioli  brought  me  to  tka 
aide  of  thia  poor  fellow.  I  was  uttmcicd  by  his  awoid,  a  cavalry  one  with 
a  Btcel  scabhnrd — the  vwy  thing  I  wntitod.  To  thia  1  thought  to  b«Ip 
uiy»i>)f,  and  with  what  strengih  I  couli!  Kiiinmoii,  I  proci-udt^d  to  dilach  tho 
covclcd  wibn!.  While  so  engaged,  il  »cenic!'l  lo  luc  llmt  the  body  iii»T«d. 
Surely  it  waa  fancy.  IJut  ihe  iiead  had  moved  ;  and  conccivt^  my  bonvr 
when  the  tje*  I  hnd  sugtpmed  fiiM  closed  in  death,  opened  feebly,  mid  not 
mine      My    fuigcrs    inetinc lively    let  too.tc  their  hold.      Uuncivcd  aod 

n»Ji»nn'd,  I  smniiiiered  out  an  apology—"  MiUe  punitnu — mal  bits$i nt 

deeirnin  qua  I'tpet"  when  tlio  frt-nchninii.  vith  that  nuiivo  poliivn««a 
which  not  «v«n  approaching  death  could  rontrain,  tried  to  titiile,  aad 
gasped  jUBt  audibly,  "  Dt  grd»,  moniiew,  prentt  (one/"  lli«  all  was  nt 
my  service.  No  furilier  usohad  he  fur  Hword  or  augbt  (jlne  now.  Hia 
acooutremeDts  were  an  evidvnt  incitnibrHuve  to  him,  au  I  cased  hi*  utock, 
unbuttoned  his  coni,  and  uuh'wkcd  li'ii  wnitt-bell'.  llu  K-emcd  reliev«d, 
and  M  I  WM  taking  leave  of  him,  he  lukcd  whettier  1  could  give  him 
nnytliing  (o  drink.  Luckily  I  htid  a  flask  of  brandy,  (So  raising  liii 
head,  I  put  it  to  his  lip».  He  drank  it  off  and  slrovi;  to  ihauk  inc.  Ue 
then  oloaed  bis  oyra  and  uiiittcivd  umielliing  I  could  ncit  catcii,  whilu  I 
gently  replaced  his  lieod  upon  iu  druary  pillow.  I  then  row,  feeling  much 
wtddMicd  by  this  afllcting  incident,  and  as  I  stole  onv  liut  look  at  ihc 
expiring  soldier,  th«  llj)*  wcro  still  in  uiulion,  though  whuthvr  with  the 
words  of  prayer  or  of  men  grutiludu  to  me,  1  could  not  tell. 

Leaning  on   the  Frenuiinian'a  aword,  1  began  onoo   more  to  croep 

'  towards  the  rear  ;  but  liunt  and  exhaittUed,  I  aooB  broke  down  in  tlie 

RtMmpt,  and  as  1  Iny  down  amongBt  the  tall  rye-gross,  1  l»«^aa  to  iltink 

my  end  wiu  drawing  mwr.     I  may  have  l:iiu  thus  hnlf  an  hour,  wh«a  I 


BECOLLECnONS  OP  WATEBI^O  BY  A  SUBVIVINO  VETERAN.     47 

bfard  the  (ramp  of  cavalry  approacbiDg  die  spot  where  I  lay  hidden  in 
rlK  herbage.  Wax  I  then  to  be  trodden  to  death  7  The  Uiought  was 
Iiorrible.  On  and  on  they  came.  It  must  soon  be  all  over  with  me.  I 
molrod,  sooner  than  submit  to  such  a  death,  to  make  one  more  efibrt. 
Awordingly,  I  took  off  my  cap,  and  placing  it  on  the  point  of  my  sword, 
wsred  il  to  and  fro  as  best  I  could.  Providentially,  the  waving  cap 
Ulractcd  notice.  The  gallant  fellows  (it  was  a  squadron  of  the  — th 
Dragoons)  made  way  for  me,  and  gently  raising  me  on  to  the  back  of  one 
of  their  horses,  consigned  me  to  the  care  of  two  troopers  who  conveyed 
ne  nfely  to  the  rear.  It  was  late  in  the  aflernoon  of  the  following  day 
before  the  cartload  of  wounded  of  whom  I  formed  one  reached  Brussels; 
nd  uooDgat  the  first  that  welcomed  me  on  my  arrival  was  my  wounded 
fenther.  Hia  head  was  bandaged  so  plentiruUy  that  a  Tmk  might  have 
(Bvied  him  bis  head-dress.  His  delight  at  seeing  me,  if  anything  exceeded 
■be  at  meeting  him.  I  asked  him  what  he  thought  of  the  army.  He 
aid  it  was  a  fin«  service,  but  he  had  bad  enough  of  it ;  and  from  that 
hj  forth,  as  it  hsppeued,  be  never  served  again.  He  still  lives,  a  hale 
oUbsq  of  seventy.  Hia  forehead  has  an  ugly  soar,  but  it  has  paid  him 
iutVf,  and  I  have  never  beard  him  grumble  at  the  mark. 

It  look  the  surgeon  just  six  weeks  to  extract  the  ball  from  my  knee — 
■X  weeks  of  desperate  suffering.  Soon  after  this,  my  wound  healed  up, 
nd  I  was  on  my  teet  once  more.  Ily  way  of  blood-money,  Govenimeut 
pod  me  down  500^  This  I  handed  over  to  my  agent,  but  he,  poor  man, 
gut  somehow  into  difficulties,  cut  his  throat,  and  I  lost  alt. 

After  fire-and' thirty  years  of  active  service,  I  became  a  mart3nr  to  the 
psiiu  and  acbes  which  my  campaigning  had  induced,  and  I  found  myself 
compelled  finally  to  hy  aside  my  sword.  Verging  on  fourscore,  I  still 
htn  ptrengih  to  limp  along,  eupported  by  a  crutch  on  either  side.  I 
bop^,  ere  long,  to  be  summoned  to  the  liind  of  peace  ;  meanwhile,  may  I 
be  thankful  that  I  live  to  tell  the  tale  of  Waterloo. 


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Cnr  MICHAEL  ASOELO  TITMARSn.) 


[Mr.  TiucsEiur  once  more  appe&n  in  the  pages  oT  the  ComltiU  Mngazin 
Wc  WG  about  to  give  our  rcaden  some  skctclio  oDut,  which  Imvci  indce 
bWR  primed  before,  but  that  trns  when  he  wna  writing  for  a  gcnoratic 
so  astoninliinglyilttll  aa  to  sea  no  merit  in  Barn/  L'iniloa;  wKilc  tvc  in  tin 
diiya  wonder  sometimca  wliclhtT  pvon  Tlmck' raj-  liimgelf  war  eiirpnsae 
Ihat  little  book,  lo  woDdcrfiil ly  vignroiw  ami  krvn.  But  hv  wrote  ma 
tilings  thai  tliat  •*«*  neglected,  oud  were  soon  altogcllier  forgottwii. 
of  thtin  was  "The  Second  Fijkzbal  of  Napoleon,"  of  wliiob  probal 
not  one  in  ten  tliousiind  of  tlio  rciiclcrs  of  liU  Mogaiine  ever  hear 
And  yot  it  wnn  pu Wished  in  diic  form  nnd  in  rtccont  dtiodceimo, 
Mr.  IJngh  CimningTiain,  a  bcokiitlivr  wliosu  shop  tvns  nt  lie  coiiier 
St.  Mortiti'it  Plucv :  ha  who  ;ilno  Tirst  [jiibliHiicd  tliu  Pares  Shelch  Bwh. 
wns  illuairntt^l  with  aoiue  woodouls  nf  no  great  merit,  iind  thcmtn 
nildcd  ilic  famous  "  Chronicle  of  the  Dmni," — which  the  "  Icnduig;  M)^> 
finm  "  lind  nil  rcfuwd  to  print.  And  n*  t}io  Able  cd!toiii  of  the  lime 
rejected  the  ballad,  so  llie  intelligent  jnihlic  of  the  tinift  refuiii>d  to  read 
the  nccuuHt  df  ihe  Secokd  I-Ysehal  of  Nai-oleon,  though  it  hnd  all  the 
allurement  of  being  writlen  at  the  time  nnd  in  the  pr^si^nce  of  tlic  event 
it  commcmorntcM.  Tht  (rrnlleninn  who  sencia  ns  ihf  oiiginal  MS.,  from 
which  wo  rijiriiit  iIk-  long- forgot  ten  nnrrative,  *ays  : — 

"  The  '  Letters  on  the  Scjeond  Funpriil '  wero  a  fuiluro.  I  hnd  the 
plcienre  of  editing  the  tiny  Tohinie  ibr  Mr,  Thackeray,  and  pnw  it  through 
Ihe  preM.  And,  nfter  n  whilff,  on  the  dismal  tidings  from  llie  publisher 
that  iht?  lillh-  cflTort  nimlt-  no  irnprc5sion  on  llie  jiuhlic,  Mr.  Thaokerny 
wrote  to  me  from  F«ria  a  prelly  liltle  ftolc  corninencJng  ; — '  So  your  [loor 
Titmnr^  has  made  another  fiseco.  How  are  we  to  taku  ihi*  great  stupid 
puhlic  by  the  ears  ?  Never  mind  ;  1  tliinli  I  have  something  which  will 
Rurpriae  Ihem  yet.  ,  .  .'  Thia  was  evidently  an  allusion  to  yonili/  Faa-f 
wliicli  he  h-d  begun  at  that  time."] 


I.— ON  TIIE  DISINTEHRrENT  OF  HAFOLEON  AT  ST.  HELENA. 

>It  Di-AR, — It  is  no  cofy  task  in  this  world  to  rlintinguinh  between  what  b 
grent  in  it,  ond  what  is  mean  ;  nnd  many  .lud  many  is  the  puzzle  that  I 
haT«  had  in  readiojt  History  (or  the  work»  of  fiction  which  go  by  that 
OMne),  to  know  whether  I  shotild  laud  up  lo  tlic  iiltiw,  and  rndi'UTour.  to 
the  Lest  of  my  nnnll  capahi lilies,  to  imitate  the  reniarknMe  character 
about  whom  I  wns  reading,  or  whether  I  should  fling  aaide  the  book  and 


THE  SECOKD  FUNERAL  0¥  NATOLSOK.  i9 

AelMnof  it,M  things  aJtngctlier  haae,  unworthy,  laughable,  nod  get  a 
w^cra*gaiiw  of  billianj^,  or  n  pipe  of  tobacco,  or  ttic  report  of  tlic 
1m(UMc  id  Ibo  Hoose,  or  any  qiIict  cniplaymcnt  wliich.  would  Wtc  the 
■bdbastalcef  em^TAGiu^itnthcr  than  pwtcr  it  vrit)i  avAia  tct  of  dales 
vA^  to  actions  vlitcli  are  in  th*nni«Ivps  not  vrcrtlj  n.  Gg,  or  wiQi  a  parcel 
timma of  pcciple  wlioui  it  on  do  vuv  tw  cnrlltly  good  tu  remcmbLr. 

liiiii>orc  lluin  probablt?,  my  love,  that  you  are  acquainted  wiUi  what 

JiaBed  Gredtu)  and  Boiubd  liiatoiy,  chictly  rrom  peroaisg,  in  very  early 

rn^  tkv  little  tlic«p»kin-boimd  voluniM  of  the  iiigcnions  Dr.  Colduaitbi 

ad  ban  Uevo  iudebted  lor  jour  knowledge  of  our  Knghxli  iiniiuls  ta  a 

■baqacnt  uudy  or  iho  mum  voIuniinouB  worka  of  lluniu  ami  Siiiifllbtl. 

IW  Cm  ami  iLe  laat-n;ttued  nulburs,    ile&r   Mis^   Smiili,  have  imtten 

m^  an  adminbla  hialorj-,^ — that  of  the  Ecvurcud  Dr.  Primrose,  Vicar  of 

Walufdd,  mi  tliat  cf  Mr.  liobert  Ijrnaibk-,  of  Bromblc  UaU— in  bolb  of 

iiidivarka  you  will  find   true  ttnil  itiKtniviivc  pictures  of  huninn  iifo 

ad  »bkli   ymi   nmy  iilwnya  think   over   will)  itdvanUigc.     But  k-C  loe 

^Kin  you  against  pulling  any  considerable  triut  ia  the  other  worki  of 

iWe  utbora,  which  yicie  placed  in  your  handa  at  scliool  and  aflerwards, 

■alotvUch  you  were  taught  to  bcliuvc.    Mudcru  hiAlcriana,  for  the  moat 

|Vt,%Bra  v(-ry  little,  and,  secondly,  only  ti^ll  a  little  of  wbat  tliey  know. 

Aita  tliose  Greeks  and  lioniaas  whom  you  have  iciid  of  in  "  shttep- 

4a^'  «ctw  you  to  know  rvnliy  what  tlioae  monsters  ware,  yon  would  blush 

tOom  at  T«d  aa  a  holiyhuuk,  and  put  don-n  the  biiitory  book  In  :i  fury. 

Jby  of  our  Euglish  worlLtua  u-u  no  butter.     You  ars  iLot  in  u  situnlioa 

Hkaew  the  real  chsitaclers  of  any  one  of  them.     They  appear  b*foro  you 

ia  ilwir  public  capociticst  but  ihu  iiidivi duals  ycu  ktiow  not.     Suppose, 

fa  iaataace,  your  tnamma  lud  purchafed  her  tea  in  thi:  Dorough  from  a 

fBvn  living  thore  by  the  name  of  Greenaerc:    suppose  you  had  bitea 

aicd  out   to  dinner,  and  the  gentleman  of  tho  hoiise  had  suid  :  "  Kol 

Jim^ml    a  glan  of  cbampagiio  fur  Mimk  Smith;" — Courvoisicr  would 

KTVcd  yoo  jnal  aa  any  otht-r  fnotmiin  would ;  you  would  never  have 

tliat  tbcrv  waa  anything  cxtraordiiiury  in  thuiw  individuals,  but 

■mU  have  ibougbt  of  them  only  in  their  respective  public  characl«n  of 

Ctoeer  an<l  Footman.     This,  Madam,  ia  JCiatory,  in  which  a  man  always 

^poaja  dealing  with  the  world  in  liumpron,  or  his  luccd  livery,  but  which 

W>  not  ibe  power  or  tlio  leitun.',  or,  [lerliHpN,  is  t«o  high  and  mighty  to 

ondooood  to  follow  and  »tudy  him  in  bin  privacy.     Ah,  my  dear,  when 

Vg  and  Utile  men  come  to  be  meofured  rightly,  and  great  and  Btnall 

xdou  lo  be  weighed  properly,  and  people  to  be  stripped  of  their  royal 

ttbm,  b<ggar«'  rage,  generals'  uniforms,  seC'dy  out-at-cl bowed  coats,  and 

IW  Iik«— or  the  oontiary,  niy,  when  houIh  cume  to  be  atrippt-d  of  their 

■kted  (leociring  bodies,  and  turuvd  out  otaik  nukid  oa  thfy  were  befuro 

ibjT  w«tc  bora — what  a  strange  alortling  Nght  kIihJI  wg  so*.',  und  what  a 

fnoy  figure  ahal!  some  of  us  cut  I    Funcy  how  wc  aliall  see  Pi  id<-,  wiih  his 

Sl)lli-«loCbaa  and  pndding  polled  off',  nnd  dwindled  down  to  ii  forked 

■iUl  I     Fancy  aorno  Angvliu  Virtue,  whose  white  T&iment   i^   suddenly 


no 


THB  SECOND  FVKEIUL  OP  NAPOLEOX. 


wUifced  ttrrr  ha  htai,  iliawut;  lu  dattu  teci  and  ft  tail !  Fjnojr 
Hmniiiiy,  Ksaei  of  it*  sad  load  vt  oairee  and  want  aod  boctb,  walking  up 
to  llie  very  higfaeit  plaeo  of  all,  imd  blaahiog  as  b«  ttkat  it !  Fxacjr, — 
but  ire  muat  net  Abct  mek  ■  totae  <it  all,  which  woald  be  an  oaliago  on 
public  dcccDcy.  Should  we  b«  hdt  better  dura  <mr  ndghboim?  Kof. 
eertahilj.  And  m  w«  exa'l  be  virtnona,  let  tu  be  decenL  £1g-lcan«» 
are  a  yery  deceat,  beconin;  wear,  and  have  been  oov  io  Eubioa  Jbr  (onr 
tbotnand  y«vs.  And  an,  my  d«ar,  Jl'isutrj  u  written  on  fig-leavo.  Would 
jOD  bare  aiiTdnig^  ftirthcr  T     0  Se  I 

Tea,  lOTir  tb«iuuid  jeora  ago,  that  fammis  ti««  waaplantsd.  At  tHair 
vtfj  fnt  lie,  oar  first  panntB  nade  for  it,  asd  there  it  ia  still  tbe  gitat 
Humbug  Plant,  atrctchiog  ita  wide  aim^  and  ahaltcnng  bcncatli  its  Icavcat 
ae  broad  and  given  eg  erer,  all  llie  g^twMtioiia  of  awn.  Tlioa,  my  dear, 
ooqDett<a  of  ^our  Ctactnatii^  aex.  oorer  their  persoDs  wiili  Ciggay^  fiiBtaati- 
oUIy  arranged,  and  call  tli«ir  naaqocndinp,  taodsaty.  Cowards  %  thent- 
aahrca  oiu  fiereeiy  aa  'salvage  men,'  and  make  us  believe  that  tfaejr  are 
warrloni.  Foda  look  tctj  folemajj  out  from  ihp  dnfk  of  ibc  liavca^  and 
Vc  fimcy  in  the  gloom  thnt  tb^y  are  eng^t.  And  many  a  man  aMa  a  gnut 
wreath  ahoat  his  fate  and  stnita  abroad  n  hero,  wHom  claim*  wo  would 
aH  of  UB  IaD|h  at,  oouJd  wc  Init  zcnore  tbe  cmameat  and  m«  baa  anaf 
aholl  bsT«. 

And  aocb— (excuse  mj  aomonizin^)— aach  is  ibe  onnatitniioa  of 
Bumkind,  tlint  men  bn-p  a>  it  were  ottered  into  a  eompaet  amon^  tfaen- 
mArta  to  parmw  ihe  %-1eaf  afstmi  a  rontnmct,  and  to  ory  dowii  nil  wbo 
oppwe  it.  Utaabng'  tbcy  will  bare.  Ilambnga  tfaemtrlTea,  ihrj  will 
napect  humtrnp*.  Tln-ir  daily  Tirtnnla  of  life  most  be  M>a»nrd  wiik 
bmnbiip.  Cerutin  tbingn  are  tlierc  in  the  wnrld  that  ihry  will  not  allow 
to  be  call«d  by  their  right  names,  and  will  insist  opon  onr  adnicinfg 
vh«ili«T  we  will  or  no.  Woe  be  to  the  man  who  woatd  aulvr  too  f.iT  imo 
tbe  rrcesacsof  that  mnjittilioenl  temple  where  our  Goddeaa  b  cnalirintd, 
peep  thiwufrh  the  Tt»t  rmbroid^red  curtnina  indiacrwtly,  paactnto  the 
BBCTCt  of  secreta,  and  expose  the  Gammon  of  Ganraions  I  And  as  yon 
tniut  not  peer  too  eanonsly  within,  so  neither  mart  yon  remain  BCorarnlly 
wtbout.  TIuinbn?-woTiihippera,  lit  m  conic  into  >Mir  groat  lampta  rapK 
hriy  and  decently;  tike  our  wata,  and  settle  our  clothes  dectmtlj;  opoi 
our  boohs,  and  f^  tbmafrh  the  rerrice  with  d«<:mt  gravity ;  Itaton,  and  be 
decently  affectod  by  tlio  e;cpoutioiiR  cf  the  decent  primt  of  Ihc  plnee;  and 
if  by  chance  some  elragglin^  Yngnlifiid,  lollcring  in  the  Enn»hinc  out  of 
doora,  dnrM  to  Uugh  or  to  sin^,  and  disturb  the  luuietitiM  dtilneu  of  the 
fthhAil ; — qnick !  a  couple  of  bi^  beadles  raah  out  and  belabour  tlie 
wretob,  and  his  yells  make  nnr  dcvotioni  nor«  c«mfortabIe- 

Sume  mn^iRcenl  reli^ov*  ceremonies  of  this  nuturo  an  at  praant 
biking  place  in  France  ;  and  thinkiiij;  that  you  might  perhapn  whilo  away 
ann«  Umg  winter  evening  with  aa  nceonnt  of  iticm,  I  linvc  compiled  dtc 
fcUowinp  page*  far  your  nse.  Nvwsptipers  have  been  filled,  for  Rome  dnya 
pnfl,  Willi  details  reading  the  Sunt  Uvlcoa  cxpedinon,  many  pumphlete 


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kit  hen  pibluii«dT  mea  goaJboal  crying  liiUv  boobs- uid  broad^tecta 
Bti  lilli  rani  or  thmm  pAiticuIus :  and  frutii  titan  leurca  snd  valtudile 
irnmmi*  Ut«  CoUowing  pagn  nra  chtcflj>  oomiulod: 

VeouM  begin  at  the  bqgiiuiiag,  prignisitig,  ia  the  Snt  plac«,  tliAi 

Mmhu  Guizot,  irlitra  Freoeb  arnhngador  at  London,  wait«d  upon  Luril 

Afamon  with  a  roqiu-fil  Uial  th«  body  ot  th»  EinpcKv  NajM!«on  aIiouU 

Itfno)  uj>  to  the  Fiescli  nation,  in  order  th^t  it  might  find' a  final  rest^ 

^(■ylaM  ilk  Freocb  earth.     To  Uiu  demand  th*  Engli^  GovcmnMiit  gara 

tiwdjr  mntt :  DOT  was  thnre-  auj-  partioulu'  explosioD  of  •oniimonc  npao 

wkr  ■■!«,    only  Mma  prctfy  cordiul  ncftrcamns  of  mutual  good-will. 

Qiiaa  v«rc  arot  out  to  St.  ili^Mia  tliut  Uie  oorpoc  Abonld   bo  duuotcrr«d 

mdi»  time  wbea  tlic  Fr^icli  Gxpedition  Lad  airived  iu  Miarch  of  it,  ajtd 

id  oTvry  xc«p»c;t  and  «Ueot4Dn  should  be  paid  to  tliooe  who  Cfttno  to  carry 

hck  to  tlieir  wontry  tJu  boc^  of  tlio  ramuns  detd  warrior  and  itotr«ro%ni 

Ibia  mittcr  btang  aimiged.  m  very  fev  words  (as  in  Eiiglaiid  upon 

^paiat*M  tbc  UndabU  fiuJiIcin),  Ibo  Snatix  ChsKmbcn  hepta  to  deisfts 

ifaa  pine*  in  wliicli  thoy  iboultl  btary  liic  Iwily  wtion  tL«jr  got  it ; 

■^■mberiew  pampliicls  and  ncmpApen  oQlof  doors  jui&tni  in  tbo  taik. 

fln»pMpIe  tb«re  were  who  had  fought  and  con(|uored  imd  been  btataa 

vAlk^reat  Napoleon,  and  loved  hiio  and  his  invmory.    Mon/mcce-wem 

ikav  riio,  bociuiw  of  hu  great  gi:aitu>  and  taIdiit,  l«lt  «xG««v'd/  proud 

■  ifatr  own  particular  ponoBR,  and  olniDoured  fur  die  rstum  of  tli«ir  bcro. 

iad  if  iberc  irns  aoaw  lew  individuals  in  litis  great*  hot-licad«d,  ^dJan^ 

•nblime,  absurd  French  natioDi'who  had  tskcn  a  oool  rinr  of  the 

t  Enprror'a  character;  if,  pcrlwpa,  such  men  an  Louis  I'liilippa,  and 

McBnititr  A.  Thtcra,  MiDiatcr  and  Vt^ioiy,  and  Moudcur  Fraafots  Guixot, 

Dqatrand  ExeeUum^.  had,  from  interost  or  convietiitn,  o|iiaoiii;  at  aII 

J^hfiiig  irom  tlto«e  of  the  majority ;  why,  Hney  knew  nliat  waa  viLjit,  ;iiid 

h^  tiudt  opinioD.*  to  U»nna^v«s,  coming  inJb  a  tolarably  good  grace  and 

flngfaig  ft  f«w  bandfiila  of  ioocaM  apon.  dia  altar  of  th*  popular  idol. 

b  tbe  aiKoccding  debala,  Uiao,  various  opntooA   were  given  wiUi 

tliv  jinec  tb  be  aeleotcd  far  th«  Emperor  d  sopuliura.     •' Somo 

ta.y  an  tiKx|iient  anonyaiona  CapLiin  iti  tlie  Nary  who  liai 

ferkton  aa  Itinerary  /n>in-  T'Mhn  to  St.  l/eltna,  "  llml  ihc  coffiit  nliould  b« 

*yiiftd  under  the  bronxa  tokvn  from  llie  ctwnijr  by  tliv  Fnuub  army — 

rtlie  Column  of  tlm  Rinoc  Veiidfitn&    Tlio  idea  wasa&iv  ono.    lliU 

OHHt  gloti'^uo  raoQuntcnt  that  ivu  ov^  tnixod  iii  a  cnnqu«Tor*s 

Xbifl  colnnin  hua  been  melted  out  of  fam|,>n  caauon.    These  samo 

,  h»T<;  furrownd  die  braomaof  oar  brnxca  with  nobloei«Btri«a  ;  and 

li»  Bietol conqnercd  by  tba  aotdier  fintt,  by  tliu  artist  aJWwarda — has 

yi— III  to  b«  imprinted  on  its  fnnit  tl»  own  defeat  and  our  glury.  Napoleon 
iHglil  tlvp  in  peace  nndef  thi«  asdaaiowt  trophy.  But,  would  hi*  asbos 
a  ah^tor  auf&Mfilly  vast  beneath  thin-  pedestal  ?  And  hi.i  puiuant 
doMuaaiing  Fans,  bcama  nitli  sufEiucal  gruadour  oa  this  place: 
I  tba  w1m«1i  of  carriagei  and  the  Oml  of  pawen^rfi  would  profane 
Iha  tekBfaal  aaooli^of  the  not  in  traatpliag  on  tbe  soil  ao  near  hia  head." 

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TUB  6B00SD  TUKBRAL  OP  WAPOLEOT 


Too  mu^t  not  take  this  description,  doaresl  Amelia,  "  at  the  foot  of  the 
letter,"  ju  the  French  plirasc  it,  btil  you  will  heie  liave  a  maaterlj  expoii- 
tioa  of  the  nrgttme&ta  &t  and  Dgatnst  the  burial  of  the  Eaiperor  under  the 
Column  «f  tlic  Plnce  Vcudflnie.  The  idea  was  a  line  uno,  granleJ;  bnt, 
likp  iill  i>i}ier  iili-iut,  it  vut  opun  U>  olijcctioiis.  You  must  not  fnncy  thai 
tlic  <unnon,  or  rather  the  cannon-balls,  were  in  the  hnbit  of  furrowing  tUt 
boMnna  of  French  braves,  or  any  other  braves,  viiih.  cicatrices :  on,  tha 
contrary,  it  is  «  known  fiict  that  cuia«n-balU  mako  wotindB,  and  nti 
dca(rici<8  (whiclt,  my  tienr,  nre  wounds  partJully  henlerl) ;  nny,  that  a  man 
genemlly  ilicx  after  rcceiviug  one  such  pmjeciile  ua  his  client,  much  ratire 
arter  having  hie  bo«om  furpowed  by  a  score  of  tb«Di.  Ni>,  my  love ;  no 
bosom,  however  heroic,  can  stand  tiuch  applications,  and  the  author  only 
means  that  the  Frtmch  toldicrs  faced  the  cannon  and  took  ihcm.  Nor,  my 
love,  must  you  supponH  that  tho  column  was  mdtcd  ;  it  wim  the  cannon 
was  mt'Ited,  not  the  column  ;  but  such  phrases  are  often  usihI  by  orator* 
v-hcn  they  mah.  to  give  a  parUuuIar  Torco  and  eniphaaio  to  their  opinionn, 

W^eli,  again,  although  Napoleon  might  have  slept  in  peace  under  this 
audaciouB  trophy,  how  could  he  do  eu  and  carriiigcs  go  rattling  by  all 
night,  and  people  with  great  iron  heels  to  their  boots  pas«  datt^uig  over 
the  stones?  Not  indeed  could  it  be  cxj)ectt;d  titat  a  man  wboss  reputft- 
tion  Btrclchi-»  from  the  Pyramids  to  the  Kremlin,  should  find  a  column  ofi, 
which  Ifae  base  is  only  five-and-twi^nty  feet  equnri',  a  shelter  va&t  cnongli 
for  his  bones.  Id  a  word,  then,  although  the  proposal  to  bury  Napoleon 
nn(Ie.r  iho  column  wu  ingenious,  it  was  found  sot  to  suit ;  whereupon 
aomebody  clifo  proposed  the  Madelaine. 

"It  was  propoeed,"  says  the  before-qiioted  author  wiili  his  lutul 
felicity,  "  to  consecrate  the  Madelaino  to  hlH  exiled  manes" — that  ia,  to  htt 
bones  when  they  were  not  in  exile  any  longer.  "  lie  ought  to  have,  it 
was  said,  a  (cmplc  entire.  His  glory  lilia  the  \Torld.  His  hones  could 
tot  coulain  themselves  in  the  ixiffia  of  a  man — in  the  tomb  of  a  king  1"  _ 
In  this  cHMe  what  was  Mary  Magdalen  to  do  7  "This  propoKition,  I  an  I 
happy  lo  say,  was  rejected,  and  a  new  one — that  of  tlie  Pre«ident  of  tho 
Council — adopted.  Napoleon  and  hin  bravca  ought  not  to  qiut  each 
other.  Under  the  immense  gildt;d  domn;  uf  the  lavalidea  he  Mould  find 
a  sanctuary  worthy  cf  himself.  A  dome  imitates  the  vault  of  heaven,  and 
that  vault  nlone  "  (meaning  of  course  the  other  vault)  "  should  dominats 
abo'e  hie  head.  Ilia  old  mutilated  Guard  lihaU  watch  around  him  :  tha 
last  vcterati,  as  he  has  shed  liia  blood  in  his  combats,  shall  break  his  hsC 
sigh  n«ar  his  tomb,  and  all  theae  tomhs  Bhnll  aleop  under  the  tattered 
standards  that  have  been  won  from  all  the  nntione  of  Europe." 

The  original  words  are  "scus  lea  lamheaux  crlbl^  des  drapeaux 
cucillis  chez  toules  les  uationsi"  in  English,  "  under  Lh«  riddled  mgeof  the 
flags  that  have  been  culled  or  plucked"  (like  toses  or  biillercups)  "  in  all 
the  naiioRs,"  Sweet,  innocent  flowers  of  victory  1  there  they  are,  my  d€ar, 
Rire  enouf^h,  and  a  pretty  considerable  horCut  aiccv$  may  any  man  cxaniina 
who  chaosi's  to  walk  to  the  Invalidcs.     The  blU'ial-placc  being  thus  agreed 


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o^  Ae  erpedilion  wn<  prwpared,  k:A  on  the  7ll]  July  tlie  llelle  I'oule 
fnplK  ui  compaii;  with  /«  Frnvrile  corvittte,  niiitlH  TouIod  hurbour. 
A  oople  of  st«iuncra,  the  Trident  und  llic  Ocean,  escorted  the  eliipB  as  far 
u  GilnlUr,  and  there  left  them  lo  pursue  their  voyngc. 

Ibetwo  ahips  quitt^^tl  llic  harbour  in  lite  sight  of  a  vast  coacuursp  of 

ft^  tad    in    tbo  nii<Ut  «f  n  g^r^-nt   mariag  of  cautions.     Previous  to 

^  Jifwturc  of  tJte  litlU  FouU,  iht!  Bishop  of  Fi^jics  went  on  board,  and 

pfe  lo  ihf  ceoolapli,  in  which  th«  Hmpcror'it  tcmiiiiiK  were  lo  l>c  deposited, 

b  cpiteopd  beoedielion.     NapoWn'a  old  frionda  and  follower*,  the  two 

Butnndi,  Gcnrgaad,  nmanuel  Lsa  Cajscs,  "companions  in  exile,  or  sanx 

cf  tlw  OOBipVUOn^  in  l-juIc  of  the  prisDncr  of  the  in/dm(  Hudagn,"  aayi  a 

Fraarh  writer,  were  pas>i>ng(?n:  on  board  the  frignte.      Mnrcliand,  DeniSj 

Picml,  Nonrei,  his  old  und  Riithful  Krvants,  were  tikcwi«c  in  the  vcsaol. 

Il  vu  wmnmnded    by   hi«   Koj-al    Ilighnvn   Franoi-t  Furdiujind   Philip 

Lnii  Miirie  d'Orleans,   Prince  de  iroiuTillK^,  r   young   jiriace  two<niid- 

IWMT  jtJirs  of  a,:^,  irho  vu  ftlnrndy  disiinguiahed  in  tlie  eervice  of  hia 

vmixy  and  king. 

Ob  tfae  8tli  of  Octol>er,  aftvr  a  voya^  of  Hix-and-aixty  days,  the  BetU 
fWr  airivcd  in  Junca  Tuwn  harbour,  and  «n  its  arrival,  un  ca  its 
J^MMC  from  France,  a  great  liring  of  guna  loolc  place,  l-'irsl,  the 
Aalr  Prencli  brig-of-nar  bognn  roariug  out  a  saKilatlon  to  the  frigutc; 
ite  (b»  Dolphin  English  jchooncr  gave  her  one-oud- twenty  giina ;  thi^n  the 
fi|pt*  rrtumed  the  complimeal  of  the  Dolphin  itcbooner;  then  she  blazed 
on«-and-ln'CDty  guns  mote,  as  a  mark  of  particiUar  politeness  tu 
— which  kimliics*  Ibo  Ibrta  ucknowlc-dgcd  l)y  similar  dutonations. 
ncM  Unle  compllmenui  concluded  on  both  side*,  Lieuu>uant  Middle- 
am  and  aide-de-camp  of  the  Clovemor  of  St.  Helena,  came  on  1x>ard 
^nocli  frigate,  and  brought  hifi  father's  best  respects  to  liia  Koyal 
Tlie  Governor  was  nt  home  ill,  and  forced  to  keep  his  room  ; 
bad  mado  hix  boiuu.'  at  Jiiiik;>i  Town  ready  forCiiplain  Juinvillc  luid 
Im  Kihe,  and  b«gge<]  ihiit  Utay  would  make  iiae  of  it  during  their  stay. 

On  the  9tfa,  H.  K.  !!■  the  Prince  of  Juinvillo  put  on  bin  full  uniform 
mA  landed,  in  oonipnuy  with  Gem-rals  Bertrand  and  Gourgaud,  Mtissra. 
imCtaea,  Mardiand,  M.  Coqucrcau,  the  chuphuu  of  tlic  vjcpcdition,  and 
ILd*  Sobon  Chabot,  who  acted  as  chief  mourner.  All  the  gnrriton  waa 
BsAcr  amu  lo  receive  tlie  illuetrious  Prince  and  the  other  itiembers  of  tha 
lition — who  forthwith  xepaired  to  Plantation  Jlouac,  and  bad  a  con- 
ilh  the  Covernor  regarding  iJioir  mitaion. 
On  the  10th,  lltli,  ISlli,  these  conferences  coolinui-d :  the  crewa  of 
nhipa  were  permitted  to  come  on  shore  nnd  see  the  tomb  of 
ftifrtraod,  Gourgaud,  Laa  C^ues  wandered  about  thu  island  and 
miidtcd  ibc  qtota  to  which  thry  hud  been  partial  in  (he  lifetime  of  tho 
tiDpet«r, 

Thfi  l&th  October  was  fixed  on  for  tbc  day  of  tlie  exhumation:  that 
five-and-twcnty  ycm,  the  Emperor  NapclcoD  &rst  Mt  his  foot  npoa 

i.m«niii, 


TfTB  SBCOKD  Ptm^RAt.  OP  KATOtSOK. 


On   (lie  day  previous  all   iliin^s  iiad  been  mode  ready:  liie 
nrfHtia  »ml  ornnnients  brought  froui  Frimce,  ai»<5  the  aitiulea 
Uie  oporaljoo  yrvie  carried  to  the  Tulky  of  iho  Tomb. 

'i'ho  Pjjeniliiins  ooitimoiiBi'd  »t  midnigliL  Thv  wvll-kncvn  fripndfl  of 
Knpokon  iK'fnn.-  nunu-d,  nn<J  mnie  ci^cr  Bttcnilants  of  his,  llic  cbnplius 
and  hi" 'aoolyti:^,  the  doctAr  of  the  Jitlie  Poirte,  tlic  oapUins  of  th«  Frendi 
thipH,  find  Cnptuin  Al«xaDd<>r  of  the  EtiyliiciTB,  thoXngliili  Conuiitauoner, 
nttratlwl  liie  diamlvrment.  Hia  Raynl  [I'tgUnrtnVnaix  de  JoiorillcicottU 
ti<it  he  jirc^ent  because  thft  irorkinin)  were  andcr  Engh«h  coiiitusnd. 

Tlir  men  workvd  for  iiinr  hours  in«M>Kiiiitly,  viln-u  ai  lungUi  th«  corA 
iru  ruiirely  renmved  from  tiic  ruuh,  all  ihc  honzoiiiAl  atnta  of  nuisoiiiy 
detnolidhc-d,  snd  tho  large  elab  which  coTM-ed  tho  ptaoe  whore  th«  stoiu 
sarcophngiis  lay.  removud  by  a  cmac.  T\im  oaUrr  ralGa  of  atone  wn 
periect,  and  could  icnrcly  be  anid  to  be  Qnmp. 

"  As  KOOD  na  the  Abb£  Coi^iicrcuu  hud  roctli'd  ihe  prnyers,  the  eoffia 
vnsrcmnved  viiUi  the  grcntest  care,  »iid  carried  by  ilw  engineer •col^nsp 
barehtadeil,  iuto  a  tent  that  had  been  prejiflitd  fur  ibe  |>urpoee.  After  tb« 
Tvli^cus  Cpreinoiiit.>«,  the  iiiQ<:r  cpflins  were  opened.  Hie  outeriODBt  coffia 
■wtis  slightly  injured :  then  csinc  one  of  Icud,  which  was  ia  (rood  con- 
dition, nnd  onclotiitd  two  olhQr» — one  of  tin  mid  one  nf  wood.  Tho  kat 
coflin  Viu  lined  inside  with  vrhite  s»tin,  which,  huTing  become  dL'tudiad 
by  th-i  i.S'cct  of  lime,  hitd  fidk-n  iipim  ihe  body  and  eaveli>ped  it  like  a 
■nindiiig-ehwt,  and  h«d  bewiiw  "ligliily  nttnehyd  to  it. 

"  It  ia  diffindt  to  dcsciibi;  with  whiit  anxiety  and  emotiiin  tliose  who 
■were  piesent  wnited  for  the  rnnment  which  wns  to  expose  to  ihcm  all  tint 
dralli  had  ]el\  of  Napoleon.  Notwithittiindtiig  thii  iiingu!.tr  ttnta  of  pre- 
servation of  tlie  tomb  and  c(>(Ene,  we  uvuld  scurcdy  hopo  to  fiiid  anything- 
hut  Rimo  mituthapi^n  ri>m!iinB  of  tha  leiist  periihuble  part  of  the  swhust 
toirvJdence  the  identity  of  the  body.  But  when  TtoctorOtiilliinl  niiMed  the 
sheet  of  »»itin,  an  indescribable  feeling  of  snrprise  nad  nlFeettoQ  WM 
expretn^d  by  tlie  spi-ctiilors,  msny  of  wliom  btirst  into  tenrs.  The 
'Emperor  vtar,  himwirbeforu  their  (sya  1  The  fnitureti  of  the  fecc,  though 
changed,  were  perfectly  recdgnized:  iho  hsiids  extn-Tuely  hrantiCul  ; 
bis  well-known  coEtumc  had  Eutfcred  but  little,  and  ihe  colours  were  caitily 
'dutbgnifihcd.  TIio  attitude  iticlf  was  full  of  oise,  and  but  for  the 
fH^ents  of  ihc  mtin  lining  whieh  covered,  ns  with  a  tine  gnitae,  eeveral 
{nits  of  the  uniform,  we  ini^ht  hnve  birliev*^  we  atill  saw  Nnpolcon  btfMC 
vx  lying  oa  Lin  bet]  of  statu.  Gcnend  Berlinnd  and  AI.  Murchand,  wbo 
WTn  both  prRwnt  at  the  interment,  qaiclcly  pointed  out  ilie  difPerent 
HTlicles  which  ench  liad  dfipoaitcd  in  i^.u  roflin,  and  reinained  in  the  picose 
position  in  whieb  lhi>y  had  prwimiiily  described  them  to  bo. 

"The  two  inner  coffins.  wtTC  rarirfully  closed  agnin  ;  the  old  leuden 
coSui  WHS  slTfiigly  bEocked  up  with  weJgcs  of  wood,  and  both  were  once 
more  Gotdered  up  \ritb  the  moat  minute  precnuiiou,  UDrh<r  the  direction 
of  Dr.  Guillard.  These  different  operations  being  termiDnted,  llie  ebony 
ttTcophagus  was  closed  as  well  tu  its  oak  case.     On  d«tiv«riug  ihe  ki^  ^f 


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taboQ/  ^^eoplukgua  to  CmiiiI  ilc  Chabot,  tlic  King's  Cummbstonej', 
I  AJtr-xaotkr  tlvvlai^d  to  Iiiiu,  ia  Uic  uauic  «!*  thv  Gownmr,  llwt  this 
aftvB^t)^>^>^  t^'  nwrul  n-ntaiiia  ni  tbo  Emperor  Nkpaloon,  was  coa- 
alml  M  At  lIh]  dittpaiU  of  tiit*  I'xeucb  GoviTDiuent,  trom  that  day  and 
bm  M  mooMuiL  at  nhkli  it  ahoulJ  lurivc  ut  tli«  [>l;iae  of  eoiharkatioOi 
M«^  wiiicli  it  VM  about  to  be  t-vut  under  llio  oi^tai*  of  GvncraJ 
Mdl—org.  '11m3  Kii^'ft  Comuiisiuuiiei*  iqiiitd  lliut  bu  wiui  clivgod  !>/  Iii« 
fiMKnuiv«nt,  and  iti  iU  name,  to  accept  ttie  coE&a  from  the  haudu  of  ths 
Intoli  Bothotiitcs,  and  thut  lie  and  tbu  other  pcrficna  compoaiog  the 
iaaacli.  auat.fjtx  w«rc  ivMly  to  IoUmt  it  to  Jaiuc«  'lowii,  wli«tc  the  Pnaae 
niibt,  superior  camimndant  of  the  i^ptxlition,  would  lie  n-miy  to 
il  Ami  QODdocl  it  CD  board  Lia  ifi^ate.  A  cat  dmwn  by  four 
declwd  wiib  ftnercsl  emblems,  liad  b«Qa  pnpnrcd  before  the 
irrind  of  lltc  ncpedition,  U)  rcovive  the  colBitt  aa  wtU  as  n  puli,  and 
d  liw  ctha  suilftblti  )rappii>gd  u(  luouniiog.  WUvii  thv  wircophaguit 
Mt^btccd  OD  ilto  car,  the  Khoiu  vas  covered  with  a  mngnlficGQ,t  imperial 
■oik  liruughi  (rota  Patit,  the  four  coiucra  of  nhidi  were  borne  hjr 
Gtavmk  Bi^rtraud  and  Gourgaud,  Ba»n  Lr>  Casoa  and  31.  Mnrdiund.  At 
Uffaat  thrae  o'clock  the  funetal  car  began  to  iik>t«,  precediiU  b/  a 
r  bvariti);  tli«  crew,  and  !•}-  the  Abbe  Co(iuer«au.  M.  do  Chubvt 
cliid*  mourner.  Ail  the  utitliorilicd  of  the  island,  all  the  prin- 
iuhabitonUi  and  the  ttUoIg  of  tlic  g&rriouu,  followed  in  proce^iioii 
6vMthe  Luinb  [o  tlie  (juay.  But  with  the  {-xccption  cf  lEie  ortiilcrjmen 
mu^mry  to  lead  the  borwB,  and  occasionally  support  tho  car  when 
Awmlini.  tfume  steep  parCa  of  the  wny,  ihc  plucw  utaicit  lh«  cttHn  nctc 
—nil  tilt  the  l?'rcDch  misiiioa.  Gcnvnd  Middlfmorf,  dthougli  iu  a  wcitlc 
ABritf  health,  persiaLed  in  fuliowin);  the  whole  wtiy  on  fuut,  ui^i'ihcr  wiLh 
Sniiiil  Churchill,  clu«f  of  thu  vlaO*  in  Judia,  who  bad  Arrived  only  two 
llnibre  froin  Boiohay.  I'he  imiuoaiie  weight  of  the  cof&no,  and  the 
I  of  tho  road,  rvodcmd  the  utiuoat  ixulJuIqch  uvccMory  ihrougU- 
nt  Ihe  whole  distance.  CoIoelcI  Ttulawncy  cutuitiiiudcd  in  pt-rson  the 
nail  detachniinit  of  artilletymea  who  conducted  tlie  car,  and,  liuuikato 
b  grcKt  carv,  not  the  alighteot  accident  took  pl.ic<.  From  Uiu  tuonicnt  of 
i^wiure  to  the  arrix'nl  at  tlii;  ijuay,  Lhu  cannutm  of  the  Ibrlii  and  'llie 
AUt  Fauie  fired  minute-gun^  Al'iei  an  huurV  uurch  tlic  rain  •:(-:i9(.-d  fur 
A«  fti¥t  time  since  'dte  oonunaacemcnt  of  the  operationa,  and  on  arriving  in 
4|ftA  cf  the  town  ire  lutind  a  brilliant  alty  and  beuutitul  Wi-ailicr.  Ftouj 
AKBamiag  the  three  Fiencb  Tcaecla  of  war  had  M«amcd  the  ueiial  signs 
I  nouming :  their  yardi  axwed  and  th«ir  (iitgn  Icwered.  Two  French 
iCQ,  Jiount  Amis  and  Indiea,  which  liud  been  in  the  roiida  jor 
tn  duj^  had  ptit  thcin»dT«8  nnder  the  Prince's  orders,  ami  followed 
fahng  the  eenmtony  ail  thv  niaoixuvrvs  of  Uiu  Bdle  I'oule,  The  forta  of 
Ik  town,  and  the  buuau  of  the  cuuaul>,  hod  ohio  thcix  Hogn  hul^mast  higli. 
"  On  nrrirtng  at  the  cntnace  of  tlio  toun,  lIio  troepx  of  ihi^  gitrrison 
■d  the  mililix  formed  in  two  linw  oa  for  a^  tlic  extn-mity  uf  the '{uay. 
A^TTflrTffi  10  tiiu  order  for  xnouniiag  prescribed  fw  the  Ko^lJAh  oi-uiy,  the 


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THE  SECOND  FUNERAI.  OP  SAl'OLEON. 


men liad  their  arms  revtrspJ  iind  the  officers  hact  crape  on  tlicir  nrms, with 
their  eworda  nrersed.  All  tho  icliAbltntiU  had  been  kept  avrny  from  Hit 
line  of  Diard),  but  they  Jiiied  the  icrracen  coniti:anding  the  town,  snil  the 
Btrccts  were  occupied  only  by  the  trou|i8,  the  Slst  KegiQicat  being  on  th« 
nglit  mid  tlic  mililia  on  the  left.  The  eortil'j^e  advane^l  xlowly  botnten 
two  Ti^nVa  of  soldiers  to  the  Hound  of  u  ruucral  mnrcli,  while  the  cannoni 
of  the  fuiU  were  fired,  na  well  aa  from  llic  B<IU  PvuU  and  tiie  Jiolfihii, 
the  echoes  hcin^  r«pL^iU.-(l  »  thoiisiuid  liraes  by  the  rocks  above  Junta 
Town.  After  Iwu  houm'  march  the  cotlige  slopped  at  the  end  of  the  quay, 
Trlicrc  the  Prince  dc  Joinvillc  bad  slntlcned  bimsuir  Ht  the  henH  of  ihe 
(^Soersof  the  three  Frt-nch  sJiipnof  war.  The  gTeatest  odJciEil  honount  hxd 
been  rendered  by  the  Eitglish  .iTitlkoritiee  to  the  mcmorj-  of  the  Emperor — 
thonoet  Htriking  tG^timonialH  of  respect  had  mnrWil  tlin  adieu  giren  by 
8l.  nHcnji  to  his  eofiiii ;  and  from  thin  moinL'ut  the  mortal  reiiiainii  of  the 
Emperor  wer(j  about  to  bt-loitg  to  France.  When  the  funeral-car  stopped, 
the  Prince  de  Joiniiille  advBECed  nlone,  and  in  presence  of  ail  nround, 
who  stood  vnth  their  heads  ticcDTcrcd,  received,  in  n  solemn  manner,  the 
hupcrinl  coHin  from  lb&  b^nds  of  Gonoral  Middlomoro.  llii  lloyii 
HighueKS  then  thiinkuO  the  Governor,  in  the  iiiuiie  of  Kiance,  for  all  ibe 
tcstimoniuls  of  sympnlliy  nnd  rcnpcct  with  which  the  authorities  and  iidia- 
birnnts  of  St.  Helena  3ind  surrounded  the  memorable  ceremonial.  A  cutter 
hnd  been  expressly  prepared  to  receive  the  colfin.  Duria^  ttc  cmbark- 
•tion,  which  tlic  Prince  directed  hiiniielf,  the  bonda  plnyed  funeral  airs, 
and  nil  ilie  boat*  ivcre  stationed  round  with  their  oara  iihipped.  The 
moment  the  sarcopliai^us  touched  the  cutter,  a  magiiilicent  royal  &ag, 
wliieh  the  ludicKol'  JittncH  Toum  had  embroidered  tor  the  occasion,  wu 
unfurled,  and  Uie  JklU  Pmk  imnicdiatdy  Bquared  her  tnasis  and  unfuried 
her  e&lonrs,  All  the  manoiavrcs  of  the  frignte  were  immedialcly  tollowcd 
by  the  other  vewels.  Our  mourning  liad  ccasiod  » itli  the  exile  of  Napoleon, 
nnd  the  French  oavn!  divi&ion  dreaaed  itflelf  out  in  all  >'^  fiaiLal  ornaments 
to  rcceivB  ihu  imperiid  cciffin  under  the  French  flaj.  'ibe  uircophagos 
was  covered  in  tlie  culler  with  the  imperial  mantle.  The  Trince  de  Join- 
Yille  placed  hiniself  at  the  rudder,  Cuinm.imlutit  Guyct  at  the  huiid  of  the 
boat;  Generals  Uertrmid  aaJ  Gourgaud,  Bavon  do  Las  Ca!(e*i,  M.  Msr- 
cbaod,  and  the  Ahbi^  Coqncroau  occupied  the  name  p]:ia:s  as  during  the 
mu^.  CouTit  Chnbot  and  Commandant  Uemoux  vrere  astern,  a  little  ia 
advaneo  of  the  Prince.  As  soon  as  ibc  culter  had  pn«hud  ofl"  frnm  the  qtiay, 
thelijitlcricsHidirrt  fired  Jtwalutr  of  tvrcnly-oncgiiu.%  and  our  nhips  returned 
the  luilute  wilh  nil  iheir  artillery.  Two  other  siilulcs  were  Jirod  during 
the  passage  i'tum  iIk;  quay  to  the  frigate,  llic  cutter  advancing  very  bIowIv, 
nnd  surrounded  by  the  other  boats.  At  half-past  si?E  o'clock  it  rcnchcd 
tihe  JitUii  Pottlt,  nil  ijie  men  liein|r  nn  the  ynrds  with  their  hula  in  their 
hands.  The  Prince  had  imrf  urrnngcd  on  the  deck  n  cltupel,  decked  willi 
flags  and  trophies  of  atras,  the  altar  being  placed  at  the  foot  of  the  mizen- 
niRit.  The  coffin,  carried  hy  our  lailorit,  paMcd  betwwn  two  nnkt  of 
«fliocr9  with  drnwn  jwords,  and  was  placed  on  tlie  quarter-deck.    The  «bso- 


THE  ^KOdW)  VDNERAl  OP  NAFOLKOV.         57 

htica  ««  pronooacod  by  the  Abb6  Coqnereau  tli(>  Ktimc  crcnLa^.    Next 

hf,Uti3t  o'clodc,  a  Bolcmn  maaa  was  celebrated  on  (he  Ocick,  in  presence 

iTlbf  A«at  and  pnrt  of  the  crcw«  of  Uic  ships.    Hid  Kcijal  Ffighncss  etood 

tt  ifae  fcot  of  the  cuf&n.     The  cannon  of  llie  Ftworite  and  0«jfe  fired 

wmrfuns  during:  tliia  cErcmony,  which  ttrminattd  by  n  soJtiuu  aV.Mc». 

Ma;  and  the  Prince  dt,-  Joiaville,  tho  genilemcn  tif  ih<T  mistiun,  the 

iftm,  aad  the  prcmier%  m-tUrts  <it  iho  sliij),  sprinlcled  holy  vaU-t  nn  the 

oMbL   At  eleven,  all  the  «eRrni6Dies  of  the  church  ncro  sccomplialied, 

il  A*  baBoan  don?  lo  s  Mvorcign  bad  been  paid  to  the  mortal  Ttmains  of 

KfolHin.     ITic  coffin  vav^  carefully  lowered  between  deckn,  and  piacoi)  in 

A»(I^»U«  itfdtnU  which  liad  been  prrpniwl  at  Tottlon  for  il«  reception. 

At  Ail  Bianieat,  th«  vetwls  fired  it  la»i  xaltite  with  all  their  artillery,  and 

lb  bjgalc  took  ta  her  flags,  keeping  up  only  her  fl^tg  at  Ihc  item,  and  the 

VfpA  itxadard   at  the    ntainttipgallant-mast.       Oa   Sunday,  the  18th,  at 

^1  in  the  niomizig,  the  Bdte  Poule  quitted  St.  lIcK-na  with  lier  preciotis 

^^t  OS  board, 

"During  tho  whole  limu  that  the  miwion  remained  at  James  Town, 
4a beat  uader^tanding  iievL-r  c»iM'd  to  txlni  lielween  the  ]>opuIntion  of  lh« 
tImA  and  tlic  French.  The  Prince  de  Joinville  and  his  cumpnioni  inet 
n  iB  quarters  and  at  all  times  with  tlio  greatest  good-will  and  the 
ttvaot  tcetimonials  of  sympathy.  The  authorities  nnd  the  inhabitants 
OH  have  felt,  no  doubt,  great  regret  at  aeeitig  taken  away  fi-om  their 
akai  the  coiEn  that  had  rendered  it  ao  celebrated ;  htit  they  repn't^ 
tMr  Maagt  with  a  courtesy  that  doce  henoiir  t»  the  fntnknesB  of  their 
daaeu-T." 


tL— CtN  IIIK  VOVAGK  FROM  ST.  HELENA  TO  PABIS. 

Ox  the  1  Stli  October  the  French  frigate  <iiiitted  tho  island  with  ita  prcctoua 
tedeA  on  board. 

Hu  Kojal  Highneaa  the  Cxptain  acknowledged  cordially  the  kindness 
h4  aflcntion  which  he  and  his  crt:w  liad  received  front  the  English 
luWilie*  and  the  inhabitonis  of  the  IijUnd  of  Si.  Meleua;  nny,  promised 
a  ponoa  to  an  old  soldier  who  had  been  for  many  ycimi  the  guardian 
tf  Aa  Imperial  tomb,  nnd  went  i:o  fiir  n«  to  take  into  eonaidvrntiou  the 
]diliao  of  ■  certain  lodging-honie  ke^-pt'r,  who  prayed  for  a  cdiupensatien 
W  the  loiB  whicli  the  rctnoval  of  thu  Emperor's  body  would  oocation  to 
W.  And  idihou^ii  it  was  not  to  be  expected  that  tho  great  French  nation 
A«dd  longo  iu  natuial  dcnre  of  rccoTfrin^  the  rctnaiiiB  of  a  hero 
t^tmt  to  it  fur  the  Hake  of  the  individual  interest  of  thu  Inndlady  in 
fMMjoo,  it  niiut  have  been  lunisfactorr  to  her  to  tind  that  the  pcculinrity 
flf  her  ptwtioo  was  so  delicately  appreciated  by  IIk'  nugmt  I'rincc  wltu 
(OMtuniilcd  the  cspedilion,  and  carrind  away  with  liim  antmir  (timi'tium 
■■  ilm  half  of  the  genteel  iudepeuflence  which  ahe  derived  from  the 
■fcMJmi  of  bar  hotcL  In  a  word,  polilene*«  and  friendship  cotdd  not  be 
■obd  fartber.     The  Prince's  realm  and  tlie  landUdy'a  were  bound 


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Ttm  BlDCOliU  JTUNKKJU.  OF  KAPULEON. 


iDgMber  l>y  lliv  cIoMst  tiw  of  unit/-  U.  Tbiui-s  vaa  Minittl«r  o 
lli&  greut  patroti  of  die  Engluli  ullUiico.  At  Louiloa  M.  Uulxot  van  Uik 
wonLy  ropratulauva  uf  iLo  FtcdgIi  good-witl  towai-iiA ttie  BiJtuii  pti>pJe^ 
and  tiut  remark  fnqueDlly  niad«>  by  our  orHl>irs  M  jiublic  dinncn,  that 
"  Fnnoo  and  EngUntl,  whilu  unitviJ,  iiii^'lil  ihtfy  liie  world,"  vrait  cuiuuJercd 
w  likely  to  bvld  guud  Ivx  uuuiy  years  to  cunie, — llie  uuwti  iLal  is.  Aa  tat 
defying  tUe  world,  tbat  vas  odtlier  ttere  nor  Uiere ;  nor  di<l  Hngli^ 
politicians  ever  dieam  of  doing  nny  such  thins,. except  petlu4»  at  tlie 
tcotb  it^ftM  of  port  «t  TrctiniAAoii't  Turcrn. 

Littlo,  licnnrerei-,  clid  Ura.  Corttatt,  tli«  Sttiul  Helena  inudlady,  littlg  <^' 
bia  KoynJ  iligUnoai  Prioco  Fcixlitiaiul  Philip  M.irio  du  duiiivillc  luiuw 
,  what  waa  going  on  in  Eiirupe  nil  tliis  time  (nliL'a  1  aay  in  ilurope,  I  mean 
in  Turkfj,  Syria,  and  Egypt);  Low  duudi,  in  fuct,  were  gaitu.-ring  upon 
irbat  yoii  call  tho  political  lioriion ;  and  how  tcmpMta  wccc  lioiiig  that 
waro  to  lilow  to  jileoca  our  Anglo-Ualltc  icinple  of  frteudHhip.  Oh,  but 
is  tad  to  iliiiik  ititit  a  «iigle  wicki>J  olil  Tuik  aliould  be  the  >in«aDS 
Betting  our  two  Ctiristjnti  nations  by  the  cara  1 

Yeb,  niy  love,  ihix  diarvputablc!  olil  man  had  been  tor  tome  lime  part 
tlie  object  of  thv  diiiutcrestL-d  uUcniion  of  thu  grutt  sovvn-iguc  of  Europs. 
Tho  EmiM-ror  Nioulax  (a  uiorni  clmraciar,  tliougb  fbUowing  die  G 
stipontilii'ii,  :inil  ndcu'etl  for  Iiia  mildtic^  aud  benevolence  of  dispoai 
the  Kin[)t;ror  Kvrdinand,  the  King  of  Pnit^.i,  and  our  own  gracious 
bad  taken  such  jiixt  oiTcQee  at  his  conduct  mid  diaobedicacs  towarda 
yvung  aud  iutcrtvtiiig  eoToreign,  whuae  autliouty  Jio  bod  disiegarded, 
U'hoae  fleet  he  bud  lcidt)np[K'il,  w)iv$o  fair  province)!  ho  had  pcuaccd  upon, 
that  iliry  dctcrniinid  l<i  emu;  to  llic  iiid  of  Abdid  Mtdjid  the  First, 
Euiptror  (■(  ihc  Turks,  and  bring  his  rebeilioua  vnasal  to  roaion.  In  thU 
pnijevt  the  Fi-eneh  DaUvn  was  invited  to  join,  but  they  relused  tho  invita* 
tion,  saying,  tliat  it  vnta  mfotwary  fur  the  luuiutiuauicc  ol'  thu  balaoce  af 
pon'«r  in  Ii!uT<3p(>  that  his  Highness  Mehcmet  Aii  should  keep  pofacaHOS 
of  wLal  by  hook  or  by  crook  he  had  gotten,  and  that  ihey  ivould  havu  no 
hand  in  iajoring  htm.  liut  why  continue  thin  argamcnt,  wUiub  yoit  liar* 
raad  in  Iho  iivwtpapers  for  many  months  paxt?  Ten,  my  dear,  auat 
koov  as  well  as  I,  that  the  balauctt  af  power  in  Euivpe  ci>uld  not  poaubly 
be  uaintained  in  any  suuh  wnj ;  and  thougl),  to  be  sure,  for  the  Lu( 
Gdeen  yearx,  tht.'  progrc^a  of  ttiv  old  robhor  has  not  made  niucb  diScreocc 
to  11S  in  ihc  Lvi^lihvuihood  of  ItLuevll  Sjuaru,  and  the  baillc  of  Xexib  did 
not  is  ilu!  h-iii>i  ufTuut  our  taxes,  our  houif.e,  our  itiatitutiiuifl,  or  ths  prioB 
of  hiitchcr'i*  moat,  jet  there  b  £o  knowing  what  mighc  have  hiipiwned  had 
Mvhvmct  All  hceti  allowed  to  remain  <iuit:tiy  tm  lie  wun :  and  the  balance 
of  powLT  in  Europe  might  have  twcn — tJio  deuce  knows  whero. 

Uere,  then,  in  a  nutshdl,  you  have  tho  whole  mattci'  in  diapulc.  WliiJa 
ICtl  Cocbclt  aud  the  Prince  de  Joinviilc  were  innoccally  interchanging 
eoaiplime.ntn  at  Suint  JIcTena,— bang  I  bang  I  GiQiniodon-  A'apier  uaa 
poiu^ing  brosd»idM  into  Tyre  luid  Sidon  j  our  giillLint  uuvy  iras  storming 
breaches  and  routing  ariniea ;  CoJouol  Hodges  had  seised  upon  tha  gntso 


I 
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THE  SECOHd  fWWbbAL  OP  KAPftLRoST 

ttaiai  vC  Jbnliiin  Paebn ;  oikI  tlio  powder-nui^Kiae  ai  Saint  Jolm  of 
AnriaabkwD  ti[i  aky-liigtt,  witli  righteco  huniircd  Ef^plian  >ol(]ien  la 
amqnn  m\%h  it.  The  French  raid  that  Tor  Aaglait  had  oohierixl  mU 
llw  MB'WMMi,  atul  no  doubt  betkvcd  thai  the  poor  lullows  iit  Aero  \nm 
bAdtoaouui, 

6  Btut  have  be«a  particular);  tiiiplvuimt  to  i  high-minded  naiioa 
iit  ike  Frencb — at  ibe  vcr^'  moniLiit  when  tli«  Egyptian  xffiiir  nod  ibe 
Uaee  U  Eutt*pe  had  bv«fl  settled  ia  this  ftbni[tt  w»y — to  End  out  all  of 
Mmiimi  that  the  Faslut  of  ]-!gypt  waa  thuir  dcoiert  &ieDd  and  oilj.  They 
U  Hftnd  in  the  perMm  of  ihrir  Irii-nd  ;  nnd  though,  snaug  thm  Ui« 
OfttE  wna  utdcd,  and  the  tertUory  out  of  )ti;i  hand,  th<rjr  could  not  hnpe 
MgiM  k  tack  for  him,  or  to  aid  him  in  aiij  aubataatial  way,  }'«t  MoiMicur* 
Biia  dcbemunvd}  juat  u*  a  nuii'k  of  puLitcneu  to  the  Potilia,  to  ligbt 
(D  EaropH  for  loallntaiitig  him, — all  Kumpe,  Kngtand  inuludud.  H«  vaa 
htt  DO  KW-,  and  an  innaense  nnjorily  of  ilu-  natioa  wcot  with  him.  He 
edhd  fcr  a  ntillion  of  coldins,  and  would  hare  bad  tkc-m  too,  had  not 
tk  Eag  been  agauut  dm  proJ«ot  and  delayed  the  coBipldtou  of  it  at 
laklbr  a  dnui. 

WihaM!  gnnl  £Hrop«ui  <)t«i>uli-it  Cu|)tiuii  JoinvUlQ  rcOL'ivvd  a  noUlics- 
bMsUe  litr  wiiA  at  aea  od  board  hia  lii^ato,  as  wc  fiud  by  tho  official 
mtmi  which  haa  b««Q  publivhed  of  hia  nitadotL 

"Jsae  daya  after  ijuiiTing  Saint  Ilt-Iena,"  suya  that  dooumeut,  "  Uie 
npriiljau  Icll  in  wilb  a  chip  coming  Troin  Europe,  and  iviia  tliusnuule 
Kfukited  niih  tl>«  wnflikc  rumuuri  ibcn  iiiloat,  by  which  n  eolitaion 
oh  ihn  £ngU*h  suirttte  was  rt-odcred  poenible.  The  Prince  de  JoJnville 
Moefialcl;  naKtubled  the  cfSccn  of  the  B^lc  Pouie,  to  delibenUe  on  an 
i>ai  so  unexpected  and  important. 

"*  The  coaooil  of  irxr  liuving  vxpiaasd  ils  opinion  tluit  it  vnia  oeccf- 
■ry  al  alt  eretttt  to  pn-pare  for  an  cacrgctic  ddenec,  preparationa  woe 
Mil  loplaee  in  battery  all  ttie  gunii  that  the  frigiitc  could  bring  to  brar 
^iad  the  racmy.  lite  provisional  cabins  that  hoid  been  littvd  up  in  the 
hMHj  ware  denoliahed,  the  pnrtiiioiis  romovrd,  luid,  with  all  the  elegnnt 
teuttm  uf  ibe  cabins,  Hung  into  Uic  utm.  The  Priiico  dc  tlaicTiUv  nui 
4t£nt  *  to  (3c«cutc  liimai'lf,'  and  th«  frigate  aoL'n  found  itaulf  armed  with 
a  a  aigbt  moce  gant. 

"  Thai  pnit  of  the  iJiip  wbtrc  these  «a^a*  had  pivviotwly  been,  want 
ty  the  name  of  Lac«dc:mnn  :  oT^tyUiii^  Jusuiiuua  being  baniahcd  to 
make  way  Jbr  what  was  ukYuI. 

"Indeed,  all  ptnuns  who  wcic  on  bcatd  ngnc  in  saying  tliat  Mun- 
tegnrar  the  ftiiAx  de  Joiji«i!ie  most  voriliily  aDquiiled  hiniadf  of  llie 
p<ni  and  honourable  mtaeion  which  bud  b««i  confided  to  him.  .AH 
•firm  not  only  ihat  llie  comrosmhuit  vf  liie  criMdilioa  did  everything  at 
Sl  lli-tmn  which  as  a  I'Knclniinn  he  was  bound  tu  ilo  in  oidtiT  ihikt  iho 
■^■fau  «f  the  Empcior  should  i««t.-ive  all  tttc  honours  due  to  ih«;m,  bat 
■mwnf  that  he  aeccnipliKlied  his  miswon  wiili  all  tlic  locawired 
aJmnity,  all  the  jjiuus  and  sorerc  dignity,  that  the  son  ef  the  Kiaporoc 


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liiiDself  -wouM  have  n!ioi.T]i  upon  «.  like  occasion.  Tlje  cominandant  Ktd 
aleo  coBiprehcndtd  tJint  iliu  irmaiuB  of  tlie  Kuipcror  must  never  fait  into 
tbp  h»!i(ii>  of  the  stranger,  nnd  being  himself  rleoided  rather  to  oak  tiu 
«.liip  ihiin  to  give  up  his  precious  deposit,  lie  hnd  inspired  every  one  aboofe 
liiui  villi  the  SHiiie  enerjretic  reeolmion  that  he  Iind  1iim>df  tnJcfrn  '  ajaintt 
an  extreme  evtntuittit i/.'  " 

MoiueigDcur,  mj'  tli-ar,  itt  nnWy  one  of  the  fiueat  yeung  futlowa  it  ii 
possible  to  ace.     A  tall,  broad -cheated,  t^lim-wnisted,  browti-faced,  dark- 
L'yed  }'oUDg  prince,  vith  a  great  beard  (and  otlier  [nartinl  qiinlilics  nO 
doubt)  beyond  Lis  yenn.     As  he  strode  into  the  Clmpel  of  tbc  Invalidi 
on  Tuc'sdnj'  nt  ilie  bond  of  hii  men,  he  mndo  no  Miinll  iiiiprp««iin,  I  can 

'tell  you,  wpon  tlie  ladies  ansembliHl  to  witncea  tlie  ccreuionj'.  Nor 
the  crew  of  the  Belle  Peule  leas  agreeable  to  look  at  than  (heir  commnndM 
A  more  clean,  Bmart,  active,  well-limbed  set  of  lads  never  "  did  dance 
upon  the  deck  cf  tlic  fiimcd  DtUe  PmtU  in  the  dujE  of  her  memorabl 
CCimlKil  wilh  Iho  Savrj/  ArtUnisa.  "  These  five  hundred  wfiiloTV,"  Miyii 
Freuch  newspaper,  BpcakiiiR  of  tlieni  in  tlie  pioper  French  way,  "  nwoR 
ia  band,  in  tlio  severe  costume  of  beard-ohip  {la  severe  lenv«  dtt  $ordy 
HBDed  pToiid  of  the  mixsiiiu  that  they  had  jii«t  accompli tihed,  llieir  bl 
jldieta,  their  red  cniA-uls,  the  luritid-dowti  collars  of  blue  ishirtK  cdgci 
with  while,  al/o-rf.  ■nH  their  resolme  appearance  and  marliid  air,  gave 
IHvourablu  siwciiiieii  crf  the  i>Tescnt  elate  of  our  marine — a  tuariii« 
which  BO  much  Slight  be  expected  npd  from  which  so  litlle  Iiaa  beei 
required." — -Le  Cfrnmierre  :  16th  Decemlier, 

There  tln-y  wire,  Rure  enough  ;  a  cutlans  upon  one  hip,  n  pistol  on  tb 
other — a  gallant  Bet  of  joung  men  indeed,  I  doubt,  to  be  mire,  nhetlv 
the  tfvl're  temie  tin  bord  ri'quircs  that  the  $e»ninn  should  be  alway 
furni*Iied  vilh  these  ferocious  weapons,  vhicK  iu  sundi^  niarilioi' 
inantenvrc'E,  such  as  going  tfi  sleep  in  your  liiininioelc  for  inutiince,  or  twink- 
ling abinujicle,  or  lulling  a  iiinrlintpike,  or  Xet^lJiaidiug  n  tnnintcpg&llaat 
(all  naval  operations,  my  dear,  n-liieh  ony  seafaring  ncveliiit  will  cxpbis 
to  you) — 1  doubt,  I  ray.  whether  tliese  weapons  nre  attca^s  wnm  by 
failoTB,  and  have  heard  that  they  are  commonly,  and  very  sciinibly  too, 
IcuikL-d  lip  until  they  are  uiiiited.  Tiiho  .'inotlier  example:  auppoae  artil- 
lerymen were  ince.iaaiilly  coBipcIkd  to  walk  nbont  wilh  a  pyramiil  of 
twonty-four-pound  ahot  ia  one  pocket,  a  lighted  fuse  and  a  few  barrels  of 
gunpowder  in  the  other — theso  objects  would,  an  you  may  imagine,  greatir 
inconvenience  the  iirtilkTyman  in  his  peaceful  stale. 

The  rew«paper  writer  i«  therefore  most  litely  mistaken  in  saying  that 
the  wamen  were  in  the  Ktetre  tcaiie  (fri  loiti,  or  by  "  borcl"  meaning 
**ahordoj}4  " — whifih  oporaiion  Ihey  were  not,  in  n  harmless  clnirfli,  hung 
round  with  veU-et  and  Wax-eanillen,  and  filled  with  Indien,  aureiv  colled 
upon  lo  pLrfurm.  Nor  indii-d  can  it  be  rcasonobly  anpposed  that  the 
picked  men  of  the  crack  frigate  of  ihe  French  iia»7  are  u  "  good  epecimon  " 
of  the  rest  of  the  French  marine,  any  mnre  thiin  a  cuiraased  colossus  at 
iLo  gate  of  the  Horw  Guards  can  bo  considered  a  fair  sample  of  tL©  British 


TBK  SECOND  FUNEKAl.  OP  KAFOI£ON.  61 

putol,  hovfCTer,  hud  no  doulit  their 
iho  latter  not  Joadtd,  and  I  heur  that 
daltBcli  Indlts  are  quiU  in  rapiiiivn  with  these  chanuing  loupn-de-mer. 
LM  the  warlike  aocoutremciits  ihca  pusi.  It  vrra  DcccssnTy,  perhaps, 
letfiiblbe  Piiri»ianii  with  awe,  hdJ  lltori;lnrc  lh«  crew  was  nrmeii  in  tliia 
fitntilBhion:  but  vihy  (JiouliJ  the  Cjiptain  begin  to  sYniggcr  its  well  as 
lian?  and  wtij  did  the  Prince  <i«  Joiavillc  lug  cut  svvunl  and  piMoi  •« 
■it^f  ur  why,  if  he  tlionght  fit  to  mak«  prRpiirationx,  shvuld  the  oDicial 
pmnih  hng  oftheai  aA^rwards  aa  proo&  of  his  extraordinary  courage? 

Eere  ta  ihe  eaa«.  The  Kngliah  Government  makes  him  »  preuiMit  of 
lb  booea  of  Napoleon :  English  workmen  work  Ibr  tiinK  houra  witJiout 
tUUBf,  ami  dig  the  coffin  out  of  the  ground  :  the  Euglish  Ccmnitssioavi 
bail  vrer  the  Iccy  of  the  box  to  the  French  representative,  IMcinaieur 
Ckbot:  English  hones  carry  the  funeral-car  down  lo  the  sca-ahore, 
ttaspanicd  hy  the  English  Gorernor,  who  has  actually  l«ft  his  bed  to 
^ft  ta  the  procession  and  lo  ilo  the  t'rpnch  nation  honour. 

AArr  recviving  nud  acknowledging  these  politcnncca,  the  French 
Cifttdn  tatcB  hia  charge  on  hoard,  and  the  first  tiling  wc  afterwords  hear 
tf  Ua  »  tlie  detenu! nation  '  qn'il  a  su  fuirt  pasftr '  into  all  his  crew,  to 
Mkn^  ihaa  yield  op  the  body  of  the  Etii}>er>jrau:r  mains  de  FdlranQcr — 
isiPih  hands  of  the  foreigniT.  My  dt-iir  Moiiseigneur,  is  not  thiA  jusr 
^jmtf  Suppoeo  "  the  foreigner  "  hud  wanted  the  coOin,  could  he  not 
tsH  bipt  Uf  Why  show  this  untalled-for  valour,  this  catraordinary 
liini^  at  ainking?  Sink  or  blow  yourself  up  aa  much  sa  you  pleasi.', 
htyw  Boyal  Uighnees  must  tec  that  the  gcutocl  thing  would  huTc  been 
H  vait  until  you  were  a«kcd  to  do  so,  before  you  ofri.^iii3i\l  gocul-nnlurL-d. 
kaM  people,  who— heaven  help  tlieui ! — have  nev(!r»]iuwu  ilieinsdveaiil. 
ll  ■Undcrwisly  inclined  towards  you.  A  man  kiioeks  up  hin  cabini* 
fasBoih,  throws  hia  tablen  and  chaira  overboard,  runs  guni  into  the  port- 
U%  end  calls  le  quartirr  du  bord  «u  txistaient  era  chavibrcf,  Lace- 
^MMu  Lace^sFtnon  I  Thf^re  is  a  provinct-,  0  Prince,  in  your  royal 
llWa  tlominions,  a  fruitful  parent  of  heroes  in  ils  tun^,  which  would 
iMgirao  B  much  better  oicknaniG  to  your  quarticr  du  burdi  you  should 
ln«  nllad  it  Gaacooy. 

Sooner  than  >iiike  we*l]  all  «x-pi-cr 
On  iMiard  of  the.  B»ll-e  Pos-le, 

Soch  fanfare nnadtiig  is  very  well  on  lh«  p^irt  of  Tom  Dibdiii,  but  a 
)fnm  of  your  Koral  llighne&s'a  "  pioua  and  severe  dignity  "  should  have 
Uo  aboTc  il>  If  you  cotenoinL-d  nn  idea  that  war  wns  imminent,  would 
k  nat  hare  been  far  better  to  have  made  your  prcpamlions  in  qiiiirt,  and 
*ba  yoQ  found  the  war-mmonr  blown  over,  to  have  said  nothing  about 
<W  yoo  intended  to  do?  Fio  upon  »uch  cheap  LncodnriitoniaTiism  I 
IWrs  is  DO  poliroon  in  the  world  but  ean  brag  about  what  he  wrmld  have 
hat;  however,  to  do  your  Royal  HighnesH'a  n8tii>n  justice,  they  brag  and 

This  nuiMive,  my  dear  Miu  Smith,  at  yon  will  have  remarked,  ia 


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9i  'ins  SECOND  FUNEOAl.  UF  NAFOLSOX. 

not  a  simple  Uilo  imrrFlr.  but  »  aceompniiied  by  mnny  mornl  nul  pni 
Temarka  wliicli  rurm  its  oliicfTKlue  in  tbeirmer'a  cym  at  t«mitl,  itnd 
&bov«  aecoant  of  iIm  ti^nm  'L»e»6iimaa  on  btMinl  tli«  JitlU  I'vtUt  h 
(loubln-bnmtllrd  nonlitj,  ul  coaowiTo.    Tlo«id«  jiui iy  reprcbending 
French  prt^eRsity  towanla  bra^giadocio,  it  proves  Ttry  utrotig];  u 
which  I  ftm  tlie  only  BtsUiflniaii  in  Europe  who  hw  slrcoigly  inuatoJ. 
tbt'  Parit  Sl»tcli  Boot  (oiw  oopj-,  1  beliifve,  U  atiU  ta  b«  kid  it 
pqbliobcra)— in   tlie  J^'ia  Slvtcli  Boot  it  'mu  itatcd  Hat  the  Fi 
haU  K$.     Thfy   luuc    us,   iny   d^-nr,    pForouadly  and  da^ierKldy, 
there  nerer  waa  such  a  lioUotr  bumbo^  in  the  world  u  tiia 
alliance.     Mun  get  n  ctinrJictcr  for  pntnotiun  in  Fnucc  mnvlj*  by  bftti 
England.     Directly  tliry  ^n  into  Blroog  oppoMlion  (wherc^  yoii 
people  arc  itlnnya  mora  paLriolio  tLaii  on  llie  tuinialcrlxl  lidc),  iJioji 
to  Uic  pcnple,  nsd  hftve  Uidr  hold  on  tlie  pi^oplu  by  lioting  Engl, 
eotmnon  with  tlivni.     Why  ?  U  is  a  long  story,  itnd  ibv  Iiainid  vaa^. 
accounted  for  by  niwiy  r^asors,  both  pcIiticKl  and  aooiaL    Ajiy  Uiim: 
d^l   hundivd  yean  this  ilUnill  has  beifii  going  un,  miid  has  been 
niitted  oa  tL«  I'lcocli  side  imm  fntlivi  Xa  wo.    Ou  tho  Frcacl)  stdt.-,, 
ours :  v'c  hay«  lutd  no,  ur  fuv,  duftiuiii  la  compIuQ  (tl^  iw  in 
make  x»  vn^ry;  but  you  »ce  iJiiit  b>  dinoius  such  A  parivd  ot'  lion 
demand  a  «oiinderabl«  number  of  pBgeii,  and  lor  tho  prtscBt  w« 
•TOtd  the  eKLnuoalion  of  die  queelion. 

But  tUciy  h&tc  UH,  that  is  thu  Iviig  and  sbtJt-t  of  it,  uud  yoa  wc  bov 
thin  hstrtd  has  vxpLudird  just  sow,  not  u[M)ti  n  Murious  aaiiae  of  difimow, 
but  ti{ion  »n  argiiimcnt ;  £jr  what  is  tbc  Puslui  oT  Eg^'pt  to  ua  or  Uieiu  but 
a  niirrv  abotniol  opiQii>n7  For  die  Boma  reaaon  the  Litllcnbdiuu  in 
Lilliput  ahlionvd  the  Uigtfndiant ;  and.  1  beg  you  to  iviuaj'k  iiuu  hia  iitojal 
liigbncta  Friacc  Ferdinaad  Sdary,  upon  liuarins  that  iliib  arg[utuaiLma  fai 
tb<  coiirs4  of  debate  between  ua,  Blroightwuy  tlung  hie  fiiraitura  ovei^ 
board  and  expressed  a  preftrrance  for  aioluug  hii  ship  rathtr  th.-ia  yieldii^ 
it  Iv  lliv  eUiwjrr.  Nothing  cniac  of  ihii  wtoli  ol'  lii»,  to  bt  sure;  but  tin 
intonlu'Q  ill  orurytlun^.  Unlucky  cir^uiustAnctta  dunitil  him  the  powt^ 
but  hu  had  the  will. 

'Well,  tii-yf-nd  this  diaappointinent,  tlie  Prince  d«  JoinviUs  hud  uotbiag 
to  conipkiti  of  during  the  voyage,  wbidi  tcrminuiud  hiippily  hy  th«  arrival 
of  the  litlU  Povle  at  Cherbourg,  on  the  SOtli  o(  Nuvcmbcr,  at  Gvc  o'clock 
in  the  mominp.  A  tvtegmpli  made  the  gixd  nows  known  at  Pvis^  when 
the  Miniater  of  the  Iiitrrlor,  Tanne^uy-Duchatc]  (you  will  read  (be  tuuna^ 
Sladaci,  in  the  old  Auglo-Freuch  ^vur»},  hud  already  made  "imnwrnw 
frepamtiona  "  for  receiving  ttie  body  of  Napoluon. 

The  enirj-  wu«  fixed  for  the  loih  oTNoTfiniber. 

On  the  Qih  of  ^Dvcinlit-r  uc  Clii>rbourg  lli«  body  vas- transferred  ftoa 
the  Bff^t  fuuU  fcifttK  (0  iJie  Xvnnattdie  Htdtner,  On  nliich  oecaaiuu. 
the  mnyor  of  Chttrbuurg  Jcpoaitcd,  in  the  iianiu  of  hii  Iowa,  a  guld  laim-'l 
braneh  npcn  the  ccitin— which  was  snlutt'd  by  the  forts  and  dikt-s  of  iho 
place  with  tint  mouSiiND  olks  I     Tlierc  wna  a  inat  for  the  iuhubitanta. 


TUB  SECOND  FUMERAL  OF  N.iPOI-EOS.  68 

Tim  vtma  on  bmrd  ihr  etenmcr  n  BplcndUl  receptacle  for  llie  coflin: 
*■»  Mtplfr  with  twelve  pillara  and  a  dome  to  «nTcr  it  ftitta  tU-!  wel  and 
MJam,  tDTToanded  wilh  Tciret  hangingK  am]  nlvcr  friagn.  At  tbe 
bMJ  ■•  •  gold  crficB,  at  tl:e  foot  n  ^d  lump :  qi1i«t  lump*  were  kqic 
oMWlfbtimiDg- within,  nnd  vases  frf' burning  incense  wera  bui^  aronnd. 
Airiar,  bung  wiibTcIrctond  lilvi-r,  wkh  st  llic  miKen-mnai  of  the  v««»»1, 
mifiwr  tUvtr  <iigk»  al  eacfi  cvratr  of  lh<  attar."  It  ynu  a  ooinpliinect  at 
M  le  Napeleoa  aad — excuse  nie  for  i^iug  lo,  but  to  tho  fliciB  an — to 
&^lraa  mi  lo  God  Ainiight;. 

Threr  Kwtnew,  the  NarmnndU,  Uio  VHeee,  and  tfce  C*wm'<r,  ft>rra«d 
fie  etjwdhion  from  C'hcrlxiiirg  to  Ilavr^,  a(  whicli  pliic^  the^  arrived  m 
BC  nning  of  tl»  9tii  cif  Norcmbrr,  aad  nlicTt;  tlic  VelocM  was  rcpUocd 
If  Ao  Si^tu  OMuner,  having  in  low  one  of  the  atato-ooantors,  which  was 
tiCmlir  (cdnie  at  the  moment  wlicn  the  body  wwi  tnml^rred  into  one 
rfdie  Te»*4«  b«longin^  to  th«  Seiit^, 

Till'  cxjff^ition  pnmx.l  Havre  tlie  mute  night,  and  cnnie  to  anchor  at 
TM  Jr  la  Hii}'c  oa  the  Srinp,  thrw  Ics^iMt  bt^ow  RuQcn. 

Hero  the  next  imrtring  (lOih),  it  wax  mnt  )jf  thn  flotilla  nf  it<>nm- 
tom  of  tlie  tapper  Sttine,  consisting  of  the  three  Doradts,  }ht  thro» 
fiAi^lIie  Eiietipien,  (ho  Van'tien,  tin-  Par!»i(itn«,Ani  the  Zamjia,  'Xhe 
M^fc  Jrinvllle,aud  the  pei-sonn  of  the  i--xpeditiiin,  cmhnrkc'L  imme- 
AMh-  ie  ibc  flotilla,  which  arriYcd  the  same  da;  at  Koncn. 

ia  Roiivn  tahitcs  weni  firvd,  Th«>  Nationnl  Cunrd  on  both  md«9  of  the 
ii>«[«id  militate  Iwiwunt  tn  the  bod^ ;  and  over  the  midclle  of  the 
■faacni-briil^  ii  magtiiliccnt  cenotaph  wm  crrotcd,  decorated  with 
ft^  ftaer*,  violet  barging^,  and  the  imperial  nmn.  Bvfciro  tho  cenotaph 
dtez^Iition  nioppcd,  and  the  nbiKrluNon  was  piven  hy  the  archbishop 
"H  the  clergy.  Aflw  a  eonple  nf  houm*  i«taj-,  the  expt-dition  proceeded 
khatde  TArche.  On  the  Utb  it  reached  Vernon,  on  the  12cb  Maateiy 
n  fte  ISlb  tliiiDooB-aur- Seine. 

*  KvOTywhwe,"  »j*s  tha  olliciiil  acconnt  from  whidi  llifl  fthnm?  pnrti- 
cdni  ore  borrowed,  "  the  nothoritics.  the  Nntionnl  Guard,  and  the  peopitt 
4kM  lo  tbe  p*Mag«  of  the  flotilla,  dcwiroDs  to  render  the  houoms  doe  to 
tt  gkify.  which  is  the  glory  of  France.  In  sn-ing  iln  hi-ro  reiurti,  the 
Mum  Hmed  to  have  found  ita  FalUdiuin  a<,*niu, — the  Htinicd  ivlka  of 
^flUvy. 

Al  Inigtii,  OQ  the  14th,  tbc  coffin  was  triimferred  from  the  Zhrade 
■■ner  on  txanl  tbc  iaiperial  rc«*i:l  arrived  frcin  Puri*.  In  the  evening, 
tW  iinp4>rial  T«Krl  arrived  at  Coarbevoie,  wliidi  waa  tbe  last  stage  of 
ft*  Jwnney, 

Hvn  it  wa*  tlint  H.  tiuiMt  went  to  examine  thu  vessel,  and  wnH  very 
»Bly  flirng  into  the  S*-ine,  as  report  go<-«,  by  the  paLriutA  aaseintded 
^n.  It  IK  now  l/ins  on  the  rtver,  nnar  the  Invaliilce,  Amidst  Ui«  driftiBg 
■K,  (rhtiheT  tilt!  people  (if  Paris  are  Hocking  out  to  si.>e  it. 

Thi>  vnecl  ia  of  a  very  ckjnat  antiqiie  form,  and  L  can  ^ve  yon  on 
A<  TLaSKS  no  better  id?a  of  it  tliun  by  refjuesting  you   to  fancy  an 


SECOSD  FCIfEKAL  OF  NAFOLKOH. 

imtncTiu  wLotty,  or  wliicli  llie  atern  has  been  cnt  straight  off,  and  i>a 
which  a  tempi*!  «n  .■iiepa  has  been  tlevated.  At  llio  figure-head  i» 
ftO  inunsnu  gold  eagle,  and  Bt  ihu  stem  is  a,  Iiltlv  t«miGC,  filled  nitli 
erer^rwiu  uuL  a  profiuicn  of  Itaimum.  Upon  ]k:i](?suU  along  lb«  udct 
of  ths  VC8»1  arc  lri|H}d»  in  whicli  inceiiite  vrm  bumeil,  and  uncla> 
avath  tijvm  iirc  gurhiidtt  of  flower*  called  here  "immortuts."  Four  caglea 
Buniiouut  the  temple,  and  a  great  scroll  or  gmlnnd,  held  in  Llieir  bcakc, 
nuTounds  it.  It  la  bung  with  velvet  anJ  gold  ;  Tour  guld  caryaudd 
lupport  the  entry  of  it;  nnd  in  th«  midn,  upon  u  Ui^  pluUbrm  hung 
nicli  velvet,  aud  liraring  die  imperial  iirm»,  s-tood  the  coflin.  A  HtcumlxMt, 
OBrrying  two  hundred  luutdciaus  playing  funereal  luarclics  mid  tuililary 
•]rtnphouit's,  preceded  this  mn^ilicent  vi»9i!l  to  Courbevuie,  where  & 
fuacrral  Icmpli:  was  erected,  luid  "  a  etaliic  of  Nvtru  Datnc  du  GrLcc^ 
before  which  tb«  seamen  of  the  3eUe  Poult  inclined  thciaseJTea,  in  order 
to  tlinnk  ber  for  having  granted  them  a  noble  and  glorious  Tojngo." 

Early  on  the  morning  of  (be  l&th  December,  antidat  clouda  of  incense, 
and  tliuiidor  of  cunnoii,  iind  iniiuiiicrabli)  Hhotila  of  pM)ple,  ihu  coffin  waa 
traoari.-rrcil  from  the  barge,  and  carried  by  the  seamen  or  the  Belle  Pm\» 
to  tlie  EmporiaE  Caf, 

And  now  hiiving  conducted  our  hero  alinnrt  to  the  gates  of  Pans,  I 
mum  toll  you  wiiat  preparations  were  made  in  ihe  capilal  to  receive  him. 

Ten  daya  heforc  the  arrival  of  the  body,  aa  you  walked  across  tha 
Depuliea'  Bridge,  or  ever  tho  Esplanade  of  the  luvalides,  you  mit  on  \lia 
britlgQ  eight,  on  IJie  iflplannde  diirty-two,  mysterious  boxes  erected, 
whtrein  a  coiipli:  nf  Bcore  iifscnlplers  were  at  work  night  and  dny. 

In  the  midille  of  the  lavalid  Avenue,  there  used  to  aland,  on  a  kind  of 
shabby  fountain  or  pump,  a  bust  of  Lafayette,  crowned  wicli  soiiie  dirty 
Vrcnthi  of  "  immot-t&ls,"  and  looking  down  nt  tho  little:  satrrAmlct  which 
occauonally  dribbled  below  bini.  The  sjiot  of  ground  wnii  now  clejir,  and 
I^&yett«  and  the  puoip  had  been  coiuti^ned  to  some  cellar,  to  make  way 
for  the  mighty  procession  that  was  to  pass  over  the  place  of  their  habitation. 

Strange  coincidence  I  If  I  had  been  Mr.  Victor  Hugo,  my  dear,  or  a 
pcwt  of  any  note,  1  would,  in  a  Ivw  hour^,  hare  nmdc  an  impromptu  con- 
eeming  that  Lalayctte-crowned  pump,  and  coiiijiared  its  lot  tinw  to  tho 
fortune  of  il8  patron  some  fif^y  years  back.  From  him  then  itutued,  ad 
from  hi*  fountain  now,  a  lecblc  dribble  of  pure  words;  then,  as  now,  somO 
taint  circle  «t'  disciples  WL-rv  willing  to  admire  him.  Ctrtainly  iti  the  midst 
of  the  war  and  alona  without,  this  pur«  fount  of  c!o(juuiics  went  drib- 
bling, dribbhng  on,  till  of  a  sudden  the  revolutionary  workmen  knocked 
down  Htatue  and  fonntain,  and  the  gorgeous  impeiial  cavalcade  trampled 
over  Khv  upot  where  they  Btood- 

As  for  the  Champs  Klyiui'GS,  there  was  no  end  to  tbe  preparations :  the 
first  day  you  naw  a  couple  of  hundred  nciiffifl dings  ereclml  nt  intcrvala 
between  ihe  haiidsome  gilded  gas-inmpa  that  at  present  ornament  tliat 
greQue ;  next  day,  all  these  scaffoldings  were  filled  with  brick  and  mortar. 


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TWB  SECOND  FUNERAL  Off  KAPOLEON. 


65 


haatly,  over  the  bricks  and  mnrtar  rose  pcdimcntB  of  slotaea,  legs  of 

mt,  lap  of  gmldemes,  legs  and  bodies  or  goddesiKiA,  legs,  bodieR,  and 

hob  or  giCMldesaa.     Ficully,  oa  iltv  13t!i  December,  ^cildcAsea  cuniplcto. 

Ob  At  14tb,  tbcyircre  pAinted  tnnrhic-col«rtr;  nnd  tbe  bwemeDta  of  wcod 

■I  MlTu  tM  wliich  tiiej  stood  vere  made  to  rmemblfl  the  HBme  cosily 

HNriftL     Tli«  fuaercal  ixrat  were  ready  to  receive  Ui<i  friuikiacciue  and 

pMinn  oiloura  whicli  wore  to  bam  in  theiu.     A  vnet  number  of  white 

Hhwu  stretched  down  the  nvcnur,  oitch  bearing  a  bronze  bitckler  on 

lUch  was  written,  in  gold  letter*,  ttne  of  the  victorieit  «f  t!io  Emperor,  and 

ach  decorated  with  enonnooii  imperial  flaga.     On  thene  cnluinns  golden 

tifki  were  placed;  and  tlie  ncwfpapcn  did  not  £ul  to  remark  ihti  inge- 

ttnti  poMtidii  in  wliieh  the  ruyiil  blidi  luid  lifen  nut :  fur  while  those  en 

it  ri|lit-hand  side  of  the  way  had  their  hrada  turned  towards  the  proces- 

■M^M  if  to  watch  ita  coming,  tliose  on  the  left  were  looking  exactly  tlie 

ttixv  wa^,  aa  if  to  regard  ita  progren.     Do  not  fkncy  I  an]  joking:  thi* 

ptitt  VB>  gravely  itnd  cinphuticatly  urged  ia  itinny  ntynspujicra ;   and  I  4o 

biiinv  no  luorlal  Frenchman  Cfver  thought  it  onvihing  hut  iiublime. 

Do  not  interrupt  me,  aweet  MIm  Sniiih,  I  feel  that  you  are  angry, 
t  CW  SM  fi'om  bcrc  the  pouting  cjf  your  lipa,  and  know  what  you 
■n  |ifaig  to  tay.  You  are  going  to  say,  "  I  will  read  no  more  of  this 
lb.  ritfunb  ;  there  ia  no  siiljcct,  however  Bol«nD,  but  he  Ireata  it  with 
£p|aat  irrerercnw,  and  no  character,  iiowcvcr  grmt,  at  wlium  he  doi?8 
Mnecr." 

Ab)  my  dear !  you  are  young  nc-w  and  rnthiuriaatio  ;  and  your  Titmat-Hh 
•  old,  very  old,  huI,  nnd  grey-headed.  1  have  seen  s  poor  mollii^r  buy  a 
U^tnoy  wreath  at  iJie  gate  of  Montmartrc  burying-groimd,  and  go  with 
Ktelwr  little  child's  grave,  and  hang  it  thereover  tho  little  hnmhlu  Uone; 
>d  if  ever  you  saw  m*  scorn  the  rnfaii  ofli-ring  i*f  the  ijoor  iihabby  crea- 
1  will  give  you  Iwive  to  Ve  aa  angry  as  you  will.  They  Bay  that  en 
jnaage  of  Napoleon's  coffin  down  the  Seine,  old  soldieis  and  country- 
pCDjik  walked  niilcs'  from  iheir  villages  just  to  catch  a  Mghl  of  the  boat 
vkiefc  carried  his  body,  nnd  lo  kneel  down  on  the  ihore  and  pray  for  him. 
God  (brbid  tliat  we  should  tjuarrel  with  such  prayers  and  sorrow,  or  ques- 
tiMi  tbeir  siocerily.  Something  great  and  good  niuft  have  hecu  iu  thia 
■n,  sometlung  loving  and  kindly,  that  ha*  ki^pt  his  nnmQ  bo  cht^rished  in 
iIn  poptilar  memory,  and  gained  hitn  Kiieh  lasting  rercnmcc  and  ntTi-ciiou, 
Dttt,  Madam,  one  may  re«pcct  the  dead  without  ft-eling  awe-BtrickfU  at 
tin  piomes  at  the  bearw;  and  1  nee  no  reaaon  why  one  should  sympathiie 
with  t3ie  train  of  mutes  and  undertakers,  however  deep  may  be  thvlr 
aooniing.  Look,  I  pray  you,  nt  tho  maaner  in  which  the  French  iiatioa 
has  performed  Napoleon's  funeral.  Time  out  of  mind,  nations  Itave  raised, 
te  iMnory  of  their  hcroe*,  august  mausolcnnis,  grand  pyramids,  ^leadid 
■atOM  of  gold  or  marble,  lacriltcing  whatever  ihvy  had  that  waa  most 
and  nn,  or  thai  was  mott  bunnliful  in  art,  as  tekcns  of  thrtr 
aikd  lev*  for  the  dead  person.  What  a  fine  exanipln  «f  tliis  sort  of 
acrifioo  is  that  (recorded  in  a  book  of  which  Simplicity  is  the  great  cha- 
TDi.  Sll.— NO.  7^.  i. 


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THE  BEGOEiiD  FUNHRAL  OF  NAFOLKON. 


nratarialMr)  of  the  poor  ironuu  wlio  bmnght  li«r  pot  «r  precious  ointment— 
her  all,  ud  Uid  itsttiM(£H'Li>ri]ieOt)ji'cCwb)eli,  upon  earth,  die  monlonl 
■nd  re»peut«d.  *•  EcontvitibdH  unci  calculators  "  thcrt  were  even  in  Ant 
i»y»  who  ({Tiarrellcii  vith  the  mniin«r  in  vhicfi  (ho  poi<r  woman  laviaiMd 
Ki  mnch  "  capitul  j  "*  but  you  will  remtmljw  liow  nobly  anil  ^teionriy  As  i 
HicriEicG  vfM  uppreciukd,  anJ  Ituw  the  G«onooiiats  were  put  to  sltaDM^ 

With  regard  (o  tJic  fiint^rnl  ccremany  tliat  liiu  juat  t>i>c^  pOTfonned  lien^  \ 
it  is  *uid  thai  a  TantoUH  public  pcnomigc  nni  8tat<«raaD,  Monttfiir  Thwn  ' 
iaJDod,  (ipok«  triti)  ibo  bitti^cst  inijif^fttinn  of  tlic  g>«enil  Myl«  of  the  pre* 
pMWioiis,  and  of  chi*ir  Emntii  and  taWry  cbantct«r.    lie  iroaM  hxtv  liad  i  ' 
pomp  as  magnificent,  h«  Miid,  aa  tlmt  ol'  Rome  at  tlte  triiimpli  of  Auretiaa : 
h«  would  hare  decoratL'd  ihc  bridgra  and  arcnuct  tlmmgh  wliidi  the  pro*! 
ccHton  VIM  topioB,  with  tli«catitlicat  mniblcsatid  tbeRni-»t  woricavf  arr^aad 
bav«  bad  them  to  reamiii  tbcrc  for  «T«r  as  monumimte  of  the  great  fuaenLl 

Tbe  eeoQUiui»ts  aad  calcuiatora  might  here  interpose  with  a  great ' 
of  reann  (Ibr,  iudccd,  tieie  was  no  reason  'fthy  anniioa  sboold  impoTendi| 
itwlf  to  do  hanonr  to  ihv  metaw^  of  nn  imiividnn)  for  whom,  nflcr  all,  ft] 
ca&fW'l  but  a  qualified  cnlhusiiuni):  but  it  Min-ly  might  have  omplojed  tlitl 
Urga  mm  voted  fur  tliu  purjww  more  iriacly  and  ^•.•acrowly,  and  reconlvij 
iB  mpect  for  Niifiolr^ou  by  koiiii!  worlliy  uiid  h«ting  mc-moriul,  rHihcr  Uiaa] 
have  erectei!  yonder  thousand  vain  heaps  of  liiisc!,  painl,  and  plaater,  tl 
a»  nli'Cftdy  ernckinp;  and  cniiyiWing  in  tlir  frort,  at  three  daj*3  old. 

Sciirucly  t>ii<;  of  the  Klatuex,  indeed,  descrvea  to  last  n  month  ;  fonic  at«| 
odiooa  ()islorlio;i8  and  curicaturcn,  nhicb  dctct  xhould  haro  been  allowed  i 
lo  fltand   for  a  momptit.     On   the  verj  duy  of  the  fHi;  the  wind  "was  J 
dnking  llie  cnnrns  pcdLKluls,  and  the  HiTmy  wtrnd-worlc  had  Vgno  toj 
gaps  and  give  way.    At  a  little  di»t«ncp,  to  be  sure,  jpu  could  not  wc 
ancka,  and  pedi«tal«  and  atnluesi  lookrd  like  marble.     At  some  distnnM  ! 
you  coiUd  not  tell  but  that  the  uTcaths  and  cnglcs  were  ffold  cni1'r«idcry,j 
nnd  not  gill  imjilt— the  greitt  tricolonr  flag*  dnmn^lc,  and  nt.tfetripwi  calico.  1 
One  would  think  ihat  thpsc  shim  splendoui*  bi-ioliem-d   sham  respnt,] 
if  one  had  not  known  thnt  the  nninc  of  Napoleon  in  htld  in  real  reverence,] 
mtd  obwTved  somewbnt  of  i)i«  dmnictrr  of  the  nation.     Kent  fcelingn  (her] 
JiaTC,  hot  tliey  distort  thrm  by  tsiigg«ra(ion  ;  real  coajTigp,  which  they] 
wndw   ludicrous   by  intok-niWc    br»|.'^docie;    atid   1  think  the   nbovBl 
ofiiual  account  of  the   Prince  da  Joinvillc'K  proctedingii,  of  the  manne 
in  whidi  tlic  Emperor's  rrmaius  have  been  tn-atcd  in  tlteir  voyage  to  lh« 
cnpiul,  and  ni'  t!io  propriiions  made  to  receive  him  in  it,  will  give,  my 
dear  MIs-H  Sniiili,  wnne  means  of  undetBtanding  thu  social  and  mora!  coB- 
ilitrut  of  ihu  wortliy  people  of  Prance. 


Ut.— ON  THE  FUNEKAL  CEKKMONY. 
SniLL  I  tell  yon,  my  dear,  that  wIjcb  Fmn^oi*  w^ke  me  at  a  vci^-  car  ^ 
hoar  on  this  eventful  morning,  while  the  fcwn  Bbirs  wero  still  glittering 


TOK  SECOND   hUtiERAL  OV  SAFOLCOIT. 


67 


a  luU-maofi,  w  ahiirp  u  «  ruor,  beaaiing  in  Ibt  fiva^  sk/, 

[aad  ■  wiefcad  ovnh  wind  blowing,  lliAt  blew  thi;  Mogtl  out  oFcneVtingan 

»1  Iran  J^oor  leg  u  yvn  put  il  out  u(  bvd  ;— rluill  I  tell  you,  my  dear, 

I  otit  «|)«A  FtnagmM  ealUd  mi),  mhI  loid,  "  Vlit  v«t'  cul«,  Mi>nsiviir   Tiio- 

p,  bavM-ls,  tieas,  il  eil  louC  rluiuil,''  I  lielt  inj^M^f,  ilU^r  Unbiliiii«  dip 

I  M  braak&Ai,  M  comforlatle  under  Uu-m  btsukvU  uiil  a  innckimnali,  llmt 

l^il  UmK  m  fjornvr-oT-iin-liour  tka  tnxn  in  EitrofQ  couid  t»y  whethor 

would  or  would  Dot  be  prcAC&i  ai  tliv  burkl  of  tbu  Etiii<cror 

M,  my  dear,  Uio  eold,  Ibne  vmn  kdoHict  reamn  Tor  doubting. 

Oil  fbe  Frmcti  uuico,  or  did  ibey  not,  inteod   to  ofilir  up  soai«  of  uit 

ft^Wi4«^rt)i«  inipcria!  fFT«r«?     And  winv  t)i«  i^ntt^to  be  concluded 

'^9tammmar«7     hwunid  in  tb«  ovwgrpB]«>nt  tlial  I.ord  Onmviili;  had 

L^ajMcfaid  oirouUn  to  all  tliv  Eu^litli  resident  io  Paris,  begging  tli«u  to 

iMk  tk^f  bftm»3.    Tlie  FraKli  joamalB  .nnnonnoed  this  new?,  and  numuil 

oAwstsbly  of  ibe  &lv  intnidi-d  Tor  us.     llnA  Lotd  (iranrillu  itrrittca  ? 

Oaanljr  not   ta  a*.     Or  lind  h«  writli.'n  to  nil  rxefpt  tut  ?     And  km  I 

Hi  wt^fr— <li6  doomrd  cue  ?— ti>  be  unzed  din-utv  I  iJioirvd  nty  fti'*-'  in 

)Wd>Aii  Kl;t)^f«,  and  torn  in  picctii  by  I'rcnch  I'lilriotimi  lo  the  fiaDtic 

MamiilltnMf     Depend  on  It,  Aladam,  tlmt  liigii  and  low 

a  nm  aij  cm  'I'uraday  wcr«  not  ntlogrtlicr  at  tliclr  eiwe,  .i!iJ   ili.'it  llie 

tame  iMi  CD  KDoll  trpnior.    And  be  sure  of  tlii»,  that  at  his  Mijesty 

I.  -  ".•  toot  Ilid  niglilcajt  nfT  bia  roj'al  brad  tlvit  raoniln^,  lie 

»i ^,..y  thai  be  miftlil,  at  niitbl,  put  it  on  in  naftty. 

Well,  aa  my  companioo  and  I  catno  ont  of  doon,  beioj*  bounj  kit  t)io 
Ovtb  nf  'l>v  Im-alidcH,  T^it  wliicli  »  Drpnly  bad  kiit-lly  funiixhod  tie  wilb 
iikHa,  wv  tarn  llir  very  praUkit  ugbl  of  ibc  wbolc  d.*y,  ocid  I  can't  rdiotii 
6«B  iDcntU-iiiot;  it  to  tny  dear  ti.'nder-limirted  Min  Smith. 

la  die  rain*  Iioiur  w1mt«  1  lire  (but  about   Gve  stories  nearer  ibc 

fMBvl),  lud^ca  as  £(u;li^  liinrily,  cootiating  of — I,  A  groat-grnnduiotkcr, 

alBif,  iAndicaw  old  lady  of  •CTenty,  ilie  vny  br«i-di*)wd  and    nntott 

rfl  bdr  in  r:uu.     2.  A  ^nd&ih^  and  jiraTiiImoibcr,  tolerably  ywing  to 

k,  S,  A  daqglitBr.    And  4.  IVo  little  j!wnl-graiid,  or  grniid 

ikairEii,  i..«L  mar  be  of  tin-  agi-  of  ilirw  and  oup,  and  belong  to  a  bod  and 

^■lahuir  wlio  an;  in  India.     The  gmndrutlitT,  who  ia  na  pnmd  of  bis  wife 

-  -.f  tbirty  yraia  ago  wlirn  be  married,  and  puya  her  complimMiia 

-.  ]•:«  or  lliftM  in  a  day,  and  wben  be  lea^  bcr  into  n  room  hoTt^ 

■MiA  ttt  tbo  i>«naiia  aneaiblcd,  and  uya  in  bia  hMrt,  "  Here,  geotleinon 

iHta  ia  my  wife — abow  me  meh  another  woman  in  England." — ihia  genlle- 

■n  hod  hired  a  room  on  Ihc  Cbanipi  Elyafea^  lor  be  would  not  liavc  liU 

'  :b  cold  by  vxpoting  )ifr  to  thv  btdi-onivs  in  tbe  opw  air. 

tS  xrn  I  ounc  to  tbe  nreet,  I  found  lii«  Cunily  aaaembled  ia  tbe  follow- 

im  orier  of  nwidi : — 

Km  1,  i}i>;  gml-siwduMtW  nalldos  daiati]/  aloqg,  tngprnioi  b/  Ko.  9, 

brr  ci«niliUn|litar. 
—^  A IMTK  nnjlns  ih.  *  Jtmkir,  wbn  km  wiuid  asleep :  and  a  liase  bulct 

i—i 


68         THE  SECUKD  FUSERAL  OF  KAPOLKON. 

ocoitauunf;  Ma(«i>ans,  ImKiM  of  milk,  pBral*  of  iufiBit**  food,  ewUig. 

tllmitj  iiajiLiiui,  B  child'*  <Mr>l,  and  a  link  hone  belonging  to  No. 

■eniw. 
■— -  A  Krvant  beaiing  9  baakel  of  coniliincots. 
-^  No.  Z.  grand TsiiliiT,  npiik  nrnl  ?tpitn,  clean  Hbarcd,  hut  broelii'd,  wliitc  bnrll* 

■ktii  glovri,  tiHnibuo  cane,  brown  grrAt-coAl,  iralking  n*  upright  aixl 

solemn  as  tnay  br,  having  hit  Ituly  on  bia  mm. 

No.  4  Knior,  with  inotllcd  logs  knd  &  UTtan  costump,  who  wu  frUfciii( 

■Ifont  bvtncca  Lii  i^ruiJpiipA'B  Icg>,  who  licanLtj  ni>.)icd  him  at  liomc 

"Mj  dear,"  hia  face  seemed  to  siiy  lo  Iiim  laity,  "I  iliiiik  you  migb 
liavc  left  ttio  little  things  in  Uic  nuniury,  fur  we  tliall  luire  to  aquccn 
through  &  terrible  crowd  in  the  Champa  Klys^es." 

The  laJy  was  going  out  fi>r  a  day's  plcosiuc,  and  her  fiico  was  full 
care  :  fJio  had  to  look  first  n£Wr  h«7  oM  mMhiT  who  van  walking  abc*4 
lliin  after  No.  4  junior  with  the  nurse — he  might  fiilt  iiilo  all  aoru 
tiuiger,  wulie  up,  cry,  culob  cold,  su»«  might  slip  dowa,  or  heaveo  Imm 
what.  ThpQ  she  had  to  look  hor  husbnjid  in  tJiu  fuce,  who  hitd  gone  tomd 
expense  nnd  been  vc  kind  for  her  wike,  ami  make  thM  geiiik-mnn  bdicn 
slic  was  thoroughly  huppy  ;  nad,  fiitnlly,  tJie  had  to  kcc-p  no  eye  npol 
No.  ■!  seDior,  who,  as  Hiie  was  perfectly  certain,  vas  about  in  two  luinui 
to  he  lost  for  erer  or  trampled  to  piece*  in  the  crowd. 

ThcM  cvenlH  took  plitcu  in  a  qiiic-t  liitb  .itreet  loading  into  the  dunn' 
Tyyuies,  tlie  entry  of  which  we  hatl  almost  rrachfid  by  iliis  time.     IT* 
four  detAchmeot*  above  de«cribed,  which  had  been  etrsfgUng  n  little  la 
tti«ir  puwig«  down  tlie  titreet,  ck»i-d  up  at    the  end  of  it,  and  stood  fur 
a  moment  huddled  logolher.     No.  3,  Miss  X — ,  began  speaking  to  her 
compnniou  the  great-grandniother. 

"  Hunb,  my  dear,"  said  that  old  lady,  looking  round  alarmed  at  her 
daughter.  *'Sp«ii:  French."  And  ihe  straightway  begnn  ncrronaly  to 
make  a  speech  whtcli  she  supposed  to  bo  in  that  language,  Imt  which  wai 
a<  much  like  French  aj<  Iroquois.  The  whole  eecrei  was  out :  you  could 
road  it  in  the  grnn(imi>thL'r"a  fne*,  who  was  doing  all  nhc  could  to  keep 
from  crying,  ami  Icoktil  aa  frightened  as  che  iliuvd  to  look.  The  two 
elder  ladies  had  settled  beiiTeen  them  that  there  waa  guing  to  bo  n  gvnaal 
English  Hlaiighier  that  day,  and  had  brmight  tho  children  with  them,  so 
that  they  iiiigbl  all  be  murdered  in  company. 

God  bless  you,  O  women,  moist-ej<'d  an<l  kndcr-hcwted  I  la  tboat 
gentle  silly  leara  of  yours  there  is  aomcihing  touches  one,  Ik*  tlwy  nov«r 
BO  foolish,  I  don't  think  there  were  mniiy  such  natural  drops  shed  cbu 
day  as  those  uhich  jnst  made  their  apptaran^n  in  the  gmndmolher's  eyrt, 
and  (hen  went  hack  Again  as  if  they  had  been  iwhanied  of  themaelvefl^ 
while  Ihc  good  Indy  and  her  little  troop  waiktd  acroaa  ihc  rcud.  Think 
how  happy  «hc  will  he  when  night  cornea,  and  there  ban  been  no  nmrder 
of  Engtixh,  niid  iho  brood  is  all  nestled  under  her  wings  sound  asleep,  and 
Khe  is  lyin^  awake,  thanking  God  that  the  day  nnd  its  plensurea  and  pains 
are  over.  Whilrt  we  were  considering  these  things,  tlio  grandJl»iher  had 
suddenly  elevated  No.  i  aeaior  upon  hia  left  shoulder,  and  I  raw  the 


LL  OP  KAPOtEOM. 

I  lult  of  thai  vouDg  gentleman,  and  the  bamboo  caae  whieb  bad  b«e& 
IiimHiiiiiiI  to  Lim,  hi^li  over  the  hands  of  the  crowd  on  the  opponte  Bide 
Ifagajb  wbicb  tbc  yiuiy  nwrtd. 

Ua  ibis  little  proCccaou  b;k>l  {mbbJ  iwaj — you  ms^  laugli  at  it,  but 
iif»  af  word  aod  conscience.  Miss  Sinitb,  I  nw  ngibing  in  the  coune  of 
AiAjwhkli  afiectcd  me  more — after  ibis  little  proceHion  bad  paaicd 
wif,  tbt  other  CUDC,  Kcompinicd  by  (pia-bonging,  tbg-waring,  inccnce- 
hnlng,  tnunpeta  pealing,  druniH  roUmg,  snd  at  tbe  cldsp,  reodved  by 
lU  loige  of  aix  buudred  olidnntent,  aweotly  modululcd  to  the  tooea  of 
ttm  iMre  of  fiddl«r&  Tben  you  savr  hone  and  fool,  joclc-boota  aad 
boniin,  coirasa  and  biiyoovt,  mitiotiol  guitrd  and  line,  inamhala  and 
pnli  aU  ovor  gold,  amait  aides-de-camp  galloping  About  liko  mad, 
oJU^  ia  tbe  tuidst  cf  all,  riding  on  bis  golden  buckler,  Solomon  in  nil 
hbilagy  forsooth — lupciial  C«sar  with  his  cronn  over  b'la  head,  luureU 
■l^ndarda  waving  about  bis  gorgeous  cbariot,  and  a  million  of  pouplc 
Ulpg  oa  in  wander  and  awe. 

Ua  Majesty  tbe  Eoipnor  and  King  reclined  ort  bis  «bi«Id,  with  his 
Uil  a  liitlc  vlevated.  Hi«  M;ijc»t/'i  skull  u  voluminous,  bU  Ibrehtud 
^nti  ad  large  We  remarkd  ihut  hi»  loiperial  Majesty's  brow  was  of 
tydfarisb  colour,  wtiicb  appearance  was  aI&o  visible  about  tlic  orbits  of 
^1^  He  kc[it  bU  eyt:lida  canatitnLly  closed,  by  which  wc  bud  the 
iHWtiiiiitji  of  obMrrtng  that  tlio  upper  lids  were  gai-nisbed  willi  eye- 
^im.  YeATS  and  cliuiale  liure  ofTectcd  upon  the  fiiov  of  Uiia  great 
■Mcr^  only  a  trillins  alteration;  wc  may  lay,  iiiiict'd,  tliat.  Time  baa 
Mdicd  bis  Imperial  and  Uoyal  Majesty  with  the  lightest  feather  in  bia 
■n|.  In  tbe  nose  of  tbe  Conqueror  of  AusterlUz  wc  remarbed  rery 
Mt  alieniUoD  :  il  is  of  tbe  beautiful  shape  nhicl)  wc  xcmcmbcr  it  pos- 
ibhI  frre-and- luri-tiiy  yi-nrs  since,  ere  unfortuiiale  clrcumalaneea  indaoed 
Uai  lo  leave  us  fur  a  wliilc.  The  nostril  and  the  lube  of  the  noaa  appear 
Bi  have  nndcrgeno  some  alight  ultemtion,  but  in  exnminiDg  a  belored 
tiiset  tlw  eye  of  affection  la  perhnpa  too  critical.  Vive  fKinpereiir.'  the 
Mfar  of  Majvago  is  among  us  again.  His  lips  are  thinner,  perhaps, 
tea  ihcy  wora  httans  1  bow  wluLa  bis  teeth  niv  I  you  can  J  lut  sec  tlirec 
<f  ikon  prcaalng  his  under  lip ;  and  pray  rvmurk  the  fuinisi  of  liis  checks 
Mtkf  ntund  coolour  of  hiacbin.  Ob,  those  bejuitifu!  while  hands!  mnny 
tlbit  kaTC  they  patted  tli«  cliMtk  of  poor  Josephine,  and  jthiyed  with  tbo 
Mnk  ringlsAa  di  her  bair.  She  is  dead  uovt  and  cold,  poor  creature ;  and 
■  ai*  Bortrnse  and  bold  Eugi-ne,  **  liiun  whom  t>ie  world  uvver  aaw  a 
(Bnicr  knigbt,"  as  was  said  of  King  Arthur's  Sir  l^aticclut.  ^VImt  a  day 
«4nU  it  b]iTe  beva  for  tlioae  tltree  could  they  but  have  lived  until  now, 
■dan  their  hero  rtturuiiig  1  Wlieie'a  Ke)- 1  Ilii  wife  »ib  looking  out 
h« H. Flabaut'a  window  yonder,  but  the  hravertcftht;  brnvc  is  da  with 
W.  Slurnl  too  IS  absent :  boneet  Joaehim  loves  the  Enijieror  uc  lu-nrt, 
**3  rr|«tits  lliat  he  was  not  at  TVaterloo :  who  knows  but  thai  at  tlifl 
'■^  U  tbe   haudsouo  awoMsumn   those   stubborn  EngUah    '  canaille ' 


70  TUB  SECOND  FUNERAL  OF  MAPOLEOH. 

would  bare  giTen  way?    A  hug,  Sire^  ■"•  y^^  liuow,  tho  great 
klaves— State  •ffaira  of  eolWOqitMiM — bia  Mnjastj  ih«  King  of  Naples  ig 
detainer)  no  doubt.     When  w«  Iiikl  luw  tlie  King,  liowevar,  aiid  hU  High>  | 
Dc-M  the  Prince  of  Elcliinj^en,  thej-  luuked  to  li»re  a»  good  liviiUh  on  vncr 
Um^  hod  in  thfir  Utm,  and  we  bMird  each  of  them  calmlji'  csUing  out  j 
"J^ire .' "  as  thcj"  Imrc  doiin  in  miaibcrk-ss  buttln  befiirt*. 

b  it  poaubU  7  cou  tiic  Emperor  Ibrgvl  f  Wc  don't  like  to  break  it  lo  ! 
him,  buL  ha*  ha  forgotlcn  all  about  the  farna  at  Pizzu,  and  the  f>ardes  of  I 
Uie  Obnerraiory  ?  Vee,  tinljr :  dieie  he  lies  on  hia  golden  »bicU,  nevet  \ 
■tirrinf;,  nerer  so  mnch  as  litting  his  ^^t-lidt,  or  opening  his  lipj  anj*  iriikr,  < 

O  vanitas  puniUUitM .'  Hvre  vt  our  Sovenngn  ia  all  his  glory,  and  thej'J 
filed  a  tliuusjuid  guni  at  Chtsrbourg  and  never  nokc  him  ! 

lIowcTur,  we  are  niSvaueing  niatlera  by  nereral  honra,  and  you  mvfi 
give  just  aa  much  credence  *»  you  pleau  to  tbs  nabjfMRcd  rMiinrfes  coa-i 
cemiog  lh<i  PraceHtion,  seeing  that  yotir  humble  scrranl  could  not  poMibl/'  I 
be  prCMDt  at  it,  being  bound  for  the  church  elsewhere. 

Programnief,  hovevar,  have  been  publithnd  of  the  aOair,  and  your] 
Ttvid  ihncy  will  not  fail  to  give  life  to  them,  and  the  vfaole  magnif 
tnia  will  fou  before  yan. 

Fancy  ihon,  ihiit  ihe  gm»  ar»  i'lT&i  nt  Neuiily:  Iho  bwly  landed  a* | 
daybreak  Titjoi  the  funereal  barge,  and  iritnbtVrred  to  llie  cur;  and  &acy 
tho  enr,  a  hugv  JuggeniaHt  of  a  machine,  rolling  on  ftur  nliecb  of  oa] 
antique  tdiape,  wliiuh  fitipport<d  a  bam-mcnt  adorned  nilh  golden  e«glc9,l 
banners,  laurcle,  and  vdret  hnngln^.i.  Above  iha  haoginga  stand  twslT 
golden  btntuea  uith  mitred  anus  supportini;  a  linge  sUield,  on  which  tliaj 
coffin  l»y.  On  the  coffia  was  Uic  iin]«nnl  crown,  corrred  with  vialrtl 
Tt^vet  crtp^  and  iho  whole  vnst  ntachine  was  drawn  by  horses  Ju  aupdrlrj 
houmngs,  led  hy  lalcla  in  Uia  imperial  livery. 

Fanuy  at  the  bead  of  the  proceuion  first  of  idl — 

The  Gwidarmcrin  eif  the  Stiae,  wilh  tbcir  tmiDpcls  aad  Colonel. 

Tbe  Muiiid{inlGiianl  (liur«),  will]  lluiir  tminpeui,  tfandwil,  aod  CaloMt 

Two  tquiulruiu  of  tlio  7ih  Lauirini,  with  Colonol.  staadnid, and  lBiui& 

The  Comnuuiilaitt  uf  I'uris  anj  liia  SIjUT. 

A  tAttnlioB  i>l  Infantry  of  tfa*  t.inv,  witA  thuir  Rag,  Mipjien,  dn]Di>,  niqn 
and  OJoncl. 

Tlia  MaD!i:ipal  Guard  (font),  with  flag,  ibwn^  and  Cokaicj. 

The  StfiDcr-pDinperT,  with  dittcL 

Then  piccaie  tn  jouruU'  luorc  9.[)<ut(lraiia  of  Ijuicen  luul  CnltaBtUn.  Thft 
General  of  [ho  DivUina.  imil  his  SmlT)  alloBiunofeU  arsuemplajtilst 
Fans,  aiiJ  iinntljichpil  j  Iho  Mililnrv  SdiwI  uE  Sidul  Cjr,  itio  PoIvtcchiUO 
8di«ol,(hc  School  «fliieBtB(-U(ijor;  and  the  PrtrfcMom  iidiI  SlafTuf  ulIi, 
Go  on  inuidiaiu);;  more  bailalioaa  uf  Infnntrr,  c.f  ArCillMy,  rcmiuuiiet 
'Gn^noorv,  sqcadnas  of  CuirsMiers,  diuo  tti  lIu  Canlr?.  id  the  Staki' 
Giianl,  and  Ibe  tint  and  sixodiI  ienians  of  ditto. 

FRne}r  n  (uirriH|^,  contAJning  tJic  Cbbplain  of  the  St.  H«I«iiii  csijwilitios,  t!i« 
only  cleric »I  i;*Til]*man  llmt  fwrmcl  a  pirt  u(  Uio  pi'wccfaion. 

Fflury  ;oii  hear  ihc  fiuicTCul  rantii-,  and  tbcn  fpin  in  your  mlnd'a  eye — 


inio  ■ 


laS  SECOND  fUXEBAL  OP  SAFOLEOX.  71 

Tia  E»uwa*>  CuAMUS.  (hoi  U,  N«palcai's  ovn  u&Uc  uul  bridls  (wbcn 
Tint  Con»l>  npon  a  vhitc  hone.    The  uildlc  (wbicb  Iim  been  kept  ever 
iince  in  the  Garde  Mcnblo  or  the  Croum)  is  oT  amuuih  t«Ivpi,  tat^ 
bnUtnd  in  gidd;  the  lii}lBt«n  and  hotwiDiip  ftre  of  the  «ami>  rich  mptcrul. 
Oo  (ham  voD  remark  the  «ltribut««  <>f  Wtv,  C'lmmFivc,  Scicocc.  nail  AA 
Tbc  biia  Olid  atim^ti  an  stlt«r-BU(  cbnotd.    Ofv  Ihc  ttimip«,  twa  e^o* 
«t(C|ilactdatlbe  tiiue<iIllieMa(iii«;  Uie  hun«  ww  coTrrcd  Kith  aviolcc 
cnpe  onlndikTcd  witb  so^dm  bW 
ATlcr  UtU.  cuiie  more  Soldlen.  Gcncnl  Ofllocn,  Snb-061«cr*,  Harahala,  ud 
•rhM  wM  Mtd  to  h«  iho  pntticat  right  ikoMt  of  the  vbt>l#,  the  bMMK 
ei  (iMeishtT^iic  DcfHrttnfeBU  of  tntMc    TbcM  are  duo  ta  Itie  Janealiaa 
tif  U.  TUBta.ud  nwv  tu  hAvn  bvon  koccmipuicd  bj  hdctatci  frav 
(Bcb  OcpuUimL    But  the  Gnimimuit  very  wbelf  mbcruBlcd  ibb  and 
•one  otlicr  jirriircU  at  Monaieur  TliitT*,  nuil  oa  far  a  fodcnuioo,  mj'  dear, 
A  ka*  hftn  triftt.    Next  mmM— 
m*  Rofal  Righnou  tha  Princ*  da  JeiarlllB. 
The  800  Mikffs  of  tli«  Brtle  PnJm  MMrhiag  ia  donMo  fllei  gb  «wk  ddt  of 

THE  C.VB. 

[fliMh  !  (he  Muvnau  ciuwd  Ifaiilti  **  it  piiM«,  uid  only  tocM  fair  vwkk 

oj  Fi'rr  VEm/ifrtmr.    Shining  golden  in  the  (roitj  mn—witli  huadreda  of 

diOBMDja  of  c]r«i  epon  i[,  from  bonaet  and  howetepe,  frins  baloooicai  bladlt 

parple,  and  tricolor,  fram  top«  of  l<«flc«  trtci^  firoin  bdiind  lone  Ibea  of 

glittering  bnjmiKli  niidcr  prhnknci  and  beankin  cap*,  htm  behind  tha  Um 

nd  ihc  National  OoMid  a^ijL,  pashing.  atragglieg.  baaiinc,  paatiiig, 

eager,  tfae  htads  of  on  eDoniwiu*  mnltitpda  smidninp  out  to  Beft 

«ad  fbUow  it,  unidtt  long  nveniief  of  fiolamni  and  «latnu 

(kanoDg  whits,  <rF  •t«iulanE*)suiboir-coIcKind,of  foldeo 

cflgln,  of  pale  (iuictcbI  anat,  of  diiicluTttinic  odtmr* 

■nidit   iatge  volnmM  of  p]t«b-tilack  nnelie, 

THB  GREAT  IHPEKIAI.  CHARIOT 

lOLL*  XAJxrriCAi.i.T  on. 

The  corda  ef  Qi*  paU  an  beld  \,j  two  ftlonhab,  an  Adanml.  and  Gaunl 

Btiiraad  i  «lio  arc  follawcd  hv— 
The  PnfcctB  vt  lilt'  tH'iuc  and  fulitc,  jtc 
TIm  Uajon  of  r»m,  &c, 
Tbe  Sf«nb<n  of  tbc  Old  Guard,  &c. 
A  ^qa»ii*m  of  Light  I>mj;iK>n«,  ftc 
liauteaul-GoKTBl  S<liMndw,  fto. 

Ume  taTalrj.  inorc  inCuilir,  noic  anillrrf,  nan;  c^-srfbodT ;  and  u  the 
liiuaaiiini  pMaoi,  tJic  liar  bi^  the  >i«tIonaI  Qiiard  fonninji  line  no  cadi 
tida  of  tba  nmA  fall  in  and  U<Uom  it,  nntll  it  arriTut  at  IM  Church  oT  ttiu 
InraUdea,  whera  the  laU  honotm  on  to  be  pnid  to  it. 

AnoDg  ili«  comiiBii^'  aoH-inblctl  iiudv-r  t})i:  dome  of  llial  edifice,  tfa« 
ubMTVcr  would  Dut  {xrliaps  bAve  remarked  «  gcntlctona  of  Xht 
•  bf  Uiduutl  ADgiilu  Titmarsb,  wLa  nevertlidtvi  wsa  tliere.  Bat  aa, 
■JTiteu  Mini  SduiJi,  ilie  iltacripliona  ia  thu  letter,  from  tite  wcrda  in 
pfl  &,  Uac  3 — ike  parli/  mcvid — up  to  tlie  words  paid  to  it,  tn  lh« 
Im  fcriod,  liavc  punHljp  ciumwted  irooa  yotir  obedient  serTanLs  (auay, 
ad  Bee  Ovm  Lia  fieraoiiiit  vbBCTralioa  (fvr  no  bc-ing  i^n  airth,  except  a 
Miy|iii  TfywlWi  can  bo  iu  two  placca  at  oncL-),  imrmit  me  cow  to  oou- 
■BBicue  to  yoQ  what  Uitlc  ciiviimatiuiCL's  fell  iiij(li:r  my  own  particuUr 
litw  t-D  tlw  dajr  of  Um  ISili  of  Di-ovii>b«r. 


73 


THE  6EC0KD  FUNEHAL  OF  SAPOI.EOS. 


As  we  rame  out,  the  air  bvcL  tlie  buildingn  roimd  about  wero  ling«d  villi 
purple,  and  the  clear  sharp  Imlf-nitioR  before -mcntbiK-d  was  still  to  tlic 
iky,  whan  i(  Keenitd  to  be  liDgttriug  na-  if  it  would  culirh  a  p«cp  of  the 
oommracnnGDt  of  tliu  famous  proci-Ksiou.     'the  Arc  dc  Ti'iuni]>hs  wu 
shiaing  in  ti  keen  Trusty  suushiuv,  aud  luokiiig  ns  civiiii  nnd  ruoy  ns  if  il ' 
had  jnwl  madf  its  toiletie.     The  canvas  or  pasteboard  image  of  Napol 
ol"  which  oniy  ihe  gilded  logs  had  btcn  erected  tlic  night  previouSy  wasi 
vi8i1>Ie,  body,  htAd,  crown,  ecoptre  and  all,  And  mndu  an  imposing  show. ' 
Long  gilt   banners  were  fbunting  about,  with   thu  imperinl  cipher  uid^ 
eagle,  nnd  the  nanieE  of  the  hnttliui  nad  victoriro  glitlcnng  in  gold.     Tbe' 
long  avenues  of  the  Champa  Elys^ea  liiid  been  covered  with  aand  for  ihA' 
cnnY«]iiejice  of  the  great  procession  that  waH  to  ti'anip  across  it  that  ia.j. 
Hundreds   of  peojilo  wcro   inarching   t«  aad  fro,   laughiuj;,   cliatteriag,  i 
singing,  geeliculntlng  ax  happy  Frenchmen  do.     There  ia  do  p1(?HKiat«f 
Mght  than  ii  Fretidi  crowd  on  the  alert  for  a  fwtiva!,  and  nothing  mote 
catching  than  their  goM-hamour.     Aa  for  the  notiiin  which  hat  beea  ; 
forward  by  agma  gf  tlie  opposition  nevTHpaptri  (hat  the  popalace  w«ie  oal 
this  occasion  uouaually  solemn  or  scatiinentitl,  it  would  be  paying  a  baid] 
eompUmcnl  lo  thu  nitlural  gaiety  of  the  nutiun,  ti>  my  that  it  wax,  on  Huti 
morning  at  h^ast  of  the  l&th  af  Dt^^cember,  nlTccci-d  in  any  ntiuh  absurd' 
way.      Ititicrunt  merchrints  weru  shouting  out  Kiittily  thi-ir  commodities  < 
aegars  and  brandy,  and  the  wruthcr  was  m  bitter  cold,  that  they  could  noti 
ttil  to   find  plunCy  of  customera.     Carptnturs  and  workmen  vore  atill' 
making  a  huge  tanging  and  clattering  among  the  Bheds  whicli  Wflre  built 
for  the  acconiraodation  of  the  viaiiora.     Some  of  thtse  slicdn  were  hung 
with    black,  ewcIi  as  one  eees    before  <;liureheii  iu    fuueraJs  j  seme  wcr« 
Fobcd  in  violet,  in   coinphment  to  tlie  Emperor  whose  mourning   they 
put  on.     MoKlof  them  had  fine  tricolour  hanging!^  ^ih  appropriate  in- 
scriptions to  thu  glory  of  tlie  French  arnis. 

All  along  ihe  Chumps  Elynces  were  urns  of  plaster -of-Paria  desljned.] 
to  contain  funereal  incense  and  flames  :  cohimus  decorated  with  liugs 
flags  of  blue,  red,  and  white,  embroidered  with  shining  crownti,  eagles,  and ' 
N'a  in  gilt  paper,  and  statues  of  plaster  reprcaeming  Nyinphu,  Triumphs, 
Victorieir,  or  ntlier  li:ma!e  pLrsomiges,  paintod  in  oil  gn  as  to  rcprt»cot  I 
marble.  Real  rmirble  could  luivu  had  no  better  clTect,  and  tlie  appearance  J 
of  the  wliole  was  lively  and  ptctnresque  in  ths  «xtr«me.  On  each  piUarl 
was  a  buckler  of  the  colour  of  bronze,  bearing  the  namo  and  diit«  of 
bailie  in  gilt  letters :  you  had  to  walk  through  a  uiilc-long  avt-ntie  of.1 
these  gWious  rrmininccnces,  tuHing  of  Kjiotf  where,  in  the  gr^at  imperial  | 
dnyg,  throats  had  been  Ttctonoualy  cut. 

As  wc  paescd  down  the  avenue,  several  troops  of  soldiers  mot  ua :  ths] 
giirrlf'muni-cipale  A  chrval,  in  brass  heLmeta  and  shining  jack-boots,  noble-1 
looking  mtn,  large,  on  large  horseo,  the  pick  of  tlic  old  nnny,  nn  I  have 
heard,  and  armed  for  the  speciid  occupittion  of  peace-keeping:    not  tJM 
mcrst  glorioiiK.  but  tliebest]>urt  of  tlit-xoldier'sdnty,  as  I  fancy.   Then  came 
a  regiment  of  CamUut^cra,  one  of  lufunlry — little,  alcrt^  brown-faced, good- 


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kzoMiimi  nten,  llivir  bunl  at  didr  hewl  plajrii^  eoimding  marebes.  Xheau 
we  foUowvd  b;^  ■  rcgimcat  »r  detnchnieDl  uf  tliu  Municipal*  on  foot — two 
m  lltfv«  ittdiM  bJlttr  Utui  l)i«  men  of  tfae  Lia«,  luid  coaepicuoua  for  ibeir 
MMmaaodducipUae.  B/^snJ-bycAmeasqimdronortiuufdngoiuisorthft 
KadoDBl  UuttnlB  :  Uicj-  bk  wrcrcd  with  straps,  booklet,  ajgiiilkicei.,  anil 
aataoebe-boxtB,  uiil  otiule  tmdw  their  tricolour  cockVplunii*  n  eliow 
wriBdgilJy  warlike  'Jlie  point  which  c}ti<:%  Htruck  m«  on  beholding  theM 
aSatMrj  awti  of  tLc  ^utiuoal  Guiud  juk]  thv  Linv,  wu  the  adrainbto 
ia  whi(^  thuy  buro  m  cold  tbat  seemed  to  inc  a>  slinrp  m  the 
In  the  UiuaioD  retreat,  through  whkb  cold  ilit;  troops  were 
Buttlug  nithonl  trembling  and  in  the  utmost  cli<«ifulue«s  oud  good- 
kanMmr.  An  aide-de-camp  gitllopt'd  priMt  in  whilu  puitAloooe.  By 
Wt«iu  t  it  made  m*  abuddcr  to  look  ac  liiui. 

With  tliiH  profound  reOtction,  wo  tanmd  au-ay  to  the  right  toirarda 
Aa  bwygic;;- bridge  (where  wv  met  a  debichmrnt  of  young  ni«n  of  the 
Eodu  im  I'Eut  Major,  finc-Iookiag  iada,  but  sadly  tli^gured  by  the 
wing  of  stays  or  l>«lt«,  that  make  llie  vraiiiti  of  the  French  ditudica  of 
\  acM  «b«in]  tenuity),  and  speedily  passed  into  the  avt;iiue  of  Htatuvs 
k«ani(  up  to  tJto  Invatida.  All  these  w«r«  Btatu<«  «f  warrion  from 
y^tj  tn  QiarK-magiiv,  modelltd  in  clay  for  the  nonce,  and  placed  bent  to 
WUk  ike  corp«c  of  tic  greateit  warrittr  of  all.  Paadog  tbeae,  we  had  to 
vaA  Id  a  iiiUc  door  at  the  back  of  the  Inralidee,  where  ina  a  crowd  cf 
peaoBa  plunged  ia  the  dnepesl  tnouming,  and  puahiog  for  places  tn  tba 
dafMfJ  wiiltin. 

Hm!  chapd  a  apocioDi  and  of  tto  grant  architoctumi  pntlcnsion^  but 
wn  on  thia  occasioa  gocgvotuly  decorated  la  honour  of  the  gruat  person 
1b  wbsa*  b«dy  it  was  about  to  give  «h«lt«r. 

Wo  had  arrived  at  fiine  :  iho  oereninny  was  not  to  begin,  tlicy  said, 
Un  two  :  we  Iiud  five  hours  before  tu  to  see  alt  that  from  our  places  coidd 

bcBMB. 

Wii  aaw  that  lh«  roof,  ap  to  the  fint  lines  of  architecture,  wan  hnng 
*{lh  fiotti  ;  beyond  tliis  with  block.  We  nw  K.'b,  eagles,  bees,  hurtJ 
n^Aka,  and  other  such  im|M3-i»l  cniblcnis,  adorning  every  nook  and 
of  tbc  edifice.  Bttircen  thi?  archea,  on  eadi  «de  of  the  aisle,  were 
trophiH,  on  whicli  weiu  writli'ii  tlto  nanieii  of  aome  of  Napoleon's 
(fenenlaand  of  ihnr  priitcipa!  deeds  of  arma — and  not  tbdr  deeds  of  anna 
ti.  I  '.  'r>ut  their  coats  of  armi  loo.     0  otars  and  gnnen  I  but  tliia 

W  L  What  was  Nej'a  paterna!  ccat,  prythcc,  or  honrat  Juirol's 

qoanrringn,  or  the  venerable  ewulchuia  of  King  Joai^im's  bttier,  t)te 
(■BkerjwrT 

Yoa  and  I.  dftar  Miw  Smith,  know  the  exact  vahjo  of  heraldic  beor- 
bi'        '       '  iliongh  iha  greatest  plensutc  of  all  is  to  ael  ISlw  a 

f-     .  J     .  ^iire.  nay  a  uterit,   to  Ae  one — to  cwnc  of  an  old 

Much,  to  bore  an  boooninble  [ledigrec,  («  be  abl«  to  my  tbiU  ccQlnHea 
1^  t   ....  ...1 ...  t.;^,}  gi.|,tit.  tjiocd,  and  to  ux  transinilted  the  same.     Thvru 

iliiy  :  [lie  man  who  quoationn  it  ia  envious,  or  a  coanw 


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TBB  SECONS  FUHiCfUL  W  SUSOhEOS. 


•{•\Vfr^.  Bdl  able  to  perceiTe  th«  ^iflwmcc  bcliruun  Iiigh  brecdii  ^ 
low.  On*  has  in  tlio  samo  vxy  heard  a  ann  brag  iliat  he  did  not  know  thi; 
diflcn-nn;  betvrccD  winca,  oot  I19— give  him  a  good  glua  of  port  ant]  be 
would  plLcU  aU  joMT  olAKt  to  ttie  deaoe.  My  iovc,  nwn  ofteft  brag  about 
their  own  dulness  in  thie  way. 

la  llio  inalter  of  g<TiUenicn,  dvmocrata  cry,  "  Psba !     Girc  aa  odq  tfi 
Nature's  gentlemen,  nil d  hang  your  aristocrats."     And  so  indcod  NaOna! 
docs  make  •vme  genUemeii— u  few  iient  and  there.     But  Asl  taakcs  moL 
Good  bitlh,  that  ie,  good  baiidaoaM  trcU-Jbrmed  fathcn  Mid  luoLWrs,  dm» 
cleanly  nuTeLty-mnidK,  good  meats,  gooil  phyiicians,  good  •duration,  Anr ' 
cnna,  ploa»nnt  t-asy  Lobils  of  iiJc,  nnd  luxurirs  not  too  great  or  ennrattn;, 
bat  only  refining — 11  course  of  thcac  goJng  on  lor  a  few  gencratiooK  an 
the  beat  gemlemfu-u  inkers  in  the  worEd,  and  beat  Nature  hollcmr. 

If,  KspQctcd  Madiiin,  you  say   that  tkero  is  Eoinctbiiig   Irttier  thaa 
gentility  in  ihis  wickwil  w<irlJ,  and  dial  luoitfvty  nail  pcrai'iiHl  worth  mcI 
Biori:  rnlualjlc  than  all  the  pnliteacxi  iind  lii|;li  breeding  tlud  erer  woral 
rcd-h«ieled  pumps,  knights'  tpar»,  ot  Iloby's  tioota,  Tlimarsh  for  oiw  t* 
Barer  going  10  say  you  tiay.     If  you  even  go  so  Jar  aa  to  say  tliat  lb* 
Tery  cxiatcDcc  of  ihia  miptu'-gpntecl  sodi-iy  antoag  i»,  from  the  slaviih 
rcgpset  ilint  we  pny  to  it,  from  (Jie  dHflttrdly  niiinner  in  whivli  we  attctapt 
to  imitaLe  ita  ain  and  ape  iia  vic<?!i,  goei  far  In  di-ftU-ny  honeaty  nf  inter- 
oounc,  to  luake  us  mrnnly  nahaoied  of  our  luituial  ulTiMtions  and  boiMStt* 
horniiea  aangt-a,  and  bo  doei  a  grent  deal  mate  barm  than  it  ia  poauble  it-1 
na  do  good  hy   its   t^^uiiiplc — pcrhupo,  Madrtm,  ymi  Hpc.'d(  with  una 
WC  of  rcaaon.     FoLalo  myaeif,  1  can't  help  teeing  thnt  ihf.  tulip  joadcr 
has  the  beat  place  in  th«  garden,  and  iIir  nio«t  Kunsliine^  and  tha  most 
wnler,  and   tho   btxt  tciidiiii; — nnd    not  liking  hini  over  vrdl.      Uut    I : 
can't  help  acknowledging  tlmt  Namre  has  given  him  a  much  finer  drc«i 
than  cTor  1  can  hope  to  luivc,  and  of  this,  qC  l^ast,  muat  give  htm  the 

Or  aay,  wu  are  no  niiiny  cocks  and  lions,  my  dear  {aans  arriire  pensA), 
with  our  croiis  protiy  full,  our  pluinca  pretty  itlcck,  dccpot  picking  here 
nnd  there  in  the  siraw-jard,  and  toli-rablo  uing  rocMing  iu  Iho  bam  » 
yonder  on  the  lerraoe,  in  the  sun,  waikii  Pcncouk,  ximtching  liia  jhw 
neck,  eriucaling  every  now  and  iheu  ia  (lie  moxt  jicrt  fiuJiionablo 
and  Ihuinting  his  greut  supercilious  dan^Hfiod  taiL  Don't  Jetua  be  IMJ 
angry,  my  dear,  wJih  the  usKkivt,  haughty,  inauleut  cr<Bture,  because 
de^uaea  u*.  Southing  is  ihere  about  Peacock  that  wc  don't  poesoMw^i 
Strain  your  neck  ever  ao,  you  cim't  make  it  ax  long  nr  n;'  blue  as  his 
cock  your  tail  as  much  n-t  you  please,  and  it  will  ntvcr  bo  Imlf  so  fine  to 
look  at.  But  the  ntoM  absurd,  disgitaling,  contomptible  sight:  in  the  world 
would  you  and  1  he,  leaving  the  hain-door  fur  my  lady's  flower  garden, 
loraaking  our  nituiul  »tiiTdy  walk  for  the  puacock'a  gcntcci  riiJtcty  alridc, 
utd  adopting  ibe  wjucak  ol  his  voice  in  the  pkoo  of  our  gallant  loaiy 
oock-a-  doodle-dooi  ng. 

Do  70a  take  the  allegory  ?     I  lore  to  spenk  in  auoh,  and  the  nbore 


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75 


bave  beeo  pruMnlMl  lu  my  mind  whUa  sitting  ofipOBile  a  gimcncb 
■bT-arau  and  coruact  thai  arc  painieJ  iu  llie  laralidoi  Charck,  ud 

VtmtrtUtitf  Ma^ain,  what  i»ied  bave  Iheff  of  coaU-or*arins  ami 
■et%  mad  vkIcIimI  imiUitii'tu  of  oM  exploded  ariaUximUc  grwfawB 
tka.|b<y  luul  HDBg  out  oC  the  enuntr^ — wtdt  tba  heads  ot'  tli«  oivncn  In 
ihsB  jomctiiiics,  Ibr  iuJccd  the^  wtn  not  particular — x  soorQ  of  ;cu« 
IdWv  P  Wliut  liUfinijM,  rurswlb,  Lad  ihe^r  lo  be  medJlitig  with  gmtitilf 
sad  apiBg  its  wajr^  who  had  eournge,  merit,  daring,  gcniuit  noiiui- 
tiao^  and  s  prid*  vi  llivir  own  lo  ittpport,  it'  proud  iitey  wei-o  iiiclin«d 
t»  b*F  A.  clever  young  maa  (wita  nu  act  of  higli  fiunily  liiuuelf, 
httf  Ittd  bmn  bnid  up  gvnwdly  at  Eton  and  tlio  univvnitr) — yoixn^ 
Ur.  Geocpe  Cunning,  at  Uic  outumGaceuient  of  the  French  Kcvolutton, 
M(cn^  at  "  KoJiuuI  the  Ju>i,  with  ribbons  in  liis  ahou,"  And  the  dandica 
«bi  titco  noie  boultlva,  v«lt'd  tho  ssmnin  monstrons  killing.  It  was  a 
joia^  my  dta;  iToUiiy  of  a  Jnekojr,  or  uf  a  ully  tmurt  inrvctiu,  not 
taaaing  thesodoty  into  wbioh  his  tuck  hud  caut  liini  (Goi  help  bim  1  in 
iMryaan^  tbe;  taiiglit  bim  wlui  tfa«y  irere !),  and  docying  ia  bis  silly 
lion  liiut  siinplkity  was  Indicrou-i  and  fiuhioo  nM|>octab)«.  Sk, 
r,  lAy  yvnnt  are  gone,  am)  wbere  arc  tJiocbuckks  i     Exlinet,  defniict, 

fiota  tli«  invrocaUs  paal  ofTllio  Iom  of  all  £un>|ie  I 
Buv  futnl  to  tba  parvtBU,  tluoaghout  bitimy,  has  been  Ibia  raiMtct 
tr  dMdbucUna.  Vlliere,  for  iastaooe,  would  Uie  Empire  of  Napolatia 
bn  been,  If  Key  and  Lmiwa  had  anna:  sported  such  a  tiling  as  a  ooat- 
iJsmia,  and  had  oaly  wrilteo  ibpir  simple  Bamn  an  their  shidda,  nfler 
lie  ^UiciD  of  Dfluix's  scutcheon  yonder  ? — tlio  buld  r«^blicsa  who  kti 
im  ecuwning  charge  at  Marengo,  aad  aesl  the  best  blood  of  the  iJoly 
Hniin  £i»[iini  U>  tbo  nglii-aboat,  belbre  the  wrotehed  iiuHlM-gotteB 
iMperwl  heraldry  was  bom,  thai  woa  Id  prove  so  disaatrooa  to  the  fotlinr 
id  iL  tl  has  almiyi  boon  lo.  They  won't  anmlgsmato;  A  eonntry  moat 
te  ivrsFBed  bjr  tba  oni'  ]>rindpi>!  or  the  other.  But  givr,  in  a  n^public, 
■a  ariateetacy  eter  bu  lillla  abanoc^  and  il  vrorlca  and  plots  and  smaks  and 
bilUai  and  fiN-cn  ilaeU  into  pboe,  aud  you  IiikI  dcmoiTncy  out  of  iaor*. 
h  (t  good  ibal  the  anstociacy  should  so  triumph  ? — that  U  a  <)iK.<.ti'ia  that 
f*a  taay  wtUic  acoordu>g  to  yottr  ourn  wtion*  and  tasto  :  aud  p«ruiit  mo 
ta  asy,  I  du  nut  can  twopence  how  yoa  settle  it.  Large  books  luive  been 
written  opon  liie  Buhjod  ia  a  rarioty  of  loogna^e*,  and  coniiag  to  a 
laii^y  (xf  (Minulusiona.  Gn-at  cbitMinOD  aro  ibore  ia  oar  eounCry,  frnm 
Lend  Loadouilf  [t-y  diiwn  to  Mr.  Vinocnt,  tMch  ia  bis  dt^i^w  moiutaiiuDg 
^  difcrBai  npjiii'jo.  13ut  Imrv,  ta  die  laaller  of  Napoleon,  is  n  MitipJe 
S^i  ha  fijusdM)  a  great,  |torious,  stronir,  pctont  n-piiblir,  ablo  to  capo 
mik  (he  best  ariatnancia  in  tlie  world,  and  [xihaps  lo  b«at  titan  all ; 
ts^raTota  bis  i^piibUs  into  a  ibonarchy,  and  surrotmdi  kia  meoanhy 
^th  vital  ha  aalla  ■hstooruiic  iiK-iitutionn;  and  yo^i  kD»w  what  buooBM* 
itf  hua.  The  people  osLmngei),  tlM  ariMocmcy  luihitas  (nhca  did  tboy 
•rex  pardoa  41m  vrbo  vu  not  of  thstnaelves?) — the   inporial   fiibdc 


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toiabUa  l"  iht;  grouDd.     If  it  Icacbvs  nuihiug  else,  tn;  dear,  it  tcndies  i 
K  grwt  poiut  of  policy — D&mely,  to  stick  by  one's  porly. 

While  UiesQ  ihouglite  (oiiil  BUiiiJry  oilmi*  ivlative  lo  tlic  liorrible  cold 
of  tlic  pluCL',  the  in(ciiBL-  dulncss  of  dduy,  the  etiiiiidity  vf  luuving  a  wariii 
bed  and  &  hrenkfiut  in  order  ti>  witncita  a  proceHsion  tluit  i.t  miick  better 
perrvniimd  ai  a  tbejitre)— while  these  ihouj^lita  were  pa»>sing  iu  tbe  mind, 
the  cliurch  began  to  lill  apace,  and  you  taw  tbat  tbc  liour  of  llic  cemmoaj 
was  drawing  near. 

ImpntnU,  ciimv  twin  witli  liglitt^d  istaves,  and  fwt  fire  to  at  letut  ten  Oiou- 
taad  of  Wfts-cu&d]«)  that  vr«re  hanging  in  brilliant  chandeliers  in  rariouf 
parts  of  l!ie  cliii])ol.  Curlains  vrere  dropped  over  the  upper  -window 
tliese  iliumiuatioua  vrcic  cdTictod,  aad  thu  churcb  was  Ictb  only  lo' 
fiinereal  light  of  the  epetTDnccti.  To  tlio  right  wiis  lUa  dam?,  round  ths 
cavity  of  whidi  (parkling  liiiiipa  were  set,  that  dt-sigtied  the  tHiApe  of  it 
briiliaally  ugitimt  the  diirkiiesA,  In  the  midst,  and  vrhere  ihc  idtur  uwi 
to  stand,  rose  the  cnlafal(|iic.  And  why  nut?  '\Vko  is  God  here  but 
Napoleon  ?  and  in  him  the  eccptics  Jiiivc  already  ceased  to  believe ;  btit 
the  peopl«  docs  still  eomcwluL  He  nnd  Louis  XIV.  divide  th«  worship  of 
the  place  bc>tw(.'en  tliem. 

As  for  thi;  cabifalqui:,  the  best  that  I  can  say  for  it  is  tliat  it  is  really  ■ 
noble  and  impMing-looking  edilic*,  with  tali  jiiLlars  supporting  a  grand 
dome,  with  inBuraera'blc  esc  ulch  conn,  nWindiinl!.  niid  alluaioDa  miliury  and 
fuacroftl.  A  great  eagle  of  course  tops  the  whole:  tripods  butniag 
■pjiiu  of  wine  Hiand  round  this  kJnd  of  dead-man's  tlirone,  and  aa  we  lav 
it  (by  peering  over  tlie  heads  of  our  neighbours  in  the  Crout  rank),  it  looked, 
io  the  miilsl  of  the  bluek  concave,  mid  unnkr  the  effect  of  half-a-tbonsind 
flashing  croas-lights,  piopeilj'  granil  and  Uill,  The  cfTi-ct  of  the  wliolo 
cluijiel,  howevei-  (to  epe.ik  the  jarguu  of  the  painliiig-room),  wna  fpoilcd 
by  being  cut  up  ;  there  were  loo  many  objecis  fur  the  eye  to  rtst  npon ; 
the  ten  thousand  wax  cniidlee,  for  instoncr,  in  tJieir  numberless  twinkling 
chiLudeiiers,  tlie  raw  traiifrhaul  colour*  of  the  i»!W  banneri;,  wre.ttlis,  beea, 
N.'s,  and  {;tlier  cniblcms dotting  tJie  place  all  over,  and  iuccswintly  puzzling, 
or  rather  bothering  the  beholder. 

High   oTerhead,   in  a   Mirt  of  mint,  with    llio  glare  of  tiieir  origiiial 
colours  worn  down  by  duct  and  tiiiir,  hung  long  rows  of  dim  ghostly, 
looking  standards,  captured  in  oM  diiys  from  the  cncnty.     They  were,  I' 
thought,  t]ie  best  and  most  solemn  pan  of  the  show. 

To  suppose  that  the  people  were  bound  to  be  solemn  during  tlie  ceie- 
mony  is  to  exact  from  iheni  aoiiii'lhing  quite  needless  and  iinnatural.  The 
Tcry  fact  cf  a  squeeze  diaaijiatea  all  Bolemnity.  One  grenl  crowd  i»  always, 
aa  I  ima^ne,  pretty  much  like  anotlicr.  In  the  cotirso  of  the  lust  finr 
jesra  I  have  seen  three  :  that  attending  the  con«intion  of  our  profont 
BOTSreigu,  that  which  went  to  aec  CourToiaier  hanged,  and  this  whicli  wil- 
DCMod  tlie  Napoleun  ccrtiijony.  'Jlie  pyjple  so  a«scml)!<'d  for  lioura 
together  are  jocular  rather  than  soleDin,  seeking  to  pass  away  the  weary 
time  with  lh«  best  amuaomenta  thai  will  olTrr.     There  wast,  to  be  sure,  in 


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iB  Ae  foeoes  abcnre  alludiMl  to,  just  one  monimt — one  futrlicular  momcnl 
— vImiIIm  itDtverwl  people  I'celt  a  nitack  and  in  for  that  second  serious. 

lot  except  Jbr  tlal  seeund  uf  lime,  I  decUr«  I  aw  no  tvrioutinu^s 
WWjaad  that  of  ennui.  The  church  btgnn  to  fill  wiili  pcnwnngm  of 
•0  mb  and  conditioQ&.  yirsC,  opposite  our  seats  oaTn«  a  company  of  litt 
(mdiRa  of  the  NVliooal  Guard,  who  presently,  al.  the  word  of  commaad, 
pf  iWit  muitkcU  liovm  againat  hcncheA  luid  wainscoU,  until  the  arrival  of 
lkt{Rnenioo.  For  eercn  lioiira  thvse  nion  fnrmiyl  t)iu  object  of  the  niOHt 
■Don  vlicitudc  of  all  the  Indian  and  gruilemt^n  nc-titetl  on  our  Iwnch^s  : 
ikij  began  10  Btamp  ilicir  feet,  for  the  eoid  wna  atrocioiiFi,  nmi  we  were 
torn  where  we  aate.  Some  of  them  fell  to  blowing  their  lingers;  one 
amded  a  kind  of  daBce,mich  se  one  tees  often  here  in  cold  weather — ihe 
ndn-idoal  jiimparepest4)dl]r  npononu  1p^,  and  Iciclte  out  the  other  violent!}', 
Bcmwliile  his  lundK  nre  llnpping  ncmii*  hix  ch^st.  Some  fellows  opened 
tkttr  cariOuche-boxcH,  and  from  iheiti  drew  vntiiblca  of  viuious  kindii. 
T«  on't  think  how  anxioiu  we  were  to  know  the  (jiiiiliiirc  of  thn  iuimc>. 
'Tim,  re  groe  qui  manga  unc  cui«se  dc  Tolaillel  " — "  U  a  liti  jumbon> 
ofai-li."  "I  fthotild  like  Mine,  too,"  growls  en  ERgli«hi»»n,  "for  I 
bfa'ta  monel  of  lireakfast,"  and  so  on.  Thia  is  the  way,  my  dear,  that 
itMNapoIeou  buried. 

Ki  you  ever  see  a  chicken  eacnpe  from  clown  in  a  pantomime,  and 
kipfter  into  tine  pit,  or  amongst  the  fiddlers?  and  have  you  not  Been  the 
<biAt  of  enthiuia»tic  lau;>hUir  that  th^  wondroua  incident  occaeicn;? 
Vchad  otir  cliirVrn,  iT  hur..- :  thpni  nevtr  wnit  a  pihlic  crowd  wiihmit 
«».  A  poor  uiiluiDj,  v.^riMii  in  a  greasy  pliitd  cloak,  with  a  battered 
ne-oolcuroil  pliish  bonnet,  wai  seen  talcing  her  place  among  the  ttalia 
«Dotl»d  to  tlio  grandi'*!!.  '*  Voj-ez  done  rAnp:!Biiii>,"'iiaid  everybody,  and  it, 
Mi  loo  true.  Vou  could  Kwt-ar  (hat  the  wretch  wart  an  ICnglinhwoniau — a 
tasnel  waa  never  made  or  worn  eo  in  any  other  country.  Half -an -hour's 
Uiehtfiil  amiucnient  did  this  lady  give  ua  all.  She  wns  whisked  from 
«t  le  Mat  by  tlic  hviititri,  and  at  tvcry  change  of  place  woke  a  peal  of 
hq^ltr.  1  was  glad,  however,  at  the  end  of  the  day  to  see  the  old  pink 
ktOMt  OTCr  a  very  comfortable  seat,  which  eomchcdy  had  not  claimed 
■i  the  had  kept. 

Are  DC*  iheae  remarkable  incidents  ?  Tlie  next  wonder  we  saw  waa 
lW  amval  of  a  set  of  tollering  old  Invnlidn,  who  took  their  places  und«T 
•  villi  dnwn  fabraa.  Thfn  came  a  superb  dnim-mnjor,  a  hnndiome 
■illng  good -hutnouret]  giant  of  a  man,  his  brcechca  astonishingly  ^mbroi- 
^t*i  with  gilver  lace.  Him  a  dojcn  httSc  drummer-boys  foilowwl — 
"llw  little  darlingat  "  all  ih«  ladiea  cried  out  in  a  breath  :  they  were 
«1*b1  jiTflttj  little  fcllown,  and  came  and  stood  close  under  ua  :  the  huge 
dnm-nujor  imilod  ovirr  hiit  little  rrd-capped  flock,  and  for  many  houn  in 
ibemoa  perfect  conlcmmetit  twiddled  his  moustachea  and  played  willi 
«!»« tMvla  of  hi«  cane, 

Sow  the  company  began  to  arrive  thicker  and  thicker.  A  whole  corcy 
'^  CmatiUen-d'Etat  came  in^  la  bltio  oonta,  embroidered  with  blue  ailk : 


7B 


SBCOKD  FUNfiO&I.  Of  SXeOUSOS. 


Atu  eaiufl  ft  croivd  cf  lawyers  in  loqncs  and  cape,  «m«nff  whoiii 
sundry'  vonernWc  Jmlgi-e  in  tKtirU-i,  pvirjili'  vclmt,  nati  ermine — x  kioA  tf\ 
Bajuot  cmliimc.     L«iok  ibi:n;  1  then-  in  the  Turkish  AuihamiH<ir  in  Kit 
red  CNp,  turning  hid  aolviun  brcwu  Aic6  ibotit  and  looking  pTctcnulurtUf 
wise.    Tbe  Daputica  walk  in  iuabodj.    Guizot  ieaM  rliere:  lie  pimudhj 
just  now  in    full    Dittiinterial   cottiitntx     Prcstmtty   little    Tliien  Mtmleil, 
hack:  wlint  a  dfi.iT,  broad,  ihitrpej<4  fitc«  lli«  I'llov  liiu,  mlli  hn 
Imir  cut  ilnwn  »;i  ilrniiin*  1      A  servant  jiaiwt,  piisliini;  tlir<>4lgh  the  < 
a  filittbtt)-  wbi^vl- chair,     ll  haa  juft  brotigbt  old  Motn^ey,  tlic  Oorrr 
the  lnvalidn,  the  hoiK>st  old  mnn  uhu  dcrendvd  Piiris  »o  stoatljr  in  ISllal 
He  fiiB  tuxn  vciy  ill,  and  is  wnm  dnwn  nimost  b}*  infimiitic-s :  but  ia  liU 
Uinmu  he  wu«  pprpetimlly  aiking,  *'  Doetor,  uliiill  I  live  till  the  1  StK  ?    G'm  i 
roe  till  llien,  and  I  die  coDtentcd."     One  can't  help  believing  xiua  tbe  oU  I 
man's  wiah  ia  honest,  liovrrvcr  one  may  doubt  tbe  pipty  of  anolbcr  iJ)a»-| 
trioiu  Mnmbal,  who  otive  Ciirtit^d  a  catidlu  bitfuri.'  Churlcs  X.  ill  ft  ]iroc»-J 
aion.  iiiid  Uiut  hten  th'tn  nicTTuni;  to  Neuillj  1o  kned  and  jmy  at  tbe  I'o 
of  Knyioleen*)  coffin.     He  might  }inrc  mid  his  priiyen  at  honic,  to  beavKil 
biic  ddn'i  let  us  oA.  too  inucU ;  th:tt  kind  ot  rewrre  ia  not  a  FrvncbiDanV] 
clATactetistia. 

Bang — bflsg  !  At  about  balf-pABt  tvroa  doU  Gound  of  ouinoosdiiig  i 
heard  wicliout  the  cburcli,  and  rigniiU  took  place  betweon  tlie  Com-) 
ninndant  uf  tb>>  Inrnlidn,  of  the  Nniiotutl  Guards,  and  tbe  big  dnitn-mnjor, '_ 
Looking  la  then  troQpn  (the  fuC  Natiomda  wera  aliuffliiig  into  line  ognin)  I 
llie  two  Coninaadnnla  utiered,  m  nearly  aa  I  ccuiJ  catoh  tliem,  the  foI-| 
lowing  worda — 

"Hai:«um11i-«I'!"' 
At  oBce  all  the  National  bajroncta  wete  on  t1i«  preaenl,  and  the  aabra] 
of  tbe  old  Invalids  Qp.  Tbe  big  dram-major  looked  rouod  nL  thecbiHrao,  1 
who  b<.'gsa  very  slowly  tuid  aoltnuily  on  their  drama,  Uiili-dnb-dub — ^r 
dub-dub — (wiiiit  two  botwecn  eiicli) — riib'duh-iliib,  and  a  great  pMCS-] 
eion  of  pricntA  t:aniv  down  fioiii  tlie  altar. 

Fint,  there  naa  a  lull   haadsonic  oroM-boarcr,  bearing  a   long  goUl 
crtBa,  of  which  the  front  wax  ttumed  towards  hiti  grace  ihf>  Arolibiflfaop.  j 
Tlicn  came  a  double  row  of  about  sixteen  iiiccn^o  baya,  dreaaeil  in  whitt 
■iir]dioe«:    tha  linit  boy,  .ibotit  six  ycntu  old,  thu  lust  with  wbinker*  anlj 
of  iJie  lirighi  of  tn;iti.      Then  fullowod  a  regiiuetit  of  prii^sla  in   blaoltj 
lippola  Bad  wLite  gowua :  tliey  Lad  black  Iiooils,  like  the  inocm  when  sbf 
19  at  her  Ibird  quarter,  wherewith  thorn.*  wlio  wero  bald  (many  were,  amL] 
&t  too)  oovered  tliemsclvi-g.      AU   tlif  rcwmul   men  ht,-Id  their  heada 
■eekly  down,  and  nfieoted  to  be  Teading  in.  tht^^ir  brfTinrien. 

AlleT  Ibe  IVinU  came  aomn  Bixbops  of  tlie  iieighlvuring  dtstrioU,  ia 
purple,  with  croneea  aparklii^  on  their  opi»copa]  bosoaift, 

llien  came,  after  mom  prieEtt;,  a  Mot  of  men  whom  I  boTC  ncrer  Men 
before — n  l;ind  of  ghostly  her»l(?s,  ycniiig  niid  bcindBomo  men,  aomc  of 
cliein  in  u'lff  utborda  of  black  and  ailver,  iHeir  eyes  to  the  ground,  their 
iuuHii)  placed  at  right  angles  with  ibeir  cbesu. 


mS  SECOND  7USERAL  OF  IfAPOLIHtK.  79 

naaone  two  gcDlIvmt^  brxring  remarkable  bill  eandit>Hli«lLf,  iriih 
rmiittl  eorrespoodti^  Bin;.  One  ytiu  burning  Iniglitlj,  liut  ilie  wind 
lihl  chtrUrrd  lihenine)  Imd  blown  out  tlw  othtr,  which  neveitlielcM 
Ifpt  u  plitee  in  the  i>rocpuioii — I  w«vnd<>r«d  to  mywlf  wheiher  tha 
irmqd  },-vntlcmaa  who  carried  tlie  «xlinguii)b«<j  cnndle,  telt  dit^mtcd, 
fanflAd,  monifiM— {MrrToct)^  comciotis  that  Iha  erca  ofninm'  tliouuands 
i/pMple  were  bcDt  npnn  that  bil  of  rvfmctory  wax.  1iVv  all  of  □■ 
1hM«I  it  with  in1«uiBe  inttroiit. 

Isoilin'  crcoA-bearcr,  behind  whom  came  a  geatlamaii  carryiaq  an 
■rtrnwal  lik«  a  budrooiu  cuadksticlc. 

Ub  Graodi-'Ur  Monspigtieur  AlFre,  Archliisliop  of  Paris  :  he  was  in 
kkfc  nd  white,  his  rytx  were  cast  to  the  earth,  his  hnnds  were  together 
•  hgtil  a^glc*  from  hia  dieat :  tat  his  hnndia  vert  liknk  glov«s,  and  o&  the 
ttikglcna  tpnrkl*d  ih«  Mered  e^iiuojial — what  do  I  tajf — iirchinpiscc^l 
■If.  Od  his  bead  wu  the  inilrr.  U  is  nuliko  the  godly  carooei  that 
l^nni  vj»n  tiie  coadi-panelt  of  onr  own  Hiffht  UeTerend  llench.  Tii« 
iicLbshop's  mitre  may  be  about  a  yard  liigh :  furmed  witliin  probably 
'cooKcntvd  putvfcoMrd,  it  i«  tc-ithout  covered  by  n  >ort  of  rrB^crvd  (ilk 
*(iU>anil  ulrer.  On  the  two  peaks  nt  the  lop  of  the  mitre  aru  two 
fWfilie  BjNtn^led  taa&clB,  that  itiiik  nnd  twinkle abuut  in  a  wry  ngrecable 


IfiQwigiienr  stood  opposite  to  im  far  «>nie  I  Jraf?,  when  I  liail  the  opiwr- 
4BIj(oDD<e  tlio  nbore  reniiirkabU-  phenoiuvnii.  lie  atootl  oppoftik  ne 
ttMBc  tlma,  koejiifig  bta  eyes  steadily  on  ttiL>  ground,  hi<  h-nnds  before 
lii.a  Mnall  clerical  train  fullowing  after.  Why  didn't  tliey  move?  There 
■■  l&e  Nnljofial  Guard  keeping  on  prcocnting  anuB,  tlie  little  dnimnici-n 
frii|«n  nib-dub<diib— Tub-dub-<lul>— in  the  ntme  steady,  slow  wny,  and 
tt  Proc£»ion  dctct  nored  aa  indt.  'Xiierc  was  evidently,  to  use  an 
i*giiil  pliraM>,  ■  hiidi  Bomcwhore. 

^Kmttr  a/at  pritat,  nho  hutUs  Up  to  the  dritm-miijcrr.] 

F<a  print — "  laioM-Yotw." 

LiUia  dnmvtff — Rub-diib-dnh — rub-dub -diib^nib-dub-dub,  &c- 

Drmm-major — "  Qu\«t-ce  done  ?  " 

fid  pwittt  -"  1'aiaez-Totu,  vt>n%  di*-jtt ;  co  it'cai  poit  le  corps.  11  u'lirrl- 
ftm  jmn    jinTir  une  henrv." 

Thg  tittk-  druiui  were  iasUntly  hiuhed,  thd  proowsion  turned  to 
iV  tiftia  abniii,  and  widketl  back  to  iho  aliar  ngsjo,  tine  blown-out  candle 
l3tt  had  hvi'n  on  ilie  near  aide  of  na  brlbi-e  wua  now  on  tL«  off  side,  ihv 
I^nm)  Ouanla  set  down  ttiatr  mu'lceta  and  hfgan  nL  Llioir  saodwichea 
"{■b.  We  hod  to  wait  an  hour  and  a  liulf  at  least  befvre  tlie  great  pro- 
■aiwiam»etL  The  guna  without  went  on  booming  all  the  while  at 
iuraU,  and  m  wc  heard  each,  the  andianca  gave  a  kiad  of  "  ahdhah  .' " 
«di  u  you  bear  when  tlie  rockria  go  up  nt  VauxboU. 

At  hat  the  real  I'roecs^ioa  came. 

TlHn  dM  dnuiB  began  to  beat  ta  formerly,  the  Nationals  to  get 
"tdtraitBi^  (he  clei:g3-inen  weru  svnt  for  nod  went,  and  prrKcUy — yea 


80  THE  SECOND  FUNERAL  OF  NAPOLEON. 

there  waa  the  tall  cross-bearer  at  the  head  of  the  proceflsion,  and  tb^ 
canie  back  ! 

They  chanted  something  in  a  veak,  snuffling,  lagnbrious  manner,  to 
the  melancholy  bmy  of  a  serpent. 

Crash !  however.  Mr.  Habeneck  and  the  fiddlers  in  the  organ-loft 
pealed  out  a  wild  shrill  march,  which  stopped  the  reverend  gentlemen^ 
and  ID  the  midst  of  this  music — 

And  of  a  great  trampling  of  feet  and  clattering, 

And  of  a  great  crowd  of  Grenerals  and  Officers  in  fine  clothes, 

With  the  Prince  de  Joinville  marching  quickly  at  the  head  of  the 
procession. 

And  while  everybody's  heart  was  thumping  as  hard  as  possible, 

Napoleoh's  coFn»  passed. 

It  was  done  in  an  instant.  A  box  covered  with  a  great  red  cross— • 
dingy-looking  crown  lying  on  the  top  of  it — Seamen  on  one  side  and 
Invalids  on  the  other — they  had  passed  in  an  instant  and  were  up  the 
aisle. 

A  faint  snuffling  sound,  as  before,  was  heard  from  the  officiating  priests, 
but  we  knew  of  nothing  more.  It  is  said  that  old  Louis  Philippe  waa 
standing  at  the  catafalque,  whither  the  Prince  de  Joinville  advanced  and 
said,  "  Sire,  I  bring  you  the  body  of  the  Emperor  Napoleon." 

Louis  Philippe  answered,  "  I  receive  it  in  the  name  of  France."  Ber- 
trand  put  on  the  body  the  most  glorious  victorious  sword  that  ever  bos 
been  forged  since  the  apt  descendants  of  the  firrt  murderer  learned  bow 
to  hammer  steel ;  and  the  coffin  was  placed  in  the  temple  prepared  for  it. 

The  nix  hundred  siDgera  and  the  fiddlers  now  commenced  the  playing 
and  singing  of  a  piece  cf  music ;  and  a  part  of  the  crew  of  the  BtlU 
Pottle  skipped  into  the  places  that  had  been  kept  for  them  under  us,  and 
listened  to  the  music,  chewing  tobacco.  While  the  actors  and  fiddlen 
were  going  on,  most  of  the  spirits-of-wine  lamps  on  altars  went  out. 

When  wc  arrived  in  the  open  air  we  passed  through  the  court  of  the 
InvalidcB,  where  thousands  of  people  had  been  assembled,  but  where  the 
benches  were  now  quite  bare.  Then  we  came  on  to  the  terrace  before 
the  place :  the  old  ttoldiers  were  firing  off  the  great  guns,  which  made  a 
dreadful  stunning  noise,  and  frightened  some  of  us,  who  did  not  care  to 
pass  before  the  cannon  and  be  knocked  down  even  by  the  wadding.  The 
guns  were  fired  in  honour  of  the  King,  who  was  going  home  by  a  back 
door.  AH  the  forty  thousand  people  who  covered  the  great  stands  before 
the  Hotel  hnd  gone  awiiy  too.  The  Imperial  Barge  had  been  dragged  up 
the  river,  and  wns  lying  lonely  along  the  Qiuiy,  examined  by  some  few 
sliivering  people  on  the  shore. 

It  was  five  o'clock  when  we  reached  home :  the  stars  were  alitning 
keenly  out  of  the  frosty  sky,  and  Francois  told  me  that  dinner  waa  juat 
ready. 

Id  this  manner,  my  dear  Miss  Smith,  the  great  Napoleon  was  buried. 
FarewelL 


81 


JlrmndnI^ 


Boos  TOE  FOUBTB. 


CHAPTEK  XI. 

LoTB    AHo    Lav. 


■ili::^^ 


D 


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iv 


mm 


N  ibe  morning  of  Monday,  the 
twenty-ejgbtli  of  July,  Miaa 
Gwilt— onoo  more  on  tbo  watch 
fur  AJIna  end  Keelle— reached 
her  cuet»auuy  poet  of  obftcrra- 
lioQ  in  tbe  park,  hy  ihe  usiul 
rounilabouC  way. 

She  wu«  a  liitlo  surprised  to 
ftad  Netlic  slone  &t  tbe  place 
of  moetiog.  She  -kos  more 
(Briou&ly  sstoaisbeil,  when  the 
terd/  Allnn  made  bis  iijjpeor- 
once  ten  ininut«B  later,  tu  scu 
bim  ntounling  tho  side  of  tUa 
deJ,  will  B  Ittrgo  volume  iindtr 
IiiB  arin,  and  to  hear  him  sny, 
as  an  apology  for  bein^  lute, 
that  "  he  bad  muddled  away  bis 
time  in  burning  for  the  Books ; 
and  lliat  lie  lind  only  fuitoJ  ont:, 
^^^^^  after  all,  which  seemed  in  tli« 

^^fe*^  '^~y^^^^i^3^^^  "-^^^~     least    likely    to    repay    eilber 
'■   *^i'_,/    -  ~-:'"~~'  ■■   -^v^>.,       Ncelie  orhiaiiclf  for  th«tiouh!« 

cf  looking  into  it.'" 
Vi  HJM  Gwilt  liad  waited  lon^  cuougb  in  the  parki  od  the  previous 
ISuarday,  to  hear  liic  loTcn'  parting  word.*  on  llmt  occasion,  slie  would 
ftne  bem  at  no  lots  to  explain  tlie  niysc«ry  of  llie  volume  under  AUau's 
i  m^  asd  abo  would  have  understood  tbe  apolo^  which  be  now  oUtxcd 
'  tKing  late,  as  readily  lu  Noelle  herself. 

TIare   i»   a    certain   exceptional   occanicn   in  life — the  occaaon  of 

inrf^gf — on  wbid)  even  girls  in  thoir  teona  Bometirucs  become  capable 

ifmw9  or  tcM  Iiyklericaliy)  of  looking  at  conaequanoe*.     At  the  farewell 

>t  dT  tbe  inlcrview  on  Salurdiiyi  Neclie'a  mind  hnd  ouddenly  pre- 

xm. — xo.  73.  0, 


;.>* 


82  ARMADALE. 

cipitatcd  itself  into  the  luturu  ;  and  she  had  utterly  conroimded  Allan 
by  inquiring  whether  the  contemplated  elopement  was  an  o&ence  punish- 
able by  the  Law  7  Her  memory  satisfied  her  that  she  had  certainly  read 
somewhere,  at  some  former  period,  in  some  hook  or  other  (possibly  a 
noTel),  of  nn  elopement  with  a  dreadrul  end — of  a  bride  dragged  home  in 
hysterics — and  of  a  biidegroom  sentenced  to  languish  in  prison,  with  all 
his  beautiful  hair  cut  olT,  by  Act  of  Parliament,  close  to  his  head.  Sup- 
posing she  could  bring  herself  to  consent  to  the  elopement  at  all — which 
slie  positively  declined  to  promise — slio  must  first  insist  on  discovering 
whether  there  was  any  fear  of  the  police  being  concerned  in  her  marriage 
Ba  well  OS  the  parson  and  the  clerk.  Allan  being  a  man,  ought  to  know  ; 
and  to  Allan  she  looked  for  information — with  this  preliminary  assurance 
to  assist  hira  in  laying  down  the  law,  that  eho  would  die  of  a  broken 
heart  a  thousand  times  over,  rather  than  bo  the  iuooccnt  mean?  of  seuding 
htm  to  languish  in  prison,  and  of  cutting  bis  hair  off,  bj  Act  of 
Parliament,  close  to  his  head.  "  It's  no  laughing  matter,"  said  I^celie 
resolutely,  in  conclusion ;  "  I  decline  irven  to  think  of  our  marriage,  till 
my  mind  is  mode  easy  first  on  the  subject  of  the  Law." 

"  But  I  don't  know  anything  about  the  law,  not  even  as  much  as  you 
do,"  said  Allan.  "  Hang  the  law  !  I  don't  mind  my  head  being  cropped. 
Let's  risk  it." 

"  Eisk  it  ?  "  repeated  Neclie,  indignantly.  "  Have  yon  no  con- 
sideration for  me?  I  won't  risk  it  t  Where  then'i  a  will,  there's  a  way. 
Wo  must  find  out  the  law  for  ourselves." 

"  With  all  my  heart,"  said  AUan.     •'  How  T  " 

"  Out  of  bookn,  to  be  sure  I  There  most  be  qaantitiei  of  infennatioa 
in  that  enormous  library  of  yours  at  the  great  hoose.  If  you  rwUy  love 
mo,  yoa  won't  mind  going  over  the  backs  of  a  few  thousand  books,  for 
my  sake  1 " 

"  I'll  go  over  the  backs  of  ten  thousand  I  "  cried  Allan,  Wimily. 
"  Would  yon  mind  telling  me  what  I'm  to  look  for?  " 

"  For  '  Law,'  to  be  sure  I  When  it  eays  '  Law '  on  the  back,  open  it, 
and  look  inside  for  Marriage — read  every  word  of  1^— nad  then  come  here 
and  explain  it  to  me.  What  7  you  don't  think  your  heed  is  to  be  trusted 
to  do  such  a  simple  thing  as  that?" 

"  I'm  certain  it  isn't,"  said  Allan.     "  Can't  you  lielp  me?  " 

"  Of  course  I  can,  if  you  can't  manage  without  me  I  Law  may  be 
hard,  but  it  can't  be  harder  than  music ;  and  I  must,  and  will,  satisfy  my 
mind.  Bring  mo  all  the  books  you  can  find,  on  Monday  morning — in  a 
wheelbarrow,  if  there  are  a  good  many  of  thetn,  and  if  you  can't  manage 
it  in  any  other  way." 

The  result  of  this  conversation  was  Allan's  appearance  in  the  park^ 
with  a  volume  of  Blackatone's  Commentaries  under  his  arm,  on  the  &tal 
Monday  morning,  when  Blisa  tiwilt's  written  engagement  of  marriage  waa 
placed  in  Midwinter's  hands.  Here  again,  in  this,  as  in  all  other  human 
instances,  the  widely  discordant  elements  of  the  grotesque  and  the  terrible 


AItMADAI.E.  83 

¥ere  forced  together  hy  that  subtle  law  of  contrast  which  is  one  of  the 
lawi  of  mortal  life>  Amid  nil  the  thickening  complicationa  now  impending 
orer  ihdr  heads — with  the  shadow  of  meditated  murder  stealing  towards 
eneofthem  already,  from  the  lurking-place  that  hid  Miss  Gwilt — the  two 
atdoni,  unconscious  of  the  future,  with  the  book  between  them  ;  and 
ipplicd  themselves  to  the  itudy  of  the  law  of  marriage,  with  a  grave 
tesoiutioo  to  understatid  it,  which,  in  two  such  students,  was  nothing  less 
iban  a  burloaque  in  itself  1 

"Find  the  place,"  said  Neelie,  as  Boon  as  tliey  were  comfortably 
Blililiahed.  "  We  must  manage  this,  by  what  they  call  a  division  of 
l^DT.    Yoo  shall  read — and  I'll  take  notes." 

^e  produced  forthwith  a  smart  little  pocket-book  and  pencil,  and 
opened  the  book  in  the  middle,  where  there  was  a  blank  page  on  the  right 
load  and  the  left.  At  the  top  of  the  right-hand  pnge,  she  wrote  the  word, 
Good.  At  the  top  of  the  left-hand  page,  she  wrote  the  word.  Bad. 
"'Good'  means  where  the  law  is  on  our  side,"  she  explained^  "and 
'Bid'  means  where  the  law  is  against  us.  We  will  have  '  Good '  and 
'Bid'  opposite  each  other,  all  down  the  two  pages;  and  when  we  get  to 
ibe  bottom,  we'll  add  them  up,  and  act  accordingly.     They  say  girla  have 

10  heads  for  business.  Haven't  they !  Don't  look  at  me — look  at 
Biadutooe,  and  begin." 

"Would  yoa  mind  giving  me  a  kiss  first  7"  asked  Allan. 

"Iihould  mind  it  very  much.  In  our  serious  situation,  when  wo 
Wa  both  got  to  exert  our  intellects,  I  wonder  you  can  ask  for  such 
a  thing!" 

"That's  why  I  asked  for  it,"  said  the  unblushing  Allan.     "  I  feci  aa  if 

11  Bonld  clear  my  head," 

"Ob,  if  it  would  clear  your  head,  that's  quite  another  thing  1  I  must 
c-w  your  head,  of  course,  at  any  sacrifice.  Only  one,  mind,"  she 
*liiip*red  coquettiahly ;  "  and  pray  be  careful  of  Blackstone,  or  you'll 
W  the  place." 

There  was  a  pause  in  the  coiivera.-ition.  Blackstone  and  the  pocket- 
Iwi  both  rolled  on  the  ground  togetJier, 

"If  [bta  happens  again,"  aaid  Neelie,  picking  up  the  pocket-book,  with 
Weyes  and  her  complexion  at  their  brightest  and  best,  "  I  shall  sit  with 
"■J  back  to  you  for  the  rest  of  the  morning.     Will  you  go  on  ?  " 

Allu  found  his  piacp  for  the  second  time,  and  fell  headlong  into  the 
'•"ttomleas  abyss  of  the  English  Law. 

"Page  two-hundred-and-cighty,"  he  began.  "I<aw  of  husband  and 
*ili!.  Here's  a  bit  I  don't  understand,  to  begin  with : — '  It  may  bo 
''■fned  generally,  that  the  law  considers  marriage  in  the  light  of  a 
Strict.'  What  does  that  mean  7  I  thought  a  contract  was  the  sort  of 
^g  a  builder  »gns,  when  he  promises  to  have  the  workmen  out  of  the 
''™« in  a  given  time,  and  when  the  time  comes  (as  my  poor  mother  used 
•""y)  the  workmen  never  go." 

5—1 


84  ARMADALE. 

"  Is  tliero  uothiiig  about  Love  7  "  asked  Neelie.  "  Look  a  little  lower 
down." 

"  Kot  a  word.  He  slicks  to  liis  conroundcd  '  Contrnct,*  all  the  wajr 
through." 

"  Then  he's  a  brute  1    Go  on  to  soDiething  else  tbat'a  more  in  oar  way." 

"  Here's  a  bit  that's  more  in  our  way : — '  Incnpacities.  If  any  persona 
under  legal  incapacities  come  together,  it  is  a  meretricious,  and  not  a 
matrimonial  union.'  (Blackstone's  a  good  one  at  long  words,  isn't  he?  I 
wonder  what  he  means  by  meretricious 7)  'The  first  of  these  1^^ 
disabilities  is  a  prior  marriage,  and  having  another  husb.tnd  or  wife 
living •  " 

"  Stop  I "  said  Neelie.  "  I  must  make  a  note  of  that."  She  gravely  made 
her  first  entry  on  the  page  headed  "Good,"  as- follows: — "I  have  no 
husband,  and  Allan  has  no  wife.  We  arc  both  entirely  unmarried  at  the 
present  time," 

"  All  right,  80  far,"  remarked  Allan,  looking  over  her  shoulder. 

"  Go  on,"  said  Neelie.     "What  next 7  " 

"'The  next  diBability,'"  proceeded  Allan, '"  is  want  of  age.  The 
age  for  consent  to  matrimony  is,  fourteen  in  males,  and  twelve  in  females.' 
Come  I "  cried  Allan  cheerfully,  "  Blackatone  begins  early  enough  at 
any  rate ! " 

Neelie  was  too  business-like  to  make  any  other  remark,  on  her  ude, 
than  the  necessary  remark  in  the  pocket-book.  She  made  another  entry 
under  the  head  of  "  Good :" — "  I  am  old  enough  to  consent,  and  so  is 
Allan  too.  Go  on,"  resumed  Neelie,  looking  over  the  reader's  shoulder. 
"  Never  mind  all  that  prosing  of  Blackstone's,  about  the  husband  being 
of  years  of  discretion,  and  the  wife  under  twelve.  Abominable  wretch  1 
the  wife  under  twelve  !     Skip  to  the  third  incapacity,  if  there  is  one." 

"  The  third  incapacity,"  Allan  went  on,  "  is  want  of  reason." 

Neelie  immediately  made  a  third  entry  on  the  side  of  "  Good :  ** 
"  Allan  and  I  are  both  perfectly  reasonable — skip  to  the  next  page," 

Allan  skipped,  "  A  fourth  incapacity  is  in  respect  of  proximity  of 
relationship." 

A  fourth  entry  followed  instantly  on  the  cheering  side  of  the  pocket- 
book  : — "He  loves  mo  and  I  love  him — without  our  being  in  the  alighteit 
degree  related  to  each  other.  Any  more?"  asked  Neelie,  tapping  her 
chin  impatiently  with  the  end  of  the  pencil, 

"  Plenty  more,"  rejoined  Allan  ;  "  all  in  hieroglyphics.  Look  here : 
'  Marriage  Acts,  4  Geo.  iv.  c,  76,  and  C  and  7  Will.  iv.  c,  85  (?).'  Blaok- 
Blone's  intellect  seems  to  be  wandering  here.  Shall  we  take  another  skip, 
and  see  if  he  picks  himself  up  again  on  the  next  page," 

"  Wait  a  little,"  said  Neelie ;  "  what's  that  I  see  in  the  middle  ?  "  She 
read  for  a  minute  in  silence,  over  Allan's  shoulder,  and  suddenly  clasped 
her  hands  in  despair.  "  I  knew  I  was  right  I "  she  exclaimed.  *'  Oh, 
heavens,  here  it  ia  I  " 

"  Where  7  "  asked  Allan.     "  I  see  oothing  about  languiahiiig  id  prifcai, 


AltMADALE.  SS 

nd  cropping  a  fellow's  hair  close  to  his  head,  unless  it's  in  the  hicro- 
gljphica.  Is  '  4  Geo.  iv.'  short  for  '  Lock  him  up  7 '  and  does  '  c.  85  (q) ' 
neu, '  Send  for  the  hair-cutter  7  ' " 

"  Pray  be  Berions,"  remonstrated  Neelie.  "  We  nre  both  sitting  on  a 
ToIcaDO.  There  I  "  she  said,  pointing  to  the  place.  "  Bead  it  I  If  any- 
tiing  am  bring  yoQ  to  a  proper  sense  of  our  situation,  that  will." 

Ailiin  cleared  his  throat,  and  Neelie  held  the  point  of  her  pencil  ready 
ni  (lie  depressing  side  of  the  account — otherwise  the  "  Bad  "  page  of  the 
jncket-book, 

'"And  as  it  is  the  policy  of  our  law,'  Allan  began,  '  to  prevent  the 
mmage  of  persons  under  the  age  of  twenty-one,  without  the  consent  of 

jarents  and  guardians '  "• (Neelie  made  her  first  entry  on  the  side  of 

"Bid."     "  I  am  only  seventeen  next  birthday',  and  circumstances  forbid 

wlo  confide  my  attachment  to  papa") "  'it  is  provided  that  in  the 

ax  of  the  publication  of  banns  of  a  person  under  twenty-oue,  not  being 

1  widower  or  widow,  who  are  deemed  emancipated ' " (Neelie  made 

Mother  entry  on  the  depressing  aide.     "  Allan  is  not  a  widower,  and  I 

m  not  a  widow ;  consequently,  we  arc  neither  of  UB  emancipated,") 

"'if  the  parent  or  guardian  openly  signifies  his  dissent  at  the  time  the 

binnj  are  published '  " ("  which  papa  would  be  certain  to  do  ") 

"'rach  publication  shall  be  void.'  I'll  take  breath  here,  if  youll  allow 
w,"  said  Allan.  "  Blackstone  might  put  it  in  shorter  sentences,  I 
ttink,  if  he  can't  put  it  in  fewer  words.  Gbeer  up,  Neelie  I  there  must 
be  other  ways  of  marrying,  besides  this  roundabout  way,  that  ends  in  a 
hblication  and  a  Void.  Infernal  gibberish  I  I  could  write  better 
English  myself." 

"We  are  not  at  the  end  of  it  yet,"  said  Neelie.  "The  Void  is 
notking  to  what  is  to  come." 

"  Whatever  it  is,"  rejoined  Allan,  "  we'll  treat  it  like  a  dose  of  physic 
~we'll  take  it  at  once,  and  be  done  with  it."  He  went  on  reading  : — 
"'Aod  no  licence  to  marry  without  banns  sball  be  granted,  unless  oath 
■lull  be  first  made  by  one  of  the  parties  that  he  or  she  believes  that  there 
a  no  impediment  of  kindred  or  alliance ' — well,  I  can  take  my  oath  of  that 
*uh  a  tafe  conscience  1  What  next  7  '  And  one  of  the  said  parties  must, 
for  the  space  of  fifteen  days  immediately  preceding  such  licence,  have  had 
liit  or  her  usual  place  of  abode  witbin  the  pariah  or  chapelry  within  which 
inch  marriage  ia  to  be  solemnized  I '  Chapelry  I  I'd  live  fifteen  days  in  a 
■^-kennel  with  the  greatest  pleasure.  I  say,  Neelie,  all  this  seems  like 
pkin  uiling  enough.  What  arc  you  shaking  your  head  about?  Go  on, 
•^d  1  (hall  see  7  Oil,  all  right ;  I'll  go  on.  Here  we  are — '  And  where 
""w  of  the  said  parties,  not  being  a  widower  or  widow,  shall  be  under  the 
*P  of  twenty-one  years,  oath  must  first  be  made  that  the  consent  of  the 
pwson  or  persons  whore  consent  ia  required,  has  been  obtained ,  or  that 
ihert  is  no  person  having  authorily  to  give  such  consent.     The  consent 

"^uinsl  by  this  Act  is  that  of  the  fiither ' "    At  tlioae  last  formidable 

■ords  Allan  caine  to  a  full  atop.     "  The  consent  of  the  father,"  ho 


86  ARMADALE. 

rcpoatoJ,  with  all  needful  ecrloiisneaa  of  look  and  manner.     "I  couldn't 
exactly  swear  to  that,  could  I  ?  " 

Neelie  answered  in  expressive  silence.  She  handed  him  the  pocket- 
book,  with  the  final  entry  completed,  on  the  side  of  "  Bad,"  in  these 
terms — "  Our  marriage  is  impossible,  unless  Allan  commits  perjury." 

The  lovers  looked  at  each  other  across  the  insuperable  obstBcIe  of 
Blackstone,  in  speechless  dismay. 

"Shut  up  the  book,"  said  Neelie,  resignedly.  "I  have  no  doubt  iro 
should  find  the  police,  and  the  prison,  and  the  faair-cutting — all  punisli- 
mcnts  for  perjury,  exactly  as  I  told  you  ! — if  we  looked  at  the  next  page. 
But  we  needn't  trouble  ourselvcB  to  look  ;  we  have  found  out  quite 
enough  already.  It's  all  over  with  us.  I  must  go  to  school  on  Saturday, 
and  you  must  manage  to  forget  nie  as  soon  as  you  can.  Perhaps  we  may 
meet  in  after-life,  and  you  may  be  a  widower  and  I  may  be  a  widow,  and 
the  cruel  law  may  consider  us  emancipated,  when  it's  too  late  to  be  of  the 
Rlightest  use.  By  that  time  no  doubt  I  shall  be  old  and  ugly,  and  you 
will  naturally  have  ceased  to  care  about  mo,  and  it  will  all  end  in  the 
grave,  and  tiie  sooner  the  better.  Good-by,"  concluded  Neelie,  rising 
mournfully,  with  the  tears  in  her  eyes.  "  It's  only  prolonging  our  misery 
to  stop  here,  unlofs — unless  you  have  anything  to  propose  ?  " 

"  I've  got  something  to  propose,"  cried  the  headlong  Allan.  "  It's  an 
entirely  neiv  idea.  Would  you  mind  trj'ing  the  blacksmith  at  Gretna 
Green?" 

"No  earthly  con  a  deration,"  answered  Neelie  indignantly,  "would 
induce  me  to  be  married  by  a  blacksmith  1 " 

"  Don't  be  offended,"  pleaded  Allan  ;  "  I  meant  it  for  the  best.  Lot-i 
of  people  in  our  situation  have  tried  the  blacksmith,  and  found  him  quite 
as  good  aa  a  clergyman,  and  a  most  amiable  man,  I  believe,  into  the 
bargain.     Never  mind  !     We  must  try  anotlier  string  to  our  bow." 

"  We  haven't  got  another  to  try,"  said  Neelie, 

"  Take  my  word  for  it,"  persisted  Allan  stoutly,  "  there  must  be  wayi 
and  means  of  circumventing  Black.stonc  (without  perjury),  if  wo  only 
knew  of  them.  It's  a  matter  of  law,  and  we  must  consult  somebody  in 
the  profc^ion.  I  daresay  it's  a  risk.  But  nothing  venture,  nothing  have. 
What  do  you  say  to  young  Pedgift?  He's  a  thorough  good  fellow. 
I'm  sure  we  could  trust  young  Pedgift  to  keep  our  secret." 

"  Not  for  worlds  ! "  exclaimed  Neelio.  "  You  may  be  willing  to  trust 
yonr  secrets  to  tlie  rulgar  little  wretch,  I  won't  kivc  him  trusted  with 
mine.  I  hate  him.  No  !"  she  continued,  with  a  mounting  colour  and 
n  ptremptory  stamp  of  her  foot  on  the  grass.  "  I  positively  forbid  you 
to  take  any  of  the  Thorpe- A mhrosc  pwple  into  your  confidence.  They 
would  instantly  suspect  vie,  and  it  would  be  all  over  the  place  in  n 
moment.  My  attachment  may  be  an  unhappy  one,"  remarked  Neelie, 
with  her  handkerchief  to  her  eyes,  "and  papa  may  nip  it  in  the  bud,  but 
I  won't  have  it  profaned  by  the  town-gossip  I " 

"  Hnab  I  hash  1 "  said  Allan.   '*  I  won't  say  a  word  at  Thorpe- AmbroMi 


ABUACALE.  67 

I  inm't  indeed !  "  He  paused,  and  connidered  for  a  moment.  *'  There's 
mother  way  !  "  he  burst  out,  brigliteniog  up  on  the  instant.  "  W^eVe  got 
the  whole  -week  before  us.     Til  tell  you  what  I'll  do,  PJl  go  to  London  !  " 

There  was  a  sudden  rustling — heard  neither  by  one  nor  the  other — 
uwmg  the  trees  behind  them  that  screened  MJss  GwUt.  One  more  of 
Ibe  Acuities  in  her  way  (the  difficulty  of  getting  Allan  to  London),  now 
ptBiniaed  to  be  removed  by  an  act  of  Allan's  own  will. 

"  To  London  ?  "  repeated  Neclie,  looking  up  in  astoniahment. 

"To  Ixindon!"  reiterated  Allan.  "That's  far  enough  away  from 
Tlxirpe- Ambrose,  surely  ?  Wait  a  minute,  and  don't  forget  that  this  in 
I  question  of  law.  Very  well,  I  know  some  lawyers  in  Loudon  who 
Bnuged  all  my  business  for  me  when  I  first  came  in  for  this  property  ; 
Aey  ire  just  the  men  to  consult.  And  if  they  decline  to  be  mixed  up  in 
i^  there's  their  head  clerk,  who  is  one  of  the  best  fellows  I  ever  met  wtli 
in  my  life.  I  asked  him  to  go  yachting  with  mc,  I  remember  ;  and 
thmgh  he  couldn't  go,  he  said  he  felt  the  obligation  all  the  same.  That's 
ft*  man  to  help  us.  Blackstone's  a  mere  infant  to  lum.  Don't  say  it's 
lUoTd;  don't  Bay  it's  exactly  like  me.  Do  pray  hear  me  out.  I 
tti't  breathe  your  name  or  your  father's.  I'll  describe  you  as  '  a 
^g  lady  to  whom  I  am  devotedly  attached.'  And  if  my  friend  the 
dak  asks  where  you  live,  I'll  say  the  north  of  Scotland,  or  the  west  of 
Iidind,  or  the  Channel  Islands,  or  anywhere  else  you  like,  ily  friend 
^  deik  is  a  total  stranger  to  Thorpe-Ambrose  and  everybody  in  it 
(vhich  is  one  recommendation) ;  and  in  five  minutes'  time,  he'd  put  me 
Dp  to  what  to  do  (which  is  another).  If  you  only  knew  him  I  He's  one 
rf  those  extraordinary  men  wlio  appear  once  or  tmce  in  a  century— the 
wtt  of  man  who  won't  allow  you  to  make  a  mistake  if  you  try.  All  I 
hire  got  to  say  to  him  (putting  it  short)  is,  'My  dear  fellow,  I  want  to  be 
priiately  married,  without  perjury.'  All  he  has  got  to  say  to  me  (putting 
it  ihort)  is,  '  You  must  do  3o-aud-So,  and  So-and-So  ;  and  you  must  be 
onfal  to  avoid  Tliis,  That,  and  The  other.  I  have  nothing  in  the  world 
to  do  but  to  follow  his  directions;  and  you  have  nothing  in  the  world  to 
do  but  what  the  bride  always  docs  when  the  bridegroom  is  ready  and 
'siting  1"  His  arm  stole  round  Neelie's  waist,  and  his  lips  pointed 
the  moral  of  the  List  sentence  with  that  inarticulate  eloijuenee  which  is 
*  uniformly  succeasful  in  persuading  a  woman  against  her  will. 

AH  Neelie's  meditated  objections  dwindled,  in  spite  of  her,  to  one 
fehlfl  little  question.  "Suppose  I  allow  you  to  go,  Allan?"  she 
'hiipered,  toying  nervously  willi  the  stud  in  the  bosom  of  his  shirt, 
"  Shall  you  be  very  long  away  ?  " 

"I'll  be  off  to-day,"  paid  Allan,  "by  the  eleven  o'clock  train.  And 
ril  be  back  to-morrow,  if  I  and  my  friend  the  clerk  can  settle  it  all  in 
^e-    If  not,  by  Wednesday  at  latest." 

"You'll  write  to  me  every  day?"  pleaded  Neclie,  clinging  a  little 
'^Mer  to  him.  "  I  shall  siok  under  tliu  sucpcnso,  il"  you  don't  promise 
"Write  to  me  every  day." 


88  AUMADALE. 

Allan  promiflerl  totTTiu>  twiceadiv,  trelie  likcJ-^Ioitcr-wriling,  irlnctl 
was  Bucli  aB  effort  lo  ollict  men,  waa  no  effort  to  htm.' 

"And  niimi,  ivli:it(?vpr  those  people  may  my  to  you  in  I^Ddon,' 
procwiVil  Kcelip,  "  I  indiBt  ca  jour  coming  back  (or  me.  I  poailirct 
ilccliae  to  ran  away,  uhIcim  yim  pi«iiiiMi  to  feUjii  mo.'* 

Allan  promised  for  Iba  ficcond  time,  on  hi^  sacred  word  of  honour, 
nl  die  full  compuM  of  his  voice.     Hut  Ncelio  wna  not  tnlisficd  crcn 
She  reverted  lo  fimt  principles,  ard  insisled  on  knowing  wlielhinr  Al 
was  qtiite  sure  liu  loved  bcr.     Alinn  called  lieaven  to  witneaa  how  bi 
ho  vrax;  ami  gol  another   quotlion   dirtclly   for   hia  piiius.     Could 
Bolomnlj  declflro  that  ha  would  never  regret  lAking  Neeliu  away  fi 
hom«7     Allan  called  heaven  to  witnesa  again,  louder  ihftn  otct.     All 
00  purpose  I     Th«  rnvoncns  female  appetite  far  tender  pMtestationa 
hungered  fnr  mow.     *'  I  know  whitt   will  hnppen   one  of  these   iayt^ 
peiaiated  NiuIIe.     "  You  will  see  some  other  giil  who  is  prettier  tluta 
am ;  and  ycm  nill  wish  you  had  married  her  instend  of  Mo  !  " 

As  Allan  opened  hia  lipa  for  n  final  outburst  of  aaseveration, 
stnbic-clock  at  the  great  house  wan  faintly  nudibic  in  the  dlatvi 
striking  the  hour.  Neelie  started  gttiltily.  It  was  breakfast-time  U 
cottage — in  otl)cr  words,  time  to  take  leave.  At  the  last  momeDt 
heart  wont  back  to  lior  father ;  and  her  head  nanlt  on  Allan's  bosom 
she  tried  to  ei\j,  Good-by.  "  Papa,  has  al^rays  been  so  kind  to  id(J 
Allan,"  the  Khi^pered,  holding  hiui  back  trcmulouely  when  he  turned 
to  leave  ber.  "  It  seenis  eo  guilty  and  m  heartless  to  go  away  front  bin 
and  bo  marriud  tn  oi-crct.  01),  do,  do  think  bcfarc  you  really  go  ta 
London  ;  is  there  no  yvny  of  making  him  a  little  kinder  and  jiuter  ■ 
yott/"  The  question  was  useless;  the  major's  resolutoly  uiifavouniM 
roccptioa  of  Allan's  letter  rose  in  Nellie's  memory,  iind  unswercd  ha 
us  thu  words  pjissed  her  lips,  With  a  pirl'a  impuluven ess,  sh«  piuhoq 
Allan  away  bffore  h«  could  .^eak,  and  signed  to  him  impatiently  togd 
The  conflict  of  contending  emotious,  which  ehe  had  moctei-ed  thus  fa 
burst  ita  ivay  outward  in  epite  of  her  after  he  had  waved  his  hand  fil 
th«  last  lime,  and  had  diiiappeared  in  the  depth.i  of  ihti  dell.  WliM 
she  tiuned  from  the  place,  on  her  side,  her  Iong-i«strnined  tear*  kXl  frec^ 


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at   laat,  and  made  the  lonely  way   back   to   the   cottage 
proqicct  that  Ncelie  had  seen  fov  many  a  long  day  pnat. 

As  she  hurried  homewarit,  ihc  leaves  parted  behind  her,  and  Mitij 
Gwilt  stepped  softly  into  the  open  space.  She  «tood  there  in  tnumpli 
tall,  beautiful,  and  resolute.  Her  lovely  colour  brightened  while  »bi 
watched  Ncelie's  retreating  tigiire  liastening  lightly  away  from  her  ortj 
the  grass. 

"  Cry,  yoM  little  fool  I "  she  8«J,  with  her  quiet  clear  tones,  aod  liq 
steady  smile  of  contempt.     "Cry  as  you  hiun   never  cried  yet!     1" 
have  seen  the  last  of  ycoir  svreetlicart." 


ABHASALB.  89 

CHAPTER  Xn. 
A    SCAKDAL    AT    THE    StATIOS. 

Ashmt  later,  the  kniHA^y  at  Miss  Gwilt's  lodgings  was  lost  in  astooisli- 
nmt,  and  the  clamorous  tongaes  of  the  cliildren  were  in  a  state  of 
imgoremable  revolt.  "  Unforeaeen  circumatinces  "  had  suddenly  obliged 
Ibe  tenant  of  the  first  fioor  to  terminate  the  occupation  of  her  apartments, 
ud  to  go  to  London  that  dny  by  the  eleven  o'clock  train. 

"Please  to  have  a  fly  at  the  door,  at  half-past  ten,"  said  Miss  Gwilt, 
n  [he  amazed  landlady  followed  her  upstairs.  "  And  excuse  me,  you 
goad  creatnre,  if  I  beg  and  pray  not  to  be  disturbed  till  the  Hy  comes." 

Once  inude  her  room,  she  locked  the  door,  and  then  opened  her 
nidug-desk.  "  Xow  for  my  letter  to  the  major  I "  ahe  said.  "  How 
•MI  word  it 7" 

A  moment's  consideration  apparently  decided  her.  Searching  through 
bcr  collection  of  pens,  she  carefully  selected  the  worst  that  could  be  found, 
ud  b^nn  the  letter  by  writing  the  date  of  the  day  on  a  soiled  sheet  oi 
iK^piiper,  in  crooked  clumsy  characters,  which  ended  in  a  blot  made 
porposely  with  the  feather  of  the  pen.  Pausing,  sometimes  to  think  n 
liltle,  sometimes  to  make  another  blot,  she  completed  the  letter  in  these 

"Hos"  Sm, — It  is  on  my  conscience  to  tell  yon  souietbing,  which  I 
lliink  yon  ought  to  know.  You  ought  to  know  of  the  goings-on  of  Missi 
T«ir  daughter,  with  young  Mister  Armadale.  I  wish  you  to  make  sure,  and 
*E>at  is  more,  I  advise  yoa  to  be  quick  about  it,  if  nhe  is  going  the  way 
joa  want  her  to  go,  when  she  takes  her  morning  walk  before  breakfast. 
1  Kom  to  moke  mischief,  where  there  is  true  love  on  both  aides.  But  I 
don't  think  tlie  young  man  means  truly  by  Miss.  What  I  me.in  ia,  I 
ilunk  Miss  only  has  his  fancy.  Another  person,  who  shall  be  nameless 
belwixt  us,  has  his  true  heart.  Please  to  pardon  my  not  putting  my 
'■UK;  I  am  only  an  humble  person,  and  it  might  get  mc  into  trouble. 
Tiia  is  all  at  present,  dear  sir,  from  yours, 

"  A  Well- Wisher." 

"There !  "  said  Miss  Gwilt,  as  she  folded  the  letter  up.  "  If  I  had 
l*en  a  professed  novelist,  I  could  hardly  have  written  more  natur.iHy  in 
(lie  character  of  a  sen-ant  than  that !  "  She  wrote  the  necessary  address 
to  Major  Milroy  ;  looked  admiringly  for  the  last  time  at  the  coarse  and 
diuniy  writing  which  her  own  delicate  hand  had  produced ;  and  rose  to 
pwt  the  letter  herself,  before  she  entered  next  on  tho  serious  busincsfl  of 
[«king  up.  "  Curious  1 "  she  thought,  when  the  letter  had  been  posted, 
»nd  she  was  back  again  making  her  travelling  preparations  in  her  own 
'ooin  J  "here  I  am,  running  headlong  into  a  frightful  risk — and  I  never 
Wi  in  better  spirits  in  my  life  I  " 


90  AltUADALE. 

Tlie  boxofl  were  reaily  wheu  the  fly  was  at  the  door,  and  Mim  Gwilt 
'n-aa  equipped  (as  becomingly  aa  usual)  in  her  neat  travelling  costume. 
Tlie  thick  veil,  which  she  was  accustomed  to  wear  in  Londonj  appeared 
on  her  country  straw-bonnet  for  the  6r8t  time.  "  One  meets  such  rude 
men  occasionally  in  the  railway,"  she  said  to  the  landlady.  "  And  though 
I  dress  quietly,  my  hair  is  so  very  remarkable."  She  was  a  little  [Hiler 
than  usual ;  bfit  she  had  never  been  so  sweet-tempered  and  engaging,  so 
gracefully  cordial  and  friendly,  as  now,  when  the  moment  of  departure 
had  come.  The  simple  people  of  the  house  were  quite  moved  at  taking 
leave  of  her.  She  insistal  on  shaking  hands  with  the  landlord — oa 
speaking  to  him  in  her  prettiest  way,  and  suunlng  him  in  her  brightest 
smiles.  "  Come  !  "  she  said  to  the  landlady,  "  you  have  been  so  kind, 
you  have  been  so  like  a  mother  to  me,  you  must  give  me  a  kiss  at 
parting."  She  embraced  the  children  all  together  in  the  lump,  with  a 
mixture  of  humour  and  tenderness  delightful  to  see,  and  loft  a  shilling 
among  them  to  buy  a  cake.  "  If  I  was  only  rich  enough  to  make  it  a 
sovereign,"  she  whiBpercd  to  the  mother,  "  how  glad  I  should  be  I  "  The 
awkward  lad  who  ran  on  errands  stood  wmting  at  the  fly-door.  He  was 
clumsy,  he  was  frowsy,  he  lind  a  gaping  mouth  and  a  turn-up  nose — 
but  the  ineradicable  female  delight  in  being  charming,  accepted  him,  for 
all  that,  in  the  character  of  a  Inst  chance.  "  You  dear  dingy  John  I  "  alie 
said  kindly  at  the  carriage  door.  "  I  am  so  poor  1  have  only  Btxpeitee  to 
give  you — with  my  very  best  wishes.  Take  my  advice,  John — grow 
to  be  a  fine  man,  and  find  yourself  a  nice  sweetheart  I  Thank  you  a 
thousand  times  I  "  She  gave  him  a  friendly  little  pat  on  the  cheek  with 
two  of  her  gloved  fingers,  and  smiled,  and  nodded,  and  got  into  the  fly. 

"  Armadale  next  I  "  sho  said  to  herself  as  the  carriage  drove  off. 

Allan's  anxiety  not  to  miss  the  train  had  brought  liim  to  the  station 
in  better  time  than  URial.  After  t.iking  hia  ticket  and  putting  hia 
portmanteau  tinder  the  porter's  charge,  he  was  pacing  the  platform 
and  thinking  of  Neclie — when  he  heard  the  rustling  of  a  lady's  dress 
behind  him,  and  turning  round  to  look,  found  himself  face  to  face  with 
Miss  Gwilt. 

There  wa.i  no  escaping  her  this  time.  The  station  wnW  was  on  his 
right  hand,  and  the  line  was  on  hia  left;  a  tunnel  was  behind  him, 
and  Miss  Gwilt  was  in  front,  inquiring  in  her  sweetest  tones  whether 
Mr.  Armadale  vraa  going  to  London, 

Allnn  coloured  scarlet  with  vexation  and  surprise.  There  he  was", 
obviously  waiting  for  the  train ;  and  tliere  was  his  portmanteau  close  by, 
■with  his  name  on  it,  already  labelled  for  London !  What  answer  but  the 
true  one  could  he  make  after  that  7  Could  he  let  the  train  go  without 
Iiim,  and  lose  the  precious  hours  so  vitally  important  to  Neelie  and  him- 
self? Impossible  I  Allan  helplessly  confirmed  the  printed  Btatement  on 
hia  portmanteau,  and  heartily  wished  himself  at  the  oUier  end  of  the  vorld 
■a  he  Boid  the  words. 


AIOiADALE.  91 

"  How  Tery  (brtunale ! "  rejoined  Miss  Gwilt.  "  I  am  going  to  Londoa 
hn.  Uight  I  ask  jou,  Mr.  Armadale  (as  you  seem  to  be  quite  alone),  to 
he  my  escort  on  the  journey  J  " 

Alkn  looked  at  the  little  aBsembly  of  travellers,  and  tmvellers'  friends, 
ecJIected  on  the  platform,  near  the  booking-office  door.  They  were  all 
IWpe-Ambrote  people.  He  was  probably  known  by  sight,  and  Miss 
Gwik  was  probably  known  by  sight,  to  erery  one  of  them.  In  sheer 
dcqwration,  hesitating  more  awkwardly  than  erer,  he  produced  his  cigar- 
cue.  "I  shonld  be  delighted,"  he  »aid,  with  an  embarrassment  which 
i»  ilmost  an  insult  under  the  circumstances.  "  But  I — I'm  what  the 
pecfle  who  get  sick  orer  a  cigar,  call  a  slare  to  smoking." 

"I  delight  in  smoking  1 "  said  Miss  Gwilt,  with  undiminished  vivacity 
mi  good  humour.  "  It'e  one  of  the  privil^es  of  the  men  which  I  have 
ilways  envied.  Tm  airaid,  Mr.  Armadale,  you  mi^  think  I  am  forcing 
njKlf  on  you.  It  certainly  looks  like  it.  The  real  truth  is,  I  want  par- 
tiesliriy  to  say  a  word  to  yoa  in  private  about  Mr.  Midwinter." 

He  tnun  came  up  at  the  same  moment.  Setting  Midwinter  out  of  the 
qneition,  the  common  decencies  of  politeness  left  Allan  no  alternative  but 
tumbmit.  After  having  been  the  cause  of  her  leaving  her  situation  at 
lUjor  Hilroy's,  after  having  pointedly  avoided  her  only  a  few  days  nnce 
n  the  high-road,  to  have  declined  going  to  London  in  the  same  carri^e 
vith  Miss  Gwilt  would  have  been  an  act  of  downright  brutality  which  it 
ni  limply  impossible  to  commiL  "  Damn  ber ! "  said  Allan,  internally, 
H  be  handed  hie  travelling  companion  into  an  empty  carriage,  officiondy 
plued  at  his  disposal,  before  all  the  people  at  the  elation,  by  the  guard. 
"Ton  ihan't  be  distnrbed,  nir,"  the  man  whispered  confidentially,  with  a 
irnile,  and  a  touch  of  his  hat.  Allan  could  have  knocked  him  down  with 
Ihe  Qtmoflt  pleasure.  *'  Stop  I  "  he  said,  from  the  window.  "  I  don't  want 
tile  carriage—"  It  was  useless ;  tlie  guard  was  out  of  hearing ;  the 
vhiitle  blew,  and  the  train  started  for  London. 

The  select  assembly  of  travellcirs'  friends,  left  behind  on  the  platform, 
tngregated  in  a  circle  on  the  epot,  with  the  station-master  in  the 
wntre. 

The  station-master— otherwise,  Mr.  Mack — was  a  popular  character  in 
tl«  neighbourhood.  He  possessed  two  social  qualifications  which  invari- 
^^J  impress  the  average  Engliah  mind — he  was  nn  old  soldier,  and  ho 
"*  a  man  of  few  words.  The  conclave  on  the  platform  insisted  on  taking 
I'M  opinion,  before  it  committed  itself  pfwitivcly  to  an  opinion  of  its  own. 
A  Wiak  fire  of  remarks  exploded,  as  a  matter  of  courso,  on  all  sides ;  but 
"ftiybody's  view  of  the  subject  ended  interrogatively,  in  a  question  aimed 
P^nt-blank  at  the  station-master's  ears. 

"  She's  got  him,  hasn't  she  ?  "  "  She'll  come  back  '  Mrs.  Armadale,' 
"m't  she?"  "He'd  better  have  stuck  to  Miss  Milroy,  hadn't  he?" 
"Mia  Milroy  stuck  to  him.  She  paid  him  a  visit  at  the  great  house, 
*^'t  iheT"  "Nothing  of  the  sort;  it's  a  shame  to  take  the  girl's 
^'wwtcr  away.     She  mob  cniight  in  ft  (hunderstorm  close  by  *,  Vifl  ifM 


92  AfiUADALE. 

obliged  to  give  her  slielter  ;  and  slic's  never  been  near  the  phice  since. 
Miaa  Gwilt's  been  there,  if  you  like,  irith  no  tLunderstorm  to  force  her 
in;  and  Misa  Girilt's  off  with  him  to  London  in  a  carriage  all  to  them- 
selvea,  eh,  Mr.  Mack  7  "  "  Ah,  be's  a  soft  one,  that  Armadale !  with  all 
hia  money,  to  take  up  with  a  red-haind  woman,  a  good  eight  or  nine  years 
older  than  he  la  I  She's  thirty  if  she's  a  day.  That's  what  I  Fay,  Mr.  Mack. 
What  do  you  say  ?  "  "  Older  or  younger,  she'll  rule  the  roast  at  Thorpe- 
Ambrose;  and  I  say,  for  the  sake  of  the  place,  and  for  the  sake  of  trade, 
let's  make  the  best  of  it;  and  Mr.  Mack,  as  a  man  of  tho  world,  eees  it  is 
the  same  light  ns  I  do,  don't  you,  sir?  " 

"  Gentlemen,"  sud  the  station-master,  witli  his  abrupt  military  accent, 
and  his  impenetrable  military  manner,  "she's  a  devilish  fine  woman. 
And,  when  I  was  Mr.  Armadale's  age,  it's  my  opinion,  if  her  fancy  bad 
laid  that  way,  she  might  have  married  Me." 

With  that  expression  of  opinion  the  station-maater  wheeled  to  the  right, 
and  intrenched  himself  impregnably  in  the  stronghold  of  his  own  office. 

Tho  citizens  of  Thorpe-Ambrose  looked  at  the  closed  door,  and 
gravely  shook  their  heads.  Mr.  Mack  bad  disappointed  them.  No 
opinion  which  openly  recognizes  the  frailty  nf  human  nature,  is  ever 
8  popidar  opinion  with  mankind.  "  It's  na  good  as  saying  that  any  of  tis 
might  have  married  her,  if  mj«  had  been  Mr.  Armadale's  age  I  "  Such  waa 
the  general  impres^nn  on  the  minds  of  the  conclave,  when  the  meeting  had 
been  adjourned,  and  tho  members  were  leaving  the  station. 

The  last  of  tlie  party  tn  go  was  a  slow  old  gentleman,  with  a  habit  of 
deliberately  looking  about  him.  Pausing  at  the  door,  this  observant 
peraoD  stared  up  the  platform,  and  down  the  platform,  and  discovered  in 
the  latter  direction,  standing  behind  an  angle  of  the  wall,  an  elderly  man 
in  black,  who  had  escaped  the  notice  of  ever)-body  up  to  that  time. 
"  Why,  bless  my  soul ! "  said  the  old  gentleman,  advancing  inquisitively  by 
a  step  at  a  time,  "  it  can't  be  Mr,  Bashwood  !  " 

It  wn>  Mr.  Basliwood — Air.  Bashwood,  whose  constitutional  curiosity 
had  taken  him  privately  to  tlie  station,  bent  on  solving  the  mystery  of 
Allan's  sudden  joui-ncy  to  Loudon — l^Ir.  Bashwood  who  had  seen  and 
heard,  behind  Lis  angle  in  the  wall,  what  everybody  else  had  seen  and 
beard,  and  who  appeared  to  have  been  imprcGsed  by  it  in  no  ordinary  way. 
lie  stood  stifBy  against  the  wall,  like  a  man  petrified,  witli  one  hand  pressed 
on  hia  bare  head,  and  the  other  holding  his  hat — he  stood,  with  a  dull  fluah 
on  his  face,  and  a  dull  stare  in  his  eyes,  looking  straight  into  the  black 
depths  of  tbo  tunnel  outside  the  station,  as  if  the  train  to  London  had 
disappeared  in  it  but  the  moment  before. 

"  la  your  head  bad  J  "  asked  tlio  old  g(?ntlcman.  "  Take  my  advice. 
Go  home  and  lie  down." 

Mr.  Bashwood  listened  mechanically,  with  his  usual  attention,  and 
snawered  mechanically,  with  his  usual  politeness. 

"  Yes,  ur,"  he  said,  in  »  low  lost  tone,  like  a  man  between  dreaming 
"Hang ;  "  Fll  go  homo  imd  lie  down.** 


ARAIADALE,  98 

"Tliat'a  right,"  rejoined  the  oIJ  gentleman,  making  for  tic  door. 
"  And  take  n  pill,  Jlr.  Basliwood — take  a  pill." 

Fiye  minutes  later,  the  porter  charged  witU  the  business  of  locking  up 
die  (Cition,  found  Mr.  Basbwood,  still  standing  bareheaded  against  the 
*all,oQd  still  looking  straight  into  the  black  depths  of  the  tunnel,  as  if  tha 
tnin  to  London  hnd  dis-ippearcd  in  it  but  a  moment  since. 

"  Come,  sir  !  "  said  the  porter.  "  I  must  lock  up.  Are  you  out  of 
wu  ?  Anything  wrong  with  your  in^de  7    Try  a  drop  of  gin-and-bitlera." 

"Tea,"  said  Mr.  Bosbwood,  answering  the  porter  exactly  as  h«  had 
innrered  the  old  gentleman ;  "  I'll  try  a  drop  of  gin-and-bitters." 

The  porter  took  lijm  by  the  arm,  and  led  him  out.  "  You'll  get 
ittliere,"  said  the  man,  pointing  confidentially  to  a  public-house ;  "and 
yon'll  get  it  good." 

"  I  shall  get  it  there,"  echoed  Mr.  Basbwood,  still  mechanically  r«- 
peuing  vhat  was  said  to  him ;  "  and  I  shall  get  it  good." 

Uii  will  Bcemed  to  be  paralysed  ;  bia  actions  depended  absolutely  on 
vlut  other  people  told  him  to  do.  He  took  a  few  steps  in  the  direction 
cif  the  public-house — ^hesitated  ;  staggered — and  caught  at  the  pillar  of  one 
of  the  itation  lamps  near  him. 

The  porter  followed,  and  took  bim  by  the  arm  once  more. 

"  Why,  youVe  been  drinking  already  I  "  exclaimed  the  man,  with  a 
n^eoly-quickened  interest  in  Mr.  Bashwood's  case.  "What  was  it? 
fl«r!" 

Mr.  Baahwood,  in  his  low  lost  tones,  echoed  the  lost  word. 

It  was  close  on  the  porter's  dinner-time.  But  when  the  lower  orders 
"f  ihe  English  people  believe  they  have  discovered  an  intoxicated  man, 
tlicii  sympathy  with  htm  is  boundless.  The  porter  let  his  dinner  take  Itn 
chance,  and  carefully  assisted  Mr,  Baahwood  to  reach  the  public-liouse. 
"Gin-and-bitters  will  put  you  on  your  legs  again,"  whispered  this 
^Uoarilan  setter-right  of  the  alcoholic  disasters  of  mankind. 

If  Mr.  Baahwood  bad  really  been  intoxicated,  the  effect  of  the  porter's 
(^edy  would  have  been  marvellous  indeed.  Almost  as  eoon  as  the  gloss 
*«  emptied,  the  stimulant  did  its  work.  The  long-weakeued  nervous 
^Mem  of  the  deputy -steward,  prostrated  for  the  moment  by  the  sliock  that 
M  fsllen  on  it,  rallied  again  like  a  weary  horse  under  the  spur.  The 
<itillfltuli  on  his  cheeks,  the  dull  stare  in  his  eyes,  disappeared  eimul- 
*''*«isly.  After  a  momentary  effort,  be  recovcreil  meniorj-  enough  of 
'Hat  bad  passed  to  thank  the  porter,  and  to  oak  whether  he  would  take 
•Mnetliing  himself.  The  worthy  creature  instantly  accepted  a  dose  of  his 
*»ti  remedy — in  the  capacity  of  a  preventive — and  went  home  to  dinner 
"only  those  men  can  go  home  who  are  phyaically  warmed  by  gin-and- 
l-iUeis,  and  morally  elevated  by  the  performance  of  a  good  action. 

Still  itrangely  abstracted  (but  conscious  now  of  the  w.iy  by  which  he 
''"')'  Mr.  Baahwood  left  the  public-house  a  few  minutes  later,  in  his  turn. 
'«  talked  on  mechanically,  in  his  dreary  black  garments,  moving  like  « 
"ton  the  white  surface  of  the  sun-brightened  road,  aa  Midwintet  Wi 


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nibe 
rpennn 


Been  Ikim  m^ve  is  tli«  earl;  d«js  nC  TliArpo-Aiiibrivw  wliim  tboy  h»A  fint 
met.  ArnTcd  at  the  point  wIktc  he  hnil  tfl  choose  between  the  way  ttist 
Jed  into  the  towD,  nnd  tlic  wny  tliAt  led  to  t)ie  ^i'«ftt  h«q8«,  b«  flt<>]t|>ed, 
inmjiKble  ct  Aee'Mng,  and  cnrolMU),  apparaitly,  even  or  making  the  iuiein|it. 
"  I'll  be  rerengerl  on  her  I  "  ho  whiaperpd  to  himself,  rtill  absorbed  En  bU 
jealout  frcnxy  of  rago  againBt  the  wt>maD  who  hod  docciTod  h!tn.  "  Fll  be 
reveng^  on  her,"  he  r<^peated  in  louder  tones,  "  if  I  spend  ererjr  hairpeniif  i 
I'ro  got ! " 

Some  womm  (if  tho  dtaordcrly  aort,  pAiwinf;  on  thoir  way  to  lh« 
heard  him.     "  Ah,  yon  old  bnile,"  tlipy  called  out,  with  ih*  tn^sLmrtlcal] 
licence  of  their  class ;  "  whatever  she  did,  »Jie  served  you  right  I  " 

The coarEen«Gs  of  thevoicoiiKtartlcd  biTn,vhelherheconiprel)eiidpd  the 
vords  or  not.     lie  alirnnk  nway  from  more  interruption  and  more  icmilt^H 
into  the  qtiietCT  road  that  lod  to  the  gnul  houflo,  M 

At  a  solitary  place  by  the  wayside,  he  stopped  and  Mt  down.  Ht 
took  off  his  hut,  and  lifted  hii  youthftil  y/ig  a  little  from  hia  bald  old  bead, 
nnd  tried  de«pcrnlply  to  get  beyond  the  one  inmnivoiibl*  conviction  which 
lay  on  hh  mitid  like  lend — the  conviction  that  Miw  Owilt  had  been  pur> 
|x>Qely  deceiving  him  from  the  lirBt.  It  wil3  usolesa.  No  efiort  wonld  free 
him  from  that  one  dominant  imprpwion,  and  from  the  one  answering;  idea 
tliat  it  bad  evoked — the  idvn  of  revenge.  Ke  got  up  again,  and  put  on  hia 
but,  and  walked  rapidly  forward  a  little  way — then  turned  without  fcnow-fl 
ing  why,  and  alowly  walked  back  af»ain.  "  If  [  liad  only  drcRsiiI  it  litile 
nnflrter  ! "  Miid  the  pnM-  wrclc.h,  helplowly,  "  If  I  had  only  betij  n  Utile 
bolder  with  her,  she  might  have  overlook«H]  my  being  nn  old  mnn  1  "  The 
angry  flt  returned  on  him.  He  clenched  hin  clammy  trembling  hands,  and  _ 
Bhook  them  fiercely  in  the  empty  air.  "I'll  be  rcveng<^d  on  h<ir,"  hcfl 
reiterated.  "  Til  be  revenged  on  hor,  if  I  upend  every  hall^ienny  I've 
^t  t "  It  was  terribly  auggeative  of  the  hold  ahe  had  taken  on  hitn,  tliat 
hia  vindictive  npiiae  of  injury  could  not,  get  far  enongli  awny  from  h«r  tn 
rcAcli  the  man  whom  he  believed  to  bo  hia  rival,  even  yet.  In  bis  ngOf 
M  in  hia  Iovp,  he  wa«  nbpiorbed,  body  and  soul,  by  Miea  GwilE. 

In  a  moment  more,  the  naine  of  running  wheels  approachiDg  flvm 
behind  startled  Urn.  He  turned,  nnd  Igoked  round.  Thvn  wai  Mr. 
l*edgi(V  the  elder,  rapidly  overtaking  him  in  the  gig,  jnirt  ni  Mr.  Pedgift 
had  overlokea  him  once  already,  on  tliat  Ibrincr  occuLUon  when  be  bod 
listened  nnder  the  window  at  t3i«  grent  bouse,  and  when  the  lnwy«r  had 
bhintly  cliargi.'d  biin  witli  fiding  a  cnrlosity  abtnit  Miss  Gwilt  I 

In  nn  inalant,  tlic  incvilablc  nsaociution  of  ideas  hurst  on  bis  mind. 
The  opinion  of  Miss  Gwilt,  nhici)  he  had  heard  tlie  lawyer  express  toi 
Allan,  at  parting,  hashed  back  into  hia  memory,  side  by  aide  ni(b 
Mt.  Pedgift's  sarcastic  approv*]  of  anything  in  the  way  of  inq^iiry  which 
Mk  own  enrinwty  might  .Tttempl.  "I  may  be  even  with  her  yet,"  hs 
thought,  ''if  Mr.  Pedgift  will  help  me !— Stop,  airl"  he  called  oot 
desppratcly  as  the  gtg  came  up  with  hitn.  *"  If  pleaac,  sir,  I  want  to  Iptal: 
tojon," 


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ARMADALE.  SS 

Pedgift  Senior  slftckened  the  paco  of  his  ia«t-trotting  niHre,  without 
jralliog  up.  "  Come  to  the  office  in  half-an-hour,"  he  said.  "  I'm  bn^ 
DOW,"  Withont  -waiting  for  an  answer,  without  noticing  Mr.  Bashwood's  bow, 
be  gtre  the  mare  the  rein  Again,  and  was  out  of  ught  in  another  minute. 

Mr.  Bashwood  sat  down  once  more  in  a  shady  place  by  tho  rimdside. 
He  ippeared  to  be  incapable  of  feeling  any  slight  but  the  one  unpacdonable 
■light  put  upon  him  by  Miss  Gwilt.  He  not  only  declined  to  resent,  he 
eren  node  the  best  of  Mr.  Pedgift's  unccremonioua  treatment  of  him. 
" Half-an-honr,"  he  said,  resignedly.  "  Time  enough  to  compose  myself; 
tnd  I  want  time.  Very  kind  of  Mr.  Pedgift,  though  he  mightn't  have 
mesntit." 

The  sense  of  oppression  on  his  head  forced  him  once  i^^n  to  remove  his 
'lilt.  He  Bat  with  it  on  his  lap,  deep  in  thought ;  his  face  bent  low,  and  the 
nTering  fingers  of  one  hand  drumming  absently  on  the  crown  of  the  hat. 
irUr.  Pedgifl  the  elder,  seeing  him  as  he  sat  now,  coitld  only  have  looked 
■  little  beyond  him  into  the  future,  the  monotonously-drumming  hand  of  the 
depn^-steward  might  hfiTe  beea  strong  enough,  feeble  as  it  was,  to  stop 
llie  livyer  by  the  roadside.  It  was  the  'wom,  weary,  miserable  old  hand 
of  1  Worn,  weary,  misemble  old  man — but  it  was,  for  all  that  (to  use  tho 
tngnage  of  Mr.  Fedgift's  own  parting  prediction  to  AUnu),  the  hand  that 
w  DOW  destined  to  "  let  the  light  in  on  Miss  Gwilt." 


CHAPTER  xnr. 
Ah  Old  Mah's  Heart. 

PnwniAL  to  the  moment,  when  the  half  hour's  interval  had  expired, 
Mr.  Bashwood  was  announced  nt  the  office,  as  waiting  to  see  Mr.  Pedgift 
lij  special  appointment. 

The  lawyer  looked  up  from  his  papers  with  an  air  of  annoyance  :  he 
M  totally  forgotten  the  meeting  by  the  roadside.  "  See  what  he  wants," 
*udPedgifl  Senior  to  Pedgift  Junior,  working  in  the  same  room  with  him. 
"And,  if  it's  nothing  of  importance,  put  it  off  to  some  other  time." 

Pedgift  Junior  swiftly  disappeared,  and  swiftly  returned. 

"  Well  ?  "  asked  the  father. 

"  Well,"  answered  the  son,  "  ho  is  rather  more  shaky  and  unintelligible 
tba  Turtial.  I  can  make  nothing  out  of  him,  except  that  he  persists  in 
"satiag  to  see  yon.  My  own  idea,"  pursued  PedgitV  Junior,  with  his 
^nal  sardonic  gravity,  "is,  that  he  is  going  to  have  a  fit,  and  that  he 
*«he»  to  acknowledge  your  uniform  kindness  to  him,  by  obliging  you 
*ilii  a  private  view  of  the  whole  proceeding." 

Pedgift  Senior  habitually  matched  everybody — his  son  included — ■ 
*itli  their  own  weapons.  "  Be  good  enough  to  remember,  Augnstua,"  he 
rejoined,  "  that  My  Room  is  not  a  Court  of  Law,  A  bad  joke  is  not 
inTMiably  followed  by  '  roars  of  Uughter '  hire.  Let  Mr.  Bashwood 
conw  in." 


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Mr.  BusimnoJ  whk  introiliieo^,  nnd  P^tlgiH  Jimior  vriiluli-ev.  "Yon 
muslii't  blwd  liirn,  sir,"  wliinpercil  tlie  incoirigiblfl  jriter,  ns  lie  pawod  ilia 
buck  of  fiis  faUi«r'i  chair.  "  Uol-iv«tcr  bottleB  lo  the  solea  of  hi* 
nnd  a  tnusutrd  planter  on  llie  pit  of  his  stonuioh — itisl's  tlio 
trentment." 

"Sit  ilotvn,  Bail) wood,''  anid  Peilgift  Senior,  wlicn  llicy  w«ra  nloM 
"  And  don't  furgel  tlint  time's  mon^y.  Oul  wllli  it,  \vl:9t«vei  it  is,  at  ibo 
qiuckcst  pDssilik  rate,  nnd  in  tlii;  fcwcttt  powlljle  words." 

Tlici^u  preliminnry  directions,  bluolly  but  not  at  oil  vnkiDdljr  tpoleiii 
ratlin  increased  than  dimiaiRlicd  the  pniiiful  agitation  uttder  vliicli 
Rlr.  Boshwood  was  sinTcring.  He  stamin(^re<l  more  holplcfulj*,  he  trenh 
Med  tnote  cotitliiuouxly  ih.in  itmial,  ns  he  made  Lis  jiicle  speecli  of  thank^ 
and  added  li'u  apulngiud  nt  the  end  fur  intruding  on  liis  patron  in  husiucM 
hours. 

"  Evci-ybody  in  the  pkcc,  Mr.  Pc'dgift,  «!r,  Unoivs  your  time  il 
valuabic.  Oh,  dgnr,  job  I  oli,  donr,  yc»  I  nioftt  valuable,  most  valualjle 
Kxouu  nie,  air,  I'm  coming  out  with  it.  Ycnir  goodness — or  taUier  j' 
btisineas — no,  jour  goodneea  gave  me  half-no-hour  to  wait — nnd  1  baT«' 
thought  of  what  I  hwl  to  tj\y,  and  prcpiircd  it,  and  put  it  nhort,"  Hiiv, 
got  A»  far  a«  tliat,  hi:  stopped  nilU  a  pained,  bewildered  look.  Hi 
put  it  away  in  ]iis  tnemorj',  nnd  now,  when  tht  time  caroe,  ho  vri 
confused  Ui  find  ii.  And  there  w.ia  Mr.  I'^Igift  mutely  waiting;  liia  &oe 
and  manner  alike  cxpressivo  of  tliat  eilont  ecnse  oi  the  value  of  hia  own 
time,  which  every  iiatiL'nt  who  has  visited  a  great  doctor,  every  client  wlio 
hua  consulted  a  hwyer  in  large  pruclice,  knowa  so  well.  "  Have  yoa 
hcanl  the  news,  sir  1 "  stammored  AEr.  Bnshwood,  ahifling  Lis  ground  ifl 
despair,  and  letting  the  tippemost  idea  in  bis  mind  eacajK!  him,  ainplf 
bcuauec  it  was  the  one  idea  in  liim  that  was  ready  to  come  out, 

*'  Does  it  CMirem  mr  f  "  linked  Pedzift  Senior,  mcreik'SHly  brief,  and 
mercilewly  Btridght  in  coming  to  the  pDint. 

'  "  It  eoiiccras  a  laily,  "ir, — no,  not  a  lady — n  young  man  I  ought  ta 
aay,  in  whom  you  used  to  feel  some  interest.  Oh,  Mr,  Pedgift,  sir,  whal 
do  you  think  !  Mr.  Annadalc  nnd  'M'lSi  Gnilt  linvo  gone  up  to  Londoa 
together  to-dny — alone,  sir — alone  iu  a  cniringe  rwcTved  for  their  two 
selves.  Do  you  think  hc'a  going  to  many  hcr7  Do  jou  really  thinly 
like  the  rest  of  them,  lie's  going  to  marr)'  her  ?  " 

He  pQt  the  question  with  a  sudden  (lush  in  hit  fiice,  and  a  auddi 
energy  in  hin  manner.  Hi.■^  atnau  of  the  vnlue  of  thu  lawyer's  time,  h!i 
conviction  of  tho  greatnesa  of  the  lawyer's!  condescension,  hia  eonstitatioiial' 
Fliynesa  and  limidiry — all  yielded  together  to  his  one  overwhelming  interert 
in  lieanng  Mr.  Pcdgid's  auewer.  He  was  loud  for  the  GxiA  time  in  hia  life, 
In  putting  the  question. 

"After  my  experience  of  Mr.  Armadale,"  said  the  lawyer,  instantly 
hardening  in  look  and  manner,  "  I  believe  him  to  be  infatuated  enough  loi 
marry  Miss  Owilt  a  dozen  times  over,  if  SILss  Gwilt  chose  to  atk  him. 
Yoar  news  dot-Fo't  Biirprisc  mc  in  the  leaet,   BaahwooJ.     I'm   Eony  fiw 


AltMASALR.  97 

him,  I  can  honesLlj'  say  that,  though  he  has  set  my  advice  at  defiance. 
And  Fm  more  sorry  Bttll,"  he  coDtinued,  Boftening  ngain  as  hie  mind 
reverted  fo  his  interriew  with  Neelie  tinder  the  Irees  of  the  park ;  "  I'm 
more  sony  atill  for  another  person  who  shall  be  nameless.  Bat  what  have  I 
lodowith  all  this?  andwliat  on  earth  is  the  matter  with  you  7"  he  resumed, 
Doticiog  for  the  first  time  the  abject  misery  in  Mr.  Bashwood's  manner, 
the  blank  despair  in  Mr.  Basbwood's  face,  which  his  answer  had  produced. 
"Are yon  ill?  Is  there  something  behind  the  curtain  that  you're  afraid 
b>  bring  oat  7  I  don't  understand  it.  Have  you  come  here — here  in  my 
printe  nx)m,  in  business  hours — with  nothing  to  tell  me  but  that  young 
Aniudale  has  been  fool  enongh  to  ruin  fais  prospects  for  life?  Why,  I 
finmw  it  bU  weeks  since,  and  what  is  more,  I  as  good  ns  told  him  so  at 
tie  last  conTersation  I  had  with  him  in  the  great  house." 

At  those  last  words,  Mr.  Baahwood  suddenly  rallied.  The  lawyer's 
juang  reference  to  the  great  house  had  led  him  back  in  a  moment  to  the 
pnipoat  that  he  had  in  Tiew. 

"That's  it,  sir  I  "  he  stud  eagerly ;  "  that's  wliat  I  wanted  to  speak  to 
you  about ;  that's  what  Tve  been  preparing  in  my  mind.  Mr.  Pcdgifl, 
ni,  the  last  time  you  were  at  the  great  house,  when  you  came  away  in 
joar  gig,  you — ^you  overtook  me  on  the  drive." 

"I  daresay  I  did,"  remark^  Pedgift,  resignedly.  "  My  msre  happens 
to  be  ■  trifle  quicker  on  her  legs  than  yon  are  on  yours,  Bashwood.  Go 
on,  go  on.  We  sliall  come  in  time,  I  suppose,  to  what  you  are  driving  at." 
"  Ton  stopped,  and  spoke  to  me,  sir,"  proceeded  Mr.  Bashwood,  adyan- 
Mg  more  and  more  eagerly  to  his  end.  "  Tou  said  you  suspected  me  of 
feeling  some  curiosity  about  Miss  Gwilt,  and  you  told  me  (I  remember 
the  exact  words,  air) — you  told  me  to  gratiiy  my  curiosity  by  all  means, 
for  you  didn't  object  to  it," 

Pedgiil  Senior  begnn  for  the  first  time  to  look  interested  in  hearing 
more. 

"  I  remember  something  of  the  sort,"  he  replied ;  "  and  I  also  remember 
lliiiking  it  rather  remarkable  that  you  should  happen — we  won't  put  it  in 
My  more  offensive  way — to  be  exactly  under  Mr.  Armadale's  open  window 
*hile  I  nas  talking  to  him.  It  might  have  been  accident  of  course ;  but 
it  looked  rather  more  like  curiosity.  I  could  only  judge  by  appearances," 
mnclnded  Pedgift,  pointing  his  sarcasm  with  a  pinch  of  snuff;  "and 
•ppetranceg,  Bashwood,  were  decidedly  against  you." 

"I  don't  deny  it,  air.  I  only  mentioned  the  circumi^tance  because  I 
^i'lied  to  acknowledge  that  1  was  curious,  and  am  curious  about  Miss 
G«ilt." 

"Why?"  asked  Pedgift  Senior,  seeing  something  under  the  surface 
io  Mr.  Basbwood's  face  and  manner,  but  utterly  in  the  dark  thus  far  as 
'o  what  that  something  might  be. 

^ere  was  silence  for  a  moment.  The  moment  passed,  Mr.  Bnsliwood 
^^  the  refuge  usually  taken  by  nervous  unready  men,  placed  in  his 
^reonBtsnces,  when  they  are  nt  a  loss  for  an  answer.     He  simply  reitersiited 


98  ARMADALC. 

the  assertion  that  fao  bad  jujit  made,  "  I  fed  Bomfl  curioaity,  eir,"  he  said, 
with  n  strange  mixture  of  dc^ednen  and  timidity,  "  about  HiH 
Gwilt." 

There  was  another  moment  of  nlence.  In  spite  of  his  practised 
acutencsB  and  knowledge  of  the  world,  the  lawyer  was  more  poszled  than 
ever.  The  case  of  Mr.  Bashwood  presented  the  one  human  riddle  of  all 
others,  which  he  was  least  qualified  to  solve.  Though  year  aAer  yetiT 
witnesKs,  in  thousands  and  thousands  of  cases,  the  remorseless  disinheriting 
of  nearest  and  dearest  relations,  the  unnatural  breaking-up  of  sacred 
family  ties,  tlio  deplorable  sercnince  of  old  and  firm  fHendships,  dii« 
entirely  to  tho  intense  self- absorption  wbioh  the  sexual  pasrion  can 
prodiice  when  it  enters  the  heart  of  an  old  man,  the  association  of  lova 
with  infirmity  and  grey  hairs  arouses,  nerertheless,  all  the  world  over, 
no  other  idea  than  the  idea  of  extravagant  improbability  or  extmvagant 
absurdity  in  the  general  mind.  If  the  interview  now  taking  plsoe  in 
Mr.  Pedgifl's  consulting-room  had  tnken  place  at  his  dinner-table  instead, 
when  wine  had  opened  his  mind  to  humorous  influences,  it  is  possible 
that  he  might,  by  thu  time,  have  susitoctcd  the  truth.  But,  in  hii 
business  hours,  Pedgift  Senior  was  in  the  habit  of  investigating  men'a 
molivcB  Bcriously  from  the  business  point  of  view ;  and  he  was  on  that 
very  account  simply  incapable  of  conceiving  any  improbability  so  startling, 
any  absurdity  so  enormous,  as  the  absurdity  and  improbability  of  Mr, 
Bashwood'a  being  in  love. 

Some  men  in  the  lawyer's  position  would  have  tried  (o  force  their 
way  to  enlightenment  by  obstinately  repeating  the  unanswered  question. 
Fedgill  Senior  wisely  postponed  the  question  until  he  had  moved  the 
conversation  on  another  step.  "  Well,"  he  resumed,  "let  us  say  you  feel 
a  curiosity  about  Miss  Gwilt.     What  next  ?  " 

The  pnlms  of  Mr.  Bnshwood's  hands  bognn  to  moisten  under  the 
influence  of  his  agitation,  as  they  had  moistened  in  the  pnst  days  when  he 
liad  told  the  story  of  his  domestic  sorrows  to  Midwinter  at  the  great 
house.  Once  more  he  rolled  his  handkerchief  into  n  ball,  and  dabbed 
it  BoAty  to  and  fro  from  one  hand  to  the  other. 

"  May  I  ask  if  I  am  right,  sir,"  ho  began,  "  in  believing  that  yon 
have  a  very  unfaTOurahlo  opinion  of  Miss  Gwilt  7  You  are  quite  con- 
vinced, I  think " 

"  My  good  fellow,"  interrupted  Pcdgift  Senior,  "  why  need  you  be  in 
any  doubt  about  it  7  You  were  under  Mr.  Armadale's  open  window  all 
the  while  I  was  talkirg  to  him  ;  and  your  earv,  I  presume,  wore  not 
absolutely  tJmt." 

Mr.  Bashwood  showed  no  sense  of  the  interruption.  The  little  sting 
of  the  lawyer's  enrcaem  was  lo^t  in  the  nobler  pain  that  wrung  him  from 
the  wound  inflicted  by  Miss  Gwilt. 

"  You  are  quite  convinced,  I  think,  sir,"  he  resumed,  "  that  there  are 
circumstances  in  this  lady's  past  life,  which  would  be  highly  diacredit- 
nble  to  her  if  they  wera  diKOT«r«d  at  the  pment  time  7  " 


AltHADALE.  99 

"Tbc  nindoTT  wns  open  at  the  grent  house,  Bnahivooii;  and  your 
cut,  I  presume,  vera  not  absolutely  shut." 

Still  impenetrable  to  the  sting,  Mr.  Bashwood  persisted  more  obsti- 
Mtd^  than  ever. 

"  Unless  I  am  greatly  mistaken,"  ho  said,  "yonr  long  experience  in 
rich  things  baa  even  smggeated  to  you,  sir,  that  Miss  Gwilt  might  turn 
oU  to  be  known  to  the  police  7  " 

Fedgift  Senior's  patience  gave  way.  "Tou  have  been  over  ten 
ndmites  in  this  room,"  he  broke  out ;  "  can  you,  or  can  you  not,  tell  me  in 
]iua  English  vhat  you  want  7  " 

In  plain  Engli^ — vith  the  passion  that  had  tranBibrmed  him,  the 
pMBon  which  (in  Miss  Gwilt's  own  words)  had  mode  a  man  of  him, 
boning  in  bis  haggard  cheeks — Mr.  Bashwood  met  the  challenge,  and 
&ced  the  lawyer  (as  the  worried  abeep  faces  the  d<^)  on  his  own  ground. 

"Iwish  to  say,  sir,"  he  answered,  "  that  your  opinion  in  this  matter 
i)  my  opinion  too,  I  believe  there  is  something  wrong  in  Miss  Gwilt'a 
put  life,  which  ahe  keeps  concealed  from  everybody — and  I  want  to  be 
the  nun  who  knows  it." 

Pedgift  Senior  saw  his  chance,  and  instantly  reverted  to  the  question 
Ihit  he  had  postponed.     "  Why  7  "  be  asked  for  the  second  time. 

For  the  second  time,  Mr.  Bashwood  hedtated.  Gould  he  acknowledge 
that  he  had  been  mad  enough  to  love  her,  and  mean  enough  to  be  a  spy 
it  her  7  Could  he  say,  She  has  deceived  me  from  the  first,  and  she  bos 
^MBtted  me  now  lier  object  is  served.  After  robbing  me  of  my  happiness, 
rebbing  me  of  my  honour,  robbing  me  of  my  last  hope  left  in  life,  she  has 
gene  from  me  for  ever,  and  left  me  nothing  but  my  old  man's  longing,  slow 
■nd  riy,  and  strong  and  cliangeless,  for  revenge.  Revenge  that  I  may 
hiiTe,  if  I  can  poison  her  success  by  drugging  her  frailties  into  the  public 
«EW.  Revenge  that  I  will  buy  (for  what  is  gold  or  what  ia  life  to  me  7) 
*ith  the  last  farthing  of  my  hoarded  money  and  the  last  drop  of  my 
■tignant  blood.  Could  he  say  that  to  the  man  who  sat  waiting  for  his 
■niwer?     No :  he  could  only  crush  it  down  and  be  silent. 

The  lawyer's  expression  began  to  harden  once  more. 

"One  of  us  must  speak  out,"  he  said;  "and,  as  you  evidently 
*Dn't,  I  will.  I  can  only  account  for  this  extraordinary  an.^iety  of  yours 
to  make  yourself  acquainted  with  Miss  Gwilt's  secrets,  in  one  of  two 
*»ji.  Your  motive  is  either  an  excessively  mean  one  (no  offence, 
Buhwood,  I  am  only  putting  the  case),  or  an  excessively  generous  one. 
After  my  experience  of  your  honest  cliarncter  and  your  creditable 
wndnct,  it  is  only  your  due  that  I  should  absolve  yon  at  once  of  the 
"wan  motive.  I  believe  you  are  as  incapable  as  I  am — I  can  say  no 
"lore — of  turning  to  mercenary  account  any  discoveries  you  might  make 
to  Miss  Gwilt's  prejudice  in  Miss  Gwilt's  past  life.  Shall  I  go  on  any 
^iirtherT  or  would  you  prefer,  on  second  thoughts,  opening  your  mind 
ffankjy  to  me  of  your  own  accord  7  " 

"  I  ihonld  prefer  not  interrupting  you,  sir,"  swd  Mr.  Bashwood. 


100  AKMAPALE. 

"  Ab  yoH  please,"  piustied  PcJgift  Senior.  "  Having  absolved  you  of 
the  meitn  motive,  I  come  to  the  generous  motive  next.  It  is  possible  that 
Tou  are  an  unuBually  grateful  man ;  and  it  is  certain  that  Mr.  Armadale 
lias  been  remarkably  kind  to  you.  After  employing  you  under  Mr. 
Midwinter,  in  the  steward's  office,  he  lias  had  ronfidenGe  enough  in  yaar 
Lonesty  and  your  capacity,  now  his  friend  has  left  him,  to  put  his 
business  entirely  and  unreservedly  in  your  hands.  It's  not  in  m^ 
experience  of  human  nature — but  it  may  be  possible  nevertheless — th.it 
you  are  so  gralefiitly  sensible  of  that  confidence,  and  so  gratefully 
interested  in  your  employer's  welfare,  that  you  can't  see  liim,  ia  bis 
friendless  position,  going  straight  to  his  own  disgrace  and  ruin,  without 
making  an  effort  to  save  him.  To  put  it  in  two  words.  Is  it  your 
idea  that  Mr.  Armadale  might  be  prevented  from  marryiog  Miss  Gwilt, 
if  he  could  be  informed  in  time  of  her  real  character  ?  And  do  yoa 
wish  to  be  the  man  who  opens  Lis  eyes  to  the  truth  7  If  that  is 
the  case " 

He  stopped  in  astonishment.  Acting  under  some  uncontrollable 
impulse,  Mr.  Bashwood  had  started  to  his  lt;ct.  He  stood,  with  his 
withered  face  lit  up  by  a  ituddeii  irradiation  from  within,  which  made  him 
look  younger  than  his  age  by  a  good  twenty  years — he  stood,  gasping  for 
breath  enough  to  speak,  and  gesticulated  cntreatingly  at  the  lawyer  with 
both  hands. 

"Say  it  again,  sir  1"  ho  burst  out  eagerly;  recovering  his  breath, 
before  Pcdgift  Senior  had  recovered  his  surprise.  "  The  question  about 
Mr.  Armadale,  sir  1 — only  onoc  more  I — only  once  more,  Mr.  Fedgift, 
please  ! " 

With  his  practised  obEervatlon  closely  and  distrustfully  at  work  on 
Mr.  Bashwood's  face,  Pedgifl  Senior  motioned  to  him  to  sit  down  again, 
and  put  the  question  for  the  second  time. 

"Do  I  think,"  said  Mt.  Bashwood,  repeating  the  sense,  but  not  the 
words  of  the  question,  "  that  Mr.  Armadale  might  be  parted  from  Miss 
Gwilt,  if  she  could  be  shown  to  him  as  she  really  is  ?  Yes,  sir  I  And  do 
I  wish  to  be  the  man  who  does  it?     Yes,  sir  1  yes,  air !  1  yes,  sir ! !  ! " 

"It's  rather  strnnge,"  remarked  the  lawyer,  looking  at  him  more  and 
more  distrustfully,  "that  you  should  be  bo  violently  agitated,  sim[dj 
because  my  question  happens  to  have  hit  tlie  mark." 

The  question  happened  to  have  hit  a  mark  which  Pedgift  little  dreamed 
of.  It  had  released  Mr.  Bashwood's  mind  in  an  instant,  from  the  dead 
pressure  of  his  one  dominant  idea  of  revenge,  and  had  shown  him  a 
purpose  to  be  achieved  by  the  discovery  of  Miss  Gwill's  secrets,  which  liad 
never  occurred  to  him  till  that  moment.  The  marriage  which  he  had 
blindly  regarded  as  inevitable,  was  a  marriage  that  might  be  stopped 
•^not  in  Allan's  interests,  but  in  his  own — and  the  woman  whom 
he  believed  that  he  had  lost,  might  yet,  in  spite  of  circumstances, 
be  A  woman  won  1  His  brnin  whirled  as  he  thought  of  it  His  own 
roused  resolatioo  almost  danntod  him,  by  its  terrible  incongruity  with 


ABMADALE.  IQl 

ill  the  fiuuiliar  liabits  of  his  mind,  and  all  the  customary  proceedings 
of  his  life. 

Finding  liis  last  remark  unanswered,  Pedgift  Senior  considered  &  little, 
belbn;  he  said  anything  more. 

"One  thing  is  clear,"  reaaoned  the  lawyer  with  himself.  "His  true 
motive  in  ihia  matter,  is  a  motive  which  he  is  afraid  to  avow.  My  ques- 
ticQ  eridently  offered  him  a  chance  of  misleading  me,  and  he  has  accepted 
it  on  the  spot.  That's  enough  for  me.  If  I  vaa  Mr.  Armadale's  lawyer, 
iBe  inyAery  might  be  worth  investigating.  As  things  are,  it's  no  inte- 
mt  of  mine  to  hmit  Mr.  Bashwood  from  one  lie  to  another,  till  I  run 
bim  to  earth  at  last.  I  have  nothing  whatever  to  do  with  it ;  and  I  shall 
fcsTE  him  free  to  follow  his  own  roundabout  courses,  in  his  own  round- 
il»at  way."  Having  arrived  at  that  conclusion,  Pedgift  Senior  pushed 
back  his  chair,  and  rose  briskly  to  terminate  the  interview. 

"Don't  be  alarmed,  Baahwood,"  he  began.  "The  subject  of  our 
WDvereation  is  a  subject  exhausted,  so  far  as  I  am  concerned.  I  have 
«ily  ■  few  last  words  to  say,  and  it's  a  habit  of  mine,  as  you  know,  to 
Bj  my  last  words  on  my  legs.  Whatever  else  I  may  bo  in  Ae  dark 
•boat,  I  have  made  one  discovery,  at  any  rate.  I  have  found  out  what  you 
nally  want  with  me — at  last  I     You  want  me  to  help  you," 

"If  you  would  be  eo  very,  very  kind,  sir?"  stammered  Mr.  Bashwood. 
"If  yon  would  only  give  me  the  great  advantage  of  your  opinion  and 
khice ? 

"Wait  a  bit,  Bashwood.  Wo  will  separate  those  two  things  if  you 
pkaee.  A  lawyer  may  offer  an  opinion  like  any  other  man ;  but  when  a 
iiner  gives  his  advice — by  the  Lord  Harry,  sir,  it's  Prolessional !  You're 
Welcome  to  my  opinion  in  this  matter;  I  have  disguised  it  from  nobody. 
I  bflievc  there  have  been  events  in  Miss  Gwilt's  career,  which  (if  tliey 
<^iiM  be  di»:overed)  would  even  make  Mr.  Armadale,  infatuated  as  he  is, 
*fraid  to  marry  her — Eupposing,  of  course,  that  he  really  is  going  to  many 
*iv;  for  though  the  appearances  are  in  favour  of  it  bo  far,  it  is  only  an 
*wanption  after  all.  As  to  the  mode  of  proceeding  by  which  the  blots  on 
tliis  woman's  character  might  or  might  not  be  brought  to  light  in  time 
—the  may  be  married  by  licence  in  a  fortnight  if  she  likes — that  is  a 
branch  of  the  question  on  which  1  positively  decline  to  enter.  It  implies 
"pttting  in  my  character  as  a  lawyer,  and  giving  you,  what  I  decline 
patively  to  give  you,  my  professional  advice," 

"  Oh,  sir,  don't  say  that  1 "  pleaded  Mr.  Bashwood,  "  Don't  deny  me 
^t  great  favour,  the  inestimable  advantage  of  your  advice  !  I  have  such 
»  poor  head,  Mr.  Pedgift !  I  am  bo  old  and  so  slow,  air,  and  I  get  so 
■^y  startled  and  worried  when  I'm  tlirown  out  of  my  ordinary  ways, 
"1  qnite  natural  you  should  be  a  little  impatient  with  me  for  taking  up 
jMtt  time — I  know  1;hat  time  is  money,  to  a  clever  man  like  you.  Would 
1^  eicuK  me — would  you  please  excuse  me,  if  I  venture  to  say  that  I 
"^■n  ttTed  a  little  something,  a  few  pounds,  sir ;  and  being  quite  lonely, 
^  nobody  dependent  on  me,  I'm  sure  I  may  spend  my  savings  as  I  please  ? " 


102  AUMADALE. 

Blind  to  every  consideration  but  the  ouc  couwderation  of  propitiating 
Mr.  Pedgift,  he  took  otit  a  dingy,  ragged  old  pocket-book,  and  tried,  with 
trembling  fingers,  to  open  it  on  the  lawyer's  tabic. 

"  Put  your  pocket-book  back  directly,"  said  Pedgift  Senior.  •'  Richer 
men  than  you  have  tried  that  ailment  ^vith  rac,  and  have  found  that  then 
in  Buch  a  thing  (off  the  stage)  as  a  lawyer  who  is  not  to  be  bribed,  I  will 
have  nothing  to  do  with  the  case,  under  existing  oiroumstances.  If  yon 
want  to  know  why,  I  heg  to  inform  you  that  Miss  Gwilt  ceased  to 
be  profession  ally  intcrc<iting  to  me  on  the  day  when  I  cesaed  to  bo 
Mr.  Armadale's  iawj-cr.  I  may  have  other  reasons  beudes,  which  I  don't 
tliink  it  necessary  to  mention.  Tlie  reason  already  f^vea  ia  explicit* 
enough.  Go  your  own  way,  and  take  your  reapongibility  on  your  own 
aliaulders.  You  maif  venture  within  reach  of  Miaa  Gwilt'a  claws,  and 
come  out  again  without  being  scratched.  Time  will  show.  In  the  mean- 
while, I  wish  you  good-morning — and  I  own,  to  my  shame,  that  I  never 
knew  till  to-day  what  a  hero  you  were." 

This  time,  Mr.  Bashwood  lett  the  sting.  Without  another  word  of 
ozpostulation  or  entreaty,  without  oven  saying  "  Good-morning  "  on  his 
side,  he  walked  to  the  door,  opened  it  softly,  and  lefl  the  room. 

The  parting  look  in  hia  fece,  and  the  sudden  silence  that  had  fallen  on 
him,  were  not  lost  on  Pedgift  Senior.  "  Bashwood  will  end  badly,"  said 
the  lawyer,  shuffling  his  papers,  and  returning  impenetrably  to  his  inters 
ruplcd  work. 

The  change  in  Mr.  Bashwood's  face  and  manner  to  something  dogged 
and  self-contained,  was  go  atartlingly  uncharacteristic  of  hiin,  that  it  even 
forced  itself  on  the  notice  of  Pedgift  Junior  and  the  clerks,  as  he  pawed 
through  the  outer  office.  Accustomed  to  make  the  old  man  their  butt, 
they  took  a  boisterously  comio  view  of  the  marked  alteration  in  bim. 
Deaf  to  the  mercileu  raillery  with  which  he  waa  asKiiled  on  all  sides,  he 
stopped  opposite  young  Pedgift ;  and  looking  him  attentively  in  the  face, 
said,  in  a  quiet  absent  manner,  like  a  man  thinking  aloud,  "  I  wonder 
whether  t/ou  would  help  me  7  " 

"  Open  an  account  instantly,"  said  Pedgift  Junior  to  the  clerks,  *'  ia 
the  name  of  Mr.  Bashwood.  Place  a  chair  for  Mr.  Bashwood,  with  a  foot- 
stool close  by,  in  case  he  wants  it.  Supply  me  with  a  quire  of  extra  double- 
wove  satin  paper,  and  a  gross  of  picked  quills  to  take  notes  of  Mr.  Bash- 
wood's  case ;  and  inform  my  lather  instantly  that  I  am  going  to  leave 
him  and  set  up  in  business  for  myself,  on  the  strength  of  &Er.  Bosh- 
wood's  patronage.  Take  a  scat,  air,  pray  take  a  seat,  and  express  your 
feelings  freely." 

Still  impenetrably  deaf  to  the  raillery  of  which  he  was  the  object, 
Mr.  Bashwood  waited  until  Pedgift  Junior  had  exhausted  himself,  and  then 
turned  quietly  away. 

"  I  ought  to  have  known  better,"  he  said,  in  the  same  abuent  manner  M 
bcfOTe.    "  Uc  is  hia  father's  eon  all  over — he  would  make  game  of  nM 


ABUADALE.  108 

on  my  dwthbed."  He  paused  a  moment  at  the  door,  mechaoically  brusliing 
Ilia  Ikat  vith  hia  hand,  and  went  out  into  the  street. 

The  bright  sunshiiie  dazzled  his  eyea,  the  passing  vehiales  and  foot- 
[UKngers  startled  and  be^vUdered  faim.     He  Bhranlc  into  a  by-street,  and  - 
put  hia  hand  over  hia  eyes.     "  Td  better  go  home,"  he  thought,  "  and  shut 
D^Kir  up,  and  think  about  it  in  my  owa  room." 

His  lodging  was  in  a  small  house,  in  the  poor  quarter  of  the  town. 
Ht  let  himself  in  with  his  key,  and  stole  softly  upstairs.  The  one  little 
room  he  poeacesed  met  him  cruelly,  look  round  it  where  he  might,  with 
nleot  memorials  of  Miss  GwUt.  On  the  chimney-piece  were  the  flowers  she 
bd  pvea  him  at  various  times,  all  withered  long  since,  and  all  prexerred 
(0  a  little  china  pedestal,  protected  by  a  glass  shade.  On  the  wall  hung 
itretched  colonred  print  of  a  woman,  which  he  had  caused  to  be  nicely 
ihacd  and  glazed,  because  there  was  a  look  in  it  that  reminded  him  of 
1h  Due.  In  his  clumsy  old  mahogany  writing-desk  were  the  few 
kuti,  brief  and  peremptory,  which  she  had  written  to  him  at  the  time 
vhen  be  was  watching  and  listening  meanly  at  Thorpe- Ambroso  to  please 
Iff.  And  when,  turning  his  back  on  these,  he  sat  down  wearily  on  his 
K4-bedstesd — there,  hanging  otct  one  end  of  it,  was  the  gaudy  cravat 
of  bine  Eatin,  which  he  had  bought  because  she  had  told  him  she  liked 
titight  coloun,  and  which  he  had  never  yet  had  the  courage  to  wear,  though 
b  lad  taken  it  out  morning  ailer  morning  with  the  resolution  to  put  it 
ml  Habitually  quiet  in  hia  actions,  habitually  restrained  in  his  lan- 
p^tj  he  now  seized  the  cravat  as  if  it  was  a  living  thing  that  could  tee], 
ud  fliug  it  to  the  other  end  of  the  room  with  an  oath. 

The  time  passed ;  and  still,  though  hia  resolution  to  stand  between 
^  Gwiit  and  her  marriage  remained  unbroken,  he  was  as  far  as  ever 
irm  discovering  the  means  which  might  lead  him  to  his  end.  The  more 
Ik  tbught  and  thought  of  it,  the  darker  and  the  darker  his  course  in  the 
Auare  looked  to  him. 

'  He  rose  again,  as  wearily  as  he  had  sat  down,  and  went  to  his  cup- 
boud.  "  I'm  feverish  and  thirsty,"  he  said  j  "  a  cup  of  tea  may  help 
"■e."  He  opened  his  canister,  and  measured  out  hia  small  .illowance  of 
Iti,  less  carefully  than  usual.  "  Even  my  own  hands  won't  serve  me 
Msy ! "  he  thought,  as  he  scraped  together  the  few  grains  of  tea  that  he 
W  ipilt,  and  put  thero  carefully  back  in  the  canister. 

In  that  fine  summer  weather,  the  one  fire  in  the  house  was  the  kitchen- 
^t  Uo  went  downMairs  for  the  boiling  water,  with  his  teapot  in  his 
Wd. 

Kobody  but  the  landlady  was  in  the  kitchen.  She  was  one  of  the 
Buy  English  matrons  whose  path  through  this  world  is  a  patli  of  thorns ; 
I'd  who  take  a  dismal  pleasure,  whenever  the  opportunity  is  afforded 
<Wi,  in  inspecting  the  scratched  and  bleeding  feet  of  other  people  iu 
■  like  condition  with  tliemselvee.  Her  one  vice  was  of  the  lighter  sort — 
^  Ties  of  cariosity ;  and  among  the  many  counterbalancing  virtues  she 
F^wtsKd,  was  the  virtue  of  greatly  respecting  Mr.  Bashwood,  as  a  lodger 


104  AltMADALE. 

Tvhose  reut  was  regularly  puid,  and  wliosc  ways  wcro  always  quiet  and 
civil  from  oiie  year's  end  to  anotlier. 

"  What  did  yoa  please  to  want,  sir  ?  "  asked  the  landlady.  "  Boiling 
water,  is  it  ?  Did  you  ever  know  the  water  boil,  Mr.  Baahwood,  wbea 
you  wanted  it  ?  Did  you  ever  see  a  sulkier  fire  than  that  7  I'll  put  a 
stick  or  two  in,  if  you'll  wait  a  little,  and  give  me  tLe  chance.  Dear, 
dear  mc,  you'll  excuse  my  mentioning  it,  sir,  but  liow  poorly  you  do  look 
to-day ! " 

The  strain  on  Mr,  Basfawood's  mind  was  beginning  to  tell.  Some* 
tiling  of  tlie  helplessness  which  he  had  shown  at  the  station,  appeared 
again  ia  Lis  face  and  manner  as  he  put  his  teapot  on  the  kitchen-table, 
and  sat  down. 

"  I'm  Id  trouble,  ma'am,"  he  said  quietly ;  "  and  I  find  trouble  gets 
haider  to  bear  than  it  iised  to  be." 

"  Ah,  you  may  well  Bay  that  I  "  groaned  the  landlady,  "  Fm  readj  for 
the  undertaker,  Mr.  Bashwood,  when  mi/  time  comes,  whatever  you  maj 
be.  You're  too  lonely,  sir.  When  you're  in  trouble  it's  some  heljK— 
though  not  much — to  shift  a  share  of  it  off  on  another  person's  shoulders. 
If  your  good  lady  had  only  been  alive  now,  sir,  what  a  comfort  you  would 
have  found  her,  wouldn't  you  ?  " 

A  momentary  spasm  of  pain  passed  across  Mr.  Basliwood's  face.  The 
hindlady  had  ignorantly  recalled  him  to  the  misfortunes  of  his  married  lift, 
lie  had  been  long  since  forced  to  quiet  her  curiosity  about  his  family 
affairs,  by  telling  her  that  he  was  a  widower,  and  that  his  domestic  circum- 
stances had  not  been  happy  ones ;  but  he  had  taken  her  no  further  into 
his  confidence  than  this.  The  sad  stoiy  which  he  had  related  to  Mid- 
winter, of  his  drunken  wife  who  had  ended  her  miserable  life  in  a  lunatic 
asylum,  was  a  story  which  he  Iiad  shrunk  from  confiding  to  the  talka- 
tive woman,  who  would  have  confided  it  in  her  turn  to  cveiy  one  elaeain 
the  house. 

"  What  I  always  say  to  my  husband,  when  he's  low,  sir,"  pursued  the 
landlady,  intent  on  the  kettle,  "  is,  '  Wliat  would  you  do  now,  Sam,  with- 
out Me  7  *  When  his  temper  don't  get  the  better  of  him  (it  will  boil 
directly,  Mr.  Bashwood),  he  says,  '  Elizabeth,  I  could  do  nothing.'  Wbca 
his  temper  does  get  the  better  of  him,  ho  says,  '  I  should  try  the  public- 
house,  missus  ;  and  I'll  try  it  now.'  Ah,  I've  got  my  troubles  I  A  man 
with  grown-up  sons  and  daughters,  tippling  in  a  public-house  I  I  don't 
call  to  mind,  Mr.  Bashwood,  whetlier  you  ever  had  any  sons  and  daugh- 
ters? And  yet,  now  I  think  of  it,  I  seem  to  fancy  you  said  yes,  you  bad. 
Daughters,  sir,  weren't  they? — and,  ah,  dear  I  dear!  to  bo  aurel  all  dead." 

"  I  had  one  daughter,  ma'am,"  said  Mr.  Bashwood,  patiently — "  Only 
cnc,  who  died  before  she  was  a  year  old." 

"  Only  one  I  "  repeated  tho  eympathinng  landlady.  "  It's  aa  near 
boiling  aa  it  ever  will  be,  sir;  give  me  the  teapot.  Only  one  I  Ah,  it 
comes  heavier  (don't  it  7)  when  it's  an  only  child?  You  said  it  wm  an 
only  child,  I  think,  didn't  you,  air  7  " 


AUUADAI.B.  105 

For  a  moment,  Mr,  Basliwooil  looked  at  tlio  woman  with  vacant  eyes, 

aud  without  attempting  to  answer  her.     After  ignorant]/  recalling  the 

memory  of  the  wife  who  Lad  disgraced  him,  she  was  now,  as  ignoraotly, 

ibroQg  him  back  on  the  miserable  remembrance  of  the  son  who  had 

mined  and  dcaerted  him.     For  the  first  time,  since  he  had  told  his  story 

U  Midwinter,  nt  their  introductory  interview  in  the  great  house,    his 

niod  reverted  once  more  to  the  bitter  disappointment  and  disaster  of  the 

puL     Again,  he  thought  of  the  bygone  days,   when  he  hud  become 

Kcurily  for  his  son,  and  when  that  son's  dishonesty  had  forced  him  to  sell 

einything  lie  possessed,  to  pay  the  forfeit  that  was  exacted  when  the 

iiriatirns  due.    "  I  have  a  son,  ma'am,"  }ie  said,  becoming  conscious  that 

dx  Uitdlady  was  looking  at  liim  in  mute  and  melancholy  surprise.     "  I 

U  my  best  to  help  him  forward  in  the  world,  and  he  has  behaved  very 

bidly  to  me." 

"Did  he  now?"  rejoined  the  landlady,  with  an  appearance  of  the 
potest  interest.  "  Behaved  badly  to  you — almost  broke  your  heart, 
Ut  be  7  Ah,  it  will  come  home  to  him,  sooner  or  later.  Don't  you 
te!  Honour  your  father  and  mother,  wasn't  put  on  Moses's  tables  of 
>tne  for  nothing,  Mr.  Bashwood,  Whore  may  he  be,  and  what  is  he 
4^  LOW,  sir  ?  " 

The  question  was  in  cfiect  almost  the  same  as  the  question  which 
^winter  bad  put  when  the  circumstances  liad  been  described  to  him. 
AtUr.  Bashwood  had  answered  it  on  the  former  occafflon,  so  (in  nearly 
iIk  ame  words)  he  answered  it  now. 

"Uy  son  is  in  Jjondon,  ma'am,  for  all  I  know  to  the  contrary.  He 
lai  employed,  when  I  last  heard  of  him,  in  no  very  creditable  way,  at  the 
P-   «e  Inquiry  Office " 

M  those  words,  lie  suddenly  checked  himself.  His  face  flushed,  his 
tjcs  brightened ;  he  pushed  away  the  cup  which  had  just  been  filled  fur 
W,  ud  rose  from  his  seat.  The  landlady  started  back  a  step.  There 
*i>  Kmething  in  her  lodger's  face  that  she  had  never  neen  in  it  before. 

"I  hope  I've  not  offended  you,  sir,"  said  the  woman,  recovering  her 
■^-possession,  and  looking  a  little  too  ready  to  take  offence  on  her  side, 
HamomeDt'B  notice. 

"Far  from  it,  ma'am,  far  from  it !  "  he  rejoined  in  a  strangely  eager, 
™med  way.  "  I  have  just  remembered  something — something  very  im- 
portut.  I  must  go  upstairs — it' s  a  letter,  a  letter,  a  letter.  I'll  come  back 
""oy  tea,  ma'am.  I  beg  your  pardon,  I'm  much  obliged  to  yon,  you've 
''Wi  very  kind — I'll  say  good-by,  if  you'll  allow  me,  for  the  present."  To 
tie  ludUdy's  amazement,  he  cordially  shook  hands  with  her,  and  made 
it  tbe  door,  leaving  tea  and  teapot  to  take  care  of  themselves. 

Tbe  moment  he  reached  his  own  room,  he  locked  himself  in.  For  a 
''■lie  while  he  stood  holding  by  the  chimney-piece,  waiting  to  recover  liis 
"'^.  The  moment  he  could  move  again,  he  opened  his  writing-Jesk 
»  the  Ubie.  "  That  for  you,  Mr.  Pedgift  and  Hon  !  "  he  said,  with  a 
nif  of  his  fingers  as  ho  sat  down.     "  I've  got  a  son  too  I  " 

VOL.  XIU,— KO.    73.  &• 


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lADALB. 


' 


11)vi-c  WM  •  kooc^  at  the  door — a  Iciicok,  soft,  conuderaLe,  and  ««- 
fidi-utinl.     The  aaxiotu  landlady  wUbed  to  know  wheihcr  Mr.  BAsttwood 
vn  m,  Mad  "biggii  lo  iniimato  for  the  eecond  time,  that  aiia 
ti'ustcd  ■lio  bad  given  biiti  no  olftince. 

"  No  1  HO  I "  ha  cjklled  tliTc*iig]]  tJio  door.    *'  I'm  quite  well — Fi 
wilting,   mn'iiin,    I'm    U'riliiig — pttSM    Co   vxcuao    inc.      8liu'a   «  good 
woman;   ahe'B   aa   cxo.-llt.nt   woiiibji,"    h«    tlioiight  whcii   llio   land 
liad  retired.     "  I'll  muk«  h«r  a  little  presc-nt.     Uy  maiTa  bo  usi 
I  miglit  narer  have  thought  of  it  but  for  her.     Oil,  if  mj  Iwy 
M  tlie  qS!c«  atiU  1     OIi,  if  1  caa  oa\j  writo  a  k'ttcr  that  will  mako 
pity  mo  I " 

Ilti  took  up  LiH  pcD,  mid  eiiI  lliinkiiig  anxiotmly,  llilnking  long, 
lie  toudivd  ihft  paper.     Slowly,  wilU  miuiy  patiuit  puuMa  to  think  «d 
lltinlc  ngain,  and   ivitii   more   than   ordinnry  enrc  ta  make  bis  intib 
legible,  lie  U'oced  tlieec  linCT : — 

"My  bSMi.  Jamkh, — You  wiJI  bo  Mirpriticd,  I  aiu  aA  lid,  to  sra  my  banj 
wnling.  Tray  doo't  euppMii  I  uin  going  to  ask  you  for  mone;,  cv  t 
mproitcli  you  for  having  sold  uo  out  of  hotiec  and  hoioc  when  you  foriuH 
yonr  nccuriiy,  and  I  liad  to  pay.  I  nm  willing;,  nnd  anxioiw,  10  let  bygoni 
be  bygonoa,  and  to  forgot  tlic  post. 

"  It  la  in  your  power  (if  jou  are  allU  at  thu  Privatu  Inquiry  Offio»)M 
do  me  a  g^cai  scrvico.     I  am  ia  aorc  anxiety  aud  uoublr,  on  tbc  aubjcei  t 
a  person  in  wbom  I  am  inlt-retileii.     The  petvi^a  is  a  lady.     PicBK  W 
make  gaiuu  of  lue  for  tonJesung  lliin,  if  yoa  can  h«lp  it.     Jt  yon  kae* 
wEiut  1  am  now  buUViiug,  J  think  you  would  bo  mor^i  iaclia«d  lo  pity  dtt 
io  make  game  ofme. 

"  I  would  enter  into  psniculurs,  only  I  know  your  quick  temper, 
1  fear  exhauating  y&iir  patience.     I'oj'hnj-*,  it  may  b«  t'uviigh  to  lay,  iW 
J  have  rtiaion  lo  bi>li«V6  tli«  l^idy'a  put  lile  lias  not  been  n  very  cnditakl 
one,  and  that  I  aoi  iuti^eated — mora  iiitcresU'd  than  worda  can  lell— H 
finding  out  what  licr  life  has  really  be«n,  and  in  making  the  diMomf 
within  II  furinigbt  from  the  preaciU  time. 

"ThoKgli  I  know  very  liulo  about  the  wnyH  of  l^u^lucsa  in  anctf^l 
like  youia,  I  uun  undcitilund  tliut,  wiihcnit  iirtt  having  tb«  lady 'a  fvtaQi' 
flddrcM,  nolliiiig  can  bv  doDu  to  help  me.  Unfortuaatcly,  I  am  aol 
ac<)uaisted  witli  her  present  addreu.  1  cnly  know  thai  aha  went  to  W^ 
lo-day,  Bouoinpauicd  by  n  gentleman,  in  whose  employment  I  now  m 
and  wliu  (iid  1  UlicTc)nill  h«  likely  to  write  to  me  for  money  befora  maBf 
daye  moi-e  are  over  liii  htod. 

"  Is  this  circtmmtnncc  of  a  nnlurc  to  hi^Ip  u»  7     I  Tentare  in  aaj  ' 
bocantc  I  count  already,  my   ik-ar   boy,  on  your   kind  asuBtanoe  •" 
advice.     Don't  let  money  auiiid  between  uh — I  have  fnvod  aliltl<BMi>* 
tktng,  and  it  ia  all  freely  at  your  diMpoMil.     Piay,  piay  wril«  to  ns  19 
return  of  post !     If  you  will  only  try  your  bout  to  end  tho  drcftdful  *■ 
peosc  uuder  w1)ic1i  I  am  now  mlTerinj;,  you  will  a.tonc  for  nil  itia  g^' 


AUMADALE.  107 

ud  duappoiDtmeot  you  caused  mo  in  times  tli»t  are  past,  and  you  -will 
nutiar  w  obligation  thiit  lie  will  never  forget,  on, 

"  Your  afiectionato  Father, 

"Fjclix  Baahwood." 

Afler  waiting  a  little,  to  dry  bii  eyea,  Mr.  Baahwood  added  tlie  duto 
and  address,  and  directed  the  letter  to  hia  son,  at  "  The  Private  Inquiry 
Office,  Shadyside  Place,  IjoadoQ."  That  done,  he  went  outat  once,  and 
poded  bis  letter  with  his  own  hands.  It  was  then  Monday  ;  and,  if  the 
iwrar  waa  Bent  by  return  of  poit,  the  answer  would  bo  received  on 
Wednesday  morning. 

Tbe  interval  day,  the  Tuesday,  was  passed  by  Mr.  Boshwood  in  the 
tiewud'i  office  at  the  great  house.  He  had  a  double  motive  for  absorbing 
liimitlf  as  deeply  as  might  be  in  tha  various  occupations  connected  with 
t))e  management  of  the  estate.  In  the  first  place,  employment  helped  him 
loccntrol  the  devouring  impatience  with  which  he  looked  for  the  coming 
cf  tin  next  day.  In  the  second  place,  the  more  forward  he  was  with  the 
buiiiMs of  the  office,  tha  mora  {roe  he  would  be  to  join  his  son  in  London, 
vidiout  attracting  auspioiou  to  himself  by  openly  neglecting  the  interests 
^sced  under  hia  charge. 

Towards  the  Tuesday  afternoon,  vagoc  rumoors  of  something  wrong 
U  llie  cottage,  found  their  way  (through  Mf^or  Milroy's  servants)  to  the 
Kmnts  at  the  great  house,  and  attempted   inefivctually  through  this 
kia  channel  to  engage  the  attention  of  Mr.  Bashwood,  impenetrably 
tied  oa  other  things.     The  major  and  Miss  Keelie  had  been  shut  up 
l^lhar  in  mysterious  conference  i  and  Miea  Neclie's  appearance  after  the 
dote  of  the  interview,  plainly  showed  that  she  had  been  crying.     This 
W  happened  on  tha  Monday  afternoon  ;   and  on  the  next  day  (that 
pKttDt  Tuesday)  the  major  had  startled  the  household  by  announcing 
liriefly  that  his  daughter  wanted  a  change  to  the  air  of  the  lea-side,  and 
Hat  he  proposed  taking  her  himself,  by  the  next  train,  to  Lowestoft.   The 
Ivo  bad  gone  away  together,  both  very  serious  and  silent,  but  both, 
■pparently,  very  good  friends,  for  all  that.     Opinions  at  the  great  house 
utributed  this  domestic  revolution  to  the  reports  current  on  the  subject 
"t  Albn  and  Misa  Gwilt.     Opinions  at  tbe  cottage  rejected  that  solution 
or  (he  difficulty,  oa  practical  grounds.    Miss  Neelie  had  remained  inacces- 
bbly  ihut  up  in  her  own  room,  ftom  the  Monday  afternoon  to  tbe  Tuesday 
■UTung  when  her  father  took  her  away.     The  major,  during  the  same 
uiwal,  had  not  been  out«do  the  door,  and  had  spoken  to  nobody.    And  ' 
Un.  Slilroy,  at  the  first  attempt  of  her  new  attendant  to  inform  her  of 
the  prevailing  scandal  in  the  town,  had  seoled  the  servant's  lips  by  flying 
isio  oofl  of  her  terrible  passions,  the  instant  Misa  Gwilt's  name  was  men- 
lioBed.     Something  must  have  happened,  of  course,  to  take  Major  Milroy 
ud  his  daughter  so  suddenly  from  home — but  that  something  was  cer- 
iVDly  Dot  Mr.  Armadale's  scandalous  elopement,  in  broad  daylight,  with 

Mill  Gwilt. 

6— a 


lOB 


AlUIADATX 


TliQ  ii^iRooii  pftRWi],  mid  tliL>  cvcniutj  jxisstd,  and  ao  other  «t 
ha|){ienad  but  ihc  purely  piivato  and  [>crsonivl  cveal  wliicb  bad  taktaj 
place  at  tlio  colUigp,  Nolliing  ouciirreil  {foe  nothing  in  llic  nature  of' 
things  coutcl  occur)  to  di.<»ipate  tiic  deliiflioo  on  wliicb  SIibs  Gwill  Iiail . 
cuuutcd  —  the  diluBiwa  ivliieli  all  Thorpe- Am bro«c  now  shared  witJi  ^ 
Mr.  Bashwood,  that  sbe  Itnd  gone  |)riviitely  la  LnnduA  witb  Albm,  in  lfa« 
clianjcter  <if  Allans  Auure  wifu. 

On  tlio  WcHnesdny  morning,  ttie  postman,  entering  iho  Etreel  in  wlick 
Mr,  fijwliwood  lived,  was  c:icountere(l  by  Mr.  Basliwood  himself,  BOcngrT 
ti)  knnw  if  tiiuie  vius  a  ktiet  (at  him,  tiubl  Uc  h».i  coni«  out  vritbouthii 
hnl.  There  teat  a  kttur  for  him — tJio  letter  Pint  lie  longed  for  rroni  hit 
viigaboud  son. 

These  were  tlic  terms,  in  which  Boshwood  th«  younger  aaswered  hit 
f!ilber*9  supplication  for  hdf — after  having  previously  luined  LU  btlic'l 
ptoapccta  for  life  : — 

"  Shfti1r«idc  PIum,  Tnrndtty.  .Taly  W. 
"  Mr  HEAR  Dab, — We  have  (ome  litlle  practice  ia  dealing  with  mysteri* 
ftt  this  ofKce;  but  the  mystery  of  your  letter  buala  mc  altogether.  Are 
you  speculating  on  the  interesting  hidden  fnultics  of  some  chonaiog 
woninn  ?  Or,  after  your  cxppriotice  of  mntrimony,  arc  ycu  ncttially  goinj 
to  give  lue  a  stepmother  at  this  lime  of  day 7  Whiclierer  it  is,  njiOD By, 
liA>  your  letter  intercuts  ni«. 

"  I  am  not  jolciny,  mind, — though  the  tomptalion  is  not  an  easy  one loj 
rcsiet.     On  tbn  coutnury,  I  have  givLO  you  n  quarlL-r  of  an  hour  of  Vf' 
vuluublu  tiniu  Alrnuly.      The   place   you   date   from   sounded  somehow 
Jiliiiiiiar  Vo  me.     I  rifurrcd  batk  to  the  memorandum  book,  and  found  iW 
I  was  sent  down  to  Tliorpc- Ambrose  to  muke  private  inquiries  net  rCj  ' 
long  once.   My  eDii>lcyer  was  a  lively  old  Irnly,  who  was  too  ely  to  ^re  ulj 
her  right  name  and  addrL>ss.     Ae  a  raatur  cif  connsc,  wc  set  lo  work 
once,  nnil  futiml  «ut  x*ho  tho  was.     Her  onmo  is  Mrs.  Oldciahav — and  " 
you  think  of  tier  for  my  sttpmotber,  I  strongly  recommend  yaa  to  1^1**^ 
again  before  you  make  licr  Mxs.  Bashwood.  ■ 

■'  ]f  it  ia  not  Mrs.  Older&hatv,  then  nil  I  can  du,  so  far,  is  to  tell  y<^^ 
how  you  may  find  out  the  unknown  lady's  address.     Como  lo  tomi  yoa*"' 
self,  as  Boon  as  you  get  the  letter  you  expect  from  the  gentleman  who  U*" 
gone  nway  with  Iier  ([  hope  he  is  not  a  handsome  young  man,  for  yo**' 
saki;)  i  and  call  here.     3  will  send  sointbody  lo  help  you  in  watching  t*-** 
hotel  or  lodging;   and  if  he  communicntee  with  the  lady,  or  the  lady  wi** 
him,  you  may  consider  her  address  diacovwred  fjom  that  nioniont.     Otx*^ 
let  me  identify  her,  and  know  where  tJie  is, — and  you  ahall  sou  all  h»**^ 
charming  little  seereta  ns  plainly  as  ycm  see  the  paper  on  vhicJi  j*** 
nffcctiounte  son  is  now  writiiif^  to  you 

"A  word  more  about  the  terms.  lain  .ts  willing  as  you  arc  U-  "*** 
friends  again;  hut,  though  I  own  you  wero  out  of  pocket  by  me  on*'''* 
I  cap't  afford  lo  be  out  of  pocket  hy  you.     It  must  be  understood  tJ«** 


J 


ABMADALS.  109 

yon  ire  ncswerablo  for  all  the  expenses  of  the  inquiry.  We  may  have  to 
employ  ■ome  of  the  tromec  attached  to  this  office,  if  your  Iiidy  is  too  widc- 
ivake,  or  too  nice-looking,  to  -be  dealt  with  by  a  man.  There  will  be 
cib-hiie,  and  postage-stamps — admissions  to  public  amusements,  if  she  is 
inclined  that  iniy — shillings  for  pew-openers,  if  ahe  is  serious,  and  takes 
our  people  into  churches  to  hear  popular  preachers,  and  so  on.  My  own 
TTofemonal  services  you  shall  have  gratis ;  but  I  can't  lose  by  you  as  well . 
Only  remember  that — and  yon  shall  have  your  way.  Bygones  shall  be 
iTgooea,  and  we  will  forget  the  past. 

"  Tour  affcclionato  Son, 

"James  Bashwcmdd." 

In  the  ecstasy  of  eeeing  help  placed  at  last  within  his  reach,  the  father 
put  the  son's  atrocious  letter  to  his  lips.  "  My  good  boy  I  "  he  murmured 
loderly.    "  My  dear,  good  boy  I " 

He  put  the  letter  down,  and  fell  into  a  new  train  of  thought.  The 
Hxt  question  to  face  was  the  serious  question  of  time.  Mr.  Pedgiil  had 
tcJi]  liim  Miss  Gwilt  might  be  married  in  a  fortnight.  One  day  of  the 
iorteeD  had  passed  already,  and  another  was  passing.  He  beat  his  hand 
iiBfBtieiitly  on  the  table  at  his  side,  wondering  bow  soon  the  want  of 
Bcney  would  force  Allan  to  write  to  him  from  London.  "  To-morrow  ?  " 
lie  td^ed  himself.     "  Or  next  day  7  " 

The  morrow  passed ;  and  nothing  happened.  The  next  day  came — 
>od  the  letter  arrived  1  It  was  on  business,  as  he  had  anticipated ;  it  asked 
6^  money,  as  be  had  anticipated — and  there,  at  the  end  of  it,  in  n  post- 
•cript,  waa  the  address  added,  concluding  with  the  ivorda,  "  You  may  count 
on  my  staying  here  till  further  notice." 

He  gave  one  deep  gnsp  of  relief;  and  instantly  busied  himself — though 
^t  were  nearly  two  hours  to  spare  before  the  train  started  for  London 
-in  packing  hia  bag.  The  last  thing  he  put  in  was  his  blue  satin  cravat. 
"She  lifces  bright  colours,"  he  said,  "  and  she  may  see  me  in  it  yet  1 " 


110 


3ln  ^ustrtalinii's  ^mgWRjiions  of  (I^iijltiiid. 


it  IB  nlwnvB  {ntereating  and  often  very  mefut  to  Kngli»1i  rea3cM  to  1*«r 
tJic  opiniona  of  intelligent  forcigncra  witli  reganl  to  tltcir  countiy  unJ 
tlidr  society;  (tad  perhcips  the  first  impi'cuions  of  an  AQsiralinn  c«IoRi"> 
after  tti'ftiitj'-five  j'cara'  nb^nce  from  Britaic,  may  be  worth  a  litile  slini- 
tjon.  TlioM  who,  like  myacif,  have  left  a  prcvincja!  part  of  the  motJia- 
ei^uiitiy  wImjh  very  young,  aoJ  hnvo  grown  ui>  nt  ihc  anltpodvl,  mart 
liftve  as  few  pn^concrtviid  iden*  nTjmit  Englaiiil  a-t  ntiy  fwr^jgner.  Our 
knowledge  lias  boen  LillteHft  dei-ived  from  booka  and  ncwapapera,  or  fWo 
coiirereatio'iii  nith  now-comcrs  or  friends  vlio  have  bc«n  on  a  virit  to 
I^ngliuid,  and  is  necessarily  rcry  incomplete ;  but  at  tlic  aamc  time  IN 
are  of  the.  «]d  Btoek,  bom  in  Britain,  and  with  a  Iotr  and  reverence  fa'H 
gi'eat^  than  any  Anifiiniu  cjiii  jiojsibly  have.  N»  Bpirlt  of  rlvnlty  of 
abtagonisni  Uu>  over  ailsL-ii  In  uny  of  ih^  Auslraliau  colouica  to  prtTWl 
ns  from  taking  the  kindliest  view  of  tho  motlier-country.  Attliougl)  our 
pditicnE  institutions  nrc  difTcri-nt,  mid  our  soein)  distinctions  lets  marked) 
we  are  still  emphatically  English;  and  it  will  talcc  Bevcral  gonentiaiit 
huftrro  wc  can  have  a  distinct  national  character  of  our  own. 

It  miiy  Ix;  K^kcd  whut  tlicro  cnii  be  to  strike  us  as  new  or  itrsage  '^ 
we  are  no  English  in  chaincter  ?    The  cliiirocti^r  may  he  tlio  same,  lint  llw 
circumslanc'CB  are  bo  diflcicnl  under  vhich  we  Iiave  grown  up,  ibiC* 
cnnnot  help  being  swrprised  at  much  tbat  wo  nee  and  h«iiif.     In  oureaf^ 
ire  liave  an   enorinuuH   tnrrjtory  (iparscly  pcopk-il   by  an   agricultnnlp 
paatoral,  and  mining  population,  witli  here  and  tlicre  a  town  or  ciljf  I>iil' 
on  tlie  eea-Qoast  for  the  bsJco  of  imports  and  exports,  and  here  nnil  there  a 
township  close  to  a  gold  field  or  n  copper  mine ;  and  in  tlie  odi«  03*4 
you  have  a  snaull  eoontry  dotted  over  with  large  nnd  populous  towW 
conneoted  togetlier  by  a  network  of  railways,  and  crowded  «ith  indiatrioo* 
workmen.     With  ua  wo  oaty  produce  the  raw  mnteriuJ,  and  nil  cur  eff*^ 
are  direcl«d  towards  producing  it  with  the  jiiiiallest  Rmount  of  kbonr- 
TVith  you  all  invention  is  on  the  stretch  to  make  us  much  out  of  the  r»* 
material  u  possible,  by  labour  and  by  machinery.    In  England  all  h^ 
IB  private  property,  and  is  in  Cvw  handi*.     In  Australia  .1  great  proporti'"' 
of  tbo  land  in  unappropriated,  ontt  held  by  Government  in  trust  for  *** 
people;   and  tliose  portions  of  it  which  are  sold  are  in  many  Iiundu,  aO° 
oAcn  transfeired.   In  England  you.  huve  vnormono  wealth  side  hyaiJcwi'"  ■ 
groat  want.     In  Aurtralta  labour  and  the  reward*  of  lubonr  are  m**'*  I 


equally  divided.  With  you  ilie  sufirage  is  limited,  witli  ua  it  is  all  1'" 
uiuTciiul.  Heroyouhavoa  Stale  church  (ijiid  many  Diawctetw;  in  Auatntl'^'* 
or  at  least  in  tlint  prt  of  AuKtraUa  in  which  I  h.iTe  grown  op,  there  *' 


a 


AM  AtreTftALUN'S  1MPRK8SI0NS  OF  ENGLAND.  Ill 

»  endowment  vfaaterer  giren  by  the  State  to  anj  religious  denomination. 
Oar  climate  it  bot  and  dry,  with  no  winter  snowa  and  no  summer  rains ; 
OUT  regetation  is  difiercnt,  oar  landscape  aceneiy  is  different.  So  that, 
I  tbinV,  it  iniiBt  be  acknowledged  that  however  English  in  character  ajid 
Ming  «  colonist  may  be,  he  is  likely  to  see  much  that  will  strike  him  aa 
ten  when  hs  visits  England  virtaally  for  the  first  time  in  hia  life. 

Aod  the  first  thing  that  strikes  him  forcibly  is  the  taagnitude  of  the 
tnms  and  cities,  especially  the  enormons  extent  and  population  of  Ijondon 
—not  the  first  day  or  the  second,  but  afler  living  in  it  for  a  week  or  two, 
nd  Meing  the  miles  of  streets  closely  built  and  crowded  with  people  in 
fTcfy  direction.  He,  accastomed  to  think  a  great  deal  about  the  carriage 
tf  goods  and  about  road  difficulties,  can  scarcely  conceive  bow  anch  masses 
of  people  can  possibly  obtain  their  daily  supplies  of  food  and  fuel,  even  by 
tbe  bewildering  number  of  railways  that  radiate  from  the  great  metropolis. 
H<  lees  little  signs  of  manufactures,  and  he  wonders  how  theso  millions 
tu  get  0  living.  Do  they  live  off  each  other,  or  off  the  country  in 
|awnl  ?  Do  foreigners,  colonists,  and  provincials  all  flock  to  London  to 
be  fleeced,  that  the  city  population  may  be  supported  7  He  feels  as  if 
Saglud  must  be  small  indeed,  to  necessitate  men  to  leave  the  healthful, 
bray  country,  to  crowd  into  the  streets  and  courts  and  alleys  of  London, 
MuMhester,  Birmingtiam,  and  Glaagow.  The  contrast  between  the  wealth 
ml  the  poverty  of  England  strikes  him  with  a  strange  feeling  of  awe 
tIks  he  compares  the  hideous  slums  of  London  with  the  miles  of  streets 
B  which  no  one  can  live  on  an  income  of  less  than  a  thousand,  two 
tlwuand,  five  thousand  pounds  n  year^  or  when,  "in  the  season,"  he 
twtrMta  the  splendid  equipages,  the  beautiful  horses,  the  liveried  aer- 
not],  the  pcrreclly  appointed  equestrians,  the  idle  gentlemen,  and  the 
tindiome  and  elegantly-dressed  ladies  in  Hyde  Park,  with  the  ragged 
bc^ars  whom  he  meets  at  every  street-corner.  And  yet,  painful  aa  this 
i<,  how  pleasant  to  an  Australian  home  on  a  visit  is  London  and  London 
sxiety.  For  the  first  time  in  his  life  he  is  nt  leisure  to  see  everything  and 
to  enjoy  everything;  and  for  the  first  time  in  his  life  he  finds  other  people 
Tbo  ire  as  idle  as  himself,  and  with  whom  he  can  visit  or  travel,  or  merely 
•tnnter  sbout  London.  It  is  only  in  London  that  one  can  find  company 
in  idleness  or  pleasure-seeking.  In  all  the  great  manufacturing  towns  life 
i<i»buBy  and  rather  more  anxious  than  it  is  in  Australia  or  the  United 
Stitei  J  and  in  small  provincial  towns  there  is  too  much  exclusiveness  for 
Autralians  to  penetrate  into  society  islicn  on  a  short  visit. 

The  great  beauty  of  the  English  landscape,  its  uuduUtions,  its  soft- 
>««,  its  wonderful  variety  of  mountain,  wood,  and  shore,  impresses  most 
^ourably  a  visitor  from  our  far  south  land.  Its  perpetual  verdure 
wntmsts  with  our  pastures  scorched  up  for  many  summer  months.  The 
*<qnuito  changes  in  the  tints  of  the  foliage  of  your  Ibvest-treeB — lirom  those 
^  ipring,  when  the  young  leaves  are  "  some  very  red,  and  some  a  glad 
light  green,"  as  your  oldest  descriptive  poet  expresses  it,  to  the  luxuri.int 
P*^tTj  of  summer,  and  then  to  the  mellow  and  russet  tints  of  autumn— 


112  AN  AUSTRALIAH'S  DIPBESSIONS  OF  ENGT^ASD. 

are  always  full  of  interest  to  eyes  long  accustomed  to  erergreen  trees, 
almost  all  of  one  genua,  with  long  narrow  pointed  leaves.  We  have, 
nevertheless,  many  very  handsome  trees,  and  I  tliink  the  first  im- 
pression we  have  of  your  English  trees  is,  that  they  are  very  amall 
compared  with  ours ;  and  if  we  land,  as  I  did,  in  the  end  of  winter,  the 
leaflcasnesa  is  painfully  cheerless.  They  also  strike  ua  as  different  from 
ours  in  having  been  planted  and  cared  for  by  the  hand  of  man,  for  onr 
forest-trees  do  not  slioot  up  straight  to  the  light,  or  throw  out  their 
branches  symmetrically,  as  yours  do;  but  as  we  watch  &e  devolopment  of 
the  first  bud  into  the  tender  leaf  and  the  full  foliage  and  the  autumn 
decay,  these  varieties  socm  to  compensate  for  the  months  in  which  there  is 
not  a  leaf  on  the  trees.  The  variety  of  foliage,  too,  in  the  beech,  the 
oak,  the  elm,  the  ash,  the  pine,  the  birch,  the  chestnut,  the  lime,  and  the 
various  firs  and  pines,  makes  us  desire  that  we  could  add  aa  many 
varieties  to  our  gum-trees  and  wattles,  and  our  stringy-bark  fiireats. 
Although  no  country  of  equal  extent  baa  such  a  variety  of  natural 
scenery  as  Great  Britain,  had  she  trusted  merely  to  her  indigcnoua  trees, 
the  landscape  of  to-day  would  hare  much  leas  beauty,  and  the  gardens 
would  have  shown  a  very  different  list  of  fruit-trees.  We  Australians  have 
imported  and  cultivated,  with  even  greater  success  than  in  Europe,  the 
vine,  the  orange,  the  peach,  nectarine,  plum,  apricot,  apple  and  pear,  the 
fig,  the  almond,  the  olive,  the  loquat,  the  mulberr}',  and  the  cherry-tree, 
and  under  certain  favouring  conditions,  we  can  grow  the  strawberry,  the 
raspberry,  and  the  English  currant ;  so  that  though  nature  gives  ns  scarcely 
one  edible  fruit  in  all  the  vast  island  of  Australia,  it  is  the  very  paradise 
of  fruit  through  the  cultivation  of  what  we  can  import.  And  I  hope  that 
we  shall  add  your  forest-trees  to  ours  with  as  much  success. 

To  our  eyes,  accustomed  to  great  stretches  of  plain  and  great  ranges  of 
hills,  the  undulations,  the  valleys,  the  small  mountain  ranges,  the  narrow 
belts  of  trees  planted  for  shelter,  or  by  way  of  ornament,  the  green  hedge- 
rows interspersed  with  occasional  trees,  the  beauty  of  the  numerous 
rivers  and  of  their  banks,  the  great  extent  of  sea-shore,  with  all  the 
Tarioua  aspects  of  the  coast — sandy,  shingly,  or  rocky,  and  often  green  to 
the  water's  edge,  give  us  constant  and  great  enjoyment.  Above  all 
things,  we  admire  your  rivers,  your  lakes,  and  your  mountain  streams. 
Even  the  recent  exceptionally  hot  and  dry  summer  is  moist  compared 
to  what  I  have  been  accustomed  to ;  and  it  is  n  curious  coincidence 
that  the  List  Australian  summer  has  been  the  longest  and  the  driest 
known  for  very  many  years.  Engaged  in  a  perpetual  warfare  with 
the  dryness  of  our  climate,  with  a  long  summer,  frequently  rainless  for 
many  months  together  even  in  our  most  favoured  districts,  and  in  the 
interior  sometimes  rainless  for  eighteen  months  at  a  time,  and  with  our 
WHter-courses  often  quite  dried  up  in  summer,  and  our  rivers  frequently 
lost  in  sandy  plains  before  reaching  the  sen,  we  turn  to  your  perenni^ 
streams  witli  an  admiration  you  can  scarcely  understand.  In  all  land- 
acnpes,  whether  on  canvaa  or  in  nature,  we  prefer  those  where  tlien  ii 


AH  AUSTRALIAS'8  IMPKESSIONS  OF  ENGLAND.  113 

fresh  wster  to  be  Eecu.      The  Bense  of  utility  intensiGes  the  sense  of 


But,  on  the  other  hand,  the  careful  cultivation  of  Britain,  the  utiliza- 
tion of  erery  little  bit  of  land  (even  the  narrow  ridgea  on  the  sideB  of  the 
nilvajB),  the  rarity  of  commons  or  waste  land,  gives  us  a  painfiil  impres- 
rioD.  We  feel  cribbed  and  cabined  and  confined.  Colonial  children  rarely 
like  England;  they  do  not  like  every  place  to  be  private  property  not  to  be 
(repassed  over.  There  ia  no  donbt  that  the  concentration  of  all  the 
landed  property  in  the  kingdom  into  few  hands,  appears  a  much  greater 
ctU  to  those  who  have  grown  np  in  auch  a  country  as  Australia  than  to 
thoK  who  have  all  their  lives  seen  nothing  else.  Although  I  am  not  so 
nnch  of  a  Radical  aa  to  soggest  a  division  of  property,  I  must  say  that  I 
tliisk  every  facility  should  be  given  to  the  transfer  of  land,  and  that 
loffle  step  ahonld  be  taken  to  prevent  the  inheritance  of  colossal  fortunes. 
In  DO  country  should  there  be  any  limit  placed  to  what  a  man  may 
Kqoirc  by  industry  and  abstinence,  but  aa  to  what  he  may  inherit,  I  think 
1  line  may  be  drawn.  Ja  it  really  for  the  benefit  of  a  country,  or  for  the 
fud  of  the  individual,  that  a  fortune  of  two  or  three  milUons  should  be 
left  to  one  man,  or  even  to  two  or  three  7 

hi  your  England  an  agricultural  labourer,  working  from  the  earliest 
dij^  ithen  he  is  worth  uxpence  a  week  to  frighten  the  crows,  till  he  ia 
vomont  at  sixty,  earns  in  all  his  life  about  800/.,  or  at  the  utmost,  1,000/. 
Ilii  is  the  money-worth  of  his  life's  work.  There  are  proprietors  and 
miUioDnaires  who  have  as  much  as  that  for  every  day  of  their  lives  without 
doing  anything  in  the  world  for  it,  or,  at  least,  without  needing  to  do  any- 
ducg.  No  doubt,  under  such  a  system,  England  has  groivn  up  a  very 
great  country  ;  science  and  art  and  invention  and  literature  have  all  been 
fncoQragcd,  bnt  the  question  arises,  would  it  .not  have  been  a  greater 
wnntry  and  a  happier  country  if  there  had  not  been  such  an  enormous 
%«rity  of  conditions  7 

This  state  of  things  cannot  but  strike  a  colonist  more  forcibly  than  it 
rtrikes  a  foreigner,  for  most  Europeans  have  grown  up  under  a  similar 
fJHem,  and  in  many  old  countries  the  contrast  between  the  two  ends  of 
■wiety  ia  as  marked  as  in  England,  The  wealth  of  England  is  certainly 
» surprising  thing  to  any  stranger  ;  but  I  believe  that  continental  visitors 
lie  most  impressed  with  the  great  numbers  and  great  importance  of  tho 
"lidille  chiss, — those  with  incomes  of  between  five  hundred  and  fifteen  hun- 
dred a  year,  while  we  arc  most  surprised  fit  the  large  landed  proprietors  and 
tie  cotnmercial  roillionnaires.  The  middle  class,  and  especially  the  "  upper 
middle"  class,  ia  a  most  valuable  element  in  the  population ;  all  the  more  so 
^*OiDK  it  is  a  fluctuating  element,  a  class  which  it  is  comparatively  easy 
•o  rise  to  or  to  fall  from.  There  are  very  few  Landed  estates  of  that  value 
10  England,  and  that  small  number  is  on  the  decrease,  so  that  the  income  I 
ffA  of  is  derived  generally  from  business  or  from  stock  or  funded  property, 
^hicti  is  easily  transferred.  When  sucli  an  income  comes  to  be  divided 
(BiODggt  a  man's  family,  they  must  cither  work  to  supplement  it,  or  fall 

6— B 


lU 


AK  AUSTRALIAN'S  lifPnP.SSrONS  OP  EKQLAKD. 


in  social  poaition  and  IH  (tlliRra  ri»p.     If  it  !h  dorivcil  from  a  nl 


life,  and  unless  tho  faititlv  have  a  bdsii 


ccurac  It  >to[>i  vritli  n  man 
n  ulnry  «f  their  own  they  mnst  Ml.  This  is  and  will  be  ihv  position  nf 
»I1  our  iippwT  cinasea  in  Australia,  for  tLough  there  is  no  Iiindiance  » 
making  wills  la  nny  way,  iK^itbcr  law  nor  cattom  fnroiirs  tlic  rights  tf 
primogenilUTo  oiiIimt  for  Iniid  6r  for  peraonnl  property,  nitd  land  is  u 
Msily  trnnsfcrred  na  Bank  ntock.  Vt'c  are  likely  to  luivc  few  larje 
ibrtuncs  and  tnany  moderate  onts,  and  it  is  to  be  hop«d  ttiat  lb«  labouring 
claiics  Kill,  in  the  earlier  thyA  of  lliv  colonin,  become  habituated  tv 
ft  sUndaTil  of  comfort  that  tlicy  will  not  willingly  fnll  from.  I  sbonii 
be  aorry  to  #oe  tho  working  man  and  hi*  litmily  worno  fed,  worse  clothed, 
or  worse  lodged  ihiin  Ke  is  at  preac^nt  in  Anxtralia,  nnd  I  slionld  hnpo  HnA 
tlio  ofipcriuDitic*  of  rieiog  from  luB  claas  will  continue  to  be  aa  Ireqaeol 
ru  now,  nni  be  a  penrtanetit  ifpur  to  k<gititn.ite  ambition — not  one  cbane^ 
in  ten  thouKind,  but  eonicthing  n  grttit  deal  more  attainable  than  HtMb 
It  in  the  high  rate  of  profits  rather  than  the  hiph  rate  of  wa^a  thai  tat 
been  auoh  a  boon  to  the  working  claasei  in  our  conntry,  (or  nil  savingl 
could  be  easily  inrealed  in  land  or  ia  builOinR  Bocieties,  ao  at  to  prodcd 
from  ten  to  twenty  per  cent,;  bo  that  the  Inducement  in  tavo  was  miidi 
greater  than  here,  where  savings-banks'  iuti-rcst  is  -very  small,  nnd  wk' 
co-operation  is  still  bat  injp<;rf«:lly  undcntood.  The  thing  that  osi 
IIS  is  how  working  people  in  Britain  enn  bring  up  a  fnmlly  anj 
anything  for  oh!  nge,  and  there  ia  no  doulit  that  to  do  U  they  in 
practise  a  minute  economy  that  ia  most  creditable  to  thom. 

TVith  us,  all  our  ingenuity  is  directed  to  the  economy  of  labour  ;  wi 
you,  though  you  ccrtaioly  do  multiply  your  handa  marvellously  by  tin 
omployment  of  machinery  in  mamifrictories,  in  all  yrur  mml  pursuits 
efTorls  of  the  farmer  are  directed  toward5  thn  economy  of  land.  To  this 
he  is  larish  of  labour  and  of  capital.  Perhaps  in  no  country  in  the  wo: 
is  there  so  gTE^nt  an  extent  of  Innd  cultivated  with  m  few  hands  emplo; 
in  it  as  in  the  colony  vf  Boutfa  Anatralia,  which  is  the  granary  of  thi 
south  land.  There  are  four  «eresmnd«r  tillagefor  M-cry  man,  woman,  m 
chiid  in  the  colony — and  not  a  sixth  part  u(  the  male  populalion  engagi 
in  it;  TOdking  about  ono  adult  male  for  righty  acica  of  land.  The  crop 
are  whjit  would  be  called  very  sJiort,  but  it  ia  better  for  ug  to  ham  h« 
crops  than  to  beatow  double  Inlwnur  nn  thcra;  and  with  iho  re*pii) 
machine  to  take  our  wheat  off  the  ground,  with  cheap  land,  and  wil 
a  niarliet  for  our  suqilus  grnin  in  the  adjoining  colonies,  the  Jiinnor  fini 
that  an  aTcrogv  crop  of  fourteen  bvihels  per  acre  pays  him  very  well. 

By-nnd-hy  as  the  world  advance.*,  and  our  ])npiilntion  JBcrcaBes,  w 
munt  change  onrlaclica,  and  beatciw  more  careful  cultivation  on  our  Iaih 
particulai-ly  as,  tliough  wa  liavo  great  extent  of  territory,  we  Tiafff 
limil.iiiona  m  to  arable  land.  In  the  vast  interior  of  Austr.ilia  then 
tracts  which  may  focd  flockn  and  herds,  with,  on  the  whole,  tolen 
Rueccaa,  but  which  can  nerer  be  available  for  agi-icultun?,  for  there  ia 
ctrtainty  of  rains.      In  some  seasons  tho  irof^cal  ndns  from  the 


AN  AUSTEAIIAN'S  MPBESBIONS  OP  tSOLASD.  115 

ntend  so  fur  south,  and  ia  some  seasons  the  winter  roins  from  the 
Scndiern  Ocean  extend  so  fer  north,  but  in  many  years  Central  Australia 
buno  rain  at  all. 

The  qnaotity  of  enclosed  land  under  pasture  in  England  strikes  on 
Amtndian  as  enormona,  and  prores  to  him,  without  any  reference  to 
lUtiitics,  that  a  very  large  proportion  of  the  grain  supplied  for  feeding 
the  people  most  come  from  abroad.  It  ia  right  and  natural  that  it 
dunld  be  K>.  If  England  is  the  workshop  of  the  world,  if  there  are 
mnn&ctnred  for  other  nations  those  articles  of  utility,  comfort,  and 
hEtuiy  which  they  cannot  as  well  fabricate  for  themselves,  it  is  a  natural 
eonaequence  that  these  work-peoplo  ahotdd  draw  their  food  from  foreign 
Mmtries.  Britain  has  a  population  far  beyond  what  she  can  feed,  let 
ha  strain  all  the  resources  of  scientific  agriculture  to  the  utmost.  To 
UK  then  appears  eometbing  perilous  in  the  position.  I  do  not  say  that 
vij  alann  is  well  groimded,  but  it  is  natural  for  an  inhabitant  of  a  great 
Ibsd-exporting  country  to  feel  no.  Observing  the  intense  anxiety  felt  by 
the  inhabitants  of  the  Midland  counties  about  the  supplies  of  coal,  and 
httiing  the  calculations  that  are  often  made  as  to  how  long  it  will  hold 
oat  at  the  present  enormous  rate  of  conmimption,  I  could  not  help  con- 
dnding  that  upon  this  hinged,  in  an  enormous  degree,  the  present  pre- 
eminence of  Bril«n,  end  that  a  very  large  number  of  the  superabundant 
|>0{i(iktion  are  in  &ct  living  upon  t1iis  coal,  and  on  what  can  be  made  of 
it  Science  may  probably  discover  a  new  beat-generator  before  the  coal 
ttvorked  out,  but  it  is  not  likely  that  tlie  new  parent  of  force  will  be 
n  exclunvely  English  as  its  coal-mines.  It  may  be  one  in  which  our 
Anstralian  inferiority  is  not  so  marked,  and  consequently  make  us  more 
i»Ttmrably  situated  for  manufactures  than  we  are  now.  This  may  not 
eome  till  long  after  our  day,  but  I  am  so  much  accustomed  to  look  forward 
B  few  generations  for  the  future  of  our  own  colony,  that  the  old  habit  clingg 
to  me ;  and  wherever  I  turn  I  sec  bo  many  instances  of  the  economy  of 
land,  10  many  proofs  of  its  enormous  money-value,  so  much  care  taken  of 
it,  ud  of  all  that  can  be  supposed  to  increase  its  productive  powers,  that 
it  ii  impossible  for  me  to  overlook  that  greatest  of  all  distinctions  between 
the  new  country  and  the  old. 

Perhaps  nothing  on  the  surface  of  society  strikes  a  colonist  more  than 
the  nmnber  of  old  people  whom  he  meets.  In  travelling  about  in  varimis 
wj«,  in  public  gatherings  for  any  purpose,  and  in  general  visiting  society, 
iht  number  of  grey  heads  is  remarkable.  It  is  not  because  England,  as 
TOmpnred  with  Australia,  is  more  conducive  to  longevity  (though  I  bulievc 
th«  will  be  found  to  be  the  case,  in  a  great  measure,  when  our  colonies  arc 
old  enough  to  draw  the  comparison  fairly),  but  because  our  colonies  as  a 
mle  were  BCtlled  and  reinforced  by  young  people,  and  thirty  yoars  is 
too  short  a  period  for  our  old  people  to  appear  numerous. 

And  the  next  thing  that  strikes  a  stranger  like  myself,  who  goes  a  good 
^1  ihout,  and  viaits  both  his  own  friends  and  relatives  and  colonial 
friendi'  friends,  is  the  cstmordinary  varieties  of  society  he  meets  with  in 


116 


AH  AUSTBALUK^  lUtRKSSIONS  Ol"  KKQLAND. 


Knglnnd.  I  Huak  on  the  vIkU  tliat  lliia  b  tlto  most  remarkable 
in  Englnii<].  I  ^o  nr-l^pcak  of  bueini^ai  lire,  I  hcli^vp  lliiit  U  the  aunedf 
ov«r  Ui«  world;  n  mpicliant  m  London  mil/ do  more  Iiii.-oiuut  but  lii 
contluctJs  it  oa  Uiq  siime  principle  a»  ono  ia  Sjdcvy,  or  PAris,  or  N«( 
York.  Shoph<Gpiiig  v»  llio  ttnmi!  tliio^  here  m  at  tlie  onlipodM.  ati^  th 
liMrneil  professions  n re  ccmduclrii  nftcr  tlio  tamo  Oiihion;  but  I  apeak  fl 
the  (juiiiy  life,  tlie  social  life,  tlie  life  wliicli  mon  nnJ  women  Itad  logctli^ 
and  wliich  women  lead  by  tht-miwlvw,  luiil  wlitre  we  see  the  clianictei^ 
llie  Inslea,  nnd  the  hobbiui  tliat  do  not  wai«  out  ia  the  Bhop,  the  office 
or  the  fectory.  i 

The  Gxtt-nt  of  this  vnrioly  in  rarely  seen  Iiy  forcigncn^ or  by  AincricM 
travcllcn.     An  a  rule,  those  who  aro  able  to  write  book*  cii  Engliiujjl 
Lara  nlrcnt^y  attained  Eomo  celebrity,  and  in  virtue?  vt  ihiK,  th^y  go  from 
one  circle  where  people  of  liicrury  orncitntificrniinciicciiAsndnte  tuanotl 
of  tlie  umo  ■ort,  and  very  rarely  meet  with   the   avoragQ  cammonji 
Englishm.in  t-r  Englishwoman,  who  nercrihelcs*  U  a  niosi  important 
in  the  connlry.     They  perhaps  seglecl  to  dicsciibc  tiuch  of  them 
do  sra ;   they  nnluriLlly  wiiih    to  notu   only  what  i«  disLiiigiiished 
uncommon,  und  tlielr  book  gniKS  in  piipiiiiK-y  while  it  hiacn  a  Utile  in 
abitolulo  fideliiy.     Then,  agAin,  n  clertr  writer  is  apt  to  be  lioni2«d,  and 
treated  mCi  apparently  frank  hospitality,  but  yet  with  real  reserve. 

Bui  thou^  n  cotdutt  of  long  Btanding,  1  have  not  bcca  long  eno' 
awny  to  linre  no  home  in  England,  and  my  relationx  havn  not  foi]go 
mc,  to  that  I  have  them  to  visit ;  and  wc  mako  a  jiractice  of  visitiitg  ou: 
fiicndit'  fricndu,  and  will  go  ft  gfjod  de.il  out  of  our  way  to  take  a  porci-l, 
or  a  mewiage,  cr  a  full,  true,  :iiid  pariicubr  nccunnt  of  friends  long  settled 
ill  Aui^tralia,  with  chUdreii  growing  up  tiboiit  thotn,  to  the  loring  reluUTa 
whom  thoy  ltd  in  tho  old  couatry.  All  the  reserve  which  \*  snid  to  b|| 
ti  nntionnl  chnmcteri^tic  (though  I  mimt  ray  I  linvL-  seen  none  of  it,)  melu 
away  Uko  *now  in  Kun*ht»c  beforo  xuch  nii  iiitio  duct  ion.  ^'q  get  to  tlie 
lieart  of  the  family  at  once.  They  wixh  un  to  ti««  as  much  rs  thej'  am 
bIiow  113  of  their  daily  lifu-,  that  wu  may  carry  back  iu>  faithful  s  picture  aa 
we  bring;  nnd  cvvn  their  lixcd  conviction  that  cvcrj'thing  is,  and  miiBt  ht, 
h(;tler  in  Kngliind  than  in  Aiutrnlia,  makes  them  more  frank. 

You  enter  onu  circle,  and  ycu  nro  in  the  heart  of  that  Inrgu  world 
known  na  tlie  religions  Arorld.  Yon  aee  il  in  the  hookn  on  the  table,  you 
hear  il  in  tijo  coarorsntioD  ;  and  (he  vidilars  ami  the  (.Tgagcments  of  tl^ 
fniniiy  nte  all  of  one  cIoju,  { 

Yon  i-nier  anollifr,  jiikI  you  are  in  the  Rcieniiiiu  world.  Papa's  .iporc 
houra  are  duvoted  to  the  pcoaecution  of  tome  brand)  of  flcienoc,  or  Home 
invention  wliicli  U  dearer  to  him  than  liii  doily  work.  Some  port,  oAeo 
n  very  hirge  part,  of  his  (amily  synipalhizea  with  hitn  and  works  with  him ; 
and  he  sitrrotindf  himtiflf  with  thoeo  books  nnd  men  who  are  congenial 
to  his  researcli?^. 


J 


You  go  to  nnottivr,  nnd  find  a  nnmhcr  of  people  living  for  society- 
town  going  oat  four  or  live  nights  a  n«ek,  beades  doing  u  good  deal  iu 


AN  AUSTRALIAN'S  IIU'KESSIONS  OP  ENGLAND.  117 

ibe  way  of  luncheon-pnrties  and  flowor-sliow  (etea,  and,  as  a  general  rule, 
gnbg  ever)'where  to  see  and  to  be  eeon ;  and  in  tlie  country,  unable  to 
eiist  without  the  aid  of  picnics,  water  parties,  croquet  parties,  and 
Tokoteer  reviewa. 

You  may  next,  througli  a  letter  of  introduction,  drop  into  the  very 
heart  of  all  sorta  of  philanthropic  nioyements,  and  there  you  meet  with  a 
nriety  of  people  each  with  hia  or  her  panacea  for  the  existing  evils  of 
ndety.  One  says,  Educate  the  people ;  nnother,  Wash  them  and  give  them 
decent  homes ;  another  says,  Give  votes  to  the  people,  and  raise  them  bo 
tlut  they  will  educate  and  provide  for  tJiemscIves.  One  works  for  chil- 
dren, another  labours  in  prisons,  a  third  visits  workhouses.  Here  we  sec 
>  man  spending  his  life,  or  all  of  it  that  he  can  spare  Jrom  the  earning  of 
liii  own  living,  in  the  education  of  poor  children  on  a  principle  of  his 
own;  there  a  woman  giving  all  her  life  to  the  reformatio-i  of  juvenile 
crimiiuli,  and  another  to  the  relief  and  assistance  of  distressed  govcmcssea. 
The  more  this  class  of  workers  do,  the  more  they  appear  to  disclose  that 
dkJi  to  be  done ;  and  one  feels  doubtful  whether  such  great  evils  can  be 
tomhated  altogether  by  the  noble  efforts  of  so  active  a  body  of  volunteers, 
ud  whether  a  little  Government  legislation  would  not  enable  them  to 
»ork  with  more  benefit  to  the  world.  But  if  anything  could  tempt  me  to 
muia  in  England,  it  is  that  I,  too,  might  aid  a  little  in  such  work. 

The  class  I  speak  of  now  is  most  antagonistio  to  that  passed  last  under 
reriew;  they  entertain  a  great  mutual  contempt  of  each  other.  The 
niety  girls  and  the  society  gentlemen  despise  the  active  philanthropists 
u  being  ill-dressed,  atrong-minded,  and  most  jatiguing  ;  they  are  sure 
lliJt  they  have  dreadful  quarrels  amongst  themselveB,  and  that  the  women 
w,  or  are  to  be,  aU  old  maids.  The  philanthropists,  on  the  other  hand, 
despise  the  objectlras,  frivolous  existence,  pity  the  restlessness,  and  cannot 
trentce  the  prcttiness  of  the  fluttering  butterflies.  And  yet  they  are  very 
pTfCty:  their  dress  costs  them  more  thought  than  anything  else  in  the 
*Drld,  and  certainly  costs  their  p.irents  a  great  deal  of  money;  but  it  is 
[■retty  after  all.  If  they  quarrel  omong  themselves,  which  I  have  no  doubt 
'hey  do  as  much  na  the  strong-minded  ladies  do,  it  is  a  matter  of  less 
concern  to  the  world  in  general,  and  so  it  is  not  heard  of. 

Your  next  visit  may  be  to  quiet  people,  who  are  a  world  to  themselvea. 
1i'ou  Ke  there  simple  domestic  life,  and  hoar  nothing  about  gay  parties,  or 
idtnce,  or  politics,  or  progress,  or  woman's  rights,  or  religious  movements 
in  nhalbvcr  direction.  You  would  scarcely  think  that  any  public  event* 
look  place  at  all ;  for  though  Paterfamilias  reads  the  newspaper,  he  never 
l»lks  of  it.  Mamma  looks  after  her  servantB,  who  give  her  a  good  deal  of 
trouble ;  the  girls  do  fancy-work,  have  each  a  friend — the  sweetest  girl  in 
the  world — and  arc  very  glad  to  play  a  game  of  croquet  with  any  one ; 
md  the  young  men  arc  far  more  tirt'some  than  the  girl^,  inasmuch  ns  a 
lack  of  ideas  in  them  is  more  intoloTablc  in  the  sex  which  has  had  the 
greater  adfantagea. 

Again,  yon  may  meet  with  n  circle  of  people  who  are  devoted  to  art, 


118  AN  AUSTRAtIAS'8  IMPRESSIONS  OP  ENOLASD. 

who  are  great  admirers  of  some  kinds  of  poetry,  sn<3  who  have  trarellcd  a 
great  deal.  In  such  a  circle  an  Australian  fuels  his  deficiencies  rery  much. 
He  has  do  picture-galleries  at  home ;  he  docs  not  know  what  to  admire  or 
how  to  express  his  admiration,  and  often  makes  distressing  hlunders  in  the 
opinion  he  gives.  Though  he  may  have  taken  long  hush  rides,  and  made 
narrow  escapes  from  death  by  thirst  or  Btarvation,  he  has  not  travelled  in 
their  sense  of  the  word,  for  he  has  not  seen  any  antiquities,  or  stood  on  any 
world-renowned  heiglit  to  view  a  claBsical  land. 

Again,  your  next  acquaintance  may  be  among  that  intelligent 
public  for  whom  authors  write  their  books,  and  to  whom  discoverers 
and  inventors  address  themselves  ;  not  the  average  Englishman,  hut  one 
for  above  him ;  the  man  whom  superficial  thinkers  call  commonplace, 
but  in  reality  the  man  who  keeps  commonplace  people  from  stifling 
everything  that  is  new  and  original.  lie  does  not  himself  write  or  invent, 
but  his  apprehension  is  quick,  Iijp  judgment  calm  and  clear,  and  the 
opinions  which  Smith,  Brown,  and  Jones  would  never  .^dopt  from  bookx, 
partly  because  they  do  not  read  them  and  partly  because  they  cannot 
understand  them,  they  are  often  forced  to  accept,  bccauBo  a  sensible  man 
like  Robinson  ofiera  them  in  a  palatable  form,  and  in  quantities  which 
they  can  swallow  and  digest  at  once.  Such  men  as  Robinson  (good  men 
of  buaincas,  who  provide  for  their  families,  and  do  a  little  charitable  work 
unostontatioufily)  never  come  before  the  public  in  any  way,  so  that  we 
cannot  ascertain  how  numerous  they  are  in  Britain.  We  can  only  guess 
that  they  are  on  the  increase,  by  observing  that  a  new  idea  makes  more  rapid 
way  now  than  formerly.  Tlie  author  of  a  book  or  an  essny,  who  tries  to 
jiopularizo  ideas,  cither  of  hia  oivn  or  of  some  greater  mind,  by  writing  as 
clearly  and  as  brilliantly  as  possible,  and  introducing  familiar  illustrations, 
in  hopes  of  reacliing  Smith,  Brown,  Jonea,  and  Robinson  by  it,  fancies 
when  his  opinion  is  received,  his  diseovery  accepted,  or  his  suggestions 
adopted,  that  he  has  reached  them  all  ;  whereas  he  has  only  convinced 
Robinson,  and  through  him  he  influences  the  others.  Those  who  write 
are  apt  to  magnify  their  office,  and  have  great  facilities  for  doing  soj  but, 
for  my  part,  I  feel  we  cannot  be  grateful  enough,  and  England  cannot  be 
grateful  enough,  to  the  intelligent  reader.  AVe  need  him  cveryn'here; 
in  town  he  is  valuable,  but  in  provincial  society  he  is  invaluable.  It 
is  flnppoaed  that  the  essence  of  provincialism  ia  the  exaggerated  idea 
people  have  of  their  own  importance,  and  the  intense  interest  they  take 
in  their  neiglilwurs'  affairs,  and  thatyou  can  escape  these  things  in  a  city; 
but  the  provincial  mind  can  be  provincial  even  in  London,  and  only 
exchanges)  its  curiosity  about  the  events  of  the  village  or  tlio  neighbour- 
hood for  curiosity  as  to  the  affaini  of  its  own  sot,  which  to  that  class  of 
minds  is  the  world.  Tlic  domestic  arrangements,  the  love  affairs,  and  the 
money  matters  of  other  people,  can  be  as  interesting  in  London  as  al 
Land's  End.  An  engafjement  entered  into  or  broken  off,  or  a  last  will 
and  teHtament,  perhaps,  furnishes  a  topic  of  conversation  for  n  longer  timo 
in  the  country,  but  it  can  be  dwelt  upon  very  oufliciently  anywfaert.     I 


AH  AUSTRALIAN'S  IMPRESSIONS  OP  ENflLAWD.  119 

med  to  fency  that  we,  in  Anstralia,  thought  too  much  about  money,  and 
made  it  too  mach  oar  object  of  existence,  but  I  believe  conversatioQ  runs 
more  on  money  in  England  than  irith  us.  The  manner  in  which  young 
people  speak  of  unearned  money — of  what  may  be  left  by  relations,  or 
vlut  msy  be  gained  by  an  adrantageous  marriage,  and  not  of  what  can 
be  tamed  by  indoBtry,  or  saved  by  economy,  strikes  me  painfully.  There 
ti  I  ladly  worldly  tone  in  the  manner  in  which  the  sacred  subjects  of 
death  and  marriage  are  discuaeed.  In  a  new  country,  like  ours,  girls  very 
nrdj  hare  any  money,  and  yotmg  men  are  generally  the  architects  of 
dxii  own  fbrtunes ;  marriage  takes  place  at  an  earlier  age,  and  need  not 
be  R)  very  carefhlly  weighed  beforehand  as  it  must  be  in  England.  We 
litre  here  and  there  an  old  maid,  but  the  mass  of  onr  women  are  wires 
nd  mothers,  and  too  full  of  domestic  duties,  either  to  hare  the  high 
ohiTitioB  or  the  desire  fbr  a  wider  field,  which  we  see  so  general  among 
niddle-clajts  educated  Englishwomen. 

Bat  I  hare  not  space  to  enumerate  all  the  rarions  phases  which 
Kfliab  society  offers.  There  is  the  political  world,  where  one  really  hears 
^t  parties,  and  diriMons,  and  patronage,  and  Government  influence. 
Tliere  Is  the  literary  world,  where  one  would  fancy  people  were  only  bom 
for  the  purpose  of  reading  books,  and  where  there  is  as  much  interest  felt 
in  the  afiairs  of  the  set,  as  in  the  prorinces  one  sees  taken  in  those  of  the 
pnih.  There  is  the  sporting  world,  which  comes  out  strong  in  converea- 
tioa  at  certain  times  of  the  year.  There  is  the  agricultural  world,  the 
UDD&ctoring  world,  with  its  one  employer,  and  its  thousands  of  opera- 
tim  lliere  are  Englishmen,  whose  business  and  associations  are  with 
fcreign  countries,  and  there  are  foreigners  whoso  business  is  all  with 
Eogliih. 

In  each  of  the  circles  which  I  mention,  a  colonist  feda  the  limitation 
of  hii  Block  of  general  information.  Hia  own  life  is  varioua,  but  its  rcry 
wriety  prevents  him  from  carrying  out  any  branch  to  the  perfection 
'hich  he  sees  in  England.  Although  he  may  observe,  read,  nnd  reflect  a 
pxd  deal,  he  has  not  had  cither  the  leisure  or  the  opportunities  to  enable 
kini  to  cope  with  those  who  have  made  one  thing  the  study  of  their  lives. 
Bat  if  we  can  appreciate  and  admire  the  ihoroughnefs  of  the  leaders  of 
English  intellect  in  all  its  departments,  we  may  get  some  credit  with  them 
fcr  our  quick  though  superficial  intelligence,  and  our  adaptability  to 
wwmstancea.  The  definite  daily  work,  for  inst^mce,  which  our  colonial 
"omen  have  to  do,  if  it  prevents  them  from  being  devoted  to  iileratiirc,  to 
*t,  or  to  philanthropy,  brings  out  an  amount  of  common  sense  and 
wnadetalion  for  others  wiiich  is  too  apt  to  bo  wanting  among  the  many 
llioosMids  in  England  who  have  no  taste  strong  enough  to  become  a 
pnisuit,  and  who  on  leaving  school  find  that  there  ia  nothing  for  them  to 
^'■-  1  certainly  think  that  the  position  of  the  larger  proportion  of  un- 
'^"ned  women  in  the  United  Kingdom  is  n  moat  unenviable  one,  and 
'•ould  submit  for  many  generationa  to  the  discomfort  of  having  a  short 
*  i'i'r  fit  dnnn-dtic   servunt.t   in   Australia,  rather  than  take  froui  our 


120 


AS   AUSTBALIAN'S  Iiri'REBSIOKS  OF  BNGf-^AKD. 


Tni<lJU--c]:iss  woivieii  rliclr  pi'OKiit  niuliifiiiiolu  occupations,  until  nin 
otli«r  QT  liLtlci  carvat  ia  of>uit(rd  to  tliein. 

One  consequence  of  our  liigh  wages  is,  that  we  do  not  see  najfrhen 
the  exqui&iloiiiilfllt  aoJ  coniplclcacaa  in  oiu*  domestic  arrangemenLs  xkd 
you  liavu  in  KugUnil.     Wc  hnvc  some  very  Landsome  and  weJl-funii*i«J 
liousrs  in  Aiistralin,  Liit  it  it  tlio  littlu  dcUilx,  i)io  IJttlu  conirvniflDot*,  thl 
mnny  arrnngL-mcnls  ninJc  UinL  liiu  fiiiiuiy  hIkiuIiI  he  ttuveJ  aay  nvoidabll 
trouble  or  nnticynnwi  llmt  must  strongly  imprt^Es  a  colonisL     1  think  il  fe 
very  likely  that  wc  in  Auslmlia  will  have  a  tnato  for  aumptuouB  itunitan 
and  appoinlniouts  and  cquipogci,  hut  I  do  not  thiol;  vrc  can  cvci  con*  i^ 
to  the  old  couiilrj-  In  lh«  UiiIq  dctaiU  wUidi  give  compldtcoess.    I'roi 
our  wealthy  cltiw  not  hdng  a  permanent  class,  we  iu-n  never  liktly  to  han 
Itu!  o]d-cst«hIiabed  ma^^iiificeiioe,  the  coUectioiu  of  picturu  handed  duff 
front  father  to  Bon,  and  added  to  by  eJich  generalioQ,  the  ancestnl  med 
the  hcnulifully-kcpt  pleasure- gr  dud  da ;  so  that,  to  Ecc  thesa  ihingiv  ** 
young  Aiixtraliarin  must  visit  Kuropo,  and,  iu  llm  viiut,  lot  twhope  tbi 
Hmy  will  liiii-n  somewhat  beyond  pleasing  llic  cyi:. 

[,  gathering  my  ideas  of  England  btllicrto  almcM  excluatirely  Aes 
books,  bnvG  hud  to  ruclily  nnd  modify  inniiy  of  lliem  on  closer  kaovrl(<JBa 
I  do  not  see,  Coi  instance,  that  Eiij;laQd  is  iillud  by  tuft-buotcn  u> 
maCcli-innkeri,  by  worldly  parents  and  calculating  children.  There  i 
a  good  deal  moro  regard  paid  to  appearances  and  to  position,  and,  ti 
think,  A  more  conc<mtrated  love  of  money  hero  than  in  the  colonic;  b^ 
1  believe  tiiese  things  arc  rather  on  the  n'ane  than  on  tho  increase.  Th 
real  goodness  of  Englaiid  i»  not  to  be  seen  iu  a  superficittl  glance  itmuj 
what  is  colled  cocitLy,  but  iii  tho  homes  of  the  people.  I  am  mtiificdlU 
English  soct'ety  is  sound  at  tlit;  core,  and  that  it  is  neither  heartiest  Ml 
altogether  conventional. 

li'rom  the  liberal  manner  in  which  ihe  opinions  and  customs  of  ot!*'! 
naliona  arc  now  coneidercJ,  nod  from  the  grout  patience  with  wliicliti 
have  of>i,-ii  been  listened  to  when  lulktug  about  tlie  nflaira  of  ao  ob«catfl| 
and  distant  colony,  I  am  conviaceJ  tJiat  Englnnd  in  losing  her 
choracter,  and  that,  to  quote  Chaucer  ogain,  "gladly  will  ^ic  I 
gladly  tL'Bch."     This  openness  of  character  will,  in  time,  root 

Ltialiuniil  jealotivics,  and  it  will  etill  niorc  endear  the  old  country  totlie 
outalioots  who  are  already   sufficiently   di^sed   to   be   proud  of  i^ 
descent. 


121 


S%^  ^nrifitit  4^iiia»s  mi  ^^ttiaii  ^Hsuiaie, 


HiTUEitTO  there  has  been  but  little  interest  taken  in  Celtic  history.  Late 
ercnti,  hoirerer,  h&re  excited  a  certain  d^ee  of  curioaty  about  a  very 
nioote  period  of  the  Celtic  history  of  the  sister  island.  Who  are  the 
Folans?  has  been  in  almost  every  mouth.  Who  the  Fenians  are  it  ia 
Dot  easy  to  define :  who  the  Fenians  icere  any  Irish  scholar  can  easily 
txplain.  They  were  a  number  of  tribes  or  men  kept  as  a  standing  army, 
<f  military  caste,  solely  for  purposes  of  war  in  Celtic  Ireland  about  a 
tonpie  of  centuries  before  the  conversion  of  that  country  to  Christianity. 

We  must  begin  at  the  beginning.  Respectable  Irish  history,  com- 
menciag  with  the  S'ann  Tosach  of  Genesis,  usually  starts  with  the  account 
rf  the  coming  of  the  daughters  of  Adam  to  Ireland,  with  tin  exactness  of 
dcliil  interesting,  but  hardly  credible.  We,  however,  cannot  even  go  so 
brback  as  Noah  ;  time  and  space  forbid.  The  ancient  history  of  Ireland 
dnides  conveniently  enough  into  four  great  periods.  The  first  of  these 
Qtends  from  no  one  knows  what  time  to  the  Christian  era,  and  includes 
the  invasions  and  occupations  of  tlie  country  by  the  Firbolgs,  Nemedians, 
Tauba  De  Danann,  whoever  they  were,  devils  or  Dmids,  and  lastly 
Uilesians ;  all  which  are  mythical,  but  Btimding  on  a  basis  of  facts  very 
hird  to  get  at  now.  The  second  period  is  less  mythical,  and,  embracing 
men  and  things  of  which  we  have  historical  knowledge  in  addition  to 
legendary  accounts  and  local  mementoes,  stretches  from  the  beginning  of  the 
Clirisiian  era  until  the  conversion  of  the  country  to  Christianity — from  the 
fint  to  the  fifth  century.  This  might  justly  be  termed  the  heroic  or 
romantic  period  of  Ilibemo-Celtic  history.  In  it  Conn  of  the  Hundred 
BattlM,  and  Kiall  of  the  Nine  Hostages,  lived  and  fought ;  in  it  flourished 
Finn  Mac  Cumhaiil,  Of^ar,  and  Ossian,  the  heroes  of  Irisli  romance. 
The  next,  or  the  Christian  period — from  the  fifth  to  the  ninth  century — 
»»ithat  in  which  religion  and  learning  flourished  :  then  Ireland  obtained 
W  moct  noble  name,  Iitmla  Sanctorum.  From  the  ninth  century  the 
^n  made  continual  attacks  on  the  country  ;  they  pillaged  the  colleges 
ffl  clmrches,  burnt  the  housep,  killed  the  inmates,  and  (as  they  said 
•liatiselves)  drowned  the  books  (in  the  rivers).  As  in  Englnnd,  they  gained, 
•fdror  3  short  time  held,  undisputed  sovereignty  in  the  country  :  often  van- 
TUislied,  they  were  never  completely  extirpated,  A  colony  of  them  remained 
m  Dublin,  governed  by  a  prince  of  their  own,  somewhat  in  the  same  manner 
utbcir  compatriots  had  held  Northumberland.  At  the  end  of  this  period 
'«  Norman  flood  that  had  deluged  England  overflowed  into  Ireland,  and 
"ibtntrged  "  the  leavings  of  the  Danes," — the  last  remnants  of  Celtic  civi- 
liatioD  and  religion.     Thus  ends  the  ancient  history  of  Ireland. 


122      THE  ATICIEHT  FENIANS  ABD  FENIAN  LITEIlATUfiE. 


Tliciv  nn*  tli'-n  ftmr  periods  :  llie  mjlliie.  (■jlending  to  the 
cr<i;  the  heroic,  fioiti  the  begintim^  of  Chribtiauity  until  the  o< 
of  tbe  country  to  Cimatiflnity — four  centuries;  the  Clinstinn,  rrooi  the 
conventon  of  the  caiintr^  unlil  ihv  beginiiing  of  tlio  Daiush  incuraioM— 
three  cetiturtca;  Bod  the  dnrlt  or  Ditnish  period,  whid  cxlccdcd  to  the 
NennimoT  Enj^lish  invasion  in  llio  twiilfth  century — llircR  eoaturies.  fVo 
can  Dovr  see  nlivrLnbuut^  ret;  ure.  We  Ii»ve  only  lo  do  with  the  lierae^ 
or,  IIS  it  is  wiRCtSmee  called,  the  Feniaa  period  of  Itiih  hislonr. 

Thero  have  beon  many  derivwioni  given  for  the  nnme  fVaaa,  fnm 
which  the  English  form,  Fcninnn,  is  rneily  deduced;  but  the  oolyoM 
wliicli  Koms  to  iifl  ie>  ho  worthy  of  a  nomrni.'x  «on«idorftticn  i>  that 
which  derives  tho  n»me  Finna  from  Fifwin,  or  Finn,  the  nniiiB  of  ihwr 
niMt  celebmtcd  chic-n»ia.  The  word  Fiona,  nad  tJie  EngUali  Feniia 
from  iw  gwiitivc,  means  neither  morB  nor  less  thnn  "  Finn's  men,"  er  "ita 
jieojilff  of  Fion."  Thin  Finn  is  ilio  same  whom  Macpheraon  hsa  dnlilM^ 
Fingu],  and  ivhoia  the  nirvilqin  Irish  C4ili  Fian  Mac  Cool.  In  attdaii 
vritingi  be  is  styled  Finn  Mnc  Ciiinhiiini  ufber  Iiih  Iklher,  Ciimhili 
(_pr.  Coob).  The  name  Finna.  or  Feninns,  ivon  ^ron,  as  ivo  tiare  tul 
before,  by  ancii-nl  Tvril«ni  to  &  niimb<>r  of  the  Celtic  tribes  of  Inland 
which  w^ro  |>cnti:inently  kqit  on  military  sfrricc,  and  had  in  retima 
ctrtnin  itllovaiii.^  of  the  public  lands,  and  aama  [rFouhar  privileges,  li'tj 
were  the  mihtnry  cnste,  no  to  Ep<!!i1c,  at  ono  time  in  C«ltio  Itvlacd.  1%* 
chieAainihip  of  them  serins  to  have  been  hereditary  in  cerliiin  lunilitli 
and  by  tho  names  of  those  fitmilic*  thoy  wei-c  usually  denonuMMd. 
Those  of  C^mnatight,  for  insUitioR,  wort!  ciillwl  tha  Ctnnn  of  Mtm* 
There  seeniB  to  hare  hcnn  a  tribe  or  body  of  thrm  attached  to  s^ 
provincial  kin^nloin.  'Il^e  chief  of  those  at  Tara  hod  th(^  command  of  illi 
and  he  himself  nas  under  th^  immediate  ordera  of  the  monarch.  Ttiii 
fonolionary,  cftcu  called  the  King  of  the  Foniana,  hitd  great  infiucnH, 
and  Bometimeii  thwarted  and  even  Tcsiuled  the  rnyal  power  vt  et  i)mtt> 
The  Fenians  of  Tara  nnd  those  of  Oonnnitf^lit  ni»ke  tlie  greatest  tifpiTelB 
history ;  of  those  of  Ulalcr  and  Mun«l«T,  (here  in  compmntirety  Bul* 
recorded.  In  the  institution  c(  the  Fenians,  we  have  iho  same  phflfr 
incnon  which  presents  itedf  to  us  in  almost  every  conimnniiy  in  the  trite 
Stat*.  Some  tribes,  or  Ricnib<-rs  of  tribes,  dpvolo  themselves  to  war,  tti 
take  or  receive  front  the  rest,  support  nnd  honour,  and  have  nom)aa^ 
developed  into  a  pure  caiitc,  (is  in  Indin.  This  did  not  take  pi*" 
in  Ireland.  Like  other  gienl  military  orders  of  history,  (he  Pnetoiim 
Guards  and  the  JanioaaticM,  tliey  bct^nme  too  potverftil  for  the  lOf^ 
fluthcrily,  and  were  in  oon«cqnenc«  crushed  by  it  on  the  first  favei 
(•pport unity.  A  rivalry  •■xirting  betwwn  two  divisions  of  the 
body,  and  Ijilit-n  advnntAgo  of  by  the  ruler,  eflbcted  ita  deatruelti 
Celda  Ireliind  wna  saved  from  the  curse  of  a  mititAry  caste.  The 
of  Balti/mou — n  book  compiJed  about  1391 — mentions  (Ossiani*' 
voh  v.  J).  210)  Cutnhnll  as  hejid  of  tiic  Fwiiana  circa  A.O.  190. 
Cunihull,    father  of  the  great  Finn,   n-Qs  slain  by  oce  of  th« 


THE  AKCIEST  FENIANS  AND  FENIAN  MTERATDBE.      123 

Moma,    or   Connanght   Fenians,   wlience  arose  nn  undying  hatred  and 

CMitiaoal  rivalry   between   them  and   the  Glann  of  Baiygue,  to  which 

Cutnball  belonged,     Finn  waa  chief  of  the  Feninns  in  the  reign  of  Corniac 

the  Great.     Ha  seems  to  hare  brought  the  organization  lo  its  greatest 

jierfection,  and  be  was  able  by  his  commanding  taleniB  at  least  to  smother 

up  the  elements  of  diacord  during  his  life.     The  contention  between  the 

two  great  clanns  broke  out  again  after  his  death,  and  ultimately  caused 

the   destruotioD  of  the  force.     Of  Finn,  Pinkerton  says,  in  Lis  Inquiry 

into  the  Eittoiy  of  Scotland  (Oasianic   Soc.  vol.  t.  p.  210),  that  "  he 

seems  to  have  been  a  man  of  great  talenta  for  the  age,  and  of  celebrity  in  - 

arms.     Ilia  formation  of  a  regular   standing  army,  in  which  all  Irish 

Msconnts  agree,  seems  to  have  been  a  mde  imitation  of  the  Roman  legions 

ia  Britain.     The  Idea,  thotigh  simple  enough,  shows  prudence,  for  such  a 

force  alone  could  hare  coped  with  the  Romans  had  they  invaded  Ireland." 

Keating,  the  historian,  gets  very  solemn  over  Finn  and  liis  Feninns.     He 

saja  : — "  From  this  FJonn,  the  established  militia  of  the  kingdom  wci-e 

called  l^iana   Eirionn;    and   if  it  should   be   asserted,  cither   through 

ignorance  or  prejudice,  that  there  were  no  such  standing  body  of  troops 

in   the  island  aa  those  trained  bands,  to  evince  the  contrary,  let  it  be 

considered  that  this  part  of  history  is  supported  by  evidence  not  to  be 

opposed.     In  some  records,  which  treat  of  the  old  militia  of  Ireland,  it  is 

asserted  that  they  were  a  body  of  men  so  strong,  and  so  tall  of  stature, 

as  is  really  incredible;   for  it  is  certain,  though  they  were  a  brave  anil 

nndannted  number  of  troops,  yet  the  size  of  their  persons  did  not  exceed 

the  common  proportion  of  those  times.     Tlieir  business  waa  to  guard  the 

country  against  foreign  or  domestic  enemies,  to  support  the  right  and 

succession  of  their  kings,  and  to  be  ready  at  the  shortest  natico,  upon  any 

mrprise  or  emergency  of  the  State.     They  were  to  w.itch  the  sea-coasts, 

and  to  have  a  strict  eye  upon  the  creeks  and  havens  of  the  island,  Icat 

any  pirates  should  be  lurking  there,  to  plunder  the  country,  and  infest 

the  inhabitants  ;  and  they  were  established  for  the  same  purpose  as  a 

standing  body  of  forces  are  kept  up  in  any  nation — to  defend  it  from  inva- 

pioD,  to  support  the  right  and  prerogatives  of  the  crown,  and  to  secure  the 

liberty  and  property  of  the  people."     What  more  could  Keating  have 

given  them  to  do  7 

We  must,  however,  return  to  Finn.  lie  married  one  diuighter  of 
King  Cormac  after  he  had  failed  to  get  another,  Grainnd,  who  clojied  wlien 
she  heard  of  his  intentions  towards  lier.  One  of  the  best  of  the  Celtic 
romances  is  the  Elopement  of  Grainn^  mth  Dermuid.  This  Dermuid  w.is 
a  young  and  good-looking  young  officer  of  the  Fenians,  for  whom  tho 
princess  took  a  sudden  fancy  when  she  found  out  that  Finn  was  coming 
to  ask  her  in  marriage  in  his  old  age,  of  which,  however,  more  hereafter. 
Finn  is  the  great  hero  of  thia  period.  At  the  present  day  he  gets  the 
credit  of  making  or  using  almost  every  great  natural  curiosity  in  tho 
whole  land.  It  is  said  that  he  made  the  Giant's  Causeway  as  a  highway 
to  Scotland.     His  profile  is  to  be  seen  on  many  mountain  outlines.     lie 


124      THE  ANCIKKT  FENIANS  AND  FENIAN  LITEBATUBE. 


Iiftji  iiicreascd  in  bIec  anil  ]iliy»iciil  importance  every  cciilurjf  tiatt 
d^'ath,  wliilst  h'n  intfilluctual  grcjitiicas  lias  t>e('n  forgotten.  From  bein 
an  ordinary  morUl  with  an  exlraordinnrjr  bialn,  lie  Ima  developed,  to  tlic 
inug!  notions  oftlie  people,  into  »  giant — a  mere  pliyaicol  mDnBtrosity,  ud 
(>iow  arc  the  nighty  lalleni) — into  n  bugbear  fur  naughty  children.  Tbenj 
is  hardly  a  hill-si(]e  in  IrcUml  thiit  docs  not  prcscrri;  u  logt-nd  of  him.- 
Of  nil  Iiiihmca  he  is  tlic  beat  knovm  lo  tourisla — thoy  meet  him  crcij* 
■where.  Kinn,  ltowpvi>r,  pcndied  nt  hist — ns  ev«i  llie  ]nnt»ic  must  dn. 
He  wne  t  redclitronsly  sltviii  on  llie  Iiaiik  of  ihe  rivtr  Boync,  wlifO 
uiuutncd  and  unintended.  The  following  U  the  notice  of  bia  death  in  t^ 
great  AnnaU  &/  Ireland  by  the  Four  Masters  : — 

"  Age  of  Christ,  283,  the  sixteenth  year  of  Cairbi-o; — Finn,  gnm dam  of 
Bniagne,  full  by  AlcliWch,  eon  of  Duibdrennn,  and  thf*  bohb  of  UirgiWDii 
uf  the  Limigbui  Teainhvadi  (Tara)  at  AtlfBrea,  upon  the  Boion,  of  wlHch  ' 
it  nas  said, — 


Fmn  vrns  killed— U  was  with  duti, 
'\>'itli  a  1  anion iiiUl'  viutiud  : 
AiiAleadi,  son  of  Dnihlidrc-jinTi,  cut  nlT 
Tbi!  li>iiiul  uf  the  ion  of  Mouhuuiuu  (i.e. 
PSmi). 


Were  it  not  that  CmoIIu!-  (ouk  rct'engct 
It  vroiitd  hnrc  lircti  a,  victorjr  ovcrnllUi ' 

cm*  baMlcs  ; 
'Hii!  Uin!c  wrrc  cat  off  by  him, 
Sxiiltlng  oTor  Die  roj-al  ckuniiKm." 


This  King  Ciurbru,Hiriiamed"of  the  Liflejr,"  vvns  n  s>'n  imd  &  nicccstOT 
Corniac  above  mecti«iidd.  Ifo,  iiftcr  Finn's  donth,  diabnndcd  and  outlaireJ 
the  Clann  of  Bnisgnv,  hitbeito  the  raoit  powerful  divieion  of  tho  Feniuu, 
Aud  tliut  to  which  Lhc  cotninaiidcrs  bad  belonged,  retnuQio^  in  Iiia  servki 
llie  Chnn  of  MornB,  the  Feniana  of  Cennaught.  Thus  exiled,  they  roptiirel' 
to  the  dominioca  of  the  King  of  Miinster,  Mogh:i-Corb,  who  vrii  V 
grandson  of  Finu.  lla  espoused  their  cnuse  and  retainod  them  in 
service,  contntty  to  tbo  ordurs  of  liia  ewpreaie  king,  the  monarch.  Tli' 
brought  on  n  nnr,  mid  a.  bloody  buttle  wna  Ringlit  at  Gaura  betvreen 
monarclt  nnd  the  ICing  of  Munater,  in  wliich  l!ic  monarch  lost  !ii«  life 
tli'.t  band  of  n  imin  wboni  be  had  driven  into  exile,  and  tlie  two  gT«M 
clnniin  of  thv  Fciiiuna  slaughtered  each  other  almost  lo  extermination. 
IVlience  the  very  nest  entry  in  l!io  Aniiali  is : — 

"  Aj^e  of  Christ,  234  ; — After  Cairbre  LilTe.-ichair  ('of  the  Liffoy')  h 
bcca  acvcnCccn  yeans  iti  the  eovcrcignly  of  Irehind,  be  fell  in  the  battle 
Gabhm-Aiuhlu  ('Gaum')  by  the  bnnd  of  Semcon,  Bon  of  Ccarb,  (one)  of 
the  Fothartn:  Fi-orcorb  ('Mogba-Corb'),  the  sou  of  Carniiic  CasC^ng 
ol  Muiistcr  who  nianied  Finn's  diiugbtcr'),  having  brought  tiic  Fiaaa  wA 
hiin,  ugiiiiiKt  the  king,  tn  defund  LcalJi-Mhogtia  ('llie  soutlicm  half  of 
Jrcliiiid ')  against  him." 

Thiu  ends  the  history  of  the  Fian»  or  Fctiian*,  and  thus  the  monordi 
died,  not,  however,  until  be  bad  alain  in  single  cambrU  Owgvit  their  com* 
inander.  The  It^cndi  still  existing  about  the  Funiuns  and  their  great 
chiff  are  nuniberlow.  It  it  Hftid  that  tlicre  were  in  timen  of  p&ico  ti 
baltaliona  of  tliem,  which  coubl  be  iiicrraicd  to  seven  when  the  D' 
rities  of  war  required,  ea«h   batUJioa  numbcriag  tlireo  thousand  uieOj 


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THE  ANCIENT  FENIANS  AND  FBNIAN  LITIiUATDKE.       125 

Keating  says,  that  before  a  man  was  eurollcd,  he  Iiud  to  subscribe  to 
sevei^  articles,  ctirioua  enough  in  all  conscience : — "  The  first,  that  when 
he  tnas  dispoBed  to  many,  he  should  not  follow  the  mercenary  custom  of 
bmsting  upon  a  portion  with  a  wife ;  but,  without  regard  to  her  fortune, 
W  ihoold  choose  a  woman  for  her  virtue,  her  courtesy,  and  good  manners; 
tlie  Kcond,  that  he  should  never  offer  violence  to  a  woman,  or  attempt  to 
nTish  her ;  the  third,  that  he  would  be  charitable  and  relieve  the  poor  wlio 
imiti  meat  and  drink,  as  far  as  his  abilities  would  permit ;  and  the  fourth, 
lliU  be  would  not  torn  his  back  or  refuse  ta  fight  with  nine  men  of  any 
i&a  nation  that  set  upon  him,  and  offered  to  fight  with  him."   It  is  surely 
K  wonder  that  the  modem  Irish  are  so  pugnacious  and  bo  fond  of  a  row, 
■btn  their  ancestors  were  willing  to  fight  against  such  odds  rather  than 
WM  B  good  shindy.     We  must,  however,  go  back  to  the  Fiana.     Keating 
ajB  that  there  were  several  rules  to  be  observed  in  the  admission  of 
remuts  to  the  Fenian  ranks.     The  parents  must  give  up  all  right  to 
Rrenge  or  compensation  for  the  candidate's  death,  a  very  necessary  regu- 
luion  in  a  state  of  society  when  the  punishment  for  a  death  was  either 
KTenge  or  eric.    He  roust  be  able  to  compose  verses.     He  must  be  expert 
villi  his  weapons,  and  he  was  exposed  to  a  very  good  test — he  had  to 
defend  himself  from  the  javelins  of  nine  soldiers  thrown  nt  him  at  once. 
He  ma  obliged  to  run  through  a  wood  pursued  by  some  of  the  Fenians, 
ID  order  to  test  his  ileetness  and  agility.     He  must  be  able  to  bold  his 
veqion  without  shaking  ;  if  bis  hand  shook  he  was  rejected.     He  must 
hio  swift  and  so  light  of  foot  as  not  to  break  a  rotten  stick  by  treading 
upon  it ;  and,  hardest  of  all  to  do,  he  must  be  able,  without  stopping 
or  lessening   his  speed,  to  draw  a  thorn  out  of  his  foot.     We  would 
reiy  touch  like  to  see  the  crowd  who  call  themselves  by  the  ancient  name 
if  Fenians  trying  these  testa ;  very  few  of  them,  indeed,  would  paa<)  muster. 
Many  people  now  hear  for  the  first  time  of  the  emblem  called  "  the  sun- 
burst of  Erin."     The  innocent  original  for  this  now  treasonable  device, 
ns  Finn  Mac  Cumhaill's  standard. 

In  addition  to  tho  legends  still  existing  amongst  the  peoplo  there  is 
a  great  mass  of  MS.  in  the  great  libraries  of  Ireland  taken  up  with 
the  exploits  of  Finn  and  the  Fenians.  O'Gurry,  in  his  analysis  of 
existing  Celtic  MSS.  (Lectures  on  the  MS.  Materials  of  Irish  History), 
makes  a  division  of  them  into  five  principal  classes,  viz. :  the  Annals  ; 
the  Books  of  Genealt^ies  and  Pedigrees  ;  the  Historic  Tales ;  the  Imagi- 
nitive  Tales  and  Poems,  and  the  Ecclesiastical  Writings.  The  fourth  of 
these  divisiotu,  the  Imaginative  Tales  and  Poems,  are  mainly  about  the 
Fenian  period,  and  have  for  their  subject  Finn  and  the  Fenian  heroes. 
Whence  they  are  often  called  Fenian  Tales  and  Poems,  and  still  oflencr 
Ftnian  Tales  and  Ossianic  Poems.  O'Ciirry  says,  "  The  purely  imagi- 
catire  literature  of  the  ancient  Gaedhila  still  existing  in  MSS.  which  have 
bwn  banded  down  to  us  in  safety,  may  be  divided  into  distinct  cla^aiK, 
some  of  which  are  compositions  yet  more  ancient  than  the  others.  Tho 
earliest  of  all — if  we  rt^ard  merely  the  authors  to  whom  they  are  attributed 


126      THE  AXCIEKT  FENIANS  AKl)  FENIAN  UTEaATUllE. 

■ — arc  tim  puoma  or  metrical  tiilcs  culled  tlio  Fuaian  Foetud,  many  of 
which  are  altribiilcd  to  Olsia  (Ossiaii)  aad  Foi'gtu,  th«  sons  of  Finn  Mac 
Cumhaill,  Boiuc  ol'  them  to  Finn  hinisulf,  and  some  to  hia  couaiu  Caoilto. 
After  thcac  tuny  be  placed  the  prose  recitals,  probably  Toaaded  on  BimiUr 
pociRs  now  lost,  but  probably  hIso  tberasclvca  compositions  of  aa  early  a 
date;  I  mean  tliose  stones  coniiuoDly  called  Fenian  Tided.  Finally,  after 
the  Fenian  poenis  and  tales,  in  point  of  date,  we  find  a  great  number  of 
roiiianlic  li'gcnds  and  talys,  both  in  proso  and  Torse,  many  of  which  wcra 
ccjtaiwly  composed  at  a  very  remote  period,  bnt  of  which  tlio  various  d^ea 
of  composition  cxlcud  down  almost  to  our  own  times.  And  it  ia  within 
my  own  memory  that  in  Clare,  and  throughout  Munater,  the  iuventioa 
iiiid  recital  of  such  romantic  tales  continue  to  afford  a  favouritu  delight  to 
tlie  still  Gacdliilic-speaking  people."  He  ooniiiderB  the  MS.  tides  of  later  ■ 
llian  the  twcldh  century,  of  comparatively  little  value.  Ue  divides  the 
more  ancient  into  four  classes  ;  the  first,  comprising  those  ascribed 
directly  to  the  Fenian  chiefx,  Finn,  Oisin,  Fergua  and  Caoilte;  the  second, 
eonai^ting  of  tracts  made  up  of  articles  in  piose  and  verso,  ascribed  to 
some  0110  of  the  same  personages,  but  related  by  a  aeeoud  person  ;  the 
third,  containing  miscelhineous  puenis,  descriptive  of  pasHagca  in  the  Ufa 
of  Film  and  his  warriors,  but  not  ascribed  to  any  author  ;  and  the  fourth, 
consisting  of  certain  talcs  in  a  romantic  style  relating  to  tho  same.  To 
Finn  are  ascribed  live  existing  poems,  to  Oisiu  but  two,  which  can  bo 
tiacud  so  far  back  as  the  twellth  century,  to  Fergus  "  the  eloi]uent,"  one, 
;iiid  to  Caoiltc  one.  To  the  second  class  belongs  tho  "  Dialogue  of  the 
Ancient  Slen,"  via:,  Oisin  and  C:ioiltc,  who,  the  legend  states,  outlived  tho 
ri'st  of  the  Fenian  chiefs,  imd  even  conversed  with  St.  Patrick,  and  related 
to  hlin  the  exploits  of  the  Fenians.  The  third  class  are  oAen  called 
"  Ossianic,"  sinco  the  legend  gives  them  as  conversations  between  Ossian 
and  St.  Putrick  about  the  Fenians.  As  a  specimen  of  these  poems,  we 
give  a  few  stanzas  from  the  opening  of  the  well-known  "  Lamentation  of 
Oiain  after  the  Fenians,"     (Ossianic  Soc.  vol.  iii.  p.  230.) 


AIo!! !  O  I'ioon  of  the  Foniniis  nnrl  of  tlic 

llORtB  I 

0  Oscar  of  the  fi^lit.  iii.v  snn  1 
Are  }'G  living,  or  in  vrlint  land, 
Whilst  Ui.sin  is  without  ui'tiou  it 

■trpngtli  ? 

Alas  I  I  am  a  nithcrcil  nlil  niaii, 
JjickiHg  food,  drink,  anil  sleep  ; 
SiifriTin^  the  o]iiircssii>c  cif  I'ntrick  niiil 

liix  rliTJcs, 
la  [litiful  want  anil  gloom. 

Aliis  !  it  i«  a  jiitcons  tiilc, 

Tliut  I  am  now  hidilen  from  the  Fcnidns: 

I>i>tciiiri^  to  tlic  (Iron'fiy  noiso  of  a  bell, 

1  grieve  DOW,  awl  rejoice  not. 


AI.TS  !  O  tril*  of  the  mighty  battlcN 
Hrcnt  was  your  love  of  valoar  odco  : 
Whiiiicr  it)  jour  righcTul  natoro  gone. 
That  yc  <:&rc  ndt  whether  it  bo  well  with 
Oisin  ? 

Aliis  1  ikjirowlul  ii  my  end, 
Since  I  luii'c  loat  niy  strength  and  vigonr ; 
VVttliDUt  the  chase,  without  music  by  inc, 
^Vhi1Et  I  niuiic  on  the  licanty  vt  the  tnco. 

Aliis  !   whitlicr  go   the  men  that  viitb 

mighty, 
'Mint  thi'v  come  not  to  snceonr  nie  f 
<)  Oscar,  uf  the  shurp  bloiles  of  victOIVi 
(,'»mD  and  nlKiiw  tby  father  from  this 

lua'lagu. 


Oisin  then  goes  on  to  bewail  his  h  iid  late,  living  on  tho  [ntiful  dote  of 


THE  ANCIEKT  FEKIAN8  AMD  EENIAH  LITEHATURK.       137 

Patrick  and  his  clergy,  and  compares  his  present  wocrul  plight  with  his 
former  conditioa  as  a  Fenian  chief.  Tliu  last  claea  of  Fenian  literature 
Rcc^Dized  by  Professor  O'Curry  is  the  Fcoian  tales.  One  of  the  most 
relebnited  of  these  is  the  one  before  mentioned,  the  Elopement  of  Dermuid 
udGiaioQJ.  Finn,  in  his  old  age,  vrants  a  wife,  and  ia  recommended 
the  king's  daughter,  the  princess  Grainne,  but  not  being  on  good  terms 
vilh  King  Cormao,  ia  afraid  that  h»  would  get  a  refusal  if  he  made  a  per- 
Knal  application,  bo  he  sends  two  of  Lis  fricnda  to  tu^  Curmac.  Cormac 
hu  00  objection  ;  but  as  Grainn6  had  upset  all  previous  arrangements  of 
■he  tame  kind,  and  Cormac  had  got  the  blame,  he  would  have  nothing  to 
ia  in  the  matter,  but  told  them  to  apply  to  tiie  priucess  herself.  She  told 
\h  king  her  father,  "  If  he  be  n  fitting  son-in-law  for  theo,  why  should 
Ik  not  be  a  fitting  husband  and  mute  for  me?"  Finn  and  his  retinuo 
ccmc  to  Tara,  and  are  right  royally  received.  A  splendid  banquet  ia  laid 
mt,  at  which  the  princess  herself  is  present  :  getting  a  certain  Druid 
Imiile  her,  she  finds  out  from  him  the  purpose  of  the  visit  and  the  names 
ef  the  principal  Fenians  at  the  banquet  (Ossianic  Soc.  vol.  iii.  p.  49). 
"Tbere  sat  there  a  Druid  and  a  skilful  man  of  knowledge  of  the  people  of 
TviBn  before  Grainne,  the  daughter  of  Cormac,  that  is,  Daire  '  of  the 
IMms,'  son  of  Moma ;  and  it  was  not  long  before  there  arose  gentle 
blkiag  and  mntual  discourse  between  himself  and  Grainnd,  Then  Daire 
■roH  and  stood  before  Grainne,  and  sang  her  the  songs  and  the  verses 
iiid  the  sweet  poems  of  her  lathers  and  of  her  anceators ;  and  then  Groinnd 
■poke  and  aaked  the  Druid, — '  What  is  the  thing  or  matter  wherefore 
Tionn  ia  come  to  this  place  to-night  1 ' 

" '  If  thou  knowest  not  that,"  said  the  Druid,  '  it  is  no  wonder  that  I 
bow  it  not.' 

" '  I  deure  to  learn  it  of  thee,'  said  Grainne. 

" '  Well  then,'  quoth  the  Druid,  '  it  is  to  ask  thee  aa  wife  and  mato 
ibai  Fionn  ia  come  to  this  place  to-night.' 

" '  It  is  a  great  marvel  to  me,'  sold  Grainn^,  '  that  it  is  not  for  Oiain 
ibt  Fionn  aaks  me  ;  for  it  were  fitter  to  give  me  such  as  lie  than  a  man 
llut  it  older  than  my  father.' 

" '  Say  not  that,'  said  the  Druid,  '  for  if  Fionn  were  to  hear  thee,  he 
lunuelf  would  not  have  thee,  neither  would  Oiain  dare  to  take  tiiee.' 

" '  Tell  me  now,'  said  Grainn^,  '  who  is  that  warrior  at  the  right 
Moulder  of  Oisin  the  son  of  Fionn  7 ' 

"'Yonder,'  said  the  Druid,  'is  GoU  Mac  Moma,  the  active,  the 
»ulike.' 

'■ '  Who  ia  that  warrior  at  the  shoulder  of  Goll  ?  '  said  Grainn^. 

" '  Oscar  the  son  of  Oisin,'  said  the  Druid. 

" '  Who  is  that  graceful-le^ed  man  at  the  shoulder  of  Oscar  ? '  said 
Grainni. 

'"  Caoiltd  Mac  Konain,'  said  the  Druid. 

" '  What  haughty,  impetuous  warrior  is  tliat  yonder  at  the  nhouldcr  of 
C»>ilte?'eaid  Grainnd. 


128       THE  ANCIENT  FENIANS  AND  FENIAN  LrfEBATlIBE. 

"  'Theuon  of  Lughaidh  of  tlio  miglity  liand,  and  that  man  is  Bislvr'e  Bon 
to  Fionn  Mac  Cumhaill,'  sjiid  the  Druid. 

"  '  Who  is  that  Bwcet- worded  man  with  the  dimple,  upon  whom  is  the 
curling  dark-black  hair,  and  [who  has]  the  two  ruddy,  berry-red  checks, 
upon  the  left  hand  of  Oisin  the  son  of  Fionn  1 ' 

"  '  That  man  is  Diarmuid,  the  grandson  of  Duibhue,  the  white-toothed, 
of  the  lightsome  countenance  :  that  is,  the  best  lover  of  women  and  of 
utaidona  that  is  in  the  whole  world.' 

The  princess  then  sent  for  her  own  "jewelled,  golden-chased  goblet," 
and  as  was  the  custom,  sent  it  round  wilb  Iter  handmaiden  to  whomsoever 
of  the  guests  she  chose  specially  to  honour.  Slie  did  not  send  it  to 
Dermuid  and  some  others  of  the  younger  warriors,  but  sent  it  to  Finn, 
to  her  father,  and  to  the  rest.  Gradually  these  sank  into  a  profound 
slumber,  for  the  cup  had  been  of  course  drugged.  She  then  made  her 
case  known  to  the  yoimg  warriors,  but  from  fear  of  Finn's  revenge  they 
refused  to  assiet  her.  She  then  went  to  the  extremity  of  laying  geasa,  or 
bonds  of  honour,  upon  Dermuid,  that  he  should  relievo  her  ;  and  from  this, 
according  to  the  Celtic  laws  of  honour,  there  was  no  escape.  All  the  rest 
itdvtsed  him  to  go  with  her.  She  left  the  palace  by  a  wicket-gate,  to 
meet  bim  outside  the  town,     lie  went  over  the  palisade. 

"  After  that  Diarmuid  arose  and  stood,  and  stretched  forth  hia  active 
warrior  hand  over  his  broad  weapons,  and  took  leave  and  farewell  of 
Oisin  and  of  the  chiefs  of  the  Fenians;  and  not  bigger  is  a  smooth 
crimson  whortleberry  than  was  each  tear  that  Diarmuid  shed  from  his 
eyes  at  parting  with  his  people.  Diarmuid  went  to  the  top  of  the  fort, 
and  j)Ut  the  shafts  of  his  two  javcHns  under  him,  and  rose  .with  an  airy, 
very  light,  exceeding  high  bird-like  leap,  until  he  attained  the  brcadtli 
of  hia  two  soles  of  the  bcaulifui  grass-green  earth  on  the  plain  without, 
and  there  Grainnc  met  him.  Then  Diarmuid  Eix>kc,  and  what  he  said  wais: 
'  I  trow,  0  Grainn6,  that  this  is  an  evil  course  upon  which  thou  art  come : 
for  it  were  better  ibr  thee  to  have  Fionn  Mao  Cumhaill  for  lover  than 
myself,  seeing  that  I  know  not  what  nook,  or  corner,  or  remote  part  of 
Erin  I  can  take  thee  to  now.  Betum  again  to  the  town,  and  Fionn  will 
never  learn  what  thou  hast  done.'  '  It  is  certain  that  I  will  not  go  back,' 
said  Grainnc, '  and  that  I  will  not  part  from  thee  until  death  part  me  from 
thee.'     '  Then  go  forward,  0  Grainnc,'  said  Diarmuid." 

Dermuid,  thus  carried  olT  noleiia  volens,  falls  in  desperate  love  with 
the  brave  woman,  and  the  two  set  out,  pursued  by  Finn  and  her  father ; 
and  their  adventures  through  Ireland,  bunted  by  the  two  old  gentlemen, 
and  assisted  by  the  young  officers  of  the  Fenians,  forma  the  plot  of  thia 
old  Celtic  romance.  The  reader  must  excuse  onr  wandering  from  histoty 
into  romance,  even  though  it  is  concerned  with  the  Celts  in  the  thinl 
century. 


THE 


CORNHILL    MAGAZINE. 


FEBRUARY,  186G. 


S^hQ    (Elauiirinfifl. 


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chatter  i, 
Julia   Brabazok. 

HE  gotdetis  of  Clnvcring  Turk 
were  reniflvcd  some  tiiree  hun- 
dred yards  from  ttic  large, 
square,  Bombw-Iaoking  Slona 
in.Lti'.lrui  wliiili  ivaH  ih(i  cuiin- 
i[_i-i]uii.ii'  -1  Sir  Hugh  CI«- 
i^'i.j^^  -fc"£':^  vering,  tho  clovenih  b&roDct 
of  thnt  niirao ;  nnd  in  thcae 
gardccui,  wliich  lind  but  little 
of  beauLy  toreconimenil  tJiem, 
I  will  inlroduco  my  rcadem  to 
two  of  lli«  pcrsouftgcii  wiih 
whom  I  wisli  to  ninkc  them 
iicquuatcd  iu  tho  following 
!  irj'.  It  vaa  now  lht>  cnul 
i'  August,  and  the  portcmx, 
'  i^A,  nnd  biu  of  lawn  wc-rc 
dry,  duligured,  and  almost 
ugly,  fr&m  Ibo  ciTects  of  a 
long  drought,  lii  gardens  to 
which  car«  and  labour  nru 
given  abundsntl/,  flower-btdn 
will  b«  pretty,  and  grass  will 
let  tl)H  ncutlicr  bo  wliat  it  may ;  but  care  nnd  labc>ur  w«re 
hK  KBBttly  bestowed  oa  tho  Clnvering  Gurdcnn,  nnd  erorything  was 
;iliov.   adiutf   Iiarali,  and  dry.   Over   the   bunit  lurf  towardi   a   gnic 


'^c* 


180 


TUK  CLAVICKINGS. 


Cdto 


tbnt  led  to  tliQ  houee,  a  ]ady  vaa  wnlking,  and  by  Iicr  ude  then  vntl 
$,  gonllomiin. 

"  You  nro  going  in,  ifccn,  SIIm  Brataron,"  said  the  gcntlcmwi,  Bn<I  if 
Yrnn  rciy  nianil<:st  from  hi*  tone  thnt  lie  ii)tf:iidc(I  io  cohtcj*  tome  deep 
rcproacli  in  liia  words.  M 

"  Of  courea  I  am  gtiing  in,"  BAid  tlie  lady.    '*  You  asked  tne  to  wnnil 
with  you,  and  I  refuse].     Yon  hnvc  now  waylaid  me,  and  thcrcfona  I 
iixsil  Mcnpc,— xinlewi  1  iiin  prcvoiittd  by  riolcnce."    As  she  spoleshe  stood 
atiU  lor  a  moment,  nnd  luokvd  into  hla  fjicc  vritli  a  umile  whicli  •ccincd  to 
indicalG  that  if  such  violence  were  used,  wittin  ratioDsl  bounds,  she  woi 
not  feci  herself  driven  to  groat  anger. 

But  lliough  she  might  be  inclined  lo  be  plnyHil,  he  viu  hy  no  ni' 
in  that  mood.    "  And  tvliy  did  ynu  refui«  nic  when  I  asked  you?  "  said  bs. 

"  For  two  leasoiia,  fiart!/  because  I  Lhouglit  it  better  to  avoid  Uijr 
cODvereatinu  witli  you." 

"That  13  civil  to  an  old  friend." 

"  But  chiefly,"    and   now  aa  ah«   apoke  An   drew  hertclf  up, 
dismitised  the  smile  from  hi-r  face,  and  allowed  her  eyes  to  Ml  upon 
ground;  "but  chiolly  because  1  thought  that  Lord  Ongar  would 
that  I  Should  not  ronm  nlonG  about  Clavpring  Park   with  any  yo! 
geutlcmsn  while  I  nm  duwa  hi-rc ;  and  that  he  might  specially  object 
tny  lonmiiig  witli  you,  wcru  In-  lo  know  thnt  you  and  I  wefe— old 
Bnce.1.     New  I  have  been  very  frank,  Mr.  Clarering,  and  I  think  that 
that  ought  to  be  enough," 

"  You  ar<^  fttraid  of  him  already,  then  ? " 

"I  nm  afraid  of  oflVnding  any  one  whom  I  lore,  and  especially  any 
Oao  to  whom  I  owe  any  duty." 

"Enough  !   indeed  it  is  not.     From  what  you  know  of  me  do  yoa 
think  it  likely  that  that  will  be  enough  ?  "    He  woe  now  stnnding  in  from    ' 
of  her,  between  her  and  the  gnte,  and  ehe  mnde  no  effort  to  I«vo  him,     *fl 

"And  wimt  is  it  you  want  7     I  gui)[>0Ee  you  do  not  maao  lo  fight 
Lord  Ongiu",  tind  that  if  you  did  you  would  not  come  lo  roe." 

"  Fight  hitn  I    No ;  1  luve  no  quarrel  with  hitn.    Fighting  him  wnmld 
do  no  good," 

"  None  in  the  least ;  otid  he  would  not  Cght  if  yon  were  to  ask  liim ; 
and  you  could  notiuk  him  without  being  false  to  me" 

"  I  ahoold  iiiive  iiad  an  ejinniiilc  lor  that,  at  any  rate." 

"  That's  nonsense,  Jlr.  Clavering.     My  &!sehood,  if  yon  should  choose 
to  cbU  nic  false,  is  of  a  very  different  nature,  and  is  p.irdounblo  by 
laws  known  iti  the  world." 

"  Y'ou  are  a  jilt, — that  is  all." 

*'  Come,  Harry,  don't  use  hard  words,"  nnd  slic  put  licr  trnnd  kindly 
upon  hiii  arm.     "  Look  nt  mc,  such  as  I  am,  and  at  yourself,  and  then  say 
whether  anythirg  but  misery  coiild  come  of  n  match  between  you  a: 
mc.     Our  ages  by  th<!  regiater  are  tlie  same,  hut  I  am  ten  years  older  ih, 
you  by  the  world.    I  have  two  hundred  a  year,  and  I  owe  at  this  W' 


< 


I 

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11 


THE  CtAVERIKGS.  181 

nx  hundred  pounds.     You  luive,  perliai>8,  double  as  much,  and  would 
lose  half  of  ihat  if  you  married.     You  are  aQ  ualier  ut  a  suhool." 

"  No,  madam,  I  am  not  an  uslicr  at  a  school." 

"  Wdl,  well,  you  know  I  don't  mean  to  make  you  angry." 

"At  the  present  moment,  I  am  a  schoolmastci-,  and  if  I  remained  so,  I 
uigut  ioirly  look  forward  to  a  liberal  income.  Jiut  I  am  going  to  give 
Out  up." 

"You  will  not  be  more  fit  for  matrimony  because  yoti  are  going  to 
gire  up  your  profession.  Now  Lord  Oiigar  has — heaven  knowB  what ; — 
perhaps  sixty  thousand  a  year." 

"  In  all  my  life  I  never  heard  sitcli  cfirontery, — such  barefaced  shame- 
lea  wcrldlincu." 

"  Why  should  I  not  love  a  man  with  a  hu-gc  ijiconie  7  " 

"  He  is  old  euongh  to  be  your  lather." 

"He  is  thirty-six,  and  1  am  twenty -four." 

"Thirty-six!" 

"  There  is  the  Peerage  for  you  to  look  at.  But,  my  dear  Harry,  do 
yon  not  know  that  you  are  perplexing  me  and  yourself  too,  for  nothing  7 
I  was  ibol  enough  when  I  came  here  from  Nice,  after  paps'a  death,  to  let 
yon  tsJk  nonsense  to  me  for  a  month  or  two." 

"  Did  you  or  did  you  not  swear  that  you  loved  me  7  " 

"  Ob,  Mr.  Claveriog,  I  did  not  imagine  that  your  strength  would  hava 
CBodeacended  to  take  such  advantage  over  the  weakness  of  a  woman.  I 
Rmember  no  oaths  of  any  kind,  and  what  foolish  assertions  I  may  have 
made,  I  am  not  going  to  repeat.  It  must  have  become  manifest  to  you 
during  these  two  years  that  all  that  was  8  romance.  If  it  be  a  pleasure  to 
yon  to  look  back  to  it,  of  that  pleasure  I  cannot  deprive  yuu.  Perhaps  I 
ako  may  sometimes  look  back.  But  I  shall  never  spcuk  of  tlmt  time 
■gain;  and  you,  if  you  are  as  noble  as  I  lake  you  to  be,  will  not  speak  of 
it  either.     1  know  you  would  not  wish  to  injure  nic." 

"  I  would  wish  to  save  you  from  the  misery  you  are  biinging  on 
ymiseU;" 

"  In  that  you  must  allow  me  to  look  after  myself.  I^rd  Ongar  cer- 
Isinly  wants  a  wife,  and  I  intend  to  be  true  to  him, — and  useful." 

"  How  about  love  ? " 

"  And  to  love  him,  sir.  Do  you  think  Uiat  no  man  can  win  a  woman's 
loTS,  unleia  he  is  filled  to  tlie  brim  with  poetry,  and  has  a  neck  like  Lord 
Byron,  and  is  handsome  like  your  worship?  You  are  verj'  handsome, 
Ilan^-,  and  you,  too,  should  go  into  the  market  and  make  tlie  best  of 
yuinelf.  '\Vhy  should  you  not  leara  to  love  some  nice  girl  that  has 
BKmey  to  assist  you  7  " 

"Julia  I" 

"  No,  sir ;  I  will  not  be  called  Julia.  If  you  do,  I  will  be  insulted, 
uti  lo«ve  you  instantly.  I  may  call  you  Harry,  as  being  so  much 
younger, — though  we  were  bom  in  the  mmc  month,  and  as  a  MTt  of  cousin. 
But  1  sliall  never  do  that  after  to-day." 

7—3 


"  You.  hare  coorage  enough,  then,  lo  tell  me  (hat  yoa  have 

used  mc  7  " 

"  CcrtaiDl;  I  liave.  Why,  what  a  fool  you.  woulil  have  si«  b« ! 
nt  me,  and  t«li  me  whethn*  I  rid  tit  lo  bo  tho  wilb  or  auch  a  one  as  you. 
Bj  the  time  you  are  entering  the  worM,  I  rfwll  be  nn  old  womso,  snd 
hUikll  hare  lived  my  lift  Even  if  1  were  fit  to  bo  yoiir  mate  wli«n  wc 
nm  living  licrc  logetlii-r,  ara  I  fit,  nfYer  uhat  I  have  done  and  teen 
during  ihc  Inst  two  years  1  Do  yoa  think  it  would  rcnlly  do  nny  good  to 
any  one  if  I  w<-TO  to  jilt,  as  yuu  oill  it,  Lord  Chignr,  mid  t«-]l  them  all, — 
your  ecudiii,  Sir  Hugh,  «iid  niy  giitter,  and  your  (iit]i(T, — that  I  was  going 
to  keep  myself  up,  and  luarcy  y^u  wht-n  you  \ver«  ready  for  me  ?  " 

"  You  tweon  to  aoy  that  the  evil  is  done." 

"No,  indeed.      At  tho  present  nioracDt  I  ow«  ux  hoodred  pound 
and  1  don't  know  %vhcrc  to  turn  for  it,  »  that  my  hushnnd  nuAy  not  b«' 
dunned  for  my  dt-blii  as  8oon  as  he.  haa  niai'ned  me.     Wlmt  a  wife  I 
ahould  hftvu  l>ccn  for  you  ; — should  1  not  7  "  ■ 

"  I  eouid  pay  the  eix  hundred  [wundB  fur  you  with  money  llmt  I  1mv«^ 
Barned  myself,  tlioujjh  you  do  cull  me  mi  uhIkt  ;  and  perhaps  would  uk 
fewer  questions  nlwut  it  tUaa  Lord  On^T  will  do  with  all  Lin  ihoiifwids." 

*'Uenr  Hairy,  I  beg  yuur  pardon  nbont  the  usher.  Of  course,  1 
kuow  Uiut  you  arc  a  fellow  of  your  college,  and  that  St.  Cutlibert's,  wW« 
you  teach  ihe  boyw,  ia  one  of  the  grandest  scIiooIh  in  England  ;  and  I  hope 
yoii'il  bo  a  biahop  ;  nay, — I  tlilnk  yon  will,  if  yon  make  up  your  mind 
to  try  for  It." 

"  I  hwve  given  up  all  idea  of  going  into  the  church." 

"  'Ihen  you'll  be  a  judge.     I  linow  you'll  be  great  nnd  distir 
and  that  you'll  do  il  till  yourself.     You  are  distinguifihed  alr^'iuiy, 
could  only  know  how  infinik-ly  1  ulionld  prefer  your  lot  to  min«] 
Ilariy,  I  envy  you  !   I  do  envy  jon  I     You  havo  got  th«  hnll  nt  your  feet, 
iind  till)  world  before  you,  and  cnn  win  everything  for  youiwlf." 

"  But  nething  is  anything  without  your  Jove."  ■ 

"  Psha  1  Lovsj  indeed.  Whnt  could  I  do  (or  you  but  min  youl  i 
Yon  know  it  an  well  as  1  do  ;  but  yon  are  wlfish  cnongh  to  wisli  to  con- 
tinue a  romance  which  would  be  nbHoUitely  destructive  lo  mc,  though  for 
a  while  it  might  Hlfonl  a  pleusint  relaxaiJon  to  your  grnTor  Elndiea, 
Harry,  you  can  choote  in  the  world.  Tou  have  divinity,  and  law,  imd 
literature,  and  nrl.  And  if  debaiTed  from  love  now  by  the  exigencies  of 
labour,  you  will  be  as  fit  for  love  in  ten  years'  time  as  you  uro  at  prvMnL" 

*'  But  I  do  lovo  now." 

"  Be  a  mail,  then,  and  keep  it  to  your>ii-]f.     Love  ia  not  to  be 
miutcr.     You  cati  chooee,  as  I  say  ;  but  1  huvc  hod  no  choice, — no  cbolo 
but  to  bo  married  well,  or  to  go  eut  like  a  anuff  of  a  enndlo.      I  don't 
the  snnlFof  a  candle,  and,  ihcri-forc,  I  am  going  to  be  married  well.' 

"And  that  sufliceaT" 

"It  muift  miffice.     And  why  »honld  it   not  suftioe?     You  nnj  veir' 
uncivil,  cousin,  nnd  very  unlike  tho  i-cst  of  the  world,     ETcrybody  com- 


^our  mind 


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THE  CtAYEBINQS.  133 

pliments  me  on  mj  marriage.     Lord  Ongar  is  cot  only  rich,  but  lie  is  a 
taan  of  iaahion,  scd  a  man  of  talent." 

"  Are  70U  fond  of  race-bones  y ovirself  7  " 
"  Very  fond  of  them." 
"  And  of  that  kind  of  life  7  " 

"  V«Ty  fond  of  it.     I  mean  to  be  fond  of  everytliing  that  Lord  Ongar 
likea.     I  know  that  I  can't  change  him,  and,  therdbre,  I  ihall  not  try." 
"  You  are  right  there,  Miss  Brabazon." 

"  Yon  mean  to  be  imper^eot,  sir;  but  I  will  not  take  it  so.  This  ifl 
to  be  our  last  meeting  in  prirate,  and  I  won't  acknowledge  that  I  am 
ininlted.  But  it  most  be  over  now,  Harry ;  and  here  I  hare  been  pacing 
nnuidaod  round  the  garden  with  you,  in  spite  of  my  refusal  just  now.  It 
mart  not  be  repeated,  or  things  will  be  said  which  I  do  not  mean  to  have 
erer  said  of  me.  Good-by,  Harry." 
"Good-by,  Julia." 

"  Well,  for  that  once  let  it  pass.  And  remember  this  ;  I  have  told 
yon  all  my  hopes,  and  my  one  trouble.  I  have  been  thus  open  with  you 
because  1  thought  it  might  serve  to  make  you  -look  at  things  in  «  right 
lighL  I  trust  to  your  honour  as  a  geoUeman  to  repeat  nothing  that  I  have 
Mid  to  yon." 

"  I  am  not  given  to  repeat  such  things  as  those." 
**  Tm  sure  you  are  not.  And  I  hope  you  will  not  misunderstand  the 
^arit  in  which  they  have  been  qioken.  I  shall  never  regret  what  I  have 
tdd  yoa  now,  if  it  tends  to  make  you  perceive  that  we  must  both  regard 
oar  past  acquaintance  as  a  romonce,  which  must,  from  the  stem  necessity 
cf  things,  be  treated  as  a  dream  which  we  have  dreamt,  or  a  poem  which 
»e  have  read." 

"  You  can  treat  it  as  you  please." 

"  God  bless  you,  Harry;  and  I  will  always  hope  fur  your  welfare,  and 
hear  of  your  success  with  joy.  Will  you  come  up  and  shoot  with  them  on 
Thursday  7  " 

"  What,  with  Hugh  7  No;  Hugh  and  I  do  not  hit  it  off  tt^ether.  If  I 
ibot  at  Clavering  I  should  have  to  do  it  as  a  sort  of  head-keeper.  It's  a 
bigher  position,  I  know,  than  that  of  an  usher,  but  it  doesn't  suit  me." 

"  Oh,  Harry  1  that  is  bo  cruel  1  But  you  will  come  up  to  the  house. 
Lord  Ongar  will  be  there  on  the  thirty-first ;  the  day  after  to-morrow, 
you  know," 

"  I  must  decline  even  that  temptation.  I  never  go  into  the  house 
when  Hugh  is  tliere,  except  about  twice  a  year  on  solemn  invitation — ^just 
to  prevent  there  being  a  Ikmily  quarrel." 

"  Good-by,  tlien,"  and  she  offered  him  her  hand. 
«  Good-by,  if  it  must  be  so." 

"  I  don't  know  whether  you  mean  to  grace  my  marriage  7  " 
"  Certainly  not.    I  shall  be  away  from  Clavering,  so  that  the  marriage 
bells  may  not  wotmd  my  ears.     For  the  matter  of  that,  I  shall  be  at  the 
■cfaool." 


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I 


sliall  mat  mme  litiy  in  Inwi 


I 

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"  Moat  probably 
diffcicul,  CTcn  if  I  bIiouU  «icc«d  in  getting  up  to  Lonrfon.     If  yon  eret 
coine  to  ffv  ]hm'Mne  liure,  I  may  chance  to  meet  j-oii  in  the  house.    tJul 
you  will  not  do  tliut  oricti,  tho  plnce  is  so  dull  nnd  uaatimctivc." 

*'  It  Ja  dio  dearest  oltl  prirk," 

"  Ycpu  won't  car*  mucli  for  oW  iinrlcs  na  hoAy  Ongar." 

"Yon  don't  know  Trliat  I  ra*y  emre  about  as  Liwly  Ortyar;  but  as 
Jllift  Bi-iihiia;(in  I  will  now  my  good-by  for  thn  Isit  time."     Then  ihey 
puled,  nnJ  tlic  lady  returned  to  tlic  great  housi*,  while  Harry  ClaTcrinj 
niftd*  )i!4  -wny  nerow  tho  pnric  towfiii!*  the  r.-ctorr. 

Threo  yraw  bwfore  tliis  jeeue  in  llie  gardens  at  Clarering  PaHc, 
Bnbuzou  hnd  died  nt  Ni«e,  leaving  one  unm&rried  daughter,  tlie  lady 
whom  the  I'ender  has  jnst  been  intradiici'd.     One  other  dsughler  he  hoj,' 
who  woe  then  already  niiirried  to  Sir  Hugh  Cliivcriiig,  and  Lady  Olarenng 
WM  ihfl  licrmione  of  wh«m  miMition  hjia  alroiidy  been  made.     Lord  Bra- 
bazoD,  whose  peeisge  had  descended  to  him  in  a  direct  line  from  tlie 
times  of  the  Plnntngt-ncts^  v-as  otic  of  thosc^  unforttinntc  nobles  of  wbom 
England  is  htirdcnf^ed  with  hut  f/^,  who  have  no  raeana  (.'fjiml  to  their 
rank.     He  liud  niiirried  lute  in  life,  and  had  died  without  a  male  heir. 
The  title  which  had  come  from  tho  Planlafrenets  waa  now  Isp««d  j 
when  the  Inst  lord  died,  about  funr  hundred  a  y«ar  vrm  divided  between 
hill  Iwo  daughtcra.     The  tridpr  h;ul  already  matlo  nn  excellent  mntoh,  as 
Togard*^  fortune,  in  marrying  Sir  Iltigh  OlaTering;  and  the  yonngcr  was 
now  about  to  make  n  much  more  ipiendid  match  in  lier  aliinnce  with  I-cird 
Ongsr.    or  thorn  I  do  not  know  thot  it  ia  nccouary  to  tay  much  nn 
at  present. 

And  of  Harry  Clavcring  it  rcrhap*  may  not  he  nccewar/  to  say  roocli 
in  tlie  way  of  description,  The  attentive  reader  will  have  alrcadj-  gatlicrtd 
nearly  all  that  ehould  be  known  of  him  before  he  mskee  himoelf  kni 
by  Itin  own  de«da,  Hv  wmt  the  only  non  of  the  Itovercnd  Henry  Clarerin^i 
reetor  of  Clavering,  unele  of  tlie  prestent  Sir  Hugh  Clavering,  and  brolhtr 
of  the  last  Sir  Hugh.  The  Rercrend  Henry  Clavering,  and  Mrs.  ClaTirinff 
his  wiff,  and  his  two  dnughlem,  Mary  and  Fanny  Clnrering,  Urtd  nlwaya 
at  Clavcring  Keetory,  on  the  ouiNkirte  or  Clavering  Park,  at  n  full  mite's 
distance  from  the  hoiiHu.  The  church  ittooii  in  the  park,  about  midway 
between  th«  two  reaidenCM.  When  I  have  n.imed  one  wore  CUr«rifig^,H 
Captain  Clavcring,  Captain  .Arehibnid  Ctavering,  Sir  llugh'a  brothw,  anjf 
when  I  ahall  have  raid  nlao  th;il;  bolJi  Sir  Hugh  and  Capttdn  ClaTertng 
were  men  fond  of  plcaanrc  and  fond  of  m(^^[:!y,  1  Bhnll  hftvc  said  all  that  I 
need  now  say  about  the  Clavcring  family  at  large. 

JuUu  Bruboxon  had  indulged  in  eomc  remiaiaccncc  of  tho  romance 
ber  past  poetic  life  when  she  talked  of  coiTKinkhip  between  her  and  Uarr^ 
Clayerlng.     Her  sister  was  the  wife  of  Hniry  Clavtriiig's  first  conidn, 
between  hpr  and  Harry  there  was  ro  relatioiwhip  whntCTCr.     When  ol 
Lord  Bmbanon  had  died  at  Nice  she  had  come  to  Claveriiig  Park,  and 


THE  CLAVERINGS.  135 

treated  some  astonishment  among  those  who  knew  Sir  Hugh  by  making 

good  her  footiog  in  his  entabliahmcnt.     He  was  not  the  man  to  take  up  a 

vife'a  dster,  and  make  his  house  her  home,  out  of  charity  or  from  domestic 

lore.     Lady  Chivering,  who  had  been  a  handsome  woman  and  fashionable 

witbal,  DO  doubt  may  hare  had  some  influence ;  but  Sir  Hugh  was  a  man 

much  prone  to  follow  his  own  courses.     It  must  be  presumed  that  Julia 

Brabazon  had  made  herself  agreeable  in  the  house,  and  probably  also 

useful.     She  had  been  taken  to  London  through  two  seasons,  and  had 

there  held  up  her  head  among  the  bravest.     And  she  hod  been  taken 

■broad, — for  Sir  Hugh  did  not  love  Clarering  Park,  except  during  aijc 

wedts  of  partridge  shooting  ;  and  she  had  been  at  Newmarket  with  them, 

•nd  at  the  hotise  of  a  certain  fast  hunting  duke  with  whom  Sir  Hugh  was 

mtimate ;  and  at  Brighton  witli  her  sister,  when  it  suited  Sir  Hugh  to 

remain  alone  at  the  duke's ;  and  then  again  up  in  London,  where  ahe 

finally  arranged  matters  with  Lord  Ongar.     It  was  acknowledged  by  all 

the  friends  of  the  two  &mi]iea,  and  indeed  I  may  say  of  the  three  fiuniliea 

DOW — among  the  Brabazon  people,  and  the  Clavering  people,  and  the 

Cinuton  people, — Lord  Ongar's  family  name  Vaa  Courton, — that  Julia 

Brabazon  had  been  very  clever.     Of  her  and  Harry  Clavering  together 

no  one  had  ever  said  a  word.    If  any  words  had  been  spoken  between  her 

ud  Hermione  on  the  subject,  the  two  sisters  had  been  discreet  enough  to 

manage  that  they  should  go  no  further.     In  those  short  months  of  Julia's 

romance  Sir  Hugh  had  been  away  from  Clavering,  and  Hermione  had 

been  much  occupied  in  giving  birth  to  an  heir.     Julia  had  now  lived 

part  her  one  short  spell  of  poetry,  had  written  her  one  sonnet,  and  was 

prefored  for  the  business  of  the  world. 


chapter  il 

Habey  Claverino  Chooses  hib  Psofessiok. 

HiRRT  Claverikq  might  not  be  nn  usher,  hut,  nevertheless,  lie  was  home 
Ibr  the  holidays.  And  who  can  say  where  the  usher  ends  and  the  Bchool- 
iDMter  begins?  lie,  perhaps,  may  properly  be  called  an  usher,  who  is 
hired  by  a  private  schoolmaster  to  assist  himself  in  his  private  occupation, 
vfapreas  Harry  Clavering  had  been  selected  by  a  public  body  out  o(  a 
hundred  candidates,  with  much  real  or  pretended  reference  to  certificates 
of  qnalification.  He  was  certainly  not  an  uslier,  as  lie  was  paid  three 
haodred  a  year  for  his  work, — which  is  quite  beyond  the  mark  of  ushers. 
So  much  was  certain  ;  but  yet  the  word  stuck  in  liis  throat  and  made  him 
nncomfortable.  He  did  not  like  to  reflect  that  ho  was  home  for  the  holidays. 
But  he  had  determined  that  lie  would  never  come  home  for  the  holi- 
days again.  At  Christmas  he  would  leave  the  school  at  wliich  he  had 
Won  his  appointment  with  so  much  trouble,  and  go  into  an  open  pro- 
fcision.  Indeed  he  had  chosen  his  profession,  and  his  mode  of  entering  it. 
lie  would  becom«  a  civil  engineer,  and  perhaps  a  Und  surveyor,  and  with 


136 


THE  CLAT^UlNGd. 


this  view  he  would  enter  liiniself  u  a  pupl  in  the  great  liouso  of  BeJlby 
nnd  Burton.  The  Iprnis  «iven  had  bwn  im\&\.  Uo  wu  to  [wy  a  premimn 
of  five  hundrcii  pounds  and  joia  Mr.  UurWn,  wko  w«  Mitled  in  ihe  town 
«f  Strattoii,  for  twelvo  montlii  befcre  he  pUtod  hiuiaeir  io  Mr.  B«ilby'a 
effice  in  London.  Slrutlon  w«  lew  llinn  twenty  miles  from  CUvctHng. 
It  was  a  comfort  to  biin  to  think  thut  he  couW  pay  this  five  hundrwd 
pound*  out  of  hi*  own  enmingn,  without  troubling  his  fjuhw.  It  was 
a  coralbrt,  «vcn  lliougb  be  had  earned  that  money  by  "  uaheriog  "  for  tlw 
last  two  yean. 

'When  hie  left  Julia.  Brabnzon  in  tbe  garden,  Ilorry  Cto-Tcring  did  not 
go  at  once  home  to  liiu  rectory,  bat  sauDttircd  out  all  alone  into  the  fuk, 
intending  to  indulge  in  reminisci^ncoa  uf  ht!i  pnat  romance.  It  wan  nil 
wvr,  that  idea  of  hnving  Jiiliu  Bruhnzun  fur  hia  lore;  and  now  lie  bad  lo 
oik  biioKir  whether  he  intended  to  be  mAde  p^rmanontly  miserable  by 
ber  worldly  fuUciuess,  or  whether  be  would  borrow  sometliing  of  bcT 
worldly  wiadom,  and  ngrce  with  bimiclf  lo  look  buck  on  what  wm  past  aa 
a  plwearablu  nxciu-in^-nt  in  liia  boyhood.  Of  ooorae  we  all  know  that 
renlty  permnnfnt  niiicry  waa  in  truth  out  of  the  question.  Nature  had  not 
made  him  phyiucully  or  ui&ntally  so  poor  a  creature  a«  lo  bo  incapabla  of 
B  cure.  But  on  thm  oecaaion  bo  decided  on  permanent  misery.  Thpre 
vtiix  about  bin  liout, — about  his  nottuil  anatomical  butirt,  wUb  its  internal 
nrraagctu«nt  of  valve*  and  blood- v<!Me]N, — a  h<:nvy  drugging  f<-el  tbaC 
klmoiit  amount<'d  to  corjwreal  pain,  and  which  he  dojcribed  to  himiwlf  aa 
B|;ooy,  Why  should  this  ridi,  debaudied,  dieniputabl^  lord  have  the  power 
of  Inking  the  cup  fium  bis  lip,  the  one  morsel  of  bread  which  he  coveted 
fVom  his  mouth,  bis  one  ingot  of  trcnsurc  out  of  bis  coCTi-r  7  Fight  bin  I 
No,  be  knew  be  could  not  light  Lord  Ongor.  The  world  was  against  ne\ 
an  arraugement.  And  in  truth  Harry  Clavui-ing  bad  so  mudi  contempt  fbf 
Lord  Ongar,  that  be  bad  no  wish  to  light  so  poor  a  creature.  The  raa; 
had  had  dolirium  tremens,  nnd  vraa  a  worn-cut  miserable  object  So  ak' 
least  Harry  Cbivering  wuit  oEiIy  loo  rcndy  to  believe.  Ht-  did  not  care 
muub  for  Lord  Ongar  in  tb«  matter,  liis  anger  won  against  bcr; — that 
abe  should  have  deserted  him  for  a  miserable  creature,  who  bad  uuthing 
to  back  him  but  wealth  and  rank  I 

There  was  wretchedness  in  every  viow  of  the  matter.  H*  loved 
no  well,  iiud  yet  be  could  do  nothing  I  He  could  tale  no  step  to' 
BKving  bcr  or  asaititing  luuiaelf.  The  marilii^u  licIU  would  ring  witbin 
month  from  the  present  time,  and  liis  own  father  would  go  lo  the  cliureb 
nnd  marry  ibcm.  Unluas  Lord  Ongar  were  to  die  before  ibtn  by  God'x 
hand,  there  could  benoescapi-, — nnd  of  such  escape  llnrry  C'laveriiighadiio 
tboughi.  He  felt  a  weaiy,  dragging  fior&tiess  at  bin  heart,  and  told  himaelf 
that  hfi  must  be  niiserablu  for  ever, — not  so  miserable  but  what  be  would 
work,  but  w  wrctidied  that  the  world  could  luve  fur  him  no  tatinfaction. 

^Vliut  could  ho  do  7  What  thing  could  be  achi<;vc  so  that  «1ib  sb 
bnow  tliat  ho  did  not  let  ber  go  from  hicn  without  more  thought  than 
poor  vorda  bad  expieued?     Ue  was  perfectly  aware  tbal  in  tboir  cei 


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TOZ  CLAVERmOS. 


TCrmlion  At  \m1  Iiatl  tlic  btst  of  the  argumoil, — tL»t  ]i<r  hod  talked 
alaiut  like  n  boy,  -while  hIiu  liad  talked  t)uite  liki:  it  nomsu.  S3>«  lud 
trMied  him  de  baut  en  has  with  all  (lint  eupcriority  vthicli  youth  and 
licauly  giTc  to  a  yoODg  uonian  over  n  very  jouog  man.  What  could  bo 
■lo  r  Before  b«  r«tunicd  l«  tbe  iecU>iy,  lie  had  nmdc  up  bie  itiind  wliaE 
lit  wDold  do,  and  on  tlio  Ibllowing  momiitg  Julia  Brabiucun  received  hy 
ihfl  bao^  of  her  maid  llic  following  note : — 

•  I  tliink  I  understood  all  tlut  you  K»id  t«  rae  yealerday.  At  auy  rate, 
I radontatitl  tbat  yon  bave  one  trouble  lefl,  and  that  X  hnve  the  im-nns  of 
cmwjit."  la  th«  first  draft  of  bis  letter  he  mvid  sometltiiig  nboui  iisbt;riiig, 
\nl  liat  hv  omilted  ancmArds.  *'  You  iiiny  be  aHsurcd  tlml  the  enclc>3«d 
iiall  m^  own,  and  thai  it  ia  entirely  at  my  ovn  di^jiosn!.  Yuu  may  nlw 
ItqtiiWaureof  good  faith  oa  tLc  {)ut  of  the  leader. — II.  C"  Aud  in  thia 
ItDtr  In  eneloMd  a  ebcqite  for  «ix  hundred  pounds.  It  vaa  the  money 
«Ucfa  be  had  Mved  aiac«  he  touk  ]ii.s  ili^uc,  uiid  had  bci^n  inicoded  fur 
Kmbs.  Beilbjud  Burtou.  But  be  vould  vait  another  two  years,— con< 
liUDng  to  do  hi*  uabering:  for  her  sake.  "What  did  it  uiallet  to  a  luuu  who 
■art^  under  auy  circoaurtaDcis,  he  permanently  uuAcrablo  ? 

Sir  Hiigb  was  not  yet  at  ClarerJng.  }le  vma  to  conic  wiili  Lord  Ongjtr 
wlbeereofthcpartiidgc-KhoDtiiig.  Tbc two aifitcrs,  lliorelore, liiul  tlieliounc 
aU  to  thctn<elv0<-  At  about  twelve  they  «At  down  to  brcakJast  together 
IB  a  little  iiiiatairi  clianibi-r  adjoining  Lady  duvvring's  own  room,  Julia 
Btabasoil  at  that  tiu«  having  Iicr  lovur'a  gvucrvus  Ictlcr  in  hvr  pocket. 
Sbe  knew  that  it  was  as  improper  as  it  was  gccerouB,  and  that,  moreover,  il 
VMTerjr  dangerous.  Tlicrv  was  do  knowing  what  might  be  tlie  result  of 
nth  a  letter  ebonld  Lord  On^r  even  know  tliut  sUc  hnd  received  it.  She 
na not alMoiut«ly  angry  with  Harry,  but  had,  to  lierndf,  twenty  ttDi(^scnlliL>d 
iim  a  iboluili,  indiKreet,  dcAr  geaeroim  buy.  But  vrh.it  was  nhc  to  do  with 
AaclMqaeT  As  to  that,  she  had  hurdly  ns  yet  made  up  her  mind  when 
Aa  joined  her  aiiiter  on  the  morning  in  (jut-stion.  Ercn  to  Ilcrcuionc  ehc 
fid  sot  dare  to  tell  the  fact  that  such  a  letter  biid  b^-en  received  by  her. 

fiat  in  truth  )ver  debts  were  a  great  torment  to  her;  and  yet  how 
tiiing  they  were  when  compared  witlt  the  wealth  of  the  m;in  who  wa.i  tn 
hecoe  Iter  husband  ia  six  weeks  I  Ix-t  her  marry  him,  and  not  pay 
tlna,  and  be  probably  wotJd  nevt-r  W  tho  winer.  They  would  get  them- 
Hlttt  paid  aloioBt  witboot  hia  knowledge,  perhaps  altogether  without  hia 
btvinj;  of  ibem.  But  yet  idie  feared  him,  knowing  him  to  be  gruedy 
tboot  money ;  aud,  to  give  her  aiicli  merit  as  wa»  due  to  her,  she  felt  llie 
■  of  gmag  to  her  husband  vith  debts  on  her  shoulder.  She  bad 
in  ikomand  pounds  of  ber  own  ;  but  the  very  seltlement  which  gave  her 
ftBOhIc  dower,  and  which  made  the  niarriago  so  briUiant,  made  ever  ^i« 
mil  turn  in  its  entirety  to  her  lord.  She  hud  been  wrong  not  to  t^-U  tb« 
barerof  ber  trouble  when  he  had  brought  the  paper  for  her  to  sign; 
hx  die  bad  not  told  liini.  If  Sir  Hugh  CUvciing  had  been  licr  own 
hnkv  there  would  have  been  no  difliculiy,  but  he  was  only  lier 
twtbci-to'law,  and  she  fuared  to  speuk  to  bim.     Uei  tislt-r,  however, 

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TF!B  CtiAVEniHaS. 


,  kaev  tlint  (lien!  wore  dobt*,  imd  on  llint  siilijeet  die  wta  not  disM  li 
upealc  t»  ilcrmioiie. 

"Hertny,"  mid  she,  "  wlitit  am  I  to  io  about  thi<  meney  tliat  I  owe? 
I  got  A  bill  from  Colelugh's  lliis  niorniiig." 

"  Just  because  he  knows  you're  going  to  ha  niarritd ;  that's  all." 

"  But  how  «m  I  (o  pay  him  7" 

"  Tako  no  aolicu  of  it  till  next  fpHng.  I  don't  know  wbat  else  yofl 
eon  do.  Toa'll  be  ean  to  hnre  monty  whra  yen  c&mc  b&ck  (rom  tb« 
OontiBMit." 

"  You  couldn't  lend  it  me ;  could  jou?" 

*'  Wlio  ?     I  ?     Did  you  ever  liiiow  uic  Iiiivc  any  rauncy  in  liaStl  sia4 
I  Traa  mnrrird  ?     I  liuvt;  the  nnmc  of  «»  nllowancp,  but  it  ia  nlwnys 
before  it  comfa  to  me,  ami  I  am  nhvnya  In  debt." 

"  WouW  Hugh— let  me  have  JtT'* 

*'  What,  give  it  you  ? 

*'  WclJ,  it  wouldn't  te  to  very  mncli  for  him.  I  never  tuked  Iiito  fo 
ft  pound  yet." 

"  I  think  1i«  would  sny  Komctliiug  you  wouldn't  like  if  jou  were  to  a/Sn 
him  ;  but,  ofccunw,  you  can  try  it  if  you  plcns(\" 

"  Th«n  whnl  n.m  I  to  do  ? " 

"  I/«rd  Ongar  alioulil  tare  let  you  ttep  your  own  Cirlun«.     It 
have  been  nothing  to  him." 

"  Hugh  diiUi'l  let  yon  Ic^ep  your  own  fortune." 

"  But  Ihc  money  which  will  hp  nothing  to  Lord  Ongar  was  a 
deal  to  Hugli.  Tou'r«  going  to  have  nxty  thousand  a  year,  whila 
hove  t(>do  with  seven  or  eight.  Dexidfji,  I  hadn't  been  out  in  London, 
aud  it  wasn't  liki;Iy  I  should  o\v«  mucli  in  iKice.  lie  did  oak  mc,  nai 
thero  W!i8  (HMHi'lhiiig." 

*'  Wliat  run  I  to  do,  ID-rmyT"  M 

"  Write  and  nsk  Lord  Oag.ir  to  let  you  hnvc  what  you  want  oat  o^ 
your  own  money.     "Write  to-dny,  so  that  he  may  gi;t  your  letter  before 
)ie  cotneft." 

•*0h,  dear!  oh, dear!     I  never  vrrote  a  word  to  him  yet,  and  to, 
with  asking  him  for  money  I " 

"  I  don't  think  lie  can  be  Rtigry  with  you  for  that." 

«  I  shouldn't  know  what  to  wiy.     Wmilil  you  write  it  (or  me,  and 
me  «ce  how  it  looks  ?  " 

TbJi  I^dy  Cliivcring  did;  und  Lad  nhc  rcfuBod  to  do  it,  I  think 
poor  Harry  Claveriog's  cheijiie  would  havK  Iwen  tucd.     As  it  wa«,  Lady 
Claveriiig  wrote  the  letter  to  "  My  dear  Lord  Ongar,"  and  it  waa  copie 
and  HJgnod  by  "  Ymirn  most  aflbctiocatt'Iy,  Julia  Brabnxon."     The  vl 
tif  this  was  ilie  receipt  ef  n  cheque  for  a  thou-iaiid  pounds  in  a  very  pt 
note  from  Lord  Ongar,  which  the  lord  brought  with  him  to  ClaTeric 
and  ariit  up  to  Julia  ns  lie  wn«  drcwing  for  diuner.     It  was  an  cxtrtmC 
GOnilbrlablc  arrangement,  and  Julia  was  very  glad  of  the  money, — fbdii 
it  to  bo  a  portion  of  that  which  wait  hi-r  own.     And  Harry's  cheque 


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nbmioil  to  lilai  on  llie  day  of  its  rcwipt.  "  Of  course  I  cannot 
it.  And  of  courw  yc-u  ahoiiW  not  linrc  sent  it."  Tlieee  words  were 
irritteo  on  llic  iDorscI  of  pupcr  in  wlitJi  the  mvxtvy  wus  nrturned.  But 
Vim  Bnib«on  bad  tora  the  Bignature  oif  the  ciixiiu-,  so  that  it  migbt  bo 
Bfr,  whortau  Hurry  CUvprin^  hnd  tuken  no  precatition  with  it  whatever. 
But  then  Hurry  Clitverin^  liud  not  lived  tivo  yeiirs  in  London. 

During  tlic  lioun  that  lliu  cheque  woe  avray  from  him,  Harry  li.id 
toU  hli  fiitber  thnt  pcrhnpii^  even  yet,  tic  might  chnnge  Lis  ptirpase  aa  lo 
to  Mcvtmi.  Beilby  and  Btirtnti.  He  did  not  know,  lie  snid,  but  he 
ttiD  in  donbt.  TWj  had  sprang  from  some  chaac<  question  wIjicH 
bail  3ak«d,  and  wliich  had  se'emed  to  demand  an  answer, 
irering  grenHy  disliked  the  scheme  of  lifi;  which  hia  eon  Iiad  made. 
Harry's  life  hidierto  had  been  piYvoporoiin  and  very  crcditablo.  Ho  had 
fow  early  to  Cambridge,  and  at  twenty-two  hiul  become  a  fdluw  of  hia 
caDfge.  This  f«Uowihip  h«  coald  lioid  for  five  or  six  years  wicliout  goin^ 
itfo  orders.  It  would  th^a  lead  to  a  living,  and  would  in  the  meantime 
dbrd  a  livelihood.  But,  beyond  thU,  FTarrj',  with  an  energy  which  he 
ccRaialy  bad  not  inherited  from  hi*  falh^r,  had  become  a  achoolmast«r, 
and  tt»  alrrady  a  rich  man.  He  h.i<I  done  more  tlian  welt,  and  there 
ma  a  gnttt  probability  that  between  tlicni  they  might  be  able  to  buy  the 
MB  prcsPBlalion  lo  Clavoring,  when  the  titne  should  cod^g  Id  whiuh  Sir 
H^gh  ahotild  determine  on  nelling  it.  Thnt  Sir  Hugh  should  give  Uie 
fan^y  living  to  bin  comin  was  never  thought  probable  by  any  of  tho 
family  at  tb«  rectory;  but  he  might  perbxpa  part  with  it  ttnder  Buoh 
drcoDiRtsncea  oo  ftvourable  terms.  For  all  thcao  rcaaoDS  the  father  waa 
*ay  anxioUR  that  hii  son  ndioiild  follow  out  the  conrao  for  which  be  bud 
bn  iat£nded  ;  but  that  W,  being  unenergetic  and  having  hitherto  done 
hdc  for  bis  aoo,  should  dictate  to  a  young  man  who  htul  been  energetic, 
■rfwho  had  done  much  for  bimself,  was  out  of  the  question.  Harry, 
IboeRiTC,  was  to  be  tho  arbiter  of  his  own  fate.  But  whca  l[arry 
nettred  back  the  cheque  from  Julia  Urabozon,  then  lie  again  returned  to 
Va  r«olotioa  respecting  M^njrs.  Beilby  and  Burton,  and  took  the  first 
ifiportanity  oftelliag  bis  father  that  emch  waa  the  case. 

Aft«r  brcakfaat  lie  followed  his  liither  into  Ills  study,  and  there,  sitting 
ia  two  eaay-chair«  oppoelic  to  each  other,  they  lit  cnch  a  cigar.  Sucb 
*M  iLt  iwcTcnd  gentlcman'fl  cwitom  in  the  nflcmoon,  and  suob  alao  in 
Iks  mnnii^.  I  do  not  know  whntlier  tlie  smoking  of  four  or  five  cigars 
itSfy  by  tlie  parson  of  a  p-Ai'uii  may  aow-a-day  bo  coaaidcr«d  ns  a  vice  in 
Ke,  but  if  10,  it  waa  the  only  vice  witli  wliieh  Mr.  Clnvering  could  be 
dmi^.  lie  was  a  kind,  aoft-hcartcd,  gracioo*  mani  tender  to  his  wife, 
trtora  be  ever  regarded  a*  tho  angel  of  hia  house,  indnlgenl  to  his 
intebtcis,  whom  he  iJciIizixl,  eVi-r  patient  with  hia  purisbionei's,  and 
uakSi^lhaagh  not  widely  .iwidce, — to  the  rcaponsibililit^  uf  his  ctlling, 
The  world  liad  been  loo  comforublc  for  him,  and  alxo  too  narrow;  so  that 
!m  had  iRink  into  hUnieasL  The  world  hnd  given  liim  mudi  to  cat  and 
drinl,  but  ]t  had  jiTco  him  littlo  to  do,  and  tbiu  he  had  grtidually  fajlva 


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away  from  h!a  oarly  ptirposcs,  till  liiii  rnergy  hanlly  sufficed  lor  tlie  doiof ' 
of  thatliltlc     His  living  gave  liiin  cighl  Uiindrc<J  a  year;  Iub  wiA^'s 
f»Ttunc  nearly  <i«ubkd  that,     llo  had  mnrricci  enrly,  and  had  got  hu 
living  early,  and  bad  been  very  prosjwroui.     But  he  wim  not  a  happy 
tnoo.     He  knew  llint  Iiu  liud  put  otT  tliu  day  of  action  till  iLc  {lovrcr  offl 
action  haA  pnsjn.'d  nwiiy  from  him.    Hia  libnu^-  waa  well  funiished,  but  he  " 
rarely  rend   mucli  vUk  llian  novels  and  poetry;  and  of  late  yeara  the 
rendii^  even  of  poetry  had  given  xrny  to  tbe  reading  of  navcli.     Tilt  J 
within  ten  years  of  llie  hour  ut  wliich  I  tpeak,  he  liad  been  a  luuaiiDgS 
parson, — not  hunting  loudly,  l>ut  fvllowing  liia  spvrt  »n  it  ia  followed  by 
taoderato  Bportamcn,     Thi-a  there  had  como  a  new  bishop,  and  tbe  new 
bia}]op  had  aent  for  him, — nay,  linully  hail  come  to  him,  and  had  lectured 
bim  with  blatant  nulKonty.     "  My  lord,"  said  the  pnrson  of  Ciurvring, 
plucking  up  BDmelliIng  of  his  ^aat  energy,  as  the  colour  rose  to  hit  fuou, 
*'  I  think  you  are  wrong  in  this,  I  think  you  arc  specially  wcong  to  inter-fl 
fere  with  inc  in  thia  wny  on  your  first  coming  among  iis.  Yoti  fool  it  to  bfl 
your  duty,  no  doubt;  but  lu  me  it  aeoms  that  you  mintaltt  your  duty. 
But,  as  the  matter  is  one  simply  of  my  own  pieaaure,  I  abali  give  it  up." 
At\&  that  Mr.  Clavering  hunted  do  more,  and  never  spoke  a  good  word  to 
■ny  one  of  tlie  bishop  of  his  diocese.     For  myacU^  I  think  it  na  welt  that] 
elergynieu  should  not  hunt;  but  had  I  been  the  parson  of  Clavcrin(^ 
ohould,  under  those  circuiuBlanccs,  have  hunted  double, 

Mr,  Clnrering  hunted  no  more,  and  probably  stnoked  a  greatvr  number 
of  cigars  in  couaequeoee.  He  hud  an  iucre.'Uii-d  amount  of  time  at  hia 
disposal,  but  did  not,  therefore,  give  more  time  Lo  his  duticM.  Alas  I  whalj 
lime  did  he  give  to  liis  duties?  He  kept  a  moat  energetic  curate,  ivhc 
he  jilIoHed  to  do  almoet  what  he  would  wiib  the  pariah.  Every-ilayl 
i«r\-ice8  he  did  prohibit,  declaring  that  he  would  noi  luivo  tJie  pariJi 
church  made  ridiculoud  ;  but  in  other  respoets  big  cumto  was  the  pastor- 
Once  every  Sundny  be  read  the  service,  and  once  every  Sunday  he 
preiiehu!!,  and  he  rcfliJod  in  bin  par^inngo  ten  montha  every  year.  IIu 
vrifo  and  dmightera  went  luiioiig  the  poor.^and  he  smoked  cigara  io  hJi 
library.  Though  not  yet  fifty,  he  wa^  becoming  fnt  and  idle, — unwilliag^H 
IO  walk,  and  not  caring  tnucb  even  for  auch  riding  oa  the  biabop  had  Itft  * 
to  him.  And,  to  make  matters  worse, — far  worse,  be  knew  all  this  of 
himself,  and  undcnitood  it  thoroughly.  "I  ece  a  better  [>alh,  and  knew 
how  good  it  ia,  but  I  follow  ever  the  wonio."  He  woa  saying  tliat  to 
himwlf  daJy,  and  was  eayiug  it  always  without  hope.  ■ 

And  hia  wife  had  given  hira  up.  She  had  given  him  up,  not  with 
disdainful  rejection,  nor  with  contempt  in  her  eye,  or  ceniiure  ui  her  voice, 
not  with  diminution  of  love  or  of  outwan!  respect.  She  had  ^vcn  him 
up  OS  a  man  ahiiudong  hia  alteiiipl:*  to  make  hia  favourite  dog  take  thtt 
water.  He  would  lain  that  the  dog  lie  luvea  sliould  dash  into  the  stream 
oa  other  dogs  will  do,  It  in,  to  hia  thinking,  a  noble  instincl  in  a  dog. 
But  hia  dog  drctds  the  water.  As,  however,  he  has  learned  to  love  (ha 
beast,  be  puts  up  with  thin  minchotice,  and  never  ditnnia  of 


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THE  CLAVERIKaS.  141 

poor  PoQto  from  his  hearth  because  of  this  fiiilure.  And  bo  it  was  with 
lira.  ClaTering  and  her  husband  at  the  rectory.  He  understood  it  all. 
He  knew  that  he  was  bo  far  rejected ;  and  he  acknowledged  to  himself  the 
neceantj  for  such  rejection. 

"It  is  a  very  Bcrioxts  thing  to  decide  upon,"  he  said,  vhen  his  son 
had  spoken  to  him. 

"  Yea  ;  it  is  serious, — about  as  serious  a  thing  as  a  man  can  tliiuk  of; 
but  a  man  cannot  put  it  off  on  that  account.     If  I  mean  to  moke  such  a 
flange  in  m;  plana,  the  sooner  I  do  it  the  bettor." 
"  But  jesterday  you  were  in  another  mind." 

"  No,  &ther,  not  io  another  mind.     I  did  not  tell  you  then,  nor  can  I 
tell  yon  all  now.     I  bad  thought  that  I  should  want  my  money  for  another 
purpose  for  a  year  or  two ;  but  that  I  have  abandoned." 
"  Is  the  purpose  a  secret,  Harry  f  " 
"  It  is  a  secret,  because  it  concerns  another  person." 
"  Ton  were  going  to  lend  your  money  to  some  one  ?  " 
"I  must  keep  it  a  secret,  though  you  know  I  seldom  have  any  secrets 
Ixem  yon.     That  idea,  however,  is  abandoned,  and  I  mean  to  go  over  to 
Stntton   to-morrow,  and  tell  Mr.  Burton    that  I  shall   be   there  al\er 
(^uistmas.     I  must  be  at  St.  Cuthbert's  on  Tuesday." 

Then  they  both  sat  silent  for  a  while,  ulently  blowing  out  their  clouds 
of  nnoke.  The  son  had  said  all  that  he  cared  to  say,  and  would  have 
viihed  that  there  might  then  be  an  end  of  it ;  bat  he  knew  that  his  father 
hod  much  on  his  mind,  and  would  fain  express,  if  he  could  express  it  with- 
out too  much  trouble,  or  without  too  evident  a  need  of  self-reproach,  his  own 
thoughts  on  the  subject.  "  You  have  mode  up  your  mind,  then,  altogether 
that  you  do  not  like  the  church  as  a  profession,"  he  said  at  last. 
"  I  think  I  have,  father." 

"  And  on  what  grounds  ?  The  grounds  which  recommend  it  to  you  are 
Tcty  strong.  Your  education  has  adapted  you  for  it.  Your  success  in 
it  is  already  ensured  by  your  fellowship.  In  a  great  degree  you  have 
at«red  it  as  a  profession  aheady,  by  taking  a  fellowship.  Whut  you  are 
duog  is  not  choosing  a  line  in  life,  but  changing  one  already  chosen.  You 
ve  making  of  yourself  a  rolUng  stone." 

"A  stone  ^ould  roll  till  it  has  come  to  the  spot  that  suits  it." 
"  Why  not  give  up  the  school  if  it  irks  you  7  " 

'  And  become  a  Cambridge  Don,  and  practise  deportment  among  the 
undergraduates." 

"  I  don't  see  that  you  need  do  that.  You  need  not  even  live  at  Cam- 
bridge. Take  a  church  in  London.  You  would  be  sure  to  get  one  by 
htJding  up  your  band.  If  that,  with  your  fellowship,  is  not  sufficient,  I 
will  give  you  what  more  you  want." 

"  No,  lather — no.     By  God's  blessing  I  will  never  ask  you  for  a  pound. 
I  can  hold  my  fellowship  for  four  years  longer  without  orders,  and  in  four 
fean'  time  I  think  I  can  earn  my  bread." 
"I  don't  doubt  that,  Harry." 


143 


TUB  CLAVKRINGS. 


"  Tlipn  why  slifiuld  I  not  follow  luy  wiiOiea  in  flJfi  maltw!  Tlio  trotlt 
is,  I  do  not  fi:«I  nijsoirqiialiflod  to  be  a  good  clorgyman." 

"  It  in  mil  that  joii  liare  ^onhu,  i«  it  ?  " 

"  I  nii^ht  iiavo  tlieui  if  I  camo  to  tibli  tnucli  nbout  it, — m  I  must  do 
if  I  t<Kilc  orders.  And  I  do  not  wiali  to  be  crippled  in  doing  wlwi  X  think 
lawfttl  by  conventional  rules.  A  ri;buI!ious  clcrgyinnn  i*.  I  ihink,  a  torry 
abject.  It  scuiDB  to  tno  tiiat  be  it  n  bird  Ixtuling  lii*  ovra  ti«it.  Now,  I 
knf>w  [  sbcuM  ben  rpbellimw  clergyman." 

"  111  our  diurch  iKc  life  of  a.  clergyman  ja  aa  tbc  life  of  any  otTict 
gentleman, — witliin  very  broad  limits." 

"  Then  why  did  Bisbop  Proudio  interfere  with  your  hitnUng?  " 

"  Limits  may  be  very  broitd,  Harry,  and  yet  cxcludv  hunting.  Biafa«J> 
Proudiu  wiia  vulgar  and  intrumvo,  bucIi  being  the  nninre  of  hia  wile,  who 
inntrnuta  him ;  but  if  you  were  in  oidcni  I  should  be  very  sony  to  sot  you 
take  to  hunting.'' 

'■  It  stems  to  me  that  a  clergyiniin  hn.t  notliing  lo  do  in  li(<!  unfpM  be  is 
nlA'.iya  preaching  and  tciicbing.  Looknt  Situl,"— Mr.  Saul  triuLhccurutijof 
ClaT^ring — "lie  is  ftlwaysi preaching  and  leaching.  He  is  doing  tho  best  he 
ctn  ;  unJ  what  a  life  of  it  he  hxa.  He  lias  literally  thrown  off  all  worldly 
ciirea, — und  couBequently  everybody  laughs  nt  him,  nnd  nobody  lores  hini. 
1  don't  believe  a  belter  man  brratho*,  but  I  dhoiildn't  liko  his  ttfo.'* 

At  this  point  tliert'  wan  ancitliCT  {iiium;,  which  lasted  till  the  ctgam  had 
eorac  to  an  end.  Then,  m  he  threw  tlie  titump  into  tho  fire,  Mr.  Clavftring 
■poke  agiiin.  "  The  truth  is,  Harry,  that  you  hflTC  had,  all  your  lif^  a 
bad  example  before  you." 

"  No,  futlier." 

"  Tcis  my  pon ; — ItE  me  speak  on  lo  llie  end,  and  llien  you  can  *ay 
what  you  plen9«.  In  ine  you  have  had  a  bud  bxnmple  on  one  aide,  and 
now,  in  poor  Saul,  you  have  a  had  example  on  tlio  other  aido.  Can  you 
6ncy  no  life  between  tbc  two,  which  would  fit  your  phyacal  nature  which 
in  larger  than  hi«,  nnd  your  mental  Avnuitt  which  ara  higher  than  mtOfe? 
Tw,  they  »re-,  Harry.  It  is  my  duty  to  say  thia,  but  it  would  bi!  unseemly 
that  there  tJiould  be  any  controversy  between  us  on  liic  subjuct." 

"If you  choose  to  stop  nic  in  that  wny " 

"  I  do  chooite  lo  rtop  you  in  that  way.  As  for  Saul,  it  [«  imponiblo 
that  you  should  become  aueh  a  man  na  he.  It  is  not  that  he  mortifica  hia 
Ilnxh,but  tliat  hnhat  no  flesh  to  mortify.  Ue  is  unconscious  of  the  flavour 
iif  veiiiBoii,  or  the  ecciil  of  roBee,  or  tlie  beauty  of  women.  lie  is  an  «i- 
eeptionnl  gpecimon  of  a  man,  and  you  need  no  more  fear,  than  you  diould 
venture  to  hope,  that  you  could  become  such  at  he  is." 

At  tliia  point  tbfly  were  intcrriiplod  by  the  entrance  of  Fanny  Clnvcriits, 
who  caine  to  say  llmt  Mr.  Saul  was  in  llio  drawing-room.  "What  do«i 
be  want,  Fanny  1 "  Tliij  quefltion  Mr,  Clavcring  nakod  half  in  n  whisper, 
but  with  something  cf  comic  hnniour  in  hi*  face,  nn  though  pcu-lly  afnud 
that  Mr,  San!  Nlioiild  hear  it,  nod  partly  intending  to  convoy  a  wish  that 
ho  might  e«ape  Mr.  Saul,  if  it  woic  poaaiblc. 


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THE  CLAVERINGS.  143 

"It'fl  about  tlio  iron  cTinrcli,  papa.  He  snys  it  a  come, — or  part  of  it 
has  come, —  and  he  wants  you  to  go  out  to  Cumberly  Green  about 
the  site." 

"  I  thought  that  was  all  settled." 
"  He  says  not."  ' 

"  What  does  it  matter  ivhere  it  is  7     He  can  put  it  anywliere  he  likes 
on  the  Green.     However,  I  had  better  go  to  him."     So  Mr.  Clavering 
went.     Cumberly  Green  was  a  hamlet  iu  the  pariah  of  Clavering,  three 
miles  distant  from  the  church,  the  people  of  which  had  got  into  a  wicked 
habit  of  going  to  a  diBsenting  chapel  near  to  them.     By  Mr.  Saul's  energy, 
but  chiefly  out  of  Mr.  Clavering's  purse,  an  iron  chapel  had  been  pur- 
chased for  a  hundred  and  fiiij  pounds,  and  Mr.  Snul  proposed  to  add  to 
his  owB  duties  the  pleasing  occupation  of  walking  to  Cumberly  Green 
every  Sunday  morning  before  breakfast,  and  every  Wednesday  evening 
after  dinner,  to  perform  a  service  and  bring  back  to  the  true  flock  as  many 
of  the  erring  sheep  of  Cumberly  Green  as  he  might  be  able  to  catch. 
Towards  the  purchase  of  this  iron  cliurch  Mr.  Clavering  had  at  first  given 
a  hundred  pounds.      Sir  Hugh,  in  answer  to  the  fifth  application,  had 
very  ungraciously,  through  his  steward,  bestowed  ten  pounds.   Among  the 
fermers  one  pound  nine  and  eightpence  had  been  collected.     Mr.  Saul 
had  given   two   pounds ;    Mrs.  Clavering  gave  five   pounds ;    the  girls 
gave  ten  shillings  each;  Henry  Clavering  gave  five  pounds; — and  then  the 
parson  made  up  the  remainder.     But  Mr.  Saul  had  journeyed   thrice 
painfully  to  Bristol,  making  the  bargain  for  the  church,  going  and  coming 
Mch  time  by  third-class,  and  he  had  written  all  the  letters ;  but  Mrs. 
Clavering  had  paid  the  postage,  and  she  and  the  girls  between  them  were 
Biaking  the  covering  for  the  little  altar. 

"  Is  it  all  settled,  Harry  ?  "  said  Fanny,  stopping  with  her  brother,  and 
hanging  over  hia  chair.     She  was  a  pretty,  gay-apiritcd  girl,  with  bright 
eyes  and  dark  brown  hair,  which  full  in  two  curls  behind  her  cars. 
"  He  has  said  nothing  to  unsettle  it." 
"  I  know  it  makes  him  very  unhappy." 

"  No,  Fanny,  not  very  unhappy.     He  would  rather  that  I  slionld  go 
into  the  church,  bnt  that  is  about  all." 
"I  think  you  are  quite  right." 
"  And  Maty  thinks  I  am  quite  wrong." 

"  Mary  thinks  so,  of  course.  So  sJionId  I  too,  periiaps,  if  I  were 
engaged  to  a  clergyman.  That's  the  old  story  of  the  fox  who  had  lost 
his  tail." 

"  And  yoiu*  tail  isn't  gone  yel  ?  " 

"No,  my  tail  isn't  gone  yet.  Mary  thinks  that  no  life  is  like  a 
eltrpj-man's  life.  But,  Harry,  though  mamma  h.TSn't  s-iid  so,  I'm  sure  she 
thinks  you  are  right.  She  won't  say  so  as  long  as  it  may  seem  to  interfere 
with  anything  papa  may  choose  to  say ;  but  I'm  sure  she's  glad  in  her 
heart." 

"  And  I  am  glad  in  my  heart,  Fanny,     And  as  I'm  the  person  most 


144 


Till;  CLAVEBINOa. 


BoniM^nud,  I  (.uppoM  tlint's  tli^  moEt  tnat«rial  tiling."     Then  iltoy  fol- 
lowed tlietr  faiUcr  into  llie  (Irnwing^rootn. 

"  Couldn'l  you  diivc  Mrs.^Jiuveriu^'  cvt-r  in  tlic  I'oii)'  uluiir,  and  Ktllu 
it  between  you,"  mid  Mr.  Cluvering  to  his  curate.  Mi'.  Saul  looked  dift- 
appoiatcd.  In  tlic  first  ^Ihcc,  Lc  Imlcd  driving  the  pony,  which  w^  a  ■ 
rapid-footed  little  itMxt,  that  Imd  n  will  of  litK  awn ;  iLud  in  the:  next  pUcit, 
hu  thought  the  rector  ought  to  visit  lh«  «^K>t  on  suoh  an  occjuuon.  "  Oc 
ilra.  Cljivering  will  drive  you,"  aaid  the  rcclor,  rcmeiuberini;  Mr.  SauTa 
Dbjecti<-a  to  the  pony.  Still  Mr.  Sunt  looked  unhappy.  Mr.  Saul  wu 
very  tull  snd  very  thin,  witli  ft  tall  thiu  heaA,  and  wcnk  eyes,  and  ■ 
lAarp,  n'cll-«ut  noEi:,  imd,  so  to  «Ay,  no  lipa^  nuil  very  whit«  toclh,  with  no 
beard,  mid  »  well-cut  cliln.  ilis  fuce  ivob  so  iLiin  that  his  clieckbonea 
obtruded  tliemsolves  unpteasiQtIy,  lie  wore  a.  long  rusty  btwck  coat,  and 
«  high  rusty  blaclt  wRintcoat,  nnd  trousers  that  W(rc  brown  with  dirty 
roadit  nnd  general  ill-usagf.  Nevertheless,  it  never  occttrrcd  to  nay  one 
Uiut  Mr.  Suul  did  uot  iuuk  like  a  geutleuiau,  not  even  to  himself,  to  wbom 
no  ideas  whatuver  on  thut  Kubjcct  ever  prexentwl  tliumeelvL-a.  Uut  tliat  be 
was  a  gentleman  I  think  he  knuw  well  enough,  and  was  able  to  cniry  liim- 
lelr  before  Sir  Hugh  and  hia  wife  with  quite  as  much  ease  ns  he  could  do 
in  tho  rcKlory.  Once  or  twice  he  bad  dined  at  the  great  house;  but  hady 
Clrkverlng  liud  declared  him  to  bo  a  bore,  and  Sir  Hugh  had  called  him 
"that  CDOflt  ofTensivo  of  all  uniiiiatii,  »  cluritvil  pi*ig-"  It  had  therefore 
hcen  decided  thiit  he  waa  not  tu  l>e  oalted  to  tlic  great  house  any  more. 
Jt  niaj  be  09  well  to  &Cate  herc^  as  elsewhere,  that  Mr.  Clavcring  very 
Tnriily  went  to  his  ni?pbew's  t^ble.  On  certain  occa&ioRB  he  did  do  to,  to 
tli;it  liifro  might  be  no  recognized  qiinrrcl  between  liim  and  Sir  Hu{;li ; 
but  such  viKitu  wtjrii  few  iiiul  liir  between. 

After  a  few  more  words  front  Mr.  Siitd,  nnd  a  glance  trom  Lis  wife's 
eye,  Mr.  Clnvering  consented  lo  go  to  Cumbetly  Green,  though  there 
waa  nothing  he  liked  so  little  as  a  morning  spent  with  his  cuntte.  When 
lie  hail  fltarted,  Ilnrry  told  hia  mother  aUo  of  liia  final  decision.  I  ah*Il 
go  to  Strsillon  to-morrow  and  settlo  it  all." 

"  And  what  iws  paiHi  say  7  "  uiikvtl  the  mother. 

"  Just  what  he  LiiH  naid  hefure.  It  u  not  bo  much  that  lie  wlalios  me 
to  be  a  clerg^'uian,  as  tliat  be  doea  not  wiali  me  lo  h.TVc  lost  nil  tny  tine  up 
lo  thiB." 

"  It  is  mor«  than  tliut,  I  tliiok,  llarry,"  eaiJ  his  elder  fisUiz,  a  tail  girl, 
leas  pretty  than  h«?r  sister,  iippnrantly  Il-m  care/iil  of  her  prcltine*;^,  very 
(\iilct,  or,  an  BOtnc  isnid,  dcmurej  but  known  to  be  good  as  gold  by  oil  wIm 
knew  her  well. 

"  1  doiihl  it,"  said  Ilany,  atoutly,  "  But,  lioncver  that  may  be,  a  man 
must  chcoae  fur  hinL»elf." 

"  We  nil  thouglit  you  had  chonen,"  said  Mary. 

■-  If  it  is  settled,"  said  the  mother,  "  I  suppose  we  diall  do  no  good  bjr 
oppoMiig  it." 

"  Would  you  wikIi  to  oppose  it,  mamma  7  "  aai J  Hurry. 


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TOE  CLAV£RINGS.  145 

"  Xo,  my  dear.  I  think  you  ehoutd  judge  for  yourself." 
"  You  aee  I  could  hare  no  scope  in  the  church  for  that  sort  of  ambition 
vhich  would  aatiafy  me.  Look  at  such  men  as  Locke,  and  Stephenson, 
ind  Brassey.  They  are  the  men  who  seem  to  me  to  do  moat  in  the  world. 
They  were  all  self-educated,  but  surely  a  man  can't  have  a  worse  chance 
beoaoae  he  haa  learned  eomethiog.  Look  at  old  Beilby  with  a  seat  in 
Parliament,  and  a  property  worth  two  or  three  hundred  thousand 
pounds  I     When  he  waa  my  age  he  had  nothing  but  his  weekly  wages." 

"  I  don't  know  whether  Mr.  Beilby  is  a  yeiy  happy  man  or  a  very 
good  man,"  said  Mary. 

"  I  don't  know,  either,"  said  Harry ;  "  but  I  do  know  that  he  has 
iLrown  a  single  arch  over  a  wider  span  of  water  than  ever  was  done 
before,  and  that  ought  to  make  him  happy."  Afler  saying  this  in  a  tone 
of  high  authority,  befitting  hia  dignity  as  a  fellow  of  his  coll^,  Harry 
Clarering  went  out,  leaving  his  mother  and  sisters  to  discuss  the  subject 
vhich  to  two  of  them  was  all-important  As  to  Mary,  she  had  hopes  of 
lier  own,  vested  in  the  clerical  concerns  of  a  neighbouring  parish. 


chapter  hl 
Lord    Ohoas. 

Oi  the  next  morning  Horry  Clsvcring  rode  over  to  Stratton,  thinking 
anch  of  bis  misery  as  he  went.  It  was  all  very  well  for  him,  in  the 
pretence  of  his  own  family  to  talk  of  his  profesuon  as  the  one  subject 
*bich  was  to  him  of  any  importance  ;  but  he  knew  very  well  himself  that 
Ik  WIS  only  beguiling  thorn  in  doing  so.  Tbis  question  of  a  profession 
na,  after  all,  but  dead  leaves  to  him, — to  hiiu  who  had  a  canker  at 
it'a  heart,  a  perpetual  tborn  in  his  bosom,  a  mistery  within  him  which 
no  profession  could  mitigate  1  Those  dear  ones  at  home  guessed  nothing  of 
tliis,  and  he  would  take  care  that  they  should  guess  notliiug.  Why  should 
tiiey  liave  the  pain  of  knowing  that  he  had  been  made  wretched  for  ever 
bjr  blighted  hopes?  His  mother,  indeed,  had  suspected  something. in 
ibcHe  sweet  days  of  his  roaming  with  Julia  through  the  park.  She  had 
once  or  twice  said  a  word  to  warn  liim.  But  of  the  very  trutli  of  his  deep 
toTc.-i-so  he  told  himself, — she  had  been  happily  ignorant.  Let  her  be 
i^Qbront.  Why  should  he  make  his  mother  unhappy  7  As  these  thoughts 
[4Md  through  his  mind,  I  think  that  he  revelled  in  his  wretchedness,  and 
nude  much  to  himself  of  his  misery.  He  sucked  in  hia  sorrow  greedily, 
ud  was  Bomewliat  proud  to  have  had  occasion  to  break  his  heart.  But 
not  the  h-Bs,  because  he  was  thus  early  blighted,  would  he  struggle  for 
tuccesB  in  the  world.  He  would  show  her  that,  as  liis  wife,  slic  might  have 
W  a  worthier  position  than  Lord  Ongar  could  give  licr.  He,  too,  might 
proliably  rise  the  quicker  in  tlie  world,  oa  now  he  would  have  no  impedl- 
sient  of  wife  or  family.    Then,  as  he  rode  along,  bo  composed  a  sonnet, 


filling  to  liis  case.  Ihc  strength  and  rhyrhm  r.f  which  th-ptned  lo  Hm, 
Kit  on   horM'back,  to   he  nlniOKt  iierfecl.      Unfortunately,  vilcn  hi 
buck  At  Cliireriiig,  nni]  »nt  tn  hid  room  with  the  pen  ia  hU  LaSi),  tbc  toni 
of  lie  wot(!b  had  eai^apod  him. 

He  found  Hr.  Durioii  At  home,  nnd  was  not  Ion;  in  oondudinf^  tiit 
bviineiw.  Mowrn.  Bcilby  and  Burton  were  net  only  dri!  engineers,  bat 
were  Iai;il  surveyors  alio,  and  land  valaera  on  a  great  scale.  Thoy  were" 
oiuployed  iiiach  by  QoTcmmeat  tipon  public  buUdiogB,  and  if  not  architect* 
thcmseht ft,  were  Biippoaed  to  know  nil  that  «rehit*cla  uliould  do  and  sltould 
not  do.  In  tlif  purclidsi;  of  gn-ut  propcriit*  Mr.  Burton's  opinion  WM 
euppoBcd  to  }'^,  wr  to  have  been,  as  good  ns  any  in  llie  kingdom,  4n<I 
thtreforc  there  was  very  tnucli  to  he  leoroed  in  the  offire  nt  Strattoa. 
Bat  Mr.  Burton  was  not  a  rich  man  like  his  portDor,  Mr.  Bcilby,  oor  m 
ORibttlonii  man.  He  hud  ncv<T  soared  Parliamcntwardit,  had  never  speou- 
ht«d,  had  never  invented,  and  npver  been  pre-at.  He  had  been  tlie  father 
of  a  verj'  large  tataily,  all  of  whonx  were  doing  as  well  in  the  world,  mi, 
Bome  of  iJieni  perhaps  hfller,  thnn  their  falliiT.  Indeed,  ihore  wore  many 
who  said  that  Mr.  Burtoa  would  havu  bi'cn  a  nchcr  man  if  he  had  not 
juinod  liimwlf  in  pnrlnwjhip  with  Hr,  Eoilby.  Mr.  Bciihy  h*d  the 
repulntion   ol'  Kn:iUoiviiijr  more  thnn  his  nhare  whererer  he  went. 

Wht'ii  llio  bneiness  pnrt  of  the  arrangement  was  Ciuehed  Mr.  Bnrloa 
talked  to  lii%  future  pupil  about  lodgings,  and  went  out  with  him  into  the 
town  to  louk  for  ro^nn.t.  The  (Id  man  found  that  nniTy  Clavcring  was 
ittti)«r  nice  in  tliia  respect,  ond  in  hia  own  mind  formed  an  idea  that  Uiii 
B«w  hegitiner  might  have  born  a  more  luispioiouR  pupil,  had  he  not  almdy 
l»-coine  a  fellow  of  a  college  Indeed,  Harry  talked  to  him  quite  ns  thongH 
Ihey  two  were  on  an  equality  together;  and,  bcfors  they  had  parted, 
Mr.  Burton  was  not  Euro  that  Ilnriy  did  not  pntronixe  htra.  Ite  aafcfd 
tho  young  man,  however,  to  join  them  at  tlieJr  early  dinner,  and  lh<Ml 
introducerl  him  to  Mr*.  Burton,  nnd  lo  their  youngest  datightrr,  the  only 
child  who  wnn  !itill  living  with  them.  "  All  my  other  glrli  are  marred, 
Mr.  Clttvcriiig  ;  »nd  all  of  iheai  mnrricd  tn  men  connected  with  my  «wn 
profeaaion."  The  colour  came  slightly  to  I'loKince  Burton'a  dieeks  aa  she 
heard  her  fachtr'a  woidfl,  and  Harry  jmkcd  himself  whether  the  old  mm 
fXiiectcd  ihnt  he  nlinuld  go  through  the  imme  ordeni ;  but  Mr.  Borlon 
himself  was  qitito  tinnwaro  that  he  had  ftnid  niiything  wrong,  and  then 
went  on  to  si)c.ilt  of  tht-  ouccm-ws  of  hij  eons.  *'  But  Ihej"  began  early, 
Mr.  Clavwing  ;  nnd  worted  hard, — very  hard  indeed,"  He  wax  &  good, 
kindly,  gamilous  old  man  ;  Init  Harry  began  to  donbl  wliethcr  he  woo' 
lairn  much  nt  Stralton.  It  waa,  however,  loo  late  to  think  of  that  noWi 
and  i-verything  was  fi.xed. 

Harry,  when  he  locjkcd  nt  Flcrcnce  Burton,  at  once  declared  lo  bin; 
that  tibo  wna  plain.     Anything  more  unlike  .Tulia  Braliasron  nercrjippt: 
in  the  guise  of  a  young  lady.     Jiilin  was  tall,  with  a  high  brow,  a  glori 
complexion,  n  no5v  uf  finely  modelled  ae  lUougli  a  (trccifln  sculptor  K 
cut  il^  a  aniall  mouih,  but  lovely  in  ita  curves,  and  a  chin  that 


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mil  made  perKict  the  f^mmctry  of  Iilt  face.     Ilur  neck  ivus  long,  hut 

graceful  08  a  swan's,  her  bust  whs  full,  nnd  her  wliole  figuro  like  that  of  a 

gocl<li.«9.     Addled  to  this,  when  he  had  first  known  her,  had  been  all  the 

charm  of  youth.     When  she  had  returned  to  Clavoring  the  other  day,  tho 

■ffianced  bride  of  Lord  Ongar,  he  had  Lardly  known  whether  to  admire  or 

to  deplore  the  aettled  air  of  eBtahlisbed  womanhood  which  she  had  assumed. 

HcT  large  eyes  had  alw.iys  lacked  something  of  rapid  glancing  sparkling 

brightness.     They  had  been  glorioas  eyea  to  him,  and  in  tliose  early  days 

Le  had  not  known  that  they  lacked  aught ;   btit  he  liad  perceived,  or 

perhaps  fancied,  that  now,  in  her  present  condition  they  were  oflen  cold, 

and  EOTnetimen  almost  cruel.     Nevertheless  he  was  ready  to  swear  that  she 

¥»  perfect  in  her  beauty. 

Poor  Florence  Burton  was  short  of  gtature,  was  brown,  meagre,  and 
poor-looking.  So  said  Harry  Clavering  to  himself.  Iler  small  hand, 
though  soft,  lacked  that  wondrous  charm  of  touch  winch  Julia's  possessed. 
Her  hiee  was  sliort,  and  her  forehead,  though  it  was  bi-oad  and  open,  had 
none  of  that  feminine  command  which  Julia's  look  conveyed.  That 
Florence's  eyes  were  very  bright, — bright  and  soft  as  well,  he  allowed  ; 
»nd  her  dark  brown  hair  was  very  glossy ;  but  she  was,  on  the  whole,  a 
■Kcac-looking  little  thing.  He  could  not,  as  he  said  to  himself  on  his 
rpturn  home,  avoid  the  comparison,  as  she  waa  tho  firat  girl  he  had  seen 
ncce  he  had  parted  from  Julia  Brabazon. 

"1  hope  you'll  find  yotirself  comfortable  nt  Stratton,  sir,"  said  old 
Mil.  Burton. 

"  Hiank  you,"  said  Harry,  "  but  I  want  very  little  myself  in  that  way. 
Anything  docs  for  mo." 

"  One  young  gentlcm;in  we  had  took  a  bedrnoin  at  Sirs.  Pott's,  and  did 
Tcry  iiicely  without  any  second  room  at  all.  "  Don't  you  icmembcr, 
.Vr,  B. ;  it  w.-is  young  Granger." 

"  Toiing  Granger  had  a  very  short  allowance,"  said  Jlr.  Burton.  "  IIo 
lilted  ujion  fifty  poimds  a  year  all  the  time  he  was  hero." 

"  And  I  don't  think  Scarneas  had  more  when  he  began,"  said 
Mr«,  Burton.  "  Mr.  f^ciimess  married  one  of  my  girls,  Mr.  Clavering, 
when  ho  started  him»^tf  at  Liverpool.  lie  h.is  pnlty  nigh  all  llio 
Liverpool  docks  under  him  now.  I  have  heard  him  siiy  that  butcher's 
meat  did  not  cost  him  four  shillings  a  week  all  lite  lime  he  was  here.  I've 
always  thonglit  Pfratlfn  one  of  the  rcasonahlest  places  anywhere  ibr  a 
vounjr  man  to  do  for  hiinjcif  in." 

"  I  don't  know,  my  dear,"  Ktid  the  husband,  "  that  Mr.  Chivering  will 
care  vcrj-  much  for  that." 

"  r<ihap«  not,  'Mr.  B.  ;  but  I  do  like  to  see  young  men  c.ireful  about 
t!;fir  ^I'ndingf.  Wliat's  the  uw  of  pjicndiug  a  shilling  when  sixpenco 
T.'ill  d-j  as  well;  nnd  sixpence  saved  when  a  man  has  nothing  but  hini- 
•Cif,  iK'C'.'nics  pounds  and  pounds  by  the  time  he  has  a  family  abnut 
kini." 

D'.iring  all  this  time  Mies  Burton  eaid  little  or  nothing,  and  Hurry 


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ClKvoniig  l)iniiii;ir  dttl  not  My  mncli.  He  could  not  express  tmy  ini 
cf  rivniliiig  Mr.  KcsiracMB  owmoniy  in  the  ftrticl*  of  biitclw*'*  meat,  ttot 
could  lie  promise  to  coutvnt  himsi-U'wirh  GiangcJ'N  wViUtry  lieJruom.  But 
as  lie  rotic  homo  lie  nlinoet  began  to  fear  tiial  lie  had  made  a  iiiiatakc. 
He  WM  not  wc-ilded  to  the  joj-a  of  hia  colli*ge  hall,  or  the  college  oommoa 
rooDi.  He  did  not  like  the  narroiTDcss  of  colK-gc  UiV.  But  he  doubted 
whvllier  llic  dituigo  from  tliat  to  the  oit  -  rcpcntud  hospitalitia  of 
Mrs.  Barton  might  not  be  too  inucli  for  him.  Seiirtiesa'^  ttnir  sliillinga'- 
worlli  of  butcher's  mt-iit  hud  ulrcaily  imidi;  Iiiui  half  eick  of  his  new  ptti- 
l«»sioD,  and  though  Strallon  might  be  the  "  reiisonublcst  plBce  anywhere 
for  a  young  man,"  he  could  not  look  fonvard  to  liring  tliere  for  a  year 
with  much  dvlight.  As  Ibr  Miss  Burton,  it  might  be  quite  na  well  thftt 
ab«  via  plain,  &8  he  wiitbed  for  Done  of  ili«  delights  whidi  beaut;  ufibithi 
to  young  men. 

On  hia  return  home,  however,  he  made  qo  complaint  of  Stratum.  He 
was  too  strong-willed  to  own  thjit  lie  had  been  in  any  way  wrong,  and 
when  caily  in  the  foUowing  week  lie  atartcd  for  St.  Culhhert's,  ho  was 
able  to  itppak  with  cheerful  hope  of  his  new  proApccts.  If  iiliimittoly  he 
thoiild  find  lifn  in  Stratton  to  hu  unendui'.iblt\  he  would  cut  ihnt  part  of 
hia  career  ithort,  uud  cuutrivc  to  get  up  to  Louduu  at  au  earlier  time  than 
he  hod  intended. 

On  the  Sift  of  August  Lord  Ongar  mid  Sir  Hugh  Clavering  Kttched 
Cl&vcrtng  Vaxk,  nnd,  as  has  been  aln-ady  told,  a  pretty  little  note  wa»  at 
once  Bent  up  lo  Miu  Brabfizon  in  hf  r  licdrouin.  When  she  mcC  Lord 
Ongar  io  the  drawing -iconi,  about  aii  hour  allerwiirds,  tihc  hud  instructed 
herwSf  tlint  it  woicM  he  best  to  tiny  nothini;  of  the  nc>te ;  but  she  eould 
not  rofiMin  fioni  a  word.  "  I  am  imn-li  obliged,  my  lord,  by  your  kisdneai 
and  gviicronity,"  tilie  snid,  us  tihu  gitve  hiin  her  hand.  lie  merely  bowed 
and  smiled,  anil  niuiteri^d  something  ns  tohia  hopiog  that  he  might  always 
find  it  aa  easy  to  f^iktily  her.  lie  vviifl  a  liitlii  man,  on  whoiw  bdialf  it 
cei'ktinly  iippenrcd  Ihnt  the  Peornge  must  hnro  told  a  lalsohood  ;  it  seeoKd 
to  ut  least  to  those  who  Judgvd  vf  hii  y^irs  from  his  appearance.  The 
Peerage  «aid  that  he  wua  thirty-ai.^,  and  that,  no  doubt,  was  in  truth  liis 
age,  but  any  one  would  have  declared  him  to  be  Ion  year*  older.  Thi» 
look  was  productd  chiefly  by  the  effect  of  an  eJuborately  dreased  j«t  j 
black  wig  which  ho  wore.  What  misfortune  had  made  him  bald  >o  corljf  S 
— il'  lo  be  laid  mrly  in  life  bu  a  inisfortano,^^!  caunot  say;  but  iMi 
ha<l  loot  tiie  hiilr  frcm  the  crown  of  liix  liend,  and  had  preferred  wiggeiy 
lo  bnldnc&a.  No  doubt  an  effort  was  made  to  liido  the  wiggiabnesa  of  bin 
wigs,  but  what  efi^ect  in  that  directiou  tvas  ever  made  mccMsfully  1  llo 
was,  moreover,  weak,  thiu,  and  physiwHy  poor,  and  lud»  no  doubt, 
incrensod  this  weukntiw  und  poornefis  by  hard  living.  Though  other* 
thoitglil  him  old,  time  had  gone  swiftly  with  hini,  and  lie  etiU  thought 
himself  a  young  ninn.  He  hunted,  though  he  could  not  ride.  He  shot, 
though  lie  could  not  walk.  And,  unfortun.alcly,  he  drank,  though  be 
hud  no  cnf  acity  for  dnuking  1     ILis  Jrienda  at  iaat  lutd  Uiugbt  litm  lei 


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bdiere  iIikI  his  only  cliancc  of  saTmg  liimitelf  liiy  in  marriago,  itnil  ttipre- 
Ibf*  be  I»«d  *ng»ge4  himscif  to  Julia  Brabajtoii,  puroWisiEs  !ier  nt  the 
price  of  a  brilliant  seltlement.  If  Lord  Ongar  should  die  bcforo  her, 
Ongsr  Poric  was  to  bo  here  fur  life,  with  tlioiiKiods  a  year  to  ninincain  it. 
Courton  Ofulle,  the  great  family  §eat,  would  of  cour.ic  go  to  the  Leir ;  hut 
Ongar  Park  nwi  suppooed  to  hn  llic  most  dcliglitful  sm.ill  couiiCrj-tiOAt 
uj'wiMrc  within  thirty  miles  of  L<^nd<?n.  It  luy  onion};  iho  .Surrey  hills, 
■ttl  all  the  tiorld  had  he^d  of  ilie  clinmii  of  Ongar  Psrk.     If  Julia  wn-e 

Wiarrire  hsr  lord,  Ongar  I^k  waa  Co  he  Itont ;  nnd  ihcy  who  inw  iheni 
Ik  together  hud  hut  litlln  doubt  ihnt  xhtt  would  ccma  to  the  cnjojiocnt 
ihtc  daiue  in  hvr  aeltltmeiit.  Lady  Cl«vmng  hnd  bwn  cltvec  in 
inaagiDg  the  match;  nnd  Sir  Hugh,  though  ho  might  hnvc  been 
■mrilling  to  give  his  u»ter-in-law  money  out  of  hit  own  pocket,  hud  por- 
fcnaed  his.  duty  aa  a  IirolIii;r-in-law  in  ioulting  to  her  future  wcHiirc. 
Jtilia  BrabozoD  had  no  doubt  that  alio  woa  doing  wcM.  Poor  Harry 
ChrciiDg  I  She  had  loved  him  in  the  days  of  her  loinana*.  8hc,  too, 
lad  written  bor  aonncte.  But  ihe  had  gronn  oU  i-nrlicr  iu  Ilk:  than  he 
bddonp,  aiid  hail  taught  herself  that  romance  cuiiUI  iiol  bo  nllotved  lo  a 
vcnut  in  b«r  positino.  Sh«  woa  highly  born,  tliti  daughter  of  a  peer, 
i^AmI  monej,  ud  ercn  without  n  hoinu  to  which  she  hnd  any  claim. 
Of  conmi  abe  had  acceptijd  Lord  Ongar,  but  she  lifid  not  put  out  her 
had  to  lake  all  these  good  thiags  without  reviving  tho-t  ehc  would  do  her 
tef  lo  bvr  future  lord.  The  duty  would  ba  doubtless  disngrccabloj  but 
^  would  do  it  with  all  the  more  dilif^onco  on  that  accAunl. 

September  passed  by,  hecfttombs  of  pfirtridge*  were  Elaughlorcd,  aad 

&»  day  of  the  wedding  drew  nigh.     It  waH  pretty  to  sco  Lord  Ongnr  nml 

Ibe  RtT-satist^ctioa   which   he   ciijcyi-J   ol    Una   time.     The  world  was 

Woming  j'oung  with  him  again,  and  he  thought  ihnt  bo  mthcr  ]ik«d 

ibc  rcfpcctahility  of  hiH  present  mode  of  life,     lie  gave  hlmseirhul  acuoly 

•Uovaii«C9  of  wine,  oiid  no  allowance  of  nnything  stronger  than  wine,  uud 

Ad  Bot  dulike  his  lempcrnncc.     Them  wna  about  him  at  all  hours  an 

■ir  which  KcoKd  to   say,   "  Tlicre;   J  told  you  nil  that  1  coukt  do  it 

M  loon  as  ih«re  waj  any  necessity.''      And  in  these  hnleyon  days  ho 

emitd  tboot  for  an  hour  without  his  pony,  and  he  liked  the  gentle  cour- 

koiM  hwlioage  which  was  bctowod  iipou  his  courtship,  and  ho  liked 

alio  Julia's  beauty.     Her  conduct  lo  hint  was  perfect.     She  was  never 

pen,  Devcr   cxigeant,  never   romantic,  and   ucrcr  humble.     She  never 

btftd  him,  and  yet  was  fllway^  ready  to  bo  with  him  when  he  wished  iL 

WBi  never  exalted  ;  aud  yet  Nhe  bore  her  high  place  as  became  a 

tiobly  boru  and  ackuowledged  to  bo  beautiful. 

**I  (Udara  you  have  iiuite  made  n  lover  of  liim,"  said  T^ndy  Clavcruig 

■ister.     When  a  ihoughtofthcnintch  had  (Irat  ariaea  in  Sir  Hugh's 

hoaae.  Lady  Clsvering  luul  been  esj^r  iu  praise  of  Lord  Ongar, 

or  eager  in  pratsu  nilht.'r  of  the  position  which  tht;  future  Lady  Oogst 

miglit  bold;  but  nnce  tlie  prizo  harl  been  iwcnrccl,  lincc  it  hud  h(<com« 

nlkin  that  Julia  was  ta  be  the  greater  woiiiau  of  the  two,  ah«  had  harped 


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sometitnea  on  tlic  oilier  Mring.  Aa  a  sisttnr  she  had  etrivea  for  a  ^ater'a 
vclfiiic,  Ijul  u  a  w&ntaa  alio  could  not  koop  livrtoir  Iroia  cootiMu-iMo* 
wiii<;ti  might  tcnil  tii  ulioiv  that  after  all,  wvH  us  Julia  was  doiiig,  fib«  uus 
iiol  (loiijg  bell^T  lliau  licx  cider  EiElcr  hiid  (Imic*  Hcriaionc  had  married 
Biinply  s  bnronrt.  »i:d  sol  tho  TJchcitt  or  th«  most  amiable  amoa^banxwU; 
bui  kIiv  1)U(I  iiiunii-d  h  riuii  viiiulile  in  age  and  vrealdi,  wiUt  wlium  aajr 
girl  might  hiwu  liccu  in  Icvu-.  .She  liad  not  aulil  bersolT  to  bo  llie  niino, 
or  nol  to  b«  the  nurse,  na  it  might  luni  out,  of  a  worn-oitt  di;baudid.  She 
woulJ  have  hinted  nuthing  of  this,  perha[i<i  hare  Ihoughl  notliiag  of  this, 
liad  net  Juliii  and  Lcrd  Ongar  walked  together  throngli  the  CUvcriog 
groves  as  though  they  were  two  j^oung  peo{iJe.  She  oived  it  as  a  duly  to 
her  aiatci'  to  jvoiot  out  that  Lord  Ongor  could  not  ho  a  romantic  yoiug 
person,  and  ought  not  to  be  encouraged  to  play  that  part. 

"  I  doik't  !kni>w  that  I  Uavo  made  auyihing  of  liim,"  anawered  Julia. 
"I  mppc-w  lie's  much  liko  other  men  whan  they're  goiag  to  be  mar- 
ried." Julia  quite  uadorslood  the  itlcas  th-at  werp  pausing  tlirough  hei 
eister'a  mind,  and  did  not  fiM-l  them  to  bu  unuutiirul. 

"  What  I  mean  if,  tliAt  ho  has  come  out  «o  stroag  in  the  liomeo  Iia«, 
which  wc  hardly  cxjiixted,  you  know.  We  shall  hare  liiuj  imdcr  your 
bedroom  window  with  a,  guitar  like  Doa  <iiiovauiUi" 

"  I  liojtu  »ol,  becousG  it's  bo  cold.  1  don't  think  it  Ilkpty,  sa  he  swma 
fond  of  guinjj;  to  bed  early." 

"And  it'd  tho  hont  thing  for  him,"  6aid  Wdy  CUveriag,  boooqaing 
Ecrious  and  cariifutly  benevolt-ut.  "  Id  tjuitv  a  wonder  ivliat  good  boim 
mid  ijuicl  living  have  dt>oo  for  him  iu  so  short  a  lime.  I  wa»  olMerring 
him  as  he  walked  yosierduy,  and  ha  put  bis  feet  to  the  ground  na  firuty 
aJmoHf  as  Hugh  docs." 

"  Did  he  indeed  7  1  hope  he  won't  ha70  the  hitbit  of  p uttuig  ]t« 
hand  down  lirnily  u  Ilugh  does  sometimes," 

"As  iar  that,"  said  Lady  Clavcring,  with  s  little  Lreuior,  "I  don't 
tliiiik  there's  much  diiTerence  between  tbcui.  They  all  say  that  when 
Lord  Ongar  means  a  thing  he  due^  mean  it." 

"  I  think  a  vn&n  ought  to  have  a.  way  of  h  is  own." 

"  Aiid  a  womoa  alsoj  don't  you,  iny  dear?  But,  ns  I  wits  saying,  if 
Lord  OngU'  will  cuutiaue  to  lake  care  of  hiiusclf  he  may  bocome  ^uita 
a  diflerent  tnan.  Hugh  says  that  he  driuk«  next  to  nothing  now,  and 
though  he  eomelimea  lighca  a  dj^ar  in  the  Kmoking-room  at  niglit,  ha 
hardly  ever  8tiioka»  it.  You  tauat  do  what  you  can  to  keep  liiiu  frota 
tobacco.  I  hiip]>en  to  know  thut  Sir  Charles  l*odiiy  uaid  that  ao  many 
cigars  wcic  worft;  for  him  cvt-n  tJtun  brandy," 

Ail  rhifl  Julia  bore  with  jui  ev*n  temper.  She  was  dctvnuiavd  to  b«r 
evfiyihing  till  her  lime  should  come.  Indeed  she  had  made  b«ndf 
understand  that  tlie  faeai-ing  of  eucli  tbingH  u  these  was  a  pnrt  of  llw 
price  which  hIio  was  to  be  called  upon  to  pay.  It  was  aot  pkanatfor 
liLT  to  hear  what  Sir  Charles  Poddy  had  said  .-iljout  the  tobaeeo  and 
brandy  of  the  man  i4iu  was  jiiat  going  to  marry.     Sfan  would  eoonrr  have 


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hcsrtl  ot  his  riding  sixty  miles  a  day,  or  (Lmciug  all  night,  as  she  might 
have  heard  had  she  been  contented  to  take  Horry  Glavering.  But  siie 
hod  made  her  selection  with  her  eyes  open,  and  wtia  not  di.-<posGd  to 
qoarrcl  with  her  bargain,  became  iJiat  whicli  she  hnd  bought  wa&  no 
better  than  the  article  which  she  had  known  it  to  be  when  she  was  making 
her  purchase.  Nor  was  she  even  angry  with  her  sinter.  "  I  will  do  the 
best  I  can,  Henny ;  you  may  be  sure  of  that.  But  there  are  some  things 
vhich  it  is  uaelees  to  talk  about," 

"  But  it  was  as  well  you  should  know  what  Sir  Charles  said." 

"  I  Imow  quite  enough  of  what  he  says,  Hermy, — quite  as  much,  I 
daresay,  as  you  do.  But,  never  mind.  If  Lord  Ongar  has  given  np 
moking,  I  quite  agree  with  you  that  it's  a  good  thing.  I  wish  they'd  all 
gire  it  up,  for  I  hate  the  smell  of  it.  Hugh  has  got  worae  and  worse. 
He  never  cares  about  changing  his  clothes  now." 

"  I'll  tell  you  what  it  is,"  said  Sir  Hugh  to  his  wife  that  night ; 
"  nzty  tboosand  a  year  ia  a  very  fine  income,  but  Julia  will  find  she  has 
caught  a  Tartar." 

"  I  suppose  he'll  hardly  live  long ;  will  he  7  " 

"  I  don't  know  or  care  when  he  lives  or  when  he  dies  ;  but,  by 
hesTca,  he  ia  the  most  overbeariDg  fellow  I  ever  had  in  the  houm  with 
me.  I  wouldn't  stand  him  here  for  another  fortnight, — not  even  to  make 
her  all  safe." 

"  It  will  soon  be  over.     They'll  be  gone  on  Thursday." 

"  What  do  you  think  of  his  having  the  impudence  to  tell  Cunlifie," — ' 
Conlifie  was  the  head  keeper; — "before  my  face,  that  he  didn't  know 
loytluDg  about  pheasants  I  '  Wei),  my  lord,  I  think  we've  got  a  few 
about  the  place,'  said  CunliSe.  '  Very  few,'  said  Ongar,  with  a  sneer. 
Now,  if  I  haven't  a  better  head  of  game  here  than  he  has  at  Courton,  I'll 
eat  him.     But  the  impudence  of  his  saying  that  before  me ! " 

"  Did  you  make  him  any  answer  7  " 

"  '  There's  about  enough  to  suit  me,'  I  said.  Then  he  skulked  away, 
knocked  off  his  pins.  I  shouldn't  like  to  bo  his  wife ;  1  can  tell 
JoUa  that." 

"  Julia  is  very  clever,"  said  the  sister. 

The  day  of  the  marriage  came,  and  everything  at  Clavertug  was  done 
with  niuafa  splendour.  Four  bridesmaids  came  down  from  London  on  the 
|veceding  day ;  two  were  already  staying  in  the  houso,  and  the  two 
coBsios  came  as  two  more  from  the  rectory.  Julia  Brabazon  had  never 
been  really  intimate  with  Mary  and  Fanny  Glavering,  but  she  had  known 
them  well  enough  to  moke  it  odd  if  she  did  not  a»k  them  to  come  to  her 
wedding  and  to  late  a  part  in  the  ceremony.  And,  moreover,  she  had 
thought  of  Harry  and  her  liltio  romance  of  other  days.  Harry,  perhapc, 
might  be  glad  to  know  that  she  had  shown  this  courtesy  to  his  sisters. 
Harry,  she  knew,  would  be  away  at  his  school.  Though  she  had  asked 
him  whether  he  inrant  to  citme  to  her  wedding,  she  had  been  better 
pleased  that  be  should  he  absent.     She  had  not  many  regrets  hcnifdf,  but 


ISfi 


THB  CtAVERTNfia, 


U  piMMd  "btt  to  tliink  that  he  ahauld  have  ihem.     So  Titary  and  Fanni 
GtaYeiing  were  naked  lo  attend  her  at  the  slur.     Mary  and  Fannjr  would 
both  have  preferred  to  dcclin^j  but  thnr  mother  li.id  told  th?ni  that  tlieyj 
could  not  do  eo.    "It  would  maVi.*  ill-feeling,"  mid  itn.  Clavt-ring;  "widj 
thjit  i»  wliftt  your  pnpn  {larticulurl}'  wiahes  lo  avoid." 

"  Wh(,-n  you  nay  papa  partioulnrly  wialies  anything,   mamma,  yoa 
slwnyM  ini-im  that  you  wiaU  it  particularly  youtaelf,"  ntd  Fanny.     "  Bq( 
if  it  must  be  done,  it  must ;  and  then  I  iJinll  know  haw  to  behave  wheafl 
Maiy'fttime  comes." 

The  bells  wcco  rung  lustily  all  Ihc  morning,  and  all  the  parish  vu 
there,  round  about  the  church,  to  see.  There  was  no  rword  of  a  lord 
ever  tiaviog  been  married  in  Clavering  church  before ;  and  now  tliui  lord  j_ 
waa  going  to  marry  my  ladyV  sister.  It  wa«  all  ono  as  though  she  we»fl 
B  ClavpTtng  hcriiclf.  Rut  ilitre  w:i!t  no  ecstntJc  joy  in  llic  jmrisli.  Then 
verc  1u  be  uo  bonfires,  and  no  eating  nud  ilriiiklng  at  Sir  Hugh's  cxpeitae, 
— no  comforts  provided  for  any  of  the  poor  by  Lady  Ciaveriag  en  that 
Bpucial  occasion.  Indeed,  there  was  never  niucU  of  such  kindneaaet 
hvtwcen  the  lord  of  the  soil  nud  his  dependants.  A  ocitain  stipolatol 
dole  waa  given  at  ChriBtmat  for  cools  and  blankets ;  but  even  for  thaf^ 
there  was  generally  annie  wrangle  between  the  rector  and  the  Bteward.^ 
"  If  there's  to  h^  nil  this  row  nboiit  it,"  the  rector  had  «iid  to  the  steward, 
"  I'll  never  link  fur  it  again."  "  I  wIhH  my  uncle  would  only  be  as  good 
OS  hit  word,"  Sir  Hugh  had  said,  when  the  rector's  speech  was  repeated 
to  him.  Tlierefore,  there  was  not  much  of  real  rejoicing  in  the  parbh  on 
tliia  occasion,  though  the  bells  were  rung  loudly,  and  though  llic  people, 
young  and  old,  did  cluster  rouml  the  churchyard  to  ecc  the  lord  lead  Ua 
bride  nut  uf  the  church.  "A  puir  feckless  Uiing,  tottering  along  like,— 
not  half  the  makings  of  a  man.  A  stout  Iuhs  like  ttlie  could  a'raast  btow 
him  away  wi'  a  puff  of  her  nionlh."  That  waa  the  Terdict  which  an  old 
farnLLT's  wife  I'Dd^^jd  upon  him,  and  tliiit  verdict  was  made  good  by  tha 
gcnoml  opinion  of  the  parish. 

But  though  the  lord  might  be  only  hall*  a  man,  Julia  Brabaion  walked 
out  from  the  chiuch  every  inch  a  countess.  Whatever  price  she  might 
have  paid,  abu  hail  nt  any  rato  got  the  thing  which  she  had  intended  to 
buy<  And  as  she  stepped  into  the  chariot  which  carried  her  away  to 
the  railway  station  on  her  way  to  Dover,  she  told  herself  that  she  had 
done  right.  Slie  had  chosen  her  profeawon,  aa  Harry  Claverlng  hid 
chown  hia ;  and  having  eo  far  succeeded,  she  would  do  bar  beat  to  make 
her  success  perfect.  Mi?rcenary !  ttf  cour«o  she  had  been  mercenary. 
Were  not  all  men  and  women  mercenary  upon  whota  deYoIvcd  the 
neecMdty  of  earning  tbeir  bread  7 

Then  there  was  a  great  breaVlast  at  the  part, — for  the  cjrutlity.^HuiS 
the  rector  on  this  occasion  sobmittcd  himself  to  bccoiac  the  guest  of  tht 
rephcw  whom  he  thoroughly  diaJiked. 


iovl 
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thai 


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IPIg   flfuKntrgm^n. 


Aboct  a  year  ngo,  the  Saturday  Review  published  an  article  which  gave  me, 
u  its  articles  often  do  give  me,  much  food  for  reflection.  The  article  waa 
ibout  the  unjust  estimate  which,  says  the  Saturday  Review,  I  form  of  my 
CDDiitrymen,  and  about  the  indecency  of  talking  of  "  British  PhilistineB,"  It 
ippeara  that  I  assume  the  truth  of  the  transcendental  syxtem  of  philosophy, 
md  then  lecture  my  wiser  countrymen  because  they  will  not  join  me  in 
ncogniEing  aa  eternal  truths  a  set  of  platitudes  which  maybe  proved  to  bo 
iilse.  "  Now  there  is  in  England  a  school  of  philosophy  which  thoroughly 
onderetands,  and,  on  theoretical  grounds,  deliberately  rejects,  the  philo- 
Hphical  tlieory  wliich  Mr.  Arnold  accuses  the  English  nation  of  neglecting ; 
«A  the  practical  efforts  of  the  English  people,  especially  their  practical 
efforts  in  the  way  of  criticism,  are  for  the  most  part  strictly  in  accordance 
with  the  principles  of  that  philosophy." 

I  do  not  quite  know  what  to  say  about  the  transcendental  system  of 
{Jiikisophy,  for  I  am  a  mere  dabbler  in  these  great  matters,  and  to  grasp 
ud  bold  a  iiystem  of  philosophy  is  a  feat  much  beyond  my  strength ;  but 
I  certainly  did  talk  about  British  Philistines,  and  to  call  people  Fhilistinea 
vbeo  they  are  doing  just  what  the  wisest  men  in  the  country  have  settled 
to  be  quite  right,  does  seem  unreasonable,  not  to  siiy  indecent.  Being 
mlly  the  most  teachable  man  alive,  I  could  not  help  making,  after  I  had 
read  the  article  in  the  Saturdai/Revietu,  a  serious  return,  as  the  French  say, 
u^n  mysL'If ;  and  I  resolved  never  to  call  my  countrymen  Philistines  again 
till  I  had  thought  more  about  it,  and  could  be  quite  sure  I  waa  not  com- 
taiiling  an  indecency. 

I  was  very  much  fortified  in  this  good  nsohition  by  something  else 
»Lich  happened  about  the  Fame  time.  Every  one  knows  that  the  heart  of 
lie  English  nation  is  its  middle  class ;  there  had  been  a  good  deal  of  talk, 
a  fear  ago,  about  the  education  of  this  clasa,  and  I,  among  others,  had 
imagined  it  was  not  good,  and  that  the  middle  ciii^  suffered  by  its  not 
being  better.  But  Mr.  Bazley,  the  Member  for  Manchester,  who  is  a 
kind  of  representative  of  this  class,  made  a  Rpeech  last  year  at  Manchester, 
ihe  middle-class  metropolis,  which  shook  me  a  good  deal.  "  During  tho 
lut  few  months,"  said  Mr.  Bazley,  "  there  had  been  a  cry  that  middle- 
clua  educatiun  ought  to  receive  more  attention.  He  confessed  hiiuscif 
Ttry  much  surprised  by  the  clamour  that  was  raised.  He  did  not 
Itiiilt  tlial  class  need  excite  the  sympathy  either  of  the  leginluture  or  the 
jiibUc."  Much  to  the  fcame  effect  spoke  Mr.  Miall,  another  middle-class 
iwier,  in  tlic  Nonconformist :  "Middle-clans  education  seems  to  be  the 
Aroiiritc  topic  of  the  hour,  and  we  must  confess  to  a  feeling  of  shaine 

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tLc  iii>i»«Tne  wliifh  i.1  being  nllertil  on  llio  siibj* 
thought  frwin  wb;it  is  eaid,  lliU  tbi«  st-ctlon  of  the  comninntlj-,  which  \iM 
done  evei-yihing  else  eo  well, — which  has  nstoniBhcd  iho  wodd  hy  it* 
tnctgy,  t^utcrprisc,  and  Hlf-iGliuiicc,  whicli  ja  conliutiully  ulriluDg  «iik 
new  pnths  of  in<iu«ty  nnd  nihdumg  the  fwcot  ct  ratiirc, — cannoJ,  frmu 
tWHio  niysterioua  reason,  get  their  cliildreii  properly  educated."  Still  inoro 
etroDg  vfere  tbu  woinJa  of  the  Uaify  JVew-j  (I  love  tu  rargo  idl  Iho  evidence 
in  bUck  and  wMla  befbia  hlw,  tbuugb  it  tmda  bi  my  owu  dtBcomfiturc) 
nbout  Uiu  thiiider  Mmut  &f  lu  wore  luakiiig  :  "  All  llie  world  knows  that 
the  great  niiOclIo  oliisa  cf  this  country  siippUcs  tiie  mind,  the  will,  and  tbo 
jjower  for  all  the  grwat  and  gcc4  thingn  thiit  have  to  be  done,  nnd  it  is  not 
likely  that  tlinl  cln**  iliould  surrvndcr  ita  porrun  uad  piivilrgev  in  the  one 
CMO  of  the  training  of  its  own  children.  How  the  ideii  of  such  a  Khenie 
can  lutva  occitrred  to  8aybciiy,]iow  itcan  linvc  been  tninginod  that pArenb 
and  schoolmiuterg  in  ihc^  moi^t  tiiOopondcnt,  and  active,  nnd  enlif^leiud 
clan  of  Engli^th  Huct«ty,  how  it  can  Imvu  been  siippoBcd  that  tliQ  ofau* 
which  has  done  all  the  great  ibings  (hat  h»vv  bovn  done  in  all  depart- 
meiiiH,  will  beg  tbc  liovernuient  to  send  ioiipcDtcrB  tliroiigh  ita  school*^ 
when  it  CAD  )l«df  cocDmand  whaicvci'  ndvaniiigcs  exUl,  might  eecin  unin- 
t^Uigiblo  bnt  for  two  of  tbre»  con»idoralion«."  Thoc  eonsidrralions  do 
not  tnuclt  Diiater  jtuC  now  ;  but  il  li  cltiir  Low  pvifuully  Mr.  Bail^'i 
ptnnd  VFiia  IV  otsnd  such  tui  it  Ijccumua  a  nprctentative  tnaa  llkv  )Ir.  _ 
Dozlcy  to  luak?,  and  how  well  tho  DiUj/  I'dejniph  might  any  of  thsfl 
•pcceh  :  "  It  was  at  once  grand,  genial,  national,  and  distinct;  "  and  the 
Morning  Slor  cf  the  spcitk^r  ;  "  IIv  talked  to  hii  conftit u^nl)  ai 
AIiiacheBtei'  f«op1ti  like  to  bu  talked  tu,  in  tho  hiiigitago  of  cleiir,  manly 
intelligent!,  which  pencti'iitL-it  t)jr(iii{;li  Mophiiiniii  ignores  cominaufJaoei, 
and  giv(!a  io  eciivcnlionut  illusions  their  Into  valoo.  His  spe«eb  waa 
thoroughly  iiialinct  with  that  earnest  good  semte  which  tliaractcriata 
MaDcheflt«r,  nnd  which,  indeed,  may  be  fjurly  aet  duwn  us  thv  goacnl 
characteriRtic  of  England  nnd  Englishmen  everywhere." 

Of  cDurati  if  rhilistinism  ia  cbaracteristio  of  the  British  nalioD  jrat 
now,  il  muht  in  n  spwial  way  be  chai-actcri*lic  d  (ho  rep?w»ntativ«  jaot 
of  the  British  nation,  the  iiHit  by  which  t1i«  British  nation  b  what  it  ii^ 
itnd  doc)  all  it*  best  things,  the  luiOilIe  c!aa>.  And  the  ncwvpspcn,  wbt 
have  to  many  more  inuina  ibun  J  of  knowing  the  truth,  and  who  ban 
tliat  trotichnnt  authoritative  otyli;  fur  en muniiii ailing  it  which  makes  M 
great  nn  iinprcBsioii,  Riy  that  tho  Uriiisb  middle  cliw*  id  cliaractorizn^,  not 
by  P]iili»linLim,  but  by  enlightcnnKiit;  by  a  piutsiun  ll>r  penetrating 
through  Eophisui;,  ign&riiig  cDiumxniplocca,  aud  giving  to  cODVcalJCVal 
illtiaions  their  true  v»liiv.  Et'Jdvntly  it  is  nonseDBe,  aa  the  DuUi/  Nttn 
Bik)'*,  to  lliiiik  ihiit  tliia  gri-»t  middle  class  whicli  EiipplicA  the  mind, 
the  will,  nrul  the  power  for  all  tbi;  gri'Dt  iind  gimd  tilings  th«t  have 
to  be  diinn,  nhnuld  want  its  Rcboob,  the  riiirsfiriiii  of  its  iidtnirablo  inlftUI- 
gence,  mciidk'd  with.     It  may  *a«ly  lu  imn^ined  that  all  this,  coming  «fl 


llie  top  of  the  SuUirdag  Itrn'nf't  rebwlio  of  mo  for  Indecpncy,  was  onongfa 


I 


i 


MY  COUKTRTHEM".  155 

b>  set  mc  meilitatiDg ;  and  after  a  long  and  painful  sclf-cxainiuation,  I  saw 
ikit  I  hod  bcca  making  a  great  mislaku.  I  had  beun  breaking  one  of  my 
Dvn  cardinal  rules :  the  rulo  to  keep  aloof  from  practice,  and  to  conHae 
mjiclf  to  tlic  bIow  and  obscure  work  of  trying  to  understand  things,  to  see 
tlicm  as  they  are.  So  I  waa  suiTering  deservedly  in  being  taunted  with 
hawking  about  my  nostrums  of  State  schools  for  a  class  much  too  wise  to 
Taut  them,  and  of  an  Academy  for  people  who  have  on  inimitable  atyle 
ilready.  To  be  sure  I  had  said  that  schools  ought  to  be  things  of  local, 
Dot  State,  institution  and  management,  and  that  we  ought  not  to  have  an 
Academy;  but  that  makes  no  difference.  I  had  been  meddling  with 
pactice,  proposing  this  and  that,  saying  how  it  might  be  if  we  hod  esta- 
t)Iished  this  or  that.  I  saw  what  danger  I  had  been  running  in  thus 
intiudiog  into  a  sphere  where  I  have  no  business,  and  I  resolved  to 
offend  in  this  way  ho  more.  Henceforward  let  Mr.  Kinglakc  belabour  the 
French  as  he  will,  let  him  describe  as  many  tight  merciless  lips  as  he 
likes ;  henceforward  let  Educational  Homes  stretch  themselves  out  in  Th9 
Tima  to  the  crack  of  doom,  let  Lord  Fortescue  bewitch  tho  middle  ckas 
«ilh  crer  new  blandishments,  let  any  number  of  Mansion  House  meetings 
propound  any  number  of  patchwork  schemes  to  avoid  iacing  the  real 
difficulty  ;  I  am  dumb.  I  let  reibrming  and  iostltutiag  alone  ;  I  meddle 
vith  my  neighbour's  practice  no  nmro.  He  that  ia  unjust,  let  him  be  unjust 
Sitl,  and  he  ichich  is  JUthy,  let  him  be  jilthy  still,  and  he  that  is  righteous, 
kf  Alia  be  righteous  still,  and  he  that  is  holy,  let  him  be  holy  still. 

This  I  Bay  as  a  sincere  penitent ;  but  I  do  not  see  that  tliere  is  any 

bnn  in  my  still  trying  to  know  and  understand  things,  if  I  keep  humbly 

Ui  that,  and  do  not  meddle  with  greater  matters,  which  are  out  of  my  reach. 

S(i  having  once  got  into  my  head  this  notion  of  Britiah  Philistinism  and 

of  the  wont  of  clear  and  largo  intelligence  in  our  middle  class,  I  do  not 

(oiuider  myself  bound  at  once  to  put  away  and  cnisli  such  a  notion,  as 

people  are  told  to  do  with  their  religious  doubts ;  nor,  when  the  Saturday 

Ba-iew  tells  me  that  no  nation  in  the  world  is  so  logical  as  the  English 

ution,  and  the  Morning  Star,  that  our  grand  national  characteristic  is  a 

clear  intelligence  which  penetrates  through  sophisms,  ignores  commonplaces, 

ud  givea  to  conventional  illusions  their  true  value,  do  I  feel  myself  com- 

feiltd  to  receive  these  propositions  with  absolute  submijjsion  as  articles  of 

bich,  transcending  reason ;  indeed,  this  would  be  trauacendcntalism,  which 

Ibe  Saturday  Review  condemns.     Canvass  them,  then,  as  mere  matters  of 

ifiecolation,  I  may ;  and  having  lately  had  occasion  to  travel  on  the  Conti- 

sent  Ibr  many  months,  during  which  I  was  thrown  in  company  with  a 

Rteat  variety  of  people,  I  remembered  what  Burns  says  of  the  profitablc- 

Dcss  of  trying  to  see  ourselves  as  others  see  un,  and  I  kept  on  the  watch 

for  anything  to  confirm  or  contradict  my  old  notion,  in  which,  without 

absolately  giving  it  up,  I  had  begun  certainty  to  be  much  shaken  and 

■Caggcred. 

I  must  say  tliat  the  foreign  ojiinion  ubciiit  uii  is  not  at  all  like  that  of 
the    Saturday  Review  and  tlie  Atorning  Star,     I  know  how  madly  the 

8-2 


jfT  oouinmtc*. 


dwt  AiataMoTAragBeffaioQcaancfcrbadtdrit*;  Teslj  take  il  fer 
i^tt  il  t«  vnitb,  and  M  &  ootuributioo  to  cur  mdj  of  the  BaUcT  ia 
^oertioa.    Bal  I  ^  R«Dy  tUal:  t&M  ibe  •teiren  <f  ««-  peal  «idj« 

dMi^  MniCXI  DH^  M  Itl  BHMi  MH  CBCDKB  bolll  IgR^  HHB  MtB  BBV  fV- 

■ii)XMtwtOT  of  lite  jcnSf  WMn  Dow  nIviM  tM  BotMB  of 
,  illi  liti  ■  tfae  poBcT  ^  HiaiMcn^  tmIm  tlie  ae»»ff^r»  9»fc 
witli  iu  Toioc,  Bad  ia  Aavt  goreim  the  CBUiitty, — t  do  thmt,  I  m^,  ike 
■^Miitii  of  tka  gicak  eiHa  veoU  bo  lalaaDded  tf  tfccj  «siiU 
(SR^HTi  V  a  ibnuiMf  tracs  tinfl  coQ&tfT  cv  wrir  idascbr  won 
"ft  H  not  K)  modi  tlul  wc  diiiike  Eogtsad,*'  *  Prtmbn  oAeU,  tIA  da 
giaotM  laa  vi  a*  aaboo,  nid  to  me  tU  otber  ^17,  "m  tkal  ve  Onk 
fittle  cf  her."    Ihe  CUapw  Gaiati,  perhapa  die  dwrf  ue^niw  of  G«- 

laMj.tialiBAiiliatlii  MMiaii  iiiii flilli  ii  laailiimriaiiT.Ttiifiiii. 

ly  MffilBy  1MB,  Ai  ft*  amici  oT  Um  Itaftiy  OaaaJngBttl  pows.  Thi 
■wrilv  «w  «  Gennan  ofieer,  bat  dm  a  Pnwiin.  SpwVing  of  tlic  fifaa 
nXMrjr  «7«*en  Ml«««d  b^  the  Sa^enr  Nidboba,  lAoie  peaiiiM wm la 
tan  ui  soluen  Mlo  pcneatlj  OfiliBM  ■aonmy  and  oenlnatn^  taw  vSb 
Ae  free  pbj-  left  to  the  iaffiridaal  •ol£er  m  tlie  Frradi  sjirinB  :  *>  b 
«OMeq«aee  of  their  fmrcly  mwitiiriril  ttvaiii^"  u.j%  llua  «nt<r.  ■  Aa 
1*"—^— .  IB  q»te  of  Aor  ipleiidid  uounge,  vereia  ibe  CriiDeaB  warcoe- 
Manlljr  beatcB  fajr  the  n«ocli,  oay,  decided^  beaten  eeea  h/  IW 
oarf  ffcc  rwd*."*  Hardlf  a  Geraaa  nenfaper 
cbaagc*  in  Earope  hot  k  wilt  add,  after  its  raaxrks  c<i  the  pnUblepafi^ 
«r  Fnaoe  in  lbi»  or  that  eml :  "  Ei^bad  wQI  pntMbl;  b«1c«  a  Aan, 
but  what  Hngtand  tbiaka  is  erf'  bo  impcitaDefc"  I  brieve  Um  GcfB^ 
aaw^i^cn  BtaM  kc^a  pbxaaa  of  that  kiad  nmwjped,  Ibejr  «ae  i(  aa 
«Am.  Raaoe  tieor  retygwdfrienj  joMBow,  bcttat  boaeai«nr"dtsr 
fantfy  ee  penetralng  ibraogfa  sopkians,'*  aaJ  »  00,  ii  not  held  in  aniA 
aoart  erteen  then  than  in  Gvraamf.  Om  of  the  gcarot  and  aMtt 
■wdgala  of  Ftvadi  ueoapapeia — a  aewapi^Nr,  too,  oar  very  good  ftitnd, 

UkeFiaaeebcnMlC  into  the  baigain—bnpks    Tt  hTrlj.  Trkni  11 ji^lwafj 

«f  tbe  pnpeaed  Cholen  CoBttitnea  in  tbe  Ea«t  wa»  AevBoatfatBdatke 
water,  ia  tcma  which,  tboogh  kaa  no^  ihaa  the  "gnat  fbel"  of  te 
Atarilv  JEmw,  wera  itill  &r  &vm  flattcrii^.  "  Let  m  tpeak  to  iBoe 
Es^fah  Ae  eedjr  hngaap  ib»f  cu  eoaiprebead.  Ea^and  live*  ftir  lar 
trade;  Cbolea intempu  mde;  there&ce  it  b  ftr  Gagtetd'a  iumnm  la 
jeia  in  pcwirtiooi  againM  Cbolen." 

Cnrapiiawpta  cf  thie  aoct  an  diifileaaisg  to  Toaenber,  ilinji Iraiii^  ta 
npeat;  but  UMtr  abandanee  itnfcca  theaaentioa;  aad  then  tba  bMf 
iinnnaai'iwMBM  af  ibaae  at  whom  Aey  ata  aimed,  their  mam«ttm^u.%m^ 
baUe  anlf  mriBftctlon,  Mrikes  the  atioiiiaa  too.  and  makes  mi  ia(|ttUtna 
mind  qnita  eagv  to  m«  its  wsj  eleaz^  in  tb»  ^iparal  ^Hne  of  eras 
pnrpoma.      For  nerer,  snrdjr,  waa  then  aocb  a  game  «f  ■ 

•  Ja,  wSm  ne  dn  Eagliadaa  aad  Titkcra 


MY  COUNTBYMES.  167 

played.  It  cfinie  to  its  height  wlien  Lord  Palmerston  died  the  other  day. 
Lord  PalmeratoQ  was  Eagland ;  "  the  best  type  of  our  age  and  country," 
The  Timet  well  called  him ;  he  was  "  a  great  representatire  man,  empha- 
tically the  English  Minister ;  "  the  interpreter  of  the  wlahes  of  that  great 
middle  class  of  this  country  which  supplies  the  mind,  the  will,  and  the 
power  requisite  for  al[  the  great  and  good  things  that  have  to  be  done,  and 
therefore  "  acknowledged  by  a  whole  people  as  their  beat  impersonation." 
Uonaeor  Thiers  says  of  Pitt,  that  though  he  used  and  abused  the  strength 
of  England,  she  was  the  second  country  in  the  world  at  the  time  of  his 
death,  and  the  first  eight  years  afterwards.  That  was  after  Waterloo  and 
the  triompha  of  Wellington,  And  that  era  of  primacy  and  triumphs  Lord 
Palmerston,  say  the  English  newspapers,  has  carried  on  to  this  hour, 
"  What  Wellington  was  as  a  soldier,  that  was  Palmerston  as  a  etateaman," 
When  I  read  these  words  in  some  foreign  city  or  other,  I  could  not  help 
robbing  my  eyes  and  asking  myself  if  I  was  dreaming.  Why,  taking 
Lord  Palmerston'a  career  from  1830  (when  he  first  became  Foreign  Secre- 
tMy)  to  his  death,  there  cannot  be  a  shadow  of  doubt,  for  any  one  with 
eyes  aad  ears  in  his  head,  that  he  found  England  the  first  Power  in  the 
world's  estimation,  and  that  he  leaves  her  the  third,  after  France  and  the 
United  States.  I  am  no  politician ;  I  mean  no  disparagement  at  all  to  Lord 
Pahnenton,  to  whose  talents  and  qualities  I  hope  I  can  do  justice ;  and 
indeed  it  is  not  Lord  Palmerston's  policy,  or  any  Minister's  policy,  that 
ii  in  qaestion  here,  it  is  the  policy  of  all  of  us,  it  is  the  policy  of 
England ;  for  in  a  government  gui:^  as  ours  is  at  present,  it  is  only, 
M  we  are  so  often  reminded,  by  interpreting  public  opinion,  by  being 
''  llie  best  type  of  his  age  and  country,"  that  a  Minister  governs ;  and 
Lord  Palmerston's  greatness  lay  precisely  in  our  all  "  acknowledging 
liim  as  our  best  impersonation."  Well,  then,  to  this  our  logic,  our 
practical  efforts  in  the  way  of  criticism,  our  clear  manly  intelligence 
penetrating  through  sophisms  and  ignoring  commonplaces,  and  above 
all,  our  redoubtable  phalsnx  possessing  thcso  advantages  in  the  highest 
degree,  our  great  middle  class,  which  makes  Parliament,  and  which 
Fnpplies  the  mind,  the  will,  and  the  power  requisite  for  all  the  great 
and  good  things  that  have  to  be  done,  have  brought  us ;  to  the 
third  place  in  the  world's  eetimation,  instead  of  the  first.  He  who  dis- 
U'lievcs  it,  let  him  go  round  to  every  embassy  in  Europe  and  ask  if  it 
is  not  true. 

The  foreigners,  indeed,  are  in  no  doubt  as  to  the  real  authors  of  the 
r'.licy  of  modem  England ;  they  know  that  ours  is  no  longer  a  policy  of 
Pius  and  aristocracieB,  disposing  of  every  movement  of  the  hoodwinked 
nation  to  whom  they  dictate  it ;  they  know  that  our  policy  is  now  dictated  by 
the  strong  middle  part  of  England, — Eugland  happy,  as  Mr.  Lowe,  quoting 
Aristotle,  says,  in  having  her  middle  part  strong  and  her  extremes  weak ; 
and  that,  though  wc  arc  administered  by  one  of  our  weak  cxti'emes,  the 
aristocracy,  these  managers  administer  us,  as  a  weak  extreme  naturally 
moat,  with  a  nervoua  attention  to  the  wishes  of  the  strong  middle  port, 


UB 


MT  COUHTKVMGX. 


I 


vrlioao  agitntR  ltir>y  tre.  It  nnti  not  ibe  txistoeraef  vliuh  ni»d<i~ 
Crttnenn  war;  it  wnn  llie  stron;  middle  pnrt — tho  caoalimendcs.  It  ma 
the  etron^  middle  part  which  showered  fthunc!  fuM  llircnU  on  Germany  Torfl 
mishandling  Deumart ;  and  when  Oennanj'  grnfflj-  antwered,  Comt  and  ™ 
ttop  us,  iilapped  iu  pockets,  nnd  vowu>l  tUnt  it  lnvl  n<:rcr  hnd  tbc  slightest 
notion  of  pushing  nmllora  no  far  na  tbifl.  It  was  like  stroog  middle  part 
vhich,  Ijy  Ihe  voice  of  lui  laTOuritc  ncwspapimi,  kept  llircntcntng  Gcnnanf, 
After  she  had  fli)ap]>«d  her  fingtrs  At  na,  with  b  fiitnrrt  chnntisemoDt  front 
Fmnco,  jiwt  a"  a  smurting  school-hrty  rtirc:itenii  hin  Imllr  wiih  k  drubbing 
to  come  from  some  big  boy  ia  the  bnclcgroimd.  Ir.  ytim  tlic  ntmng  middle 
part,  Rpmking  Ihrmigh  Th(<  uxme  newspaper*,  which  was  f^ijl  of  eoldnoM^ 
nlighlA,  nnd  nerniniiH  Toi*  tho  American  Fedentlfl  during  their  late  Btmggle; 
and  as  booq  as  they  had  anoceodQi),  discovered  that  it  had  always  willed 
tliem  wvll,  and  that  nothing  wns  so  much  to  be  d«sirwl  as  that  tho  Unit«d 
States,  nnd  wv,  Hhoixld  be  \ha  liiatcst  friend:!  possible.  Bconc  pcoplo  will 
sny  that  the  arisloerocy  was  nn  equal  ofTcnilor  in  this  rcfpeet :  very  likely; 
but  the  hehiLviotiFof  tlict  srnxig  middle  pnrt  malcoa  more  impression  tbaa 
the  belmvicur  uf  n  wejik  t'Xtreme ;  nnd  the  more  eo,  l)«c«i]»e  frtim  tho 
Buddie  elam,  their  fcilcws  in  niiniborless  w^ys,  Uie  Amerionns  expcctod 
■ynpalhy,  while  from  the  nrislocracy  tlicy  expected  none.  And,  in 
gCDcm],  the  lliulu  wicii  which  foroigncrs  reproach  us  is  tbe  OMtters 
nnmed, — rash  engagement,  intempftrntu  threatening,  uadignified  retreat, 
ill-timed  cordiality, — arc  noL  tlia  fanlM  of  an  aristocracy,  by  nature  in 
BUch  concerns  prudent,  reticent,  dignified,  eonntive  oa  tbfl  p<MBt  of 
honour  ;  they  are  rniher  the  fHiilts  of  a  rich  middle  clan,— testy,  absolute^ 
iU-acqnaintcd  with  foreign  mutters,  a  littlo  ignoble,  rcry  dull  to  pcroMTC 
when  it  ix  mating  iti(flf  riilicnlou*. 

I  know  the  iinKWiT  one  gets  at  heme  when  one  raj's  tbnt  Kogland  is 
Dot  very  highly  conwden-d  jiiBt  now  en  the  Continent.  There  ia  finit  of 
all  the  envy  to  occonnt  for  it, — that  of  course;  and  then  our  cloftr  intel- 
Ilgeooe  is  making  a.  radical  change  in  our  way  of  di^aling  with  the 
OonlmeDt;  tho  old,  bfld,  ariRtocraticftl  policy  of  incessnnliy  inter nicddUag 
witli  the  nflhirs  nf  th«  Continent,— this  it  lit  getting  rid  of;  it  is  learing 
the  luineniblc  fwieiguvrs  to  tliciiiw.'lvt.-',  to  thoir  warn,  dvspotisuu,  bo- 
rejiueraoy,  and  hatred  of  free,  pronptroua  England.  A  few  ineonrenienoM 
mny  arise  bclbrc  the  tninsilion  from  our  old  policy  to  ottr  new  is  fairly 
accomplished,  and  we  quite  leave  off  the  habit  of  middling  wliore  oar 
own  interests  arc  not  at  emkc.  We  may  ha  exposed  to  a  little  mortalica- 
tiun  in  the  paM«ge,  but  our  clenr  intelligence  will  discern  any  occutuo 
where  otir  interfita.are  really  nt  ittakc.  Then  we  ahnll  come  forward  and 
prove  ovraelvei  as  strong  as  ovpr  ;  and  the  foreign ur*.  in  spllo  of  tboir 
envy,  know  it.  But  what  strikes  me  so  much  in  all  which  these 
foreigners  say  is,  (hat  it  is  jnnt  this  elonr  intelligence  of  ours  that  tbty 
appeitr  nt  the  present  moment  to  hold  cheap.  Eogliabmon  are  often  fl 
hoard  complninins  of  tho  little  gratitude  foreign  nHtions  dir-w  them  for 


iLeip  fgrmpatliy,  their  good-will.      The   reason    is,   lliiit   the   foroignew 


il 


MY  COUNTHYMKN.  169 

tliiiik  tbat  an  Engl lali man's  good-will  to  a  foreign  cause,  or  dislilic  to  it, 
ii  never  grounded  in  a  perception  of  ils  real  merits  and  bearings,  but  ia 
lome  cbance  circumatance.  They  eny  the  Engliabmaa  never,  in  these 
cawR,  really  contpTebenda  the  situation,  and  so  they  can  never  feel  him 
t4>  be  in  living  sjrmpatby  with  them.  I  have  got  into  much  trouble  for 
calling  my  countrymen  Philistinea,  and  all  through  these  remarka  J  am 
determined  never  to  use  that  word ;  bnt  I  wonder  if  there  can  be  anything 
offendve  in  calling  one's  countryman  a  young  man  from  the  country,  I 
hope  not ;  and  if  not,  I  should  say,  for  tlie  benefit  of  those  who  have  seen 
Mr.  John  Parry's  amusing  entertninment,  that  Engbind  and  Englishmen, 
holding  forth  on  aomo  great  crisiB  in  a  foreign  country, — Poland,  say, 
or  Italy, — are  apt  to  have  on  foreigners  very  much  the  effect  of  the 
jonng  man  from  the  country  who  talks  to  the  nursemaid  ai^r  slic  baa 
npset  the  perambulator.  There  is  a  terrible  crisis,  and  the  discourse  of 
the  young  man  from  the  country,  excellent  in  itself,  ia  felt  not  to  touch 
the  crisis  vitally.  Nevertheless,  on  he  goes;  the  perambulator  lies  a 
vreck,  the  child  screams,  the  ntuvemaid  wrings  her  hands,  the  old  gentle- 
man atorms,  the  policeman  gesticulates,  the  crowd  thickens  ;  still,  that 
astonishing  young  man  talks  on,  serenely  unconscious  that  he  ia  not  at 
the  ofntie  oi^the  utuation. 

Happening  to  be  much  thrown  with  certain  foreigners,  who  criticised 
England  in  this  sort  of  way,  I  used  often  to  think  what  a  short  and 
tcady  way  one  of  our  hard-bitting  English  newspapers  would  take  with 
these  icomeis,  if  they  fell  into  its  hands.  But  being  myself  a  mere 
Mker  for  truth,  with  nothing  trenchant  or  authoritative  about  me,  I 
could  do  no  more  than  look  shocked  nnd  begin  to  ask  questions.  "  What  1 " 
1  said,  "yon  hold  the  England  of  to-day  cheap,  and  declare  that  we 
du  not  comprcbend  Uie  situation  ;  yet  you  rate  the  England  of  1815 
to  high,  and  call  our  fathers  and  grandfatbera  the  foremost  people 
iu  Europe.  Did  tbey  comprehend  the  situation  better  than  we  7  "  "  Yea," 
roplied  my  foreign  friends,  "the  situation  ns  thoy  hod  it,  a  great  deal 
bfitcr.  Tbeir  time  was  a  time  for  energy,  and  they  succeeded  in  it 
{•('rfectly.  Our  time  is  a  time  for  intelligence,  and  you  are  not  succeeding 
ia  it  at  alL" 

Tliough  I  could  not  hear  without  a  shudder  this  insult  to  the  eamost 
good  sense  wliicb,  as  the  Morning  Star  says,  may  be  fairly  set  down  na 
the  general  characteristic  of  England  and  Englishmen  evcrj'where,  yet  I 
priL'ked  up  my  ears  when  my  companions  talked  of  energy,  and  England's 
Ruccc^s  in  a  time  for  energy,  because  I  have  always  had  a  nolion  myself 
lliat  energy— energj-  with  honesty — is  England's  great  force ;  n  greater  force 
to  her,  even,  than  licr  talent  for  penetrating  through  sophisms  nnd  ignoring 
CT'OimnnplaceB ;  so  I  begged  my  acquaintances  to  explain  a  little  more 
fully  to  ma  what  lliey  meant.  "  Nothing  can  be  clearer,"  they  answered. 
"  Your  Times  was  telling  you  tlic  other  day,  with  the  enlichtenment  it  so 
often  shows  at  present,  that  instead  of  being  proud  of  Waterloo  and  tlie 
^^at  war  which  was  closed  ]>y  it,  it  rrnlly  Feuincd  as  if  ynu  ought  ratbor 


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MT  COaNTRTMES. 


to  foel  ciiibarrn«!CtI  nt  iho  roeoIUrtion  «f  tliem,  Binoo  tlia  policy  for  whicli 
they  w«T«  foiighl  is  grown  obiioletc;  tlic  workl  lia»  lukm  a  mm  wbkb 
WM  not  Loi-4  CiiJtleitagb's,  and  to  look  back  on  ttiis  groat  To»y  wnt  ji 
to  luuk  bnck  npon  ns  endl«N8  account  of  bhio<l  niiil  Iroonurc  wasted.  Nov, 
tliat  is  not  so  at  all.  What  France  hiuJ  in  Ikt  JienH,  from  the  ConTCntion, 
'  lailliful  to  tb«  ptincif'lcit  of  the  uavnclgnty  of  tlie  people,  wbich  will  not 
permit  tbtini  to  ncknniv U'llg'i  anywhere  tbe  inMitutions  iniliiating  against 
it,'  to  Nnpolmn^  willi  \»*  'iiniiictiiK!  picjccts  for  aseuring  to  Fraace  l]]« 
empire  of  the  world,' — what  elie  lutd  in  lier  hwnl,  along  with  roimy 
better  and  sounder  notions  declined  to  bapjiier  fortune,  vat  mpremaqi. 
Slic  bad  olwHV*  n  virion  of  a  sort  of  ftdcTation  of  tli«  StnlM  of  £aro|)« 
wnili-r  ili(!  piiiiincy  of  Franco.  Now  to  this  the  world,  wliose  progress  no 
doiilit  li^a  in  tlte  direction  of  more  concert  and  cctninvn  purpoM  among 
nations,  bnt  tbosc  nations  frco,  BelC'impclU'diand  living  each  its  own  lifo,  vat  _ 
not  moring.  Wbocvcr  knocks  to  piccca  a  acbctne  of  tbis  sort  docs  ibc  world  a  ■ 
■errice.  In  atitit|«ity,  Itoninti  empirp  liail  a  iroborao  of  tbis  sort,  and  mudi 
more.  The  barbarians  knoikt-d  it  to  piccti! — Iiononrlotlie  barbarians.  In  tl:e 
middle  agss  Frederick  tlic  Second  liud  a  aclicnic  of  this  Bort.  The  Papacy 
>nopk«|  it  to  piccea — ^honour  to  the  Piipacy.  In  onr  own  ccntmyv  Franco 
bad  II  scheme  of  this  wrt.  Your  latbeni  knockwt  it  lo  pieces— honour  to 
yoor  fiithcrs.  They  wtre  just  the  people  to  Jo  it.  'I'ht-y  hud  a  vigorous 
lower  claw,  a  vigorous  middle  claw,  itnd  a  vigorous  arisloerney.  The  lower 
cIsBB  worked  and  fought,  the  niiilJle  cinss  found  the  money,  and  tbe  aria-'fl 
iocracy  wicliied  tlie  wboie.  This  aristocracy  was  bigb-spiritod,  reticent, 
jinn,  deapiaiug  frothy  decIaTnation.  It  h.id  all  the  i|ualitii's  useful  for  its 
taak  and  liinc;  Lord  Grcnville's  worda,  aa  early  na  1793  :  '  Hiigliuid  will 
novor  consent  thfit  Kmnce  shnll  nrrogatu  tlio  power  of  annulling  at  her 
plewure,  and  «ndcr  the  prptence  of  a  pretended  natural  right,  the  political' 
lyrtcm  of  Europe; '  these  few  worda,  with  their  lofty  vtrengt]],  contain,  na 
one  mny  say,  the  prophecy  of  future  buccpsb  :  you  lienr  thn  very  voice  of; 
an  aristociJicy  &landiiig  on  sure  ground,  and  with  llio  ttnra  in  iia  fiiToor. 
"Well,  yon  nuccccdcd,  and  in  IRIS,  after  Waterloo,  you  -were  tlio  fint 
power  In  Europe.  'Tliese  people  have  a  wcref,'  wo  all  Raid  ;  'thfy 
liavo  ditcerncd  the  way  the  world  waa  going,  and  thci-cfuic  they  hare 
prevailed;  while,  on  the  Other  band,  the  "stars  in  thdr  coaraca  Tonght 
against  Siatrn."  '  We  held  you  in  the  greatcft  rcspecl ;  wo  tried  to  copy 
your  conati lutional  government  ;  we  rtad  your  writers.  'After  tJiiB 
peM*>,'  aaya  Geoi:ge  Sand,  '  the  literature  of  Great  Britnia  crossed  th« 
atraila,  and  came  to  rcica  amongit  as.'  It  ri^ii^ed  in  Byron  and  Scott, 
Voices  of  tlio  great  uriwlocniliwi!  »--pint  which  had  jiiBt  won  the  victory' 
Scott  cxpres!>ing  itH  rubuaC,  genial  ciinH-rvati»Tn,  holdiug  by  a  iboiuaad' 
xoots  to  the  past ;   Byron  its  defiant  force  and  iadomitable  pride. 

"  We  believed  in  you  for  a  good  while  ;  but  gradually  il  began  totUwo 
npoD  ua  that  the  era  for  which  yoci  bad  line)  the  jecrct  was  over,  and  that 
a  new  era,  fur  which  you  had  not  the  secret,  was  b>c*ginning,  Tbe  work 
of  Ibe  old  em  was  to  prevent  the  formation  of  n  second  Koman  cm 


I 


UY  COUNTRYMEN. 

ai  lo  inninLun  a  store  of  frw,  ricli,  r,irioiii  aationni  livra  Tor  ihi.'  future 
Id  vrotk  wiUi  and  bring  k>  haruxouy.  "Vhis  was  a  ^vork  oi*  fitnf,  of  energy  : 
il  «u  a  work  for  an  aristocraticnl  powur,  ni'nco,  hh  yon  yoaraell ars  always 
njing,  atiatocrnciGa,  poor  io  idc^i,  are  itch  in  energy.  Yoti  were  a  grvat 
amtocf3;)cal  power,  and  did  il.  But  then  cauic  ua  (.t4  wiLli  aootlier  worlc, 
airork  oTwludi  it  in  tli<  great  glnry  of  tliu  l-'ronch  KeyoludoQ(|iardoa  %a 
lor  saving  ao,  ve  know  it  makea  somi'  of  your  countrymen  angry  to  hear 
i^)  poMionately  to  have  embraced  the  i^ka:  th«  work  of  making  Immim 
i&f  bantpered  by  a  past  wUicli  it  baa  outgrown,  natural  and  nUional.  Tliis 
ba  work  of  intelligence,  and  in  inCdligenco  an  aristocratic  power,  oa  you 
ksBV,  does  oot  Eo  mtidi  ehiue.  Accurdiugly,  since  lh«  world  hiu  been 
ttmSiy  mcrriog  this  way.  you  sucni  to  liuvu  loal  your  eeciel,  and  we  .-iru 
padualljT  cowing  to  bcliiivc  in  yoo.  You  will  ay,  perhaps,  tliot  Englaad 
is  no  longer  an  xriatocratjeal  power,  1>iil  a  niiddlu-olasA  pown-,  wieM«Hl  by 
la  industrial  middle  ctnan,  a&  the  Guglund  uf  your  fiithtTs  was  wielded  by 
a  territorial  taUtoctney.  This  may  be  so;  and  indeed,  as  llic  style,  car- 
nage, and  pt^icy  of  England  have  of  lato  years  been  by  no  mcnns  llioso  of 
a  arialocraticaj  power,  it  proljably  its  so.  But  whatever  ckaa  dictates  it, 
jeor  eOBtie,  allow  us  (o  say,  haa  not  of  late  years  been  intelligent ;  lias 
■Ql,  at  any  rale-,  been  suoceesful.  And  dqicnd  upon  il,  a  nation  vrho  liaa 
lU  aMvet  of  Iter  era,  who  discerns  which  wny  tho  world  is  going,  is  buo- 
teHflil,  kccpe  naiag.  Can  you  yoursL-tveii,  wjtli  all  your  powers  of  self- 
misbction,  su[:f»08C  (liat  the  Ciimvnn  wiir  nii^od  you,  or  that  your  Indian 
mtiay  raiiad  you,  or  tliat  your  attitude  in  the  Italian  war  raiiiciil  you, 
Mjaar  ptufunnancea  at  tlie  beginning  of  the  century  raised  you?  Surely 
jmt  oasaoC  You  hi-ld  your  own,  if  you  will ;  yoa  allowed  tenacity ; 
Ton  Mved  yoursclren  from  diiuster;  but  you  did  not  mise  yourselves, 
M  DOC  aclvonce  one  jot.  Can  you,  on  the  otlier  hand,  su|ipoi«c  that 
joor  attitude  in  tlic  Oauish  bii^ineua.  In  Iho  Aniericun  busiacss,  has 
■ot  lowered  you  ?  Yon  arc  losing  tlic  instinct  which  tells  pcopli^  how 
Ibe  worU  is  going ;  you  arc  bogiuning  to  make  tuistakcs ;  you  ore 
hSbag  oot  of  the  front  rank.  The  era  of  aristocracies  is  orer ;  nations 
^  -Hum  now  siaod  or  fall  by  the  intelligcnco  of  their  middlo  class  and 
^^|fa  people.  The  people  with  you  is  still  an  embryo ;  no  one  can  yet 
^fie  ny  what  it  will  come  to.  Y'ou  U-an,  tlien-ibre,  with  your  whole 
vn^tt  upon  iho  intelligcuco  of  your  middle  chus.  And  iatclIigeDcc,  in 
tlie  true  senae  of  tho  word,  your  middle  claw  hn«  abaoluiely  none." 

I  was  aghast  1  thought  of  thi*  grctit  clasfi,  eveiy  morning  and  cvciuog 
nnollod  for  its  clear,  manly  inlclligonce  by  a  hundred  Tigorous  and 
iafloeiitial  writers;  aitd  though  the  line  enthusiasm  of  thtse  writers  had 
Jvaya  sc«med  to  mo  to  be  carrying  tltcin  a  little  too  far,  and  1  had  even 
bwo  guilty  of  the  iiidt-cency  of  now  ami  then  calling  my  cciuitrjmen 
rijiltaiiiiei,  ilieso  ftireign  critics  struck  luc  aa  passing  all  bounds,  and 
quite  out-IIerodiog  Ilcivd.  Forlunauly  1  had  just  received  fi-oni  Kngland 
a  copy  of  Jlr.  Lo¥rc*s  powerful  aitd  much-admired  Bpcedi  against  Reform. 
1  look  it  out  of  my  i»ekct.     "Now,"*  said  I  lo   my  cuvious,  carj^ing 

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fcre^en,  "jiut  Iirt«i  to  me.  Ton  nythat  the  oariy  yonnofthiacpal 
wen  a  liuc  for  «R<in!7i  "'^  ""^  ^*^  '"^^  ^  ihtm ;  jron  way  that  the  laiC 
thirtj-  or  forty  y«iT»  have  l>wn  n  time  fi>r  intcltigfli»CT*,  and  we  hare  doDo 
ill  in  llicm.  Mr.  Lowe  nhall  aimiro*  yon.  Hen  ia  bu  rvadin;  of  oar  laife 
thirty  or  fsrty  y«T»'  hiflory,  ai  mad«  by  our  mid4il6-claBB  Parliament,  w 
lio  Milln  it ;  by  a  Parliament,  llierefore,  filled  by  the  miinl  and  will  of  tbia 
great  class  whose  rule  yon  dispara^.  &Cr.  Lowe  Hiys :  ■  The  strrot  Honaoa 
of  Comtnon?  that  have  Kite  tines  llii>  Rvfumi  Hill  bavn  pciibrmcd  lucploita 
unrivalled,  not  m<;rcly  in  the  six  Miittirie*  during  which  rarliainent  bM 
existed,  but  ia  the  whole  histCTy  o(  representative  nawMbliM.*  He  nysf 
*Look  at  the  noble  work,  the  heroio  worV  which  the  Home  of  OominaiH 
haa  pcifemied  within  tlieee  thirty-five  ytmrs.  It  has  gone  through  and 
TCTised  every  institnlinn  of  the  poiintiy ;  ie  hfta  neanncd  our  trftd«,  oar 
c«1oni«,  our  1aw\  snd  our  Tnnrici[ml  {nfttitnlioni ;  evciy^iag  thfit  was 
complained  of,  crcrythin^  Uint  had  grotvn  dtHtasteliil,  tiu  bvcn  toachcd 
with  Huocent  and  modemtinn  by  the  nmendioj  hand.  Atid  to  aach  ft  point 
hnre  thtm  anicndinrnti  been  carried,  that  when  gvntlrmeQ  come  to  arj^e 
thin  <[ueftion,  and  do  ftl!  tn  their  jvow^  to  ^t  np  a  |>r«oti«al  grievaBe«, 
they  fail  in  miggcaling  even  one,'  Ttiere  is  what  Mr.  Lowe  anys.  Too  tee 
wc  Iwve  nolhing  Ipft  to  desire,  abiwlcitcly  nothing.  As  Mr.  Lowe  hinueir 
niys ;  '  With  all  thi«  centinued  peflw,  contentment,  hnprinww,  *nd  pw- 
spciity, — England  in  its  prcwnt  state  of  develnpmenc  and  civilization,—* 
the  mighty  fnVirio  of  English  prftspcrity, — what  can  we  wont  iBorof 
Evidently  nothing  :  lh<tr«fi>m  to  propose  '  for  England  to  malc«  a  eiop  In 
tie  direction  of  dirmocmcy  is  the  strnnijest  nnd  wildeail  proposition  wer 
broached  by  m«n.'  People  talk  of  AmcTica.  '  In  Americ-v  the  wortiog 
classes  arc  ihc  maslcra;  does  anybody  doTiht  timt?'  And  eompaie, 
Jfe.  lyowc  mmns,  Enplsnd,  ns  the  middle  class  in  ninVin^  her,  with 
America,  a«  ihft  working  pltiwes  aro  mtLkirg  her.  How  entirely  miwt 
the  compariwn  turn  to  iho  advantage  of  the  English  middle  clua*  I  Then, 
finally,  ns  to  the  fip;tire  we  cnt  in  the  eyes  of  the  world,  our  gntndeur  and 
our  finiire,  here  is  a  crowning  sentence,  worthy  of  Ixjrd  Mncaolay  him- 
»eir,  whose  style  Mr.  Lowe  cnlhonatticnlly  admires :  '  The  dealiuy  of 
England  h  in  the  jj-pur  heari  of  Fiiglftn'i .' '" 

Mr.  Bright  had  not  then  made  hi>  firnoui  speech  abont  lh«  wirfiadt 
of  (ho  Tories,  btit,  if  he  had,  I  should  ocrtiunly  have  added  thai  oar 
middle  class,  by  ihesa  unrivalled  exploits  of  theirs,  hud  not  only  nuMd 
tlioir  country  to  an  unprecedented  height  of  greatness,  but  had  also 
aavcd  our  foolish  nnd  obxtntctive  arisleerney  from  b^ng  emptied  into  the 
Thames. 

As  it  WHS,  however,  what  Ihad  urgi-d,  or  mtlier  what  I  had  borrowed 
from  Mr,  Lowe,  Bcwncd  to  mc  exceedingly  forrihl*',  nnd  I  looked  anxiously 
for  its  efTccl  on  my  hearers.  They  did  not  appe^ir  so  iimch  disconcerted 
fls  T  had  hoped.  "Undonbfcdiy,"  they  said,  "  [lie  coming  of  your  iniiMlc 
clasx  to  power  was  a  nntnral,  ntlutnry  event,  to  be  blemed,  not  itnat|ietn»- 
tiiwl.     Aristooneies  cannot  deal  with  n  time  lor  inteUigenc« ;  Uicii  sense 


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Ii  fur  fwla,  not  id«ift«.  The  wothX  of  iJi'oji  ja  tli#  pniMibli>,  the  Ailare  ;  the 
irvtlil  of  nrintocntcica  is  tha  CflUiblisIifil,  lIil'  [iitst,  which  lina  itwtla  their 
bKtroe  and  which  they  hop4)  Id  prolong.  Nft  doubt  J<nt  middle  cIbmi 
fctind  a  great  deal  oT  commfreiiil  and  eodal  husineM  WdiUiig  to  be  Aoa», 
*liich  y«tir  nristocntic  goT«niiiimits  hud  K-ft  nndonft,  nml  hnil  no  tnlcnts 
fcr  doing.  Their  talents  were  for  oihw  tifiiM  nnd  twfcs  ;  fcr  curbing  tlx! 
pnr«r  of  tho  Crorrn  whrn  other  cIbbsm  were  too  InconaideTmbic  to  do  it; 
far  managing  (if  one  eornponwi  thorn  with  other  ftrirtocnwiea)  their  afisira 
■od  th«{r  d^pendnntfl  wlih  vigour,  pnidenn.-,  and  moderation,  dnring  tho 
ftadal  and  pntriarchal  ttta^  of  socirty;  Ibr  wtcldin.f^  the  Airco  of  their 
cnntry  agMOst  (breigo  power*  with  entrgir,  firmnwn,  nnd  dignity.  But 
tbn  cmie  the  modern  spirit,  the  modem  lim« :  thu  notion,  os  we  sny,  or 
■aUag-  liiinutn  liAi  morn  Midiral  and  rntional  ;  or,  at  j-our  philc^ophers 
■jr,  argflCting  tfaegreatnt  happincw  for  the  greatest  number.  Have  yott 
maaBtiei,  mm  joq  snoceedlDg:,  in  this  hour  of  the  many,  as  your  arialo- 
oiey  ■nM/'cded  in  the  hoar  of  ibe  few  ?  Von  My  you  are ;  you  point 
Id  *th«  noble  work,  the  lieroi«  norV  which  ihi  IIoiim  nf  Commons  hns 
flhimed  within  these  last  thirty-fire  years;  cvcrytbiofr  that  was  com- 
fUncd  ofj  everything  that  had  ^wn  diBta»t[>fuI,  hv  been  tottohed  with 
■KPMi  and  Tnodrration  by  tho  amcDdini;  hand.'  Allow  iis  lo  ftet  clnp- 
bvp  on  one  side :  we  are  not  nt  one  of  yonr  public  moetiiigB,  What  in 
dn  modem  problem  7  to  tnake  human  life,  ihe  life  of  society,  nil  through, 
■on  mtaral  and  rational ;  to  hare  the  grcnteat  pomble  number  of  onc'a 
MlisQ  happy.  Here  in  the  standard  by  which  vte  are  to  try  ouTsalves  and 
m*  laoiher  now,  ai  nnlional  grandeur,  in  ihc  old  regal  nnd  arititocTatical 
eaBKfrtioo  of  il,  was  lb«  atandard  form«rly.  Every  nation  must  have 
wished  lo  be  England  in  181&,  tried  by  tlie  old  stiindnni  :  must  we  all 
nb  to  be  England  in  1666,  tried  hy  the  new  elatidard  1  Vour  nri^ttocrncy, 
jm  HJ,  it  aa  qikndid,  as  fortunitte,  as  enviable  m  erer:  very  likely; 
hot  all  ths  world  cannot  be  aristocracy.  What  do  you  nuke  oi'  llie 
•MSB  of  yoQr  society,  of  tU  vut  middle  and  lower  portion  ?  Ar«  we 
to  tarj  jrod  your  oommon  people  ;  ts  our  common  peopk  to  wish  lo 
Ange  pfauM  with  yoiin;  are  we  to  uy  ibnt  you,  mere  than  we,  have 
Ao  modem  aeeret  here  ?  Without  insisting  too  niu<!h  on  the  atories 
*f  niMry  and  dcgmdation  which  nre  perpetually  reaching  us,  we  will 
■f  ilm  no  one  cao  mix  with  a  great  crowd  in  your  country,  no  one 
■ji  wbHc  with  Ilia  eyes  and  ears  o|i«n  ihrotigh  the  poor  quArlcra  of  your 
krp  towna,  and  not  feel  thnt  your  oummun  people,  as  il  luceta  one's  eyes, 
bal  pK^nt  more  raw,  to  say  the  very  leojit,  Icnenviable-ioiC'lting,  furlhir 
leBoved  fr«m  civilized  and  liumanc  life,  than  the  oommon  people  nlmost 
nywbere.  Vftil,  then,  yon  aro  hot  a  succota,  according  to  the  modoi'n 
Msdard,  wiih  your  eoinmon  people.  Arc  you  a  auccoss  with  your  middb 
lUmt  They  botre  tbv  power  now ;  what  linvc  they  made  oi'  ihcnuelvot  7 
what  aorl  of  a  lifi:  >*  iheiraf  A  life  more  natural,  mor«  mtionol,  fuller  of 
WpfitnaM,  more  enviable,  tliorefora,  than  the  lite  <if  tlio  middle  claiisea 
m  Uic  Continent  ?     Yea,  you  will  nay,  bccauso  thv  Kngliiih  raiddlo  claaa  ie 


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t]ic  most  industrious  ond  ihe  richeiit.  But  it  ia  jiirt  Wro  thai  . 
great  deal  too  few,  «nil  so  ileceivt-  jmiraelvM.  Wlial  brmgi  about,  or 
Tathei'  Ictida  to  bring  aUbut,  n  Dutural,  nttloiial  lir<-^  tAtufying  the  modarn 
Bj^irit  ?  Tlii* :  the  growlli  of  n  l»>vc  cf  iiwiiistry,  tnuJe,  and  veolth  ;  the 
growth  of  A  love  of  ilio  tliingi  of  tic  mind  ;  and  the  growth  of  a  lore  of 
bwutiful  tbii!g3.  Tlier«  are  body,  intclltgcnc«',  snd  K>\tt  all  Inkra  core  of. 
Of  thcae  three  radon  of  iDodeni  \i(e,  your  iniddlu  dnss  bu  tio  notion 
of  any  but  one,  ihc  fiivt.  Tln'ir  Irivti  of  indiiMry,  trade,  aitd  weallli, 
i«  ccrtnioly  [irctdlgiouB ;  and  their  example  haa  done  na  a  great  d«ai 
of  good  ;  we,  too,  ore  beginning  to  get  this  lore,  and  ve  wanted 
it.  Ilut  wliat  notioa  have  ihry  of  anylhiog  clso?  Do  bat  look  at 
them,  Iwk  at  lh<-ir  livw.  St-iiie  r.f  uh  know  jtiir  middle  dan  vtty 
well ;  a  greut  deal  belter  Ihan  your  own  upper  class  in  EOniral  knoira 
them.  Your  middle  cinu  is  cdncAted,  to  begin  nith,  in  tlie  worst  m1»o<^ 
of  your  country,  niifl  our  midilte  g1.'18s  ia  educated  in  tlie  beil  of  oars. 
What  bccMDica  uftheiu  after  thut  ?  The  lincncss  and  cnpadty  of  a  tnan'a 
Bpirit  tx  diown  by  his  enjoynienls;  your  middle  c1h«i*  hns  nn  «ijoyin«nt 
in  ilH  buttini%t«,  vrc  admit,  and  gct.^  on  well  in  bwiuesit  and  makva  niotit^y;- 
but  beyond  that?  Drugged  wilb  buaincis,  your  middle  claKi  acema 
to  ha\e  its  sense  blunled  for  niiy  ttimuliiH  besides,  except  rvligioti; 
it  has  a  religion,  narrow,  uninlcllifTcnt,  repui»ivc.  All  sincere  religion 
docit  aomcthing  fur  the  sjiirit,  raiaos  u  man  out  of  Uto  bondage  of  htf 
merely  besllnl  part,  and  saveH  him  ;  but  the  religion  of  your  middle  eiass 
is  lh«  very  lowc*t  ibi-m  of  imdlipentitil  life  wbith  ooo  can  imagine  as 
wring.  What  oilier  cnjoymonta  Imvo  iliey  ?  ITie  newspapers,  a  jort  or 
eating  mid  drinkinj:  which  are  not  io  our  tasic,  n  literature  of  books 
nlmoal  entirely  religiona  or  ttemi -religious,  books  utterly  nnt-ea<lttbl«  by 
an  educated  claas  nny  whei«,  but  which  your  middle  class  vonnumm,  they 
Bay,  by  the  hundred  thousand  i  and  in  their  evenings,  for  a  great  treat,  a 
Icctiiri.-  on  leetoLilizni  or  nunnerioK.  Cnn  any  life  ho  imagined  mor« 
bideoiiB,  more  dismal,  more  unenviiible?  Compare  it  ivlih  lliv  life  of  our 
tuiddli;  chiss  iis  yon  havo  seen  it  on  the  Ufaine  this  summiT,  or  at  Lau- 
annnc,  or  Zurich.  The  world  of  enjoyment,  so  hbcralixing  aotl  civilisinff 
belongs  to  the  middle  cIhsscn  there,  ae  well  as  the  world  of  btiaine^t ;  ih« 
vbolo  world  is  theirs,  thry  possrss  Uri';  in  England  the  highest  clasa. 
seems  to  have  the  monopoly  of  the  world  of  cnjoynienl,  the  middle  cliwa 
enjoys  it«elf,  as  your  ShBltsjKwro  would  any,  in  huggci-muggcr,  and 
possesses  life  only  by  reading  in  the  newspapers,  which  it  does  devoutly, 
the  doings  of  great  people.  Well  llicu,  we  do  not  at  all  nont  to  be  as  jMir 
iniJdle  clnw;  we  wnnt  to  le.nrn  from  it  to  do  business  and  togetrlch, 
and  tliis  we  are  Uaruinp  a  great  deal  fnster  than  you  think  ;  but  we  do 
not,  like  your  middle  clnsi,  Bx  our  consummation  here :  we  have  a  notion 
©fa  whole  wortrl  besides  not  dreamed  of  in  your  middle  etuat's  philosophy  ; 
go  they,  too,  liki-  your  comnitm  peo])le,  eeem  to  uh  no  success.  They  may 
be  the  mastera  of  the  modern  time  with  you,  but  ihey  are  not  solving  iu 
DToblem.     They  cannot  see  the  way  the  world  is  going,  and  tlio 


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UY  COUNTilVMKN. 

dew  not  belong  to  litem.  Tiilk  of  the  present  •late  of  (Icvelopiiittil  aixl 
ctTilizAtion  of  England,  ineikning  Knglnnd  ns  llicj  rcprMent  il  tu  tis  ! 
Why,  tli«  caf»tJil,  praaung  danger  of  England,  is  tli6  burbariion  of  her 
miildle  clads  ;  tLe  civilisation  of  her  middle  cLua  i»  England')!  cJipiUil, 
jtftning  want," 

*•  Well,  but,"  (aid  I,  fllill  catching  xt  Mr.  Lowe'»  powerful  lielii,  "  the 
Parliament  oC  tlib  cLua  kaa  pciiunucd  cxjjloilD  witiviilleJ  not  niurciy  in 
tlie  six  centuries  during  vrliich  I'uHianittit  has  cxialed,  but  in  the  whole 
hktatj  of  rejn-eaentalirc  asMiulilies.  The  4.'xp!o!td  nrc  there:  all  Hie 
t«ioma  «•  kavc  made  in  the  lodt  fivc-and-tbJrt/  yean." 

"Let  ludistingiiifiii,"  repUvil  tiicenviouilbrvigtipre,  "  let u?  diBtinguiab. 
Vt  BBiuol  tJiTcc  poTrem — did  we  not? — which  go  to  upriaid  [liat  lotional 
hflmanc  life  tthich  ii  tho  aim  of  modem  society :  the  love  of  vcallli,  tb« 
□r  iiiivUigence,  the  love  of  beauty.     Your  iiiiddlo  citiss,  we  sgret'd, 
the  CrBt ;  its  couimei'cial  legislntion,  accordingly*,  Uoa  been  rery  g9oH, 
sad  in  advance  of  that  of  forvign  cniinlrieM.    Kol  tlmt  freo-U'ado  was  really 
bmiglit  about  Uy  your  middle  class  ;  it  was  brought  about,  aa  imporlanl 
R^bmu  alnays  arc,  by  two  or  three  great   men.     itowcver,  let  your 
i^ddle  ctiuA,  whicti  Imd  tlic  acnse  in  ancopt  (vee  Iradc,  liavc  ilit-  credit  of 
U,    But  this  only   brings  iin  ii   certain  way.     The   li'f^islnlitin    of  yonr 
kK^lIc  class  in  all  ibatgoes  to  give  human  life  more  intelligence  und  bcanty, 
ii  ao  belter  than  was  to  be  expected  from  its  own  want  of  Imtlt.     It  in 
Motking  to  SAy  that  its  Icginlulion  la   tlicuc  rcxpocts  in  lui  imprDvamcnt 
nptm  what  you  hud  before  ;  that  is  not  the  qiii>siion;  you  arc  holding  up 
«a  sdiicvementM  lu  absolutely  sdinimble,  iia  tinrivalled,  aa  a  model  to  us. 
Too  may  bavo  dono^for  you — much  for  relij^ious  toleration,  noci^tl  int- 
invcmeDt,  public  inRtruction,   tnuuicipnl   r^-forin,   law   reform ;  but  the 
J'^ncli  Rerolulion  and  its  consetpienccs  liuve  done,  upon  the  Conliiivat,  a 
giMt  Hr-a]  marc.     Siifh  a  itpcclaele  aa  your  Iri^h  Church  EstablUihrocnt 
joo  cannot  find  in  France  or  Germany.     Your  Irish  land-question  yo« 
kanlly  dare  lo   face, — Steia  settled  ai   titrealening  a   land-qucelion   in 
Prtxaa,     Of  ihe  schools  for  yt'ur  middle  t'lai^*  wo  Imvo  already  spoken  ; 
vkile  tlK«e  tcbooh  are  what  they  are,  while  tbe  nchoola  for  your  poor 
are  mainlainifl  ill  tbe  cxpeniive,  unjust,  irrational  wny  they  an>,  England 
ii  full  o(  CTidownients  and  fauiidationa,  capable  by  tlienisch-cs,  if  properly 
spiilied,  of  putting  yoor  public  cducntioa  on  a  touch  belter  fooling.     In 
Peum  and  Germany  all  umilar  fuiKlii  ar«  thus  employed,  Itaving  been 
brao^tt  oodpr  public  rejipon»ibIe  management  ;  in  Eugland  they  arc  loit 
to  pcirato  irrespoasiblc  msnagetnenl,  and  nre,  in  nine  ensrx  out  of  ten, 
Msled.     You  talk  of  municipal  rerurm;  and  cities  and  tlie  manner  of  life 
in  tbcni  boTc,  for  the  modem  buj&ncM  of  ]>roa)oting  a  more  raliouat  antl 
InaiMl*  1U«  in  tlie  great  body  of  the  coinraunily,  incalculable  importance. 
Do  joa  cuppOM  we  should  tolerate  in   France,  Germany,  Swilzerhiiid, 
Italy,  your  London  «t>rpomtii>n  and  London  vcntrieii,  and  London  as  they 

Innkc  it?    In  jour  pruvinciiU  town*  you.  «3u  lN;tti.'r;   but  even  there,  do  the 
Bluucipalities  flhow  a  tenth  purl  either  of  llic  intelligence  or  ilie  care  tvr 


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166         ^^^       sfT  cocsthtmkh, 

the  fliwla,  n*  wc  hare  Inid  iTiem  dcwn,  of  modem  locieir,  lli.i 
mtiRicipatitia  rfioir  ?  Ywir  middlc-clitas  man  tliiaks  it  tlio  hi^)i«it  pilcH 
of  fkv«]opnK>nl  mil]  civilixntion  when  liis  IiHIert  nrc  curried  twelve  time* 
u  cluy  fnau  ItWnglt^n  to  C«in)>ervrc1 1,  tmA  from  Camlxm'^ll  fo  Islington, 
and  if  nulway-triiicm  i-ud  to  and  fro  bctwota  (lieui  ever)'  <]U3rter  of  u 
hour.  Ho  lliinlitt  it  it  noiliing  tlint  tlte  tniim  only  carry  him  froin  «o 
illi1>crsl.  diemul  lifo  ot  Iflington  (o  nn  illlttcral,  dismil  lifv  at  Cnmbcnvcll; 
and  llic  letters  only  tell  htm  that  mich  in  tlic  life  there.  A  Swiss  barghcr 
talus  Iltaven  knows  bow  nmny  hours  to  go  from  Berne  to  Genera,  and  bis 
trolDsanrcry  fvir;  this  ia  nn  extreme  oa  the  oilier  Rtlo;  bnt  coupon 
ibA  life  tlic  8wisit  hiughor  Rtnlx  or  Irnvrs  nt  HcTni!  or  Grapm  with  tlie  life 
of  the  iiiiddle  class  in  your  KngliKh  towiin.  Or  elae  you  think  to  oorer 
ernythiiig  hy  snying  :  'We  arc  free  t  wo  sre  freo!  Our  newipopen  ean 
My  wlint  \\if.y  like  I'  Frcei^om,  liVe  Industiy,  i»  a  ttry  good  liorsa  lo  rids 
— but  to  ride  somewhere.  Tmi  seem  lo  lliink  that  you  have  only  get  to 
get  on  the  back  of  ymir  horso  Freedom,  or  rour  horse  InduMry,  and  te  ride 
nwny  a&  hard  as  you  can,  to  bo  sure  of  coming  to  tlic  right  deetination. 
If  your  newspapers  c.^n  any  whnt  ihey  lik<>,  you  think  you  nm  nm  of  m 
heing  well  advised.  Tint  oomeii  of  your  inaptitude  for  idena,  and  aptilnite 
it>rc)np-trap;  ycu  con  never  see  Uiclwo  aides  of  a  queation;  never  perceire 
ihnt  every  human  stnte  of  thingit,  even  a  goi>d  onp,  Ima  its  incniiTOiiieDces. 
Wc  ean  see  the  convt-nienccs  of  your  stntc  well  enniigli;  nnd  tlic  iacon- 
Tcniencea  of  ours,  of  newspapers  not  free,  and  prefeets  owr-bairyj  nod 
thcie  are  plenty  uf  ill  who  proclaim  them.  Yoa  ragcrly  repeat  after  ua 
all  wc  say  thot  redounds  to  your  own  honour  and  glory ;  hut  yon  never 
follow  oiir  example  younielvcs.  Tou  are  full  of  neutvuess  lo  p«ra'ivc  the 
ill  influence  of  our  prefects  on  iia  ;  hut  if  any  one  says  (o  you,  in  your 
turn,  'Tlio  Enf^liah  system  ofa  great  landed  ariHlocraey  keeps  your  lown- 
clan  a  Icwer  clan«  for  er?r,  and  tnnterialisea  and  nlgarites  your  whole 
middle  clnss,'  you  ataru  vacantly  ot  the  apcaktr,  you  ninoot  even  lake 
in  his  ideas ;  you  can  only  blurt  forth,  in  reply,  somo  clap-trap  or  other 
about  a  'system  of  such  tried  and  tested  efficiency  as  no  other  cotintry 
yrM  ever  hnppy  cncngh  to  pomeas  since  the  world  was  a  world,' " 

I  Jiavi>  olmci-verl  iu  my  travvtn,  that  most  yoimg  gfiilleraen  of  our 
highest  claw  pn  throiigli  Europe,  from  Onlais  to  Constant i nop !c,  with  one 
aentence  on  their  li^is,  and  ene  idea  tn  their  minds,  which  Baffieaii,  ■ 
apparently,  to  c?itplain  all  that  they  «ee  lo  them  :  Ford^ers  don't  trwcA. 
No  doubt,  thought  I  to  myself,  my  friciuls  have  fallen  in  witli  eoiae  dis- 
tinguished y<^im^  nritoits  of  tliis  soi  t,  and  had  tlii^r  fc^inga  woumled  by 
them ;  hence  their  innconr  againtt  our  aristocracy.  And  ns  to  our  middle 
elasi:,  fordfinfrR  li!n<>  no  notion  how  mticl)  this  e\t\vn,  wiih  na,  coataiiw [  ■ 
how  m»ny  Ki^iid'S  nnri  gradations  in  it  there  are,  and  how  little  what  is 
saiii  Af  one  pckrt  of  it  nill  apply  to  another.  Somelhint;  of  llitt  sort  I  ooold 
not  hdp  iirj-'irig  aioud.  "  Vou  do  nol  know,"  1  Mid,  "that  tlten  is 
broken  olf,  o^  viie  may  say,  from  the  top  o{  our  middle  cUaa,  a  targe  frag- 
ment, which  n<ceirc  the  beat  education  tho  coautry  can  give,  lh«  aame 


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cdDCalion  as  our  flrirtoe»aoy;  wliich  is  pcrfwlly  inMIigpnt  nil  J  wliidi 
tajoft  life  prrfrcdj-.  Thew  DMai  do  tlio  main  pan  of  our  inltlk-otanl 
mfc,  wril«  all  our  b«i  ueiyBpajiCTs  ;  and  olerercr  peopln,  I  aaaim  yon, 
iKwntben  to  be  found." 

" Oerar  enough,"  was  tlie  Answf p,  "brU  iKey  Bhow  not  muoJi  IntolH- 
gfOW,  tB  lli«  true  eeaw  ©f  tlie  vrcrj, — not  mvich  iiitel%ertcc  of  llic  wav 
Uh  worW  in  going.  Wb«tli«r  it  is  that  they  must  try  to  liit  yoar  current 
pobtM  opinion,  -whicb  is  not  inlelligrat  ;  whether  it  ia  lh«t,  having  been, 
■  ytm  ^y,  brought  up  with  ynwr  nri*toen«y,  lliey  haTo  been  too  mucli 
ixfloenced  by  it,  hnvc  Inki^,  linll'  in90Ti«ibly,  an  amlnoracy't  nmlM-iiil 
ttttuUrd,  and  do  not  bcli«Tc  in  'ukuf ;  cmrttitn  It  is  that  tbcir  intcltigeiifr 
hM  no  nrdour,  no  plitu,  l«iula  th«m  nowhi^K;  it  is  indTuctun).  Your 
intdlMl  U  at  this  moment,  to  an  almost  unexampled  d«<gr«c,  tvitlioiit 
toflorace  on  th«  intellect  of  Europe," 

Vliilc  lliiK  WRH  being  ciiid,  I  noticed  an  Italian,  wlio  wu  one  of  otir 
fuxy,  rumbling  vith  hi»  pocki-t-book,  from  whence  ho  pn««ntly  produowl 
•  umber  of  gtty  newspnpcr  ilipft,  which  I  could  ecc  were  En^lisli.  "  Now 
jat  tbtm  to  tne  for  a  moment,"  be  cried,  "and  I  will  nhow  you  what 
■aka  tu  my,  on  the  Continent,  tliat  you  Ent^linh  have  no  Kn^  for  ]ogic, 
fer  idflu,  and  that  ymir  praine  and  Mime,  liaving  no  substAHiinl  foandatton, 
ira  worth  rery  lillk'.  Yoti  wmemhcr  the  ffimmii  French  pamphlet  before 
•V  war  bcgnn  in  1859:  SajM^eoH  lh«  Tliird  and  Itali;.  The  pnmpliEet 
ifpoaled,  in  lIiR  French  way,  to  vewoD  and  lii-st  prindple-t;  the  iipHhot  of 
il  vat  thin:  'The  trealica  which  Viind  governroentJi  wo«td  l>e  invarinhlc 
•Miy  if  the  world  was  immovable.  A  pnwer  wliioh  fthnuld  intrench  itaeif 
Mind  Uvgtiea  in  order  to  resist  modificaLions  demanded  by  general 
fafin^  would  have  donbtlcaa  on  her  aide  an  ucquired  right,  but  oho  would 
1m«  igihut  her  moral  right  and  iiniveraal  tonccienoc'  Ton  Rnglioh,  on 
Ae  ether  band,  took  your  it-ind  on  things  lu  they  were  ;  '  If  treaties  are 
Bade,*  «aid  your  Titw,  '  they  must  be  respected.  Tear  one,  and  all  are 
viite  iwpcr.'  Very  well ;  this  ifl  n  policy,  at  any  nle,  an  nriatocratical 
pliey ;  tnucli  may  be  «i(l  for  It.  Thr.  Timts  w««  full  rf  cojirj;nipt  for  the 
Tknicli  pwnphWt,  an  eesay,  its  it  callcHi  it,  *  conveying  tlic  dniini!-  of  an 
igiMar  expmned  in  the  bngnage  of  an  acndemiciBn.'  It  said :  *  No  one 
KcaMomcd  to  the  pi^y  commenlK  with  which  liberty  notices  pnssing  hts- 
Hry,  caa  resd  such  a  production  without  complnr_pney  that  he  dorrt  not  live 
ta  tlie  cotmtry  which  produces  it.  To  soe  the  heavy  apparntaa  of  an  eoay 
Vmogfal  ont  to  soItq  a  question  on  whicb  men  have  Gorresponcled  and 
ItOccd  aad  Fj>ecnlaled  in  the  funds,  and  aelod  in  llie  mof;t  pmetical  manspr 
fOwiNr  for  a  month  p8"t,  ia  as  stningc  ns  if  wc  beheld  some  spectral 
review,'  and  so  on.  Still  very  well ;  ihcre  is  the  strong  pntcticnl  mnn 
4ii]ilslii(^  thwrirs  and  reveries.  '  The  Bentimont  or  rnpft  is  just  now 
L  Araueoing  to  ho  exceedingly  troublesome,  li  ie  to  a  considerable  extent 
I  ta  tnr  days  a  Kierary  revivnl/  Tlint  is  all  t"  the  same  effect.  Then 
■  MBit  a  Micfi  in  our  afTairs,  and  fonime  seem^'d  ni  if  Hhc  was  going  to 
I   livii,  M  abe  often  does  give,  the  anti-th«orists  a  triumph.     <  The  liatian 


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plot,*  ci-itil  7'Ae  Tillies,  '  lias  luileil.  Tlte  Einpercr  nnd  hid  EimLlUrs 
knew  not  the  taornl  strcna;th  wliicli  U  still  lelk  in  ttie  oaiighteoed  een- 
munitics  of  Europe.  To  the  iitianimouii  xml  iinlignaot  i-cprobatlon  of 
EDgliBb  opinion  Is  due  the  raiUirc  vf  tlic  impvilal  plots.  While  silence 
and  Tear  ruign  ovlt^ whore  ahroitil,  tho  oyc«  and  aunt  of  the  Continent  arc 
turned  cnnuminlly  t«  these  IiLandii.  Kiigikh  opialun  htialiL-en  crc<:l4:d  into 
a  kind  of  ArtfojMigufl.'  Our  liUsioeA^  went  forwa.nl  a^in,  and  your 
English  opinion  grevr  very  stern  indeed.  '  Sardinia,'  said  The  Tiatt,  m 
*  h  told  Tery  pliiiiil/  that  she  hwt  deserted  the  course  by  wlucb  alone  sh«  ' 
couLd  liopc  otthf^r  to  be  linppy  or  grrat,  iind  aliandoned  hitrsulf  to  th« 
guldnncL*  of  futAl  deiiniions,  which  are  hiring  her  on  to  deslruclioii.  Uy 
oaltivating  tlie  aria  of  peace  she  wonid  hnvc  bc«n  eolTing,  in  the  only 
poasbli^  way,  the  ditHeult  [irublum  of  Itiih.in  indupandenoe.  She  has  been 
tAiigbl  by  Fmacc  to  loolc  iiintcuJ  to  iho  aciuisition  of  fresh  territory  by 
WAr  und  winciuflst  Slio  haa  now  been  told  with  perfect  trutli  hy  the 
warning  voico  of  the  nriliiih  I*»rli3iixcnt  that  she  has  not  a  monieul  to  low 
ill  t«u-iiaiii^  her  atepii,  if  indeed  hcr  peniccucc  be  not  too  late.'  Wtdlf 
ta  make  a  long  story  Bbort,  wc  did  not  retrace  our  steps ;  we  went  on,  as  ■ 
you  know;  we  Buecccdc?d  ;  and  now  let  u»  moke  a  jump  from  tlic  spring 
to  tho  autuniii.  llcic  is  your  unanimous  £ngtish  optaion,  hero  if  yonr 
Areopngus,  hero  is  your  Times,  in  October:  '  It  is  very  irregular  ^Sar- 
diniii'n  coarse),  it  is  contrary  to  all  diplomatic  forms.  Ftaucia  the  Second 
cnn  Aiovr  a  (houaand  text*  of  intcrnnlional  law  against  iL  Yes ;  but 
there  arc  extremitit'^  l>ey<iijd  jill  taw,  nml  tlicrc  are  laws  which  existed 
b«(bre  er«n  aocicty  nun  formed.  TlnDro  are  laws  which  arc  implanted  in 
our  niilute,  anil  whioh  funti  pirt  uf  the  hum.in  mind,"  and  so  on.  Why, 
hvreyuu  hitre entirely  buxi;d  ihu  couijkuj  and  come  round  from  tlie  aristO" 
oratioal  programme  to  the  programme  of  the  Frtaidi  paniphl«t, '  the  dreams 
of  an  agitator  in  t!ic  lungungc  of  the  rhetorician  ! '  And  you  approved 
not  only  our  present  but  our  past,  and  kindly  took  oil'  your  Uui  t^ 
reprubation  iiwuinl  in  Fi-brusry.  '  How  gre.U  a  cliange  bus  been  effected 
by  the  niM-iy  courageous  policy  of  Sardinia  1  The  liinincsa  «ud  boldneaa 
which  have  raised  luily  from  dcgrailutiati  form  tlie  cuilm-ing  chamctor  of 
a  ten  yi^axfl'  policy.  King  Victor  Einmauuel  and  his  aagncious  counietlor 
have  achieved  succcn  by  romembering  lliat  fortune  favours  the  bold.' 
There  you  may  see  why  the  mind  of  France  intluences  itiu  CoutineDt  so 
muuli  and  the  inind  of  Knglund  so  little.  France  has  intelligence  enough 
to  poi'ceive  the  ideas  that  are  moving,  or  are  likely  to  mwe,  tlie  world; 
■ttc  bclicvca  in  them,  slicks  to  them,  and  shapes  her  course  to  suit  tfacm. 
You  neither  perceive  them  nor  believe  in  them,  but  you  piny  with  thtm 
like  Counters,  t-iking  tbeni  up  and  liL/ing  thi^m  down  at  randum,  and  fol-  ■ 
lowiijg  really  eonie  turn  of  your  iinagiuntion,  some  guit  of  liking  or  dis- 


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liking.  When  I  heard  some  of  your  countrj-men  complaining  of  Italy  nod 
her  ingratitude  for  English  synipaihy,  1  mado,  to  explain  it,  ilic  collection 
of  those  extracts  and  of  a  good  ni.'uiy  more.  They  are  all  at  your  service ; 
I  have  some  here  from  l\ui  iSatnrday  BevicK,  which  you  will  tind  exactly 


MY  COfSTBTMIW. 


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fiilfow  nut  wiili  iliosc  from  The  Times."  "No,  tlmnV  jon."  I  answered, 
**  T\e  TiMf)  IB  mdiigh.  My  relations  wiih  Uic  Sutariiai/  Hevieto  nre  rallrar 
tig!it-sticuli«d,  sn  jcu  say  here,  already ;  make  me  a  part/  to  none  of 
yeur  quurcls  willi  tUcm." 

AAcr  this  nt^r original  tormeDtor  once  moretooltnpliisjMinibte.  "  You 
IM  now  wlmt  [  tnuuit,"  ho  hliJ,  "  by  saying  that  you  did  better  iu  Oie  uM 
tine,  in  thu  day  of  arutoernoiu.  An  ariBtfl<;nicy  lias  no  iil<iiB,  but  it  haA  a 
jnliey. — to  reul  cluui^.  la  this  policy  it  Wlioveit,  it  iticks  to  it ;  when 
it  u  bentvn  in  it,  it  hoUls  its  tongue,  Thii  is  rcsp<:vt:iblu,  itt  any  rate. 
Bu*  yotir  grwit  niuldlo  cImd,  «s  you  cal  1  it,  your  present  goveruing  power, 
hariiif  iiu  policy,  except  tluit  of  doiug  a  roaring  tntdu,  docs  not  know 
who*  to  be  nt  in  great nffairtt, — blowahoi  and  cold  by  turns, — miikea  ilcclf 
ridictiloaa  ia  abort.  It  ■wa*  a  good  nrialocralicol  policy  to  hare  b«I[ie(l 
AMkria  in  the  It^ilUn  war  ;  it  wn»  «  gocd  aristocnitical  policy  to  bam 
bliptd  the  Souib  in  tbe  American  nsr.  The  da^x  of  anNlocmlicnl  policy 
are  orer  tor  you;  witli  your  new  tniddlc-clasH  public  opininii  you  cut,  in 
Ittly,  UlO  figure  onr  friend  hero  brut  jiiat  *)inwn  yon  ;  irL  Ariici-iea  you 
mid  right  and  Ud,  yoii  gfit  up  n  luon^lcr  mcuioi-ial  to  deprecate  ilie 
litrtlwr  effuBioa  of  blood;  you  lamcut  over  tlte  abricl->twiit  of  civil  liberty 
\ij  people  engaged  in  a  struggle  Ibr  lill'  and  difJiib,  and  meaning  to  win  ; 
»d  when  ibcy  turn  n  deaf  uir  to  you  ami  win,  you  tuiy,  '  Gh,  now  let  u» 
I*  one  grmt  united  Anglo-Saxon  fimiiy  and  nstonisli  ibc  world.'  Tbiit 
ii  jwi  of  a  piece  witli  your  threatening  Germany  with  tlic  Emperor  of  llie 
Fitnch.  Do  yot)  not  sec  that  all  iKctc  blumlcn  dispose  tbo  Amei-ioana, 
*to  arc  very  ihrewd,  and  wbo  have  been  eucceediog  at  i.Ci>adily  an  you 
bvc  been  fiullng,  to  nnswar  ;  '  Wc  Larc  got  tlic  load,  no  tbnnks  to  you, 
ndw*  tataa.  to  astoniah  the  world  witlmnt  you.'  Unlesi  you  change, 
vbIhb  juar  caiddle  diun  groin  more  iitldligciiC,  you  will  tell  upoa  tbo 
mrid  l«n  and  !c«!i.  nnd  end  by  beiiif;  a  second  Holland.  Wc  do  not  hold 
Jtn  ebenp  for  saying  you  will  wasli  your  hands  of  all  concerns  but  yoin* 
•va,  that  you  do  not  care  a  rush  for  influence  in  Europe  -,  though  tliia 
*nit«iK«  of  your  Lord  Bolingbroke  in  true: '  The  opinion  of  mimkind,  whic}k 
it  fame  aAer  dtaih,  is  superior  strength  and  power  in  life.'  We  hold 
JOB  chmp  b«auM  you  eliow  fc  few  aignu,  txcopt  in  tho  one  duiuirlmvut 
of  iaduatry,  of  anderstanding  your  titnu  luid  its  tendencies,  and  of 
nhibitlng  a  modem  life  wLicb  nball  be  a  signal  itiicceuis.  And  the  rcaotiou 
b  the  rtrorgcr,  bcenuw,  ofler  1815,  we  believed  in  you  a«  now-a-d«ys  we 
m  ooraing  to  believe  In  America.  You  bad  won  tho  last  game,  and  we 
llMagbt  yem  bad  your  Litud  full  of  trumps,  and  were  going  to  win  Llio 
AexL.  Now  lh«  game  baa  begun  to  be  played,  and  v.'e  bnve  nn  inkling  of 
wliat  your  cards  are;  we  tJirewdly  suspect  you  have  sciircely^ any  trumps 
■t  alL" 

I  aiB  no  arguet,  u  is  well  known,  "and  every  puny  whipster  gets  my 
ncord."  So,  instead  of  making  bad  worse  by  a  Iniuii  nunwiir,  I  held  my 
tragtiCi  consoling  myself  wiUi  tba  thought  that  thew  f^r^gnent  get 
bom  Uf,  at  any  rale,  plenty  of  Itolanda  for  niiy  stray  Oliver  they  may 


vrcov^mwnt. 


Intro  tbtt  luck  lo  giro  us,  I  hiiTc  nncc  inrditaled  a  gcnl  cltnX  on 
WHS  then  Biid,  but  I  cnunol  pmfbss  to  be  yd  qiiito  cimr  nhcitt  it. 
CTCT,  nil  due  dcijuotions  ntdt  A^r  enry,  cxnggtrniicn,  nnd  InjuMioe,  eoonfli 
Bliwk  by  mc  of  ihc-K  rcmnrkii  wi  Mir  Irtsie,  criticism,  nnd  lore  of  nilclli- 
gence,  to  determine  me  to  go  on  iryinj  (Inking  care,  of  co«rw>,  lo  Mutr 
elcar  of  indecency)  to  Vcp  my  rniud  fjxctl  <in  lliccc,  inHrnd  of  Ringing 
honniubt  to  oiir  nctuul  male  of  development  nnd  eirilinttitkn.  Th«  eld 
recipe,  to  think  n  little  more  kod  bnslk-  a  little  ien,  twm&l  (o  me  still 
tb«  bert  r«cipo  (A  folloT-,  So  I  lakn  comfort  wb«n  I  find  tbe  (7nTnftn» 
reprnncliing  iii«  vrilli  hAring  no  influriice;  for  1  know  whnt  influeau 
tnranH,— o  pnHr>  pmctical  propomla,  ac4ion;  biuI  T  uiy  to  myFcif;  "  Eren 
Itipprwe  I  cotild  prt  some  followpn,  imd  aswinb]*  theDi,  brimming  with 
fllTcctif'nnte  mthu'iiMnii  in  «  commiticc-room  at  some  ion  ;  what  on 
tMlh  thould  I  Kiy  lo  tbcm  ?  wliat  rceohitiona  could  I  propoM  ?  I  coold 
only  propose  the  old  Socratic  pommcinplnoe,  ITntni!  tb^ivl/;  and  how  lilmlt 
they  would  all  lock  nt  tlint  1"  No  !  to  inquire,  perhapd  too  curion»Iy, 
■what  that  proflCTit  »lnt«  of  Kn^lisb  development  and  civilisation  »»,  which 
■ooording  to  Mr.  Lowe  is  ho  pprfrct  that  to  give  votM  to  the  working  claw 
ia  atnrk  madnc^;  and,  on  tb«  other  hand,  to  h«  Inn  s>Rgiiin«  about  the 
divine  and  saving  cffi-et  oT  n  rote  on  its  poasoffiot  tlian  my  frionda  in  ih« 
coiBmittcc-room  nt  tlic  "Spotted  Dog," — that  la  my  ineriiable  portion. 
To  bring  thing*  under  tbe  light  of  pne's  intelligenen,  to  bp«  how  ch«y  look 
there,  to  acciiBlom  oneself  (imply  w  regntd  tho  MiirylfboneV«try,  or  th« 
Edocationat  Home,  or  the  Irisb  CbiiTcK  Establishtnont,  or  our  nilwny 
mflflBgement,  or  our  r>ivorc«  Court,  or  our  gin-pnlitem  open  on  Sunday 
nnd  the  Oryntnl  Palace  rhut,  aa  nbaurditini — that  ia,  1  nm  mm,  inrnlnnble 
eaereise  for  u«  ju^t  nt  pwtsonf.  lM  nli  ppraist  in  it  who  can,  und  ateadily 
act  their  desires  on  introducing,  with  timv,  n  littlo  more  aoul  and  tpiriC 
into  iho  too,  too  solid  fledh  of  Kngli»h  jociety. 

I  hav(-  n  friend  who  is  rery  ranguine,  in  apilc  of  tlio  diumi)  croakiligi 
of  tlirae  fbn-ignrra,  about  the  turn  thisga  are  eren  now  taking  sinongit  ua. 
*'  Brc&n  and  ignoble  as  onr  middle  claw  looks,"  h«  saya,  "  it  haa  this  oapitnl 
Tirtue,  it  has  serionsness.  With  frivolily, criltured  or  iincnilured,  von  cam 
do  nothing;  but  wiiK  wricunm-AB  llicro  ia  alwayu  hope.  Then,  too,  the 
prcacnt  l>cnt  of  the  wnrld  lownrds  aninsing  itoelf,  ao  pcriloiui  lo  Ibo  higb»t 
claw,  ia  cumtire  and  good  for  our  middle  ctttss.  A  piano  in  a  qnaLer'i 
drKwing-room  is  a  st<p  fir  Kim  to  more  hnmnne  lifi);  nay,  perhnpa. 
even  the  penny  gnfT  of  tlio  poor  En«-T.ftuduncr  i«  a  tiUrp  frr  him  to  mr-rs 
limnanc  life;  it  in — wlwt  t-xamplc  sliall  we  ehoosf  7 — it  ia  Slrathmon,  Irt 
«9  Bay, — it  is  the  ono-potind-oleven-nnd-aixponny  gaff  of  the  young 
gentleman  af  the  clubs  and  the  ycnmg  Indies  of  Delgraria,  that  is  fiir 
(bcm  but  a  step  in  tbc  primrose  path  to  the  l^vc^lastt^g  bonfire.  Bealdcf^ 
•ay  whnt  you  like  of  tlie  idealeKsneas  of  nnatooniolaa,  tlifl  vnlgnrilj  of 
our  middle  clai?,  the  immaturity  of  our  lower,  nnd  the  poor  diance 
which  a  hnppy  typ«i  of  nifdom  life  haa  holwoen  Ihem,  consider  this  : 
or  all  that  irnke*  lift  lihcnd  and  liiimitne, — of  light,  of  ideos,  of  cullurt', 


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HIT  COUNTRYMES.  171 

—pretj  man  in  cTCrj  class  of  society  who  hna  a  dush  of  genius  in  him 
is  the  boon  friend.  By  hi«  bringing  up,  by  his  habits,  by  his  interest, 
be  may  be  thoir  enemy ;  by  the  primitiTo,  nnaltcrabte  complexion  of  his 
Mturo,  he  ia  their  friend.  Therefore,  the  movement'  of  the  modem  spirit 
will  be  more  and  more  felt  among  ua,  it  7111  spread,  it  will  prevail. 
Nay,"  this  enthnuast  oflen  continues,  getting  excited  as  he  goes  on,  "  T!ie 
Times  itself,  which  so  stirs  some  people's  indignation — ^what  is  The  Times  but 
t  gigantic  Sancho  Panza,  to  borrow  a  phrase  of  yonr  friend  Heine; — a 
gigantic  Sancho  Panza,  following  by  an  attraction  he  cannot  re«st  that 
poor,  mad,  scorned,  suffering,  sublime  enthusiast,  the  modern  spirit  ; 
following  it,  indeed,  with  constant  grumbling,  expostulation,  and  oppo- 
sition, with  airs  of  protection,  of  compaaaion&te  superiority,  with  an 
tDceflBBDt  byplay  of  nods,  shrugs,  and  winks  addressed  to  the  spec- 
tators }  foUowing  it,  in  short,  with  all  the  incurable  recalcitrancy  of  a 
lower  nature,  but  still  following  it?"  When  my  friend  talka  thus,  I 
always  shake  my  head,  and  say  that  this  sounds  very  like  the  transcen- 
dentalism which  has  already  brought  me  into  so  many  scrapes. 

I  have  another  friend  again  (and  I  am  grown  bo  cowed  by  all  the 
rebuke  my  original  speculations  have  drawn  upon  me  that  I  find  myself 
more  and  more  filling  the  part  of  a  mere  listener),  who  calls  himself 
Anglo-Saxon  rather  than  English,  and  this  ia  what  he  says  :  "  We  are  a 
small  country,"  he  says,  "  and  our  middle  class  has,  as  you  say,  not  much 
gift  for  anything  but  making  money.  Our  freedom  and  wealth  have  given 
OS  a  great  start,  our  capital  will  give  us  for  a  long  time  an  advantage ; 
but  as  other  countries  grow  better-govenied  and  richer,  we  must  neces- 
sarily sink  to  the  position  to  which  our  size  and  our  want  of  any  eminent 
gift  for  telling  upon  the  world  spiritually,  doom  ua.  Bat  look  at  America; 
it  is  the  same  race ;  whether  wc  are  first  or  they,  Anglo-Saxonism 
triumphs.  You  used  to  say  that  they  had  all  the  Philistinism  of  the 
English  middle  class  from  which  they  spring,  and  a  great  many  faults  of 
their  own  besides.  But  you  noticed,  too,  that,  blindly  as  they  seemed 
following  in  general  the  star  of  their  god  Bimcombe,  they  showed,  at 
the  same  time,  a  fueling  for  ideas,  a  vivacity  and  play  of  mind, 
which  our  middle  class  has  not,  and  which  comes  to  the  Americans, 
probably,  from  their  democratic  life,  with  its  ardent  hope,  its  forward 
stride,  its  gaze  fixed  on  the  future.  Well,  since  these  great  events 
have  lately  come  to  purge  and  form  them,  how  is  this  intelligence  of 
theirs  developing  itsoif?  Now  they  arc  manifesting  a  quick  sense  to 
sec  how  the  world  ia  really  going,  and  a  sure  faith,  indispensable  to 
all  nations  that  are  to  l>e  great,  that  greatness  is  only  to  bo  reached  by 
Bfjing  that  way  and  no  other?  And  then,  if  you  talk  of  culture,  look  at 
the  culture  their  middle,  and  even  their  working  class  is  getting,  as 
compared  with  the  culture  ours  arc  getting.  The  trash  which  circulates 
by  the  hundred  thousand  among  our  middle  cla.s3  has  no  readers  in 
America ;  our  rubbish  ia  for  home-consumption ;  all  our  best  books, 
books  which    arc   read   here  only  by  the  small  educated  class,  arc  in 


172  MT  COUNTRTMICN. 

Americfi  the  books  of  tlie  groat  reading  public  So  over  there  tLey  will 
F.dvance  spiritually  ns  well  na  inatprinlly ;  and  if  our  race  at  last  flowers 
to  modern  life  there,  and  not  Iiere,  does  It  so  much  matter?"  So  aays  mj 
friend,  who  is,  aa  I  premised,  a  devotee  of  Anglo- Saxon  ism ;  I,  who  share 
liis  pious  frenzy  but  imperfectly,  do  not  feel  quite  satisfied  with  these 
plana  of  vicarious  greatness,  aiid  have  a  longing  for  this  old  and  great 
country  of  ours  to  be  altvays  great  in  herself,  not  only  in  her  prcgeny. 
So  I  keep  looking  at  her,  and  thinking  of  her,  and  as  often  as  I  consider 
how  history  is  a  scries  of  waves,  coming  gradually  to  a  head  and  then 
breaking,  and  that,  as  the  successive  waves  come  up,  one  nation  is  seen  at 
the  top  of  this  wave,  and  then  another  of  the  next,  I  twV  myself,  counting 
all  the  waves  which  have  come  up  with  England  on  the  top  of  them : 
When  tlie  great  wave  which  is  now  nionnting  has  come  up,  will  she  be  at 
the  top  of  il7     lila  niliil,  nee  me  quarentem  vana  moraiur. 

Yet,  wo  etmi^  her;  bat  she, 
The  weary  Titan,  with  dcnf 
Eais,  and  laboDiMlimm'd  eyn, 
Kogsrding  neither  to  right 
Kor  left,  goes  posaivcl/  hy. 
Staggering  on  to  her  goal ; 
Bearing,  on  ahooldcn  immense, 
Atlant^an,  the  load, 
Wcllnigh  not  to  be  borne, 
Of  tlio  too  vsit  orb  of  her  fate 

ifATTIIEW  ARNOLD.    . 


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jaTji  (FxprrieiiM  m  a  f&ml  ^uvp\iu\i. 


IIaviks  occasion  during  the  past  Hummer  Vr  go  from  one  of  the  Turkish 
bJanda  «f  Uic  Mi-ditcn-ancan  over  to  EuitFiican  teira-firina,  I  was  obliged 
lo  go  to  Syra,  die  cntrepfit  of  tlie  Levant,  lo  tnkv  piusngc  in  tho  Aiuttrinn 
Uc^'b  »lcai]iei' ;  t)ut  ea  tlie  Clioterti  piiiiic  atiii  i]ie  restrlciiumi  Inirl  on  tlio 
Rcutun  from  nil  Turkish  ports  liad  virtually  stopped  rcgukr  couiniunica- 
ikm  witli  Orwk  porU,  I  wu  obllgi^l  lu  bonow  tlie  yoclit  of  an  Knglieh 
bicnd  irlio  happened  to  he  viaiting  uh  iit  tlie  tiiii^.  Oiir  inland  had  hnd 
no  can  of  Cholera,  and  indtjed  had  never  been  viaited  by  it;  its  general 
hcatthfulncss  wai  all  that  co\M  be  d^'slrcd  by  the  iudbI  exacting  Banrd  of 
Il<^lb,  nnd  as,  roarcover,  we  were  fi'ttifted  with  EugUith,  Turkijli,  Mid 
Greek  HOs  of  health,  I  anticipated  nt  the  worst  a  detention  «f  four  or  five 
days  prcrioiu  to  bcJng  permitted  to  land. 

We  had  a  clinrming  run  of  thirty  odd  hoiirs,  vi'ith  jtinl  wind  pnongli 
to  make  a  landim&n  love  ihf?  sen,  and  stfihtiiig  Syiii  ia  the  morniiig,  stood 
dirMiiy  in  for  the  port.  Hnlf  a  mile  off  tho  nvclo-licad  wo  met  a  nuin-of- 
war'aboat,  llie Greek  blue  and  wliite  «lrii>eji  flying  out  from  lh«  iturn,  and 
rvceired  n  raoat  perempWry  iraming  to  go  no  nGan»-,  foarfully  i^oulcd 
from  a  HiTe  diatancQ  ;  and  en  leartiing  llial  wo  n-ero  from  a  Turkish  port, 
llic  officer  ordered  as  off  to  Di-los  for  eleven  daye'  quarantine,  declining 
vna  CO  look  at  our  liJU  of  healtii  or  htar  any  protest  or  txplanationa. 

Those  vrbo  have  hcen  at  Syra  rosy  remember  to  the  weit  of  that  port, 
ud  about  tea  miles  away,  a  low,  tare,  and  rocky  isliuid,  which  few  pcopl« 
ever  vuit,  nnd  uu  which  only  two  or  three  herdsmen  lire.  On  eloftnr 
itupcctiun  one  litida  lluit  what  Fccnicd  to  bo  oni;  it)  reaMy  two  inlandc,  the 
larger  called  aometiiBM  Rh«n^<,  nnd  iwmetinies  tho  greater  Delos,  the  smaller 
t&a  tme  Delo*,  site  of  the  famous  temple  of  Apollo.  In  a  bay  on  the 
amtli-emateni  aide  of  the  foi-iner,  the  S^^l/'h  (1  um  suflicicntly  ioexuct  iu 
JcAalt  M  1  have  occasionnlly  to  pnsH  tlirou^h  Syr:L,  and  don't  caro  to  have 
ny  identity  diccovcicd,)  caat  atiolior,  and  the  Mcnllcil  hixtiroLlo  being 
otily  an  imtignificAnt  colleclioo  of  liuta,  built  of  rctigb  board*,  I  ejected  to 
peilbnn  quarantine  on  bc«rd,  even  at  the  coat  of  delMDiog  the  >Sjf^ 
lodger  than  her  owner  had  caJculaled.  In  fnot  the  bar<;,  dry,  cvtn  burnt 
look  of  the  island,  without  a  thnih,  a  tpiing,  or  a  living  thing  on  it  except 
a  few  guaniianl  and  vonie  hicklcaa  pu&ic'ogeni  of  nn  Knf^lish  steamer  which 
had  preceded  us  by  a  fvw  dayii,  gave  snmiU  hope  of  being  able  to  pass 
•Itven  dayt  of  idleness  eodurably,  in  the  heat  of  midaumuier,  where  the 
vin  is  as  fervent  oa  on  thcKUth  aide  of  a  Grei;k  IiiJuDd.  The  steiimer  w» 
fivu  Alexandria,  with  over  t\ro  hundred  pastcngera  on  hoard,  mostly 
fijriolr*  and  ulhtr  GiCfks  living  from  the  Cholera,  then  in  the  beginning 


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MY  EXPEltlKNCB  IN  A  OUC£K  QUAII.VN-XINE. 

of  iia  fury  lit  tlinl  city ;  tlicrtfore  they  woro  moat  nAturally  put  iiiio  qi«- 
nnlme.  I^cir  term  xttis  futirlccii  da^s,  I  lulicrc,  orvrliicli  ncnrly  a  Ufxk 
had  paiMed  witlioat  nny  nyinptams  of  si^'knes  of  any  kind.  We  were  ncnr 
eooagli  to  linti  ncivia  to  licr  en  »Lill  ilitya  itnd  hear  tlic  complainta  of  the 
cmplain  reared  al-  tynipatbotic  ears  ia  good  broad  Englitli,  And  witncM  by 
eye  and  cue  ttio  fucts  1  am  nbout  to  imrratit,  whidi  I  chiilkngu  iho  moil 
[citrioTic  :>iiil  rticiidaciouB  uihubitant  ofSyni  to  coutnidict. 

TBa  cnptnin  of  the  itciiiner  having,  like  myself,  only  ciilculftt«d  on  a 
few  day»'  oh»erratio]],  had  provided  liimiiclf  with  sufEciont  sLurcd  for  llie 
time  lor  liia  Haw  cah'm  pas&euKcrf,  tho  gioul  bulk  of  those  on  bourd  being 
deck  pusBpngers,  who  provide  themnflvcs  wiih  fwurl  Cut  the  royagp.  TbeM 
bad  bccu  cxlMi'iutcd  sodii  urt^r  their  nrriral  at  iiuarauliDe ;  and  thecaptaia, 
praying  in  vun  for  snppEiea  from  the  nuthoriUcs  of  Syra,  began  to  fanuifc 
bii  (hip's  BUpplies ;  for  it  vita  imposaiblf^,  as  he  KaJd,  to  me  the  poor  p«^le 
slorrc.  £iit  these  auppUva,  uliuiiJont  for  hi»  proper  cnd>,  would  go  but  a 
littlo  way  ill  fvcdiiig  that  hun^y  luultiludc,  and  were  threalcniMl  with 
cxhaiuiioti  Iwforc  thu  luwcujicoplc  should  awaken  iLeir  Chrisiiauiij  from 
its  Bleep  cf,  I  imagine,  about  8or«nlC'6ii  ceatories.  Tb«  captain  appcalod  m 
in  vain  to  tlnni  lo  cavo  thtir  coiinLryiiieii  from  otiirvutioii.  Tlivy  were 
not  bound,  ihcy  Niid,  Ic  provide  tbod  fi^r  puopiu  Ikcaum  they  found  tbeut 
in  (|unrantirii.'.  So  ilic  captain  gave  out  all  his  atoi-ee,  little  by  little, 
and  idioulcd  acrosa  to  mc  to  know  if  I  Iiad  any  to  spare.  The  Sj/lfk 
carried  a  ci«w  trf  tvriJvo  m<ai,  and  wo  natiLrally  had  two  or  three 
faaireU  of  haid  bread  and  Halt  h&;(  HLowed  away  fur  etu^egeaeitt ;  and 
though  what  wo  could  givu  them,  with  propar  n;gard  to  our  own  aeoda, 
could  bo  liltio  moro  than  a,  few  hours'  r«spit«  from  starvation,  it  vas 
impoasiblu  to  vritliliold  it. 

The  cnpLiun  wa^^  an  iucoiiiute  protest,  a  deck- walking  improcoLion  on 
Ihe  uiimjrly  auttiorilica  of  Syra,  The  jH-'uplo  in  his  Klup  wito  not  his  own 
countrymen,  but  (iK-eku;  he  wanunJiri'  no  obligation  to  provide  a  motithfiil 
for  one  of  thetn  ;  lh«y  had  no  money  to  buy,  and  he  had  no  authority  to 
buy  Jbr  ihem  except  from  hisotvn  funda — lohavedoRenhiGhh«inu«tfaav« 
been  a  itotnau  prince  or  an  Kngliiiii  bimkcr,  So  lie  vrrote,  and  betfgod,  uhI 
protisHU'd.  He  wroW  lo  iho  Knglisli  cnrmul,  Mr.  I.loyd,  and  Mr.  Uoyd 
Bturmcd  at  tht  noniarcK  and  deiiiaich  by  tiirun  in  vain.  The  Syrioies  woald 
nots«i)d,anddio  consul  could  not — aarealtttlfl&rtheoapudua^GTOW';  and 
provLuomi  vac  not  only  not  sappliud  by  Ihu  board  of  health,  but  permis' 
nion  to  carry  ihcin  oiT  vtnn  denied  thoso  ivho  would  liave  taken  ihew— w 
great  ivoB  the  panic  at  the  ideaof  eoramuiiicilinn  with  the  ship.  Mr.  Lloyd 
nucceeded  now  and  then  in  sending  a  small  mtpply  by  the  guanttt-coata, 
nnd  they  bought  now  and  then  a  kid  of  the  h>erdaincu  on  tiie  "  clean  "  part 
of  Llie  iMlaiid,  at  unorbitaut  rates.  But  they,  too,  finally  refused  to  coa- 
inuiiicate ;  and  then  tliu  cuplaia  wrote  to  the  consul — I  saw  the  letter  aft«r^ 
wanls — "for  three  days  my  men  have  !>iu)  no  bread,  and  two  of  tlivia 
hnve  gone  raving  mad."'  Auiongttt  the  cabi n-paunigent  was  a  French- 
woman, ]>ri!giiaiit  and  ncnr  her  coniiuetiient  ;  fiT  ht-i-  tlic  cajilain  b^cd 


UT  EXPEBIEJtCE  IN  A  GKEEK  QUARASTIXK.  17S 

for  a  doctor  or  DUrae  in  vain — none  would  venture  ;  and  when  the  time 
was  come  the  poor  mother  had  only  ihc  kindly  care  of  the  captain  nnd 
her  fellow-poasengera,  among  whom  was  no  woman  or  person  competent 
to  cnrc  tor  her.     Fortunately,  Hlie  posted  through  her  trial  safely. 

lu  the  meanwhile,  Mr.  Lloyd  kept  up  his  proteata  and  remoastrancoa 
to  |>eopIe  nud  government — protested  against  the  inhumanity  and  tho 
iil^ality  of  the  whole  thing — begged  for  relief  to  deaf  eara :  "  Better," 
they  wid,  "  that  a  few  should  suffer,  than  that  forty  thousand  should  incur 
the  peril  of  Cholera.  To  allow  people  to  carry  provisions  to  the  island 
was  to  run  daoger  of  communication  with  contagion."  The  only  reply  of 
my  significance  that  Mr.  Lloyd  got  was  a  threat  of  burning  his  houEC  over 
hia  head  if  he  persisted  in  attempting  to  bring  Cholera  into  Syra. 

We,  knowing  nothing  of  this  little  turmoil,  lay  quietly  under  the 
intense  sun  waiting  the  lapse  of  time.  The  Greeks  on  the  steamer  might 
ftarve,  but  we  were  perhaps  thankful  that  they  were  only  Greeks;  u-e 
ibould  wear  through  well  enough,  and  then  be  free.  Mr.  Lloyd  finally 
wrote  to  Athens ;  the  govcmmont  at  Athens  ordered  an  examination ; 
and  then  the  demos,  under  compulsion,  voted  meagre  aupplics  to  their 
Wished  countrymen. 

But  our  fates  were  merciless.  A  few  days,  very  few,  before  the  steamer's 
tune  had  expired,  a  ship  arrived  from  Alexandria  which  actually  had 
the  Cholera  on  board  I  Twenty  or  more  bad  died  and  were  throivn  over- 
board on  the  voyage,  aa  we  afterwards  learned,  and  several  more  were  sick. 
As  she  came  into  the  quarantine  anclioring-ground  and  cast  anchor,  she 
digged  some  distance,  and  seemed  in  a  fair  way  to  drifl  against  the  armed 
catterivhich  waa  doing  Auty  s\a  giiarda-cosla  and  capo-ffitardiano.  The 
iirave  fellow — (I  hope  he  wasn't  a  sailor) — ran  out  hia  guns,  and  prepared 
to  »nk  the  ship  and  all  on  board,  lest  she  should  come  into  contact  with 
him.  Th.it  scene  is  one  I  shall  never  forget  and  hardly  ever  forgive  : 
t;,ehiiddhU  passengers  driven  on  deck  by  the  pestilence  and  heat,  and 
doubtless,  already  in  a  frenzy  of  fear  from  the  perils  within,  found  them- 
•tdveamet  on  the  threshold  of  deliverance  from  their  awful  fellow- voyager 
hj  the  oi>cn  mouths  of  Greek  carronades.  Women  shrieked  and  men 
Ixiwled  with  fright;  all  prayed,  supplicating  the  gods  and  the  captain; 
the  iptarda-costa  people  were  in  a  worse  panic,  if  possible, — shouted 
orders  and  counter -orders,  ran  out  a  giui  and  ran  it  in  again,  threatened, 
prayod  and  curtted,  as  though  doom  was  on  them.  This  horror  of  the 
Cholera  seemed  to  have  become  r  maJness  in  the  Greek  mind.  Our  aailors 
gave  the  wretchea  the  benefit  of  much  good  and  strong  English,  which  I 
tear  was  sadly  waated,  and  would  have  been  equally  so  had  it  been  equally 
pood  Greek  ;  but  1  noticed  that  our  jrnnrrffVint)  was  stricken  with  fear  at  tho 
l«re  idea  of  the  vicinity  of  the  infected  ship.  Wh.it  the  extent  of  the  con- 
ta«non  wa»s  we  knew  not  of  course ;  but  the  hurrying  and  trepidation  of  the 
people  on  board,  and  in  tlic  boat  which  came  alongside,  made  it  evident 
tliut  something  unusual  was  going  on.  The  boat  lay  far  off,  and  tho  officers 
shouted  very  loudly ;  a;id  we  heard  afterwards  from  the  qn.irantine-bojit 


tS  A  GIIGBK  QUARAKTIHB. 


tlint  there  wvtv  Ivur  or  five  tliwl  or  ChoI«ra  oa  bowl,  wbom  tliey 
lo  GCDil  OR  Ntiorc  to  be  burittl.  but  tUia  WM  refused  u  dangcioua  I  thea^ 
b«  permittecl  to  sink  (Utrm  in  the  scu — llii*  was  sUll  lou  to  be  alloimil. 
Tbey  begged  for  arloctor— do  one  uoiiltl  go :  guardiani  even  would  aw  go 
on  board,  Jor  nny  conipriu&ttcQ,  uud  iLfj-  ruweJ  nwjiy,  Icnving  hw  to  Tier 
fntf.  Wc  ihcrlly  Aflcr  icoeived  nn  intimntion  Lliul  by  renRoa  of  tbia  new 
iiiTlrnl,  all  sliipn  in  quarauiiiic  at  tliut  tinm  munt  Btny  fnurteen  dajrs  uion  1 

My  own  wrAtb  nt  Greek  inhitnunity  lind  been  already  so  Urgply  excited 
tbat  I  could  get  no  angrier  at  tbi«  new  tyranny — in  fact,  t  thought  more  of 
tlvc  steBnicr  onil  its  already  bali-»tarvcd  and,  «vcn,  ia  «onj«  cm*,  dying 
pco[>k',  iliim  of  inyw'lf;  nnd  if  I  had  hud  the  pestilence  in  the  hallow  of  my 
liunil,  I  nhoiiiii,  I  (vin^  linvc  visited  8yra  as  Kgypt  Dcver  hdj  rinitcd.  Bat 
the  most  aj^ling  thought  vr»»  of  tliat  luckloaa  e1i>[>  with  DeAth  holding 
nrvel  on  her,  and  L\w  living  hound  lo  liic  dead. 

Ifcrc  WBK  thunliip  of  tliuanciuiit  uiaritier,  in  tcoth—iuicliored  oidyibM 
with  anchors  almost  uaelees  on  that  Iram|uil  tea,  lt«  fiery  Hun  iiboro,  uul 
tJie  gta«.y  water  below,  nud  nothiug  lo  brciik  that  nwful  QioiioUniy  but  Um 
incrcilets  quarantinc-bont  eoming  lo  iirIc  Atid  refuse.  We  «oald  ma  tin 
[icople  oil  tho  »lnii  galhcrr  on  thu  fur^Ciitib  and  in  ilia  rigging,  looking 
lo  the  laud,  \vljich,  browu  nnd  dry  t\a  it  was,  waa  to  ihcta  *  rcAigc 
Tho  second  and  llio  lliini  day  came,  ami  ilio  dLwl  inultiplivd,  until  ten  or 
a.  dozen  corpHca  wcrn  on  hoard.  Hlill  no  phyniuiun,  tiu  landing,  no  burud  _ 
ovDn;  nnd  the  pEague- stricken  ship  and  its  dying  cnrgo  lay  iiiill  under  tli«  H 
Anguit  Min.  The  third  day  the  crew  received  [jermission  lo  put  the 
bodiea  overboard,  litd  wilh  topva,  that  tlmy  might  not  drift  away  and 
carfy  to  some  accursed  Gi-eek  coiiimunity  the  plague  it  mcritvd.  •!  may 
be  ui)ju»t,  but  those  dny»  Itnve  mndo  m«  detest  nnd  ablit^r  llic  very  nania 
of  Sjra  and  iia  people.  We  anw  the  dend  lowered  overbofttd,  one  by  ona,. 
and  with  glasses  could  ace  them  Hooting  alougiiide,  horrible  to  lu'glit  and 
fimcj. 

I  am  only  dealing  vviib  fads,— fiicts  which  wUl  be  confirmed  by  tba 
tentiiuoiiy  vt  ninny  who  piuwil  thoee  broiling  August;  duya  in  that  qoaraa* 
tino.  No  pliy^ieiaii  eould  be  found  in  Syra  who  had  humanity  vnougb 
t(i  hi'iir  ilm  cry  of  that  suffering  company,  or  Teiiture  on  the  plagoe- 
Biricltcn  ftliip.  They  did  iinolly  get  permisuLoa  to  bury  tbc  dead,  all 
but  one  mother  and  child,  who  drifted  \vofv,  nnd  wns  cast  on  sooa 
un}inown  shant,  or  fed  tha  GrhtA  ;  and  Hnally  a  Danisli  physician  catne,  a 
Volunteer  from — 1  regret  to  say  1  know  not  where,  nor  even  do  I  knowhia 
n.inie.  1  did  not  lliiiitc  theii  to  eii:ibh;  iiiy«elf  to  rend>?r  him  the  boooUT 
he  dcscr\-cs  ;  nnd  ficially  lL«  sick  vvcro  landud.  Tbi;rc  liad  been  t 
hundred  nnd  forty  pncsengors  on  boanl  when  the  ship  left  Alcxnndria,  end 
tli«:rc  vfum  over  a  huiidccd  rthvti  nlii:  cnnic  to  ([imrantinc — the  untouched 
remaining  on  board  until  ihey  were  attached  in  thtir  turn,  and  wore 
carried  uohoic  to  die.  Their  proviHioiia,  too,  wcr«  failing,  nnd  at  last 
atarvation  came  to  help  the  |ie«lilitncv. 

I   sought    distraction   apd   paacimo   Amongst   lli«   aailors,   of 


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Vmo  }ad  ttttmctod  toy  sIknUon  dur!ii;t   tic  run   orvr.     Oiit;  of  tbcni  T 

joAged  to  bam  Amcricon  si  Ont  «igiil,  the  inca.rnaiioii  of  "go-fl-hciid  " 

lad  nenrooB  mcrgr.     I  had  vecn  liiin  ai  lliv  wbt-cl  the  6nt  day  out,  a«  I 

at  kA  taking  toy  friiit  after  d)Dti«r,  aod  Icinptud  him  U>  aflitbility  by  n 

koge  iJ»ee  of  melon,  wbich  he  ate  without  evc^r  taking  liiit  aya  fur  morn 

Abb  an  fnif'^ti'*  from  the  course  of  the  yaclil.     The  aexc  liay  they  ncru 

ipplaj  tlMt  br«ka  the  mI«dc«  ;   vrlieii,  nbruptly  luraing  round  to  iu«,  li« 

idnd  if  I  wasa  freemaaon.    Ileviu^ani]  cvidt^ntl/did  net  uadenland  how 

one  txiuJd  treat  a  sailor  with  courtoy  or  kindifcs  without  aoaie  such  molire 

m  that  mystic  brolb«rbood  it  supposed  to  fumixh.    He  wor«  a  black  wide- 

■wake  crowded  doMe  down  lo  hia  cyet,  ^vEitcii  luoVod  sliurii  tiut  fmni  iiuder 

MiLJ.  cl«ar-draws  eyebrowt.  Ilia  nose  viai  proaituenl,  poiutod,  and  atriught, 

ami  bi»  mooth  fall  of  decision ;    lip>  cli:n?>prtwcd,  and  vliin   small  and 

HighfTy  retreuint;.     He  carried  his  head  hubilunlly  aJItllc  forward,  as  if 

Mtlbe  look-out,  and  n-tnindi-d  mc  in  his  etistmhfe  more  of  a  dipper  than 

H^lbiag  I  mtm  saw  iu  d«ih.     He  was  ticituni,  however,  mid  itbM>lutdy 

jiAbbI  lo  talk  ofliimseir.    The  olhvr,  who  rcspoadod  to  th«  tiamc  of  Hill, 

via  eoilainlj  one  of  the  best  oiianiploi  ni  tliv  Fiiglioh  uiibr  1  hiiVL-  tivoc 

laaTj    rfhrnr,  thick-act,  with  lar^'  bruin  and  full    beard,   a  I'rank  blua 

<y«,  anJan  oflT-linnd  manner  familiar  to  all  who  permitted  it,  but  resp^ct- 

M  U  Ifee  highott  degree,  and  Rppaking  the  EDgliiL  of  a  man  nho  lixd 

had  aaae   education,      la  the  iirsC  days  of  our  impriwDmcnt  he  had 

cl  foe  not  a  linle  by  oQcring  to  lend  me  Kome  old  DiimbcTB  of 

and  maguincs^  written  oci  the  tnnrgiiiH  of  which  I  fuund  wtiic 

prmtnwiit*!  and  with  ttouio  bit*  of  drawing.     ]  am  not  going  to 

wriiA  lii«  Biory,  and  ihall  not  repeat  wtial   L  It-aTued  of  a  hie  ruined  by 

an  nnaon troll u bio  spirit  of  advcnliirc  and  uiunipirovGd  opjtortiiniliea;  I 

bns  only  to  do  with  him  bow  m  he  wov«  hitn»c)f  into  the  wob  of  our 

^oarantino  life. 

It  waa  frnm  Bill  that  I  learned  what  1  firat  kuew  of  Aleck ;  that  ho 
«aa,M  I  had  suppcwe^I,  an  American,  had  been  in  the  ConfL-duralir  nervier-, 
nd  had  oven  sonred  ob  (be  Alaiaiaa.  After  tindiog  out  no  much,  t  tried 
lui  to  make  him  talk  about  himaolf,  but  in  vain,  llo  won  respectful. 
Wil  iMt  «ommunicacivo  on  any  siib^ttctr  and  leant  xo  oti  Ijiniielf.  Itut  iho 
MW  ntciKtoent  of  the  Choleraiihjp  and  ila  h»rruni  tu4i>lc  a  certain  diifc- 
IfM*,  I  certainly  felt  more  like  getting  n<<ar  tny  fellow-men,  and  they,  and 
fl^Mlally  Aleck,  w«Te  more  obUrioua  of  the  difference  bvtWL-cs  iliem  and 
kc  The  imoicdiate  cause  of  the  breaking  of  the  ico  was  Ut«  «ght  of  a 
pew  woman  itatKliag  on  i!k>  poop  of  tbo  Cholera-Rbip  a*  ahe  drill«d 
tomuda  ua  from  hei  anchorage,  before  a  ilight  canttfrly  air,  that  brought 
th*  woQiaa'a  voic*  down  to  us  in  lappHcationa  which  we  could  £lY>in  time 
M  tiflH  partially  distinguiib,  and  which  were  for  bread,  briud,  bread !  We 
toaU  ace  Otbcn  oo  board  climhiag  on  the  bulwarks,  ttaading  oa  the  poop 
w  fortoutU,  aeeordiDg  to  the  end  of  (ho  «!iip  which  driftud  iicArnt  uh  ; 
L  bn  we  coald  hear  do  other  rotcc,  tliough  we  doubted  nut  that  many  were 
I  jaiMd  with  ben.  Bcaide  her  wc  uw,  Inter,  anotlKr  finaalc  figure,  whom, 
I        VOL.  xiu.— 10. 74.  9. 


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by  UieudoftiieglaaB,  1  b^ered  I  coold  tnako  out  to  be  ber  daughter, 
latter  made  no  soand  Utst  we  could  b«ir,  but  «Lt.  mutely  or  stood  witb 
arm  arotiKd  tLc  olbmr,  vrbilc  cvlt  uid  uioa  m  heard  tliiit  hcnrtrcndi 
cry,  "  Ptonvf.'  pfoma'.'  (bread  I  brcwl ! )"    At  moMt  tliat  day  we  were 
t^th«r  on  iho  forecMtle,  botUw  friends  ikrangli  our  common  pily.     Wa 
proposed  to  our  Utcifum  ffuanitaao  1o  send  some  bread  on  board  the  altip^ 
bat  he  absolitlcly  reruscd  to  lend  himself  to  any  nich  nak  of  eeolagion^ 
and  forbade  any  Bicempt  to  communicate  tHtber  vrlOi  the  aliip  cr  the  that^ 
vrhcr«  the  sick  were;  and  to  tcU  the  truth,  it  waa  uot  pleamit  to  conten- 
plale  ihe  chnricca  of  bciag  pnt  in  quanuttina  fo7  an  additicHUil  indcfinita 
term,  for  having,  cren  in  a  kindly  work,  como  in  real  or  lancied  contact 
with  tha  diaeaMi.     But  a»  the  nnlhontj  of  the  fjvanlieno  wu  absolute, 
irt  could  do  nothing  in  tba  matter  openly,  though  it  waa  decerminw) 
eouadl  by  ue  tfaice   to   do  aomething  in  some  way,  if  relief  was 
brought  Boon. 

Ftcnn  the  Jbrccsstle  next  morning  wc  saw  in  the  early  light  tKe 
two  baplca  creftturcc  in  tlie  eame  pontion.  Bill,  looking  over  into  iho 
water  thoughtfully,  asked  if  there  were  many  Eharka  in  thoae  waiera.  !■■ 
replied  that  I  had  never  seen  but  one,  inquiring  why  be  lukcd.  "  Why,"  * 
Baid  he,  "  I  think  I  could  get  aome  grub  over  to  thosu  women,  if  joii 
could  iDBDago  the  tpianliano."  "  It  isn't  much  of  a  swim,"  I  replied,  "  but 
w  to  canjing  the  prog,  you  will  find  that  more  diiEcult.''  "  Well,"  moA 
be,  <*  I  have  carried  a  pretty  good  load  in  the  water  before  now,  and  can 
float  enough  to  keep  thoee  women  from  starving.  I  lived  in  the  Sandwidk 
Islands  once,  and  though  I  don't  stimd  nut  of  tho  wat«r  Itko  a  Kanaka,  I 
haro  carried  my  clolhea  on  my  head  many  u  mile  williout  wetting  tfaem, 
and  a  few  pounda  of  bread  won't  aink  me."  Uera  hJH  eye  twinkled  aa  d 
he  had  a  story  to  tell,  and  I  waited  for  it.  '*  I  commanded  a  lorcKa  inns- 
port  during  the  loft  war  in  Chinn,"  he  bcgnn,  ntlcr  a  moment,  "  and  one 
day,  while  rrc  were  in  Cnnton,  I  won  walking  through  one  of  the  itrcela 
with  my  mntv,  nn  EngllEhman,  and  we  iitopped  to  look  in  a  joss-hotise. 
There  wiia  n  joss  there  of  pure  nilrer,  about  fourteen  inches  high,  and  £ 
made  up  my  mind  to  have  him.  TVe  two  were  ihe  only  Kuropeana  oa 
board,  and  the  first  dark  stormy  nif;ht  we  took  the  beat  and  went  ashors 
well  armed.  The  j<^s-hou8c  hitd  no  guard  but  the  pricats,  and  the  nighfe' 
-WM  lio  bad  tliiit  we  broke  the  door  down  and  got  in  without  the  oatjideia 
knowing  it,  uud  carried  the  joBHoITeswiy  enough  ;  but  the  neat  day  wv  had 
row  enough  to  p.ny  for  it.  Every  vessel  in  the  river  wassearclied,  md  tf  I 
had  had  him  on  board,  he  would  have  b^co  found,  and  we  should  have 
caught  it,  for  the  c-Sicem  were  in  csniest  ahout  it,  and  tlm  Cluncso  ia  a  fury. 
I  knew  tliK-n!  wenJd  be  the  d — 1  to  pay  in  the  morning,  ao  I  put  a  cord 
around  hia  neck,  and  went  down  and  hung  him  lo  the  lower  pintle  of  the 
rudder,  and  left  him  there  till  the  hue-andw^  was  over,  and  then  broOi^t 
it  up.  Jt  weighed  forty-two  pounds.  I  (hink  I  could  do  more  in  this 
case  than  tlico."  "  Do  it  then,"  latd  1 1  "  I'll  help  you  all  I  can :  but  wo 
won't  let  the  captain  or  any  of  the  men  know  of  it  I  "     "  Ob,  I'll  put  that 


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all  rtglO,"  Bud  Al«ck ;  "  Joiws  his  Uie  first  watch  to-night,  and  I'll  chaiig4 
villi  biiB,  ami  «  for  the  ^anliauo,  he's  ■  sleojiy  cusi,  arid  I  rvckcu  wnu't 
ptt  hiaudr  Ibe  iroubte  to  kot  oq  deck  aAcr  bo  turns  In — he  never  has, 
any  way ;  and  if  yoa'd  like  to  keep  wntch  with  infl,  tir.  I  tliink  we  oas 
■aiuge  it"  "  But,  Bill,"  1  adilcd,  "  look  out  lur  ihc  i/tuirda-cotta :  if  they 
Ma  anytliiiig  iii  ihc  «at«r  moring  b«t«Mo  the  veaMls,  they'll  fire  at  it,  ccr- 
Idaly."  "  Thai  woo't  trouble  me,"  i«pti«d  the  imperturbable  tar.  "  I  have 
ma  tbe  blodude  ia  thvAaerioan  war  thirteen  tuafla,aa(l  hod  bigger  balla 
Oan  lliat  feUow  can  throw,  tvhizKing  about  my  head,  and  fired  bjr  bMlor 
tunneni  tbu  ih^j'  hare  got  aboartl  tticro.  Wby,  sir,  we.  nu  itlmostt  iaio 
«lM«f  their  Uoniton  one  night,  and  hnd  eight  15-iacli  tibot  fired  nt  m 
ntfaoat  betng  hit,  and  iii  all  die  tliirtt-eit  tri]«  ia  and  out,  we  nvrer  were 
Ul  but  once — aiul  then  the  ball  uoJjr  (<>ok  off  tlic  bend  of  the  look-out 


Anl  w  we  anaagod  it  that  Bill  tLould  swim  ofT  to  the  ship  as  aooo 
I H  '*ns  dark,  uid  tnuting  to  iortune  !<>  get  the  pronuou  abewxl  witli- 
tf  rtWiiiTi jr.  we  were  to  bang  overboard  a  light  for  liioi  toswiin  back  to. 

^HiKt  ahtp  resiioda  me,"  aoid  Bill,  atler  a  loug  paiur,  "of  a  trip  I 
le  in  an  Engiiali  ship  to  Scni.<^.     We  went  up  the  rirer  to  load, 

I  wUb  wG  lay  tlicrc  walLing  for  cargo  to  oome  down,  we  bad  one  uT  the 
jtllow  fcren  break  out  ou  the  ahip  I  r*«r  aurr.  The  first  man 
■iff  m  taken  with  it  died  in  tliree  hours,  xad  that  day  two  wore  wen 
fiHa  khI  died  before  dark,  and  in  tkrco  duys  wc  lost  all  but  aeTen  of  the 
ocir  one  aftw  the  othcr~not  one  waa  sick  more  than  aix  boun — and  then 
the  mate  waa  taken  aok.  The  flr»t  thing  I  knew  of  it  waa  that  be  nid 
■o  ae,  *  BtU,  gitc  me  »  good  glats  of  grog,  luul  fill  my  pipe ;  1  want  one 
good  asMdce  and  a  diink  bt^fore  I  die.'  '  Uh,  nonseofie,'  mys  I,  'you  are 
■o  WOK  likely  to  dio  than  1  am.'  '  I  know  very  well  I  hare  got  it,'  aaid 
he  ;  '  and  when  I  am  deid  bury  me  deep  enough  ao  that  the  land  cntba 
an't  dig  me  up.'  Sure  enough  he  died  that  afteniooD,  and  we  took  him 
before  night  and  bnriod  him  la  a  good  deep  grare.  In  two  days 
dicie  were  only  the  capUun  and  I  alive  on  the  chip.  And  there  we 
fa^  ten  day*  till  wc  heard  tliat  aii  KngHoh  man-of-war  was  ofT  the  motith 
of  the  riTcr,  and  tl>e  cajitnio  sent  a  nattve  boat  down  to  uk  him  to  wnd 
op  Dca  to  work  the  ahip  out  of  the  rirer.  The  man-af-war  tent  word 
ihit  they  wouldn't  send  mco  up  the  riTer,  but  if  w«  oould  work  her  down 
wilb  nalttaa,  they  wtiuld  gire  us  men  to  gvt  the  ahip  home  to  £ngluid,  and 
ao  we  got  ooi,  bnt  a  deuce  of  a  tiaic  we  bad  of  it  gelling  down.  I  uppOM 
tfacy  f<d  on  that  »lup  pretty  much  att  I  did  tlioac  tco  days." 

All  day  long  we  beard  at  intervnhi  tliot  pitiful  cry,  "  Bread  I  Bread  t  " 
ftbtly  BTming  over  the  water.  It  waa  more  tolerable  than  the  day 
bitee^  becanae  we  knew  tliat  rdi>^f  woaid  ^o  with  nightfall.  And  so,  tA 
thm  dark  came,  we  made  up  a  puckvt  of  lionl  btcml  will]  a  liulo  cold  meat 
aad  *  bottle  of  wine,  and  binding  it  »ecurdy  between  Bill'a  ahoulden, 
•od  with  a  pointed  stick  an  top  of  it,  in  caae,  as  he  aoid,  "  a  sfaaric  ahotdd 
«sat  to  taktt  the  png  from  hini,"  Ik  slipped  down  into  the  water,  Mri{^>ed 


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Ur  EXPKIUKNCE  IS   A  GREEK  QCAHAXTIXE. 


to  his  drawers,  nnd  struck  otit  for  tlii;  OiolcTn-shtp  no  quietly  ihab  you  migi 
liavQ  thoug1)t  it  n  little  HcKao]  of  guitrd-fiili. 

We  KLi  on  the  forecastle  watching  and  watting.  I  aaid  nothing,  and 
'where  tw<i  »re  lAgetber  aiul  oni-  inll  not  Ulk,  tho  Qthci  eoiaetiniea  will. 
Alocic  fiaally  broke  Ktloncti  with — "  Women  too  mighty  curions  things.  I'll 
hvt  that  old  one  doii'l  loiiuh  a  Tiir>iithfiil  till  t'olfarT  hA:t  vab-n,  and  I  don't 
Wliori!  Bh«  would  have  madv  half  the  fuss  siie  did  if  sht:  liud  been  alone.  In 
lh*  bcgiDBing  of  Ihn  Awerican  war  I  belonged  lo  a  regiment  of  uiminlwl 
liflemen,  and  we  were  aciit  into  Eastern  Teonceace,  where  there  waa  a  good 
deal  of  biiBh-whncking  about  that  time.  W«  were  jiickoicd  on«  day  in  a 
Irni!  about  two  mile*  long  acroM  country,  and  I  wn*  on  the  extreme  ML 
J  took  my  eoddlu  oiT,  l]o]ati.-rB  und  all.  luid  Iiuag  it  uu  ii  hraacH  of  n  poacli* 
tree,  and  my  carbine  on  ajiotlier.  W'(?  knvw  theruwen.*  no  Yankees  Qeor, 
and  M  I  was  kind  o'  off  guard,  cnting  pcacTiw.  By-nnd-by  1  «aw  a  youn]; 
woman  coming  down  to  where  I  was,  on  horsobnck.  She  wanted  to  know  if 
there  weie  many  ofthe  boya  near,  and  if  tht^y  would  buy  some  milk  cf  her 
ifelK!  took  it  down  to  them.  1  (aid  I  thought  they  would,  and  took  a,binit 
a  quart  mysflf;  and  ax  the  hutln't  iniicli  more,  I  emptiijd  tliv  water  onl  of 
my  canteen  and  took  the  rest.  Kny»  ttho,  '  If  you'll  conic  ap  to  Ihc  hooas 
ycindor,  IVa  got  something  better  than  that:  you  may  have  some  good 
peach  brandy — some  of  your  fello^rs  might  liki-  a  little.'  I  caid  Td  go,  And 
Bh«  says,  '  Vou  needn't  taku  your  Niddlc  or  cnrbiiie,  it's  juxt  n  step,  and 
thi>y  nro  aafc  enough  here — there'a  nobody  uteut.'  So  I  mounted  bare- 
buck,  and  she  led  the  way.  WLcu  we  pa»od  tho  bars  where  aho  cnme 
in,  fthc  «iy»,  '  You  ride  on  a  step,  and  I'll  gfit  down  and  jiut  up  tho  bars.' 

1  wrrit  cm,  and  as  dia  came  up  behind,  she  itayii  pricily  itliarp,  '  Ride  a 
litllu  fiiBtcr,  if  you  plea»e.'  1  looked  round  and  &lie  hud  a  roTolv«r  poioled 
straight  at  my  head,  and  1  saw  that  s)ie  knew  how  to  use  it.  I  had  Ie41 
evcr^'thiug  bdiLnd  mc  like  »  fool,  aad  hud  to  giro  in  and  obey  onlnv. 
'That'*  th«  hauie,  if  you  plea^'  she  eays,  and  showed  me  a  home  in 
the  edge  of  tLe  woods  a  quarter  of  a  mile  away.  We  got  there,  and 
alie  told  me  to  get  down  and  cat  ■omcthing,  for  she  was  going  to  give 
me  a  long  rido — into  the  Yankee  lines,  about  twenty  mile*  away.  Her 
father  i^iiinc  out  and  abuaed  me  like  a  thief,  and  told  nic  that  be  wa.i  golos 
to  hure  me  sent  into  the  Fedi;ral  lines  to  be  hung.  It  seems  he  hitd  had 
a  son  hung  the  week  before  by  some  of  tlie  Confederates,  and  was  going  to 
liave  his  revenge  out  of  mc.  I  ate  pretty  well,  for  I  thought  I  might  need 
it  before  I  got  any  more,  and  then  tho  old  fellow  bngnn  to  eune  mc  and 
abuse  me  like  anything.  He  tiiid  liciTotikl  slioot  me  on  llicsprjtif  itwasnt 
that  hcd  rather  hiive  me  hung;  and  instead  cf  giving  mc  my  own  horse, 
he  took  the  worst  one  he  had  in  his  stables,  and  they  put  me  on  that  with 
my  feet  tied  together  imdcr  his  belly.  Laakily  they  didn't  tie  my  hands, 
for  they  thought  I  hnd  no  arms,  and  couldn't  help  myself;  but  I  always 
carried  a  Riiiidl  revolver  in  my  skirt  brisiini.  Tho  girl  kept  too  aharp 
wtitch  oil  inv  for  nte  to  ooe  it.    She  never  turned  her  reroIyiT  from  me,  and 

2  knew  that  the  fiist  suspicious  move  1  made  I  wna  a  dead  man.   We 


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MT  ESPEHIE.VCE  IS  A  fiREKff  QUARSSTI? 


181 


about  ten  tuilex  iothiiway,  vtbea  aij'  uhl  oiow-tmit  gsivo  out  and  wotilda't 
go  aity  Tunher.  Stw  vooldn't  trust  me  afuot,  iind  so  hnil  to  give  up  licr 
«wn  horse,  but  afae  kept  th«  bridle  in  her  own  bunds,  and  wftUced  ahcocl 
•Ml  ooe  ejr«  mrned.  back  on  mt>,  and  the  revolver  cocked  with  her  finger 
ao  the  trigger,  no  tJtat  1  ncvur  luid  a  chuacc  to  put  my  liaud  in  loy  bosoai. 
W*  fianitf  came  to  a  epriog,  and  slie  asked  mu  if  I  want.<;il  Ui  drtuk  :  I 
didu't  fed  mucJj  Ukc  drinking,  but  I  said  yes,  and  so  she  let  tnis  diivrn.  I 
put  toy  bead  down  to  tbo  WAt«r,  and  at  tito  same  time  put  my  hand  down 
irtkere  the  revolver  was,  and  pullvd  it  forward  wlieic  I  could  put  my  hand 
on  it  fiiailj:  but  slio  vrtu  on  the  watch  and  I  cuuldn't  pull  il  out.  I 
mf  ■>— *  again,  and  iho  first  time  she  was  oIF  her  gnard  a  Itttie,  I  fired  and 
broke  tbe  arm  site  held  the  pistol  in.  '  Now/  says  I, '  it's  my  turn :  you'll 
plcaao  ^t  cm  tltnt  ham  and  v«'U  go  back.  She  didn't  tliucli  or  uy  a 
vord,  bat  gut  on  the  hon^,  and  I  Uud  licr  li^s  lut  tlit^y  had  rainci,  and  vvq 
nut  bawk  to  tliu  house.  Thv  old  man  ha  hi^rd  ua  cuiiic  up  (w  the  dou'r 
aad  looleed  oat  of  the  window,  Ua  turned  as  pale  ob  a  sheet  aai  ran  for 
hia  Tide.  I  knew  what  lie  was  at\er,  and  pushed  the  door  in  before  he  was 
leadaL  Says  I,  '  You  uiuy  put  that  nhooting'iron  down  and  c»aiQ  witli  iti«.' 
B«  wm'l  ns  brave  as  the  girl,  but  it  was  no  use  to  rcdsl,  and  ho  kiiuw  it ; 
M  he  a«De  along.  About  hull-way  back  we  met  some  of  our  fullows  who 
iai  aaaacd  lue,  and  come  out  to  look  toe  up.  Tht-y  took  th^m  both,  and 
^—,"  he  paused  a  tnoment,  and  lowering  hia  tune,  addisd,  "  I  don't  know 

«iatth«y  did  with  tliiMO,  but  I  know  d well  what  they  wvuld  Iinvc 

doae  with  me."  I  replied  after  a  pause,  ''I  sujipuea  they  liiuigi'd  thum 
bodi  t  "  Aleck  nodded  hia  head  witliout  looking  up,  and  SKCincd  anxious 
to  drop  the  subject. 

"  liul,"  said  1,  rather  tliitposed  w  work  the  vi>iii  of  conimuDicatirfness, 
hot  not  ooxioiu  to  liear  any  is'ire  ettcfi  advi-uturcs,  "  1  thought  you  had 
b«9t  in  the  Coofrdente  navy  ?"  *'l  was,"  said  Aleck.  "  1  was  with 
fti«^ri*»  everywhere  be  w«a( ;  1  was  in  the  navfd  brigade  and  blockade* 
nuiiDg,  and  on  the  Atabama  all  tli«  while  he  commanded  hor."  "fiat 
not  when  she  aank,  I  sup|>ose  7  "  I  rejoined.  "  H'ttl,  I  wa«,  and  wan 
picked  up  with  lum  by  the  DtahavatL"  "  It  was  a  pretty  aharp  ii^Iit, 
isssn't  it,"  I  sngguaiDgly  usfcod.  *'  It  via*  that,"  replied  Aleck,  but  ha 
didn't  care  nboot  tnlarging.  "I  supiwso  it  was  the  eleveu-inch  slielis 
ikat  did  li«i  busio«*s7  "  "  Oh,  no,"  naid  he,  ooiaing  to  m  kind  of  ooofca- 
■ioial, "  wo  never  bad  any  eliance ;  we  had  no  gunners  to  compare  with  the 
Jitanage'f.  Our  ganaen  liicd  by  routine,  and  when  llicy  had  the  gun 
Iiiadtd,  find  it  off  blind.  I'hcy  never  ciiangcd  the  ohvatiun  of  their  guns 
all  tli«  fight,  and  the  Kearmgi  wan  woikiug  up  to  usnU  the  while,  taking 
sdvonlaga  of  uvery  (irac  sb«  was  hid  by  suioko  to  work  a  httlc  nearer, 
and  tlien  her  gunners  took  aim  for  everj-  shot."  "  Then  it  isn't  truu  iliot 
tha  Maifoma  tried  to  board  tho  Ktarsagt  ?  "  "  No,  sir ,-  slie  did  hi-r  bvaC 
to  gci  sway  frvm  her  from  the  time  the  &ght  couimeaced  :  w«  knew 
well  that  if  we  got  in  rungo  of  her  Dahlgreii  howitzers  she  would  aiuk 
tatu  i«n  uiuutatf.''     "  Uiit,"  1  aaked,  ''dun't  you  believe  that  SeiDinea 


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M7  BXPEUIEXCf  IN  A  OUBEE  QUABAHTINB. 


Boppoaed  he  voald  whip  Uw  Kcaraiuje  whca  he  Trent  out  to  6ghl  berl" 
"No:  he  «Aa  bullied  into  ic,  and  took  good  care  to  Imro  nil  iui  vajiu1>ies 
OD  sliore,  and  had  a  Ulc-pi»ervcT  on  ttuiougli  tbc  figbt.  I  nw  him  put  it 
on*  and  I  ibouebt  if  it  vru  n-ioc  ia  biu  it  iroolda't  b«  iooliali  in  me,  and 
1  puE  one  oil  loo.  Wfaoi  Setnmn  aaw  tlint  tbc  sltip  wm  g(»ng  down,  be 
told  lu  all  to  ttvrim  who  could,  and  wan  one  of  the  firft  to  jump  into  tfae 
iraler,  aod  ire  ail  made  for  Uiu  DetrhcM»d.  I  via  a  long  way  ahead  of 
Semnies,  and  whea  1  came  up  to  the  JJeerhoancTi  bonl  ihey  a«kcd  me  if 
I  WM  Scaamca  before  tbc;  voubl  toko  mc  in.  1  said  I  nasDH,  aiid  then 
llmyaskod  tncwluit  1  was  an  ibe  AtiAtpn'i.  Said  I,  'No  mailer  what  1  wu 
en  the  Atabcmut,  I  Khali  be  a  dead  trnui  mouii  if  you  don't  lake  roe  in.' 
Tbey  Aaked  tne  again  if  I  was  an  uQiccr  or  a  suaiiixn,  and  wouldn't  take 
me  in  until  I  told  them  that  [  was  an  officer."  **  Bat,"  said  I,  ''  did  Uk^ 
octoaUy  rdii*c  to  pick  up  common  seamen,  nad  leave  them  to  drown  t " 
"  Thny  did  fbdt,"  rrplicl  he  wrathfully,  an>l  prcbAbiy  not  »ery  correctly; 
"and  aa  •pon  aa  they  had  Svmiiie](  on  Ln^rd  tliey  made  trnclix  aa  &u  aa 
Hoef  knew  ]h>w,  and  left  everjbudy  dae  lo  drown  or  be  [>ick«(i  up  by  the 
Keartagt." 

"  Time  lo  shuw  the  light,  I  reckon,"  said  Aleck,  uAer  his  cballUkm  liad 
Bubfiiilod,  and  proceeded  to  put  over  th«  bonn  tli«  ligbt  flgr«cd  on.  Jut 
hour  afUr  Bill  hod  started  on  bis  voyage  we  heard  bis  whisilc  Anm  beloir 
the  ferechains,  and  hearing  bitu  a  line  bronght  him  in  cautiously.  H« 
slipped  down  to  change  his  clothing  and  add  to  it^  and  then  came  ttp  ta 
render  an  account  of  lus  duiugs.  He  liail,  hh  1i«  nniicipnto),  ibond  fDon 
difficrulty  ia  geiting  on  board  the  aliip  than  iu  getting  to  it.  He  hud  lound 
tha  poor  wummi  on  iho  (]U»rtL>r.di;L'k — all  oider  and  sbipkeeptng  aban- 
doned, aud  no  look-out  anyvrhcrc.  The  passcngen  were  alccfung  on 
dcdE  or  sitting  around  it,  moaning  and  wce[»ng.  He  dared  not  call  to 
tlie  women  for  fear  of  diHturbing  tbc  ^laitiiani,  and  of  ittlrnctiag  tbe 
attention  of  the  other  poeacngers  to  whom  his  small  supply  would  hava 
been  but  K  mouthful.  He  »wam  round  and  round  looking  for  a  loose 
rope's-end  in  vain,  and  fiiiiilly  did  wli.it  wc  shuidd  bnvc  nupposed  certun 
lo  load  tc  hia  discovery — climbed  np  the  cable  and  over  tbe  bows,  throw- 
iDg  over  his  eboulden  t^ie  tiist  garment  be  tbund  on  the  disonlerly  deck, 
and  aiowly  wallced  llic.  whule  l^gth  of  the  ship :  irlieu,  having  deposited 
the  provitdons  at  tbe  side  of  the  uuforlunalo  oneG,  mgaifyiag  that  they 
wvi*  to  infonu  no  one  and  keep  them  to  themselves,  ns  well  as  his  few 
words  of'lireck  would  Ivt  him,  be  dropped  overboard  by  a  line  from  the 
quarter,  and  k'living  them  in  mme  and  motion  leas  wonder,  came  back  at 
quietly  as  be  tiad  gone.  Bill  couldn't  resist  the  templalioa  next  iDcening 
of  waving  a  big  white  cloth  at  tbe  KJiip,  a  Nignal  which  attracted  the 
iainediaie  attention  and  suspiciun  of  our  wutehAil  guaniiano,  who,  with 
an  efiervcsGi'ucc  of  uicIcm  Greek,  d^-livered  Jiia  miod  on  the  subject  of 
ccnttutnacia  .■md  u^ntmuiiieation,  at  wliich  we  all  laughed:  wc  felt  aurrJV 
that  uiirDiiig  ihaii  fjr  many  dnya  post. 

Ia  tactf  though  w«  saw  for  serenO  days  more  the  boat  going  back  aad 


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UT  EXFEBIENCE  IN  A  GBEEE  QUARANTINE.  188 

forwards  from  the  ship  to  the  shore,  aud  knew  that  they  Trent  to  bury  tlie 
liead,  could  see  them  buried  even  with  our  glasses,  wo  cevcr  felt  go 
oppressed  by  the  horror  of  it  since  BiU'a  chivalric  swim.  We  fini&lied 
vjtboat  other  incident  our  appointed  two  weeks,  and  had  soon  the  satis- 
faction of  knowing  that  public  clamour  had  obliged  Sym  to  recognize  the 
claims  of  humanity,  and  send  food  to  the  starring. 

We  had  to  undergo  a  five  days'  "  observation"  behind  tlio  Lglithouse 
island  off  the  port,  in  company  with  the  English  steamer,  which  was,  more- 
over, threatened  with  a  third  fortnight;  which  she  escaped  only  by  the 
energetic  remonstrances  of  the  British  consul,  backed  up  by  the  Legation 
at  Athens,  who  persuaded  the  central  government  to  send  orders  to  Syra 
that  the  steamer  should  be  admitted  to  pratique.    A  Greek  man-of-war  waa 
accordingly  sent  from  the  Fireus  to  Syra  with  a  commission  to  ascertain 
the  truth  of  the  complaints  of  Mr.  Lloyd,  and  finding  them  well-founded, 
ordered  the  admittance  of  the  steamer  to  pratique ;  but  so  great  waa  the 
terror  of  tbe  population  and  the  timidity  of  the  commisBion,  that  the  latter 
ceded  to  the  threats  of  a  revolution,  and  compromised  on  admitting  the 
paiaengeia  to  the  lazaretto  of  Syra  and  sending  the  ship  away.     If  all 
thcM  things  are  not  recorded  in  the  chronicles  of  that  city,  they  are  in 
the  Bundi  of  many  who  were  martyrs  to  the  inhuman  cowardice  of  Syra, 
and  irbo  will  bear  me  testimony  that  every  occurrence  of  which  public 
notgiiitioa  could  be  taken  in  the  above  narrative  is  strictly  true.     As  fi>r 
the  yami,  I  tell  them,  as  nearly  as  I  can  remember,  as  they  were  told 
D^  and — ^beliere  them. 


ir  (it  wiW  in|j«W# 
K.ok  tilt  lunil^ 
fontiniif.    I  »tlW**" 
itig     Arni!wiale  ^  w» 
squired  nothing  *"«* 
,_.  !_to  Imvo  Tborp*- 
-  for  London,  «lo«  » 
^jiirtagi    with    V», 
t\\  liie   pt-opiG   in  the 
Thew  was  a  full  aMesA- 
Italcntiw  finaU  «»tailH> 
np  liard  at  us,  and  iB 
y    drawing  tlieJr  OT™ 
iiibraM — or  llie  town- 
dale  and  Mi»  Gwilt. 
-hour  after  vro  l«ft  ifc* 
oful  to  himl)l»»i  A* 
Id  ciiil  of  the  joorn^ 
phiiuly.  LitUe  by  littte 
uplay  no  c«riowiy*b<«* 
,1  on  the  subject  of  ^"*m 
■nmtty  ihit  now  offerci^ 
harping  va  thi*  atrinff 
:a  a  gcntlciaaa  is  booad 


1IIJ  eituiitian,  I  dure  not  tnwt 
jiiiything  to  memory.  Befijn 
I  go  (0  b<^,  I  must  writ«  nj 
ciiHoiaary  record  of  iho  eve 
of  the  day. 

"  So  fnr,  the  turn  oT  ItUikJ 
nij*  f:iV(iiir  (it  WiM  lonj 
Wivi'u  it  luoJc  tbc  lurn  !)  I 
likely  to  oontinuv.  I  m< 
ID     lurcing     Amiadalv  -^  I 
bmtA   required   nothiuj;  thot 
of  forcing!— lo  Iwive  TliofjA-l 
Arabrafto  for  Li>ii<ioo,  oIoim  iaj 
tli«  tuan   carriage  ^Ui 
before  a11  the  people  in 
ilation.  TWrc  wwafuJlAltand- 
iinc«ofclKkl«rs  in  small  scanda!^ 
nil  ttariog  haid  at  lu,  and 
evidentlj   dmviog   thdr  01 
ixmcliisions.     Either  I  knew  notblng  of  Thorpe-Ambrose — or  ii«>  town- 
gOBnp  ia  busy  enough  by  this  liine  ^iib  Mr.  Amiftdalc  and  Miss  Gwilt. 

i  had  aome  dilliculty  with  Uiiii  fm-  llit?  fivsl  Itulf-bour  atlvr  wo  led  tbe 
aMlon.  The  g:iurd  (delightful  man  !  I  fi^lt  m  grauiful  to  liim !)  had  «liu* 
ufl  up  together  in  ejtp«lati«n  of  half-a-urowil  M  tlia  eud  of  tlie  journey 
Armadale  was  Hnspicioiix  of  ini-,  nni  he  nhowcd  it  pliiinly.  Little  by  little 
I  Uunod  my  wild  beast — partly  by  taking  core  to  display  no  cuno«!ty  about 
hU  journey  to  town,  and  partly  by  iciie resting  bini  on  ilie  subject  of  hi 
frieiid  Midwinter ;  dwulUag  enpccially  on  th«  opportunity  that  now  ofl^rol 
ilaelf  for  n  rnMnciliHliun  brtwwn  tbeni.  I  kept  harping  on  this  Btring 
till  1  set  his  tongue  going,  and  mnde  him  amiisemeaaagentJeman  iubnimii 


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385 


to  3o  urben  lio  lias  the  lionour  of  acbxtiag  x  laJy  oo  a  long  railvrty 

'-  What  little  miod  ho  hos  irjis  full,  nf  course,  of  his  ovrn  ajHtira  aiiil 
Mbs  Uilroy'f.  No  words  can  expren  tlie  clunisiuess  he  ehovreil  in  Cryiog 
to  lAlk  mbodt  himntlf,  vtlhoiit  taking  Tnt>  into  his  conRdcnc*  or  mcntioniRg 
Mim  Milroy's  nsme.  He  won  going  Ui  Loniloii,  hv  gravdy  informed  me, 
oa  A  matter  of  iii<)e»crib«ble  ictc-reBt  to  him.  It  wna  a  M;cn-t  for  tb« 
pment,  but  \te  hoped  to  tell  it  me  Boon  ;  it  had  made  a  great  diSereacc 
alrcttdj  in  tJm  w»y  in  which  he  looked  at  thv  slundurn  spoken  cf  him 
in  Thorpe-Ambrose ;  he  nns  too  happy  to  cbtg  wlial  t}ie  auandiil-mong^n 
Hud  of  him  now,  and  he  ahould  ioou  stop  their  iiiouthn  hy  appearing  in  a 
new  cbancter  that  would  surprise  them  aU.  So  he  bhiodered  oa,  willi  tba 
firm  pcnnjaiiion  that  he  waa  kM|iing  mo  (^uite  in  the  darlc.  It  was  iiard 
not  to  huigh,  nfhcn  1  thought  of  my  aiitmymoii^  ktCer  on  itn  way  to  tho 
aiajor  ;  bnt  I  managed  to  control  myself— Tliouph,  1  mtist  own,  with  *nme 
difictilty.  Aa  tho  time  wore  on,  I  hi?gan  to  feeX  a  leirilile  excilenieiil : 
die  potitioB  wu,  I  think,  a  little  too  much  for  mc.  There  1  viut.  oloao 
tritli  him,  miking  in  the  most  innoeenl.  atuy,  fumiliar  niiititiDr,  am!  having 
tt  in  my  mind  all  the  time,  to  brueh  his  life  out  of  my  war,  when  t}ie 
noment  comes,  as  I  mi^it  brush  u  ulain  ofTtny  guwn.  It  ma^lo  jay  biood 
leap,  and  my  cheelis  Hiioh.  I  cauglit  inyKelf  hiughing  once  or  twice  nuidi 
Unin  than  1  ought — and  long  belbre  we  got  to  Lcndnii  I  liiought  it 
danmble  to  put  my  Ikce  to  hiding  by  pulling  down  my  vial. 

"  Here  was  no  difficulty,  on  reaching  the  Icrminus,  in  pettinp  him  to 
wm*  in  the  eah  with  nic  to  Ihr  hotel  where  Midwinter  ie  «nying.  Ho 
»M  all  eaeomras  toW  rBconcilnd  with  his  dcur  friend — principally,  I  have 
■0  doubt,  hccauae  he  wanta  the  dear  Ericud  to  lend  a  hdpiug  huiiU  to  th« 
depemenL  The  real  difliouliy  lay,  of  course,  with  Midwinter.  My  sudden 
jKmey  to  London  had  allowed  me  no  opportunity  of  writing  to  combat 
Ku  suiierslitious  conviction  that  he  and  Iuk  farmer  fiiciid  aiv  bt^tlor  apart- 
I  ihoufilil  it  wiu  to  leave  Armad.ile  in  the  cab  at  tli«  door,  and  to  go  Into 
lie  botvl  by  myself  to  pave  tho  way  for  him. 

Fortunately,  Midwinter  hail  nut  gone  out.  His  delight  at  aeeitig  mo 
nme  diya  sooner  than  he  had  hoped,  had  something  infectious  in  it,  I  sup- 
pose. Pooh  !  ]  may  own  the  truth  to  my  dwn  diary  1  There  wm  a 
noment  when  /  forgot  everything  in  the  ivorld  but  our  two  selvea  aa 
cooipletely  as  ho  did,  I  fdt  oa  if  I  was  back  in  my  'teens— until  I 
rvmembend  the  lout  in  tlic  cab  at  the  door.  And  tlieii  I  wu  Hve-and- 
Aoty  again  in  an  tnalanC. 

"  Elia  face  altered  when  he  heard  who  was  below,  and  what  it  was  I 
wanlGd  of  him— ho  looked,  not  imgiy  but  diEtrosed.  Uo  yielded,  huw- 
ncr,  befen;  long,  not  to  my  rcjisniui,  for  I  gave  him  none,  but  to  my 
sitTiMtifia.  Hi*  old  fondnua  for  his  fVicmd  might  posmbly  have  had  wme 
diar«  is  pemuuling  him  againut  his  will^but  my  own  opinion  la  tlmL 
W  aricd  eutincly  undvr  the  inlluence  of  his  fondiiew  fur  Me. 

I  waited  in  the  nlling-room  while  he  w«nt  down  to  the  door;  go  I 


botwwQ 

other  ftgaiu.  Uut,  oh,  tko  difforoncK  bctwocici  ih«  two  tiioii  when  tk* 
ititerral  hod  |ttss«l,  aiid  tUry  usmc  ufiaCwn  lo^lhtrr  sod  juuied  me.  Tl>ejr 
were  boU)  agitated,  but  id  such  difi«rent  ways  1  Th«  batcful  Annadut», 
K)  loud  and  red  and  oluniBy ;  tlie  dear,  Loreable  Midwiut«r,  so  ]Md«  tod 
tjuict,  viU)  Bucli  II  ^uUcims  in  hii  voice  -nhun  lie  tpcfkc,  «nd  suob  tendu* 
nc^  in  bis  «^'i!3  «VAry  titni-  limy  turned  my  way.  Armadale  civerlooked  nw 
■M  completely  an  if  1  had  not  bevn  in  the  rooin.  Jla  referred  to  mo  over  uid 
«vt^  a^axa  iii  Ibe  o('nr«rMtioa ;  A«  conulastly  looked  tt  mg  to  «cc  what  I 
ibotight,  while  I  rat  in  my  comer  sitcntly  watching  tliein ;  he  wunted  to  go 
wiib  mc  und  sec  mc  eafc  to  my  lodgiagS) ui J  Bpsre  mu  idl  trouble  witli  thfl 
cabman  and  ttie  luggago.  When  I  thuilEed  him  and  dccUaed,  Annsdale 
loolced  unaflectedly  relieved  st  the  prospect  of  ledag  my  back  turned, 
and  of  hArias  his  friend  all  to  bimsclf,  I  IcEl  hiui,  with  lii»  awkwacd 
«Ibom  hair  orer  tlie  tabW,  xcniwUiig  a  letter  (no  doubt  to  Miw  Milioy}, 
and  ahouUng  to  the  waiter  tliaL  lie  ^ranted  a  hud  at  tlie  hotel.  I  bid  cal- 
culated OQ  hii  staying  as  a  matter  of  coarse  whero  he  found  his  friend 
stAying^.  It  was  plpiisaDt  to  find  my  anticipations  realiiod,  and  to  know 
that  1  barv  as  gootl  ai  got  him  now  under  my  own  eye. 

"  AfU-T  promisiD^  to  let  Midwinter  know  where  he  could  aee  me  to- 
morrow, I  went  away  in  the  cab  to  hunt  for  lodg'ingB  by  myself, 

**  With  Kiroc  difficulty  I  hs.va  euececded  ia  getting  an  endurable  dttiDg- 
room  and  Wdroom  in  this  house,  where  the  people  arc  perfect  atrangon  lo 
mc-  Having  jmid  n  week's  rent  in  adrancc  (for  I  Bottuolly  preferred  dia- 
priiMiig  with  u  n>fii>rcflce),  I  find  myKcli'  with  vxacLly  thrt^u  shillings  and 
uinepence  Wk  in  my  purse.  It  ia  im|fa».sible  in  ask  Midwinter  for  moncyi 
aftvT  ho  hiH  iilriHudy  |»iid  Itlrs.  Oliieretmw's  note  of  hand.  1  must  bomw 
Mtneiliiiig  t<»OK>rrow  on  my  watch  and  chain  at  llie  pawnbrok^'s.  Eooo^ 
to  k«ep  me  going  fl>r  a  f»rtnight  i«  all,  and  more  than  all,  that  I  waot.  La 
tbiC  time,  or  in  leas  than  that  time,  Midwinter  will  Itare  married  oii.-. 

^Juiff  29?A.  Ttaet  o'clock. — Early  in  the  morning  1  sent  a  line  to 
Midwinter,  telling  him  that  he  would  find  me  htn  at  thiea  this  afleroooa. 
That  done,  1  devolvd  tlio  morning  to  two  errands  of  uiy  own.  Ono  » 
hanlly  worcli  mi^lioniag — it  wua  only  to  nusc  money  on  my  watch  and 
cliain.  1  got  more  tliiui  I  expected;  and  moro  (cvun  aupposiDg  1  bay 
mywalf  one  or  two  little  thingi  in  the  way  of  cheap  Hummer  drtu)  tlun 
I  am  nt  all  likely  to  spend  before  lie  wedding-day. 

"  The  othtr  errand  wa»  of  a  far  more  eunom  kind.  It  led  me  into 
an  attorney's  ofQco. 

"  J  was  well  aware  last  night  (though  I  wns  too  weary  to  put  it  down 
in  my  disr^'J,  tlint  I  could  not  poisibly  uc  Midwinter  tliis  morning — in 
the  position  he  now  ccciipJiM  towards  ni«^without  at  leant  appearing  to 
take  him  into  my  conlideaou,  on  tbe-eubjcct  of  mynif  and  my  circum- 
HtanccB.  Excepting  one  neceasary  consideration  which  I  mtut  bo  careful 
not  to  overlook,  there  is  not  the  Icaat  difficulty  in  my  drawing  on  my 


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inTendon,  and  telling  him  any  etoiy  I  please — ^for  thiM  far  I  have  told 

DO  story   to  anybody.     Midwinter  went  away  to  London  before  it  was 

poniUe  to  approach  the  sabject.     As  to  the  Milroys  (haviog  provided 

them   with  the  customary  reference),  I  could  fortunately  keep  them  at 

arm's  length  on  all  qoestions  relating  purely  to  myselil     And  lastly,  when 

I  effected  my  reconciliation  with  Armadale   on  the  drive  in   front  of 

the  house,  he  was  fool  enough  to  be   too  generous  to  let  me  defend 

my  character.     When  I  had  expressed  my  regret  fiwr  having  lost   my 

temper  and  threatened  Miss  Milroy,  and  when  I  had  accepted  faisassurance 

that  my  pupil  had  never  done  or  meant  to  do  me  any  injury,  he  was  too 

maguanimoua  to  hear  a  word  on  the  subject  of  my  private  affairs.     Thus, 

I  am  quite  unfettered  by  tmy  former  assertions  of  my  own ;  and  I  may 

tell  any  story  I   please — with   the  one  drawback  hinted  at  already  in 

the   shape  of  a  restraint.     Whatever  I  may  invent  in  the  way  of  pure 

fiction,   I   must   preserve  the  character  in   which   I   have  appeared  at 

Thorpe- Ambrose — for,  with  the  notoriety  that  is  attached  to  my  other  name, 

I  have  no  other  choice  but  to  marry  Midwinter  in  my  maiden  name  as 

'llissGwilt.' 

"  This  was  the  consideration  that  took  me  into  the  lawyer's  office. 
I  felt  that  I  must  inform  myself,  before  I  saw  Midwinter  later  in  the  day, 
of  any  awkward  consequences  that  may  follow  the  marriage  of  a  widow, 
if  she  conceals  her  widow's  name. 

**  Knowing  of  no  other  profesaionnl  person  whom  I  could  trust,  I  went 
boldly  to  the  lawyer  who  hnd  my  interests  in  his  charge,  at  that  terrible 
past  time  in  my  life,  which  I  have  mote  reason  than  ever  to  shrink  from 
thinking  of  now.  He  was  astonished,  and,  as  I  could  plainly  detect,  by 
DO  means  pleased  to  see  me.  I  had  hardly  opened  my  lips,  before  he  said 
he  hoped  I  was  not  consulting  him  again  (with  a  strong  emphasis  on  the 
word)  on  my  own  account.  I  took  the  hint,  and  put  the  question  I  had 
come  to  ask,  ia  the  interests  of  that  accommodating  personage  on  such 
oct^sions — an  absent  friend.  The  lawyer  evidently  saw  through  it  at 
once ;  but  he  was  sharp  enough  to  turn  my  '  friend '  to  good  account  on 
his  (idc.  He  said  ho  would  answer  the  question  as  a  matter  of  courtesy 
Inwards  a  lady  represented  by  myself;  but  he  must  moke  it  a  condition 
tbat  this  consultation  of  him  by  depnty  should  go  no  further. 

"I  accepted  his  terms — for  I  really  respected  the  clever  manner  in 
which  he  contrived  to  keep  me  at  arm's  length  without  vioLattng  the  laws 
of  good  breeding.  In  two  minutes  I  heard  what  he  hod  to  say,  mastered 
it  in  my  own  mind,  and  went  out. 

"  Short  as  it  was,  the  cousoltation  told  me  everything  I  wanted  to 
know.  I  risk  nothing  by  marrying  Midwinter  in  uiy  maiden  iustcnd  of 
my  widow's  name.  The  marriage  is  a  good  marriage  in  this  way : — that 
it  can  only  bo  set  aside  if  my  husband  finds  out  the  imposture,  and  takes 
proceedings  to  invalidate  our  marriage  in  my  lifetime.  That  is  the 
lawyer's  answer  in  the  lawyer's  own  words.  It  relieves  me  at  once — in 
tliia  direction  at  any  rate — of  all  apprehension  about  the  future.     The 


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tolj  inposhiro  my  hnilMHd  will  ever  di«coTer — iind  tlion  only  if  ba 
iutppens  to  be  on  die  >pot — is  the  imposture  Lhat  ptiu  me  id  tbe  plaee, 
and  gives  mc  the  iocoaic,  of  Arniulalu's  widow ;  aod,  by  tlntbtiiac^  I  shall 
titve  inrnlidat^d  my  own  mnrringg  for  ever. 

"  Ualf-patt  two  !  Midwinter  will  be  berc  itt  lialf  an  fiour.  I  most  go 
and  a«k  my  gkas  hcrw  1  look.  I  must  rouM  luy  iavention,  and  nuke  up 
my  little  tlomestio  ratminoQ.  Am  1  rming  nervotix  aliout  itt  SomtHhii^ 
Hutiern  ill  tlio  [ilifce  where  my  iicart  uaed  tu  be.  At  firu  ftud  tkitty,  mo  1 
tiad  after  euch  a  lite  as  mine  I 


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Sis  Qclock. — He  kos  just  g9BC>  Tlie  day  for  our  mams^  ia  ■  day 
determined  cu  alnuidy. 

"  I  have  tried  to  rcDt,  aiid  rocnvcr  myacll'.  I  can't  rest.  I  Iiatc 
come  bock  to  tlicse  leaves.  There  is  much  to  bo  written  in  them  aiiKv 
Midwinter  baa  betn  here,  tli»t  conct^rtm  me  nearly. 

"  Let  ine  lii^io  wiUt  >^liiit  I  li.itu  taoiX,  to  rcini^mbLT,  uod  ■»  be  tli€ 
sooner  done  with  it — let  me  begin  with  the  paltry  ctring  ol'  liibehoodi  I 
told  him  about  my  fuiiiily  troubles. 

"  What  can  be  lie  secret  of  this  m-in's  hold  on  mc?  How  »  it  ttat 
Ite  altiTS  m<!  ta  that  1  harilly  know  mygulf  ag»iu  1  I  wa*  ]il:c  mjmM 
in  the  iixilwiiy  cnrringe  ycsti-nlay  witli  Aniiad&lv.  ll  was  surdy  frightftt 
lii  bu  iiiiltiiig  to  llm  living  mail,  through  the  wliolc  of  that  li^ng  journey, 
with  tbti  knowU-dgu  In  me  all  tin;  while  lliiit  I  iiiejuit  to  i^c  hi>  widow^  ■ 
itiid  yet  I  was  only  KKited  and  favored.  Uoiir  nficr  hour  I  never  iihrunk  ™ 
cncv  from  9i]i<-ak>ng  to  Armadale— but  the  fint  tnunpeiy  laiimfaood  1  told 
JUjdwiuter,  turned  jue  cold  when  I  kiw  that  he  bdicvcd  il !  I  fdt  a 
dreadful  hyat(.>rical  choking  in  the  thmat  wlum  hn  entreated  lue  not  to 
x«vca]  juy  troubJca.  And  once— I  am  horrified  when  I  think  ofii — once, 
when  be  said,  '  If  T  eotild  love  you  more  dcnriy,  I  should  love  you  men 
dearly,  now,'  I  was  wJtliia  a  hair's  breidlh  of  luniitig  tniilur  to  mycelf. 
I  WW  oa  the  yviy  iiuinl  of  tr_)ing  nut  to  him,  '  Lita  I  all  Ijwi !  I'm  » 
fiviid  in  hiimoD  eltope  I  Klnrry  tbe  wretchedest  creature  tlLat  prowli  tkfl 
■trvote,  and  you  will  marry  a  better  woman  than  me  I*  Yu  !  the  seeing 
his  eyes  niointcn,  ihv  hcariug  his  voice  tremble  whil«  I  wna  decutviug  Llm, 
shook  Die  in  th:it  way.  1  liuveecou  huiidsom^r  men  by  hiittdrwds,  uIovcKr 
men  by  hundreds.  What  can  this  man  have  roused  in  me  1  U  it  Love? 
J  ihvujjht  I  had  lorcd,  never  to  lore  nguin.  Doca  a  Avoman  not  lore^ 
when  Uic  roan's  haniness  to  her  drive*  her  to  drown  lieraclf?  AmoD 
drove  rite  to  tliut  lust  despair  iu  duyii  gone  by.  Did  all  my  mtncry  at  that 
lime  come  from  something  which  was  not  Love  ?  Have  I  lived  to  be 
ilv«  and  thirty,  and  am  I  only  feeling,  now,  what  Lore  rvally  ia  7 — now, 
when  it  is  too  latu  1  Ridiculous !  Ite^idiH,  wliut  i»  the  uae  o(  oaking  I 
What  do  I  know  aboat  it?  What  docs  any  woman  over  know?  Hie 
more  wc  tliinlc  of  it,  the  moro  wo  deceive  ourselves.  I  winb  I  hod  beea 
bom  an  anij»al.  Ikly  beniity  might  have  been  of  some  use  to  me  tlMO— 
ic  might  bare  got  mc  a  good  master. 


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Fn«  Ia  a  wbolv  p*ge  of  rny  dkiry  Sllcd  ;  nnd  notliinj^  nrttten  yet 
ihal.  in  of  llii;  nlightttC  USe  to  me !  My  miserable  mmJe-up  ninry  must  be 
told  over  iigaia  h«re,  wliil*  the  incidents  «to  fre*h  in  my  memory — or 
am  1  to  rrfer  to  it  con^steatty  on  aftOT-cconons  when  I  may  be 
to  npcak  nfit  ngnin  ? 

"  Tbcie  WM  nolbing  ttfw  in  wlmi  I  told  )ii  in  :  it  vaa  ilio  cnmnionplnee 
rahbi«Ii  of  the  clrciilncinj^  liliraric*.  A  de;iil  fiitlicr  ;  a  loit,  fortune; 
Togalmni]  brotlifrs.  whom  I  droti:)  ever  scHnf;  Again ;  r  bedridden  mother 
dependent  on  my  exertion:^-^— Nn  I  I  can't  u-rlte  it  down  I  I  )iati>  my- 
adf.  I  dcapiite  inyt«If,  when  1  remember  that  fnf  believed  it  bvoiiiw  I  snid 
it — tbat  Af  vax  distressed  by  it,  becanso  it  was  my  Ktory  I  I  will  faoe  tlie 
chances  of  contmdicting  myself— 1  vtill  risk  dincoviry  and  ruin — anything 
nUwr  tban  dwell  «o  that  contemptible  deception  of  him  n  mnment  longer. 

"My  liea  came  to  an  end  at  last.  And  then  h«  lalked  to  vik  oI 
tumself,  and  of  bis  pn»pccts.  Oh,  vrbat  a  relief  it  wna  to  turn  tu  that,  at 
ihe  lime !     What  a  rulii-f  it  in  to  coniu  to  it  now  ! 

"He  liu  Aiccepied  the  olTer  about  whicli  he  wrote  to  mentThorpe- 
AmbroM  ;  and  be  is  now  engaged  &s  occasional  foreig[a  coneepondent  to 
At  new  newspaper.  Ilis  fint  dntinitiion  ih  Xnplwt.  I  wish  it  luul  hofii 
nne  ot^cr  plaix,  for  I  Iiavc  certain  paat  aatoviationii  witb  NapWit  which 
I  tat  net  at  all  anxious  to  renew.  It  has  been  arranged  that  be  is  to  leave 
Cftgland  not  later  than  the  eleventh  of  next  month.  By  that  time,  therc- 
fcre,  I,  who  am  to  go  with  Mm,  miiNl  go  with  him  an  Uta  wife. 

"Tl»trre  i«  not  the  tlightvst  difEcnlty  about  tlie  marringe.  All  tliia 
fait  of  it  ift  ao  enay,  that  I  begin  to  dread  an  accident.  1'he  proposaJ  to 
keep  iho  thin|i  ftlrietly  private — whicli  it  might  luivc  cmhamitwd  int'  to 
malfr  rmnrn  frum  liiia.  Marrying  me  in  hia  own  uiunn — the  niium 
lilt  be  ba*  kept  conoealod  from  every  Itvia;;  creature  but  myeetf  and 
Ur.  Brook— it  is  til  interest  tlmt  not  it  eonl  who  knows  him  should  ba 
|vcaent  at  the  ceremony ;  lu)  friend  Annudalu  Wit  of  all.  Ue  hiu  been 
•  mdc  in  I>»ndon  already.  When  another  week  has  passed,  he  proposes 
10  get  (lie  Licence,  and  to  bo  married  in  the  cliurch  belonging  to  the 
llriih  in  which  lh«  hotel  ia  ntontcd.  Theic  are  the  only  n<!C<s*ary 
fctatalilka  I  had  but  to  say  '  Ye» '  (he  told  me),  and  to  feel  no  fiirtlier 
■BXJety  alwat  the  future.  Leaid  'Yes,'  with  ujuh  a  devouring  un^cicty 
tbont  the  future,  that  1  waa  afraid  hu  would  see  iL  What  minutes  thg 
next  few  mlnalcs  were,  when  lie  wliisperod  deUclouH  words  to  me,  while 
1  hid  niy  &ce  on  hia  breiut  1 

"I  r«eoveT«d  myielf  first,  and  led  him  back  to  the  mbjeot  of 
AnudaJe ;  havinip  my  own  reaaona  foi  wanting  to  know  what  they  said 
to  Mcli  other,  after  I  had  left  them  yenterday^ 

"The  manner  in  vhicli  Midwinter  replied,  siliowcd  me  that  he  wan 
yWing  under  the  restraint  of  roBpeoting  a  confidenco  placed  in  hlro  by 
his  friend.  Long  belbre  ho  had  <bD<<,  I  detected  what  the  confidence  was. 
Armadale  liad  been  coiiauJliRg  him  (exactly  a»  I  antiutpatcJ)  on  the 
MfeJMt  ot  the  elopement.     Although  ho  appears  to  have  rcmontlrated 


190 


AKMAUALE. 


ngsiBit  Uking  the  girl  Mcrellj  avrar  from  bee  home,  Atidwiotcr 
}iavc  lUlt  BOnie  delicacy  ubout  s|)eflking  ctronf^y  ;  remcmbcrii^  (widely 
diirorcnt  aa  tin  GircamEtnncc&  arc)  ilut  he  was  contempkliog  a  print* 
mamago  Kintrif.  I  gntlicrcd,  nt  nay  rate,  that  b*  had  produced  T*iy 
little  vflact  by  whitt  lift  had  wiid  ;  and  thai  Anaadaltt  bad  olntady  carried 
out  Ilia  sbaurd  uit«otioD  of  GonaultiDg  Uie  li««d-d«rk  ia  the  o£oe  of  his 
LondoD  lawyiiB. 

"  Uariag  got  w  far  aa  (])!.■<,  llidwtntcr  put  Uio  qucBt'ion  vrbicli  I  felt 
araat  eotne  toona  er  later.     lie  aaked  if  I  o1>j«eted  to  our  cngngtiiMiiit  ^ 
being  tnenlioncd  b  the  ttricteat  accresy  to  hia  friend.  ■ 

** '  1  will  answer,'  he  nljJ,  '  for  Allau'a  rcspoctiag  soy  ooofidcDoe  llial 
I  place  ID  liim.  And  I  nill  ttndrrinki-,  when  tliu  ume  cooim,  so  to  ok 
loy  m&ntace  orer  him  as  to  prerenC  hia  being  pre*ent  nt  \ho  marriage^ 
and  diwoToiag  (what  he  must  never  know]  that  toy  name  ti  tbn  naac  am 
hia  own.  It  would  help  me,'  he  went  on, '  to  apesiii  more  strongly  aboot 
the  object  that  has  brought  him  to  London,  if  I  can  ragoltc  the  fraokntta 
with  which  he  ha*  apokru  of  hiH  piivnto  afiaint  to  mo,  by  the  aaoae  fttak- 
a*n  on  my  aids.' 

"  I  had  no  choioe  but  to  urivo  thd  necessary  penuii»ioD,  and  I  gave  ib 
It  19  of  the  ulmoat  importance  to  me  to  know  what  pourse  ^Injor  Miltoy 
tjikcs  with  hiB  daughter  and  Armadale,  ailvr  receiving  my  anooyraMB 
letter ;  and,  unl««>  I  invite  Armndals's  confidicncc  in  «orac  way,  I  sm 
nearly  certain  to  be  Vept  in  tlie  dark.  Let  him  once  be  trusted  with  tbt 
kaowJodgffi  that  I  am  to  I>o  MitWiater's  wift! ;  and  ivhiit  hd  tells  bis  frieod 
about  his  love^iTikir,  lio  will  ttll  me. 

"  When  it  Imil  bct-n  undrrrslotHl  between  m  th»t  Arniadsle  waa  to  be 
Ink^B  into  our  ocnfidt^nco,  we  bf.gan  to  tallc  abnut  ourtvlvoa  again.  How 
tho  time  Jle^  1  Wliat  a  sweet  encfaantnient  tt  was  to  forget  cvcx^tbing  in 
hia  arnifi  !     How  he  loves  mo  I — oli,  poor  fallow,  how  he  lovett  me  ! 

"  I  have  promised  to  meet  him  to-momw  morning  in  tlie  Regent'* 
Park.  The  less  he  is  acra  hero  the  better.  The  people  in  this  house  ore 
atrangeis  to  me  certainly — bat  it  may  he  wiic  to  conault  appearances,  as 
if  I  was  atill  at  Tliorpe-Arnbmw,  and  not  lo  jjrodiice  the  impresiiou,  «v«b 
on  their  niindn,  tliat  Miilwinter  ia  engaged  to  me.  If  any  after- inqnitua 
an>  made,  when  I  hitrc  run  my  ^irand  risk,  the  testimony  or  my  Londcs 
landlady  might  be  tfstiinnny  wortli  hiiring^. 

'*  That  wretched  old  Bashwood  I     Writing   of  Thorpe-Ambrose  re- 
minds me  of  him.     What  will  he  say  when  the- town-goaip  tellfl  him 
dial  Armadale  has  taken  mo  to  London,  in  a  carriage  leserrcd  for 
■dvei?    It  reoliy  is  too  abiurd  in  a  rooa  of  Boabwood'e  age  and  appeaww- 
to  presume  to  be  in  lore  J 


I 


a  fain 

-  our-  M 
uancfrfl 


•'  Jutjf  SOIh.  News  at  last  I  Armadnle  hat  heard  Irom  Nisa  MifaOf. 
My  anonjmonJi  letter  has  prodnced  ttn  nRecu  Tlie  girl  is  remored  ftmn 
^orpe-AmbrosG  already ;  and  the  whole  project  of  the  elopement  is 
blown  to  the  winds  nt  onoe  and  for  ever.      This  van  the  sobstaaea  of 


^ 


ARMADALE.  191 

vfaat  MidwiDter  had  to  tell  mc,  irlieii  I  met  him  in  the  Park.  I  aflfected 
to  be  excessiTely  DBtonishcd,  and  to  feel  the  necessary  feminine  longing  to 
know  all  the  particulars.  '  Not  that  I  expect  to  hare  my  cnriomty  ntis- 
Sed,*  I  added,  '  for  Mr.  Annadnlc  and  I  arc  little  better  than  mere 
acquaintances,  after  all.' 

" '  You  are  far  more  than  a  mere  acquaintance  in  Allan's  eyes,'  said 
Midwinter.  ' '  IlaTing  your  permisdon  to  trust  him,  I  have  already  told 
him  how  near  and  dear  yon  are  to  me.' 

"  Hearing  this,  I  thought  it  desirable,  before  I  put  any  questions  aboat 
Miss  Milroy,  to  attend  to  my  own  interests  first,  and  to  find  out  what 
effect  the  annoancemcnt  of  my  coming  marriage  had  produced  on  Armadale. 
It  was  possible  that  he  might  be  Btill  suspicious  of  me,  and  that  the  inqoiriea 
he  made  in  London,  at  Mrs.  Milroy's  instigation,  might  be  still  hanging  oa 
his  mind. 

" '  Did  Mr,  Armadale  seem  surprised,'  I  asked,  '  when  you  told  him 
of  our  engagement,  and  when  you  said  it  was  to  be  kept  a  secret  from 
everybody  ? ' 

"  'He  seemed  greatly  surprised,'  said  Midwinter,  'to  hear  that  we 
were  going  to  be  married.  At!  he  said  when  I  told  him  it  must  be  kept 
a  secret  was,  that  he  supposed  there  were  family  reasons  on  your  side  for 
making  the  marriage  a  private  one.' 

" '  What  did  you  say,'  I  inquired, '  when  he  made  that  remark  1 ' 
•* '  I  said  the  family  reasons  were  on  my  side,'  answered  Midwinter. 
'  And  I  thought  it  right  to  add — considering  that  Allan  had  allowed  him- 
self to  be  misled  by  the  ignorant  distrust  of  you  at  Thorpe- Ambrose — 
that  you  liad  confided  to  me  the  whole  of  your  sad  family  story,  and  that 
you  had  amply  justified  your  unwillingness,  under  any  ordinary  circum- 
itances,  to  speak  of  your  private  affairs.' 

("  I  breathed  freely  again.  lie  had  said  just  what  was  wanted,  just 
in  the  right  way.) 

" '  Thank  you,'  I  said,  '  for  putting  mc  right  in  your  friend's  estimation. 
Doea  he  wish  to  see  me  ? '  I  added,  by  way  of  getting  back  to  the  other 
luhjiKt  of  Miss  Milroy  and  the  elopement. 

'"Tie  is  longing  to  see  you,'  returned  Midwinter.  'Ho  is  in  great 
distreits,  poor  fellow — distrcsa  which  I  have  done  my  best  to  soothe,  but 
which  I  believe  would  yield  far  more  readily  to  a  woman's  ^mpathy  than 
to  mine.' 

"'  Where  is  he  now?'  I  asked. 

"  He  was  at  the  hotel ;  and  to  the  hotel  I  instantly  proposed  that  wc 
ihould  go.  It  is  a  busy,  crowded  place ;  and  (with  my  veil  down)  I 
have  less  fear  of  compromising  myself  there  than  at  my  quiet  lodgings, 
Bciidcs,  it  ia  vitally  important  to  me  to  know  what  Armadale  does  next, 
under  this  tot^  change  of  circumstances, — for  I  must  so  control  hia  pro- 
ceedings a*  to  get  him  away  from  England  if  I  can.  We  took  a  cab : 
such  was  my  eagerness  to  f^rtapstbize  with  the  heart-brokeu  lorer,  that 
wc  to(^  a  cab  I 


"  AnytlttDg  so  ridjcnioos  as  Armadulc'B  bdiarlonr  unJor  Uw  doable 
shock  ot'  dUcnvcTtng  that  hiit  yoiiog  ImJy  hns  bt'Cit  Uluo  KV^y  from  biitt, 
mid  tliai  I  uin  tu  Ite  raftrried  to  Mldirinter,  I  never  befure  wUne«ed  in  all 
iny  rxpericQco.  Tv  say  tli&t  lie  was  Iik«  a  diild  u  a  libol  on  all  vliildren 
who  are  tidt  liom  idiotM.  He  oongrntulntcd  me  on  my  oomiug  marriage, 
mid  cxccntvd  the  liiikiKnti)  wretch  who  had  written  the  UDoaymous  !cU«r, 
littia  thJuking  that  \k  wns  H[i««king  of  one  and  the  onme  pcnorf  in  vac  and 
tlie  laine  brL-aih.  Now  lie  submiBaively  acknowiedgt^d  diat  Major  Milroy 
liad  his  rights  na  a  fachcr,  and  now  he  rcriled  ihe  major  lus  having  no 
finding  fur  anycliing  but  hie  mwhunicK  and  htit  cluck.  At  ono  moment  he 
titMit4^  lip,  witli  the  tears  in  his  eym,  and  declart-d  that  liix  '  darl  ing  Neelie ' 
was  on  ORgcl  on  earth.  At  another  hi;  sit  down  milkily,  and  tJiotight  that 
a  girl  of  her  gpirit  might  liavi;  run  awny  on  the  spot  and  joined  bim  ia 
London.  Afl^r  a  good  Imlf-hour  cf  this  nliaurd  exhibition,  I  mtcceeded 
in  i^nictinf;  him ;  and  then  a  Tow  worda  of  tender  inquiry  produced  wliat 
I  bill!  «xjwvMly  come  to  lli«  hoCel  to  w«! — Mi»  Milroy'n  letlrr. 

"  It  was  tmttogcously  long  and  niiubiJng  and  conlitsvd — in  tthortf  the 
letter  of  a  fool.  I  had  t6  wade  tbroagh  plenty  of  Tt%ar  eentimcnt  oncl 
lamentation,  and  to  lots  ttroi}  and  patience  OTcr  maufllia  outburau  ct 
cdTecltuu,  and  nuuacoua  kiucs  enclosed  in  circles  of  ink.  However,  I 
contrived  to  cxtnict  the  information  [  wnnk-d  at  latit ;  mid  hen^  it  ia  : — 

"  T\ia  iitujoT,  on  receipt  of  my  aiiunymuiii*  warning,  ap]K-ani  to  have 
sent  at  oncis  for  his  daughter,  and  to  have  aliawn  her  the  letter.  '  Tott 
know  w>iat  a  hard  life  I  l«vl  with  yonr  mother  ;  don't  make  it  tiorder 
still,  N'eetie,  by  deceiving  mc'  That  waa  ail  the  poor  old  gt^atlcman  said. 
I  always  did  bke  t)ie  major;  and,  though  he  wai  afraid  to  Khow  it, I 
kiiaw  he  always  liked  me.  lliit  appeal  to  liis  daughter  (if  her  account  of 
it  is  to  he  b«Iiovcd)  cut  her  to  (he  heart.  She  burst  out  cijing  (let  bee 
alone  for  crying  at  the  right  moment !),  and  confeised  eretything. 

"  After  giving  her  time  to  recover  herself  (if  he  had  given  her  a  good 
box  on  lite  cara  it  would  liave  Lpen  more  to  the  purpose !)  the  major 
Gcems  to  liarc  put  certain  qnciitiutja,  and  to  have  become  convinced  (as  t 
waa  convinced  myself)  that  his  daiightere  heart,  or  fitacy,  or  wliatover 
Ehe  calls  it,  mati  really  and  truly  set  on  Armadale.  The  discovery 
evidently  distressed  as  well  as  surpriM^i  him.  He  iippcani  to  haro  hesi- 
tated, and  to  hav- maintained  hisovrn  unfavourable  opinion  of  Mitu  N'cclia'i 
iover  fur  twnie  iiiilit  time.  But  his  daughter's  tears  and  entreaties  (» 
like  thew(Mkne.<«  iif  the  dear  old  gentleman  I)  ehook  liim  at  loil.  Though 
he  6rnily  refused  to  allow  of  any  m.trringt!  ungHgement  at  prusont,  he  cod- 
Bi-ntcd  to  overtook  the  clandcstmc  meetings  in  the  park,  and  to  put 
Armadale's  fitness  to  become  his  aon-in-Ianr  to  the  t«st,  on  onHain 
cotiditions. 

"  These  cunditiuns  arp)  that  for  the  next  six  months  to  come,  all 
coin  mimient ion  is  to  be  broken  off,  both  peraonally  and  by  writing,  ba- 
twceu  Armadale  and  Miss  Milroy.  That  spaec  of  time  is  to  be  occajacd 
by  the  yoimg  gcotlcmon  as  he  himself  thinks  best,  and  by  the  yonag  lady 


ABMADALE.  193 

in  eonipletiDg  ber  evocation  at  school.  If,  when  the  six  moQtha  bare 
pasted,  they  are  both  still  of  the  same  mind,  and  if  Armadale's  conduct 
in  tbe  interval  baa  been  such  as  to  improve  tlie  major's  opinion  of  him, 
be  will  bo  allowed  to  present  himself  in  the  character  of  Miss  Milroy'a 
suitor — and,  in  six  months  more,  if  all  goes  well,  the  marriage  may  take 
place. 

"  I  duclare  I  could  kiss  the  dear  old  major,  if  I  waa  only  within  reach 
cf  Iiim  1  If  I  had  been  at  his  elbow,  an^  had  dictated  the  conditions 
myself,  I  could  hare  asked  for  nothing  better  than  this.  Six  months  of 
tuCal  sei>arution  between  Armadale  and  Miss  Milroy  I  In  half  that  time 
— with  all  communication  cut  off  between  the  two — it  must  go  liard  with 
r.ie  indeed  if  I  don't  find  myself  dressed  in  the  necessary  mourning,  and 
publicly  recognized  as  Armadale's  widow. 

"  But  I  am  forgettiDg  the  girl's  letter.  She  gives  her  father's  reasons 
fur  making  hiu  conditions,  in  her  father's  own  words.  The  major  seems 
to  hxrv.  spoken  so  seusibly  and  so  feelingly  that  he  lefb  hia  daughter  no 
decent  altematire — and  he  leaves  Armadalo  uo  decent  olternatire — but  to 
submit.  As  well  as  I  can  remember  it,  he  seems  to  have  expressed 
himself  to  AIiss  Neelie  in  these,  or  nearly  in  these  terms  : — 

"  '  Don't  think  I  am  behaving  cruelly  to  you,  my  dear — I  am  merely 
asiiDg  yon  to  put  Mr.  Armadale  to  the  proof.  It  is  not  only  right,  it  ja 
absolutely  necessary,  that  you  should  hold  no  communication  with  him  for 
tome  time  lo  come ;  and  I  will  show  you  why.  In  the  first  place,  if  you 
go  to  school,  the  necesBttry  rules  in  such  places — neccBsory  for  the  soke 
of  the  other  girls — would  not  permit  yon  to  see  Mr.  Armadale,  or  lo 
.'ittiiie  letters  from  him ;  and,  if  yon  are  to  become  mistresa  of  Thoipc- 
Aiiibrose,  to  scliool  you  must  go,  for  you  would  be  ashamed,  and  I  sliould 
he  ashamed,  if  you  occupied  the  posllion  of  a  lady  of  station,  without 
L.';ving  the  accomplishments  which  all  ladies  of  station  arc  expected  to 
jiossefs.  In  the  second  place,  I  want  to  sec  whether  Air.  Armadale  will 
continue  to  think  of  you  aa  he  thinks  now,  witliout  being  encouraged  in 
Ilia  attiiclimcnt  by  seeing  you,  or  reminded  of  it  by  hearing  from  you.  If 
I  am  wrong  in  thinking  him  flighty  and  unreliable ;  and  if  your  opinion 
rf  him  is  the  right  one,  this  is  nut  putting  the  young  man  to  an  unfair 
Xtft — true  love  survives  much  longer  sL'parations  than  a  separation  of  six 
ornths.  And  when  tliat  time  is  over,  and  welt  over;  and  when  I  havo 
Lad  him  iinder  my  own  eye  for  another  six  inontlis,  and  have  learnt  to 
think  as  highly  of  him  aa  you  do — even  tlien,  my  dear,  aflcr  all  that 
ti-rrible  <Ielay,  yuu  will  still  be  a  married  woman  before  you  arc  eighteen. 
Think  of  this,  Neelie ;  and  sliow  that  you  love  mc  and  trust  me,  by 
accepting  my  projmsal.  I  will  hold  no  coniniuii  lent  ion  with  Mr.  Arma- 
d.iJe  inyulf.  I  will  leave  it  lo  you  to  write  and  tell  hitn  what  has  been 
ilLcidtd  on.  Ho  may  write  back  one  letter,  and  one  only,  to  acquaint  you 
Kith  his  decisiun.  After  that,  fur  the  sake  of  your  reputation,  nothing 
muTC  is  to  be  said,  and  nothing  more  in  to  Ix;  done,  and  the  matter  is  to 
be  kept  strictly  private  until  the  si.^  mouths'  interval  is  at  an  end.' 
VOL.  xiil. — so.  71.  10. 


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JtRiiADALE. 


I 
I 


"  To  Uii6  cfii;ct  the  tDajoc  spvk*.  His  bebmoor  to  lliat  litti 
m  girl  lian  jiroduccd  n  •U-oiigor  imprHnoo  oo  hm  than  siijthing  obe  in  tie 
IcttLT.  U  btts  act  mc  tbitikJiig  (mc,  vf  ull  tJiv  peof>l«  in  ihu  world  !)  oCM 
vhtt  tbcy  caU  '  a  monl  difficulty.'  Wc  on  ptrpctuallj  told  tliot  Uiere  ^ 
am  too  no  powiblc  coniicetioD  botween  virtue  and  vio«.  Cou  ihvre  not! 
Hero  ia  MiLJor  Milroy  doing  e.t.ictly  iTbat  an  excellent  latbcr,  ai  uace  kind 
and  prudent,  uilcdiouate  and  liriu,  would  do  uiuior  tlie  oircumvtutcci — 
and  bjf  tliat  very  course  oT'tvnduct,  he  haa  now  emooth«d  th«  way  fiw  me, 
OB  ODtDpktcIy  lu  if  t«  had  beca  tbo  (^osca  accomplice  of  tliat  nbomtttable 
crcsLura,  Mi^  Gwilt.  Ouly  tliink  of  my  rcuuoniiij  in  this  wiiy  ]  But  I 
BID  in  such  good  spiriu,  I  can  do  xnyihing  to-daj.  I  iare  tiot  loofced  w 
biigbt  and  t«  young  a«  1  look  cow,  for  montbs  patt ! 

"To  rvturu  ti>  tiiL-  li'ttrr,  Tor  tliu  but  tini^— it  U  so  oxoeasively  dolt 
•od  Ktitjnd  tlial  I  rvoUy  can't  help  Wiinduriiig  away  froiii  it  into  refloctioDS 
of  my  own,  aa  a  iii«ro  mVief. 

"AfWr  folenmJy  announciug  tliat  she  nteant  to  sacrifice  ht-reoir  to 
ber  belored  liither'B  vrieboa  (liie  brasoa  assoraiics  of  bcr  scUtng  up  br 
■  martyr  after  what  has  ha]>peiiad,  exceeds  anything  I  ewt  heard  or 
read  of!),  Miss  Neelio  next  mcDlionird  t^iat  the  major  proposed  ukisg 
Iter  to  tlic  seaside  foT  cbaago  of  air,  during  the  fow  days  that  w«rc  still  t« 
elapae  bcAira  eliu  wunt  tn  scbool.  Armadale  was  to  send  Ids  answur  by 
return  of  pont,  and  Lu  addreaa  her,  trader  cover  to  her  latJicr,  at  Lowcatoft. 
With  tliis,  luui  with  a  last  outburst  of  tonder  protestation,  crammed 
crookedly  iotc  a.  comer  of  the  page,  ilic  letter  ended.  (N.  B. — ^Tho  majoi'i 
objsct  ia  taking  hvr  to  the  tcnudo  is  pkiu  cnougb.  Ho  at  ill  privsldy 
diatrUKts  Animilnle,  and  he  ia  wisely  dctcriiitued  to  pri'vcnl  any  mora 
dandeatinc  uieecinga  iii  the  ]iark,  before  tlie  girl  »  utfviy  dixpoacd  of  ib 
achool.) 

"  When  I  bad  dooe  with  tbt?  letter — T  had  requeued  permiaDOti  le 
luid  ports  of  it  whicli  I  particulurly  admired,  for  ihc  aecoad  and  tfatld 
lime  1 — we  all  consulted  togctticr  in  n  friendly  way  about  what  Armadale 
wa«  to  do. 

"He  was  fool  caougli,  at  the  outset,  to  protest  against  submitting  to] 
Usjor  Milroy'a  conditions.  He  declared,  with  his  odioua  red  faee  li 
the  picture  of  brute  health,  tliat  he  ahould  nerer  aurrive  a  six  montbl^ 
separation  from  his  beloved  Nellie.  Midwinter  (aa  may  easily  be  imagined) 
ai'emed  a  liitli!  atihamed  of  him,  nnd  joined  mo  in  bringing  tim  to  fait 
aenaes.  We  showed  liim  what  would  have  bt-ca  plniu  enough  to  anybody 
but  a  booby,  tbat  there  was  no  honourable,  or  even  decent,  aIt«ntatiT» 
lefl  but  to  follow  the  example  of  submission  aot  by  the  yoiin;  lady.  *  VTait 
— «a.i  yoa  will  have  her  fiw  yotir  wift,"  was  what  I  said.  •  Wait — odI 
you  will  force  tbc  major  to  tdter  bts  unjnst  ojiinion  of  you,'  tnu  what 
Midwinter  added.  With  two  clever  people  hammering  common  sense  into 
his  head  at  that  rate,  it  is  ncedl<«t  to  any  that  hia  head  gave  way,  and  he 
mbmitted. 

"  Ilavit:^  decided  him  to  accept  the  major'a  coudJlions  (I  wus  oarefUl 


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AItMADAI£.  195 

to  mm  lum,  befiire  he  wrote  to  Miss  Milroy,  ^at  my  engagement  to 
Uidwmter  frss  to  be  kept  as  strictly  secret  from  her  as  from  everybody 
else),  tbe  next  question  we  had  to  settle  related  to  his  future  proceecEngs. 
I  was  ready  irith  the  neoessary  arguments  to  stop  him,  if  he  bad  proposed 
Tetaming  to  Thorpe-Ambrose.  But  he  proposed  nothing  of  the  sort.  On 
ihe  oontrar}',  he  declared,  of  his  own  accord,  that  nothing  would  induce 
3iim  to  go  back.  The  place  and  the  people  were  associated  with  ereiy- 
thing  that  was  hateful  to  htm.  There  would  be  no  Miss  Miln^  now  to 
neet  him  in  the  park,  and  no  Midwinter  to  keep  him  company  in  the 
solitary  bouse.  '  I'd  ratlier  break  stones  on  the  road,'  was  the  sensible 
and  cheerfril  way  in  which  he  put  it, '  than  go  back  to  Thorpe-Ambrose.' 
'*  The  first  suggestion  after  this  came  from  Midwinter.  The  aly  old 
clergyman  who  gave  Mrs.  Oldersbaw  and  me  so  much  trouble,  has  it 
seems  been  ill ;  but  has  been  latterly  reported  better.  '  Why  not  go  to 
SomerBetahire,'  said  Midwinter ;  *  and  see  your  good  friend,  and  my  good 
friend,  Mr.  Brock  ? ' 

"  Armadale  caught  at  the  proposal  readily  enough.  He  longed,  in 
the  first  place,  to  see  '  dear  old  Brock,'  and  he  longed,  in  the  second  place, 
to  see  his  yacbt.  After  staying  a  few  days  more  in  London  with  Mid- 
winter, he  would  gladly  go  to  Somersetshire.     But  what  after  that  ? 

"  Seeing  my  opportunity,  /  came  to  the  rescue  this  time.  '  You  hare 
got  a  yacht,  Mr.  Armadale,'  I  said ;  '  and  you  know  that  Midwinter  is 
going  to  Italy.  When  yon  are  tired  of  Somersetshire,  why  not  make  a 
Toyage  to  the  Mediterranean,  and  meet  yonr  friend,  and  your  friend's  wife, 
at  Naples  7 '  '  ■ 

"  I  made  the  alluidon  to  '  his  friend's  wife,'  with  the  most  becoming 
modesty  and  confusioQ.  Armadale  was  enchanted.  I  had  hit  on  the  best 
of  all  ways  of  occupying  the  weary  time.  He  started  up,  and  ^vrung  my 
band  in  quite  an  ecstasy  of  gratitude.  How  I  do  hate  people  who  can  only 
expiesH  their  feelings  by  hurting  other  people's  hands  ! 

"  Midwinter  was  as  pleased  with  my  proposal  as  Armadale  ;  but  he 
tiw  difficulties  in  the  way  of  carrying  it  out.  He  considered  the  yacht 
too  small  for  a  cruise  to  the  Mediterranean,  and  he  thought  it  desirable 
to  hire  a  larger  Tesscl.  His  friend  thought  otherwise.  I  left  them 
aiguing  the  question.  It  was  quite  enough  for  me  to  have  made  fiure,  in 
the  first  place,  tliat  Armadale  will  not  return  to  Thorpe-Ambrose  ;  and  to 
have  decided  him,  in  the  second  place,  on  going  abroad.  He  may  go  how 
he  likes.  I  should  prefer  the  small  yacht  myself — for  there  seems  to  be 
a  chance  that  the  small  yacht  might  do  lue  the  inestimable  service  of 
drowning  him.     .... 

"  Five  o'clock. — The  excitement  of  feeling  that  I  liad  got  Armadale's 
future  movcmcntu  completely  under  my  own  control,  made  mc  so  restless, 
when  I  returned  to  my  lodgings,  that  I  was  obliged  to  go  out  again,  and 
do  something.  A  new  interest  to  occupy  me  being  what  I  wanted,  I  went 
to  Pimlico  to  hare  it  out  with  Mother  Oldershaw. 

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AllHADALE. 


"  I  mlkfld — ami  made  up  my  mJacI,  on  tlic  vaj,  Uut  I  would  b«gio  bj  ] 
^{lUUTdliBg  wilh  liCT.  One  of  my  notes  of  hand  being  puid  nlivxdy,  tioi  \ 
^lidu'iiitL-r  tiring  willing  to  p.ty  ihe  other  two  when  iliej  fall  duv,  my , 
prcKUt  potsitioii  vtilii  Die  old  wrelcli  is  m  ind«p«odent  A  on«  aa  I  could 
desire.  I  always  get  the  bcUer  of  lier  when  it  comes  to  a  downright 
Wule  lictvrcca  us,  and  liiid  her  wuudvrruily  uivU  and  obliging  the  monient 
1  Imvc  madu  Her  fufi  tlint  mine  is  llie  atrongt.'st  will  of  the  two.  In  my 
pTCMQt  aiiUHliuii,  she  mlglit  be  of  use  lo  mc  in  various  vrny*,  if  I  cuuld 
wcure  her  ossistauce,  without  tnuiing  her  vriilk  sccrcla  which  1  am.  now 
jnonj  itmn  ever  delernun<fil  lu  Veep  to  mj-jelf.  Tlial  van  my  itlt-a  as  I 
Vnlkuil  to  Pimlicn.  U pti:tiiiig  Mui.hcr  Oliltirehaw's  nen-es,  in  tiie  first 
place,  and  tliea  twisting  her  round  my  liitlu  finger,  in  llic  serond, 
l>romisc-d  mc,  as  1  thought,  au  iiiWrcoting  acoux«tion  for  the  rest  at 
tlie  iil^cmoon. 

"  When  I  got  to  Pluilico,  a  surprise  was  in  store  (or  me.  The  hooH 
was  Sihut  up^not  only  on  Mm.  Oldcislmw'j  side,  but  oi»  Doclor  Uown- 
wnrd'e  hh  well.  A  [latlkiL'lc  wnit  on  ihu  sUop-dcujr  ;  and  a  man  wu 
Laoging  about  on  tlie  wAtch,  who  might  liavu  been  an  onlinary  idler 
Certainly,  but  who  looked,  to  my  mind,  like  a  pulicumon  iu  dit^uiae.  h 

**  Knowing  the  r'uks  the  doctor  runs  ia  his  particular  form  of  practioe,  I 
I  suspected  at  once  ihut  sonictbiog  K.'1'iouB  liad  happoiifd,  and  that  even 
cunning  Mrs,  Oldemhaw  waa  CouipromiwJ  thi*  time.  Without  flopping, 
or  making  any  inquiry,  iheicforc,  I  called  the  first  cab  that  pattied  xiw,  and 
dtovc  to  the  poxt-office  to  which  I  had  detircd  my  Isltcra  to  be  ibrwu^id 
if  any  cnittu  for  uie  rifti-r  I  Wti.  my  Thorpe- Ambrose  lodging. 

"On  iiiiiuiry  n  ktU'r  waa  produced  for  'Mis*  Gwilt.'  It  waj 
Mother  01iU<r«haw's  handwriting,  and  it  told  me  (as  I  hsd  suppoM^)^ 
tltot  the  doctor  had  got  into  a  serioiu  difficulty —that  she  was  bttrMlf 
moat  unfortunutcly  mixed  up  in  ttic  nititter^ — and  that  tbey  wore  both  Itt 
biding  for  the  present.  The  ]iittt.-r  ended  niili  same  eiilTicicntly  venoiBCiu 
Bcntencea  about  my  conduct  at  Thorpe- Ambrose,  and  with  a  warning  that 
J  have  not  heard  the  hw  of  Mrs.  Old<.Tshftw  yei.  Jt  relieved  mu  to  find 
lier  writing  in  this  way— for  she  would  hare  been  civil  nnd  cringing  if  dK 
bad  had  any  auc^iviou  of  what  I  hare  really  got  in  y'law,  I  burnt  tba 
letter  as  soon  as  the  candles  came  up,  Attd  tliere,  for  the  prciont,  is  an  cad 
of  the  connection  hctwecu  Mother  Jercbcl  and  me,  I  roust  dvitll  myovnt 
dirty  work  now — and  J  ehul!  be  all  the  si&r,  p<:rhapii,fo[  trtisting  oobcdy'a 
bsiids  to  do  it  but  my  own.  | 


"J 


"  Juli/  SlsL- — MoK  useful  information  for  mc.  I  met  Midwinter  s$aiit 
in  the  Park  (on  the  pretext  that  my  reputation  might  sufTer,  if  he  called 
too  often  at  my  lodgings) ;  and  beard  the  last  n«ws  of  Armadale,  since 
I  left  thfi  hotel  ytslenlay. 

"After  he  had  written  to  MLss  Mi  I  roy,  Midwinter  took  tlie  opportn- 
&ity  of  speaking  to  bim  about  the  nec'asnry  business  arraogemeots  daring 
his  absence  from  the  great  house.     It  was  decided  Uiat  the  servants  should 


ARMADALE.  197 

be  put  on  board  imgeB,  and  that  Mr.  Basliwood  should  be  lefl  in  clmi^. 
(Somehow,  I  don't  like  this  reappearance  of  Mr.  Bashwood  in  connection 
vith  mypreeent  interests,  but  there  is  no  belp  for  it.)  The  next  question 
—the  question  of  money — was  settled  at  once  bj  Armadale  himself.  All 
his  available  ready-money  (a  large  rutii)  is  to  be  lodged  by  Afr.  Bashwood 
in  Cotitta'H  Bank,  and  to  be  there  deposited  in  Armadale's  name.  This,  he 
said,  would  save  him  the  worry  of  any  further  letter -writing  to  hia 
steward,  and  would  enable  him  to  get  what  he  wanted,  when  he  went 
abroad,  at  a  moment's  notice.  The  plan  thus  proposed  being  certainly 
the  simplest  and  the  safest,  was  adopted  with  Itlidtvinter'a  full  concurrence  ; 
and  here  the  bnsincss  discus^on  would  have  ended,  if  the  everlaating 
Mr.  Bashwood  had  not  turned  up  again  in  the  conversation,  and  prolonged 
it  in  an  entirely  new  direction. 

"  On  reflection,  it  seems  to  have  struck  Midwinter  that  the  whole 
responsibility  at  Thorpe- Ambrose  ought  not  to  rest  on  Mr.  Boahwood's 
■boulders.  Without  in  the  least  distrusting  him,  Midwinter  felt,  never- 
theless, that  he  ought  to  have  somebody  net  over  him,  to  apply  to,  in  case 
of  emergency.  Armadale  made  no  objection  to  this;  he  only  asked,  in  his 
helpless  way,  who  the  person  was  to  be  7 

"  The  answer  was  not  an  easy  one  to  arrive  at.  Either  of  the  two 
■oUcitora  at  Thorpe- Ambrose  might  have  been  employed — but  Armadale 
was  on  bad  terms  with  both  of  them.  Any  reconciliation  with  such  n 
kitter  enemy  as  the  elder  lawyer,  Mr,  Darch,  was  out  of  the  question  ; 
and  reinstating  Mr.  I'edgifl  In  his  former  position,  implied  a  tacit  sanction 
on  Arm-idale's  part,  of  the  lawyer's  abominable  conduct  towards  me,  which 
was  scarcely  consistent  with  the  respect  and  regard  that  ho  felt  for  a 
lady  who  Avas  soon  to  bo  his  friend's  wife.  After  some  further  discussion, 
Slidwinler  hit  on  a  new  suggestion  which  appeared  to  meet  the  difficulty, 
lie  proposed  that  Armadale  should  write  to  a  respectable  solicitor  at 
Norwich,  slating  his  position  in  general  terms,  and  requesting  that 
^ntleman  to  take  charge  of  his  affairs,  and  to  act  as  Mr.  Bashwood  s 
advisor  and  superintendent  when  occasion  required.  Norwich  being 
vithin  an  cosy  railway  ride  of  Thorpe- Ambrose,  Armadale  saw  no 
objection  to  the  proposal,  and  promised  to  write  to  the  Norwich  lawyer. 
Fearing  that  he  might  make  some  mistake,  if  he  wrote  without  assistance, 
JUdwinter  had  drawn  him  out  a  draft  of  the  necessary  letter,  and 
Armadale  was  now  engaged  in  copying  tlie  draft,  and  also  in  writing  to 
Mr.  Bashwood  to  lodge  tlie  money  immediately  in  Coutts'a  Bank. 

*'  These  details  are  so  dry  and  uninteresting  in  themselves,  that  I 
liFfiitatt;d  at  first  about  putting  them  down  in  my  diary.  But  a  little 
reflifCtion  has  convinced  me  that  they  are  too  important  to  be  passed  over. 
L'Xfkcd  at  from  my  point  of  view,  rhey  meim  this — that  Armadale's  own 
act  is  now  cntling  him  off  from  all  communication  with  Tliorpe- Ambrose, 
evtn  by  letter.  Ife  ta  as  good  as  dead,  already,  to  everybody  he  havea 
Mii'nd  him.  The  causes  wliich  have  led  to  such  a  result  as  that,  are  causes 
which  certainly  claim  the  best  place  I  can  give  tliem  in  these  pages. 


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AKUAOALE. 


"  AvffuM  1st, — \othing  to  noord,  btit  tliat  I  liavo  liad  &  loag  qoie 
1hi]>P7   dty  with  Midvinter.     He  hired  a  carria^  and  tve   drore  t<> 
Hichaiond,  and  dined  tbere.     After  tc-daj'a  ejcpericnce,  il  is  imponibl« 
to  dcociro  luywU'any  looger.     Come  vbat  may  of  it,  I  lore  faiin. 

'*  I  hare  ftllen  into  low  spirits  sinc«  ho  left  bm.  A  peisuasioB  ha* 
taken  poSMMioa  of  mj  mind,  lliuc  the  nnootJi  and  pnxperoua  conrac  of 
my  affiiin  siace  I  hava  bcea  in  London,  in  too  amooth  iwd  proaporoua  to 
last.  Tliere  is  sooietbing  opprening  me  to-nigbt,  which  is  mote  than  ib» 
oppression  of  the  beary  London  air. 

"  AuffKil  2ml.  TTtrt*  o'clock. — My  prraratiments,  like  other  people's 
liAYfr  deoctwd  in«  often  eiiougli— but  I  am  almofit  afraid  tlial  my  pt 
Bentiment  of  laat  night  wna  rrally  proplielio,  for  once  in  a  way. 

"  I  went  ai^cr  brealiltut  to  a  niiUiner'ii  in  tliin  neif[]ibour)ioo<I  to  onlt^] 
a  few  chcnp  Gumnner  thingn,  and  thcnso  to  Alirlwint«r's  hotot  to  arr 
whh  hiiu  for  another  day  in  the  cotiritry.     I  drove  to  ibe  millioer'a  and 
to  the  hobi-l,  and  pArt  of  thv  way  hack.     Then,  feeliog  disguatcd  witk^ 
the  horrid  close  Btnell  of  the  ca.b  (somebody  had  been  snioking  in  it, '. 
Buppoae),  I  got  out  to  walk  the  rest  of  the  way.     Before  I  had  be«n  ii 
iainut«a  oa  tny  fcetj  I  discovoiod  that  I  mtw)  being  followod  by  a  straog 
mait. 

"  Tbta  trmy  mean  notliing  but  iluit  on  idle  fellow  Iim  bi-ea  atntck  by ' 
my  figure,  nnd  ray  appearance  giintrnlly.  My  &oe  oould  hove  mad*  a^ 
impreawon  on  him — for  it  was  hiddem  as  usual  fay  my  veil.  Whetliar  b* 
flawed  in*  (in  a  cab  of  coiuec)  Jrom  tbe  milUnei's,  or  from  tho  hotel,  I 
cannot  say.  Nor  iim  I  i^uito  certain  whether  ha  did  or  did  not  iraek  SM 
to  this  door.  I  only  know  tliut  I  lout  nght  of  him  before  t  ^(A  back^ 
Thcru  in  no  help  for  il  but  to  wait  till  events  enlighten  me.  li  tbcto  is 
anything  serious  in  what  has  happened,  I  shall  soon  diicover  U.  ^1 

"  FilH  o'clock. — It  U  aerioue.     Ten  minutes  since,  I  waj  in  my  bed- 
room, which  communicateB  with  the  sitting-rootn.     I  was  just  coming  oat,, 
when  I  heard  a  etrnn;^  voice  on  tho  landing  outside — :>  wonion'fl  voicew 
The    nt'St    inetAHt   tlie    sitting-room   doov   w.ia   Buddenty   opened;   tkie>| 
woman's  voice  Raiii,  *  Are  tlieae  the  aparttnerita  you  hare  got  to  let?'-^J 
and  though  the  landlady,  behind  her,  answered, '  No )  h^bcr  up,  ma'aai'l 
the  woman  came  on  straight  to  my  bed-ronm,  aa  if  she  had  not  heard.     I* 
had  juHt  time  to  shim  tho  door  In  her  tiicc  before  ahc  saw  me.     Th* 
oecemury  explansticnn  nnd  apologies  folloivrd  between  the  Inndl^y  and 
the  aU'WDger  in  tho  titilng-rocim — and  tlieu  I  was  Ivft  alone  again. 

"  I  have  no  timo  to  wnte  more.  It  is  plain  that  somebody  liaa  an 
interest  in  trying  lo  identify  me,  and  tJiat,  but  for  my  own  qnickneM,  the 
stnmge  woman  would  liavc  accomplished  tliis  abject  by  taking  me  by 
aorprisc.  She  aod  the  man  who  followed  me  in  the  street  an:,  i  Ku{icct,ia 
league  together  ;  and  thero  is  probably  somebody  ia  the  hadcgromid 
whose  interesta  tUey  are  serving,     la  Blothcr  Oldcrahnw  attacking  me  in 


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AKUADALE.  199 

the  dark  ?  or  who  else  can  it  be  ?  No  motter  who  it  is ;  my  present 
utoation  la  too  critical  to  be  trifled  vitb.  I  mmt  get  away  from  this 
bouse  to-night,  and  leave  no  trace  behind  me  by  which  I  can  be  followed 
to  another  place. 

"  AvguMt  3rd. — Gary  Street,  Tottenham  Cmtrt  Jtoad, — I  got  away  hut 
night  (aAer  writing  an  excuse  to  Midwinter,  in  which  '  my  invalid 
mother '  flgared  as  the  all-sufficient  cause  of  my  disappearance) ;  and  I 
hare  found  refuge  here.  It  has  cost  me  some  money ;  but  my  object  is 
attained  1  Xobody  can  possibly  have  traced  me  from  All  Saints'  Terrace 
u  this  address. 

"  After  paying  my  landlady  the  necessary  forfeit  for  leaving  her 
without  notice,  I  arranged  with  her  son  that  he  should  take  my  boxes  in 
a  cab  to  the  cloak-room  at  the  nearest  railway  station,  and  send  me  the 
ticket  in  a  letter,  to  wait  my  application  for  it  at  the  post-office.  While 
he  went  his  way  in  one  cab,  I  went  mine  in  another,  with  a  few  things 
for  the  night  in  my  little  hand-bag.  I  drove  straight  to  the  milliner'a 
■hop— which  I  hod  observed,  when  I  was  there  yesterday,  had  a  back 
entrance  into  a  mews,  for  the  apprentices  to  go  in  and  out  by.  I  went 
in.  at  once,  leaving  the  cab  waiting  for  me  at  the  door.  'A  man  is 
feUowing  me,'  I  said  ;  <  and  I  want  to  get  rid  of  him.  Here  is  mj  cab- 
tire  ;  wait  ten  minutes  before  yon  give  it  to  the  driver,  and  let  me  out  at 
oDca  by  the  bock  way  1  In  a  moment  I  was  out  in  the  mews — in 
another,  I  was  in  the  next  street — in  a  third,  I  hailed  a  pacing  omnibos, 
md  was  a  free  woman  again. 

"  Having  now  out  off  all  communication  between  me  and  my  last 
lodgings,  the  next  precaution  (in  case  Midwinter  or  Armadale  are 
Hatched)  is  to  cut  off  all  communication,  for  some  days  to  come  at  least, 
between  me  and  the  hotel.  I  have  written  to  Midwinter — making  my 
supposititious  mother  once  more  the  excuse — to  »aj  that  I  am  tied  to  my 
nursing  duties,  and  tliat  wo  must  communicate  by  MTiting  only  for  the 
present.  Doubtful  as  I  still  am  of  who  my  hidden  enemy  really  is,  I  can 
do  no  more  to  defend  myself  than  I  have  done  now. 

'-  August  ith. — The  two  friends  at  the  hotel  have  both  written  to  me. 
Midwinter  cxprewea  his  regret  at  our  separation,  in  the  tenderest  terms. 
Armadale  writes  an  entreaty  for  help  under  very  awkward  circumstances. 
A  letter  from  Major  Milroy  has  been  forwarded  to  him  from  the  great 
honi>e,  and  he  encloses  it  in  his  letter  to  mc. 

'•  Having  left  the  seaside,  and  placed  his  daughter  safely  at  the  school 
originally  choaen  for  her  (in  the  neighbourhood  of  Ely),  thu  major  appears 
to  Ijave  returned  to  Thorpe- Ambrose  at  the  close  of  last  week ;  to  have 
lieard  then,  for  the  first  time,  the  reports  about  Armadale  and  me  ;  and 
to  have  written  instantly  to  Armadale  to  tell  him  so. 

"  The  letter  is  stem  and  short.  Major  Milroy  dismisses  the  report  aa 
unworthy  of  credit,  because  it  is  impossible  for  him  to  believe  in  such  an 


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ABMADALE. 


act  of  '  coM-bloodeii  trencliory,'  as  tho  scatidit)  woiiW  irnpl}',  if  (he  soudal 
wers  t.ruo.  !!«  itimjily  writer  to  vara  ATiiiinloIe  tlint,  if  txs  is  not  mors 
cari'ful  in  liia  »gtiuiia  fur  ili«  future,  lio  must  reoign  all  i^rcttuiBioiis  to  MUs 
Milroy'ahBnd.  '  tndiliiir  cxpt'ct,  nor  wieli  for,  on  anBW«r  to  this'  (tlie  letter 
i^ncU),  'lor  I  dirairc  tu  receive  do  tncm  p  rot  rata  tiona  in  wordi.  Bjryour 
rondiict,  ttnti  ^^  your  conduct  alone,  I  shall  judge  you  nx  tini«  goc«  on. 
Let  mt;  nliio  niJd,  that  I  positively  forbid  jou  to  coiuiidcr  ihix  li^tiur  nn  Hti 
excuse  I'ur  viuliiiiiig  llio  terms  egrcod  on  betwceoi  os,  by  writing  ngoiii  to 
my  daughter.  You  have  no  nci'd  to  justify  yourself  in  her  cy*a — for  I 
furtunatdy  removed  licr  from  Tliorjie-AinbrxMC  bi^fbrc  thin  ubominaUe 
i-k-jwrt  lind  time  (o  reach  b«r ;  and  I  tJiall  iaikt  good  ciirc,  for  h«r  eok^ 
tlijit  »lie  is  not  agilatpd  and  UDsettied  by  bearing  it  where  she  i«  now.' 

"  Arinndnk's  pcliiion  to  mo,  under  these  circumatancea,  entreata  (an  X 
am  llic  innocent  cnusn  of  the  new  nttoek  on  hi«  character),  that  1  »iU 
HHriU!  to  tliu  major  to  absolve  bim  of  nil  indiscretion  in  the  miUter,  and  to 
nny  tb«t  he  could  not,  In  cooinion  politeness, do  otberwiao  titau  iiccompaajr 
Die  to  I<i>ndon.  I  tbrgive  the  inipiidcnce  of  btK  r8(|awt,  in  coniuderatioa 
of  the  tiL-vrs  thnt  he  aindn  ine.  It  is  ccrttitiily  another  circumabtDcc  in  tny 
liivour,  that  Ebe  ficondnl  at  Thorpe- Ambrose  is  not  to  be  allo^v^d  to  tt»eh 
5!ias  Milroy'a  cars.  With  her  temper  (if  tihc  did  bear  ii)  sbe  might  do 
EOQiotliiug  doKpcr»tc  in  tho  vay  of  clainiing  litr  lover,  and  might  comiiro- 
mi»e  mo  ferinnitly.  As  fur  my  own  course  wiili  ArnmdiiLf,  it  \«  eaty 
enough.  1  fchall  <iuiet  him  by  promising  to  write  to  Major  Milroy  ;  and  I 
shiill  Imke  tho  liburly,in  iiiyown  privalu  InttirestH,  of  not  keeping  tny  word. 

"Nothing  in  thi;  least  suspicioiiji  hjw  hnj>pciied  tu-day.  Wlioerer  my 
enemies  iixc,  lliey  huve  lost  me,  and  between  thi*  and  the  time  when  I 
leave  ICnglnnd  they  ihail  not  liiid  me  aguin.  I  have  been  to  the  poat-oAiee, 
iitid  have  got  the  IJckot  for  my  lu^giigc,  cneloacd  to  mc  in  a  letter  from  AH 
Saints'  TerrBC  as  I  direct*^.  Thu  hi^gngit  itself  I  sliall  still  Iear«  at  Ilia 
eloiik-mom,  until  I  see  the  way  btrforv  mu  more  clcjirly  than  1  see  it  now. 


I 


"  AuQviit  bth. — Two  Icltcn  sgain  from  the  hotel.  MiJwintftr  wri(«s  tv 
remind  mc,  in  tlio  prettiest  poasible  manner,  that  lie  'will  harts  lived  loog 
enough  in  the  [wrisli  by  to-morrovr  to  bo  able  to  get  our  marriago  licence^ 
and  ihnt  he  proposirs  ajiplyiug  fur  it  in  the  nsmil  wny  at  Doctors'  Commons 
Xow,  if  I  Am  ever  to  euy  it,  in  Ihe  ttmc  to  any  No.  I  can't  say  Na 
There  \*  the  plain  truth — and  there  is  an  end  of  it  I 

"Armada.le'A  Iittter  is  a  letter  of  fareweU.  He  thanka  mo  Ibr  mj 
kindness  in  consenting  to  write  to  tho  major,  and  bids  me  good>by  till 
M,-e  meet  again  at  Naples  He  has  kiinit  frout  hix  friend  that  thcK  ore 
private  rcJiBon»  which  wilt  oblige  hlin  to  forbid  himself  the  pleasure  of 
being  present  at  our  tnarringe.  Under  these  circumstnticc«,  there  is 
iiutliing  to  kf»p  him  in  London.  lie  has  made  all  his  businen  amitgo- 
mcuLi  ;  he  gets  to  Somersetshire  by  to-nlgbi'i  txiun;  and,  after  stsyin^ 
some  time  with  Mr.  lirock,  ho  will  roA  for  tha  Meditenwiean  from  tlie 
Bristol  Channel  (in  Rpite  of  Midivinler's  objections)  iu  his  own  yaohL 


AUMADALE.  201 

"  The  loiter  escIowB  a  jeweller's  box,  wifli  a  ring  in  it — Annadale'a 
preaenL  to  me  on  my  marriage.  It  ia  a  ruby — but  radier  a  small  one,  and 
set  in  the  ^orst  possible  taste,  lie  would  have  given  Miss  Milroy  a  ring 
irorth  ten  times  the  money,  if  it  had  been  htr  marriage  preeent.  There  is 
no  more  hatelul  creature,  in  my  opinion,  than  a  miserly  young  man.  I 
wonder  whether  hia  trumpery  little  yacht  will  drown  him? 

"  I  am  60  excited  and  fluttered,  I  hardly  know  what  I  am  writing. 
Not  that  I  shrink  from  what  is  coming — I  only  fuel  aa  if  I  was  being 
hurried  on  faster  than  I  quite  lilce  to  go.  At  this  rate,  if  nothing  happens, 
Uidwinter  will  have  married  me,  by  the  end  of  the  week.   And  then I 

"Avffittt  6th. — If  anything  could  startle  me  now,  I  should  feel  startled 
by  the  news  that  baa  reached  me  to-dny. 

"  On  his  return  to  the  hotel  this  morning,  after  getting  the  Marriage 
Licence,  Midwinter  found  a  telegram  waiting  for  him.  It  contained  an 
urgent  message  from  Armadale,  announcing  that  Mr.  Brock  had  had  a 
relapse,  and  that  uU  hope  of  his  recovery  was  pronounced  by  the  doctors 
to  be  at  an  end.  By  the  dying  man's  own  desire,  Midwinter  was  sum- 
moned to  take  leave  of  him,  and  was  entreated  by  Armadale  not  to  loso 
■  moment  in  starting  for  the  rectory  by  the  first  train. 

"  The  hurried  letter  which  tella  me  this,  tells  me  also  that,  by  the  time 
I  receive  it,  Midwinter  will  be  on  his  way  to  the  west.  He  promises  to 
write  at  greater  length,  after  he  has  seen  Mr,  Brock,  by  to-night's  post. 

"  This  news  has  an  interest  for  me,  which  Midwinter  little  suspects. 
There  is  but  one  human  creature,  besides  myself,  who  knows  tlie  secret  of 
his  birth  and  hia  name — and  that  one,  ia  the  old  man  who  now  lies  waiting 
for  him  at  the  point  of  death.  Wliat  will  they  say  to  each  other  at  the 
list  moment  7  Will  some  chance  word  foke  them  back  to  the  time  when 
I  was  in  Mrs.  Annadale'a  service  at  Madeim  ?     Will  they  speak  of  Me  ? 

"  Avjust  7(A.^The  promised  letter  has  just  reached  me.  No  parting 
words  liave  been  exchanged  between  tlicm — it  was  all  over  before  Mid- 
iriiiter  reached  Somersetshire.  Armadale  met  him  at  the  rectory  gate 
vith  the  news  that  Mr.  Brock  was  dead. 

"  I  try  to  struggle  agiunst  it,  but,  coming  afler  the  strange  complica- 
tion of  circumstances  that  haa  been  closing  round  me  for  weeks  past,  there 
is  K(>nif;thing  in  this  latest  event  of  all  that  shakes  my  nerves.  But  one 
Lttt  chance  of  detection  stood  in  my  way  when  I  opened  my  diary  yes- 
terday. When  I  open  it  to-day,  that  chance  is  removed  by  Mr.  Brock's 
il(.-itih.     It  means  something ;  1  wish  I  knew  what. 

'■  The  funeral  is  to  be  on  Saturday  morning.  Midwinter  will  attend  it 
a*  well  as  Armadale.  But  he  proposes  returning  to  London  first ;  and  lie 
writes  word  that  he  will  call  to-night,  in  the  hope  of  seeing  me  on  his 
iviiv  from  the  station  to  the  hotel.  Even  if  there  was  any  risk  in  it,  I 
iliould  Bcc  him,  as  things  are  now.  But  there  is  no  risk  if  he  comes  hero 
from  the  station,  instead  of  coming  from  the  hotel. 


ao3 


ARMADALE. 


"  Five  o'clock.- — I  mu  not  misuiken  in  belicriag  that  mj  nerres  vne 
fl.n  uDfltrang.  Trillat  tluU  ivonld  not  hove  ooK  me  a  Moonil  ikougfat  «t 
otliw  tiin«i,  weigh  hniTily  oa  mj  mind  now. 

"  Two  ItotirB  uDce,  in  dnpur  of  kaowing  bov  to  get  tlirongh  t}i«  dtjf 
I  bethongltt  tnys^lf  nf  Ili«  milliiuir  who  i>  mAkint;  mjr  mmmer  dre«L  I 
}ia(1  inltmdeJ  to  irn  and  trr  it  on  ycsWnlnj—hut  it  dipped  out  of  mjr 
mciDory,  in  the  cxcitcmrat  of  hcnriog  about  ^^^.  Brock.  Ho  I  w«Dt  Uiis 
nAomoon,  cngi-r  to  tin  nnytliing  thnt  might  hetp  roe  to  got  rid  of  n^MlC 
I  h»Te  retiu-iied,  fi.-L-ltng  more  iinmay  nnd  more  dqn-eaned  than  I  felt  when 
I  wOTit  ont — for  1  bnvo  como  bnok,  rearing  that  I  may  ym  have  reason  to 
re[>eiit  not  having  led  my  imfiaistivd  drms  on  t}ie  miilitier's  liands. 

"Nothing  happened  to  mc,  ihU  ttnic,  io  tlie  street.  It  ynu  only  in 
the  tryiiig-on  Toom  dint  my  suapiciotw  were  roased ;  and,  there,  it  certainly 
did  cron  my  mind  iital  the  attempt  to  discoTt-r  me,  wliich  I  defeated  at 
A}1  Saints'  Terrace,  waa  not  given  up  ytt,  (ind  thnt  some  of  the  shopwomCB 
had  be?a  tampered  with,  if  ncit  th«  inistra««  ImrMlf. 

"  Can  I  giTc  myself  nnyttiing  in  the  shape  of  a  reoaoa  lor  this  iinpw- 
sion  7     Let  m«  thiolc  a  little. 

"I  certainly  notic»l  two  things  w1ti<h  were  out  of  the  ordinary 
rcutinCf  uudiu-  the  cimuniatsuces,  Jn  th«  first  place,  there  weru  twicv  aa 
mnny  wom«n  es  were  needed  in  ths  tr}nug-on  room.  Thia  hwked 
suspicious — nnd  yot,  I  might  hare  accouDtn!  for  it  in  more  ways  than  one. 
Is  it  net  tlie  slack  time  now  7  and  don't  t  know  ky  exp«rieoe«  tlint  I  an 
the  sort  of  woman  about  whom  other  women  are  always  spiteAilly  curioos  t 
I  thought  again,  in  the  second  place,  that  one  of  the  aaeiatantB  penialad 
rather  oddly  in  keeping  mo  turned  in  a  particular  direction,  with  my  ftos 
towards  tlie  glased  iind  curtained  do(ir  that  hd  into  the  work-room.  But, 
nfber  all,  nbe  gave  n  reason,  when  I  asked  for  it.  She  atdd  tlie  light  fell 
better  on  me  that  way — and,  when  I  looked  round,  there  was  thi>  window 
to  prove  her  rigfit.  Still,  these  iridcs  produced  such  jm  eflVcl  on  inc,  at 
the  time,  that  I  ptirposely  found  fault  with  the  drets,  bo  an  ro  hare  sa 
excuse  for  trying  it  on  agnin,  belbre  I  told  them  where  I  lived,  and  had  it 
eccit  home.  Pai-c  fnncv,  I  dsre  my.  Pure  fonoy,  perhaps,  at  the  prciient 
mompnc.  I  don't  eiirt — I  sliii!!  act  on  inatinet  (as  they  "K^))  "I'd  give  vp' 
the  drpst.     In  plainer  words  stilt,  I  won't  go  back. 


1 


"  3tMni(f6t. — Midwinter  came  to  see  me  as  he  proiniaed.  An  hour 
has  pasted  aince  we  aai  J  g«oJ-iiight ;  and  here  I  still  sit,  with  my  pen  ia 
my  h.'ind,  thinking  of  hlin.  No  words  of  mino  can  de«cnbe  what  ha* 
jiaKsed  between  tts.  The  end  of  it  is  alt  I  can  writa  in  these  pages— -and 
the  end  of  it  is,  that  he  lias  ahidcen  my  resolution.  For  the  first  time 
since  I  mv  the  etmy  wny  to  Armadale's  life  at  Thorpe- A mbroee,  I  leel  as 
if  tlie  man  whom  I  have  dociued  in  my  own  thonghtx,  had  a  chaoce  of 
escaping  me. 

**  Is  it  my  love  for  Midwinter  that  has  altered  me  ?  Or  is  it  Aii  lore 
for  ma  that  haa  token  posaession,  not  only  of  all  I  wish  to  ^e  hint,  but  of 


ARMADALK,  208 

all  I  wisli  to  Iceep  from  him  as  ^rell  7  I  feel  as  if  I  had  lost  myBclf — lost 
itxjaei£,  I  meui,  in  Aim-— all  through  tlie  evening.  He  vbb  in  great  agita- 
tion aboat  irbat  bad  happened  in  SomeiseEahire — and  he  made  me  feel  a» 
disheartened  and  as  wretched  aboat  it  as  he  did.  Though  he  nerer  con- 
fessed it  in  words,  I  know  that  Mr.  Brock's  death  has  Etartled  him  as  an 
ill-omen  for  onr  moiriage — I  know  it,  becaiise  I  feel  Mr.  Brock's  death  as 
an  ill-omen  too.  The  Bnperatition — Au  superstition — took  so  strong  a 
hold  on  me,  that  when  we  grew  calmer,  and  he  spoke  of  the  future — when 
he  told  me  that  he  must  either  break  his  engagement  with  his  new- 
employers,  or  go  abroad,  as  he  is  pledged  to  go,  on  Monday  next — I 
actually  shrank  at  the  thought  of  our  marriage  following  close  on 
Mr.  Brock's  funeral ;  I  actually  said  to  him,  in  the  impulse  of  the 
moment,  '  Go,  and  begin  your  new  life  alone  I  go,  and  leave  me  here  to 
wait  for  happier  times.' 

"  He  took  me  in  his  arms.  He  sighed,  and  kissed  me  with  an  angelic 
tenderness.  Ho  said — oh,  so  eofUy  and  so  eadly  I — '  I  have  no  life  now, 
apart  from  you.'  As  those  words  passed  his  lips,  the  thought  seemed  to 
rise  in  my  mind  like  an  echo,  '  Why  not  live  out  all  the  days  that  are  left 
to  me,  happy  and  harmless  in  a  love  like  this  1 '  I  can't  explain  it— I 
can't  realize  it.  That  was  the  thought  in  me  at  the  time ;  and  that  is 
the  thought  in  me  still.  I  ece  my  own  hand  while  I  write  the  words — 
and  I  ask  myself  whether  it  is  really  the  hand  of  Lydia  Gwilt ! 

"  Armadale — — 

"  No  I  I  will  never  write,  I  will  never  think  of  Annadale  again. 

"  Yea  1  Let  me  write  once  more — let  me  think  once  more  of  him^ 
because  it  quiets  me  to  know  that  he  is  going  away,  and  tliat  the  sea  will 
have  parted  us  before  I  am  married.  His  old  home  is  home  to  him  no 
longer,  now  that  the  loss  of  his  mother  has  been  followed  by  the  loss  of 
his  best  and  earliest  fHend.  When  the  funeral  is  over,  ho  baa  decided  to 
sail  the  same  day  for  the  foreign  seas.  We  may,  or  we  may  not,  meet  at 
Naples.     Shall  I  be  an  altered  woman,  if  we  do?     I  wonder  I    I  wonder  f 

"  A<iffust  8tk. — A  line  from  Midwinter.  He  has  gone  back  to  Somer- 
letehire  to  be  in  rcadinoBs  for  the  funeral  to-morrow ;  and  he  will  return- 
here  (after  bidding  Armadale  good-by)  to-morrow  evening. 

"  The  last  forms  and  ceremonies  preliminary  to  our  marriage  have  been 
complied  witli.  I  am  to  be  bis  wife,  on  Monday  next.  The  hour  must 
not  be  later  than  half-past  ten — which  will  give  us  just  time,  when  the 
lervicc  is  over,  to  get  from  tlie  church  door  to  tho  railway,  and  to  start  on 
oar  journey  to  Naples  the  same  day. 

"  To-day — Satiu-doy — Sunday  1  I  am  not  afraid  of  the  time ;  tlie 
time  will  pass.  I  am  not  afraid  of  myself,  if  I  con  only  keep  all  thoughu 
but  one  out  of  my  mind.  I  love  him  t  Day  and  night,  till  Monday 
ccime!«,  I  will  think  of  nothing  but  that.     I  love  him  I 

"Four  o'c/oci'.— Other  thoughts  are  forctd  into  my  mind  in  spite  of 


AltMADAIX 


riie.  HIv  BUBpiaon*  of  _viaicnl:ijr  wii-e  no  mere  f«ncj»;  tlic  millini;r  7ia$ 
been  tampered  Ytitli.  My  fully  in  ffins  '^""^'^  '"  ''^i"  l»o*i*c  1>*«  '"^1  to  my 
being  iraced  liciw,  I  aiti  absolutely  cprlnin  that  1  uprer  gave  the  woman 
my  mUrea^i — and  yet  my  new  gonrti  voa  teat  Iiome  to  me  at  two  o'clock 
lo-djiy  1 

"  A  man  broiiglit  it  with  tlie  bill,  and  a.  civil  m*sangc  to  say  ihat,  as  I 
hiul  not  caIIciI  111  the  appointed  time  to  try  it  on  Bgniii,  the  dicas  bud  been 
finiithcd  and  sent  to  inp.  He  cniigbt  inn  in  tbn  p-uKiige ;  I  had  no  <ioice  but 
topny  tltc  bill,  and  dismiHiibJm.  Any  olhtr  puiceedin^.aa events  linreBorr 
turned  out,  would  have  bt-«n  pure  folly.  The  meKcngcr  {not  die  man  who 
fiiUdWi'il  ni,.!  in  the  street,  but  anctiivr  spy  sent  to  look  at  me  beyond  all 
(li.uibt)  wiiuKl  have  dccloted  he  knew  nothing  about  it,  if  I  bid  ppokni  to 
him.  Th«  iiiilliii^r  would  tell  roe  to  my  fncc,  if  I  went  to  her,  iLat  I  had 
giT«n  her  my  adilrpM.  TIic  one  nscful  lliJug  to  il(»  now,  ia  to  set  my  wits 
to  work  in  llii?  inlcivsts  of  my  own  «l^cll^iIy,  and  to  slop  Put  of  tlie  false 
poHitidu  it)  wliidi  my  Dwn  rnitlinvsa  has  placed  nie^if  I  con. 

"  Stvm  d'cloek. — 3Iy  epirita  have  risen  again,  I  boliuvi'  I  am  in  & 
Me  way  of  extricating  myself  already. 

'■  1  linve  just  conic  bai-k  frcm  a  long  round  in  a  cab.  Fii-at,  to  tlie 
clouk-rooni  of  ili«  (i>«at  Western,  lo  get  the  luggage  whicli  I  miiii  ilicrft 
irom  All  Saiuts'  Terrace.  Next,  (o  the  cloak-roou  of  the  South  £aalent, 
to  IcnvG  my  Inggtigo  (InU-IU'd  in  M iilwiti Icr'ii  name),  to  wait  for  me  tiil  tbe 
alnrcin];  of  the  tidal  train  on  Monday.  NcJtt,  lo  the  Genenil  Post  Office^ 
lo  ]Kwt  u  iHler  lo  Midwinter  at  llie  rectory,  which  be  will  receive  to- 
moriow  morning.  Liislly,  buck  .^|Jain  to  thia  hoiwe — from  which  I  thaU 
move  no  tnoro  till  Monday  couivs. 

*'  My  letter  to  Midwinter  wiU,  I  have  little  doubt,  lead  to  hit  sccoudin^ 
(t|niie  innocently)  the  prccautiona  tliat  I  am  l-ikin^  lor  my  own  rafcty. 
The  ohortaeas  of  the  time  at  our  dii^poaal,  on  Munduy,  will  obiigv  him  to 
pay  his  bill  ut  the  hoti'l  nnct  lo  remove  liii  ltigy;age,  befora  the  marriage 
ceremony  tnkeH  pbce.  All  1  ank  liiiu  1u  ti»  bryoiid  tlita,  is  to  take  the 
luggage  bimtelf  to  the  SSuth  Koatcm  (bo  aa  to  make  any  inquirien  uselcn 
which  may  addreu  ihcm^elves  to  ibo  aervanta  at  the  ]iotel)^4nd,  that 
done,  to  meet  me  at  the  church  door,  instead  of  calling  for  me  here.  The 
T»it  ctuiccnis  nobody  hut  mywlf.  When  Sunday  night  or  Monday 
morning  comeii,  it  will  be  hard  indeed — freed  as  J  am  now  from  all 
encumbrances — if  1  can't  give  the  people  who  arc  watching  vat  the  alip 
for  the  ffecoiid  time. 

"  It  »evius  ni-udless  enough  to  have  written  to  Midwinter  to-day,  when 
lifl  is  coming  back  to  me  to-morrow  niglit.  But  it  waa  impo«Biblc  to  aafc, 
what  I  hove  been  obliged  to  ask  of  him,  without  making  my  lalse  lamily 
circiimidancei  once  more  the  exeucc  ;  and  hnvine;  this  to  do — I  muaC  own 
tlie  truth— I  M-rote  to  him  becaiiiu-,  allttr  what  I  iuflcred  on  tba  lltt 
CGCOsioD,  I  can  never  ngnin  deceive  him  to  liis  face. 


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ARMADALE.  205 

"  Avfftut  0th. — Two  o'clock. — I  rose  early  thU  morning,  more  depressed 
in  spirita  than  usual.  Tbe  re-beginning  of  one's  life,  at  the  re-beginning 
of  every  day,  haa  always  been  somctliing  weary  and  bopeleaa  to  me  for 
years  post.  I  dreamt  too  all  through  the  night — not  of  Midwinter  and 
of  my  married  life,  aa  I  had  hoped  to  dream — but  of  the  wretched  con- 
spiracy to  diacover  mo,  by  which  I  have  been  driven  from  one  place  to 
another,  like  a  hunted  animal.  Notliing  in  the  shape  of  a  new  revelation 
enlightened  me  in  my  sleep.  All  I  could  gaees,  dreaming,  was  what  I 
hod  guessed  waking,  that  Mother  0  Id  e  rah  aw  is  the  enemy  who  is 
attacking  me  in  the  dark.  Except  old  Bashwood  (whom  it  would  bo 
ridiculous  to  think  of  in  such  a  serious  matter  as  this),  who  else  but 
Sfother  Oldershaw  can  have  au  object  to  serve  by  interfering  with  my 
proceedings  at  the  present  time? 

"  A[y  restless  night  has,  however,  produced  one  satisfactory  result.  It 
L«s  led  to  my  winning  the  good  graces  of  the  servant  here,  and  securing 
all  the  assistance  she  can  give  me  when  tlie  time  comes  for  making  my 
escape. 

"  The  girl  noticed  this  morning  that  I  looked  pale  and  anxious.  I 
took  her  into  my  confidence,  to  the  extent  of  telling  her  tbnt  I  was 
privately  engaged  to  be  married,  and  tliat  I  had  enemies  who  were  trying 
to  part  me  from  my  sweetheart.  This  instantly  roused  her  sympathy — ■ 
and  a  present  of  a  ten-shilling  piece  fur  her  kind  services  to  mc  did  the 
resL  In  the  intervals  of  her  house-work  she  has  been  with  me  nearly 
ifae  whole  morning  ;  and  I  have  found  out,  among  other  things,  that  her 
sweetheart  is  a  private  soldier  in  the  Guards,  and  that  she  expects  to  see 
him  to-morrow.  I  have  got  money  enough  left,  little  as  it  is,  to  turn  the 
htad  of  any  Private  in  the  British  army — and,  if  the  person  appointL'd  to 
watch  me  to-morrow  is  a  man,  I  think  it  just  possible  that  he  may  find 
his  attention  disagreeably  diverted  from  Miss  Gwilt  in  the  course  of 
the  evening. 

"  When  Midwinter  came  here  last  from  the  railway,  he  came  at  half- 
past  eight,  ilow  am  I  to  get  through  the  weary,  weary  hours  between 
this  and  the  evening?  I  think  I  shall  darken  my  bedroom,  and  drink 
the  blessing  of  oblivion  from  my  bottle  of  Drops. 

"  Eleven  o'clock. — Wc  have  parted  for  the  last  time  before  the  day 
com(!S  that  makes  us  man  and  wile. 

'■  lie  has  letl  mo,  as  ho  left  me  before,  with  an  absorbing  subject  of 
interest  to  think  of  in  his  .ibsencc.  I  noticed  a  change  in  him  the  moment 
he  entered  the  room.  When  he  told  iiic  of  the  funeral,  and  of  his  parting 
with  Annadolc  on  board  the  yacht,  though  he  s|)oke  with  feelings  deeply 
nioved,  lie  spoke  with  a  mastery  over  himsulf  which  is  new  to  me  in  my 
experience  of  him.  It  was  the  same  wlien  uur  talk  turned  next  on  our 
own  hopes  and  prospects.  lie  wn.s  plainly  disappointed  when  he  found 
that  my  family  embarrassments  wouid  prevent  our  meeting  to-morrow,  and 
]>lainly  nncaiy  at  the  prospect  of  leaving  mc  to  find  ray  way  by  myself 


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00  Uondaj  to  tb«  cLurcli.  But  tJiet«  vna  a  c«ctkia  bopefalnete  and 
eomposaro  of  niaDuer  uuderl^ing  it  all,  which  prodiioed  ao  Etnng  an 
itnprvnion  oq  me  tLat  1  mu  obliged  to  notice  it.  '  Yoa  kncm  wfart  odd 
fiuuioi  take  poneaslon  of  mo  soBMiiton,'  I  uid.  'Shall  I  t<Jl  y<m  Utc 
Imcy  that  ha*  taken  poanesion  of  nui  now  ?  I  can't  b«lp  tliinldDg  ihat 
eomeduDg  has  happcacd  mncc  nc  lost  sair  cadi  other,  iducb  jroa  bsv» 
ti«t  t&ld  mo  j'ct.' 

•'•Swnctbing  £a4  KxppeDeJ,*  lie  antvered.  'And  It  is  aometbing' 
which  jou  QUgbt  to  know.'  _ 

*■  With  tlioee  words  he  took  out  bia  pockct-book,  sad  produced  tvo     I 
irrlttea  papt;ni  from  it.     One  lie  looked  at  and  put  back.     'I'hc  oibcr  be 
placod  on  tbc  tabic  before  in«.     Keeping  hi«  band  on  it  for  n  uoincnl,  he 
Bpokc  agnin. 

''  *  Beforo  I  tell  you  nliat  llii«  is,  and  how  it  cmue  into  my  posseasion,' 
ho  SAid,  '  I  must  own  aomtftbing  that  I  havi>  concualed  from  )'ou.  It  ia  no 
noie  serious  coofeasion  than  the  confession  of  my  own  weak»e».* 

'-  Hv  llicn  acknowledged  to  tuc,  tbnt  tlic  renewal  of  hic  fiiendahip  whfa 
Armadala  had  boen  eloudod,  tbrougli  tlic  wholu  {icriod  of  tbcir  iutercoune 
in  London,  "by  bis  own  superstitious  miagivinj^A.  On  every  occasion  vbcD 
tlioy  were  alone  together,  the  terrible  words  of  his  &dier*B  death-bed  leVs, 
:iiid  tlie  terrible  coofirniation  of  them  in  tbe  wamlngs  of  tbe  Dream,  wert 
present  to  bis  uiad.  Puy  al^r  day,  tbeconvictlciu  that  (atttl  coiUKquenow 
to  Armadale  would  coma  of  the  renuwal  of  their  friendaMp,  and  of  ray  abate 
ill  acootnpli^Liog  it,  bud  grown  stronger  und  ctroogcr  in  its  iutlucncc  orcr 
him.  He  had  obeyed  the  Eummoua  wbicheailedbim  to  the  rector's  bcdjdde, 
with  tbe  &rm  intention  of  confiding  bin  previaiona  of  coming  trouble  to 
Mr.  Brock ;  und  ho  bad  been  doubly  eoniirmod  in  bis  supetvtilioii,  when  he 
found  that  DgaiH  bad  ^htrcd  tbe  liuuse  before  bim,  and  had  parted  them, 
in  this  world,  for  ever.  Ue  bud  u-aTcIlcd  bock  to  be  pnmeat  at  tbc  faneral, 
with  a  secret  eesse  of  relief  at  tlio  prospect  of  being  parted  from  Annadale, 
and  with  a  aecrel  rosoluiion  to  niatLC  tliv  aftLi-mceling  agreed  oo  between 
us  three  at  Naples,  a  meeting  ihat  shoold  nsicr  tako  place.  With  that  _ 
puTjwse  iu  bis  lioarl,  he  hod  gone  up  alone  to  tbe  room  prejaved  lor  him,  | 
on  bb  arrival  at  ibi^  I'cetory,  and  bad  opened  a  lettvr  which  be  found 
wailing  for  bim  on  the  lable.  Tho  loiter  had  only  that  da^y  been  db- 
coTered^-d  rapped  and  lost^ttndcr  tbc  bt-d  ou  which  Mr.  Drock  bad  died. 
It  woa  in  tbc  lector  ti  IianJwnting  ihraugbout ;  and  the  pcraon  to  whan 
it  was  addrciucd,  wua  Midwinter  hiniKlf. 

"Hiiving  toll!  me  tbiB,  nearly  ia  tlie  wonU  in  which  I  Iiavc  written 
it,  he  iiiled  bie  band  Irom  the  written  paper  that  lay  on  tbe  tabic 
between  tut. 

" '  Bead  it,'  ho  suid  ;  '  and  you  will  not  need,  to  be  lold  that  mj  miad 
is  at  peace  again,  nod  tliat  I  took  AUan'a  bond  at  parting,  with  a  heart 
tliat  was  worthier  of  Allan'n  love.' 

"  I  riiad  the  letter.  Tbeie  was  uo  superattlioa  to  be  oou^ucrod  ia  ng 
mind ;  tbore  wure  no  old  feelings  of  gratitude  towards  Amiadale|  to  ba 


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ARlfADAUL  207 

roused  io  my  beart — and  yet,  the  effect  which  the  letter  had  had  oa 
Midwinter,  waa,  I  firmly  believe,  more  thaa  matched  by  the  effect  that  the 
letter  now  produced  on  Me. 

"  It  was  Tain  to  ask  him  to  leave  it,  and  to  let  me  read  it  again  (eb  I 
wished)  when  I  waa  left  by  myself.  He  is  determined  not  to  let  it  out  of 
his  own  ■  Tponeeaoa ;  he  is  determined  to  keep  it  mde  by  side  with  that 
other  paper  which  I  had  seen  him  take  out  of  his  pocket-book,  and  which 
contains  the  written  nairatiTe  of  Armadale's  Dream.  All  I  coald  do 
was  to  ask  his  leave  to  copy  it ;  and  this  he  granted  readily.  I  wrote  the 
copy  in  his  presence ;  and  i  now  place  it  here  ia  my  diary,  to  mark  a  day 
which  ia  one  of  the  memorable  days  of  my  life. 

"  Boscombe  Sectoij,  Angnst  Slid. 
*•  Mt  deab  MlDWDfTEB, — For  the  first  time  since  lie  b^inning  of  my 
illness,  I  found  strength  enough  yesterday  to  look  over  mj  letters.  One 
among  them  is  a  letter  &om  Allan,  which  has  been  lying  unopened  on 
my  table  for  ten  days  past.  He  writes  to  me  in  great;  cUstress,  to  say  that 
there  has  been  disaeosion  between  you,  and  that  you  have  lefb  him.  If 
you  still  remember  what  passed  between  us,  when  yon  first  opened  your 
heart  to  me  in  the  Isle  of  Man,  you  will  be  at  no  loss  to  understand  how 
I  have  thought  over  Hue  miserable  news,  through  the  night  that  has 
now  passed,  and  yon  will  not  be  surprised  to  hear  that  I  have  roused 
mysdf  this  morning  to  make  the  effort  of  writing  to  you.  Although  I 
am  lar  from  despairing  of  myself,  I  dare  not,  at  my  age,  trust  too  con- 
fidently to  my  prospects  of  reoovery.  While  the  time  is  still  my  own, 
I  must  employ  it  for  Allan's  sake  and  for  yours. 

"  I  want  no  e^tplanation  of  the  circumstances  which  have  parted  you 
from  your  friend.  K  my  estimate  of  your  character  is  not  fouoded  on 
an  entire  delusion,  the  one  iofluence  which  can  have  led  to  your  estrange- 
ment from  Allan,  is  the  iniluence  of  that  evil  spirit  of  Superstition,  which 
I  have  once  already  cast  out  of  your  heart — which  X  will  once  again 
conquer,  please  God,  if  I  have  strength  enough  to  make  mj  pen  speak  my 
mind  to  you  in  this  letter. 

"  It  is  no  part  of  my  denigii  to  combat  the  belief  which  I  know  you  to 
hold,  that  mortal  creatures  may  be  tlie  objects  of  supematural  inteircntion 
in  their  pilgrimage  through  this  world.  Speaking  as  a  reasonable  man, 
I  own  that  I  cannot  prove  you  to  be  wrong.  Speaking  as  a  believer  in 
the  Bible,  I  am  bound  to  go  farther,  and  to  admit  that  you  possess  a 
higher  than  any  human  warrant  for  the  faith  that  ia  in  you.  The  one 
object  wliich  I  have  it  at  heart  to  attain,  is  to  induce  you  to  free  yourself 
frtim  the  paralysing  fatalism  of  the  heathen  and  the  savage,  and  to  look  at 
the  mysteries  that  perplex,  and  the  portents  that  daunt  you,  from  tlie 
Christian's  point  of  view.  If  I  can  succeed  in  this,  I  shall  clear  your 
mind  of  the  gluutly  doubts  that  now  oppress  it,  and  I  shall  re-unite  you 
to  your  friend,  never  to  be  parted  from  him  again. 

"  I  liave  no  means  of  iceing  and  questioning  you.     I  can  only  send 


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tliUIcICa:^  to  Allun  t«  be  forwartle^,  ir  lio  knoire,  or  cia  dtscortr,  jour 
prc!<c!it  oddKS.  I'laccd  iii  lliti  pOMtion  toward*  you,  I  am  bound  to 
nssatac  ull  thtii  caa  bv  osaunied  in  yuur  tlcvour.  I  will  takv  it  for  granted 
that  nmcchin;  hiu  happened  to  joa  or  to  AUqii,  wbicli  to  jouf  mind 
Iiiut  not  otiiy  confirmed  the  fittalist  caavlctioa  in  whlcli  your  (ktber  dM, 
but  l»!t  iiddvd  a  n«iv  and  tcrnblo  meaning  to  the  warning  vliicb  he  stnt 
you  in  liis  deatb-tjed  letter, 

"On  tliifl  common  ground  I  meet  yon.  On  lliia  conimoD  groaod  I 
iipp«iil  to  your  higher  niitnrc  and  your  b«tter  sense. 

"PreRerTS  jour  present  conviction  i\tM  the  cirenU  whicli  hare  Uap- 
pencd  (be  tliej  what  ihcy  mny)  arc  nut  to  bo  reconciled  wibli  ordinuj 
mortal  coiiicidonct.'*  im<i  ordinary  inorUiI  Inw«;  and  viewr  year  own 
poBtlion  liy  tlie  1'e.st  tind  deaiii^t  li^Iil  that  your  auperstiuon  can  throw  on 
it.  Wliut  are  yuu?  You  are  a  lictploaa  infttnimenl  iu  the  liand*  of 
Fate.  Vol]  nre  doomed,  beyond  all  liuinnn  capiicity  of  resistance,  to  brii^ 
misery  nnd  destruction  bliudlbld  on  a  man  to  ^rhom  you  have  liarmleaaljr 
und  gratofiilly  united  youiwlf  in  ihv  tiomU  of  a  brotlivr'*  lovo.  All  that 
b  mornlly  lirmcxL  in  your  vf  it  I  mid  morally  purest  in  your  iwEnratioos, 
aTnDa  nothing  i^iainst  tlio  hcn.-ditary  impiil»oa  of  you  towjirda  evil,  caused 
by  B  crimo  wliieh  your  fuiheroonsmittod  before  yoti  were  liom.  In  wbai 
(lo<«  thiit  Iwlief  etid  ?  It  eoda  in  the  dirlcneM  in  which  ynu  are  now  lost; 
in  tlic  net r-coiitradi ■fit ions  in  which  yon  sr«  now  hflwildered — in  the  atub- 
born  drs|mir  by  whii^h  a  man  proranes  hia  own  kouI,  and  lowers  Itirasetf 
to  the  level  of  tlie  trutcd  tliat  peri»li. 

"  Look  ap,  my  poor  fluHering  tirothor — look  tip,  my  haTd1y-trI«d,  IB7 
wc'll-lovcd  friend,  higlicT  tlian  !hia  I  Meet  the  doiibm  that  now  wuatlyoa 
liviii  the  l)!eflsed  vantngc-gi^wiid  of  Oliriatian  courage  and  Christian  hope; 
inid  your  heart  will  turn  again  to  Allan,  mid  your  mind  will  be  at  peAO& 
Happen  wliat  may,  God  ia  all-roerciful,  Gud  in  ull-tvi>o  ;  natuiial  or 
snperaatural,  it  h.ippcna  through  liim.  The  mystery  of  Evil  that  per- 
plexes our  feeble  minds,  tlio  sorrow  and  the  sufltriag  ihnt  torture  u«  la 
tiiis  liltlc  lifi',  leave  tbo  odc  great  truth  un&hakoa  that  the  destiny  of  maft 
is  in  iIm)  liaTiilt  of  his  Cruntor,  and  thut  God'H  Mi^wc^d  Son  died  to  maleo 
us  wiirthJpr  of  it.  Nothing  thiit  is  done  in  umiuesiioning  submission  to 
the  wjadom  of  the  Almighty,  is  done  wrong.  No  evil  ox i its,  out  of  wlii«li, 
in  obedience  to  His  laws,  Good  may  not  come.  Bo  truo  to  wliiil  Chritt 
tellft  you  is  true.  Encourage  in  youranlf,  be  the  circnnistauces  what  they 
may,  all  ihiit  i%  loving,  nil  that  is  gratefii],  nil  thnt  is  patient,  all  that  is 
forgiving,  towards  your  ftdlow-niim.  And  humbly  and  trustfuliy  leave  th« 
r»t  lo  the  God  wlio  mAdc  yoti,  tind  to  the  Saviour  who  loved  you  betttr 
tiiim  bis  own  life. 

"  Tiiia  is  the  faith  in  whicli  1  have  lived,  \iy  the  Divine  help  and 
morcy,  from  my  youth  upward.  I  a«k  you  earnestly,  I  ask  you  con- 
fidently, to  mnk'i  it  your  faith  too.  It  is  the  mainspring  of  nil  th«  good 
1  JjtLve  evL-r  dune,  of  all  thv  happincra  I  have  ever  known ;  it  )ight«iui  u*y 
dtti'kncs^  it  sustains  my  hope;  it  comforts  and  quiets  mo,  lying  hen.  la 


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ABMADALE.  20'J 

live  or  dio,  I  Icdow  not  which.  Let  it  sustain,  comfort,  and  cullgliteu  7011. 
U  will  http  you  in  your  sorest  need,  as  it  has  helped  mu  in  mine.  It  will 
show  you  another  purpose  ia  the  eventB  which  brought  you  and  Alkn 
toother  thau  the  purpo!<e  which  your  guilty  father  foresaw.  Sti-ange 
things,  I  do  not  deny  it,  have  happened  to  you  already.  Stranger  things 
still  may  happen  before  long,  which  I  may  not  live  to  see.  Kenieniber, 
if  that  time  comes,  that  I  died  firmly  disbelieving  in  your  influence  over 
Allan  being  other  than  an  inHuenco  for  good.  The  gruat  sacrifice  of  tho 
Atonement — I  say  it  reverently — has  its  mortal  reflections,  even  in  ttiis 
world.  If  danger  ever  threatenii  Allan,  you,  whose  father  took  his  father's 
life — You,  and  no  other,  may  be  the  man  whom  the  providence  of  God 
Iia»  appointed  to  save  him. 

"  Come  to  me,  if  I  live.  Go  back  to  the  friend  wholoves  you,  whether 
I  live  or  die. — Yonra  alTuctionatcIy  to  the  last, 

"  Decuius  BltOCK." 

" '  You,  and  no  otlicr,  may  he  the  man  whom  the  providence  of  God  has 
appointed  to  save  him  1' 

"  Tliosc  arc  the  worda  which  have  shaken  mo  to  the  soul.  Those  are 
tlic  words  which  make  me  feel  as  if  the  dead  man  had  left  his  grave,  and 
had  put  his  hand  on  the  place  ia  my  heart  where  my  terrible  secret  liea 
hidden  from  every  living  creature  but  myself.  One  pait  of  the  letter  has 
come  true  already.  The  danger  that  it  foresees,  tlireatens  Armadale  at 
thin  moment — and  threatens  him  from  Me ! 

"  If  the  favouring  circumstances  which  have  driveu  me  thus  far,  drive 
me  on  to  the  end  ;  and  if  that  old  man's  lost  earthly  conviction  is  pro- 
j.hctic  of  the  truth,  Armadale  will  escape  mc,  do  what  I  may.  And  Mid- 
wiiittT  will  bu  the  victim  who  is  sacrificed  to  save  his  life. 

"  It  is  horrible  1  it  is  impossible  !  it  shall  never  be  I  At  the  thinking 
of  it  only,  my  hand  trembles,  and  my  heart  sinks.  I  bless  the  trembling 
tliat  unnerves  me  1  I  bla'is  the  sinking  that  turns  me  faint  I  I  bless  those 
words  in  the  letter  which  have  revived  the  i-elenting  thoughts  that  first 
came  to  me  two  days  since  1  Is  it  hard,  now  that  events  are  taking  me, 
smoothly  and  safely,  nearer  and  nearer  to  the  End — is  it  hard  to  conquer 
the  temptation  to  go  on  ?  No  !  If  there  is  only  a  chance  of  harm  coming 
to  Midwinter,  the  dread  of  that  chance  is  enough  to  decide  mc^-enough 
to  strengthen  me  to  conquer  the  temptation,  for  his  soke.  I  have  never 
loved  him  yet,  never,  never,  never  as  I  lore  him  now  I 

"  Svnddi/,  Auffust  lOth. — The  eve  of  my  wedding-day  I  I  close  and 
lock  this  book,  never  to  write  in  it,  never  to  open  it  again. 

*'  I  have  wan  the  great  victory  ;  I  have  trampled  my  own  wickedness 
under  foot.  I  am  innocent;  I  am  happy  again.  My  love!  my  angel  I 
when  to-morrow  gives  me  to  you,  I  will  not  have  a  thought  in  my  heart 
which  is  not  four  thought,  as  well  as  mine  1 " 

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Shahp  claali  tlio  hoofs  on  marbles  worn, 

In  Zion's  ruiu-pavcn  street  : 

Spare  our  tired  horeoa'  floundering  feet ; 
Light  down,  snd  troad  the  ways  forlorn, 
Wliere  all  seems  canker'd  with  disease: 

If  there  be  hounes  tainted  still 

With  scurf  and  scale  of  human  il!, 
They  needs  must  crumble  down  lifee  tlicsc. 
And  leprous  men  beside  the  way, 

On  whom  the  ancient  curse  is  laid, 
Crouclt  featureless  in  cruel  day, 

And  dumb  and  darkling  sigu  for  aid. 
Cast  down  your  alms,  and  hasten  on, 

Foot-deep  in  Salem's  festering  dust, 

Past  close-bnrr'd  liovpls,  which  encnist 
ThoHe  walls,  once  marble,  rose  and  white, 

Which  Herod  built,  or  Solomon. 
Go  down  with  yonder  abject  few, 

In  caflan  green  or  dim  white  yeil, 
Who  hiury  by  to  raise  aneiy 

Their  feeble  voice  of  endlesa  wai|. 
Before  Moriah's  stones  of  might. 
Scant  beards  are  torn,  old  eyelida  stream 

With  many  a  aad,  unhelpful  tear ; 
Alan's  weeping  and  earth's  ruin  seem 

To  find  their  common  centre  here. 
And  scarcely  more  hath  lime's  decay 

Channell'd  the  storm-worn  course  on  high. 
Than  kissing  lips  have  worn  away 

The  giant  under-masonry. 


THE  JEWS'  WAIUNG-PLACK,  JEBUSALEM:  311 

II. 

Tlie  Wise  King  Btood  on  Zlon  ri<Ige, 

Wjtii  purpkd  pricBts  and  chiers  in  mall  j 
Where  Ttraple-warda  liia  casteni  bridge 

Aerial,  nxissivc,  spanned  the  rale. 
Ujy  and  night  hia  awful  eyes 
UiizL'd  into  all  mysteries; 
Night  and  day  hia  voice  was  heard 
Toiietiing  man,  and  beast,  and  bird, 

And  all  growing  tilings  that  be, 
Towering  great,  or  subtly  amall ;  . 

From  the  red-arm'd  cedar-tree 
To  the  hyssop  on  the  wall. 
Did  it  vex  Iiis  heait  to  know. 
How  tliat  mean  sad  herb  would  grow 
From  each  vast  and  poUahcd  aiiuiire 
His  high  word  had  order' J  there? 
It  aprings  austere  and  pale  and  faint ; 

No  dancing  showers,  like  fairies'  fwt. 

Bring  fenthcr'd  fern,  and  wallflower  sweet, 
And  ivy-nets  and  mosses  quaint. 
That  cheer  decay  in  Nortliern  lands ; 

Here  spiny  weeds  grow  harxh  and  grey. 

Even  as  they  grew,  that  paschal  day, 
AVheu  thfy  were  pluck'd  by  mocking  handM, 

To  crown  the  Victim  led  awny  .... 

There  mourn  the  sons  whose  sires  bade  skiy. 

III. 

Well,  wo  are  modern  niins  too, 

With  back-turn'd  looks  to  woefiJ  when  ; 
Ytjt  can  be  keen  as  hoimds  at  view, 
For  toil,  or  sport,  or  strife  of  men. 

Griiif  cannot  crush  wliilo  strength  ii  [•:{l. 
O  city  of  all  sorrows,  we 
Forget  our  transient  piiiiis  in  thee ! 

Seeing  much  abides,  though  more  be  reft. 
The  fountains  of  our  eyes  are  dry 

With  change  and  labour,  all  the  years; 
Yet  this  we  care  not  to  deny. 

That,  be  they  slied  by  girls  or  boys. 
For  love,  or  pniti,  or  broken  toys. 
Even  idle  tears  are  abTays  tears. 


S12  THE  JEWS'  WAIUHG-PLACE,  JSBU8ALRU, 

Vi'hy  bliould  our  vrayward  souls  refuao 

To  sever  scorn  from  s^mpalliy  ? 
One  cannot  weep  witli  wailing  Jewa ; 

They  howl,  aa  tooililesa  wolves  mny  cry  j 
I'liey  cliuttcr  like  the  autumn  crone ; 

£acb  Etandfl,  himself  a  prophecy, 
And  moana  Iiis  psalm,  its  hope  unknown, 
While  tlic  salt  drops  flow  on  in  vain ; 

Ah  uie,  poor  slaves  whom  none  will  buy, 
S;id  thralls  whom  none  will  own  I 
Tears  wo  have  none;  with  awe  and  aigha 

MVq  ftwl  that  these  mad  mourners'  woo 
Strikes  hard  on  one  deep  sounding  chord  : 

That  tlio  bright  Temple  lieth  low 
Where,  in  the  ancient  centuries, 

Men  saw  the  great  Light  of  the  Lord. 
Where  oyen  of  flesh  in  latter  days 

Btiheld  the  Saviour  come  and  go, — • 
A  wide  world's  Light  of  softer  rays. 
•  •  •  •  • 

What  hope  ?  the  helpless  thought  intrudes : 

— Pass  the  near  podteru :  mount  and  ride 
Where  Hinnoin's  vultures  wheel  and  feaat. 
Stand,  and  look  north  and  south,  and  east 

Down  silent  Kcdroii's  populous  side ; 

Tliere  rest — for  furlongs,  thick  and  wide. 
In  shallow  soil,  or  rock-hewn  cell— 

The  multitudes,  the  multitudes. 
And  there  is  peace  for  Israel. 

It.  St.  J.  T. 


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djath^rine  &^  ^oui[6am 


Tbahcs  to  the  moltitudo  of  French  memoirs,  and  to  onr  Englkh  lore  of 
"goadp,  undistUled  bic^raphy,"  we  are  \erj  familiar  with  the  lives,  as 
well  as  the  ncandals,  of  many  mediferol  and  modern  Frenchwomen.  We 
know  the  stories  about  Agnea  Sorel  and  the  good  she  did,  and  the  virtaoua 
indignation  of  the  monks  of  Jumifegea ;  the  paffiion  of  Henry  the  Fourth 
for  Gabrielle  d'Estrees,  and  others  ;  the  daily  transacting  of  public  busi- 
neas  by  Lonia  the  Fourteenth  with  "  la  Tielle  f<ie,"  as  St.  Simon  calls  her, 
by  his  aide ;  as  well  aa  the  more  creditable  lives  of  Madame  de  Longue- 
Tille  and  Madame  de  Sable,  and  the  political  and  social  careers  of  Madame 
Roland  and  Madame  B^camier,  Among  such  women  Catherine  de 
Bourbon,  the  fondly-loved  uster  of  Henry  the  Great,  has  no  place ;  her 
Dame  will  not  be  found  mixed  with  any  scandal,  though  she  lived  at  the 
court  of  Heuiy  of  Navarre,  "  louvoyant  entre  lea  amours  de  son  frere,  et 
]es  pretentions  et  lea  galaiiteries  dos  jcunes  seigneors  de  son  parti," 

Madame  d'Armaill^  has  lately  made  her  the  aabject  of  a  charming 
"^de  historique,"  although,  in  truth,  her  name  scarcely  figures  in 
history,  for  she  was  a  remarkable  example  of  how  great  and  how  good 
may  be  the  influence  of  a  woman  who  is  content  to  perform  the  duties  of 
tliat  station  in  which  God  hsB  placed  her.  She  neither  Bought  activity  nor 
notoriety.  Brought  up  a  Calvinist,  she  encouraged  if  she  did  not  inspire 
in  Henry  the  principles  that  bore  fruit  in  the  edict  of  Nantes ;  and  before 
die  died,  she  gained  a  victoiy  over  the  Pope  himself  by  obtaining  hia 
Kcognition  of  her  marriage,  while  she  was  still  a  heretic, 

Catherine  de  Bourbon  was  one  of  the  two  siuriving  children  of 
Aotoine  de  Bourbon  and  the  celebrated  Jennno  d'AIbret,  Queen  of 
Kavarre.  Two  elder  children  had  died,  one  because  a  chilly  nurse  kept 
it  too  hot,  and  another  because  a  careless  one  played  at  boll  with  it;  and 
«hen  another  sou  arrived,  Jeanne's  father  reaoivcd  to  rear  him  in  his 
own  way,  and  accordingly,  "«i  tost  qu'il  fflt  n^,  et  lui  frottoit  les  l^vres 
d'une  gouBse  d'ail,  et  lui  fiiisoit  succer  une  goutte  de  vin."  Catherine 
vas  bom  the  year  after  Elizabeth  became  Queen  of  England ;  and  it 
Van  perhaps  fortunate  for  these  children  aud  for  France,  that  they  were 
soon  left  in  the  care  of  a  mother  Ikr  more  capable  of  fulfilling  the  duties  of 
tdacation  than  their  other  parent.  Though  Antoinc  do  Bourbon  was  said 
to  be  "  d'une  belle  et  rare  vcrtu,"  in  matters  of  religion  he  had  earned  for 
liimself  the  title  of  "  I'eschangeur,"  and  changes  of  religion  iu  those  times 
Were  changes  of  politics  and  principles.  Four  years  after  his  death  his  widow 
ftirmally  and  finally  left  the  Koman  Catholic  Church,  and  she  soon  showed 
herself  an  uncompromising  Calvinist,  "  d'une  bienvcillance  perturbatrico  " 


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2U  CATHSKUiB  DB  BOUBBON. 

for  the  nlratiou  of  tli«  people  o(  Hjnrii,  whom  she  fotbade  to  cek-braU!  ibc 
mass,  wliiiu  she  p rocii-iUtl  to  cuiifiscatv  eccL^Iantical  prapcny,  aod  to  destrajr 
>fucn»l  itDiigi.-a  and  altAm. 

It  wu  only  to  be  4!xpcQtc-(l  that  bI>c  would  iivau  bring  on  henelf  ibe 
•'Utility  of  licr  Catiiolie  rdntires  and  ndghboara ;  and  the  first  dangiv 
llmt  tiu-viituiiud  Uulti  C^tUeriuu  came  Uooi  a  plot,  crgonixvd  between  tJic 
Uiiko  of  Giiise  aud  Philip  tliu  S<-coml  of  ^iwiii,  for  Buiziiig  Ji^»ii»!, 
putting  htri-  into  tltu  hcmdt  of  tliF;  liniuisitigtt,  im^l«orilng  Hlt  cliildttui, 
find  diviJiitg  NnvniTD  betwixt  FMiiee  and  Spain.  A  itmoge  aeddent 
dofriited  t)i4;lr  plans.  A  measenger  benmg  detpatcbes  fVoni  GiuM  tV 
Fhllip  fell  111  on  tlie  ro»d,  and  tbu  Qocd  Sdiuariton  irbo  cam«  to  bis  nUat 
vaa  a  sorviiiit  of  tba  (JiR'L'ti  uf  Spitiii,  who  whs  dispensing  tlm  ctinr)tl«a  of 
fairnnixtnaa.  Ho  Tcmnrcd  Iiim  to  hh  own  lodging,  wlittc  the  sick  moni 
putllj  in  BQlf-glorification,  and  partly  to  rcpny  kiudaooa  «ith  eooSik-nCe,  _ 
innntlDni^  hia  omploypM,  nnd  xhoWL-d  tho  li!iinii  lie  was  carrying,  lie  I 
wiw  broW|i;Iit  to  the  iircaence  of  tlic  Quocn  of  Sjutin,  to  whom  bo  told  Ma 
titk,  and  she,  to  snre  hor  coiuin  from  no  iQrr'Mv  n  fiitc,  w»nK'<I  ihe  French 
ttnihasiador,  niid  wrute  to  the  King  itnd  Quecn^Muthirr  of  t'nince.  The 
nmbaa^ador,  knowing  how  little  likely  Cnthcritiu  iJo  Modicio  would  be  to 
disturb  lier  own  rolnliong  with  Spiiiii  for  Uie  salto  of  tho  liberty  of  a  l»ro- 
tLMtanl  Queen  of  Namito,  contrived  to  send  word  secrttly  to  Jeanne  of 
her  dliugcr;  nnd  the  plot,  onoo  discovcct-d,  ft-ll  tci  the  ground, 

Jeanne  was  now  occupied  with  the  cduoattoti  of  her  dangbtvr,  iiid   ■ 
Uuvtton  ii  woA  lit  tli6  broadest  sonsc  of  the  word.     Wh«n  she  tiiAile  out 
IkWAOhemc  for  this  purpone,  she  Wpnii,  n*  n  few  jenrs  later  eho  b^^an  ao'l 
dndod  her  nill,  hy  ttrging on  all  to  whom  sho  could  nppeiil,  tho  ohocdiiig 
miitallo  ftluids  mid  altendajitt  Jbr  In;];  child — '-  dix  fcmmcs  doni  la  vie     _ 
entifrre  set  an  excmplc  " — while  she  plated  thd  eonlrol  of  het  int«lloehuI    I 
cultar«  in  the  lianda  of  tlie  celthralcd  scliojar,  Theodore  Bi-m.     Cntherinu 
wtL4  tu  Icaru  Gteek,  L&lin,  nnd  ll4:l'rcw,  as  priuccsse*  in  our  diiy  learn 
Latin  and  French  and  Uerman.     She  hjtd  teachere  for  history  and  pMiry, 
which  probably  involfed  the  learning  Vrrnch,  na  her  tnotlier-Ioiigtte  wai 
the  B^amiiis,  which  hw  hrother  Henry  talk«d  cren  wlica  fitti  Iiiken  OB  a 
boy   to   BvQ   the   King   of  France.     Then    sIia  was   to  bu  duly  tanght 
CiilviiiisiR,  tlioiigli  iJie  was  allowed  to  dant^c  liie  "  toIuis  nnd  cormiiiealc*" 
of  Italy,  and  "  Icj)  [wvntiea  d'Eepagne  j "  and  Iter  mother  wotmd  tip  with 
the  hojw  ihtit  she  would   be  "soumifie  aux  fpmnnn  vi'^rliiuusM  qui  ronl 
diHger  xe*  pna  AU  milieu  dc  tant  d't^cuuib.''     HhoaU  and  ((iiicksuida  were 
nrit  likely  to  be  wantihg.  ami  among  ollior  earta  for  CAtheriiu;*a  hnp|)incs*, 
htr  lUntiier  Apent  time  nnd  flioiighc  iit  building  and   decorating  Cattle    ^ 
Itesiat,  near  Pan,  as  a  retrimt  for  her  from  the  gaietica  or  pettiuesa  of  her   fl 
court. 

Tho  year  157:!,  Catlicrinc'a  tliirlecnlb  year,  was  a  sudty  Crvntnil  one 
t<»  lutr.  In  Fyltrnary  slio  left  I'aii  with  bei-  mother  for  Purin,  and  fur  tlio 
fimt  time  found  Iierswlf  surmuntled  by  tho  uplerwluur  of  niyulty.  QuJiitit 
uitist  bavo  bten  her  owu  npi-carauco.    8li«  wn.*,  if  not  beamifiil,  tc7 


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CATilEUINE  D£  BOUttBOK.  21S 

kttMedte,  tliotlgli  deliCBte-looking  nnd  slightly  lame,  nnd  ehe  Wore  a  dress 

''  eodp^e  k  la  mode  Huguenot,"  which  in  the  Midst  of  the  magnificence  of 

the  attendants  of  Catherine  de  Medicis  must  have  louked  aa  ritiangc  aa 

that   of  a  ladj  who  should  appear   at   court   now-a-days  with  neither 

cHitoIlnfl  nor  fiilse  hair.     These  brilliant  scenes  had  nut  lost  their  noreltj 

when  ahe  was  left  by  her  mother's  death  to  contemplate  them  elone.    This 

«telit  oceoifed  in  Jane.     On  the  eighteentli  of  August  was  celebrated  the 

unit'illit^  ttitirriflge  of  her  brother,  now  King  of  Navarre,  with  Margdret 

of  TuloiB}  on  the  tWedty-third  of  that  same  month  began  the  massacre 

tof  St.  Bartholomew,   when  the  heartless   Catherine  de  Medicis  let  the 

jonbg  qtieeti  take  leave  of  her,  and  go  to  possible  death,  saying  to  bne 

who  runonstfvted,  "  8'il  plait  ii  Dieu,  elle  n'aura  point  de  mal."     During 

that  iiigltt  a  company  of  archers  fetched  Henry  of  Navarre  from  his  bed, 

and  brought  hiin  and  the  Prince  de  Cond6  to  the  presence  of  the  King  df 

FnUice.     "  II  Icur  montra  Qti  moncean  dc  corps  morts,  et  avec  d'faorribles 

menaces,  sans  youloir  ^coater  leur  raisons,  il  leur  dit,  '  Li  mort  oti  la 

messe/     lis  choisirent  plfttost  le  dernier  quo  le  premier:  ila  abjurfereot  le 

CalTlniJnte."     >¥^liethet  Henry  then  abjured  for  his  sister,  too,  is  not 

deitrly  told,  but  she  was  almost  immediately  after  formally  absolved  from 

her  heresy  by  the  Cardinal  de  Bourbon,  her  uncle.     Child  as  she  was, 

die  was  prubctbly  stupefied  by  the  hideous  scenes  around  her.     Macrin, 

her  tutor,  was  murdered,  as  well  aa  teligny,  who  had  come  with  her  and 

her  mother  from  Pan,  and  her  friends,  the  wives  of  Teligny  nnd  Coligny, 

had  only  escaped  with  difficulty  into  exile.     For  the  three  fuiidwing  yesrt 

Oitherine  lived  in  what  was  to  all  intents  and  purposes  impiisanment  !  lo 

elcwe  was  the  surveillance  over  hef,  And  indeed  over  Henry  too,  for  they 

were  not  allowed  to  meet  except  in  the  presence  of  others,     But,  in  1576, 

when  Charles  the  Nintli  died,  she  must  have  begun  to  discover  lier  own 

importance,  for  his  succeseur,  directly  afti-r  ascending  the  throne,  ofiered 

to  marry  her.     The  queen-rootlier,  however,  did  her  best  to  frustrole  hia 

intentions,  for  she  represented  her  aa  ill-made  and  dwarfish,  while  she 

took  care  Henry  the  Third  eliould  not  sec  her,  and  kept  her  by  every 

means  in  her  j»ower  in  the  background.     This  retirement  was  evidently 

accepted  by  Catherine  witli  satisfaction  :  it  relieved  her  from  the  aight  of 

dissipation  and  intrigue,  which  were  us  ofTenaivc    to  her  principles  oa 

fbieign  to  her  nature;  but  her  brother  plurgud  into  the  midst  of  the 

pleasurea  of  the  court,  as  well  from  oiijoynient  of  them  as  from  feeling 

like  others  have  done  before  and  since,  tliat  the  beet  security  Iny  in 

floating  along  the  surface- Btriam,  leaving  the  world  in  ignorance  of  hu 

talents  and  his  principles,  if  not  in  doubt  whether  he  had  any. 

In  Febrnary,  1576,  Henry  threw  off  the  mask  and  escaped,  and  was 
non  in  a  pontion  to  demand  the  rc]ea<jc  of  his  sister;  and  Catherine, 
Wended  by  Bully,  and  Madame  dc  Signonville,  the  friend  her  mother  had 
npecially  bequeathed  to  her,  joined  him  at  Ncrac,  in  Guicnne.  She  was 
tistcen  and  he  was  twenty-two,  and  their  friends  and  followers  were  not 
ouch  older,  but  iheii  court  tlioiigh  gay  was  correct.     Sully  danced,  and 


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Catherine  taiighb  Iiim  new  steps  jn  privutA  to  be  jMrlbnued  a  ireek 
before  the  king  ;  Turcnnc  (father  of  Ihu  Marshal)  pud  her  inicll«cttu] 
homage,  ani  sa^s,  "  Madanio  et  moy  parlinns  ocmvcnt  cnsmililv ;  cll«  m« 
diBftit  fttmilkrcmcat  Bcs  concupliotiK,  ct  moj  \vs  ii)icctiie»."  Un  wai  M 
brilliant  aa  Momay  wiu  s^-rloiiii  and  Holid,  l>iil  Morjiay  was  a  |)Striardt 
mnongsb  Uiem  at  ueveii-and'lwciity.  Ho  had  I iceit  doomed  by  Lis  family 
to  oa  <ocIe^aati<al  life,  but  iiad  embraced  llie  di>clria«a  and  prineiplM  of 
the  CalvinifU  ;  and  wliile  he  set  ihem  all  an  cxamjilo  \>y  Ina  traly 
religiooa  life,  lio  diligently  fanned  the  Protturtant  tondcnciw  of  the  {»-iiMe«!i.. 
But  thin  RtAlo  of  thin)^  wan  inlorniptt'd  >>;  n  Oaring  slop  of  Cntiierine  da 
UediciH,  who,  ftellng  rho  iniporUuiw  of  MLiching  Henry  W  her  party, 
first  projwsud  A  iuarriag«  between  Cuth«iiac  imd  llie  preaumptirc  h«ir  to 
the  l^'nnch  throne,  and  when  that  was  refused,  declared  ber  intuntiou  of 
paying  n  vinit  to  Nfrao  licraell^  carrying  vrith  her  attemlantu  ua  little 
likely  to  aasiat  in  her  ostensible  object  of  reconciling  Henry  to  his  queen 
as  was  the  volatile  Margaret  herself. 

The  result  of  theairivnl  urihi;  ijucen  was  a  great  change  in  thaeatcrior 
oT  the  life  of  the  coart.  Margaret  and  Ciitberine  Mcm  to  have  agreed  to 
diSer  on  Sundays  and  holidays,  Margaret  hearing  mnss  at  a  picturcaqite 
cliapul  in  th«  doptK*  of  a  wood.  And  Cadwrine  "  sitting  und«r  "  a  Calriiust 
divioo  in  the  town  ;  and  llic  r«st  of  ihetr  lime  tl)cy  joined  in  all  the 
fantastic  gaiety  then  iu  voguo — ballis  iiToinvniiUdS  uti  horseback,  or  ia 
Utters  of  cloth  of  gold.  Margaret  seemed  1o  tind  it  quite  pleasajat  to  be 
good,  for  she  wrote  long  after  :  "  Noua  aviona  conveiaaUoiis  et  pUiiii 
faonncstcM,  ct  ina  cour  dc  Ni;rac  en  157'J  d-lait  ai  belle  ot  «i  plaiamte  qw. 
Oona  n'eDviioutt  pas  cello  de  Fmnee,  y  ayant  Madame  In  IMooevse  d« 
IfavarreL,  ma  amur."  The  little  court,  however,  wnasoon  diipcrstxl,  IIcoi; 
to  *'  U  guerre  des  amoureux,"  Miirgarct  back  to  tlic  Louvre,  and  Catberint 
to  Pau,  where  she  totik  on  lieneir,  al  twenty,  the  dulics  of  governor  and 
lioulDnont-gcncral  of  Boitm.  She  lind  pns.teil  through  an  ordeal  alnce  sbq 
had  left  it  lost,  and  gained  many  an  ftxpcricnc«  ;  perhnp^,  aa  vraa  said 
of  her  brother—  ■ 

Sonrent  I'lnforliint  aiuc  loU  cet  afccMaire.  H 

—and  the  early  Im»  of  Lor  mother  mid  her  oonsequcait  sojourn  at  tie 
court  of  Catherine  ilo  A[adici»  had  beer  asr-fiil  in  utrcngthening  lier 
character,  giving  her  courage,  and  fixing  iu  Iier  mind  ilio  religious  pria- 
dpies  she  hud  inherited.  Slie  had  conformed  for  a  time  tv  tfav  Catkolis 
Church,  and  lat+ir,  had  openly  left  it,  nnd  now  looked  forward  to  realizing 
her  mother's  with  to  prDtcslantiso  Hearn.  It  was  iit  this  momont  Pliitip 
the  Second  made  pi-oposals  to  Henry  for  her  hand,  clFering,  if  accepted, 
to  ol>tnin  from  tlic  Pcpc  n  divorce  for  him  from  Margaret  of  V;4l(>i»— a 
■omcwhctt  strange  article  in  a  mnrringe  contract;  hia  CatWrint- refused 
him,  avowedly  on  religitms  grounds.  Two  yeare  Liter  another  suitor 
appeared  in  tho  person  of  the  Duke  of  Snvoy  ;  the  Duke  of  Lorraina 
oflered  her  liia  hand;  iho  Uukc  of  Wirlomburg  was  propowd  ;  and 
Elirabetli  of  Eiigljind  expressed  a  liopo  ahc  would  look  (krounbl/  eo 


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J&m«a  Siiurt  of  Scotland.    But  for  one  rcMon  or  snotlier,  Henrjr  or 
Ouheritic  rejected  all  these  propoiials. 

In  1S84,  MATg&ret  of  Valcis  joined  the  League,  nnil  went  opcoly  to 
w  vitb  Henry,  wliu  ihe  knew  ooold  witli  ditScoIty  anptwrt  n  contest 
Mgutat  Iter  and  Utt:  Guisei.  CRtherine,  with  the  help  of  her  friend  and 
fmner  tntor,  Theodore  Bcza,  ]>awncd  her  JQw«k  to  supply  Inm  witli  the 
tataoM  of  canying  on  tluj  war,  w!ii(;h  liutrd  nliovo  two  years;  her  Indies 
fuUowed  her  example.  And  when  alio  appealed  lu  tiitt  inmiicip&Iity  of  Pau 
fcr  fiftMHi  thoonnd  nowofl,  and  they  rofosed  it,  the  rownipcoplft  mib- 
•crlbed  (or  her  eixtcea  thoumnd.  The  stniggle  waa  ended  by  Henry's 
Tietory  at  Courlmi  in  1587,  a.ud  ho  hiuCcncd  in  triunipli  to  Beam,  car- 
rying with  him  the  Lncnty-tno  flugx  lie  hnd  tnken  in  the  boCtlff,  and 
•oeompanicd  by  hia  couhIh  tlic  Count  dc  Suiibodr,  who  was  to  exerciw; 
for  uany  years  after  m  lujlmppy  nn  influenoc  over  CnthcriooB  lifo. 

The  character  of  the  Count  de  Soi»ons  is  one  not  wortli  attempting 
to  analyze  :  he  can  hardly  be  eaid  to  have  had  either  chomcter  or  prin- 
ciples, or  evM  to  have  been  actaaL««I  hy  anything  more  than  Ihv  impulses 
of  the  boor,  and  to  have  followed  whichever  impulse  was  iDost  nttructive 
ftf  ttie  moDMOt, — "  all  thtn^  by  Lum^  and  nothing  long.^     He  wna  a 
juhiog  warrior,  lighting,  it  niatlored  little  to  him  if  it  were  for  Henry  of 
Praooe  or  Henry  of  Navarre;    a  Protestant   (chough    [JTohably,  lu  an 
imeA  Italian  priut  said  of  hia   Indian  converts,  "con  iiiullc  Cose  del 
diavolo  "),  he  received  Catherine  de  Medicia  aa  his  gueat.     Tlio  orgies  of 
Kograt  and  Rlnndy  cxcit«d  curiosity  ta  much  as  tliey  outraged  decency; 
liii  gallanlrit!*  at  ooort,  and  hia  exploits  at  war,  were  on  every  one's  lips. 
Aad  thts  was  the  auilor  Honiy  approved  for  his  sister.     They  had  been 
pl^feilowa  in  childhood  and  ct^mjionions  in  youth,  and  now,  with  hi^r 
bother's  wish  and  consent,  Catherine  pron\ise4i  Iihn  her  hard.     'Whether 
lU  Count  de  SoiMonx  w.is  as  sincere  in  his  prot^jitnllons  of  atluclimcnt 
hCatliennc  waa  In  the  love  ehe  gave  him,  may  fairly  ho  doubtctl.     It  U 
olmr  that  Henry  soon  regretted  whut  he  hud  done,  and  quite  clear  that 
De  SoJsnona  gave  him  ample  cnusi'  to  do  no.     Even  before  Ijc  went  bnck 
t«kia  allcgiaocd  to  th«  King  of  France,  Henry  announced  lliis  dvfcclion 
lo  his  aistar  in  a  lelter  he  aent  by   a  mes-teiiger  who  carried  a  comma- 
aiaiion  from  Jomca  of  Scotland  ;  but  Ctttherinc  received  the  moannger 
«aOy,  talked  aboal  tlie  rigotir*  of  Pio  Scotdi  climate,  and  hoped  and 
bifUd  in  ber  lover,  with  whom  she  corresponded  nccretly  by  means  of 
SM  cf  her  ladies. 

When,  in  1589,  Henry  became,  "tt  par  droit  de  con^tu  it  par  droit 
rit  HHsaiicc,"  King  of  France,  be  conetitiilvd  Catherine  regent  of  N'avarre 
■  «tU  u«f  BJam;  and  she  devoted  herself  to  the  internal  adminiitrntion 
tfdw kingdom,  correapooding  daily  with  her  niiDisters  on  points  of  detail, 
IbJ  often  retired  tn  that  "  CHtcau  Cbcii "  her  mother  so  long  before  pro- 
*iM  lor  her.  Her  life  was  pracofnl, — employed  on  the  dulios  immediately 
avronnding  ber ;  bni  she  kept  a  watchful  eyoonwlint  was paraing  beyond; 
•4  while  Hvmj'a  "  white  pliune  ehone  "  on  the  CcM  of  ITT7,  alio  took  aa 

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opportnnily  of  rnaliing  iin  ntlAck  on  Spiun  to  ii»ist  Ant'niio  P«r«,  whie 
wua  a  U8cr»l  divc-riion  in  liar  brolltft'ft  fiiTonr.  S«it!dr.'nljr  her  own  tmn* 
quillily  WW  liitcmipted  m  a  way  nlw  little  etpcctod.  8hc  li«d  kept  up  a 
coiTr*f>(>bi}«ice  willi  tlic  Count  ilc  SoiM(.nii  wUh  the  assiiiUnee  cf  MUtlHiue 
lie  Grtnimofit  jind  Miuiiiiue  Je  i'aiigais,  wlto  vri-re  nwxre  how  litlle  il  ccmli 
he  ngrwaUo  to  Ikt  bmllier,  and  die  IrlurttJ  tiieui  FuUjr  :  for  wrlmlflvor 
knowkd^  of  lifc  sh*  Ijftd  gained  during  Iwr  rcaidence  at  the  Louvre,  she 
hftd  ltd  learnt  to  suspect.  Both  these  Itidlca  placed  bcr  fitbc,  to  gnitiQr 
pauiona  nnd  carry  on  intrigues  of  their  offn. 

The  «>«Dt  appeared  itt  Pnu,  liaving  Itfll  Ihfl  attdj  on  ft  fdtoc  CJtettte, 
um)  imploring  lier  to  Mipvo  in  tliis  proof  of  lii«  Hcrttton  anil  couSfTit  t« 
an  intmodistc  lUArrUg^.  succfiedod  no  fiir  AS  to  oVttnin  fi'om  h^v  a  wrtlt«it 
pnnnice,  witnoBcJ  by  Miidnnio  da  Qrninmont.  Thuogli  lie  did  not  know 
of  tlifi  pmnilac  till  lonp  aftw,  Henry  irta  fiui'i'tt  with  the  oouut  Ejr  goins 
to  I^U,  and  wilh.hia  sitiKT  (br  tcceiviilg  Iiim.  De  Sois^nw,  loo,  was  no 
kniger  a  popular  hero,  and  the  littlu  public  of  B^n  WM  i>xclt«l  ■«:tiKM 
him,  luwl  the  princew  learnt  at  last  liow  many  were  lh«  (wa  she  had 
in  her  own  hou.>»«iit.IJ.  Thciunndn  of  slorlw  were  cirenluted  about 
tii«  imejvit^w,  some,  clianictcrisdn  of  the  ngc,  KiyUi^  IImI  tbii  cotTliI 
liad  tiK'U  Ulc  inruinftl  arts  of  th«  Medina  to  bewitcli  t]i«  prinerss; 
hat  Cuiherinc  iiad  lite  conrago  and  foitwaranoe  not  to  dencnil 
lo  the  "  noblit  art  of  »cIf-ju*tificatioD,"  exotpt  in  m  fur  oS  to  mtJI*  a 
toiKlting  and  dignified  letter  or  rpinonRtrance  to  hor  brother  when  he  Wl 
BOiit  M.  du  PangvfiM  to  mtcki  tlic  count,  nnd  M.  de  Rivignaa  to  iidbrni  her 
(he  \tia  a  priaonvr  in  her  own  castle.  It  ia  laid  tluit  Ilcniy  bIioI  tear*  as 
he  read  tbo  leUeis  :  tcnn,  ire  tnay  hope,  partly  or  self-repraacli  that  he 
had  allontd  intri^nea  to  nirround  and  coinproitiise  his  aisler,  hj  iilvias 
ear  lo  tlic  cnid  uic-beartng  of  Madame  do  P;i«g««.  H»  bad  alrea>Iy 
reproved  M.i^bine  Jc  Grainmoiit,  writing  to  her,  "  Je  n'ousse  pas  feiu6 
ccta  du  roiis,  h  qui  jc  He  diray  que  ce  in«4 ;  que  loatcs  pcrsonms  ipri 
tonilront  broaillor  tna  aoeur  avoo  raoy,  jn  ««  leiir  pnhlonneny  jnnisiiu" 
But  if  Oaihcriue  wilh  able  to  deprecate  hia  irmilt  t/imirilii  hcrvctf^  Itie 
Count  de  Soitaona  wiui  not,  and  was,  apparently,  al  no  pnictj  to  do  ao^  Am 
eoon  as  he  wna  at  liberly,  he  andaciotialf  presented  himseir  K-fore  Hony, 
and  took  ibc  first  opportuiiity  of  kicMbg  the  Baron  dc  Paugeta  down- 
Etlaird  in  the  king'd  house.  Wc  cannot  Wond<4-  at  Henry's  seeking  aitothef 
ntiitch  lijr  litH  sister,  but  it  Ja  diftioilt  to  excuM  tlia  course  he  took  ud 
libligL-d  tiully  to  tnlsL",  cxcciit  by  snpp^wmg  lie  w<«  incapable  of  compre- 
hending h«t  constBUoy,  or  that  he  really  was  swayed  aJtemarelj  b^  hifl  lore 
for  her  and  the  necea^iy  he  fdt  for  breaking  off  llie  marriago :  when  bn 
was  with  lier,  h«  cc«:t«d  and  threatened  ;  when  abo  wiu  absent,  he  sent 
Sully  to  deci-irc  her  into  nHbmiasiun.  The  count  msanwhile  (wntied 
rcflolTod  to  show  binuM'lf  thoroughly  unworthy  of  her,  and  iu  1895,  He 
(Mibuatoly  draerled  Uenr^,  and  carried  away  hia  troop  of  men  on  the 
«te  of  Ihe  I»iit1«  of  Fonlaino-lVaiifawo-  In  relating  thw  eventa  of  the 
tMttl«  to  CutJiwinc,  Henry  merely  aliiided  t«  this  irt-nchcry  hj  ajins, 


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CATllERUtE  £)E  fiOL'RDU^.  819 

"Ccax  qoi  ne  b'j  sout  pas  trouTi^s  y  doiTent  nroir  bicn  dii  regret." 
TbU  long,  itrangG  loTe-slory  had  been  drawn  out  over  eight  yeam,  and  it 
was  cleat  it  would  only  be  concluded  by  Catliurinc's  marriage  with  auotliw 
of  Ikcr  many  Buiton,  and  bo  it  was  ended  sooii  after  this  j  but  we  bars 
brought  tlie  history  of  hur  life  to  this  dato  in  order  that  by  showing  what 
wan  hiti  conduct  to  her  brotlier  as  King  of  Franco,  and  to  her  people,  aa 
Bhe  conaideTcd  the  whole  Catvinist  body,  during  those  game  years,  it  may 
be  seen  how  seir-sicrificing  she  was,  and  how  unflinching  iu  the  peb- 
fonnonce  of  her  duty  to  both. 

Tbete  can  be  no  question  that  ihe  was  sure  of  Henry's  sympathy  in 
ill  her  ende&rours  to  obtain  concesaions  for  the  CalrinistB,  for  whaterer 
creed  Henry  professed,  he  was  always  in  principles  Frotestnnt,  and  Iti  prac- 
tice tolersnt.  Probably  he  would  not  have  buen  n  Cutliolic  had  there  been 
for  bim  any  altcmatire  but  to  be  a  Culvinist ;  but  in  the  latter  half  of  the 
sixteenth  century  there  were  no  aitematires,  na  there  seemed  to  be  Iti  the 
c&rly  part  of  it,  when  men  hoped  to  secure  reform  witliin  the  church  by 
protesting.  By  the  time  Gnthcriiie  had  begim  to  "  reason  on  tl)e  rules  of  her 
duty,"  slie  could  only  "  begin  her  care  to  observe  them  "  l)y  adhering  to  the 
GeDuTB  church,  which  was  the  rival  church  in  France  ;  and  great  credit  is 
Sue  to  Catherine  that,  when  she  did  so,  she  avoided  making  herself  the 
he«d  of  8  rival  party  in  the  country.  When  Catholic  France  was  trinmph- 
ing  in  Henry's  rectmtation,  she  openly  received  the  saernment  and 
gathered  round  her  a  crowd  of  lending  Protestants  to  what  we  should  now 
eail  "  pmyer-meetings  "  in  the  Lotivre.  The  Cardinal  de  Gondi  (he  who 
said  that  he  would  not  /aire  le  de'vot  because  he  did  not  feel  sure  he 
could  keep  tt  up,)  remontttrated  with  Henry  on  his  permitting  such  prac- 
tices; Catherine  was  called  fiom  the  pulpit,  the  French  Jezebel;  the 
people  were  set  to  complain  that  bIic  g;ive  food  to  the  starving  on  fast 
dsjs ;  and  she  conld  not  cross  the  galleries  of  the  Louvre  without  seeing 
Innilting  pasquinades  affixed  to  the  walla.  Shu  bore  all  this  in  silence,  for 
Ae  was  quietly  labouring  to  bring  about  a  reconciliation  between  the 
dmrches,  and  for  two  years  she  toiled  to  procure  for  the  Calvinists  a 
recognition  of  their  rights  as  French  subjects,  and  Ilenty  began  to  feel 
that  some  such  concessions  only  could  save  him  from  a  new  rcligiona  War. 
In  1598,  he  promulgated,  at  Nantes,  the  celebrated  edict  which  secured  to 
France  the  enlightened  and  industrious  population  that  a  century  later 
in  revocation  scattered  over  England,  Holland,  and  Westphalia. 

And  now  Catlierine  would  have  returned  to  end  her  life  in  peace  at 
Beam,  to  which  she  clung  as  her  home.  "  Faitca  nios  recommandations  Ik 
SKA  cabinet  et  h  mon  allec,"  she  bad  written  not  long  before  to  tlie 
viceroy  at  Pan,  but  Henry  ordered  otherwise  ;  she  was  to  bo  married, 
■ad  to  the  Catholic  l>ukc  do  Bar,  aon  of  the  Duko  of  Loixaine.  "  La 
urar  da  roi  de  France  6tnit  soumiKc,  mais  la  fille  Calviniste  de  Jeanne 
d'AJbret  dcmeurn  independante,"  and  so  independent,  that  when  aha  was 
ittdneed  to  ngn  the  marriage-contract,  Henry  had  to  declare,  as  he  put  the 
pen  in  btr  band,  that  ho  used  no  constraint,  "  ni  audit  niariage  ni  fi  Otr« 


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CaUiolifjue."  SIic  raid,  Jiowovur.  tliat  «1ip  wouW  receive  instracUom  ift 
llic  orthodcx  Tfiicli,  and  nccordingl/,  being  iHi  »lie  ^JT  in  bod  nod  lUtcnod 
to  two  divinpa  in  turn  till  nine  wa*  tired.  CalholJc  find  Cnlrinwt  clra^ 
pppowil  tin?  rtmrriage  mtliout  elTeol. 

Al  five  o'clock  on  a  January  moroing,  in  1599,  nwiiy,  hiving  umt  for 
hill  natnrnl  brother  the  Archbisliop  of  Itoiuw,  and  «uninioneiJ  tlie  Duke  de 
Bar  and  bis  father,  fished  Catherine  frorn  licr  itpaitmsnta  to  the  ball 
wb«Te  tlieee  gticsts  wore  fts«cnil>k>d,  nnd  adtlre&aing  the  nrchbishop  said, 
"  Mon  frtrc,  j«  di'^ir«  i]tie  vniis  fwHiex  Imit  actiiellemcnt  Icdit  mariogc  dt 
mn  nccTir  et  M.  Ic  Due  do  Bitr."  The  prelate  murmarcd  eomctbing  abcut 
the  canon*.  "  Ma  pr^sraco  net  phis  rjiio  toiitoH  los  Aolcntnir^  ordimiintt,  frt 
Rion  cahinct,  rcmpli  do  tant  dcpcraonncsdc  quality,  est  un  lit^imcr^et  asws 
public  pour  cela,"  WflB  Henry'o  rejoinder.  "  Apris  qnoy  le  juittrre  iitd»«- 
vcsquo  n'eut  pfiB  !a  force  de  rnsister,"  and  th«  cereniony  w«s  performed. 

The  first  ycnr  of  tliiH  marriage,  we  am  see  from  ('athcrino's  If  ttera,  waii 
very  b»ppy;  but  her  hnaband.  Catholic  aa  ho  was,  -was  soon  made  to  foel 
keenly  his  false  position,  for  it  was  in  no  sonse  even  n  le^al  miirri.i^.  In 
the  Unt  year  of  tlig  ecvgiitccotb  century  there  vtm  a  soIcidd  jubilee  at 
Romo,  and  he  presented  himeelf  there  to  obtjiin  pontifical  ahsohiticn,  nnd 
if  |ios»ible  iliedispcnaationneedfiiltoallonamarna^e  within  the  prc^ibitcd 
dcgreM.  Clo.rnont  tho  Kighlh  vraii  Icniont,  said  nC  tint  he  would  go  hinwclf 
and  try  Jind  convert  Csitherine,  l)iit  deputed  (oma  very  learned  and  T«ry 
eliXjucnt  llKologians  to  uadcrtako  th«  ta«k,  advisiiig  tlic  duko  at  the  same 
limn  lu  rcmo7C  fk'om  bis  wifu  any  very  Pi-otestant  attendants;  hut  Ann4 
de  Kolian  was  prcHcnt  throwghout  tJiwc  incQcctua!  conferences,  and  sJie  was 
iLo  BUunchcJit  of  Cnlvinista.  Henry  became in-itiitc«l  at  Catherine's  reustiug 
thonc  arguments.  "Sine,"  iwid  shi-,  "ilaveulent  (]uc  jw  croye  quo  notra 
□lire  est  damn^."  Ili-nry  himod  aeidt!  to  tlic  duke  and  said  with  tcan 
in  hia  eyca, "  C'en  est  nwea,  mon  frJro ;  je  renonce  h.  la  domptcr,  c'«»t  4  tom 
d'y  eieaycr."  But  of  her  hnnbitnd'a  cfTorta  Catherine  had  alrwidy  said,  "11 
moditen  peine  ai'ec  tant  d'fimourcu»c«  paroU-s,  (jun  touto  liciiru  j'lu  Im 
ycux  pli-inu  tie  brmes,  mais  pourlant  bien  re»olue  do  rivre  t't  mourir  cfi 
la  craiatu  d«  Ditu."  She  becnma  very  ill  in  1603:  never  robust,  nwty 
long' drawn-out  anxieties  had  worn  away  her  conetiluti&n,  and  afae  Buffend 
irom  protracted  headacht;)),  sometimes  lasting  fourteen  mnntht  at  a  time.  Is 
December  of  that  year,  nine  Cordluals  and  four  councillon,  appmnied  bv 
thu  I' ope  ta  consider  the  (question  oflhe  niurriiif;!),  agreed  tA  a  form  crdbuen- 
Baliou  which  his  Holiness,  worked  on  by  Umry  and  the  Duke  of  Lonaiae,  m 
appealed  to  cntrcatingly  hy  Catherine  Unvli,  at  Inst  acccnlcJ  to  her.  I 
"  Croyez,  mon  roy,"  she  aaid  lo  Henry,  "  tjuo  jo  suia  la  plus  hcuroiwe  tt  Is 
plus  contente  femoie  qui  vive  ;*'  but  it  wm  too  late  for  ease  of  mind  to  re- 
store her  to  health,  and  aho  was  rapidly  fading  away,  sometimes  catdiinr 
at  the  dcIusivB  hopu  held  out  by  a  new  doctor,  eometimp*  lancTing-sHe 
gained  rtrongth  by  drinking  ivator  froni  her  nntiro  mounlains  in  B*am, 
listening  to  the  prayer*  of  her  C;dviniat  attendantu,  and  letting  her  busbasd 
oSfX  prayers  for  her  to  the  Virgin — and  so  ahe  died  in  February,  1604. 


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SCh{  ^tri(mmUi  ojf  thit  Jfeictsh  ll£li;g!«tt. 


UoNTESQuiED  has  written,  in  hiB  Esprit  da  Lois,  that  "a  religion  burdened 
with  many  ceremonies  attaches  man  to  it  more  strongly  than  a  religion 
which  haa  but  few,  from  a  natural  propensity  to  things  in  which  we  are 
continually  employed,"  and  to  the  many  ceremonies  attached  to  the  obner- 
fance  of  the  Jewish  religion  may  be  ascribed  in  s  great  meaanre  that 
■tead&at  adherence  to  the  faith  which  bo  pre-eminently  characterizes  the 
Hebrew  nation. 

But  what  is  the  origin  of  the  Jewish  religion,  and  what  were  the 
diidiigaishing  features  which  separated  it  iirom  the  religions  of  the  whole 
world  ?  Abraham  is  recognized  as  the  father  and  progenitor  of  the 
nation ;  but  those  peculiar  rites  and  ceremonies  which  are  the  substantial 
portion  of  the  faith  were  instituted  by  Moses,  who  may  be  r^^arded  as  the 
finnder  of  the  principlea  of  the  Jewish  religion  as  now  recognized. 

Moses  was  brought  up  and  educated  as  an  Egyptian  priest :  hence  the 
iafluence  he  possessed  at  the  court  of  Pharaoh;  he  did  not  eren  follow  the 
then  principles  of  the  Israelitiah  faith — as  we  find  years  after  his  marriage 
with  Zipporah  he  hod  not  initiated  his  first-born  into  the  Abmhomio 
covenant.  The  religion  of  the  Egyptians  consisted  of  symbolical  worship. 
In  the  earliest  periods  they  had  no  idea  of  the  nature  of  the  supreme  Power, 
hit  used  to  pay  adoration  to  the  sun  and  stars.  The  sun  lights  the  earth 
sod  gives  warmth  and  nourishment  to  all  things.  Again,the  Egyptians,  bf  ing 
•n  agricultural  nation,  observed  that  the  annual  renewal  of  the  productions 
of  the  earth  and  the  natural  features  of  the  country  were  indicated  by  the 
ri&ing  and  setting  of  certain  stars :  for  instance,  the  annual  overflow  of  the 
Kile  was  indicated  by  the  appearance  of  a  very  beautifiil  star  towards  the 
source  of  the  river,  which  seemed  to  warn  them  against  being  token  by 
SQTprisc,  as  a  dog  by  barking  gives  notice  of  approaching  danger  :  hence 
they  called  this  star  the  "  Siriua,"  or  "  Dog  Star."  In  the  same  manner 
tie  stars  which  appeared  when  the  river  began  to  overflow  were  called  the 
"Stan  of  Aquarius ;  "  stars  of  the  "  Taurus  or  Bull,"  those  under  which 
it  was  necessary  to  plough  the  earth  with  oxen ;  stars  of  the  "  Cancer  or 
Crab,"  those  which  appeared  when  the  sun,  having  reached  the  bounds  of 
(he  tropic,  returned  backwards  and  sideways  like  a  crab ;  stars  of  the 
"Leo  or  Lion,"  those  which  .appeared  when  the  lions,  drawn  by  thint 
from  the  desert,  appeared  on  the  banks  of  the  Nile ;  stars  of  the  "  Libra 
or  Balance,"  when  the  days  and  nights,  being  of  equal  length,  maintain 
an  equilibrium ;  stars  of  the  "  Scorpio  or  Scorpion,"  those  which  appeared 
when  certain  winds  brought  a  burning  vapour  like  the  poison  of  the 
Morpion;  and  ao  on  through  the  various  signs  of  the  Zodiac,  and  the  various 


TIIE  CERSUOSIIiS  OP 


JKfflSH  REXIOlOX. 


ni^bturicua  fi^una  nliich  idualify  Hie  ttur^  cm  tlic  celestial  gltrbc 
tltaa  were  th^ir  grc^t  wni-iicra,  lhJ  ilioir  "  «igti»  for  Miifiout,  for  duyii, 
f«ua;  "  and  as,  accor<Iing  to  the  Kgyiiilaii  beliui*,  tliej  were  coiii<xaiitl/ 
Wntchiog  cTcr  (licir  ilottiuy  nnJ  wiimlng  liicm  of  coming  «v«utd,  eu  in 
proeoss  of  lime  t1i(-^  wcro  ri^gm-dcd  aa  deities  and  vorelitpped.     lu  Uta 
ouurM  oftTenu,  liuwcvvr,  llii:  pcoplr,  wlio  knew  nt  ivlmt  tiuic  of  die  ;cara 
ll:u  iiatuia!  fimltire*  vf  llio  conntry  woald  occur  from  ispcricnce  of  prior" 
j't-am,  omiittd  to  rcgulule  thcso  pertoda  hy  obscrvulion  of  t)ic  i^ius,  nnd  to 
foi^ot  the  motive  vihicli  lod  to  lite  adoi^lion  of  t^utc  nigus.     The  ntnd$ 
lfallaw«d  tlint  th^  Ajnibol*,  itixtead  of  tlic  tigm  \liey  were  intended  ta 
demote,  were  iTon]ii|)pcd,  and  invested  with  tho  ottribtilea  uT  the  BUrftj, 
They  pray«il  to  llio  buli  for  n  pknttfiil  Ikurvctt— to  the  scotpion  not  La 
jKiur  oat  hii  risnnm  npon  nntiiu*.     Th^y  revered  Uie  cnil>,  the  mm,  iba 
t'liir,  mill  iliL'  »i'i|)i-[it  U9  ipila-,  whidi  oiigliMlly  only  scrrtMl  lu  tJiu  qrnil 
of  the  Tnribua  oidirmUont  of  ci'cntion. 

'ilie  religion  which  Slows  Arst  tsught,nml  tlien  difiarcut  to  all  religiont 
in  existence,  waa  the  abolition  of  all  symbolical  woi-iliip,  and  tltc  adcHtion 
of  a  Deity  whioh  oonstitulud  all  ihJitgA  Thvro  vntu  only  okk  Mieb  fenmtf 
whoK  nmne  waa  Jehovah,  and  shouM  1)«  worship^wd  without  vniblema. 

To  cootinimlly  imjircw  the  l*melil«5  witli  Uio  wondrra  G<id  hai 
vorlicd  tor  tlivTti,  MovicK  ordoinetl  that  all  l])^  niimclvt  which  ucekimd 
diirinj;  Uieir  vrandcring^  Iii.  the  desert  aliould  ha  i>t:ir\ivluiil]y  ctlirbraU'd 
throughout  their  gcner^ilions.  I' earful  thiittiiey  might  fotg«t  the  c<mmiu)d- 
nirata  whidi  had  been  given  them,  he  adopted  signs  to  continually  imprc** 
thcac  conunAlidiBCnlA  upon  Uicir  rvcoUcotion,  aad  framed  certain  doctrioei 
for  thnr  aocsal  and  dnmettic  ro^nlatton,  tliat  tliey  might  bo  kept  distinct 
ftota  iliQ  oonlaniiiintion  of  aun'oiiTidi tig  niitionti,  mid  by  thcae  means  esta- 
blish tiienaelros  its  n  di»tinat  peopk  on  the  faoo  of  the  cnrtlj,  TIkm 
lestivnlf,  rigns,  »nd  doctrineH.  thvn,  are  the  snlMtance  of  the  Juvritii  religion, 
and  are  particniarly  dceciibrd  in  the  JcYrieh  Liwa. 

Ilie  Iitwa  of  ibo  Jews  are  the  wiitttn  and  the  oral  laws,  wrrcqwodi^ 
vtiih  tho  ter  arripla  and  the  Mc  oon  fa-ipta  of  tlie  Koglish  lavr.  Th«  M 
written  law  conaiste  of  the  comraimdntcnts  written  in  tlie  Bibhj  given  by  ^ 
Mowa  tn  llie  children  of  Iwnul,  and  (li«  urul  law  of  eitpla&ationt  Ihftrcpf 
and  rules  of  guidance  ordainvd  by  Mosv»  ami  taught  by  him  to  the 
Snnhediim^  orjrrcat  ecuatv  of  the  iiHtion.  'i'lic  oral  luw  is  containol  in 
eeilnin  books  callei  the  ifMnn,  thi'  CtVi'i'im,  and  tJio  Talmud.  Tht 
Mtslma  wan  ori;;inally  ciclirered  by  iraditioti  in  Khort  &cnt49>oes  and 
aphorinnii ;  this  was  ftfterwarda  written  vrith  certain  comments  aad  expo- 
sitiimt,  which  together  fbntivd  th«  GHiiiini,  which  means  "tbu  oompl*- 
inctit,''  bucauM  the  Iaw  h  tbvte  iully  i-.\i<lained.  The  Klisliita  ia  the  texti 
iht!  Geinara  tlie  comment.  The  Toimud  conipTiKot  both  tlitae  works, 
with  the  opiniona  of  tlie  rarious  rabbia  and  ductors  propounded  and 
decided. 

The  mnrt  protl>itnd  Tcn^nitioa  ii;  piiid  (o  the  written  laws  of  Hoam- 
Thc  Iai:iclili:e  were  thiia  commanded,  in  Dctitoroooaif  :  "  And  thoa  aliall 


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TUB-  dUlEMONlES  OF  THE  JEWISH  RELIGIOH,  B23 

bind  them  for  a  sign  upon  thine  liand,  and  they  s)inll  be  as  frontlets 
between  Ihine  eye§;  and  tliou  ahalt  write  them  upon  the  poata  of  thy 
home,  tad  oil  tlij  gates."     This  conimandiuent  is  followed  literally :  four 
fectirtns  from  the  Pentateuch  arc  wiittt;n  on  parchment  and  enclosed  in  s 
Htnall  leather  citae,  called  the  phylacteries,  which  are  bound  round  tlio 
left  arm  by  a  lentbern  thong,  and  a  leather  case  is  bound  round   tlie 
head,  Eimilarly,' for  frontlets.     The  phylactery  U  placed  on  the  left  arm, 
neitf  tbc  heart,  as  a  ttikea  that  the  heart  and  soul  should  be  devoted  to  the 
strrice  of  the  Supreme ;  and  the  phylactery  for  the  forehead  ia  placed  just 
where  the  hair  begins  to  grci\r  on  tlmt  part  of  the  head  which  is  opposite 
the  br^n,  to  show  that  the  imagination  and  the  whole  of  the  senses  which 
arc  there  seated,  should  be  deroted  to  the  service  of  the  Most  High.     Tlie 
I'hyl.actcries  arc  laid  on  in  the  motning,  immediately  on  rising,  to  show 
that  the  Israelite's  first  thought  should  be  of  his  Afakcr.     The  sections 
from  the  law  arc  in  like  manner  written  on  pArchment,  and  rolled  up  in 
cylindrical  tubes,  which  arc  nailed  to  the  poata  of  every  house  and  the 
door-post  of  erery  room,  in  obedience  to  the  commandment  before  referred 
to,  in  order  that  the  Israelite  might  never  enter  a  room,  without  being 
reminded  by  these  tubes  of  his  duty  to  God  and  to  man.     Again,  as 
another  guarantee  that  the  commandments  should  not  be  forgotten,  the 
chiMrch  of  Israel  are  commanded  to  wear  fringes  on  the  borders  of  their 
garments  (Numbers  xv.  87 — 40).     This  garment  is  in  the  sliape  of  two 
i>|uare  brcast-cluths,  juined  together  by  two  straps,  one  being  placed   as 
a  eorer  on  tlie  breast,  the  other  on  the  back,  and  the  fringes  are  hid  up 
in  the  comer  in  a  curious  manner.     Four  worsted  threads  arc  drawn 
through  an  eyelet-hole,  and  a  double  knot  made ;  one  of  tljc  threads  is  then 
knotted  round  the  other  seven  times,  and  then  another  double  knot  is 
made;  the  fiaine  thread  ia  then  wound  nine  times  round  the  others,  then 
tk'ven  times,  and  then  thirteen  times,  between  which  respectively,  there 
are  double  knots  madu  in  the  same  manner  as  the  previous  one.     This 
fringe  ia  symbolical :  the  five  double  knota  are  in  rumcmbmnce  of  the 
five  books  of  SIoscs ;  the  ten  single  knots,  in  remembrance  of  the  ten  com- 
mandments; the  seven  knotted  twists,  that  the  Subbath  should  be  kept  on 
the  seventh  day  ;  the  nine  twists,  as  a  memorial  of  the  nine  months  of 
pregnancy ;  the  eleven  twists,  in  recollection  of  the  eleven  stars  which 
reverenced  Joseph  in  liia  dream ;  the  thirteen  knota,  in  remembrance  of 
thirteen  attributes  of  ccuipassion  in  the  Almighty  enumerated  by  the 
Kiges,  called  the  *'  Shelosli  Es-wy  Jliddoth  ;"  the  seven,  nine,  eleven,  and 
thirteen  knots  together  represent  the  forty  days  tliat  Moses  was  on  the 
■uount  to  receive  the  ten  commandments.    There  are  knots  made  at  the  end 
of  each  thread  to  keep  them  from  untwisting,  lest  thereby  the  whole  of 
the  numerical  types  might  be  unravelled.     Thus,  whether  at  iiomc  or 
abroad,  the  Jew  ia  continmiUy  reminded  of  the  precepts  of  his  religion, 
that  if  in  an  unguarded  moment  he  should  be  tempted  to  commit  any  evil 
lie  may  look  on  the  fringes  of  his  garments,  and  recollect  tho  command- 
nentg  be  is  bound  to  obey. 


THE  CKllE5IONrE9  OF  THE  JEWISH  VCEUOJOV. 

Tlio  Jew  ia  very  puliculur  to  alBtnia  from  piirUking  of  tboM 
«tic)i  apo  <'niiniomlo(l  in  ihc  PenUtCTitli  in  uncIiMin.  The  nielhod  of 
killing-  caitle  i*  pccuHnr,  ttnr]  in  only  perionn«d  hj  i»er*»ns  wlio  have 
Undergone  »n  examination  liefon:  tli«  cbicr  rabbi,  aad  reee)T«d  a  lieeoc* 
or  certiiicJite  of  due  qimliBcation.  Tbe  ox  or  other  quadruped  is  aeonred, 
and  the  windpipe  cot  througb  with  a  very  eluirp-edged  long  knife;  no 
kind  of  pn'Wiire  of  tlii;  knifo  nn  tlic  tbront  ia  allowed  more  than  what  {4 
nccejHnry.  The  )i]>[>i>r  end  of  the  knife  ia  first  put  (o  tlie  throni,  it  ia  then 
puah«d  over  to  the  lower  part  of  tlie  btodo,  tb«  knife  is  then  drawn  back 
again  nnd  tht-n  forwards ;  no  stoppngc  must  occur  duritig  tlic  operation  ; 
niiil  if  there  iippcam  to  ha,yc  been  thu  ttlightest  notch  in  the  «dge  of  tbo 
knife,  tb«  flc«h  of  the  beast  cAnnol  be  oaten. 

Theae  ceremoniea  appear  to  the  uninitiated  very  unneccfoar}-  and  pro- 
babl/  ridicalous,  but  like  many  otbera  are  capable  of  expIauatioD  foundiHl 
on  good  BHBse.  Tho  laraoHten  uru  c»iittnun1l/  fof1>iddu)  to  ont  lh«  blood 
of  an  animal,  "  lor  in  tlie  blood  in  ihu  lil«."  If  iJie  bcoet  were  struck  on 
tlic  head,  the  blood,  instead  of  flowing  out,  would  stagnate  in  tbe  t«iu, 
nrd  t?oald  never  be  entirely  drawn  out.  There  is  no  method  of  killing 
which  so  totally  re.morcs  the  blood  from  the  meat.  If  a  notcli  were  in 
the  blado  of  the  knife,  iho  cut  would  not  be  clvan  ;  the  notcli  would  caon 
a  thriU  tc  past  tlirottgh  ttic  Iienst,  and  consequently  repel  the  blood  agun  ■ 
through  the  vdcM ;  ottd  in  fi^ar  th&t  tbe  blood  might  not  be  entirely  drawn 
oul,  the  tiesh  iti  forbidden. 

Matrimonial  unioas  arc  cBcctcd  by  the  introdncLiun  of  muliial  fr!end«.  a 
A  Jew  in  only  nllownd  to  intominrry  with  one  of  Jiia  own  religion ;  and  in  ~ 
CBJie  he  may  1)(>  unacquainted  witli  any  Jewish  lady  Ruitable  to  bia  taati', 
he  nieuliotia  hid  dvsiro  (vi  mnrriugu  lo  vumc  fncnd,  who  inEtitules  inquiries 
on  his  behalf  for  a  miitable  connection,  and  proeuri>»  both  parties  an  intro- 
duction to  rach  other,  gcnerdly  through  the  medium  of  n  mutual  ac>iuaint- 
ancc.  The  courCaltip  ordinarily  lusla  but  a  fvw  tiiuuthit.  On  the  day 
njipointeLl  for  tho  celebration  of  tho  nuptial.i,  the  brido  nnd  bridegroom 
arc  coiiductcd  to  the  place  nppoint«l  for  tho  ceremony,  where  they  arc 
stationed  under  ft  canopy  Rupporlcd  by  long  poles-  The  bride  and  bride- 
groom both  drink  out  of  a  glass  of  wine,  over  which  a  Kanciifioatton  hat 
been  pTonouaccd  by  tbe  pricdt ;  and  tlio  bridegroom,  putting  a  ring  on  ihe 
brido's  finger,  repents;  "Behold,  tliuu  art  boli'Othed  unlo  ne  with  this 
ling,  according  to  the  rite*  of  Kosvs  and  Israel."  Soma  blesaioga  are  tfam 
aaid,  nsd  the  bride  nnd  bridegroom  again  drink  of  the  vine,  after  whlok 
the  empty  winv-glam  is  laid  on  the  ground,  and  tlie  hrJdegrooiQ  stamps  on 
and  brtakft  ic.  Various  reowna  liavc  been  nAsigned  for  tliis  ccrcn»ny, 
one  of  which  is  to  remind  the  married  couple  that  they  are  only  like  brttlle 
ware  mode  of  earth,  gloiwy  without  and  rough  within ;  but  n.  more  likirly 
in Icrp relation  is  to  remind  them  of  death,  to  whose  power  frail  mortals 
must  yield,  sooner  or  laler.  The  ceremony  being  ever,  all  proicnt  err 
out  "  MoKcl  Touv,"  that  is,  "  May  it  Uim  out  hnypily." 

Thus  we  see  that  all  the  previous  certtnoniet  ore  mcrdy  trmbolicali 


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THE  CEKEUONIKS  OF  THE  JEWISH  BELIGIOV.  225 

vliilst  the  gnat  featnre  of  Jadatam  conaiiita  in  the  total  absence  of  all 
sjinbolical  wort^p. 

When  an  braelite  ia  dying,  the  loBt  prayer  he  utters  is  the  grand 
protestaUon  of  his  ^th  that  there  ia  but  one  God.  A  person  is  always 
left  to  watch  the  corpse  from  the  time  of  death  to  the  day  of  interment,  to 
guard  it  from  all  sorts  of  vermin,  because  that  godly  likeness,  which  was 
giTen  to  man  at  hia  creation,  disappears  after  his  dissolution  ;  and  for  that 
reason  no  Termin  fear  men  after  their  death.  When  a  near  relative  dies, 
the  members  of  bis  immediate  family  rend  their  garments  about  a  hand's 
breadth,  and  the  rent  ia  not  sewn  up  again.  They  also  sit  on  the  ground, 
and  monzn  for  seven  days ;  and  for  the  space  of  thirty  days  from  the  time 
of  the  death,  the  male  relatives  do  not  shave.  The  (erm  of  thirty  days  is 
talcen  from  Deuteronomy  xxxiv.  8. 

The  Jewish  sages,  in  order  to  prevent  the  infringement  or  violation  of 
any  laws,  have  established  a  fence  round  them,  by  which  anything  which 
might  possibly  lead  to  the  infringement  of  the  law  is  itself  interdicted. 
For  example,  the  Jews  are  forbidden  to  kindle  a  fire  on  the  Sabbath-day  ; 
as  a  fence  they  are  forbidden  by  the  sages  to  touch  the  fire  when  kindledt 
OT  to  lift  a  candlestick  with  a  lighted  candle  in  it,  or  even  to  blotc  out  a 
candle,  or  extinguisli  a  fire  when  kindled.     The  reason  of  the  command' 
ment  to  the  Israelites  not  to  kindle  a  fire  on  the  Sabbath-day,  has  been 
explained  in  this  way;  When  the  children  of  Israel  were  wandering  in  the 
wilderness,  the  only  method  they  had  of  kindling  a  fire  was  by  rubbing 
two  pieces  of  wood  together  until  a  flame  was  produced.     This  was  a 
work  requiring  great  exertion,  and  on  account  of  being  a.  labour,  waa 
forbidden  on  the  Sabbath.     But  the  sages  forbid  any  such  libernl  construc- 
tion, and  follow  the  commandments  literally,  bo  that  on  account  of  the 
prohibition  to  light  a  fire  on  the  Sabbath,  no  Jew  smokes  a  cigar  or  pipe 
on  that   day.     Some  of  the  very   strict  Hebrews  carry  their  religious 
formalities  to  :in  excess.    They  believe  that  carrying  a  handkerchief  loose 
in  the  pocket,  or  a  superfluous  pin  in  the  clothes,  is  carrying  a  bnrdun,  a 
work  that  should  not  be  done  on  the  Snbhalh-day.     But  if  tlicy  pin  the 
handkerchief  to  the  pocket,  or  tie  it  round  the  waist  like  a  girdle,  there  is 
then  no  h-irm,  as  it  may  be  consideryd  a  part  of  the  garments.     They  will 
not  gather  any  fruit  from  a  tree  on  the  Sabbath,  although  for  their  own 
immediate  eating.     But  if  they  can  get  at  the  fruit  with  their  teeth,  they 
may  lite  off  as  much  as  tlicy  wish.     They  will  not  meddle  with  any  tool, 
nnr  write  nor  sign  their  names  on  the  Sabbath,  nor  ride  on  horseback, 
nor  go  by  water,  nor  play  on  a  musical  instrument,  nor  bathe,   nor  tear, 
nor  break  anything,  not  even  a  hair,  for  which  reason  a  very  strict  Jew 
will  not  suffer  hia  hair  to  be  combed  on  the  Sabbath. 

In  the  present  day,  however,  many  of  these  rules  are  unobserved. 
^e  principles  of  the  Jewish  faith  arc  not  impressed  on  the  rising 
fipncmtion  with  the  same  strictness  as  in  former  years,  and  many  of  the 
ilrict  rules  are  looked  upon  with  ridicule,  because  their  meaning  is  not 
explained,  or,  if  explained,  the  reasons  arc  not  satisfactoiy  to  the  inquiring 


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I 


*pitit  of  ihe  i»f.  It  is  iftUiiu  tlia  kiKWMIge  of  iLs  -vrittr  of  tliU  «Ttkt« 
that  Jewiali  young  mtn  hare  over  find  om*  ogiiin  imiitEiwl  ihc  rvMOn  for 
tOMtrxiDg  certain  rt-ligioiis  oetcniodlei;  but  there  lire  frw  ivho  can  gl?e  « 
fcllUlliclory  cxplanttiou,  niid  tlw  niwwM  rWumed  ia,  "  four  feUier,  yoat 
grmtlGitlier,  unit  }roi)r  great  gmodfiitlicr  obserfcd  tlicse  etUloms,  tltcreford 
jrou  tnlist  do  tlic  kitiio."  TljtB  U  nd  Mitlinalion  suitable  lo  nn  int«lltj*eBt 
mind  in  the  prvscnt  <lar.  It  Uttte  cf  ihc  grmtest  tcsW  nrthopliiloAtpliitinl 
mind  vrlien  it  lltinks  for  ilgcir.  Tlit>  re«ull  i)  that  ^oimg  nivn  do  ihink  r«r 
Uicmsclrcfl;  aud  tltcw  ciutoiba  appearii^  iiuiiitelligibltr,  ore  ofivti  unoli- 
turvcd.  Jcvrbilt  youtlia  are  sent  to  the  uiitvemtKs,  nnd  receive  n  classical 
education,  wliilM  tliey  are  ignottint  oniiercry  i>rincip1fs  of  llitir  religion: 
not  one  is  a  ]iun^ri>d  over  ntuU  the  Talmttd,  kIutw  thcK-  euftomg  and 
ucn-inoniLii  nro  i!Xpk(int.-d  ;  and  tliuugh  nil  (tie  [myere  nro  nvitnl  tii 
llubrcv,  n  Jcwisli  youlli  vlio  can  nai  liis  T^l^inaijuo  or  MoI»&rv*s  plajs 
nt  eiglit,  \f1io  citn  tmualato  bin  Homer,  and  knows  liia  hatin  grwittnar  by 
bpart,  cannot  dpcliiit  a  Hcbi-cir  tioiin,  or  coajiigalc  a  Hebrew  verb. 

Then:  have  bccn  many  ii)&xims  kid  down  by  the  eagca  which  dtp  not 
UDiverailly  rec«vv<d.  Som«  oT  tbe  nncient  Jvwi^h  lilcmluro  in  tlie  prMcnl 
day  npiieara  rntbi*  ntiigulur.  In  tJic  Hagodn,  or  l*.a«iover  acrrice,  llii-nj  i* 
a  curitiiist  specinifcii  oflogio.  liabbi  Jose  asks,  "  WL^nee  art  thou  anilio- 
rJK^l  (o  aaacri  tlint  in  tjJTt  the  Efrypiiana  were  afllicled  wilh  ten  plnpui, 
nhilat  on  llic  bordt.'ia  cf  the  Ik-d  S4.-a  tlivy  were  (luiilten  with  SAy 
ptagUH  7"  "  Bocattso  In  Egypt  the  tuftgiciana  aaid  lo  Plinrnoli,  •  Tbh  U  ■ 
ihe  filfftr  or  God;'  but  nt  Uic  Red  Soti  It  aayx,  '  And  Inrad  saw  tbe 
tnigttty  hand  wherewith  the  lA'rd  fanoln  th«  EgjptiiiiiB."  If  by  tlic  Ji>tyrr 
oiity  they  receired  ten  plagiK'K,  ihoy  must  of  caurse  (f)  huTe  tecelvii]  fifty 
by  the  liand,  as  it  cviitaiiia  Cvv  fiugcrn."  (.7)  This  Rrguiiicnt  is  tiot  titiilc 
60  jvalpnbla  aa  nn  axiom  of  EneltJ,  Here  in  a  npceimcn  of  logic  Hot  lo  b» 
fmiiid  in  Whntfly.  Th<:  Jewa  tlunk  It  in«ri(orioii«  to  tnako  tliroe  meals 
ou  Ihe  &ibbnth-dny,  because  in  l^xuJus  xti.  Si>,  it  iiay*,  "^Vnd  Mows 
•aid,  Kilt  thiit  to-iiittj,  fur  to-daff  ia  the  Sabbalh  of  Uie  Lord;  to-iiay  je 
Mllall  not  fin<]  it  in  the  lield."  In  this  hcataxce  the  irord  diiy  in  men* 
tioiivd  tlir«e  tiuiee ;  hence  the  i-abbin«  infer  it  ia  uicritoriooB  to  Ui/lke  thtec 
nicnig  en  the  Sabbath, 

or  the  mnny  bcliefa  which  aru  current  in  the  lletwew  nation,  bill  not 
^rtflfttil  hy  thate  in  tehe>»(  min^i  tkert  it  cm  tparii  Af  tnlijjktetmtrnl,  we  ttiil 
select  a  Xl'w  fw  ilhimration. 

All  dreams  coin;  to  jiasfl  according  (u  the  intcrpn-tnlioD  tfiat  b  made 
of  thi-ni  I'y  the  jwrson  to  whom  thoy  are  revealed^  conw^nently,  drenni* 
should  only  be  told  to  friends  (what  a  fcicune  to  rt-alixe  m  a/avoKnAk 
iulei-j>rukr  ofdivauist)  Ati  appitrition  has  power  to  hecontt  visible  and 
lo  injure  any  particular  person  who  may  happen  to  tc  by  biniiwlr  in  iIhj 
dark.  If  Iwo  pcraona  be  togcllier,  nn  upj^u-ition  rany  become  vuibk>  but 
cannot  hurt  vUhcr,  but  il'  llncc  pcraona  be  togctiier,  uo  ai)paritt<'n  cnu  ha 
visible;  iT,  however,  Uu'ro  hu  ona  caiullt?  :ilijjht,  it  it  a  iuiieguanl  a^liul 
nil  evil  siurit!!.     Whiit  an  apparilicu  cunai^ls  of,  and  why  it  eliould  injure 


THE  CEEESIONIES  OP  THE  JEWKU  IIEUGIOX.  227 

any  one,  does  not  appear.  Evil  Kpiiits  leat  on  all  heaps  of  nibbisb,  and, 
therefore^  it  is  dangeroiu  to  tread  on  all  eucb.  Tbere  is  also  a  buUef  in 
witches  and  (heir  powor  to  injure  any  one  who  fHngs  iiway  the  tops  of 
green  turnipti  or  carrots  without  untying  them.  Some  of  the  Jews  wear 
a  sort  of  charm  about  them  consisting  of  a  Fn'W  cabalistic  words  written  on 
parchment  by  a  rabbi.  There  arc  numerous  other  fipiritunl  beliefs  not 
tunght  by  the  religion  of  Moses,  and  evidently  the  result  of  ignorance  and 
its  natural  offspring,  superstition,  which  arc  generally  credited  amongst 
the  Jews  of  Poland  and  Germany,  but  the  superior  education  and  enlightcu- 
ment  of  the  English  Jew  teaches  him  the  folly  of  supcrstttion.  Formerly, 
when  a  man  was  mariied  he  used,  at  the  marriage  ceremony,  to  walk 
round  his  intended  wife  three  times  to  see  if  she  really  wore  tlie  right 
woman  he  proposed  to  take  as  a  wife,  because  of  the  deceit  practised  on 
Jacob  by  Laban,  who  fiist  married  his  son-in-Lny  to  hia  eldest  daughter, 
Leali,  under  the  afisurance  that  it  was  hia  daughter  liachel ;  but  such 
ceremonies  are  no  lunger  in  existence,  the  English  Jew  uniting  with  hia 
religion  a  spirit  of  enlightenment  and  liberalism.  The  present  Jewish 
belief  is  vastly  difiei'ent  to  the  religion  taught  the  Israelites  by  Moses ; 
there  have  been  many  innovations  through  contact  with  the  many  nations 
ainongftt  whom  the  Jews  sojourned,  and  many  of  the  beliefs  of  those  nations 
have  been  imbibed  and  are  now  recognized  principles  of  Judaism.  The 
Iielief  in  the  angels  and  archangels  "  Gabriel,"  "  Michael,"  and  "  Ariel," 
was  not  taught  by  Moses,  but,  together  with  the  Jewisli  months,  Nisan, 
Adar,  Tar,  Ac,  came  from  Babylon.  The  immoitulily  of  the  soul  was 
unknown  to  the  Hebrews  until  their  intercourse  with  the  Assyrians.  Tlic 
"  Urim  and  Thummim  "  of  the  breastplate  of  the  high-priest,  the  serpent 
)nadu  by  Moses  and  exhibited  to  the  people,  the  brazen  sea  of  the  Temple 
lipon  twelve  brazen  oxen,  the  cherubim  of  the  ark,  and  numerous  symbols 
ot'  the  ancient  Jewish  worchip,  are  all  derived  from  the  .ancient  Egyptians', 
and  were  comprised  in  the  mysteries  of  their  religion,  which  Moses  learnt 
as  an  Egyptian  priest,  and  then  taught  the  children  of  Israel  in  the 
wilderness. 

IVhat  was  the  Jewish  religion  at  the  time  the  Israelites  wore  slaves  in 
Egypt  ?  There  ivere  no  festiviils  to  obrforvo  until  tliey  wandered  in  tho 
ivilJeriie."fl,  and  Jlusca  orJaineil  those  festivals  should  bo  kept  as  a  lasting 
memorial.  There  were  no  probibitidns  against  any  particular  kinds  of 
fjoils.  Tliere  wcio  none  of  the  cerenmiiiea  and  laws  wliieh  Moses  after- 
iiaids  instituted.  In  what  did  their  religion  differ  from  the  Egyptians', 
that  the  Isiaelites  Were  always  a  distinct  race?  Simply  in  the  absence  of 
fpnholkal  worship.  In  other  respects  their  religion  was  the  same  as  the 
Epj'ptiaiia'  J  and  it  was  only  a  corrected  form  of  their  religion  that  Aloscs 
aflenvarJs  taught  the  Israelites,  which  he  himself  had  learned  as  an  Egyp- 
ti.iii  priest,  Eut  from  lite  religion  Muses  taught,  sprung  ueorly  all  tho 
religious  of  tlic  tivilizL\l  world. 


''6    (Estlt^r. 


K.-.  ir. 


«  Do  j-ou  remember  line  story  I  irroto  you  in  1860,  when  I  camo  b»clc  from^ 
Romo  7  *   To  compliun  was  a  conftuliitioii,  vrbvii  it  wii>  to  you  I  compliiiiicii. 
I  waa  lonely  enough  and  ill-mppcinlcJ,  and  yd  I  Ii«vi;  been  more  unbAppyj 
«nce.    Then  I  thought  tlint  at  Iwisd  you  wei^c  Iinppy,  but  Inter  they  uiid  it 
WM  nut  NO,  niid  bitterness  nnil  regret  orerpowereil  me  tor  a  lim^i 
tliis  wa.1  alter  I  liiul  written  to  yon. 

"  1  Bcarccily  retnt^mber  what  I  said  now,  it  is  so  long  ago,  but  I  Icnoi 
every  word  1i:h1r  meaning  sim-c  yoii  wert-  Iosl-c  it,  and  the  Either  I  wroti 
to,  the  Ksihcr  whose  Iningc  wos  for  ever  before  me,  Bccmcd  mine  somctiiDc 
Ihough  wo  were  ftr  ctot  puruO.  I  have  often  thuught  lliat  tho  Ecthar 
I  ]ovcd  loved  IDC  tbough  ihi;  otht-r  one  iiinrried  HullxirL  Pcrhnps  yoa 
tvero  only  hor  scmbltiRCc,  and  iJio  was  waiting  for  mc  elsewlicre  in  a 
diflerent  fomi.  Rut  the  fiunUIar  face  witb  the  sallaw  checks  atuI  dark 
Itrovni,  and  ail  the  auddcn  light  in  it,  cornea  before  ma  aa  I  write  creo 
now,  I  have  Mon  it  a  thoumnd  thousand  times  since  we  [tsTted  by  tlic 
TiinitA;  do  you  rcuiumbL-r  when  the  bell  ivns  ringing  fur  matiod?  Only 
af  ycwnj  liare  gimo  by  the  lines  have  finled  n  litlle,  llie  cyea  look  dwp  luid 
tender,  but  tlicj  hnvc  loHt  their  colour;  though  1  know  how  t!ie  ligbtt 
fiTifl  the  auiiles  Mill  come  and  still  go,  I  cannot  see  them  so  plainly.  T^ie  _ 
woman  berfelf  I  can  conjure  across  the  ycnrs  and  tho  diat.tnoe,  but  thftl 
face  does  not  slurt  clear-set  befnrc  me  a»  in  tliosc  days  when  1  ouly  lived 
to  fallow  your  footGtcps,  to  loiter  luiiuiig  the  uIiadowH  in  your  way*  aod 
the  mmshinc  throngli  whicti  yon  Koemed  to  move;  to  drink  in  the  nrvct 
tones  of  your  vdJee,  to  watch  you  when  you  sal  at  your  window,  when 
you  lingered  in  the  Bilent  Italian  gardens,  or  moved  with  a  gentle  footfall 
along  echoing  gullcriec,  with  dim  golden  pictures,  and  hartaoniea  of 
glowing  colour  all  about  you. 

"  What  sea-miles  and  Und-miW,  M-hnt  flying  yean  and  lagging  he 
what  sorruws  and  joys  lio  belweun  iw — and  )cy*  «tparate  more  surely  lltnal 
Kirrows  do.     People  scale    prJwin  w<ilU,  tliey  wado  tUroiigh  rivers,  thcj 
climb  over  arid  moiinlains,  to  rejoin  those  wliont  they  love,  but  tba 
Ixirrioni  of  bappincwi  and  coiilunt,  who  has  surmotinted  tliem? 

"  I  say  Ibia,  and  yet  success  Lns  bseu  mioo  since  I  saw  yQUi     Many  gooal 
things  have  come  to  mc  for  which  I  did  not  greatly  care,  but  though  the 
Bpriitg  tides  and  bright  summers  and  the  bitter  winter  winds  and  autumnal 
roisls  were  fulcd  to  part  us  year  after  year,  yet  it  also  seemed  destined 


TO  ESTHER.  229 

tliat  I  should  love  yon  faithfully  through  all  —  that  even  ibrgctfulnesa 
should  Dot  prcrent  it,  that  (liBappointment  should  not  embitter,  that  iodif- 
terence  should  not  chill.  What  I  have  borne  from  you  I  could  not  bare 
endured  from  any  other.  Once,  long  before  I  knew  you,  a  woman  Hpoke 
to  me  hastily,  and  I  left  her,  and  could  not  forgive  her  for  years,  and 
sometimes  I  ask  myaelf  is  my  ill-luck  a  judgment  upon  me. 

*'  I  who  was  so  impatient  once  and  hard  of  heart,  make  no  merit  of  my 
long  affection  for  you,  Esther:  it  was  simply  fate,  and  I  could  not  resist  it. 
ChoDging,  unchanging,  faithful,  unfaithful,  who  can  account  for  his  expe- 
riences 7  Does  mistrust  bring  about  of  itself  that  which  it  imagines  7  is 
nerything  there  that  we  fancy  we  see  in  people?  OAen  I  think  that  fallen 
as  we  are,  and  weaiy  and  soiled  by  the  wayside  dust  and  mud,  and  the 
many  carea  of  life,  some  gleani  of  the  divine  radiuncc  is  ours  still,  and  to 
iboae  who  love  us  best  it  is  given  to  sco  it.  That  the  sweetness  and  good- 
ness and  brightness  we  had  fancied  are  no  fancies,  but  truth.  True  though 
clouds  and  darkness  come  between  ua,  and  the  mortal  parts  cannot  always 
apprehend  the  divine. 

"  Iiove  is  blind ;  indifference  sees  more  clearly  people  say,  and  I 
wonder  if  this  can  be  tme ;  for  my  part  I  think  it  is  the  other  way.  I 
have  sometimes  asked  about  you  from  one  and  from  another,  and  people 
have  spoken  of  you  as  if  you  were  to  me  only  what  they  are,  what  I  am  to 
them,  or  they  to  you.  I  seem  to  be  writing  riddles  and  ringing  the  changes 
upon  the  words  which  you  will  not  see.  Whether  you  see  them  or  not 
what  does  it  matter,  you  would  not  underslnnd  their  meaning,  their 
■oiTowful  fidelity,  nor  do  I  wish  that  you  should. 

"  For,  as  I  hare  said,  years  have  passed,  other  thoughts  and  ties  and 
interests  have  come  to  me ;  I  am  somcttmes  even  vexed  and  wearied  by 
my  own  unchanging  nature,  and  I  am  tired  of  the  very  things  from  whidi 
I  cannot  tear  myself  away.  I  don't  think  I  care  for  you  now,  though 
I  still  love  the  woman  who  jilted  me  years  ago  upon  the  Pincio.  It 
might  be  that  seeing  you  again  all  the  old  tender  emotion  of  feeling 
would  rerivo  towards  you.  It  might  be  that  you  would  wound  me  a 
second  time  by  destroying  my  dreams,  my  ideal  remembrance ;  very  sad, 
vciy  sweet,  very  womanly  and  trustfiU  laj  remembrance  is.  I  ^ould 
imagine  you  must  have  hardened — improved  as  people  call  it — since  then, 
and  been  moulded  into  some  different  person.  Six  years  spent  with 
Balbert  must  have  altered  you,  I  think,  and  marred  the  sweet  imperfec- 
tions of  your  nature.  At  any  rate  you  are  as  far  removed  from  me  as 
if  poor  llalbcrt  were  alive  still  to  torment  yon. 

"  This  morning  at  Luchon  my  courier  brought  me  a  letter  which  inter- 
ested me  oddly  enough,  and  brought  back  all  the  old  fancies  and  associa- 
tiona.  It  came  from  my  counu's  wife,  I^ady  Mary,  There  were  but  a 
few  lines,  but  your  name  was  written  thrice  in  it,  and  like  an  old  lialf- 
remcmbercd  tunc,  all  the  way  riding  along  the  rough  road  I  have  been 
haunted  by  a  refrain — '  Meet  Esther  again,  shall  it  be,  can  it  be? ' — fitting 
to  a  aort  of  rhythm,  which  is  sing-eonging  in  my  head  at  this  instant 


280 


Til  li&TUER. 


"For  want  of  n  oompanton  to  ^wnlc  to,  1  ItnTa  written  this  noaecnsc  >l 
length.  I  cniinot  talk  to  my  courier  cxccjit  to  Hwdai-  nt  llic  road*.  Thtj 
iwrrowed  and  roiighcncJ  na  vn  gol  iuto  Spoiu,  alter  wo  had  crotwd  o 
bridge  with  a  blitclc  riror  niRhing  tmnenlli  it.  iligli  np  in  ttio  tnoantainf, 
Hie  villages  perched  like  onglcB"  laiii ;  tlie  ■trwim*  were  dajdiing  orer  the 
Toeka  in  rite  cIcAa  below.  This  ia  nvt  a  goldai  und  vuu-[^itt-d  laml  lilt 
tlto  counlry  yra  liavo  bum  uied  to.  Italy  socnia  like  aummer  ns  I  lliink  oT 
it,  and  tin*  In  like  .-iiitiimn  to  nic.  Tite  colours  have  eooibre  tints  ;  \Ufse  M 
nm  slrungu  browni  and  ^eUowa,  ^ed  grcoiia  with  deep  blue  alrftdt*  in  ■ 
lliom.  Slonea  roll  from  tbe  petbwiiy  and  lidl  crasliiiig  into  the  mrioM 
faolow.  No  nutdj  loftd  lo  the  rHIagcs  wlioro  lUe  puo]'lu  live  fur  m  Urvtimc, 
filing  their  Und,  vcAving  thdr  clothca,  (landing  their  ontllu ;  nukny  of  litem 
noror  coming  down  into  ihn  \A\kj  all  ihejr  lives  long,  aaflicing  lo  tlwm- 
n:lrc«  tuid  t^nring  the  world  at  Llioir  lect.  So  mj  guides  have  tottl  w«  at 
lenA,  mid  it  v/na  their  Uutdneas  lo  know " 


on 

:da^ 
look^ 
ogi^ 


All  tliia  Imd  b«cn  ^vritlcn  on  tlio  rftil  of  a  balcony  to  tbo  jangling 
oT  s  churcli  bell  and  the  tyinpntliecii!  droning  of  a  guitar  with  ono^' 
note.  It  was  played  by  a  doltful^boking  suldiec  in  tjghl  rcgiincnta! 
utliag  tipnght  on  n  chair  on  tbc  landing-place,  and  never  raoring 
tnuiole,  wlule  the  Hies  buzzed  about  his  bead.  A  motionless  coropusioa 
aat  near  listening  to  tbc  mci'ody.  Presently,  in  the  midst  of  liia  vritin^ 
GooHry  Smith,  who  biid  ttonrcvly  livoded  tlia  guitar  or  tho  bdl,  mili 
beard  a  great  clmttcring  ntiil  commotioa  in  the  slrtct  bc-Iow,  and 
iog  over  the  rail,  he  saw  a  croivd  of  liuk-  gipij  t(hiIJr«n  swarmiag 
front  of  the  licuni;.  'I'licy  vvettb  trying  to  climb  up  into  iLc  lialeony, 
gdting  on  ono  nnotlici-'a  1mck»,  clapping  tlieir  liaiida,  Boreaniing  aoA 
bockoning  to  hiiu  : — "  Mosjmo  |  Momoo  ! — tit  sou — aliens  (lon«  I "  with  an 
viiticuriL^^tiog  gealnrc.  "Tit  ttcu — 'ions  d(iiic — vile,  .Votioo!"  and  llitM 
bruvrii  iiicen  griiim-d  hciieulh  lliuir  JitlloMijorUh-boktng  turbans— yelIoiv«l 
peen,  Ecnrkt  liandkerchiefa ;  and  nil  ihe  brown  bare  Icgx  went  cipering. 
Tho  nai-row  street  wns  crowded  with  pcopla  bun'ying  lo  tho  call  of  l^ 
clmrcb  h<il\.  Women  canio  out  of  Ihs  low  dD<Hrway«  of  ihcir  lioon^ 
luljuNtin^;  \.\w\i  nmritillax.  Kunina  trij)i>ed  by  with  tlie  duenna.  Doa 
Ba&ilio  strudu  ])jist  with  thippiug  skirts,  {xtiituni iinu-liko  cocktd  hat,  oottcut. 
tiinbivUu  und  all.  Smith  looked  at  tliumall  from  over  hU  b&l«oiiy,  liJco  I 
u  box  &l  the  o[«;ni.  At  the  other  end  of  the  place — I'iaua  do  la 
tucic<n  in  name  wos—the  Frcnoli  Conaul,  leaaiug  otlt  his  eagle, 
Ble>i[iiiy  Binoliiiig  a  cigar  and  watching  Ihe  dun  oh -goers  fgiss  by.  Strum,! 
tunity,  sirum  tunity — tunity  alrum,  wuiit  the-  guilar,  and  pruBcmly — nltl 
liku  i|  btano  at  the  play — the  light  darkened,  tiio  pooplo  looked  up  at  the 
ifky,  and  \hvni  came  an  artificial  c3ap  of  thunder  froni  tlio  hill-loo  ovor  the 
town,  with  a  euddcii  Htonu  of  hail  and  lightning,  Jtoeiun  f£i  oft  vam- 
pering  wiih  Iiur  duonna.  So  did  tlio  prieetB  ;  the  young  uivn  with  their 
bright  red  aipi,  lounging  at  the  coruL-r  of  the  sUeet;  tlio  old  man  with  Kia 
donkey;  and  the  IittJi>  grinning  b^gaT-chiUltca. 


TO  ESTUiai.  231 

Smith  tliouglit  lie  too  should  like  to  sgg  the  inside  of  the  cliurcli,  which 
teemed  to  be  looked  upon  as  n  Eufe  reftigc,  fyr  everybody  iippcnred  to  be 
raefaing  in  ita  direction.  lie  had  not  very  far  to  go :  up  a.  short  street,  and 
aloug  the  Plaza,  and  then  crossing  a  little  wooikn  drawbridge,  Smith  found 
liimaelf  at  the  church  door.  He  stooped  and  went  in  through  a  low 
Moorish 'looking  arch,  and  descended  a  short  flight  of  black  marble  stcpu 
whicli  led  down  into  the  aisle. 

It  seemed  quite  dark  at  first,  except  that  the  tapers  were  Haring  at 
the  altar,  where  three  unprepossessing-looking  pricata  were  officiating. 
By   de^;rees   Smith    found    that    he    was   standing   in   a  beautiful   old 
Templar  church,  with  arches,  with  red  silk  hangings,  and  a  chequered 
marble  floor,  and  a  dark  carved  gallery  from  which  some  heads  were 
peeping.     The  women  were  sitting  and  squatting  on  the  floor  with  their 
shoes  neatly  ranged  at  their  sides  and  their  babies  dandling  in  their  arms. 
The   men  were  behind,  nearer  the  door;  and  in  tho  front  row  of  oil, 
pinning,  showing  their  teeth,  and  plucking  at  his  legs  as  he  went  by, 
Smith  disGOTered  the  little  company  of  persecuting  boys  and  girls,  pre- 
tending to  bnry  their  fHcen  in  their  hands  when  he  looked  at  them  sternly, 
ud  peeping   at   him   through    their   wiry    little    lingers   with    shining 
malicious  eyes, 

Tlie  service  came  to  an  end  ;  the  storm  passed  away.  Smith  left  the 
dnrch  with  the  children  swarming  at  his  heels,  and  found  his  guide  wait- 
ing with  the  horses  ready  harnessed.  They  had  no  time  to  lose  the  man 
■dd — the  bill  was  paid.  Smith  sprang  into  the  saddle,  Hung  a  handful  of 
halfpence  to  the  Aloorish  little  bandits,  and  rode  off  as  hard  as  he  could 
go  along  the  rough  bridle-path. 

It  was  very  late  before  he  got  back,     lie  dined  by  himself  about  ten 

o'clock,  with  a  tired,  short-sleeved  waiter  to  attend  upon  him,  and  then  ho 

fttut  and  sat  undtr  the  trees  on  the  Cours,  listening  to  the  music  and 

i:jing  to  make  up  his  mind.     Should  he  go  to  Bigorre  ?     Yes ;  no  ;  un 

[«! ;  beaucoup ;  pas  du  tout.     He  clianged  hie  plans  over  and  over  again. 

About  midnight,  when  the  music  and  the  lights  were  still  alive,  the  ppopio 

dill  drinking  their   coffee  and   lemonade  in  tlie  soft  starlit   night,  and 

chatting  and  humming  all  round  about,  Smith  determined  at  last  that 

he  would  stay  for  a  day  or  two  longer,  and  then  go  to  Tarbcs  and  on  to 

Marseilles   and    to  Italy.     Having   mode   out   this  scheme,  he   calkxl  a 

Toimrier  with  a  whip  and  jack-boots  who  happened  to  be  passing,  and 

■iked  him  if  lie  was  engaged  and  what  was  his  fare  to  St.  Beitrand. 

foaith  Iiad  n  fancy  to  F>ee  the  old  place,  which  lies  on  tlio  road  to  Tarhea. 

It  also  lies  on  the  road  to  Bigorre,  but  Smith  thought  that  he  did  not 

tcmembcr  this.     The  guide  was  a  Bigorre  man  and  anxious  to  get  there, 

lie  was  willing  enough  to  go  to  St.  Bertrand.     After  that  he  should  liko 

to  get  home  he  said.     Hia  horses  wanted  a  rest.     Smith  came  to  a  com- 

promise  with  him  at  last.      Tho  tired   horses  were  to  ttike  him  to  St. 

Bettrand,  and  then  they  were  to  make  further  arrangements. 

Two  roods  cross  the  country  which   divides  Luclion  from  Bigorre 


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TO  ESTHEn. 


One  nma  direct  in  noble  unduUttoaa  over  hilt-toi*  and  nounbuo 
It  goes  bureling  orcr  tlift  groit  Col  d'Aspio,  Trotn  vlience  ^ou  may  ux  Ui«^ 
world  liUe  n  M.-.n,  tuxMiig  and  heaving  at  your  feet,  and  trciubling  Willi  the 
ligtit  u]K>ii  a  tlicitiieiiid  liills  ;  and  tlicti  il  runs  donn  kad  plunges  into 
dci-p  valley*,  where  the  air  is  acoulod  wJili  piau-wood. 

Tlw  olher  rosd  winds  by  the  plain  and  foUovrs  the  course  of  a  flowti 
riTtT,  jinst  Yillitg«8  tun-docked  and  viuc-wrcnthcd,  but  cilcnt  uid  dr« 
in  their  wliilcneM.  A  sad-fitxd  woninn  lool»  from  hot  cotlAgo-door ;  ftl 
diirk-hendvd  boy  conici  fikimoiiug  over  thu  Htunus  with  Iiis  niikcd  feet,  tail 
holds  up  hia  hand  for  ldin»;  a  travtUer,  Tolling  on  a  h«ip  by  the 
road-Kidp,  nodt  bin  hmd  in  token  of  w«ary  fcllowshtp.  At  last,  aayou  still 
follow  ilic  roiktl  ill  the  vnllcy,  with  (lie  low  range  on  cither  aide,  yoa 
suddenly  rcfloh  a  great  hill  wltli  tho  towers  of  n  Btrong  city  rising  from 
i(.<i  suioiuit.  It  domiimlM  the  Innd-wnvts,  which  si-«ni  flowing  down 
from  the  mouutaios  and  the  groat  ilitt  nur»L«  which  Bttctcb  avmy  to 
the  aca.  M 

Smith  choee  the  flat  rotid  to  rvtum  |iy,  wishltig,  lui  I  h.ire  enidl,  to  tee^ 
St.  BcrtrAnd  :  ho  bud  croMvd  iliv  inountiiin  before,  in  the  course  of  hi* 
travels,     lio  WL-nt  ruUiiig  along  tbrough  tlio  fresh  morning  wr,  with  bii 
head  full  of  old  sights  imd  Uioughts — very  iar  away,  IwDbcrings  and 
iiiuc>»  which  bo  had  ioiagincid  safely  burit^  intheCnmpagnaormotildcniig 
away  with   the  relics  of  bis  old  Italian  sight-scclng  times.     Aloiig  iIm 
lunlis  of  the  river,  crosuog  and  rccnneiag  niAny  tiniea  from  ouc  side  to 
anothfv,  tliroiiph   [>l(iini«  ami    Himiiy  villages,  thty  htul   conic  nl  Inst  to 
Si.  Bortnind,  ih»;  city  on  llie  hilJ.     Tlio  drircr,  %  jurly  follow,  hissed  and 
cursed  an  th*;  liorsts  went  etumblts^  up  Uic  itoep  ascent,  straimr^  and 
slipping  in  the  blazing  sun  over  bleached  while  Ktoiics.     There  wcje  four 
bony  hon!ck,  omamcuied  with  bells  and  loadu-d  with  heavy  bam(:n,    Sniidi 
r^cliiii'd  nt  his  ease  among  the  fusty  curiiioos  of  the  caniogi; ;  lus  oowier 
clung  iiervoiioly  to  the  narrow  niiling  on  tha  box;   Pierre,  the  drin 
cracked  bin  long  whip,  muttered  horrible  oaths  hetwccn  his  tocth, 
choked,  elirieked,  with  hideous  jerka  and  soonds.   Everything  sooms  to  | 
whiter  and  brighter  as  they  moant.     They  reach  the  tcwa  at  last: 
is  an  utter  ■il«nc«  and  look  of  abnudcnment;  llowers  aie  hanging  orcr  the 
walls  mid  gnblcs  mid  jiostrrn  gutes.     Thry  pass  fonntniDs  of  ntarblo, 
t»aeinrnUi,  nud  turruW  and  balconies,  all  white,  blazing,  deserted,  vii 
gcrnniumi  hanging  and  flowiTing.     They  pOM  tind«r  aa  archway  \ti 
eurviiigii  and  emblazon nieiita  throwing  deep  shadows,  by  strange  gabli 
mid  ciinien  and  tunt-ts,  u|i  a  liinta.>(tio  Mrect.     U  was  like  a  goblin  at 
BO  drenry,  eilcat,  deserted,  with  euch  strange  conoviu  and  omanttnlai 
every  comer. 

The  hotel  was  empty,  too :  cd«  deniiuv,  soar  visage  come  t«  t}ie  doer 
to  receive  tlicm.      Ves,  iherc  was  food  prepared;  the  horses  could  b«  pat 
up  in  the  stables.     A  Imnum  voice  sccnied  to  break  the  fJichnntment,  ftfl 
I  tJiink  until  then  Smith  had  almost  cxpt-ctcd  lo  find  a  oloeping  prinoo? 
upon  a  bed,  a  king,  a  queen,  a  court,  all  dreaming  and  dozing  iundc  tkis 


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TO  ESTHER.  288 

soaent  palace  ;  for  the  inn  bad  been  a  palace,  at  some  time  or  other 

perhaps  inhabited  by  the  ancient  Biahops  of  St.  Bertmnd,  or  by  some  of 

the  nobles  whose  eacatcheona  still  hang  on  the  gatea  of  the  city.     There 

were  two  tables,  both  laid  and  spread  in  readiness,  in  the  solemn  old 

dining-room,  with  ita  white  punted  panels  and  carved  chimney.     Smith 

was  amused  to  see  a  Murray  lying  on  the  white  cloth  nearest  the  window. 

Eren  here,  in  this  fon;Dtten  end  of  the  world,  the  wandering  tribes  of 

Britain  had  hoisted  the  national  standard  and  liastened  to  secure  the  best 

place  at  the  feast.     There  were  three  plates,  three  forks,  three  knives. 

Smith,  dimly  pursuing  his  morning  fancy,  and  bewitched  by  the  unreality 

utd  silence  of  all  about  him,  thought  that  this  was  the  place  in  which  ho 

ihonid  like  to  meet  Esther  again — if  he  was  ever  to  meet  her.     Here,  in 

(his  white  blinding  silence,  she  might  come  like  on  apparition  out  of  his 

dreams — come  up  the  steep  mediaeval  street,  post  the  fountain — with  her 

long  dress, — how  well  he  remembered  it, — rippling  over  the  atones,  her 

ilim   Btrught  figure  standing  in  relief  against  the  blazing  sky.    .    .    . 

"  Cutlets — yes ;  and  a  chicken ;  and  a  bottle  of  St.  Julien."  .  .  ,  This  was 

to  the  waiting- woman,  who  asked  him  what  he  would  like. 

Geoffry  walked  out  into  the  garden  to  wait  until  his  cutlets  should 
be  ready,  and  he  found  an  unkept  wilderness,  tangled  and  sweet  with 
utumnal  roses,  and  a  carved  stone  terrace  or  loggia,  facing  a  great 
bontiftil  landscape.  As  he  leaned  against  the  marble  parapet.  Smith, 
who  still  thought  he  was  only  admiring  the  view,  imagined  Esther  walking 
up  the  street,  coming  nearer  and  nearer,  approaching  along  the  tangled 
vilk  through  the  rose-trees,  and  standing  beside  him  at  last  on  the  terrace. 
It  was  a  fancy,  nothing  more  ;  it  was  not  even  n  presentiment ;  all  the 
bcautij\il  world  below  shimmered  and  melted  into  greater  and  greater 
loveliness ;  an  insect  went  ilying  and  buzzing  over  the  parapet  and  out 
bto  the  clear  atmosphere ;  a  rose  fell  to  pieces,  and  as  the  Jeaves  tumbled 
to  the  ground  one  or  two  floated  upon  the  yellow  time-worn  ledge  against 
«liich  Smith  was  leaning.  No,  lie  would  not  go  to  Bigorre ;  he  said 
to  himseir  lie  would  turn  his  horses'  heads  or  travel  on  beyond  Bigorre, 
to  some  other  mountain — to  the  Luz  or  St.  Sauveur,  or  farther  still,  to 
Etnx  Bonnes,  in  the  heart  of  the  Pyrenees.  He  pulled  out  his  letter  and 
nad  it  again ;  this  was  all  it  said,  in  Lady  Mary's  cramped  little  hand : — ■ 

B.  de  Bigorre, 
I*u»  Geoftht — Some  one  has  seen  you  somewhere  in  the  Pyrenees;  will  you  not 
^i  Bigorre  on  your  war,  and  come  and  fjicnd  a  few  dnya  with  ns  ?  It  would 
(b«r  my  bosbiind  up  to  e«c  youj  his  cough  is  troublcsuma  still,  though  he  is  greatly 
txttcr  tbao  when  wo  left  the  rectory.  There  are  one  or  two  nieo  peojitc  in  the  place. 
I  Mn  nre  yon  would  si*nd  a  fiw  pleasant  dnys.  Wo  have  the  three  Vulliamcys, 
Ur.  uul  Mrs.  Pcntou,  and  OIgn  Ilalbert;— tliat  poor  Mrs.  Ilnlbert,  too,  is  with  them; 
Bn  fhildi«u  make  great  frienils  with  ours.  Mrs.  Uidbcrt  tells  us  she  knows  you. 
Slw  \*  very  much  altered  and  shnken  by  her  husband's  death,  though  one  cannot  but 
fwl  that  it  must  bo  more  a  shoek  thnn  a  Sdirow  to  her,  poor  woman.  The  Pentons 
■ad  Un.  Ilalbert  are  at  the  hotel.  She  ssj-S  tbcy  find  it  comfortahlo.  I  know  yon 
likt  being  independent  best,  otherwise  we  have  a  nice  little  room  for  yon,  and  shoald 
TOL.  XIII. — HO.  74.  12. 


«u 


TU  KtiTlII^ 


mueh  prefer  btvlng  jou  trich  lu  nlitto  yaa  tiny.  Tho  chiidniii  uv  amruliiftg,  rh 
]  cx|>(<ct  luf  iM(cr  Lucy  tojuio  uiian  lew  Unj^  iJo  txy  un\  Cuiuc,  and  gii*  walll 
f^ut;  del  vf  iilciuurc, 

Alletlionateljr  youK, 

UuiT  SimiL 

P.S.— I  Uinll  Bcn.ll  Oii«  la  BL  Juucs'it  Place  on  ihc  cliance  that  tt  laaj  be  forwaiiJc4 
tuick  a^Ain  lo  joa  with  your  otbcr  Suttun. 


Smith  rend  the  letter  and  tore  it  up  sbiieuilj,  and  thnw  it  on  tfat 
gr«uad.  ]  lo  woaM  not  go  to  B'tgoirc  ;  he  was  post  llic  ag«  dT  scntuneat  f 
hu  would  nevur  iiinrry  ;  lie  did  nut  want  to  we  E«thcr  ngnJii  nnd  destRy'' 
Lin  iTinuiibnincc  of  licr,  or  miikc  a  foul  uf  himself  [>crliups,  and  bo  bonad 
to  X  woman  hardened  by  raiaforlune,  hy  long  contact  ivith  worldly  mlndf, 
"by  devotion  to  tin  unwortliy  object.  Uow  could  sbc  prefer  Il&lbert  to 
me?  Smith  lliought,  with  an  Bttvneod  self-coasciouene^a.  Ksther  wtu  a 
clover  woman:  iliu  had  thought  ftir  heTself;  iibe  Deeded  a  ct'itnio  intellcc- 
tiid  calibre  orcompaaionahip.  IlidScrt  cultivoted  Iila  whirOcn^;  Mt  beat 
mpivntioos  w€ic  after  Lady  X  and  Y  and  Z  and  their  tca-parCica;  ani 
llii-ii  SiiiUh  wimderud  avrny  fnjin  {vjor  UaJI)crt,  who  wm  gono  iinw,  to  Um 
lovely  night  I)L-forc  him. 

It  WAS  not  K>  much  tlic  view  na  lh«  bcantiru)  fires  which  were  ligliti 
it  tip.  It  colour  wnit  like  music — ^if  one  could  write  it  down,  Jiud  |: 
for  good — iho  gleaniR  of  »u<lili-n  sweetness,  tlic  inoJulation,  tiic  gnal 
bunting  symphonitn  of  light  thrilling  from  a  million  notes  at  aaca  tola 
rne  gri';it  triiimpUil  harmony:  if  tlic  jxififion  of  lorHinviw^I  know  no 
lieltt:r  wonl — ^whtcli  Kcma  alt  about  us  at  tiiues,  could  be  writtca  doini, 
one  would  need  words  that  sliould  clmnge  and  dnopen  and  xwulen  with 
the  rcadei'a  mood,^and  alilft  for  ever  Into  conibinatloiia  torely  and  jet 
more  lovely. 

Smith  was  looking  still  ;vitb  a  heart  fiill  of  gratiluJo  and  adiuinitioD,' 
when  he  heard  a  step  upcii  tha  gmTcl  walk.  He  turned  round  to  aec  whs 
wu  con'iing.  Won  tliii  an  enchanti-d  city  he  had  come  lo  f  A  tidl  altm 
figure  nf  H  woman  in  bbck  robes  advaucfd  iilong  the  gr^ivcl  walk  and 
Cninu  to  the  uvi'.rhiingtng  terrace  where  lie  was  slaading.  Alaa  I  it  was  no 
enchantment.  The  gsnii  bad  not  brought  his  princcES  on  thdr  wings,  ll 
Vint  no  one  he  hsd  cyit  seni  beforo—no  Gallow  (ace  witli  the  ywiret  brighl 
Jock  in  it;  it  was  ciily  u  haudsoUKa-Iooking  young  wonum,  one  of  lli«^| 
lliouaamU  lliure  are  iu  the  world,  with  pcoch-rcd  cheeks  and  brighi  kci-a 
i-yv*,  wli'.'  glunocd  at  hiui  siupidouiily-  Tvio  gre«t  black  IbaUters  nae 
liaaging  fn-tn  ti«r  hfit;  hor  long  rilk  gown  rippled  in  tha  sunshine  ftnl: 
her  hiack  silk  cloak  was  fastened  round  her  neck  by  a  mlv^rr  cU^. 

It  Wfu)  a  vlTv  eluirniiug  npparition,  Bmith  thougiit,  tltuugh  it  was  nek' 
the  one  he  had  ho]M.d  ibr — iIkta  wm  nothing  graciaus  about  lliis  wcU< 
grown  young  lady.  TkiH  was  no  Esther— lliin  was  not  a  woman  wlp 
would  cItnnuA  her  mind  a  dosen  tini<N)  a  ^tny,  who  would  be  w«ak  and 
foolish  and  tMistAil  ahvaya.  LJcuflrj'  was  half  repellinl,  lialf  attrsctrd  hy 
tilt  keen   Jfivniiintd  face,  the  finn- moulded  linea.     lie  might  not  have 


I 


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XO  ESTUEIL  235 

tliought  twice  aboQt  liei  at  SDother  time ;  but  in  tliia  golden  Eolitudo  and 
Garden  of  Eden  it  almost  seemed  aa  if  a  companion  was  wanted.  He  had 
been  contented  enough  until  novf  with  a  shadowy  friend  of  his  own 
csorcising.  The  lady  in  black,  aAer  looking  at  tlie  view  for  a  second, 
turned  round  and  walked  away  again  as  deliberately  as  she  had  come, 
and  he  presently  followed  her  example  for  want  of  Gomethtng  better  to  do. 
The  hillfl  were  still  melting,  roses  were  flushing  and  scenting  the  air, 
insects  floating  as  before ;  but  Smith,  whose  train  of  thought  had  been 
disturbed,  turned  his  back  upon  all  their  lorehness  aud  strolled  into  the 
liouae  to  aiik  if  his  breakfast  was  ready, 

Frim-fitce,  who  was  busy  at  a  great  carved  cupboard,  seemed  amazed 
at  the  question.  "  You  have  not  seen  the  cathedral  yet :  traveliera  always 
go  over  the  cathedral  before  the  dejt&ner.  Wo  have  had  to  catch  and  kill  the 
fowl,"  Id  an  aggrieved  tone.  "  Encore  vingt  minutes  n'est-cc  pas,  Auguate  1 " 
■hrieka  the  woman  suddenly,  without  budging  from  her  place. 

"  Vingt  minutes,"  repeats  a  deep  voice  from  somewhere  or  other  behiuil 
the  great  cupboard,  and  there  was  no  more  to  be  said  on  the  subject. 

Smith  spent  the  twenty  minutes  during  which  his  chicken  was  grilling 
and  hia  potatoes  frizzling,  in  a  great  lolly  cathedral.  It  stands  on  the  very 
summit  of  the  hill,  high  above  the  town  and  the  surrounding  plains ;  wide 
flights  lead  to  the  great  entrance,  the  walls  and  roof  are  bore,  but  of 
hewitifal  and  generous  proportions :  lofty  arches  vault  high  overhead. 
The  Bunaliine,  which  seems  weird  and  goblin  in  the  city,  falls  here  with  a 
more  aolemn  light :  alout  gleams  flit  across  the  marble  pavement  as  the 
great  door  swings  on  its  hinges  and  footfalls  echo  in  the  distance.  Sniitli 
seemed  to  recognize  the  j>kcc  somehow — it  looked  familiar :  the  rough 
beautiful  arches,  the  vastuess,  the  dest^rtion  ;  no  priests,  no  one  praying, 
no  glimmer  of  shrines  and  candles ;  only  space,  silence,  light  from  the 
Is^e  window,  only  a  solemn  figure  of  an  abbot  lying  upon  hia  marble  bed 
»itb  a  date  of  three  huadi-ed  years  ago. 

Smith  remembered  dreaming  of  such  a  pluce  in  his  old  homo  years  oud 
yean  bt:fore,  when  ho  was  a  boy,  and  had  never  even  heard  Esther's 
name.  The  abbot  on  his  marble  bed  seemed  familiar,  the  placid  face,  the 
jaticnt  hands,  the  dog  crouching  at  his  feet.  A  great  gleam  of  sun  from 
a.  window  overhead  streaked  aud  lighted  the  marble,  timith  sat  down  on 
the  Btfp  of  the  tomb  and  looked  up  at  the  great  window,  A  white 
pigeon  with  a  beautiful  breast  shining  ia  the  sun  was  sitting  upon  the  mul- 
liua.  It  sat  for  a  time,  and  then  it  flew  away  with  a  sudden  rush  across 
Uie  violet  blue  sky.  Smith  did  not  move,  but  waited  in  a  tranquil,  gentle 
fruue  of  mind,  like  that  of  a  person  who  is  dreaming  bcautiHil  dreams,  nor 
had  waited  very  long  when  he  seemed  to  be  conscious  of  people  approach- 
iog,  voices  and  footatepa  coming  nearer  and  nearer,  until  at  last  they  were 
Kniewhere  close  at  hand,  and  ho  overheard  the  following  uninteresting 
conversation  between  two  voices. 

"  \Vhy  don't  thuy  do  it  up  with  chintz  if  they  are  so  poor  T  diintz 
co«ts  next  to  notliing,     I  am  sure  that  lily  of  tlic  valley  and  ribbon 

n—% 


2Sft 


TO  ESTHER. 


paucrn  in  my  dresbg-ioom  6oem»  tis  if  St  nerd'  would  wear  ont.  T  th 
Hiying  to  Iludann  onl/  the  otliiT  d>iy,  '  Ttaill/,  HudsoDi  I  think  wliil;:  we 
arc  away  you  must  get  »oni«  new  ccwrs  for  my  drciaing-room.' " 

Hero  n  iweoQtl  rnicc  iiitcriuplcd  viith — "CharlM,  do  you  renientior 
Rny  allution  lo  St.  Berirand  in  Jtiauaon's  Lives  of  the  IStsinta?  I  nawl 
the  l»olc  T*ry  enrcfully,  but  I  ciinnot  fci'I  qiiito  certnio." 

To  wliicli  llie  first  volcu  n'j«incd — "Wliy,  01g«,  I  Ao  W0DJ«r  ycu 
don't  reiDombcr.  I  lliiuk  Chark-a  lins  n  very  bud  nicinor^*  indeed.  And 
so  have  T  ;   hut  ^ou  rrod  ta  inticli.'' 

CIviHot  now  siwVe.  "  Here,  Mirn,  look  at  litis  a-bm — a-interating 
mciiiimuit. — lo  U)9  riglit)  Mini,  to  tho  tight.  You  aT«  wttlking  away 
from  it." 

"  Dear  me,  Cliarlcs  I  what  a  Jroll  creature.  Uo  puts  mc  ia  mind  of 
Uncle  John." 

"  I  cauncl  lielp  thinking,"  Cliarlwt  luiiil  iinprewirclj',  "  iL&t  lhi»  is  tli« 
plncc  Lady  Kidderminster  wsa  dccwribing  at  A:cmiaitter  Koujv.  J  an 
almost  eoDvineod  of  it." 

"  Why  Oon'L you  a»k  hm?"  said  llie  Olga  voice  ;  upon  which  Smltli 
iicitrd  Clinrlcs  saying  rapidly  and  speaking  hi«  words  all  in  a  etriag  as  it 
were — 

"Lady-KldilerminBier-a-fti?-beauconp-frappco-par-nno-CntJiedralc- 
daaa-les-PyrfJin^cs.  Est-ce-xpi'cllo-a-pnsw-pw-ici  ?  ...  I  am  butc — J — n 
begjcur  pHriJfin, — I  Ii.id  not  pitrceiTod— '"nnd  a  Stout  coswqueQtial-lotiL- 
inggeiitl^iiiitn,  wiio  wjisin  the  niidiltcofhintunlunot;,  stumbled  orcr  Smith's 
mnhrella,  while  !;mith,  hull' amused,  half  proToked ,  rose  tram  his  scat  and 
(ccmcil  to  the  speaker  (o  ctaorge  suddeaty,  I'ed  beard  and  all,  Trom  iba 
lomh.     Siira  gave  n  little  sereatn,  Qlga  looked  araused. 

"  1  tnist  I  hare  not  xenously  itijiircd — a-lim ! — anytliing,"  saiil  the 
gentleman  ;  "  we  vrcrg  ejtamiiiing  this — n — relic,  and  h.id  not  obaervcd — ^ 
Smith  niado  a  little  bow,  and  another  to  the  beautiful  apptirition  on  the 
t«rrace,  whom  he  recogniied.  Next  to  her  was  standing  anothor  very 
haudsontc  youngiBh  lady,  stout,  fair,  and  grandly  dressed,  who  graciously 
jicknowledgnLl  hi*  grootinj^,  while  Olg.t  uligbtly  tossed  her  head,  as  wa*  her 
■way  when  Am  rhought  liorwlf  piilicularly  irresiitihlB.  Behind  Uieni  the 
cur«  wflB  wniting — a  sad,  htavy-foaturtil  man,  lu  thick  country  ahoeai 
■whose  shjibliy  gown  fl.ipptd  against  Iiia  legs  as  he  walked  wlili  tiia  head 
ivoarily  bent.  He  only  shrugged  his  shoulders  al  the  many  qucstioiy 
which  were  put  to  him.  Such  ns,  Why  didn't  tlioy  put  in  ituiucd  gtax 
windows?  wasn't  it  very  cold  in  wititLT?  wa.'t  he  sure  he  dida't  remember 
Lady  Kidderminster  ?  Leading  the  wayt  he  ojiencd  a  side  door,  through 
which  -Smith  s.iw  a  beautilul  old  ctoistvrr  with  a  range  of  violet  hills  gleam- 
ing through  tJio  archoa.  It  was  unexpected,  likv  u  delightful  surprise,  and 
gare  htm  a  sudden  thrill  of  pleasure. 

"  What  a  delightful  place  you  have  here,"  he  said  to  the  guide.  "  1 
think  I  should  like  lo  stay  allogcthcr." 

"  Not  nwny  jiL'^iplu  care  lo  pnsa  by  this  way  now,"  aaid  the  CUT^.     "U 


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ia  out  of  the  road ;  ihey  do  not  like  to  bring  tlitlr  horsea  up  (Le  steep 
ascent  Yea,  it  io  a  pretty  point  de  vue.  I  come  here  of  on  cveiiiiig 
sometimes." 

"  Extremely  bo,"  said  Jlira.  "  Olga,  do  you  know  I  nm  so  tired?  I 
am  convinced  that  I  want  bracing.  I  wish  we  had  gone  to  Brighton 
in£tead  of  coming  to  this  hot  place. — Charles,  do  you  think  the  'dijeftner* 
is  ready  ?     I  am  quite  exhausted,"  &be  went  on,  in  the  same  breath. 

"  Would  ces  dames  care  to  see  the  vestments  7  "  the  curate  asked,  a 
little  wistfully,  seeing  them  prepare  to  go. 

"  Oh'U-merci,  we  are  rather  pressed  for  time,"  Charles  was  beginning, 
when  Smith  saw  that  the  man  looked  disappointed,  and  said  be  should 
Kke  to  see  thorn.  Olga,  as  they  called  her,  shook  out  her  draperies,  and 
told  Charles  they  might  as  well  go  through  with  the  farce,  and  Mira 
meekly  towered  alter  her  husband  and  sister.  These  are  odious  people, 
poor  Smith  thought.  The  ladies  arc  handsome  enough,  but  they  are  like 
About's  description  of  his  two  heroines:  "L'une  ^tait  une  statue,  I'autre 
une  poupce."  This  statue  seemed  always  complacently  contemplating  ita 
own  pedestal.  In  the  sacriatie  there  were  only  one  or  two  I'elics  and 
Testmenta  to  be  seen,  and  a  large  book  open  upon  a  desk. 

"  People  sometimes,"  said  the  cur^,  humbly  shuffling  and  looking 
&jly  up,  "  inscribe  their  names  in  this  book,  with  some  slight  donation 
tcwards  the  repairs  of  the  church." 

"  I  thought  as  much,"  said  Olga,  while  Charles  pompously  produced 
liis  purse  and  b^aii  fumbling  about.  Smith  was  touched  by  the  wistful 
Icoks  of  the  guide.  This  church  was  his  child,  his  companion,  and  it  was 
starving  for  want  of  food.  He  wrote  his  name — "  Mr.  Geoffry  Smith  " — 
and  put  down  a  napoleon  on  the  book,  where  the  last  entry  was  three 
mouths  old,  of  two  franca  which  some  one  had  contributed.  The  others 
opened  their  eyes  as  they  saw  what  had  happened.  The  curb's  gratitude 
and  delight  amply  repaid  Geoffry,  who  Iiad  more  napoleons  to  spend  than 
lie  could  well  get  through.  The  pompous  gentleman  now  advanced,  and  in 
a  large,  aristocratic  hand  inscribed, — "Mr.  and  Mrs.  Penton,  ofPenton;" 
"  Miss  llalbcrt."  And  at  the  same  time  Mr.  Penton  glanced  at  the  nams 
DTer  his  own,  and  suddenly  gleamed  into  life,  in  that  way  which  is  peculiar 
to  ptople  who  suddenly  recognize  a  desirable  acquaintance. 

"Mr.  Smith,  I  have  often  heard  your  name.  You  knew  my  poor 
IrolLer-in-law,  Frank  Halbert,  I  believe. — Mrs.  Penton — Miss  Ilalbert. — 
A  moat  curious  and  fortunate  chance — hm-a ! — falling  in  with  one 
another  in  this  out-of-the-way  portion  of  the  globe.  Perhaps  we  may 
fce  travelling  in  the  same  direction  1  we  are  on  our  way  to  Bigorre,  where 
wc  rejoin  our  sister-in-law,  Mrs,  Frank  Ilalbort." 

fiooffry  felt  as  if  it  was  the  finger  of  Fate  interfering,  lie  followed 
tliL'tn  mechauically  out  into  the  street. 

"  How  hot  the  sun  strikes  upon  one's  liead.  Do  you  dislike  it? — I 
*1<J,"  said  Mis.  Penton,  graciously,  as  they  walkud  back  to  the  hotel 
tistthcr.    .    .    . 


nnswn-fl.m  lilv  to  ilm  pronlnns 
ttni  ttcKtt  whidi  Imvo  liatintcl  nntl  vcxcJ  ihcir  joatli.  I«  it  m 
UM  if  Boiiio  questicns  word  novtrr  Ui  !«  lumvrerod,  Rome  iloulitn  ncrcr  to  b» 
M'lvcil.  Right  and  vtrr-ng  6ticm  1o  ebaiigc  nnd  lik-nil  its  lllo  goes  on,  an  do 
tlie  alt«mnti)  lioiiri  6f  liglit  and  dnrkneu.  Pevhapi  iome  folitB  knew  riglit 
from  wrong  nlivnyaanJatall  limes.  But  there  are  others  w«aV  mid  inncft- 
Biatcnt,  who  seem  t«  liie  onlj*  lo  regret.  They  ask  thcmsclvca  with  dmaaj,  . 
looltiiig  bncfc  nt  the  [laBt— SViw  that  mo  niywlf  f  Could  that  hare  hecn 
mc?  That  person  going  about  with  the  hani  ami  angry  hcurt :  that 
person  uttviiDg  cruel  and  wnfiirgiving  wtrnls  ;  tlint  person  thinkinj 
thnuglitii  that  my  bouI  abhon?  Poor  Esther  I  Oitcn  and  oflea  or  his 
her  own  ghnst  lta<]  ccnne  t«  haunt  her,  aa  it  hnd  bauiitci]  Stnilli — soine- 
lim^q  in  n  girliiili  gtils?,  tf^tidtr,  impetiimi*,  unworn  nnd  iinMiled,  nai 
uiarnrtcl  by  thu  nnycido  wi!.ir.  ilii'  thorns  Knd  the  dnitt  of  ViSf,  At  other 
times — ai  she  c^uld  remember  hcncif  nt  one  timn  cf  Iivr  lilv — fbotidi,  _ 
infiiliiati^d,  ninJ,  and  btind — oh,  how  blind  !  lier  tlrvnm  did  not  last  very  ■ 
Inng ;  she  awoke  lYoni  it  soon.  It  was  not  much  of  a  story.  8he  WM  ■ 
woman  MOW.  She  was  a  girl  when  she  fir«t  kn«w  her  htubnud,  and  anotlipr 
who  shp  once  thought  would  have  bi-pn  her  husband.  Hhe  h»l  bat  to 
choose  httwttn  them.  Tliat  wns  all  her  story  ;  and  she  took  in  hef  hnnil 
and  then  put  nway  the  lenden  casket  wilh  tlia  tmiure  iuBid«,  whtlo  ■bo 
kept  llie  gliltering  Hilvcr  nnil  gold  for  hvr  portion. 

Bi>tro  Qh!K  h«  that  ehndoiTs  kits  ; 

8oine  liikT*  lint  n  ihitio'a'a  ItUai. 

Poor  EslhtT !  hw  irlmJowfl  aeon  fled,  parted,  dccpcbcd  into  night; 
and  long  sad  years  nuccecdcd  one  nnotlicr !  trouble  and  pain  and  hard- 
ne.s«  of  heart,  and  bitter,  litter  pangs  of  rci^retj  TeniorBe  of  paniotuiio 
cdort  af\vt  right,  aftw  pwiec,  and  cn»pl  ftiilnrcm  ntid  hiimili^liooB.  Ko 
one  ovur  knew  iht  life  that  Kj-ttror  HhHxtI  Ipd  ftir  tho  mi  jean  oTter  ill* 
tnnrricd.  Once  in  an  agt>ny  of  grivf  luid  hiimilinti«n  shs  rscapcd  to  hcr 
Btfpmothcr  with  her  little  girl.  Lady  Ftmny  pilicd  hf^r,  gnT«  hu-  aonie 
liinclicon,  talked  good  pcn.se.  Old  Colonel  OlHrar  aneercd,  as  was  Iiix 
woy,  nnd  lotd  hU  dauf;htcr  to  go  homft  in  n  cab.  Ha  coold  Dot  adriao 
her  ronmining  wUh  liim,  nnd,  in  xhort,  it  was  iinposdblQ, 

"  You  niiirriciJ  Frunk  with  your  cyesppcn,"  hcEoid.  " Ton Inie v vetl 
pnniiRh  what  you  wei-e  about  when  yoti  threw  orur  thtit  poor  fellow  Smith, 
ajt  if  he  had  bpcu  nn  old  nhoc ;  and  now  you  murt  m;ikt'  the  bett  of  what 
yon  have.  I  am  not  goin^  to  have  a  scandal  in  the  Dtniily,  and  a  danrhter 
without  a  husband  coiutniitly  about  Hm  house.  I'll  talk  to  IlaJbvrt  and 
ftvL-  if  mailers  can't  l)C  mended ;  hut  you  wilt  be  Jisgraci^  if  ynti  Irarc 
him,  and  you  are  in  a  rery  good  poRJlion  as  you  are.  Injured  wiftv 
patient  endurance — that  siort  of  thing — nothing  could  ho  hotter."  M 

Enther,  with  rttmly  i-jea  iiml  ciuircring  Hpa,  tiovily  turned  away  aa 
her  6thcr  npoke.  Lady  Fanny,  ht-r  stepmother,  Wn»  iho  kindest  of  tlic 
two,  and  talked  to  her  aboiit  her  oliildren'B  werfjiif^,  aad  Mid  »h«  wonW 
diivc  her  buck  ia  her  broughjim.      I'oor  E^tha-  danwl,  (ick  at  ko«rt; 


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she  tliougbt  that  if  it  were  not  Tor  her  Jncic  and  lier  Prissa  slie  would  go 
nway  and  nerer  come  bock  egnia.  Ah,  what  a  life  it  was;  what  r  weary 
dtiluaion,  eren  for  the  happiest — even  for  those  who  obtained  their  heart's 
desire  !  Site  had  a  great  burst  of  cryii^,  and  then  she  was  better  and 
said  meekly,  Yes,  nhe  would  go  liomo,  and  devote  hei-self  to  her  little  ones, 
and  try  to  bear  witli  Frank.  And  she  mnde  a  vow  that  she  would  com- 
plain DO  more,  »»ce  tliis  was  all  thiit  came  to  her  when  she  told  her 
Iroublefl  to  those  who  might  have  been  a  little  sorry.  Esther  kept  her 
TOW.  Was  it  her  good  angel  that  prompted  her  to  make  it?  Ilalbcrt  fell, 
out  hunting,  and  was  brought  home  senstlesa  only  a  few  days  al^r,  and 
Esther  nursed  him  tenderly  and  faithfully:  when  he  moaned,  she  forgave 
and  for^t  every  pain  he  had  ever  inflicted  upon  her,  every  cruel  word  or 
doubt  or  BU-spicion.  He  never  rallied ;  and  the  doctors  looked  graver  and 
graTeff  until  at  last  Frank  Halbcrt  died,  holding  his  wife's  hand  in  his. 

The  few  first  weeks  of  their  married  life,  these  last  sad  days  of  pain 
and  Hufiering,  Eeemed  to  her  all  that  she  had  lefl  to  lier ;  nil  the  terrihlo 
time  between  she  blotted  out  and  forgot  as  best  she  could,  for  she  would 
dnleb  her  children  suddenly  in  her  amis  when  sickening  memories  over- 
powered her,  and  so  lurget  and  forgive  at  once.  For  kooic  time  Esthur 
was  shocked,  shaken,  nervous,  starting  at  every  word  and  every  sound, 
bnt  by  degrees  she  gained  strengtli  and  new  courage.  Wlien  she  came  to 
Bigorre  she  was  looking  better  than  she  had  done  for  years ;  and  no 
wonder :  her  life  was  peaceful  now,  and  silent ;  cruel  sneers  and  utterances 
Iwl  paSBi-d  out  of  it.  The  indignities,  all  tlie  miseries  of  her  post  years, 
were  over  for  ever ;  only  their  best  blessiDgii,  Juck  and  Prinsa,  remained 
10  her ;  and  she  prayed  ivith  all  her  tender  mother's  heart  that  they  might 
grow  up  different  from  either  of  their  parents,  good  and  strong  and 
wise  and  upright — unlike  her,  unJiko  their  father. 

The  Pcntons,  who  were  good-natured  people  in  ihcir  way,  had  asked 
her  to  come  ;  and  Esliier,  who  was  too  luxy  to  sny  no,  had  agreed,  and  was 
grateful  to  them  for  persuading  her  to  accompany  them.  She  liked  the 
place.  The  bells  sounding  nt  all  the  hours  with  tlieir  sudden  musical 
cadence,  the  cheery  stir,  the  cavulcndes  aniving  from  the  mountains,  the 
haracsses  jingling,  the  country-folks  passing  and  repassing,  the  convents 
tinkling,  Carmes  close  at  hand,  Curmchtes  a  little  farther  down  Iho 
rtreet, — the  streams,  the  prclty  shudy  walks  among  the  hills,  the  pastoral 
Valley  where  the  goats  and  the  cattle  were  browsing ; — it  was  nil  bright 
nnd  sunshine  and  charming.  Little  Piissa  in  hor  big  sun-boniict,  and  Jack 
helping  to  push  the  pcrauibulator,  went  up  every  morning  to  the  Salut, 
along  a  road  widi  shady  trees  growing  on  either  side,  which  led  to  soiuq 
UiUs  in  tl)c  mountain.  One  day  the  children  came  home  in  much  excite- 
ment, to  say  they  had  seen  a  horse  in  a  chequed  cotton  dveasing-gown,  and 
"ith  two  pnir  of  trowscrs  on.  But  their  greatest  delight  of  alt  was  the 
i^panianl  of  Digorrc  with  his  pack.  Esther  scon  grew  horribly  tired  of  seeing 
him  parading  about  in  a  dress  something  between  a  brigand  nnd  a  circus- 
rider,  but  I'rissa  and  Jack  never  wearied,  and  the  dream  of  their  outgoing 


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ttnd  ineeming  woa  to  ncct  him.  IVtssa's  otiter  dnnm  of  jMribct  happi 
WM  drinking  tea  on  lie  leri-acc  at  tbc  Ch&k-t  vrilh  litlli:  Gvoffrj-  nnd  Lucy 
And  Lena  Smith,  whore  they  nil  worthippcd  die  Spaniard  together,  and 
lull]  vae  another  sturiM  itbout  the  Tuniiy  horse  and  tJie  liltle  [ug  tluit  Cried 
to  cat  out  of  Lena'H  horul.  Tlielr  one  troublo  waa  that  Modonoiwlte 
nonchon  mnde  them  tell  thdr  adventtiros  in  French.  At  nil  events  thejr 
could  lavffh  in  English,  und  slie  neri-r  found  it  out.  Lady  Mary  would 
c<»ov  «ttl  nuiltng  while  the  tea  was  going  «n,  and  nod  bcr  kind  cap- 
ribboni  at  them  aU.  She  vas  a  portly  and  good-bumourad  pcnton  vho 
did  rootiflh  things  somctinips,  and  wu  Ibnd  of  intcrreiing  and  trying  to 
ntAlca  people  hnppy  her  own  way.  She  hnd  L-ikm  a  fiincy  to  Esther,  and 
one  day — ingi'niuus  L-idy  Miir)- — *hu  Kaid  lo  lit^rwlf,  "  I  am  rare  this 
woiild  dtf  for  pwr  CcofiVy  :  he  cngbt  to  marry.  Thia  ia  the  Tury  thing. 
Dear  roc,  I  wish  he  would  corae  here  Tor  a  day  or  two,"  and  she  went  bnek 
into  her  room  and  actually  wrote  to  him  to  come. 

The  two  Uidi«t  went  lo  the  Mrvice  of  the  Cannes  that  evening.  It  was 
llio  fashion  lu  gu  and  listen  ior  the  voice  of  one  of  ihe  itiatiloi.  There  was 
a  huntle  of  couipiiny  rastling  in  :  smart  people  were  coining  up  throogh 
the  dnrlccnlng  atreel«;  old  French  IhcHim  protected  by  their  little  nuiidi, 
arriving  witli  their  "heurea"  in  lltelr  hnnds  ;  lights  glcanicd  in  tlm 
windows  here  and  there,  nnd  in  tliu  chttjic!  of  the  convent  a  bbxe  of  wax 
and  wick,  and  anilldal  tlowcrs,  nnd  tiiuniphanl  mnxie.  It  was  a  lovely 
Yoioe,  thrilling  beyond  the  oihers,  pathetic  with  b«»uiirui  tonus  of  subdued 
passionate  expression.  The  Caruie  who  s.'uig  to  them  ww  r  baadaoaM 
young  man,  very  pnlc,  with  a  bliiclc  crisp  brard :  his  bead  oTeriookod  all 
tho  others  aa  they  came  uiid  weul  with  tlicir  llaming  Itipera  in  mystic 
progreEaions.  Was  it  sometliiug  in  the  man's  voioe,  aome  pathetic  cndvuce 
which  recalled  other  tones  to  which  Esther  had  liateaed  onoe  in  her  life, 
and  thnt  of  late  years  she  bad  scarcely  dared  lo  reuember?  Was  it 
chance,  waa  it  fiite,  was  it  some  strange  pteaenliuitnE  of  hid  approach, 
whidi  inadc  Kischcr  begin  to  tiiink  of  Bcmc,  and  of  the  days  when  she 
lirst  km-w  Gcoffry,  and  of  the  uine  before;  she  m.irricd?  Art  slie  thought 
of  old  days  nhe  seemed  to  see  SniJiIi's  kind  blue  eya  looking  at  her,  and 
to  hear  his  voice  soiuiding  through  the  muaic.  How  oficn  she  hod  lunged 
to  set)  him — how  well  she  remembered  him — tlie  inio  hoarl,  tl)«  good 
ftiend  of  her  youth. 

Eaihcr's  heart  stirred  with  Tcincmhrances  of  things  Jar  for  away  from 
die  convent  anil  its  prayers  and  fuxtiiigs  and  pcnancca.  Ponauoe  and 
fahting^i  and  vigila — suoh  tilings  fJiuuld  be  her  portion,  she  tliought,  by 
rights ;  and  it  was  with  a  pang  of  ahnmo,  of  remorse,  of  bitter  r^rct,  and  of 
frL-»h  remorse  for  the  pang  itself,  that  she  rose  from  her  knees — tlm  sorricu 
over,  the  music  silent,  and  ivax-li^hla  extinguished — and  came  out  into 
the  njglil  with  lii;r  (i'iuid-  As  they  were  walking  up  liit  atr«et  Lady  Mary 
Euid  quietly  and  uiiconinJouitty  itiough,  though  Esther  started  guiltily  and 
asked  hireulf  if  she  had  been  speaking  her  thought*  aloud — 

"Mrs.  Ualbcrt,  did  you  ever  meet  my  husbauJ'a  cousin,  Jvff  Smilli? 


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TO  ESTHER.  241 

I  heitr  ho  is  in  the  Pyrenees ;  I  am  writing  to  him  to  come  and  stay  with 
1U,  he  is  auch  a  good  fellow." 

Esther,  if  she  had  learnt  nothing  else  since  the  old  Bomon  days,  had 
learnt  at  least  to  control  herself  and  to  apeak  quietly  and  indifferently, 
though  her  eyes  suddenly  filled  with  tears  and  there  came  a  strange 
choking  in  her  throat.  Her  companions  noticed  nothing  as  Mrs.  Holb^ 
said,  "  Yes,  she  had  known  him  at  Kome,  but  that  she  had  not  seen  him 
for  years." 

"  Ah,  then,  you  must  renew  your  acquaintance,"  Lady  Mary  said ; 
adding,  abruptly,  "  Do  you  know,  I  hear  n  Carmelite  is  going  to  moke 
ber  profesuon  next  week  :  we  must  go.  These  things  are  horrible,  and 
yet  they  fascinate  me  somehow." 

"  What  a  touching  voice  that  was,"  said  Esther.  "  It  afiected  me 
quite  curiously."     To  which  Lady  Mary  replied, — 

"  I  remember  that  man  last  year :  he  has  not  had  time  to  emaciate  him- 
self to  a  mummy.  He  sat  next  me  at  the  lable-d'hfite,  and  we  all  remarked 
him  for  being  so  handsome  and  pleasant,  and  for  the  quantities  of  cham- 
pngne  he  drank.  There  was  a  little  quiet  dark  man,  his  companion. 
They  used  to  go  out  riding  together,  and  ait  listening  to  the  music  at  the 
Thermes.  There  was  a  ball  there  one  night,  and  I  remember  seeing  the 
young  fellow  dancing  with  a  beautiful  Russian  princess." 
"  Well?"  said  Esther,  listening  and  not  listening. 
"  Well,  one  day  he  didn't  come  to  dinner,  and  the  little  dark  man  sot 
next  me  nlonc.  I  asked  alter  my  neighbour ;  heard  he  had  left  the  place, 
bat  Marguerite — you  know  the  handsome  chamber-maid — told  me,  under 
breath,  tli.it  Jean  had  been  dcisired  to  take  the  handsome  gentleman's 
portmanteau  down  on  a  truck  to  the  convent  of  the  Cannes ;  a  monk  Iiad 
received  it  at  the  garden  door,  and  tlutt  was  all  she  knew.  I  am  sure  I 
recognized  my  friend  to-night.  He  looked  as  if  he  knew  me  when  he 
cauic  round  with  the  purse." 

"  Poor  thing,"  said  Mrs,  Ilolbert,  sighing.  Esther  came  home  to  the 
Lotel,  flushed,  with  shining  eyes,  looking  like  site  used  to  look  ten 
years  ago.  She  found  Mrs.  Pentoa  asleep  in  the  dtting-ioom,  resting  her 
portly  person  upon  the  sofa.  Olga  w.is  nodding  solemnly  over  a  dubious 
French  novel.  Mr.  Penton  was  taking  a  nap  behind  his  Galignani — the 
limp  was  low.  It  all  looked  inexpressibly  dull  and  commonplace  after 
the  glimpses  of  other  lives  which  she  had  hod  that  night.  She  seemed 
lifter!  above  herself  somehow  by  the  strains  of  solemn  music,  by 
nemorics  of  tcndercst  love  and  hopeless  separation,  by  dreams  of  what 
Diight  have  been,  what  had  been  before  now,  of  the  devoliun  which 
bad  triumphed  over  all  the  natural  longings  and  aspirations  of  life. 
Could  it  bo  th/it  tliese  placid  people  were  of  the  same  race  and  make 
u  herself  and  others  of  whom  slie  liad  heard  7  Esther  crept  away  to  the 
Toorii  where  her  children  were  sleeping  in  their  little  cots  with  faithful 
old  Spicer  stitching  by  the  light  of  a  candle.  As  the  mother  knelt 
down  by  the  girl's  little  bed,  a  great  burst  of  silent  tears  seemed 

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TO  HSTiiRlt. 


to  n-1ii;vo  tier  heiiri,  and  iln  rri^  iumI  crii-Oi  tlw  tcanrvl^  darad  Itll 

liciMlfwIiy. 

Hare  you  ercr  teen  a  pictun)  painted  in.  black  an<l  tn  golil  7  Bluck- 
ro1>»l  uintfi,  St.  Dominie  nnd  oihc»,  on  a  golifpn  gloi^,  nra  tlie  only 
iaBtuiccs  I  can  cnl!  to  mind,  rxcrpt  nn  Iintinn  pninlcr'ti  f«ncy  oC  n  gol<)*i)- 
liainid  woniBii  in  hn  yellow  ilaiueiKk  rolx",  witli  *  myMcrioil*  binok  I»acfc- 
grouml  Wliinil  lit-r.  She  liad  a  look  (if  my  hcrcHne,  lliongb  Either 
Ilnlbert  is  tin  ugly  vronuin,  and  iho  |>icturt  ia  th«  Ilkenen  of  one  of  titow 
bfiftittiful  fair-haired  Vcu'etUns  whoeo  bmutjr  (while  (ippplo  arc  utill  MjiDf 
that  bmiity  fndei  amy  nnd  ptriiiltm)  ii  our^  nitvr  nil  tlie  ceiiluric*,  aiuL 
litui  been  ihv  mtinificciLt  gifl  of  Tiiian  nnO  liix  cotn|>i-ci's,  wlio  fint  discrmnl 
it,  to  the  unknown  gencnitiona  itint  vera  yet  to  be  bom  an<i  to  ndmire. 
Ax  one  Uitiki  nt  tin?  tender  fhce,  it  aMnia  alirci  even  now,  and  one  woDdem 
if  tliore  is  light  nnyivhcro  for  tKe  yellow  lady.  Cnn  tho  »p*  into  chat 
gluoia  of  pniitt  moru  cl^nrly  than  into  Iho  longgnlloiy  whwvihe  prapl« 
arc  pacing  and  the  painters  arc  vrorking  at  their  comIb?- — or  ia  the  ih 
blind  tw  tKc  re«t  of  us?  Po«a  «hn  gnicd  uncfltiMHous  of  all  that  nnrmunila 
herf  Does  she  foncy  hrrwlf  only  minute  pariiclea  of  oil  and  yellow 
ooliro  and  coIi>iirtng  innlttr,  never  gUffaing  tlial  kbe  is  ft  kImIc,  b«aatiiilt 
Willi  Rontinu'Ut,  alive  with  feeling  luii)  hannony  T  M 

I  daiesay  slic  is  blind  like  the  real  of  na,  ns  Esther  wan  Uiat  Friday  in  ■ 
July  wh«n  Jio  camo  hwrryins  through  the  midday  sunshine,  wilh  her  lilllo 
mn  acampcring  beside  her,  hilling  hia  huod  from  the  burning  rnya  ntnong 
tlie  long  ruhb  of  hisr  bhck  widow's  drcn. 

At  Bigorre,  in  the  Pyrtncea,  there  it  one  lilllc  apol  xhert  the  win's 
ny«  nero  lo  bum  with  iutenser  lintt — a  yHlun-  Idtne  of  light  amid 
blitck  and  luddt^  nhnde.  It  is  a  Utile  J'locs  U'ltdtng  to  the  Thurnrs. 
Tn  it  M  black  marhlo  fi>nnt!Lin  ftt^w^t,  with  n  olear  limpid  atrcfun,  and  a 
Hcrionii  inhTiptioii  still  n-itilcrs  gr.ico  for  benefits  rcccired  to  tlie  nynpfe 
of  the  heiiling  wnlers.  Arched  gate*  with  marble  comcr-fttonen,  window» 
closed  and  shnllered,  form  thrc>i>  lideR  of  the  little  ftf]iiflr^  ;  on  tlin  (bnrtti  ■ 
thfre  n  a  (inrdcn  behind  an  iron  railing,  whore  t.ill  Imllyhocks  nwl  tbeif  f 
hottdq,  rjiliil[iiu  flower  ami  gpent  ihe  air,  niid  great  l<eda  of  nargotrlltt 
and  aad  autiiiniial  jlonmra  lend  to  th«  |]ight  of  blaok  nuirble  HVf*  itt 
front  of  the  home. 

Eiither,   hurrying  along,  did  not   tUijt  to   Tpok   n-  to  notice, 
iraa  loo  busy  shicKIing   and  helping  little  blindi^l  Jack  to  akarry : 
the  bnming   do*ert,  aa   ho   called  it.      They  renchcd   tlic   aliady  atnM 
at  loat.      Juck  emerged   from  hie  moiWa  akirtc,  and   E»llier  atopfwd, 
hcMlnted,   and   looked    back    acroa    the    place    froin   whidi    they    hoj 
jnwt  com^.     The  «iin  wns  hlindiTi^  nnd  bnming,  givat  daxxling  patebcij 
wi-fo  in  her  eyes,  and  yet  It   w.ts  absiu-d  ;     but  ahe   oould 

help  lliinking  that  she  had  ticen  some  one  as  r\)c  crossed  :  a  fignro  tbabj 
rito  ei'cmod  to  ranrmUr  seeing — i-nlhcr  to  have  seen,  coming  down  tbo 
Wflck  marble  ntips  uf  the  hoase  in  the  gnnlcn — afigni'C  under  an  umbn-lh^ 


tej«  i« 

n«t 

hajl 

tbabl 
tho' 

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irhich  put  her  in  mind  of  mmc  one  ^e  ha,i  known.  It  was  absurd:  it 
waa  ■  fiinejr,  an  imagiaation ;  it  came  to  Intr  from  the  fooliBli  thongliti  sho 
had  iiidalgcd  in  of  late.  And  yet  she  looked  to  make  aure  that  such  was 
the  case ;  nad,  turning  her  head,  she  just  saw  in  the  dititaDCG  a  man  dressed 
in  white,  as  people  dren  in  the  Pyrenees,  walking  under  a  big  umbrella 
doira  the  opposite  strett,  which  leads  to  the  Baths.  Esther  smiled  at 
hcT  own  fancies.  An  umbrtilla  I  why  should  not  an  umbrelln  awnkcu 
associattotu  T 

"  Come  along,  mamma,"  Riid  Jack,  who  had  seen  nothing  but  the  folds 
of  his  mother's  dre»,  and  who  was  nut  haunted  by  DssuciationH  as  yet. 
"  Come  along,  mamma  ;  don't  stop  and  tliink." 

Esther  took  Jack's  little  outstretched  paw  into  her  long  slim  fingers, 
but  as  she  walked  along  the  shady  side  of  the  street — past  the  Moorn^i 
nhop-fronts  arclied  with  black  marble,  with  old  women  gosuping  in  the 
interiors,  and  while  Jack  stared  at  the  pnsaers-by,  at  a  monk  plodding  by 
vith  sandalled  feet,  at  a  bath-woman  balancing  an  enormous  machine  mi 
lier  head,  or  longed  ns  he  gnzed  at  the  beautiful  pcnclic-s  and  knitted  wool- 
work piled  on  the  shop  ledges,  Esther  went  dreaming  back  to  ten  years 
before,  wishing,  na  grown-up  people  wish,  not  for  the  good  things  spread 
before  titcm,  but  for  those  of  years  long  gone  by — for  the  fruit  long  since 
«aten,  or  rotten,  or  planted  in  the  gi-ound. 

"Mummy,  there's  the  Spaniard.  Oh  I  look  at  his  Ipgs,"  said  Jack, 
"they  are  uU  over  ribbons."  And  Esther,  to  plense  him,  Hmlled  and 
glanced  at  a  bandy-Ic^cd  mountebank  disposing  of  bairns  to  two 
credulous  Britons. 

"  Wliv,  tlicre'a  uncle  Pen  ton  come  b;ick,"  Jack  cried  in  great  excite- 
ment;  "he  is  buying  muflfetees.  Mammy,  come  and  see  wh.it  he  luia 
got,"  cried  Jnck,  trying  to  tug  away  bis  hand. 

"  Not  now,  dear,"  said  Esther.  The  slim  fingers  closed  upon  Jack's 
little  hand  with  too  lirui  n  groisp  fur  him  to  escape,  and  he  trudges  ou 
IK'ffurce. 

I'hcy  had  almost  reached  the  hotel  vhere  they  lived  1)y  this  time. 
Tlic  great  clock-tower  round  which  it  is  built  servca  as  a  landmark  nitd 
U-acuo.  The  place  w.is  all  alive — jangling  and  jingling  ;  voices  calling  to 
line  another,  people  poaung  and  repassing  along  the  wooden  g.-tllerics, 
bnT»c8  cinniping  in  tlic  court-yard.  A  riding-jiarty  had  just  arrived ; 
jellow,  pink,  red-cap]*d  serving-women  were  hurrying  about,  showing 
^ests  to  th<iir  chambers  or  escorting  them  across  the  road  to  the  depeii* 
dencics  of  the  house. 

As  Kitther  and  her  little  Iwy  were  walking  along  tlie  wooden  gallery 
which  led  to  her  rooms,  they  met  MoEters,  Mrs.  Penton's  maid,  who 
told  tfacm  witli  a  sniff  that  her  mistress  was  in  the  drawing-room. 

"  Was  Mrs.  Pcnton  tired  after  her  journey  last  night  ?  "  Estlier  asked. 
"  I  was  sorry  not  to  be  at  liomc  to  receive  her,  but  I  did  not  expect  yon 
till  to-day." 

"  No  wonder  she's  exliaaatcd,"  said  Maet««  i  "  not  a  cup  of  tea  have 


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we  'ad  since  we  ]efi  on  Tueaday-week.    Tliu/  wanted  iiie  to  t»ku  sumo 
tbdr  siroppy  tliinga.     t  ahaii'l  be  sorry  to  arc  Ilcalon  Tlucc  agnin,  I  kuuw." 

Mutcra  mm  cvidiMitly  muck  put  out,  und  Ext)t<ir  Imn-iud  oa  to  tiic 
•illing-rouiii,  where  k!ii!  found  Mrii.  Pviituii  lyinjj  doitn  us  asiul,  and 
Olj^i  in  A  aUitc  of  vxclttiiiii^iit,  ullcriitg  ihu  fr-attivni  in  her  hat. 

"Uowd'ye  do, dear?"  said  Mis.  Peiiton.    "  We  are  couw  lockn^in.' 

"  Wo  have  had  a  laoit  interesting  ^xcumon,"  caid  Oljja,  cvmuig  up 
kiss  hur  aitter-iii-liiw.     "  I  wiiJi  yuu  h;id  circd  to  leave  iho  cliitdn;n, 
Ssther.     You  might  bavo  visited  tlii>  Lnc  d'Oo,  aiul  thai  mint  remarkable 
niin,  St.  Bturt^nl  dc  Coiniiiiugi».     la  Jainiaon'a  fjvet  of " 

"  W"e  mot  ttuch  a  nice  pcrton,"  iotcmiplvd  Mrs.  Pi-ntwn.  "  Hv  came  to 
Bigurie  with  u«  in  aaotfaer  carriage,  tint  by  t!ie  aaw.  roiid.  Ele  kuons  yon, 
Esther,  aui!  he  and  Olga  iiisdc  greut  friends.  'I'hey  got  oa  cii|H(iilly  ovur 
the  cnthcdrnl,  aiid  he  kindly  fctclied  the  Klurr.iy  for  um.  W«  had  left  Ik 
en  ihv  iiihle  in  the  mUt-ii-maitgtr,  and  vicni  Tudly  nlhiid  wu  haJ  loat  II" 
AiiJ  Mrs.  Pcntuu  nuubJud  vn  lui'  u.  whuie  ImU  bvur,  uucouodvua  that  no 
one  was  liiitcniDg  to  her. 

Estlicr  bud  turned  quickly  to  Olga,  and  asked  who  tltia  was  who 
knew  her. 

"Oh,  I  dati»iiy  you  doD't  nHnwnber  tbe  nauie,"  uid  0%o,  nubcr 
consciously.      ''  Smith- — ^Mr.   Sinitik  ol'  Garatciii.      lie  toltl  mc  be  lialj 
known  you  nt  Hume,  hcfore  he  cantc  into  his  property." 

"  Did  he  aay  that  ?  "  Maid  Kstbcr,  Hushing  n  littlo. 

"  Or  before  yen  uiarriwl,  1  really  duu't  remenibcr,"  vaiJ  Olgn.  "  Wo( 
had  a  grtat  deal  of  couveriatioiij  and  persuaded  Iiiin  to  ooiiic  back  taj 
Bigovre." 

"  U'a  M   hot  nt  tvrulve  o'clock,"  Mra.  Peutcu  mi9  going  on;  **iiuj' 
paratola  ar«  quitt.<  iiisuflicient.     Are  you  fond  cf  extreme  hcnt,  Evtltcr! 
Charles  miya  that  Lady  KiddLTiniuatcr,  tuminer  utiJ  ivintcr,  nlways  c;irn<-»  , 
a  fan  in  her  pocket.     They  arc  very  couvetiietit  ivLvn  lliL-y  duuhk  uj',  iiudj 
l:,ke  litw " 

"  What  aort  of  lyoking  jwi'soa  is  Mr.  Smith  ?  "  Eatlier  nskvd^  with  •] 
Utile  t'D'orl. 

"DisiinguiiliieJ-loekmg,  certainly :  a  long  red  beard,  not  very  tall,  htll 
broadly  built,  and  a  very  pleamnt  gentlemanlike  monucr,     Yoii  slialttefl^ 
bicii  nt  the  tablv-d'hotc  to-day  ;  he  promi^  to  join  us,     la  &ct,"  said 
Oign,  "  he  propused  it  luiuielf,"  ■ 

"I  heard  hioi,"  said  Mi«.  Pviitou,  placidly.     "  Olga,  I  think  yoa  baTe| 
Biado  knother  coni^ueat.     1  i-emcmber  "  ice 

Poor  Esther  could  not  wait  any  longer  to  liesr  Mrs.  I'enton'a  ivtoiuis- 
ecQceSf  ot  Olga'a  seU'-congrutuIutioiui ;  she  vre&t  a^vay  quickly  with  Jack 
to  her  own  room,  and  got  her  littlo  Friua  into  her  Up,  and  made  her  pat 
her  two  soft  arms  round  her  neck  and  love  her.  "  Mamma,  why  are  yoa 
crying?"  »«id  Jaelc ;  "we  ara  both  quite  vrcil,  and  wc  have  b«eu  vtirygood 
indeed,  lately.  jM:iibime  Bouehon  says  1  am  her  ppity  man.  I  ahaa't 
tuaiTjr  her  thonyh.     1  »hnll  marry  Lena  when  I'm  a  man." 


TO  ESTHER,  245 

Esther  dress«d  for  dinner  in  her  black  gauzo  gown,   and   followed 
the  others  to  her  U8ual  place  at  the  long,  crowded  table.     Her  luuids  were 
cold,   and   she   clasped  ihem  together,  reminding  herself  by   a   gentle 
pressure  that  she  must  be  quiet  and  composed,  and  give  no  sign  that  she 
remembered   the  past.     She  no  longer  wore  her  widow's  cap,  only  a  littlo 
piece  of  lace  in  her  huir,  in  which  good  old   Spicer  took  a  pride  as  slie 
pinned  up  the  thick  braids.     Her  grey  eyes  were  looking  up  and  down  a 
little  frightened  and  anxiously :  but  there  was  no  one  she  had  ever  seen 
before,  and  she  sat  down  with  a  sigh  of  relief;  only  in  another  minute, 
somehow,   there  was  a  littlo  stir,  and  Olga  said, — "Esther,  would  you 
make  room,"  and  popped  down  beside  her;  and  then  Esther,  looking  up, 
ciw  that  her  ^ster-in-law  was  signing  to  some  one  to  come  into  the  seat 
next  beyond  lier.    Some  one  in  this  case  means  the  particular  person,  and 
there  he  was.     Esther  hud  been  nervous  and  excited,  but  she  was  sud- 
denly quite  herself  again.     As  Smith  took  his  place,  he  bent  forward,  and 
his  eyes  met  Esther's,  and  he  put  out  his  hand.     Is  it  my  old  Esther  J  ho 
thought,   witli  a  thrill  of  secret  delight  at  meeting  her  at  last ;  while 
Esther,  as  she  put  out  her  slim  fingers,  said   to  herself.  Is  this  my  old 
IHend  7  and  she  looked  wistfully  to  see  whether  she  could  read  his  kind, 
loyal  heart,  stamped  in  his  face  as  of  yore.     They  were  both  quile  young 
people  again  for  five  minutes,  and  Olga  attributed  the  laughter  and  high 
spirits  of  her  neighbour  to  the  charms  of  her  own  conversation.     Esther 
■aid  not  one  word,  did  not  cat,  did  not  drink,  but  was  in  a  sort  of  dream. 

Ader  dinner  they  all  got  up,  and  went  and  stoo<l  in  one  of  the  wooden 
galleries,  watching  the  lilac  and  gold  as  it  rippled  over  the  mountains,  the 
Ikdat,  tho  Pic  du  Midi.  And  so  this  was  all,  and  the  long-looked- for 
DicL'tiijg  was  over.  Esther  thought  it  was  so  simple,  so  natural,  she  could 
liarilly  believe  that  this  w.os  what  hIio  had  hoped  for  and  dre.ided  so  long. 
Tlitre  was  Smith,  scarcely  changed, — a  little  altered  in  manner  pcrhnps, 
with  a  beard  which  improved  liini,  but  that  was  all.  All  the  littlo  tricks 
of  voice  and  of  manner,  bo  limiiliar  once,  were  there  ;  it  was  himself.  She 
was  glad,  and  yet  it  was  not  all  gladness.  Why  did  lie  not  come  up  to 
liii  old  friend?  IVhy  did  he  not  notico  or  spe.ik  to  her?  Why  did  he 
seem  so  indifferent?  Why  did  he  talk  so  much  lo  the  others,  so  little  to 
litr  !  Esther  was  confused,  disappointed,  and  grieved.  And  yet  it  was  no 
wtpndcr.  She  thought  she  of  all  people  hail  least  right  to  expect  much 
from  hitn.  She  was  leaning  over  the  side  of  the  gallery,  Olga  stood  next 
to  her  in  h^r  while  dress,  with  tho  light  of  the  sunset  in  lier  raven  black 
hair,  and  Smith  was  leaning  .against  one  of  the  wooden  pillars,  and  talk- 
ing to  Olga.  Ho  glanced  from  the  raven  black  hair  to  the  gentle 
btnt  head  beyond.  But  he  went  on  talking  to  Olga.  Esther  felt  a  httlu 
lonely,  a  little  deserted.  She  was  uat-d  to  tho  feeling,  but  she  sighed,  and 
turned  away  with  a  little  impatient  morcnicnt  from  the  beautiful  lilac 
glow.  A  noisy,  welcome  couifiirt  was  in  store  for  liur.  With  a  bnrst  of 
ditldish  noise  and  laughter,  Priaaa  and  Jacky  came  ruzihiiig  up  the  gallery, 
and  jumped  upon  her  with  their  little  eager  aruia  wide  open. 


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"Come  for  n  nalk,  n  little,  litth:  sli«rt  vnXk,  [4c«m,  tnanira;.' 
J«k.     Ami  ICithcr  l%i»c<l  him,  ftn4  raiJ  yo,  if  lie  Would  IvteU  lier  Ual 
and  li<;r  glorca,  and  lier  khavrl. 

As  (the  WBS  going,  Smith  cnme  up  Iicnitating,  and  nud,  not  luoking  her 
Ml  in  the  Tacc, — 

"  t  Ii:u1  n  iticningT!  fi-oi:i  mj  roiiiit),  1o  lixg  ynii  (n  Uii<k  in  tiMfre  lliii 
<!VOiiing.  MiSH  llnlhrrt  Iim  kinilly  promiitnl  tc  ocRtiir."  And  Ksllicr  nkc, 
looking  up  wiili  a  reproachful  glanoe  be  tlwttglii,  aniwored  verjr  <]itiL>!l/ 
»ln:  wouM  try  to  come  »ft«r  her  wtlV,  IJe  watclicJ  her  u  slie  walked 
niray  down  tlic  long  gallery  irith  licr  cliiMrcn  olinctnj;  to  bcr  side  ;  and 
nil  l\\v  Niinsct  lights  and  Bliadovrn  liilliri!;  nj^m  tlium  9«  llwj  wcut.  "  Wlmt 
a  prC'Lty  picture  it  itinUcs,"  lie  srilil  lo  Mis  Kiillicrt. 

'  Tm  «>  glnd  yon  iMiiIt  Eathcr  nicc-tookinff,"  mid  Olga.  "  It  i«  not 
C'V^yVody  who  dote.  Slinll  wc  talco  ft  stroll  lowardi  ttia  mime,  Mr. 
Siiiiili?  .  .  . 

EHt1)^r  Iind  no  hcnrt  ii>r  llic  inUMc  nn<l  compAny,  and  wftnder«d  »vty 
into  a  cdiiiitry  roiul.  All  llie  flelrlE  of  lirfind  Indian -Odrn  kaiiM  wvrc 
glowing  Rs  llm  tlireo  pfUMi^d  along:  low  hriglil  Rtrvnka  Liy  bi-joad  llie 
we«r*ni  plniOB,  mid  a  still  crening  breeze  cnmo  hhwing  and  fpenlly 
Ktiiring  (he  flat  prcvn  leaves.  Jacky  and  Prism  wt-rc  I'linltcrinf;  to  one 
onollicr.  Either  could  net  s^oak  vciy  mitcli ;  Kcr  boarl  wm  too  full. 
Was  sho  {jiml — w:i»  ulio  wut?  Wlinl  liad  flic  <'xpi'clcd  ?  Wirn  iltia  iho 
ncoLing  ebo  li;id  Iiiokcd  fnr  ."j)  long  ?  "  He  tniglil  li:ivc  nivikcii  oim  weird  oT 
kitidnoM,  lie  might  lisro  wid  jomtlhing  more  thiin  thai  tiwro  Unw  doyua 
d«?  or  coiir&e  lie  was  intlilTercttt — how  coidd  it  lie  otlicrwiup .'  Imt  lio 
might  havcihninnicd  a  litlto  inlciCEt,"  poor  EMher  tlrought  t  "only  a  very 
littte  would  liavo  salijifipd  me." 

It  waa  ^tittc  daik  uTun  »1^ii  reaclioti  T.ady  Mnry'ti,  after  Mcing  brr 
cMldrcn  lo  WJ.  OIg«,  nii-l  Mr.  IV-ntun,  nnd  Smith  «•<*«!  lluif  ftlrrady, 
and  Lady  Lucy  was  siugiitg,  when  Estluir  cnnin  into  ih©  giwit  Iwrc  durk 
room.  The  young  lady  was  singing  n  littlo  French  noni*  in  Uw  dimoao,  m 
with  A  pathclic,  picitsant  hino, — "  Si  tw  wiPni*.'*  its  nnm«  wan.  8h*  pire 
it  will)  i.-lK'irniing  expre&uoQ,  nnd  wlun  shu  had  fiiuiti<-d,  ttiey  weiv  kI) 
nllt'iit  f<jr  a  inomcRt  or  two.  unlll  Laly  Ttlnry  ht£tm  lo  buMk  cbout  and  to 
|iour  out  [he  ten. 

"Take  this  lo  Mr*.  TtiiM«if,  GeoflVy,"  sho  mid,  "and  tell  Ikt  about 
my  aclidinu  for  to-morrow,  aad  pcrsuAdc  tuT  to  come." 

Smith  In-otight  the  lea  as  he  was  l>id, 

"We  all  want  to  go  over  lo  Giipiic,  if  you  will  come  loo,"  1i«  aaiJ, 

Mo  loukod  duwa  kindly  at  Lcr  m  ho  ep<^>kc,  and  ihu  poor  roolii& 
wwnian  fliishcd  up  with  plcamire  as  slit-  agitrpd  to  join  ihMii.  Sim  wa« 
fiorry  nllirwaids  when  bIic,  nnd  Olgo,  ftud  Mr.  Pcnion  walki?*!  hene 
togMliisr  through  tho  dark  slrtcti. 

"I  wonder  whtither  Mr.  Smith  mranx  lo  jrrin  sll  our  esreamoiu,"  «rid 
Mus  nalberU  "  I  juat  mvnlionwl  my  wish  to  «co  Grip]»,  nnd  he  jiunfied 
at  it  diwclly." 


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But  Geth«r  felt  n  cbill  Mmehow  rs  Mr.  Pcnton  ansn-ercd,^- 

"  C«TtaitilT,  I — * — remarked  it,  Olga ;  you-a  nre  not — perhaps  aware 
that  yoa  hATe  attractions — to  a — no  common  degree.  Mr.  Smith  has 
Mttainly — a — discovered  them." 

Poor  Esther  !  it  seemed  hanl  to  meet  her  old  friend  at  lust,  only  to 
Bce  how  little  he  remembered  her  ;  and  yet  she  thought  all  ia  as  it  should 
he ;  and  with  my  Jacky  and  my  Prissa  to  love,  I  am  not  to  be  pitied. 
Btill,  there  was  a  strange  ache  in  her  heart  next  morning,  when  they  nil 
assembled  after  the  early  breakfast:  abe  could  not  feel  cheery  and 
unconscious  like  Lady  Hary,  or  conscious  and  flattered  like  Olga.  The 
diildren  in  their  clean  cotton  frocks  were  in  raptures,  and  bo  far  Esther 
waa  happy. 

The  road  to  Grippe  is  along  a  beautiful  mos^y  valtey,  with  a  dashing 
ttream  foaming  over  the  pebbles,  .and  little  farms  and  homesteads  dotting 
the  smooth  green  slopes.  Olga  and  Smith  were  on  horseback;  Penton 
vas  also  bumping  mDJestically  along  upon  a  huge  bay  horse ;  Esther  and 
lady  Slary,  and  the  Smith  children  and  her  own,  were  packed  away  into 
a  big  carriage  with  Mdlle.  Bonchon,  and  little  CieofTry  Smith  on  the  box. 
The  children  were  in  a  state  of  friskiness  which  seriously  alarmed  the  two 
mammas.  They  seemed  to  have  nt  least  a  dozen  little  legs  a-piece. 
Their  screams  of  laughter  reached  the  equoetrians,  who  were  keeping  up 
a  somewhat  solemn  conversation  upon  the  bcnutJea  of  nature,  and  the 
cnltivation  of  Indian  com  :  GoofTry  wondered  what  all  the  fun  might  be, 
Dad  Olga  remarked  that  the  children  were  very  noiny,  and  that  Esther 
certainly  spoilt  little  Jack. 

"Ijady  Kidderminster  strongly  advises  his  being  sent  to  a  preparatory 
school,"  said  Penton,  with  a  jog  between  each  word ;  wliile  Smith  looked 
lip  at  the  blue  sky,  tlien  down  into  the  green  valley,  nnd  forgot  all  about 
ihom,  trj'ing  to  catch  the  tones  of  the  woman  he  had  loved. 

The  chalet  was  a  little  rough  unfinished  place  at  the  foot  of  tlic  Pic ; 
the  horsfs  were  put  up,  aad  the  excursionists  got  down ;  they  ail  drank 
milk  in  clfan  wooden  bowls,  crowded  round  tho  wood  firo,  and  peeped  at 
the  rough  workmen  and  shepherds  who  were  playing  canla  in  the  next 
compartment — room  it  could  not  be  called,  for  tho  walls  were  only  made 
cf  bars  of  wood  at  a  ccrt.iin  distance  from  each  othtr.  The  children's 
delight  nt  seeing  all  over  tho  house  nt  once  was  unbounded.  Jacky 
Flip])ed  his  hand  between  the  wooden  bara,  and  insisted  on  shaking  hands 
nith  a  great  rough  road-maker  in  a  sheepskin,  who  smiled  kindly  at  tho 
little  fellow's  advances. 

Lady  Mary  was  very  much  disappointed  nnd  perplexed  to  ace  tho 
ms}[  result  of  her  kindly  schemes.  It  was  unbelievable  that  GeofTry 
should  prefer  that  great,  uninteresting,  self-conscious  Miss  Ilalbcrt,  to  lier 
gentle  and  tender  little  widow,  and  yet  it  was  only  too  evident.  \V'hat 
conid  be  the  reason  of  it?  Sho  looked  from  one  to  ihc  other.  Esther  was 
sitting  by  the  fire  on  a  low  wooden  stool.  She  seemed  .1  litlle  sad,  n 
little  drooping.     The  children  were  laugliing  about  her  as  usual ;  and  she 


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vfaa  liulJing  )ig  «-oodon  bowl  full  of  milk,  frcm  whtcli  they  upped 
vthvn  llivy  fi  iRclineJ.  Tl)u  firuligUl  jusi  ciuglit  llm  golden  tints 
ill  Iicr  bruwu,  tliick  Iiair;  hw  bat  was  ou  tins  Gvoi  at  lier  f«t ;  link 
I'riswi — lile  htr,  and  not  like  licr  —  was  peeping  over  hw  shouldor. 
It  was  II  pretty  picture  :  ihc  flntnc,  llic  rougli  imd  quuint  iiinjplicity  ■ 
of  lli«  pliicp,  xccmcd  to  give  it  n  sort  nf  idyllic  gritce.  As  for  Smith, 
111!  ntis  KUiiiding  at  the  pan^rlew  windoiva  looking  out  xt  tlic  rien: 
nil  Lite  light  wua  etivaniiiig  ihiongli  hiH  red  beard.  It  waa  a  fitruiglit 
iiiiii  well-stt  figure,  Lady  M*ry  thought;  ho  looked  well  aUo  to  lalco 
ctirc  of  himself  and  of  bcr  poor  ^tle  Estlwr,  too.  He  ivbs  ■ 
nlisti-3cl<rd — evidontlj'  ihitiking  of  wonioiliiDg  bctidcs  Ihc  gntvn  valicji 
mill  [msliiros — could  it,  could  it  he  that  odious  alToctcd  woniui  Miick 
up  ill  nil  attitude  in  the  middle  of  the  room  nho  was  tlio  object  of 
hie  drcaniB? 

An  odd  jumble  of  post,  preM^t,  and  future  was  nuiaiiig  through 
GcofTiy'ii  mind,  ns  Im  looked  out  of  tliu  hole  in  the  vHi,  oad  fpectilnlcd 
u])on  whnt  was  going  to  happen  to  him  li«ro  In  this  groen  paslurc-liiud  by 
the  itldc  of  tli«  cool  watf^ii.  Were  lltcy  wulcri  of  crnnforL^was  happiness 
hie  own  at  last  7  sonacwliat  sadly  ho  thought  to  him^lf  Uiab  it  yru  not 
now  what  it  would  have  been  ton  years  ago.  He  could  look  at  the 
hnppicet  futuri}  with  cjlmntna.  Il  did  not  duulc  and  tninspoit  him  ta  it 
would  have  done  in  former  times — ho  was  older,  mom  indifi'vn?nt !  ho  had 
8e(q)  HO  many  things  ceaitu  and  fintih,  »o  many  faiioits  chniige,  he  had 
awukeued  from  eo  nmuy  vivid  dri'amB,  that  now  pcrliajia  ha  whs  Etill 
(iicaming  ;  lift  had  only  become  n  light  sleep,  ns  it  were,  from  which  ho 
ofWn  Htanud  aad  seemed  to  awaken.  Even  EBther  ....  what  did  it  all 
mean  ?  did  he  love  her  Icfs  now  thitt  ho  had  seen  her,  and  found  hvx 
unchanged,  flweel*;r  if  po^blc — and  lie  could  not  help  thiclciug  it — not 
indlfTeTent?  Wonid  the  cliurm  vuiiinh  witti  the  difficulties,  as  the  beauty 
of  a  iundMApc  «nd3  where  the  Hut  and  proiporoui  plnins  bogia.  Me  did 
not  think  so— he  thought  »o— he  luved  hei'^he  miHtru)!iti>d  livr;  he  talked 
tu  Olga,  and  yel  he  could  not  keep  hia  eyea  fioiu  following  l^silicr  lu  die 
came  and  weni.  All  she  said,  all  she  did,  si^^mcd  to  him  like  some  Hort 
of  niuMC  wliich  moditlulus  and  chnngL-s  from  one  Larmonioua  thing  tu 
aaotlmr.  A.  nvlvmii  Herealty,  a  suntimcut  of  wurdlus*  uuottoa  was  here, 
and  withal,  the  tondur  waywardiieu  and  gentle  woni.tntiiitN8  which  bad 
alwayfl  Hccmed  to  be:  part  of  her.  She  was  cot  handsome  dow,  any  more 
than  she  had  ever  been — tlic  plain  lines — tha  heavy  hair — the  diMq)-Mt 
eyes  were  the  same— tho  same  at  those  eyes  Smith  could  remciDbcr 
iu  lEoiEian  gaidens,  in  piiLocus  with  long  echoing  gallericf,  looking  at  him 
tlirvugh  imploring  Cuam  on  tlie  Pincian  Ilill.  They  had  hnuutvd  him  lor  H 
seven  yems  since  liGiirst  caught  ilie  trick  of  watching  to  see  them  brighteti. 
Now,  they  bri^litcned  when  the  two  liltio  dark-hoaded  uhildtca  camv 
runuiug  to  Ikt  kneL>.  Ilaphael  coiild  IJnd  no  subject  that  pleased  hiiu 
bt-tlcr.  Smith  was  no  linphad,  hut  he,  too,  thought  tliat  among  nil  the 
beautiful  pictur&d  of  daily  life  tlierc  l$   no   eonibiaalioD  so  tuuplr,  M 


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toucLiag  as  iliat  of  children  who  are  clinging  about  their  mother.  And 
these  pictures  are  to  be  Been  everywhere  and  in  every  climG  and  place ; 
no  galleries  are  needed,  no  price  need  he  paid;  the  background  ia  of  end- 
less variety,  the  eun  shines,  and  the  mother's  face  brightens,  and  all  owr 
tlie  world,  perhaps,  the  children  come  runniug  iuto  her  arms.  "WTiitc 
arms  or  dasky,  bangled  or  braceleted,  or  scarred  with  labour,  they  open, 
and  the  little  ones,  clasped  within  loving  walls,  fuel  they  are  safe. 

Quite  oblivious  of  some  observation  of  ^liss  Ilalbert's,  Smith  suddenly 
Idt  his  window  and  walked  across  to  the  fire,  and  warmed  his  hands,  and 
said  some  little  word  to  Esther,  who  was  still  sitting  on  her  low  seat.  She 
vaa  hurt  and  annoyed  by  his  strange  constraint  and  distance  of  manner. 
She  answered  coldly,  and  got  up  by  8  sudden  impulse,  and  walked  away 
to  where  Lady  Slary  was  standing  cutting  bread-and-butter  for  the 
children.  "  Decidedly,"  thought  the  elder  lady,  "  things  are  going  wrong. 
I  will  ask  GcofFrj  to-night  what  he  thinks  of  my  widow."  "  I  am  a  fool 
for  my  pains,"  GeofFry  thought,  standing  by  the  fire,  "  and  she  is  only  a 
hard-heartud  flirt  after  all." 

He  was  sulky  and  out  of  temper  all  the  way  back.  In  vain  did  Olga 
ransack  her  brain,  and  produce  all  her  choicest  platitudes  for  his  entertain- 
ment. In  vain  Pcnton  recalled  hia  genteelest  reminiscences.  Smith 
answered  civilly,  it  ia  true,  but  briefly  and  oonstrainedlj'.  He  was  a  fool 
to  have  come,  to  have  fancied  that  such  devotion  as  liia  could  be  appru- 
ciated  or  understood  by  a  woman  who  had  shown  herself  once  already 
fiiitLless,  fickle,  unworthy.  Smith  forgot,  in  his  odd  humility  and  mis- 
trust  of  himself,  that  he,  too,  had  held  back,  made  no  advance,  kept  aloof, 
and  waited  to  be  summoned. 

Gcoffry  had  the  good  habit  of  rising  early,  and  setting  out  for  long 
walks  across  the  hills  before  the  great  heat  came  to  scorch  up  all  activity. 
The  water  seemed  to  sparkle  more  brightly  than  later  in  the  day.  The 
flowers  glistened  with  fresli  dew.  Opal  morning  lights,  with  refractions 
tif  loveliest  colour,  painted  hills  and  brooks,  the  water-plants,  the  fields 
where  the  women  were  working  already,  and  the  slippery  mountain-sides 
where  the  pine-trees  grew,  and  the  flocks  and  goats  with  their  tinkling 
btlls  were  grazing.  It  was  a  charming  medley  of  pastoral  sights  and  scent 
and  frt-sh  air  :  shadows  trumhling  and  quivering,  birds  fluttering,  green 
tlirilting  with  colour,  the  clear-cut  ridges  of  the  hills,  clear  waters 
bubbling  among  reeds  and  creeping  plants  and  hanging  furns,  among 
which  beautiful  dragun-ilics  were  darting.  Smith  had  been  up  to  the  top 
of  the  Bedat,  and  was  coming  down  into  civilized  life  again,  when  he 
uopp«d  for  an  instant  to  look  at  the  bubbling  brook  which  was  rushing 
along  its  Bclf-niadc  ravine,  some  four  or  five  feet  below  the  winding  path  ; 
«  field  lay  beyond  it,  and  further  stil!,  skirting  the  side  of  a  hill,  the  pretty 
iinic-trcc  walk  which  leads  to  tho  baths  in  the  mountain.  Smith,  who  had 
hetn  tliinktng  matters  over  as  he  stumbled  down  the  steep  pathway,  and 
settling  that  it  was  too  late — she  did  not  care  lor  liini — he  had  ceased  caring 
for  her — best  go,  and  leave  things  as  they  wore — suddenly  came  upon  a 


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^raup  which  louclieil  an^  intcreeled  him,  nutl  in»I»  liirn  WDiuk-r  whiHTin*, 
afitt  all,  pni'IcncG  snd  good  iniMO  nciv  nlwnys  the  wi^-Kt  ami  ihu  musC 
I>ni(lcnt  or  ihingB.  lu  lira  iiiiddl«  of  th«  Mrenin  wme  tlionsuid  yoan  age.  n 
grt-iit  rock  liflf]  rolt«]  rlovrn  from  the  licigliu  nlK>vc,  nnd  nitik  into  th«  l>nl 
of  th«  stTcnm,  vilh  Ihc  WAtvr  ninhing  ami  txilitilin);  nil  rouiicl  It,  itnd  tlie 
wnlct-Jiittai  flofltinj  BTiiong  the  TippliM.  .  .  .  Pcrclied  on  the  took,  like  the 
nuiiul  «r  llm  Rlresni.  w»*  Esther,  wilh  Jncky  aad  Prissa  clinging  cIom  to 
her,  aikI  ntldcing  loii;  rocda  and  vatcr-lniTea  into  her  h%ir.  llie  rirerUia 
nuhed  awtkj,  twi^Hni"  nnd  twirliitjj  nnd  <iJm)tf)eKriii(>  into  ^TT«ti.  Tlio 
Ic>are3  and  irat«T-pIauli  xfTajed  wiih  the  ripplvs,  the  children  nTijrjl«d  on 
thoir  narrow  perch,  while  Eiillicr,  ivith  n  lio^k  In  her  hand,  nod  b  grot 
green  tiiiilin'llii,  looked  bright,  nud  kinil,  nnd  happy. 

"Cousin  JefT,  coiiftin  Jc-fFI"  cried  little  Jack,  in  imitation  ufllic  littk 
Sinithn,  "come  i«to  tho  rteanior,  there'i  lota  of  room."  M 

*'  How  d'ye  do?  "  wild  hor  mother,  kIiII  bright,  and  ktr»d,  and  h^tTX'    ■ 

"  How  d'vB  do,  Mrs.  Uiidine?"  said  Riaith,  hrig^htening  and  coming  to 
the  wator'e  edge. 

Afl  Smith  walked  back  (o  hia  bTeakrnAt,  he  lllonght  to  hlinM^r— "If 
nhfl  would  but  giro  me  odo  littla  sign  that  aht:  likvd  me,  I  think — 1  tlitnk 
I  could  not  lidp  cpcakin^." 

And  I^ad)-  Mary,  who  fiad  lier  tittle  tatk  out  wilh  her  oonnii  after 
brcakfatt,  diKOvcred,  1o  her  j;;rcat  eurprlte,  llint  whni  (the  lind  thought  of 
as  a  vngiio  jroMibitily  (some  diiy,  very  fur  off,  vas  not  impossibis,  aid 
might  bo  ncnr  lit  hnnd  after  alt.  Hhc  did  not  say  mnch  to  Smith,  and  ho 
did  »ot  giien  how  muah  ahe  kt^cw  of  nil  that  wnn  pewsingin  h!fl  minJ. 
"  He  will  ):o  away,  he  ulll  never  come  fonrard  ttoleta  Enthor  me«ta  liiia 
half  way,"  the  »'!dor  Udy  thought  to  hvrKlf,  as  he  left  the  room  ;  and  alu 
longed  lo  upwik  to  Esther,  htit  bIio  eould  not  sumniDn  courage,  titoiigb< 
oppurlnnily  was  not  wanlingr. 

They  \nrc  standing  in  the  balcony  of  tho  chl^lot  that  T«ry  ftAvmoim, 
Watching  tliP  jM-nple  go  by  ;  fir«  one  child  went  away,  thwi  another,  nnd 
tA  Inl  Lndy  Stary  and  Esther  were  left  aloae.  "  I,ai>k  at  lliat  imm  of 
DJien  dragging  the  groat  trunk*  of  tlia  Ippm,"  said  I^y  Miiry;  •'how 
pictiire«fjue  the  peount  people  arc  in  their  niount.Tin  di'et*  1 "  ■ 

"  The  men  look  so  well  in  their  le'rtts,"  KethiT  wtd  ;  "  what  m  fii»- 
looking  young  foilow  tlint  is  who  in  lo-tdiitg  th*  cirt.  How  nuclt  prctli*r 
and  inon:  picttircMiuo  tlu;  blue  mid  red  caps  nre  than  our  diimney-pot 
Imts.  There  is  Mr.  Sintlli  cro-t*tiis  the  irtrocl— lie  would  lodt  Tvty  wcU  ia 
n  *Ayl,  with  bialong  red  bonnJ." 

"  Ccrtniiily  lie  would,"  Mid  Iiaily  Rlnry ;  arxl  then  alio  suddetilf 
added,  "  E»t!ier,  would  yon  *Io  me  a  favour  ?  'J"hoy  hnvc  Ikoh  talking 
of  going  to  itie  fuir  at  T^trbpa  lo-morrow,  I  aliall  be  otiligid  to  sl;iy  at 
home  wilh  my  huslxiiid  and  I.ney.  Would  you  bring  UeofTry  a  birtt, 
and  give  it  to  hhn,  nnd  nnico  Mm  wnir  it  7  1  know  toU  will  if  i 
nsk  yoti." 

"A  r«d,  Of  A  blue  me  t  "  toiJ  Ei4hor,  imiling. 


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TO  ESTH&n.  ^l 

"  Tlic  nicpst  yoa  eon  get,"  snid  Lady  Mary.     "  Tlmnlc  you  very  much 
indeed." 

Lody  KiddcTininster,  who  must  haTC  employed  her  time  irell  while 
*he  was  Id  the  PyrenccB,  "  had  been  very  mneh  struck  by  TarbeB,"  Mr. 
Penton  declared.  *'  It  ia  pleasantly  Bituated,"  Murray  says,  "  on  the 
dent  Adcur,  in  the  midrt  of  a  ferlile  plain  in  fiill  view  of  the  Pyrenees, 
Pnblic  walks  contribute  to  the  public  health  and  recreation.  The  market- 
people,  in  their  Tarioua  contumeH,  arc  worth  seeing." 

Geoffry  Smith  received  a  short  note  from  Mrs,  Penton  two  morningn 
liter  the  Grippe  expedition.     It  ran  as  follows  ;^ 

Deir  Mr.  Sutm, — Hr,  Fcnton  is  niEiking  an  excorsion  to  Tarbcs  to-dny.  We  Rtart 
■t  t«o,  so  ttmt  wc  mar  not  miss  our  ]uach.  as  it  ia  not  safe  to  tmst  to  chnnco  for  it, 
mi  ire  should  be  much  pleased  for  yoa  to  join  ns  after,  but  In  case  of  rain  we  should 
gin  it  Dp.    Cnfortnnatelj',  there  appears  no  chance  of  anTihing  so  reflvBhing. 

Sinccrclj'  jojov, 

Mir  A  FehioK. 

To  vhich  Smith,  Vrho  was  mther  bewildered,  briefly  onmrered  that  he 
riioiild  be  delighted  to  join  them  at  the  station  At  two.  The  BUition  woa 
all  slirc  with  conntry  folks,  in  their  quaint  pretty  dreBt>c3,  berets,  red 
ca[a,  brown  hood)i,  nnd  snonded  gay-coloured  kerchiefs,  and  red  cloaks 
like  Indies'  opera-cloaks.  The  faces  underneath  nil  these  bright  trappings 
wtre  snd  enough,  with  brown  wistful  eyes,  nnd  pinched,  worn  checks. 
Rnskin  has  written  of  mountain  gloom  und  moantnin  glory,  and  in  truth 
th«  dwellers  nmong  the  hills  iccni  to  us,  who  live  upon  the  plain,  sad  and 
KDiewhat  opprcs«cil. 

Smith  looked  here  nnd  there  for  his  party)  and  discovered  at  last, 
rather  to  hia  difimay,  Olga,  her  sister  nnd  her  brother-in-law,  sitting  on 
s  bench  together.  Then  Esther  liad  not  come  after  all ;  ho  felt  inclined 
to  escape  nnd  go  back  to  the  town,  but  Olga  caught  sight  of  him  too, 
wi'i  gmcioualy  beckoned. 

"Mrs.  Hnlbcrt  is  not  coming,  I  am  nfraid?"  gaid  Smith,  shaking 
limi'ls  wilh  them. 

"Esther,  do  you  mean?"  nnked  Mrs.  Ponton.  "She  w.i3  hire  a 
ttiiniite  ago.  Jacky  took  her  to  look  nt  a  pig. — Wnn  it  a  pig  or  a  goat, 
OlgaT  I  didn't  notice." 

Jlrs.  Ponton's  nn'ivc  remnrts  gave  Smith  n  little  trouble  wimetimra, 
Mill  lie  could  not  nlw.tys  suppress  a  faint  smile.  Fortimatuly  Esther  came 
"p  at  lliin  moment,  and  it  was  not  pcrcoivi'd. 

Esther  nt  one  time  had  not  meant  to  come,  but  she  could  not  rojiist 
'be  children's  entreaties,  or  tnist  thtm  to  the  Pontons  alone.  She  was 
WMry  nnd  dispirited  ;  she  had  passed  n  wakt'ful,  feverish  night.  How  or 
v.lien  fir  where  it  began,  she  did  not  know,  but  she  was  conscious  now 
'list  in  her  heart  of  hearts  nlie  li.id  looked  to  meet  GeofTiy  again  some  day 
:iiil  li'ired  nnd  Ix^lievcd  tli:it  lie  woidd  be  uncli.tns-od.  But  slic  now  saw 
ifiat  it  w;ia  nnt  bo — he  liked  her  only  as  he  liked  other  pi-ople,  with  that 
kiinlly  ho!irt  of  liis  --no  Ihou^ht  of  what  had  l)ocn,  occurred  tu  hijn.     He 


asa 


TO  ESTRRR. 


might  be  a  fribiid,  a  pleaeaot  aoqaointauoe,  but  iJio  fKcnd  of  otd,  ne 
Vvrez  aspiia.  IIow  fooluh  she  hail  bc«n,  how  uiiwuituuiljr,  Iiow  Ibrvar^ 
£ren  M  cin^'ADcl-twcnty  Estber  coold  blush  like  a  girl  to  think  bow  ah« 
luid  thought  01'  Gcoffiy.  She  nliow  heart  sbould  Ira  her  chtldn.-a'«  onljr ; 
«ho  yrho  had  n-jcctcd  lii»  uScctioa  when  it  might  bare  been  ben  ;  ihe 
who  bad  b«8n  faithlsM  aad  wlBBb  mid  remonerid  so  long — she  wu  gkd 
almoet  to  soflVr  now,  ^e  was  no  ongr^  nod  vexed  with  herself!  In  flititfe 
shv  thought  she  -would  tt^  to  bo  bi»v«  and  more  umpto:  abe  wonld  )dtd 
her  dfirliiigs  and  live  for  them  ;  and  perhaps  ioino  day  it  might  bo  in  ber 
povrer  to  do  itonietliing  for  }iim — to  do  him  some  service— «tid  wben  tfaey 
MTrc  -vviy  old  people,  she  would  tell  hiiu  perliujis  liow  truly  she  had  been 
liJA  fHt!iid  all  her  life. 

The  Run  vas  Miusiiig  and  buraing  Dp  eTerylhing.  The  It&ia  atopped 
at  a  bridge,  and  llivy  ull  ^gl  down  from  their  carringcs,  nod  s«t  off 
valkiiig  tawatdfi  the  murkt^c.  St^ueAl:,  chatter,  jingle  of  bellK,  Ecreanuag 
of  babies,  pigs  And  piga  and  pigs,  prvtty  grey  oxeo,  with  carta  yoked  to 
their  horns,  priect^,  a  crowd  AMcmliled  round  an  old  womob  with  a  sort 
of  tri]K>d,  upon  wliich  yi^u  placed  your  ibot  fur  ber  to  bluclcc^D  and 
suinrtui  y vur  nhoua ;  utuiitillua,  grecu  and  >vd  umbreUai,  rows  of  patient- 
looltiiig  wumiiii,  with  snd  eycfl,  hulding  tlii-ir  wyres  in  their  handa,  aeragsy 
fowls,  small  little  pears,  a  cnbhogc,  jtcrhaps  brouglit  (Kim  over  tba 
mountain,  a  few  putatoct  in  o  shabby  bnakct; — the  scarcity  and  barrcn- 
UL'wi  ttiuck  ^miili  vt-ry  nully.  Kktlier  visa  tjuilu  afluclctl ;  abu  ma 
emptying  bt-r  punsc  and  putUng  Uttle  pieces  right  and  led  into  ihc  small 
thill  hands  of  the  children.  They  pnaeed  one  stall  wliore  a  more  ptot- 
pcrouN •looking  couple — coinmor^ants  from  Toulous«>^wore  dispodnff  of 
piltrs  of  bluo  and  r<-d  Pyrcncan  caps.  Estber  sloppi-d  and  called  Jack  to 
ber,  and  tried  a  little  nd  berri  on  liio  dark  curly  head,  and  kimcd  her  l)tll« 
HOD  an  elic  did  ao.  She  had  not  scou  Smith,  who  was  do«e  behind  her 
with  Olga,  who  smiled  at  the  pretty  picture.  Misa  llalbert,  soon  after 
Icmving  ihe  railwiiy  iMiiriugi^,  hud  eoiiipIttint.-d  of  riLtiguc,  and  taken  poor 
Gcofliy  finnly  but  gi-iilly  by  tlie  arm,  with  n  grasp  which  it  was 
impouibl<>  to  elude.  E«tb«r  scarcely  noticed  lliciii  i  sho  wulkcd  on  with. 
her  children  as  usual,  and  ber  motherly  heart  waa  midtiog  ovtat  tltu 
WAD  babies,  whoso  own  mothers  found  it  so  Iiard  n  struggle  to 
them.  They  were  lying  in  the  vegetablo-baakuta  on  the  grouad,  din^  i 
to  their  molben*  backs,  and  stnnng  with  their  dark  n»und  eyes.  Some 
of  tlie  moat  flouriabing  among  tbem  had  little  etnart  caps,  with  artiBcial 
flowera,  tied  uuder  their  china.  Afkr  buying  Jack's  birtt,  Mrs,  Hall 
Etctned  to  bcsitatc,  and  tlicu  making  up  ber  mind  ilie  aiked  lor  anotbt 
•orncwbnt  larger,  which  she  paid  for,  and  then  turned  to  Smith  with  be 
old  bright  look  iiud  gavu  it  him,  saying, — 

"  1  think  you  would  look  very  well  iu  a  Icrcf,  Mr.  Smith— ^n't  yc 
like  n  blue  one  beat  7  " 

Smith  wor«  bia  iiw(  all  day;  but  Olgn  the  incvit.iblo  held  him,  and 
woidd  not  let  liiiii  go.     Estlicr  ibougbt  it  n.  Utile  hard,  only  she  waa 


TO  ESTUEB.  253 

dotennioed  not  to  think  about  it.     They  wandered  for  hours  through 

the  bare  burning  streets.     There  seemed  to  be  no  shade  :   the  brooks 

iparkled,  bright  blazing  flowers  grew  in  gardens,  the  houses  were  close- 

ihuttered,  scarcely  any  one  was  to  be  seen  ;  little  bright-plumaged  birds 

came  and  drank  at  the  streams,  and  flew  away  stirring  the  dust.     The 

duldren  got  tired  and  cross,  and  weary ;  the  elders'  spiritfl  sank.     Some 

one,  standing  at  a  doorway,  told  them  of  a  park,  which  sounded  shady 

and  refreshing,  and  where  they  thought  they  would  wait  for  their  train. 

The  road  lay  along  a  white  lane  with  a  white  wall  on  either  side,  and 

dusty  poplars  planted  at  regular  intervals.     Esther   tried  to   cheer   the 

children,  and  to  tell   them  stories  as  well  as  she  could  in   the  clouds 

of  dust.     Mrs.  Penton  clung  to  her  husband,  Olga  hung  heavily  upon 

Geoffry'a  aching  arm.     "  He  might  come  and  help  me  with  the  children." 

Edlier  thought  he  would  have  done  so  once.     They  reached  the  gates  of  the 

perk  at  last.   It  was  like  utter  desolation  enclosed  behind  iron  railings — so 

il  seemed,  at  least,  to  the  poor  mother  :  ragged  shrubs,  burning  sun,  weeds 

md  rank  grass  growing  along  the  neglected  gravel  walks.     There  Avas  a 

grat  whits  mnseum  or  observatory  in  the  middle  to  which  all  these  gravel 

pWhi  converged;  and  there  was — yes,  at  last — there  was  a  gloomy- looking 

clump  of  laurel  and  fir  trees,  where  she  thought  she  might  perhaps  fia ' 

Mme  shade  for  Jack  and  for  Prissa.     As  she  reached  the  place,  it  was  alt 

ibe  could  do  not  to  burst  out  crying,  she  was  so  tired,  so  troubled,  and 

ererj  minute  the  dull  aching  at  her  heart  seemed  to  grow  worse  and  worse. 

Poor  Esther !     The  others  came  up  and  asked  her  if  she  would  not  like  to 

sec  the  view  from  the  observatoiy ;   but  she  shook  her  head,  and  said  she 

*a»  tired,  and  should  stay  where  she  was,  and  they  all  went  away  and  left 

licr.    One  French  lady  went  by  in  her  slippers,  with  a  faded  Indian  scarf, 

ind  an  old   Leghorn  hat,  discoursing  as  she  went  to  some   neglectcd- 

looking  children, — 

"  i^vez-vuua,  ma  fille,  que  vous  faites  des  grimaces ;  cc  n'est  pas 
joli,  mon  enfant,  il  faut  vous  surveiller,  mon  Heltne.  Les  grimaces  ne  aa 
fcnt  pas  dans  la  bonne  soci^tc,  Le  pare  est  vaste,"  .  .  .  she  continued, 
dunging  the  subject;  her  voice  dwindled  away  into  the  arid,  burning 
distance,  and  the  desolation  seemed  greater  than  ever.  ....  It  seeinod 
to  Esther  as  if  hours  and  hours  had  passed  since  the  others  had  left  her. 

"  I  have  some  good  news  for  you,"  said  Smith,  cheerfully,  appearing 
from  behind  the  laurels.  "  Mrs.  Halbert,  we  have  only  just  time  to  catch 
the  train.  Come,  Jack,  I'm  going  to  be  your  horse ;  get  up  on  my  back," 
sad  GeoiTry  set  olT running  with  the  delighted  Jack,  just  as  Olga  appeared 
in  search  of  him. 

Esther  and  Prissa  set  off  running  too,  and  the  Pentons  followed  as  best 
lliey  could. 

The  little  station  was  again  all  alive  and  crowded  by  peasants  and 
cooatrywomcn,  Spanish  bandits  vuth  their  packs,  three  English  tourists 
>a  knickerbockers.  Smith  met  them  with  Jack  capering  at  his  side,  and 
**inging  by  his  new  friend's  hnnd,-  - 


U64 


TO  fiSTHKK. 


"  I  liAva  tiiLoji  tlic  litikvU,"  lie  niJ.    "  Tlunk  goodocffi,  wc  liavo  dune^ 
irilb  'I'arlH-*.    Wluit  u  beauljr  hols  ii  is." 

"I   mn   surpriKx],"   Peatuo   remurked,   "thai  Lady    Kidtknuinste 
idiould  Imvv  kiul  auuli  »  high  ofinioo  oT  tli« — ft — ^pU««,      tilie 
lai\y  nivntionud  ui  iui)j>Litli«ntre  of  wkicli  {  eon  gain  no  infonnatioa." 

"  Oil,  dcJtr  1  we  stiall  novor  f^et  tu  in  time  for  bliQ  (nble-d'b6le^"  fainl^ ' 
giwpcd  iln.  I'vnton,  siiiVing  into  a  sent,  "  and  the  dioaer  will  bti  over." 

The  beocbcs  vien  Rill,  and  Uicgr  wera  all  obliged  to  diapanra  here  and 
llierc  OS  H\ey  could  find  plaora.  Esther  pcrdicd  bcreulJ'  tipoa  a  p«duDg- 
ctisc,  vilh  iitllo  PriMA  half  asloup  oii  licr  knuc.  What  a  drniiy  day  aba 
b»d  spent — filte  gave  a  stgli  of  ruUefto  tliink  it  vraj  owr. 

"  iiaTB  yott  room  horo  for  Jack!"  »id  GtvUVy,  coiuing  up.  "ih 
Wkiu't  own  1)0  ij  tiri'd,"  ....  ■ 

''  Come,  lay  kou,"  sauI  £stber,  puttiog  liur  arm  round  the  boy,  aaJ^ 
pitUii^  biu  uji  bvntds  lit-r.    "  Yuu  liiive  bLi.-a  vtrry  goud  to  Jack,  Mr. 
!»uitb,"  site  uiid,  witli  ati  upward  look  of  her  dear  nyoL 

tiniilh  looked  at  Imr. 

"  It  wwmt  very  ctrong«,"  ho  laid,  iviih  a  muldui  ouutloa,  **  bo 
yuu  aijiiu  liku  tltit.     I  Koniotiuifls  woitder  wliethvr  it  is  indeed  you 
iiic,  or  (juito  difTutunt  |>«oplv.'' 

**  I  thought,'  said  ICsiliur,  "yoQ  hiid  fdr^iMtia  tltiu  wo  had  ever 
frk-ud»,  Mr.  Sitiiili." 

''  I  tiivugbt  i/o»  liud  fvrgottea  it,"  said  Smith,  vuy  uowly.  Tb« 
viim  a  jiir  In  his  voice — tinira  was  a  misl  before  her  eyta.  Sbn  was  ttr 
vuxrd,  over-doDc.     Poor  I^ollier  suddciily  burst  into  tears. 

"  iiy  dear,  tny  dwr,  dc^'t  cry,"  sud  Smith.  "  Wlicit  cau  I  ay  to 
bog  your  pordoa  I  you  should  ha»e  knowa  me  belter — you  .  .  ." 

"  I  ouinat  uitdrnluud  about  that  amphitheatre,"  said  Mr.  PeulOB, 
coming  up.     "  Murr.iy,  you  non,  does  not  al!ud«  to  it,"' 

"  Why  ddti't  yuu  go  and  .uk  tbu  man  at  the  ttckot-otHoeT  "  nid 
auUiorilaUrcIy,  and  Pcntoiip  rallicr  bewiidend,  oboyad. 

"  I  was  a  littlti  ofmid  of  you,"  aiid  Smith,  "  uUen  I  first  saw  you.    T' 
tiied  to  k«:p  away,  but  I  could  not  help  myaelf,  aiid  cauie.     I  idioald 
huv«  gone  to  ihti  end  of  tho  world  if  you  hwi  bb«ii  thuv.     I  buvo  never 
cliiingi'd-'  iLuvur  I'orgutUin.    I  lova  you  us  1  hjive  alwavB  lovi-d  you.    Dm^ 
luiJitir,  suy  souivtiiiiig  to  mo ;  put  niu  oiii  of  this  horrible  suajien*^— "  fl 

"  WhAt  a  tearful  crowd;  ho\r  it  doej  cniA  cno,"  said  Mrs.  Pcntou, 
suddenly  ai^cariiig.  ''  Con  you  tell  mc  -where  Charles  has  hiddvn  bitu- 
fMI  tia  put  )»y  cau-dc-Cvlcj^  ia  his  pockvt,  tuid  rvolly  ia  ihii 
crowd  .  .  .  ." 

Kbilivr  umid  not  answer.    Elie  was  bending  over  Prima,  and  tn-ie 
tt>  hiilu    bor   It-tira.       Smith    poljti-ly    pcinltid   out    the    tickot-offioo 
Mrs.  Peutoa,   and  tbeu,  with  great  gravity,  lumvd  bis  bock  upon 
hidy,  and  took  EsLlier'e  hand,  and  uiid  yicli  jiis  kind  voice,  "  Dvar  Esthe 
ouce  jou  luod  uot  to  bo  nfraid  of  i«Uing  me  wliut  you  thought.    Wool 
yuu  speak  to  nic  fiow  ?     Indi-ed  I  am  ibc  saute  as  I  was  tbnt," 


i^nlOB, 
SmitlJ 


TO  ££TUER.  ^S 

*'  And  I  am  not  the  aamc  1 "  said  Eutlior  aiiuling,  witl]  licr  eivcct  fooo 
Mill  wet  with  tears ;  and  with  a  tender  Esther-like  Impulse  tJio  took  liur 
children'ii  two  little  hands  and  put  them  into  GoolTrj-'a  broad  palm. 

Geoflry  understood  her,  though  ho  did  not  know  all  she  meant. 
llie  Fcntons  joined  them  again,  and  the  train  camo  up,  und  thu  others 
weatil;  sank  into  their  places,  but  Mrs.  Kalbcrt's  fatigue  waa  gone.  All 
lUo  way  back  neither  Smith  nor  Esther  spoke  one  word  to  each  other. 
The  sun  ^vas  setting  :  all  the  land  woa  streaming  with  light ;  the  stars  wcru 
b»giiiuiug  to  shine  behind  the  hilla  when  they  got  back  to  Bigorre. 

"Will  you  come  for  a  walk?"  said  Smith,  as  ho  left  Esther  at  tho 
ioot  uf  the  inn ;  and  in  the  evening  lie  came  for  her ;  and,  though  Olga 
lucked  puzzled  and  not  over-pleased,  Esther  put  on  her  hat,  and  said, — 

"I  am  ready,  Mr.  Smith."  And  they  went  out  together  without  any 
explioation. 

They  went  up  the  pretty  lime-tree  walk  which  leads  to  tho  baths  of 
the  Ixilut.  People  were  sitting  in  the  dark  on  the  benches  talking  in  low 
creniDg  whispers.  Priests  were  taking  their  recreation,  and  pacing  up 
in<]  down  in  groups.  Prom  the  valley  below  came  an  occasional  tinklo 
(S  pals'  bells,  a  fresh  smell  of  wild  thyme,  a  quizzing  of  crickets.  The 
Taia  was  moving  over  the  hill-side,  the  lights  twinkled  from  the  houses  in 
ibe  town ;  and  Smith  and  Estlier  talked  and  talked,  counting  over  tlie  fears, 
tiie  doubts,  and  tho  perplezitiea  of  the  lost  few  days.  Now,  for  the  first 
time,  Esther  felt  a  comfort  and  security  which  had  never  been  hers  before, 
—Wit  even  in  the  first  early  days  of  her  marriage ;  not  since  the  time 
wk-n  she  bade  Smith  farewell  on  the  Piucio.  It  seemed  to  her  now  as  if 
ill  care  for  the  future,  all  bewilderment  and  uncertainty,  were  over.  Hero 
vu  the  faithful  friend  once  more  ready  to  do  battle  for  her  with  the 
dillicultice  of  life  :  ready  to  shield,  and  to  serve,  and  encourage  to  de- 
ciJu, — to  tell  her  wliat  was  right ;  and  poor  Esther  had  long  felt  that 
to  her  decision  was  like  a  great  piiin  and  impoanibility.  But  here  was 
Smith  to  advise,  and  it  seemed  to  her  as  if  tieublea  and  difUcullies 
became  hke  strong  places  now  that  ho  was  there.  Ilia  niiinner  of  looking 
tt  life  was  unlike  tliat  of  tlie  people  among  whom  slie  had  been  living : 
he  teemed  to  see  things  from  a  different  level,  and  yet  !ihe  felt  ns  if  he 
mil;  eaw  clearly,  anil  that  everything  he  said  was  right  and  true,  Somo 
{•cvjile  seem  by  intuition  to  see  only  truth  and  right;  others  must  uceilrf 
*crk  it  out  by  failing  and  sorrow.  They  realize  truth  by  the  pain  of 
irhat  is  false,  honour  through  dishonour,  right  by  wronga  repented  of 
with  hitter  pangs.  And  Estlier  had  long  felt  that  tliia  was  her  fate.  She 
diii  not  realize  all  that  the  undcratood  later, — only  she  felt  it  somehow; 
■lie  drilled  into  a  peaceful  calm,  and,  thankful,  she  sccuicd  suddenly  and 
ui!.\wares  to  be  glidirjg  through  still  waltra  after  the  leiiipeiit. 

When  t^he  awoke  in  the  morning  fhu  knew  that  lie  was  near  at  hand  ; 
'he  heard  hia  kind  voice,  and  Uie  child len "a  prattle  down  in  the  coiut- 
jar<J  briow.  LaU.T  in  the  day  ho  would  come  up  to  see  her,  and  they 
liilkwl  over  old  days,  and  the  new  days  seemed  to  shine  wiih  a  sudden 


266  TO  ESTHER, 

gleam  now  that  he  IincI  come  into  them  ;  tho  dull  boars  went  moresyntHj, 
the  Bky  seemed  brigliter ;  evening  came  full  of  sweet  tones,  mystcrioua 
lights,  and  pence  and  perfume ;  people  paesing  hj  seemed  strolling,  too, 
in  a  golden  beatitude.  They,  too,  Esther  fancied,  surely  must  IM  the 
nwectnuBS  and  depth  of  the  twilight.  The  morning  canto  with  a  bright 
Hash,  not  dawning  with  a  great  weight  of  pain  and  listlessness  as  before. 
In  the  hot  blaze  of  the  mid-day  sun  Geoffry  wmild  come  into  the  shaded 
room  where  the  women  were  sitting  at  work  by  the  window- 
It  was,  indeed,  to  him  liiic  a  memory  of  old  times,  to  be  sitting  with 
Esther  at  nn  open  window,  with  the  shadows  of  the  orange-trees  lying 
on  the  Jloor  where  the  shade  of  the  awning  did  not  reach.  Jack  liked 
playing  with  Uie  shadows,  putting  liis  little  leg  out  into  the  sunshine, 
and  pulling  it  back,  to  try  and  cheat  the  light  and  carry  some  away; 
but  Piissa  (her  grown-up  name  was  to  be  Priscilla)  liked  best  sitting 
quietly  on  her  mother's  knee,  and,  as  it  were,  stnriiig  at  tho  stories  she 
told  her  with  great  round  eyes.  The  story  broke  off  abruptly  when 
Smith  came  in,  and  another  talc  began.  It  seemed  like  a  dream  to  poor 
Geoffry  to  find  hiinaelf  sitting  there,  with  Esther,  at  an  open  window, 
with  the  souuda  and  the  sunahine  without,  sonnds  of  horses  at  the  water, 
of  the  water  i-uuhing,  of  voices  calling  to  each  other,  of  sudden  bursts  of 
belts  from  the  steeples  cf  Bagueres  de  Bigorre.  It  seemed  to  him 
aInioBt  as  if  all  the  years  were  not,  and  he  was  his  old  self  again.  Can  yoa 
fancy  what  it  was  to  him  aflcr  bis  long  waiting,  long  resignation,  long 
hopclesmess,  to  find  himself  suddenly  in  port,  as  it  were,  with  his  wish 
there  before  him  and  almost  within  his  grasp.  Death,  indifference, 
distance,  other  men  and  women,  years,  forgetfulncss,  chance,  and  human 
frailty,  had  all  bt'cn  between  tht-m  and  divided  them,  and  now  all  these 
things  surmounted,  like  a  miracle  these  two  seemed  to  be  brought  together 
again,  only  divided  by  a  remembrance. 

Some  things  eeom  po  familiar,  so  natural,  that  tliough  they  befall  ua 
only  once  or  twice  in  a  lifetime  perhaps,  yet  while  they  last  they  Bcem 
almost  eternal,  and  as  if  they  had  been  and  would  bo  lor  aver.  They 
suit  us,  and  harmonize  and  fonn  jMirt  of  ourselves  and  of  our  nature,  and 
so  far  in  tiuth  lliey  are  eternal  if  we  ourselves  are  eternal,  with  our 
sympathy  and  hopes  and  faithful  love. 


/ 


ORNHILL    MAGAZINE. 


RLVIiCH,  1866. 


SChc    (l!.hm;riiii!E. 


chapteh  iv, 
Flobbsce  Buhtox. 


M\  T  WHS  now  Climtniaa  time  at 
II  Sti-alton,  or  TAilicr  OiiiBtmai 
■  time  wa«  near  ac  band ;  not  the 
I  ChristmaK  next  after  tlic  nutumn 
of  Lord  Ongw'ii  ninn-iag«,  bnl 
the  follo\TJng  ChrlMimait,  and 
Uan-}'  Ckvctring  Uad  liuiiilied  bia 
itudk-K  in  Mr.  Burlon's  olHce. 
H«  fhtlcml  hlnucir  thnC  bv 
bad  not  been  idle  trhile  he 
iraa  there,  and  vaa  now  libttut 
to  commence  lii«  moro  advitaced 
Rtngo  cf  pii|iiing«,  uudur  tlia 
great  iU.  Beilby  in  London, 
with  hcpcs  whieti  vcrc  EtiU 
good,  if  tliey  were  not  «o  iiuig- 
uiCccut  lis  they  oQCQ  liad  beua. 
When  he  lit>t  wiw  Mr.  Burton 
in  his  cliice,  and  btltcld  tliu 
dtuly  [>ig«on-Lolt«  irilh  du«ty 
papern,  mid  mught  tbo  first 
gliuipac  of  things  as  ihey  really 
^^  were  in  the  woi-kih<:>p  uf  Iliat 
mnn  of  busineiw,  h«  hnd,  to 
kj  the  inilfa,  btta  d^B:tuted.  And  iln.  Burton's  e«rly  dinner,  and 
BorcoM  BimoHJi  "  (iliiiti  &«"  wid  plain  WBjri,  had  dimsonwrtcd  liira. 
nc  UL — MO.  7».  IS, 


256 


THE  CLAVEMNGS. 


ail 

I 


On  ihnt  dnj  ho  hnil  Tcpciit«d  of  bis  intenlioD  with  regard  to  StnutoD ;  but 
he  hud  ciirrit^d  out  liU  purpose  lika  ft  nun,  uiii  dow  lie  rejoiced  gnatly 
tluit  h«  JiaJ  Jcoe  eo.  He  rejoiced  grcfttlj,  tUongli  lus  hopes  weiw  tKunc- 
what  Bcbiired,  and  his  viws  «f  life  leas  grand  tUan  they  had  beco.  lie 
was  1o  Blurt  for  ClBvcring  carlj*  on  t]ie  following  morning,  intending  tu 
npvad  hin  ChnctniM  nt  homiR,  and  we  will  gee  him  and  listen  to  him  as  be  j 
budo  fiiirvoll  Co  one  of  the  nemberH  of  Mr.  Burton's  fantiljr.  If 

He  u-iM  sitting  in  a  email  back  parlour  In  Mr.  Burton's  Louse,  and  on 
the  table  of  lie  loom  there  was  biiming  a  mtiglG  candle.  It  was  a  dull, 
dingy,  brown  room,  fiimith«d  with  haraebau^coTerBd  chairs,  an  oU 
borachnir  sofa,  and  lieavy  ruftty  curtains.  I  don't  know  that  thare  was 
the  Tooni  any  attempt  at  ornament,  as  certainly  Lhenj  wu  so  evidence 
vcaUh.  It  vita  now  about  svvvn  o'clock  in  thu  evening,  aai  tea  wat  over 
in  Mnt.  Burton's  cttablialiTncnt.  Harry  CLavering  had  bad  bia  tea,  and 
bad  cntea  his  hot  muffin,  nt  the  further  ride  horn  the  Grc  of  tlie  bmily 
tabic,  ivbil«  PlorcDce  bad  poured  out  the  tea,  and  Mra.  Burton  had  aat  by 
tbo  fini  on  one  side  with  u  hiui>lkvrclii«'f  ovor  her  lap,  and  Mr,  Burton  had 
been  comfortiiblu  with  hU  Hrtn-cLair  azA  hin  nlippiTS  on  the  oilier  aide. 
Wlirn  tea  was  over,  Harry  had  made  his  parting  speech  to  Mrs,  BnitoB, 
and  that  lady  had  kis»cd  him.  and  bade  God  blcas  him.  "  TU  ace  yon  bt 
ft  nioincnt  before  you  go,  in  my  office,  Uarry,"  Mi.  Button  had  aid. 
Then  Harry  liml  gone  dowjiiituirs,  and  xoiiie  one  else  had  gone  baldly  widi 
biiii,  ami  they  tiro  were  eiltiug  together  in  the  dingy  brown  room.  Afier 
that  1  need  hardly  t«Il  my  rndor  what  had  become  of  Uarry  Clavcriog'* 
perpetual  Lfe^nduriog  heart's  tnUory. 

IIo  and  Floreacc  were  aittiug  on  the  old  lior.u-hatr  aoia, sad  FkvAoe'e 
hand  waft  in  bia.  "  .My  darling,"  he  said,  "  how  am  I  ta  fire  Sar  tba  cext 
two  yeare  ?  " 

"  You  mean  five  years,  Harry," 

"  No ;  I  nttan  two, — that  is  two,  unless  I  can  mnkG  tbe  time  less.  I 
btJicvv  you'd  Ll-  belter  pleased  to  think  it  was  ten." 

"  Much  hotter  plcaM>d  to  tliitik  tt  waa  Un  than  to  hsve  no  neb  hope 
at  a]I.  Of  courae  we  sliall  see  each  ether.  It's  tiot  an  tboo^  yoa  were 
geiog  to  New  Zealand." 

**  I  almost  wish  I  wero.  One  would  agree  then  ts  to  the  oeeeKty  of 
this  cursed  delay." 

"  lUrrj-,  Harry  !  " 

"  It  is  accurseiL    Th«  prud»nr'e  of  the  world  in  these  Utter  days 
te  ne  lo  be  more  abominable  iluia  iill  its  otlicr  iniiputtcs." 

"  But,  Uarry,  we  should  have  no  iBconie." 

"Income  is  a  word  that  I  bate." 

"Novr  yoa  arc  getting  on  to  yoor  high  horse,  and  you  knerw  I  alway* 
go  out  of  the  way  when  you  hfgiii  lo  pniiico  on  that  beast.  Aa  for  me,  I 
don't  want  to  leare  papa's  house  where  I'm  sure  of  my  bread  nnd  bolter, 
till  I'm  fure  of  it  ia  another." 

"  Ton  say  that,  Florence,  on  purpoM  to  torment  me." 


THE  CXAVSaiNCa. 


850 


"  Titer  Itanj,  So  j-ou  tliink  1  wanl  to  tcrraent  yon  oo  your  last  nigJit  7 
Tbe  truUt  »,  1  Jorc  tou  k  ircU  chut  1  c«a  a^onl  (o  be  pmicnit  lor  ytm." 

"  1  hate  patience,  and  »l«my«  did.  Pumow  »  on*  cf  tie  iront  Twci  I 
knoiT.  It's  nlmoBt  as  bad  as  htunilitj.  Yeu'l!  tell  me  you're  'umble  cexu 
If  ^oqII  ooty  xAi  tliat  you're  oonteut&^l,  y«u'U  describe  yourself  ns  ane  of 
tb«  lowest  of  God's  cmUiucB." 

"  I  don't  know  alout  being  'umblc,  bm  I  am  cantented.  Ar«  oot  you 
coatenled  with  in«^  air  J  *' 

"  Hoi — b«csnue  yon're  not  la  a  Iiurry  to  bo  nMirried." 
^        "  What »  goo«e  yoa  v«.     Uu  ymi  know-  Pm  sot  sure  tbnt  if  you  really 
^^Hkk  person,  and  are  quite  coiifideiit  about  bitii, — aa  I  un  ^f  you, — tlk«l 
^Inng  Id  look  forward  to  being  married  ia  not  the  btn  [utrt  of  tt  all.     I 
nfpOM  yoo'll  like  to  get  my  letters  aow,  but  I  don't  know  that  yoa'il  care 
Ebc  tbem  much  vrhi'n  we'vi'  biL'cii  itiaQ  and  wifu  for  ten  yeaiB." 
"But  ooe  can't  live  upon  IcLtvnf." 

"  I  shall  expect  you  to  livo  upon  mine,  and  to  gro^v  &t  on  Umib. 
Tloe; — I  hojird  pajui's  stop  on  the  stairiL  He  said  you  wtin  to  go  to 
}bm.  G«od-by,  Harry  ; — de.tre.^t  Uniry  1  Wltat  a  bWsaed  wind  it  nod 
dRtlew  you  here," 

'fltop  n  moment  ;—Hibout  your  grtting  to  ClnTcring.     I  shall  come 
fi^yaa  oa  E«iatcr-cv«." 
**0b,  do; — why  ^oold  you  have  so  mucli  trouble  and  expense?" 
"  I  tell  you  I  shall  cocne  for  you, — uulcs,  indued,  you  declini;  to  tniYel 
taktae." 

"  It  will  b«  ao  bice  !  And  ttien  I  shall  be  sure  to  Iiavo  yon  with  me 
t^  £nt  moment  I  s«e  them.  I  shall  ilunk  it  very  nwful  when  I  first 
atet  yottr  fiitbcr." 

"  lie's  the  most  good-natorcd  man,  I  shoald  eay,  in  EngUnd.*' 
"  Bat  ho'U  think  mc  »  plain.     You  did  at  first,  you  know.     But  ho 
*n*t  b#  uncivil  mougli  to  tell  ine  ho,  nit  you  did.     Aud  Ulary  is  to  be 
Auiied  in  Easier  wock  7     Ob,  dear,  oh,  dou ;  I  aluill  be  ho  sliy  among 
AtmalL" 

**  Tou  sLy !  I  never  saw  you  atiy  in  tny  lile.  I  don't  suppose  yoa 
■WB  ev«r  really  put  out  yet." 

"  But  I  niii»t  rcnliy  put  you  out,  beoiuse  papa  is  waiting  for  you. 
IW,  dear,  dvanxt  tlarry.  Though  I  am  no  jnticnt  I  nhtiU  count  tlie 
i>*K«till  yoa  oomc  for  mc.  Dearest  ilury  I  "  Then  she  boro  with  him, 
l*k  prened  her  close  to  bis  bosom,  and  kissed  her  lips,  luid  ber  fore- 
■■^  and  her  gloaq*  hair.  When  he  was  gooc  she  sat  down  aJone  for  a 
*■  Btfaiiilv  on  ihe  old  sofii,  and  liuggod  herself  in  her  happiness,  '\\niat 
*uppy  wind  tluit  Ikiid  been  ivh'icli  hail  blown  aueh  a  loTcr  aa  that  for  her 
■"Slauoal 

"  I  think  he's  a  good  yonng  man  "  said  M.r$.  Burton,  aa  aooo  aa  she 
**'WA  wiUi  her  old  liuabaQd  upstairs. 

"  Yei,  bc*a  n  good  youi^  toun.     He  means  riMy  wcU.** 
"UmLcU  not  idle;  iahc?" 

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260 


THE  CtAVHWNOS. 


"Sn — no;  he'*  not  iille.  Ami  lio'iiverj- clever  ;^ioa  elever,  Fm  afiai 
But  I  ihink  bc'U  do  well,  tliougli  it  may  tske  Iiim  some  time  to  settle." 

"  It  MCmi  «>  natttral  hu  Uking  to  Flo;  doeni't  it?  They're  all  lakeu 
one  wlicn  tliey  woul  nwaj*,  niid  limy've  all  iJone  very  well.  l>cary  lue; 
lioir  sud  tlio  hoiue  will  be  yrlieu  Flo  liiu  gont." 

"  Yes, — it'll  make  ■  dilFerenee  that  way.  But  what  then  ?  I  woaUn't 
wish  lo  keep  one  of 'em  at  bome  for  that  reason." 

"  No,  indtxid.  I  tlunk  Td  fed  wUamed  of  myself  to  Iiare  a  daughter 
not  married,  or  not  in  tlm  way  to  l>e  married  ftforo  slic'n  ihirly.  1  couIAi't , 
bear  to  thinlc  thst  no  young  man  slioiild  titke  a  fnncy  to  a  girl  of  mine. 
Bat  Flo'i  not  twenty  yet,  and  Cnrrj-,  who  was  the  oldest  to  go,  wuiu'l 
four-nnd- twenty  when  Scarneffl  took  her."  Thereupon  the  old  lady  put 
bet  bandkeTcbicftD  tio  comer  of  her  oycs,  and  wept  gently. 

"  Flo  isn't  gone  yet,"  naid  Mr.  Burton. 

"  But  I  Iio^h:-,  B,,  it'«  not  to  bi^  a  long  engagmiRit.  I  don't  like  long 
cng&{;cmont».     It  ain't  gcod,— not  for  the  girl;  it  aiu't^  indeed." 

"  We  w«rp  engaged  for  BOTen  years." 

"  People  ucren't  so  much  in  a  hurry  tlire  at  anything;  tut  I  ain't 
Kire  it  was  vtry  good  for  me.  And  thougli  we  weren't  juat  married,  i»i» 
were  liring  next  door  and  saw  each  other.  What'll  eome  to  Flo  if 
to  he  here  and  he's  to  he  up  iu  Lomiou,  pleasuring  hiouclf  7  " 

"Flo  muiA  bear  it  as  other  girls  do/' said  the  father,  as  be  got  tip 
hi*  cliiiir. 

"I  lliiuk  he's  a  good  young  m.in;  I  tliink  he  is,'*  Hiid  the  ntotW. 
'•  But  don't  stJind  out  for  too  much  for  'em  to  begin  upon.  What  tnatten  7 
Scic  if  itcy  were  to  he  a  little  short  you  could  help  'em."  To  racha 
raggcstiou  a*  this  Mr.  Burton  l1)oiig)it  it  aa  nell  to  make  no  ansreri 
but  with  pcindt^aua  steps  descended  to  his  office; 

"  Well,  Harry,"  aaid  Mr.  Burton,  "  bo  you're  to  be  off  in  tlie  mornbg ! " 

*'  Yea,  air ;  I  shall  breakfast  at  home  to-morrow." 

*  Ah, — when  I  was  your  age  I  always  tu*d  to  mntc  an  early  start 
Tliree  hours  bdoro  breakfast  never  does  any  hurt.  But  it  ahonldn't  be 
more  tlian  tliat.  The  wind  gets  into  the  stomach."'  Harry  liad  no  rcmnrfc 
lo  make  on  l!ii.s,  aud  waited,  iliwL-fon;,  till  Mr.  Burton  went  on.  "And 
you'll  be  np  in  London  by  the  1 0th  of  next  month  ? " 

"Tes,  »ir  ;  I  intend  to  bo  at  Mr.  Beilby'ii  office  on  the  lllh." 
"  That's  right.  Never  lose  a  day.  In  losing  a  iliiy  now,  you  don't  lose 
what  yoii  might  cam  now  in  a  day,  hut  what  you  niiclit  be  cvoing  when 
you're  at  your  bo»l.  A  young  man  iitiowld  always  remember  that.  You 
can't  dirpcnsc  with  a  round  in  the  ladder  going  up.  You  only  nake  your 
time  Bt  the  toji  so  much  the  Bhotter." 

"I  hope  you'll  find  that  I'm  alt  right,  sir.  I  don't  mean  to 
bo  idle." 

**  Pray  don't.  Of  course,  yon  know,  I  apeak  to  you  very  difFereotly 
hma  what  I  rJiouId  do  if  you  were  simply  going  away  from  my  office. 
Wliltlaha]l  have  to  give  Florence  will  be  very  little, — that  is. 


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TU£  CLAVERIKOS.  261 

Tadrdjr  liiile.  Sh«  shnll  hxvs  a  Luudrcd  a  year,  when  Ae  marrips,  till  I 
die;  ftnd  after  my  death  and  her  mother's  the  will  slmte  with  thculbtra. 
Hat  a  I)tindiT<l  a  year  will  bo  nothiug  to  yttu." 

<*  Won't  it,  wr?  I  think  a  very  great  deal  of  a  ImndreJ  a  jenr,  I'm 
to  haw  a  buadreJ  and  i\Hy  fioiu  liiti  (liljccj  siid  I  ihtfulil  be  rcatly  1o 
marry  on  that  to-mozrovi." 

**  Too  coalilu't  live  on  mch  an  income, — unlesi  you  wer«  to  niter  joiir 
habits  very  raoch." 

"  But  I  vrill  alter  them." 

"  Wo  bIibU  kc.  You  arc  so  placed  that  by  raajr^iug  you  would  lo»t 
t  eMUidcmblfi  income ;  and  I  would  ndriM;  you  to  |»ut  oft'  thinking  of  it 
fur  tbit  next  two  y^am." 

**  My  belief  w,  that  Milling  down  would  be  th«  best  thing  la  the  irorld 
to  moke  m«  work." 

•'  We'll  try  wljat  a  yew  will  do.  So  Florence  is  to  go  to  your  father's 
Ume  »t  Evtcr  ? " 

"  Yes,  Kir ;  she.  Ims  been  good  enough  to  ]>rotni«u  to  come,  if  you  Iiave 
u  otgectioii." 

"It  is  quite  as  well  thnt  they  should  know  hor  early.  I  only  hop 
ticy  Bill  lik«  her  as  well  us  wc  like  you.  Now  I'll  say  gODd-Di);lit, — and 
|Bail4)y.'*  Then  Harry  went,  and  walking  up  and  down  iho  High  Street 
rfSuttoii,  t)iou)^ht  of  all  that  ho  had  done  during  tlie  past  year. 

On  hifl  arrirot  at  Strattou  that  idea  of  perpetual  misery  arising  from 

itsil  afTc^tioD  wu  itill  strong  wtt!iin  his  breoit.     Ik  had  givuu  all  lii>« 

to  a  falsB  womaD  who  had  betrayed  him.     He  Im^l  riiiked  all  his 

fannnc  oa  one  caat  of  tlie  die,  and,  f;ambIeT-like,  luid  Inat  everything. 

On  the  day  of  Julia'a  juaiTiage  La  had  alint  himself  np  at  the  school, — 

luckily  it  woa  a  holiday, — aad  had  flattered  himself  tliat  lie  bad  gone 

ttntigh  some  hours  of  intcnso  agony.     No  doubt  he  did  suil'cx  soiiiewhat, 

Utin  troth  ho  had  loved  tho  woman  ;  but  such  Euffcrings  are  seldom 

IvjMunI,  and  with  him  they  had  been  aa  enay  uf  cure  as  with  most  others. 

X  Ultle  moro  than  a  year  bad  passed,  and  now  ho  wa«  already  engaged 

IS  mother  woman.     Aa  ho  tbongUl  of  this  he  did  not  by  any  moam 

acetM  himself  of  riK-onxt»ncy  or  of  weakness  of  hmrt.     It  appeared  tabira 

tm  llie  uost  natuml  thing  in  the  world  tliat  ho  should  love  Florence 

BonotL     In  thoae  old  days  he  had  never  aeen  Flotenco,  and  Imd  hardly 

Ihnglit  aeriously  of  what  qualities  a  man  really  wnnts  in  a  vit'i.:     As  he 

vtIM  up  and  down  tho  hill  of  Slntton  Siroctwilh  tho  kiM  of  tho  dmr, 

omlt>t,  oflbctionute  girl  aUll  wiu-m  npou  his  lijis,  he  told  hiniietf  tbat  n 

Xniage  with  such  a  one  as  Julia  iJrabnsou  would  have  been  altog<;thvr 

bd  to  bis  ebnnoe  of  happiness. 

And  tilings  luul  occurred  and  rumours  had  renched  bimuhicli  assisted 
^nucb  in  adopting  this  view  of  tho  subject.  It  was  known  to  all  tho 
OneiiBgt, — and  e\-vn  to  nil  ollien  who  cared  about  Buch  lliingx, — that 
I^d  ud  Lady  Ongar  were  not  happy  together,  and  it  had  heeo  nircady 
*U   ikat    Lady    Ongar    had    miscoiiduct^d    herself.       There    was   n 


THE  CLATBRTSGS. 


c«rt»tD  count  whose  Dane  bad  oomo  to  be  minf^ed  vltb  hcra 
Kay  that  wax,  to  u;  the  lenrt  of  U,  very  unibTliuute.  Sir 
C1«T«ring  had  dcdued,  in  Mrs.  Clavering'B  heann;,  thoagfa  Itnt  littl« 
disposed  in  general  to  make  man;  r^reliuions  to  any  of  llie  fkmlljr  at 
tlta  Tcctiir)-,  "  lIuU  1i£  did  not  intend  to  lak«  bis  sister-in-Ian's  part,  Sbe 
had  made  ber  own  bed,  and  ehe  must  lie  upon  it  8bc  had  knovn  wbat 
Lord  Ongar  was  before  she  bad  married  bim,  and  iIk  fault  was  h«r  own." 
So  macli  Sir  Ilugb  bad  laid,  and,  in  rajing  it,  bad  dono  all  tbst  m  bim 
lay  to  damn  liia  ufit^r-iu-lan'ii  fiiir  fame.  Hany  Clararing,  tittle  as  lie 
bad  lircrd  ui  tlie  vrorld  during  tbc  Inst  twelrc  uonlha,  acill  Itnew  that 
•anw  people  told  a  diftVront  storr.  The  cnri  U>a  and  hia  vrife  bad  iMt 
been  in  England  tunco  l1ii>ir  marriage ;— to  tbat  them  nimoura  had  been 
filtered  to  tbcm  at  home  llirough  n  feniga  medium.  Donng  most  of 
their  time  ikey  had  hfxm  in  Icalj',  and  now,  as  Harrj  1:n<!W,  ih«y  wen  at 
Florence  He  bad  heard  that  Lord  Ongar  had  declared  liu  intention 
of  Buiug  for  a  divorce ;  but  that  be  auppoeed  to  be  erroneous,  as  the  two 
were  atill  living  under  the  same  roof.  Then  be  henrd  tiiat  Lord  Ongar 
was  ill;  and  nhinficrH  were  apruad  al^rtxid  darkly  and  doublinglr,  at 
Ibou^^h  great  miafertunM  were  appTehend«l. 

Harry  ooold  not  tail  to  tell  bimecir  that  had  Julia  become  liii  wt^ 
NK  tJie  hod  once  prooiiacd,  these  vrhiapcra  and  this  darkncca  would  hnnilj 
have  coniu  to  gnM.  But  not  on  tliut  account  did  he  new  n)gn>t  that  htr 
early  tow»  had  not  been  kept.  Liring  at  Riratton,  lie  had  taught  hinuelf 
to  tlunk  much  of  tli»  quiet  domeeticitiea  of  life,  and  to  beticvc  thai 
Florence  Barton  whk  fitter  to  be  his  wife  tbim  Julia  Brabazon.  Ue 
told  hinuelf  timL  he  had  dune  wuU  to  lind  this  out,  and  that  he  lind  beoi 
wiite  10  act  upon  it.  ilia  wiodom  had  in  truth  consiBled  in  bta  capad^ 
to  fcel  that  Florence  was  u  nice  girl,  clei-er,  well-minded,  high-prinrapUd, 
and  full  of  i^irit,— and  in  lolling  in  love  with  her  ns  a  const^juence.  All 
hia  r^nrd  fur  Uie  quiet  dommticldia  hod  come  from  hi>«  love,  and  had 
had  no  ahare  in  producing  iu  Florence  was  bright-eyod.  No  eyes  wexc 
cr«-r  brighter,  either  ia  tears  of  in  laughter.  And  when  ho  came  to  look  at 
her  welt  ho  fi>und  tlint  be  Iiad  been  an  idiot  to  think  her  plain.  "  Hi<n 
are  things  tlutt  grow  to  hi^.tuty  lu  you  loolc  at  tbcm, — to  csqaiaito  beauty; 
aod  you  are  one  of  tliem,"  lie  had  said  to  ber.  "  And  there  an  men," 
she  bad  onvwered,  "  who  grow  to  flaUcery  aa  you  listen  to  them, — to 
impudi^nt  flattery  t  w^d  you  ace  one  of  them."  "  I  thought  yoa  plain  tbe 
fir*l  day  I  saw  you.  Tliat's  not  flattery."  "  Tea,  air,  it  ia ;  and  you 
meau  it  lor  flaltcry.  But  allcr  all,  Ilorry,  it  comea  only  to  iltia,  ilut  you 
want  to  tt'U  metliatyuu  hum  learned  to  lore  inc."  He  repeated  all  ihn  to 
hlinni.-ira3  he  walked  up  and  down  Stivitton,  and  declared  to  lumjMjf  that 
she  waa  reiy  lovely.  It  bad  been  given  to  him  to  aKcitaia  thif,  and 
be  was  rather  proud  of  himself.  Hut  be  was  a  little  diffident  about  hia 
(atiuix.  Uc  thought  that,  perhaps,  liia  father  tniglit  &eo  Fkireitce  aa  be 
himself  had  firxt  u»ti  licr,  and  niiglit  nut  bare  disoommeat  enoagh  to 
aitcertuiit  his  mi^tjike  as  he  had  done.     But  Flanmcewas  not  going  to 


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THE  CLAVERINGS.  263 

Clavering  at  once,  and  he  voold  be  able  to  giro  beforehand  his  omt 
acoonnt  of  her.  He  had  not  been  home  since  his  engagement  had  been  a 
thing  settled ;  bnt  his  position  with  regurd  to  Florence  had  been  declared 
bj  letter,  and  hie  mother  had  written  to  the  young  lady  asking  her  to  come 
to  Clayering. 

When  Uany  got  home  all  the  &mily  received  Tiim  with  congratula- 
doDS.  "  I  am  so  glad  to  think  that  yon  should  marry  early,"  his  mother 
said  to  him  in  a  whisper.  "  But  I  am  nut  married  yet,  mother,"  ho 
answered. 

"  Do  show  me  a  lock  of  her  hair,"  said  Fanny,  lav^hing.  "  Its 
twice  prettier  hair  than  yoora,  though  she  doesn't  think  half  so  much 
ibout  it  as  you  do,"  said  her  brother,  pinching  Fanny's  arm.  "  But 
yoo'll  show  me  a  lock,  won't  yon,"  said  Fanny. 

**  I'm  so  glad  she's  to  be  here  at  my  marriage,"  sud  Mary,  *'  because 
(ben  Edward  ^viU  know  her.  Vm  so  glad  that  he  will  see  her."  "  Edward 
will  have  other  fiah  to  fry,  and  won't  care  much  about  her,"  said  Harry. 

"  It  seems   you're  going  to  do  the  regular  thing,"   said  his  father, 
"Uke  all  the  good  apprentices.     Many  your  master's  daughter,  and  then 
became  Lord  Mayor  of  London."     This  was  not  the  view  io  which  it  had 
fiwed  Harry  to  r^ard  his  engagement     All  the  other  "young  men" 
that  bad  gone  to  Mr.  Burton's  had  married  Mr.  Burton's  daughters, — or, 
at  least,  enough  had  done  so  to  justify  the  Stratton  assertion  that  all  had 
.  AUoi   into   the   same  trap.      The  Burtons,  with  their  five   girls,  were 
■ippaaed  in  Stratton  to  have  managed  their  afiairs  very  well,  and  some- 
tbiog  of  these  hints  had  reached  Harry's  ears.     He  would  have  preferred 
that  the  thing  should  not  have  been  miide  so  common,  but  he  was  not  fool 
oiough  to  make  himself  really  unhappy  ou  that  head.     "  I  don't  know 
much    about    becoming  Lord   Mayor,"   he   replied.      "  That  promotion 
doesn*t  lie  exactly  in  our  line."     "  But  marrying  your  master's  daughter 
does,  it  ieems,"  said  the  Hector.    Harry  thought  that  this  as  coming  from 
W  &tber  was  almost  ill-natured,  and  therefore  dropped  the  conversation. 
"  Tm  sure  wc  shall  like  her,"  said  Fanny. 
"  I  think  that  I  shall  like  Harry's  choice,"  said  Mrs.  Clavering. 
"  I  do  hope  Edward  will  like  her,"  said  Mary. 

"  Mary,"  said  her  sister,  "  I  do  wish  you  were  once  married.  When 
jou  are,  you'il  btgin  to  have  a  aelf  of  your  own  again.  Kow  you're  no 
bttter  than  an  unconscious  echo." 

"  Wait  for  your  own  turn,  my  dear,"  said  the  mother. 
Harry  had  reached  home  on  a  Saturday,  and  the  following  Klonday 
*ai  Christmas-day.  Lady  Clavering,  lie  was  told,  was  at  home  at  the 
puk,  and  Sir  Hugh  had  been  there  lately.  No  one  from  the  house  except 
1^  lervants  were  seen  at  church  either  ou  the  Sunday  or  on  Christmas-- 
<i»y.  "  But  that  shows  nothing,"  said  tlie  liector,  speaking  in  anger,  '•  He 
▼ny  rarely  does  come,  and  when  he  does,  it  would  bo  better  lliat  he 
tbould  be  away.  1  think  that  he  likes  to  insult  me  by  misconducting 
hiiOKlf.     They  sny  that  she  is  not  well,  and  I  can  easily  beheve  that  itU 


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TIi£  CLAVEKDiaS. 


Ibia  about  her  aialer  makes  her  unhappj.  If  I  were  you  1  would  go  op 
And  call.  Your  mothor  waa  tbcrv  t.hc  oilier  ilay,  but  did  not  Bee  tbecn.  I 
tljitik  yoii'U  find  tliut  hti's  away,  hmiUiig  »omc«htrf.  I  fia>v  llie  grooi 
going  off  with  three  Lorvcn  oa  Sati<lAy  uftvrnooii.  U«  alwaj's  saada  t3i< 
by  ths  cliurcli  gaic  jii*l  a*  we're  coming  out." 

Su  Hurry  weitt  u]i  to  the  hoiiBc,  and  found  Lady  Clavering  at  haae. 
Silo  VTM  lookiiig  ciid  and  careworn,  but  she  wm  glad  to  sec  hiro.  H; 
was  the  only  one  of  tlie  ri>ctory  fiituily  who  bad  bvfa  liked  at  tli«  great 
hoit&c  &incu  Sir  Hugh'i  mnrriugi',  oud  Lv,  had  lie  cured  to  do  »v,  vroulJ 
havo  bcc^n  inndo  welcome  there.  But,  as  he  had  once  said  to  Sir  Hugh's 
Bisler-in-law,  if  lie  ehol  tho  Claverinfi;  game,  be  would  be  expected  to  dotu 
in  tbe  guise  of  a  head  g.'kniclic«pcr,  and  ho  did  not  cbcosc  to  play  that  part. 
It  would  not  Hult  bLm  to  drink  8ir  Hugh's  diiri.-t,  and  be  hiddt^u  to  ring  tbe 
bcil^  Mid  to  be  abked  li>  ntep  ititu  the  stable  for  this  or  tbuu  He  waa  a 
]«llow  of  hia  college,  a-ud  quite  aa  big  a  m^in,  he  thought,  as  Sir  Hugh.  Ha 
would  not  l)e  a  hanger-on  at  the  park,  and,  to  l«U  ilie  truth,  be  diidi 
his  coufiin  t^uito  as  niueh  oe  his  father  did.  But  there  had  erint  Lven  a  KtrC 
uf  frtundship, — nay,  oecasinnally  ahnust  a  uo[i(id«Dc«,  between  him  aad  Laii]r 
Ularering,  and  he  believed  tliat  by  her  he  vtom  really  liked. 

Lady  Clari^ring  hud  heard  ef  bis  engagement,  ami  of  course  congratu- 
lated him.    "  Wlio  told  you  ?  "  he  aaked,— "  was  it  lay  luotlicr  ?  " 

"No;  I  have  not  ncea  your  mother  I  don't  know  whcu.     1  think 
wnamy  maid  told  me.   Tliongh  we  Bomcbow  don't  eoo  much  of  you  all  at 
rectory,  our  ecrrants  ate  do  doubt  moregiaeioua  with  the  reclory  lerrantc 
I'm  sure  sho  must  be  nice,  Harry,  or  you  would  not  have  chotca  her,    1 
hope  fthe  has  get  Eome  money." 

"  Yes,  I  think  she  ia  iiiije.     Shu  is  coming  hero  at  Easter." 

"  Ah,  we  ehiJl  be  aw.sy  iheuj  you  know ;  ntid  nbcut  the  money  7  " 

*'  She  will  have  a  Httic,  but  veiy  lililu ; — a  huadreil  a  year." 

"Ob,  Hariy,  is  not  that  rash  of  you-'     Younger  brothers  tJiuuld  al«ay> 
get  money.     You're  the  same  as  a  yoiuiger  broUicr,  you  know." 

"  My  idea  ia  to  earn  my  own  bread.     It's  not  vury  aristcuratic^  b 
nf\er  all,  there  are  a  grt^at  many  more  in  the  same  boat  with  me." 

"  Of  course  you  will  eirii  your  bread,  but  having  a  wife  with  inone' 
would  not  hinder  thnl.     A  girl  is  not  the  woniv  beeuu-tc  aho  can  bri 
»oiiie  help.     However,  I'm  hutb  1  hope  you'U  be  happy." 

"  What  I  meant  was  that  I  think  it  best  when  iho  raonoy  oomcs  froi 
the  husband." 

"I'msnret  ought  to  agree  with  you.bccaune  wo  never  h;»d  any."   Then 
tlicre  was  a  pau»v.    "  I  suppose  youve  Leaid  about  Lord  Ou^jar,"  she  uid. 

"  I  iiave  heai'd  that  he  is  very  ill." 

*' Wry  ill.     I  believe  there  wiu   no  hope  whca  wc  heard  lasl;  b 
Julia  never  writes  now." 

"  I'm  sorry  llisil  it  is  to  bud  as  ibitt,"  said  Hari^*,  nut  widt  kaowi 
what  viae  to  say. 

"  As  regards  Juliiir  I  do  not  know  whettier  it  may  cot  be  for  the  best. 


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THE  CLATEBINGS.  265 

It  seems  to  be  K  cmel  ttdvg  to  say,  hut  of  course  I  cannot  bnt  tbink  most 
of  her.     Ton  baTe  heard,  perhaps,  that  they  hare  not  been  happy  7  " 
"Yes;  I  had  heard  that." 

"  Of  coarse ;  and  what  is  the  use  of  pretending  anything  with  you  ! 
Tott  know  what  people  have  said  of  her." 
"  I  have  never  believed  it." 

"  Tou  always  loved  her,  Harry.  Oh,  dear,  I  remember  how  unhappy 
that  made  me  once,  and  I  was  ho  a&aid  that  Hugh  woold  suspect  it.  She 
woaM  never  have  done  for  you ; — would  she,  Harry  ?  " 
"  She  did  a  great  deal  better  for  herself,"  said  Hariy. 
"  If  you  mean  that  ironically,  you  shouldn't  say  it  now.  If  he  dies, 
she  will  be  well  off,  of  course,  and  people  will  in  time  forget  what  has  been 
■aid, — thatoB,  if  she  will  live  quietly.  The  worst  of  it  is  that  she  fears 
nothing." 

"  But  you  speak  m  though  you  thought  she  had  been — been — " 
"  I  think  she  was  probably  impradent,  but  I  believe  nothing  worse  than 
^t.     But  who  can  say  what  is  absolutely  wrong,  and  what  only  impru- 
dmt  7     I  think  she  was  too  proud  to  go  really  astray.    And  tlieu  with  such 

■urn  as  that,  bo  difficult  and  so  ill-tempered !    Sir  Hugh  thiukii " 

Bot  at  that  moment  the  door  was  opened  and  Sir  Hugh  came  in. 
"  What  does  Sir  Hugh  think  ?  "  said  he. 

"  "We  were  speaking  of  Lord  Ongar,"  said  Harry,  sitting  up  and  shaking 
innds  with  his  cousin. 

"Then,  Harry,  you  were  speaking  on  a  subject  that  I  would  rather 
not  have  discussed  in  this  house.  Do  you  understand  that,  Hermione  ? 
1  will  have  no  talking  about  Lord  Ongar  or  his  wife.  We  know  very 
Utile,  and  what  we  hear  is  simply  uncomfortable.  Will  you  dine  here 
to-day,  Harry  ?  " 

"  Thank  you,  no ;  I  have  only  just  come  home." 
"  And  I  am  just  going  away.     That  ia,  I  go  to-morrow,     I  cannot 
ttnad  this  place.    I  think  it  the  dullest  neighbourhood  in  all  England,  and 
ilie  moat  gloomy  house  I  ever  saw.     Hermione  likes  it," 

To  thifl  last  assertion  Lady  Clavering  expressed  no  assent;  nor  did  slie 
venture  to  contradict  him. 


ciiaptek  v, 

Lady  Okoab's  Eeturs. 

Birr  Sir  Hugh  did  not  get  away  from  Clavering  Park  on  the  next  morning 
as  he  had  intended.  There  came  to  him  that  same  afternoon  a  message  by 
telegraph,  to  say  that  Lord  Ongar  was  dead.  He  had  died  at  Florence  on 
the  afternoon  of  Chriatmaa-day,  and  Lady  Ongar  had  expressed  her  inten- 
tion of  coming  at  once  to  England, 

"  Why  the  devil  doesn't  she  stay  where  she  is  ?  "  said  Sir  Hugh,  to 
his  wifi;.  "  People  would  forget  her  there,  and  in  twelve  months  time  the 
row  would  be  all  over," 


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26$  THE  CLAVCDINGS, 

"  Perluipa  Rhe  does  not  wont  to  be  Airgidlcn,"  mid  Ladj  CWreruig. 

"  Then  f^  nbonld  want  it.  I  cion't  caie  vlictitcr  she  bu  been,  paity 
or  not.  Wltcn  %  woman  gets  her  name  into  soch  a  Jtieos  u  iZiat,  ake 
nliuuld  kocp  in  the  bKckgroDnd." 

"  1  think  you  are  unjurt  to  lier,  Hngli." 

"  Of  connc  )'ou  do.  Yen  don't  suppcM  ih&t  I  expect  siijtliiiig  cite. 
Bat  if  j<ya  Bii.-&n  to  Icll  mc  tlial  tlnrc  vovli  lure  hota  ull  tiu<  roK^  if  tlie 
lind  btcn  ticceotly  pruilent,  I  Icll  you  that  you're  mistaken.^  H 

"  Only  tlitnk  wh.it  a  man  Iio  was."  ^ 

"  Slic  knew  tliat  vh«n  she  took  hitn,  and  should  bsTe  bomv  iritlt  him 
while  h«  lasted.  A  wotnan  isn't  to  inva  suvca  thoautnd  a  year  for 
nothing." 

*'Bul  you  furgt^t  liial  not  a  ayilafcJe  has  been  pivved  against  her,  oi 
been  attcinpted  to  be  proved,  ^hc  has  never  lefl  him,  and  now  sbeiMB 
been  with  him  in  his  Inst  momenta.  I  dnn'l  think  jon  AUght  to  bo  the 
Srst  to  turn  against  hor." 

"  If  aba  would  nsnutn  abroad,  I  would  do  Uie  beet  I  ootUd  for  bcr. 
Shfi  ehooHx  to  return  home ;  nud  a»  I  think  abe's  vtocg,  I  won't  hare  kv 
here  ; — ihat'a  all.  Ton  don't  auppoae  that  I  go  about  the  world  noataiiig 
Ii«r  ?  " 

"  1  think  you  niiflit  do  scunvlhing  to  CgJil  her  battle  for  bur." 

"  I  vrlU  do  notliing, — unless  ebu  takrs  my  iidvice  and  remajna  abroad 
Vou  must  write  to  hei  now,  and  you  will  tell  tier  what  I  lay.  ll't  an 
inTcmul  bore,  Lis  dying  at  this  mometit ;  but  I  siipptue  people  won% 
expect  that  I'm  to  shut  myself  Up" 

For  one  day  only  did  thu  iwronct  ahnthitoedf  up,and  on  tbefoUowng 
be  went  wUitlicr  he  had  befure  intended. 

Lady  Clavtrlng   tlioi^gUt  it  proper  to  write   a   line  lo  tlic  rwrtory, 
informing  the  family  there  that  Lord  Ongar  waa  no  more.      Thbi  (he 
did  in  a  note  to  Mrs.  ClATU'iiif;;   and  when  it  was  recGired,  there  came 
over  the  (aae»  of  them  aiJ  that  lii^briuuit  Icok,  which  is,  aa  a  natter  of 
course,  .'utftuined  by  dooorouj  peopk*  when  tidings  come  of  ilie  death  c^    m 
say  one  who  has  tucn  known  to  tbuoi,  even  ia  thu  most  dnttatnt  way.    I 
With  the  exception  of  Ilniry,  all  the  rectory  Clavcringa  had  been  iatr»- 
dnccd    to    Lord    Ongar,   und   were   now   bound    to   express  aotnething    ^ 
npproactiing   to   aorr«w.     Will  any  one   dare   to   call   this  hypocri^T   ■ 
If  it  be  80  called,  who  in  the  world   is   not  a  hypocrite  1     Where  ia 
the  nian  or  woman  who  luu  not  a  apeuinJ  face  for  sorrow  before  company  f 
'rh»  man  or  woniun  who  lias  no  such  face,  would  at  oaec  be  acenaed  of 
heartica  impropriety. 

"  It  ia  very  sad,"  aaid  Mm.  Clareiiog ;   "  only  think,  It  ia  iMd  little    M 
inore  tliun  a  year  sinoe  you  married  tlioui  [ " 

"  And  twelve  hucH  inoiiLli.t  at  they  have  been  for  her  I "  said  tht 

:or,  thoking  bia  h^ad.     His  liice  waa  Tory  lugubxiouti,  lor  though  as 

paraoD  he  was  essentially  a  kindly,  caay  uiau,  to  wlioui  liuiubi^  was 

odious,  and  who  dealt  little  in  the  austcrlttva  of  clencal  dcaunciaiion,  aCill 


I 
I 


THB  CLATEBU103,         ^^^  S87 

[lad  liis  lace  of  pulpjt  sorrow  for  tli«  sins  of  tlie  people,— irlat  I  may 
>  eaU  hift  clericftl  ktw^  of  gentle  coDdeciusti(>a,—«itd  could  tiHin-Toro 
BIB  a  nlenm  look,  and  a  little  eaddened  mocica  of  tiia  bead,  with  moro 
!  tbao  people  who  arc  not  often  called  upon  for  ench  adion. 
"Poor  woimm  I"    taii  Fanny,   thiukiog   of   the  "wonua's  Hurried 
BOirown,  and  l»er  vKrly  widowhood. 

"  Poor  mao,"  ukl  Uary,  tliadderin;  u  she  tliooght  «r  the  huBband'a 

"  I  ttopc,"  said  tUny,  almost  senteotiau&ly,  "  (lut  do  one  in  lliia  liouM 
will  caatkom  htr  upon  euch  incro  iiunours  as  bavo  been  beard." 

"  Wby  tlioukl  >ay  otw  io  this  botuc  eondomn  her,"  mid  Uio  Bector, 
*"  even  if  there  were  more  than  mmottra  ?  My  dears,  judfc  not,  Icat  yc 
be  jo^BBcL  Ab  r^ardB  her,  we  are  bonnd  by  close  ties  not  to  spcftlc  iU  of 
kv — or  ercn  to  tbink  Ul,  usleas  we  cannot  avoid  it.  An  far  as  I  knuw, 
wc  hare  not  even  any  n»uoa  for  tbinking  ill."  Tlit:a  be  ircnt  out,  cLaugcd 
the  tone  of  his  eouatenancn  among  the  rvctory  atablcs,  and  lit  his  cigar. 

TlircA  days  after  that  a  aooond  ncAe  was  brouj^t  down  from  tha 
jnat  house  to  tlie  tedory,  and  tbts  was  &cm  Lady  Clavorlng  to  Hairy. 
*'DMr  Harry,"  ran  llie  no£«, — "  Could  you  find  time  to  come  up  to  me 
lliia  nomiiif;  ?  Sir  Ua^h  has  gone  to  North  Priory. — Ew  yours,  II.  C." 
flMy,  of  ooursr,  went,  and  tm  he  wnnt,  he  wondered  how  Sir  Iliigb  coold 
hm  had  tlve  heart  to  go  to  North  Priory  nt  such  a  ciomciil.  NorUi 
tnorj  waB  a  hunting  soat  eoinc  tliirty  miles  from  Cluveriu^,  Ltlouging  to 
a  great  noblrmuD  with  whom  Sir  Hugh  much  consortml.  Uanj  waa 
grierctl  that  hia  cousin  bad  not  resisted  the  tcnipUitLoa  of  goinf;  at  such 
I  tine,  but  be  was  quick  enough  to  perceive  that  Lady  ClaTcriog  iilludod 
to  llie  akaeiice  of  ber  lord  as  a  reason  why  Ilarry  mi^ht  pay  his  vhtit  to 
the  bouse  with  satisfaction. 

"  I'm  ao  mud)  obliged  to  you  fur  coming,"  said  Lady  Clavering.  "  I 
viDl  Io  know  if  you  con  do  aomething  for  me  "  As  ahu  spoVe,  she  had  a 
paper  in  her  hand  which  be  immediately  perceired  to  be  a  letter  &ota  Ilaly. 
"Fll  do  anything  I  can,  of  oonrEe,  Lady  Ciavering." 
"  Bat  I  musi  IcU  you,  that  I  hardty  know  whether  I  ought  Io  nak  you. 
tm  doing  wlrnt  would  make  Hugh  viay  angry.  But  he  is  so  unreaaonablc, 
ndio  cruel  about  Julia.  He  cuiuU-inDs  ht-r  vimply  iK'i^iuse,  iia  he  sjtys, 
lh«e  ia  no  smoke  without  tine.  That  is  nub  a  cruel  thing  Io  say  about  a 
aoBian  ;— is  it  not  ?  " 

Harry  thought  that  it  was  a  cruel  (Ling,  but  aa  he  did  not  wish  to 
lyiak  «rU  of  Sir  Hngh  before  Lady  Clarorii^,  he  held  hia  longLui. 

"  Wluai  we  gut  the  firat  newa  by  tekgraph,  JuUa  aaid  that  she  intended 
l»Goate  home  at  once.  Hugh  thinks  that  ohc  abould  remain  uLruad  lor 
Mae  time,  and  iodKd  I  am  not  sura  but  that  would  be  besL  At  any 
■■>•  ha  made  uto  write  lo  her,  and  ndnM  her  Io  stuy.  lie  dednred  that 
if  the  came  at  onco  ho  would  do  nothing  for  her.  The  truth  is,  he  doea 
not  want  to  have  her  here,  for  Lf  site  were  again  in  the  bouse  ):e  would 
'xva  to  lalu  h«r  fart,  if  ill-aatarad  tbinga  were  said." 


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068 


TUE  CLAVEBINGS. 


"  That's  oowordljr,"  nniil  Hnxry,  Ktoaiiy. 

"  Don't  My  ttiKt,  Harry,  liU  you  havo  heard  it  All.     If  h« 
thoto  UiingR,  lie  i*  right  not  to  wiah  to  meddle.     He  in  vitry  h:ud,  lad 
always  It^linvcH  «Yil.     But  he  is  nal  a  cowftrd.     If  the  wtsrc  lierci  living 
with  him  as  my  mter,  li«  vroulil  tnko  licr  part,  whaJcrer  lie  might  himtdt' 
tliinlc." 

'^  B»t  Trliy  ohoiild  bo  think  ill  of  his  own  fiiatcr-in-Iavr  ?  I  hare  nercr 
thought  ill  ofliGr." 

"  Tou  loTcd  her,  onJ  he  never  did ; — though  I  thint  he  liked  her  loo 
in  his  v/ay.  But  thttl't  whnt  h«  told  me  to  do,  Asd  I  did  it.  I  wrote  to  < 
lier,  advising  hi?r  to  rcmaia  at  Kloriincit  till  ihi^;  wnmi  weather  vomef, 
saying  thnt  an  nlw  could  not  speciidly  w\«}i  to  be  in  London  lor  the  aauoti. 
I  thought  she  would  be  more  oomfartahle  there  than  hero; — and  then 
I  added  that  Hugh  also  ndvised  her  to  slay.  Of  course  I  did  not  ny  that 
he  would  not  liavo  her  hurc, — but  that  was  bis  iJireat.'' 

"  Shu  i»  not  likely  to  press  beraelf  where  xho  is  not  wanted." 

"  No,-— and  ebe  will  not  forget  her  runic  iind  her  money  ;^far  that 
mast  now  be  hers.  Julia  can  be  quite  as  bnrti  uud  os  stubborn  as  ho  can. 
Rut  I  did  'Write  as  I  say,  nnd  I  think  tliut  if  she  had  got  my  letter  bsfare 
Hhe  bad  wriltcu  hcisclf,  eiiu  would  perhaps  hnvc  stayed.  Hut  here  Is  ■ 
letter  from  her,  declaring:  tJiat  slie  will  eomc  at  onci^.  Slio  will  bo  stsiting 
almcitt  as  noon  aa  my  letter  gets  there,  and  I  am  sure  she  will  not  alter  W 
purpuiw  now." 

"  I  tlou  t  BOO  why  she  sliould  not  come  ifabe  likes  it," 

"  Only  tbiit  )die  niigbl  hi:  morm  comlbrtable  there.  But  read  wlntshe 
pays.  You  ticed  not  read  the  first  port.  Not  that  there  ia  any  secret; 
but  it  iit  about  him  and  his  last  niomeiiUi,  And  it  would  only  p-^in  you." 

Hairy  longed  to  read  the  whole,  but  be  did  as  be  woi  bid,  and  btgn 
the  letter  at  the  spot  which  Litdy  Cliivering  marbed  for  hicn  with  her 
finger.  "  I  have  to  start  on  the  (bird,  and  as  I  dial!  stay  nowhere  cxc^  ; 
to  sEeep  at  Turin  and  Paris,  I  thjill  be  home  by  tlie  eighth ; — I  think  on  ■ 
tlio  ovMiing  of  the  eighth.  I  shall  bring  only  my  own  maid,  and  one  of  '^ 
his  men  who  (lefiirefl  to  come  hack  with  me.  I  wish  to  have  apartments 
taken  for  me  in  London.  I  suppose  Hugh  will  do  a*  macb  as  this 
forme?" 

"  I  am  quite  nir«  Hugh  won't,"  said  Lady  Clarcring,  who  was 
w.itching  his  eye  as  ho  r»ul. 

Hairy  s.iid  nothing,  but  went  on  reading.  **  I  shall  only  want  two 
silling-roomB  and  two  bedrooms, — one  for  myeelf  and  one  Ibr  Clara,  and 
should  like  to  have  them  aomewhero  near  PicenidiUy, — in  CUrgea  Sti«et, 
or  iibout  then.'.  You  can  write  me  a  line,  or  send  mc  a  message  to  U>e 
H^lel  Bristol,  at  Pari«.  If  anything  ihils,  ho  that  I  should  not  hear,  I 
sliall  go  to  the  Palace  Hotel ;  ami,  in  that  case,  should  telegraph  ft» 
Irom  Paris." 

"  Is  tiiut  ail  I'm  to  read  T  "  Harry  asltpd. 

"  Tou  can  go  on  and  sec  what  she  says  as  lo  her  reason  for  comiag.' 


I 


THB  CLA.VEBINGS. 


2&9 


So  Uarry  went  on  teAding.  *<  I  have  sutl'ered  oiuch,  and  of  couzse  I  luionr 
that  I  tnu*t  iiulTer  more ;  but  1  am  deit.-nniitcil  thni  I  will  fitao  the  wont 
of  it  at  oDoe.     It  has  been  Iiinlcd  to  eub  tbat  nii  nlteinpt  will  be  made  to 

interfere  vr ith  tlie  MUl«Rient "     "  WLo  con  hnvt  hintcJ  that  ? "  tuJd 

Harry.  Lady  Chtrmng  siuipctml  who  might  have  done  so,  but  she  ninda 
BO  answer.  "  I  can  hardly  think  it  poniblc;  but,  if  it  ie  done,  1  wUl  not 
la  OKlt  of  the  way.  I  have  done  my  duty  nn  bcxt  I  could,  and  bnvc  duuo 
jt  luder  circiLtnauoces  that  I  may  trulj-  Miy  vtltv  c«rril:>li> ;— snd  [  will  go 
OB  ioiog  it.  No  «n«  shall  tay  that  1  aui  uabuinvd  to  aliow  my  fuCG  and 
ctaim  my  own.     You  will  ha  surprised  when  you  se*  me,     I  liave  nged 

w  uiDeb  ; " 

"  Yon  Deed  not  go  on,"  said  Lady  Clivwing.     '*  The  rest  is  about 
aothing  tbat  mgntllea." 

Theo  Harry  refolded  the  letter  and  gfi^e  it  buck  to  Lib  companion. 
"  Sir  ilugli  is  gone,  and  tlivruloru  I  could  not  altow  liitn  thiit  iti  time 
uytliitig ;  but  if  I  WLTc  to  do  so,  Uc  would  simply  do  nulUin^,  uiid 
go  to  the  hotel  ia  Londos.    Now  that  would  be  uulund; — would 
itDotr- 

•■Very  unkind,!  think." 
"U  would  seem  ao  cold  to  her  on  her  retura." 
*  Very  oold.     Will  you  not  go  and  meet  her  7  '* 

Lady  Clavciing  bimhod  as  she  aoavreied.     Though  Sir  Hu^i  was  a 
Ipa&t  to  bia  wife,  aud  known  to  bo  sudi,  and  though  abe  knew  that  thi^ 
■as  known,  slie  had  ncvnr  eaid  that  it  was  bo  to  any  of  the  Ckverings  ; 
b«it  DOW  abe  wu  drirea  to  <«nf«a&  it.     "  He  wouid  not  lot  tnc  gv,  Harry. 
I  amid  not  go  without  li'lling  him,  and  if  1  told  him  be  woulJ  forbid  it" 
"  And  ahu  is  to  be  uU  alouo  la  LoodoD,  witliout  any  friend  7  " 
**  I  ■haU  go  to  her  a*  noon  lu  he  will  l«t  me.     I  doa't  think  ho  will 
lOrUd  my  going  to  ber,  pcrhiips  ixfttr  a  day  or  two ;  but  I  know  he  would 
M  let  OS  go  on  purpotio  to  racol  her." 
"  It  doe*  aeein  hard." 

"  But  about  the  nportmentA,  Harry?  I  thought  that  perhaiM  you  would 
Ml  about  them.  jMUii  nil  that  hna  passed  I  o&uld  not  have  nuked  you, 
only  that  now,  as  jou  aro  engtigud  yourself,  ii  is  nearly  the  same  as  tJiougli 
JOB  were  married.  I  would  ask  Archibald,  only  then  there  would  be  a 
hs  botwMQ  Archibald  and  Hugh  ;  and  loinehow  1  look  on  you  more  as 
>btother<in-law  than  I  do  Archibald." 
"  la  Archie  iu  London  ? " 

"  Hia  address  is  at  hia  club,  but  1  diin?a!iy  he  ia  at  North  Priory  alao. 
^  any  rate,  I  shall  aay  nothing  to  him." 
"  I  wa>  thioking  be  might  havo  met  her." 

**  Jutia  never  likcil  him.  And,  iuduod,  I  don't  think  sho  will  cant  to 
*'Qek  about  being  met.  She  won  ninuyn  imiepcndciit  in  that  way,  and 
*wld  go  over  the  world  alane  better  than  many  rata.  But  couldn't  you 
f^iB  ap  and  manage  about  the  apartmenu?  A  woman  coining  home  oa  a 
*^^t — sod  ia  her  poaition, — feels  an  hotel  to  be  K>  public." 


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TB£  CXATERHv'GB. 


"  I  vfUl  wee  nbont  lli«  «iwrttBCTit«." 

"  I  knew  yoa  would.     And  tlier«  will  bu  tlm«  tor  yon  ta  send  to  me^ , 
BO  thstltsH  write  to  Paris; — ^wiU  ttcrc  not?     Thstv  is  toon  tkn  • 
ircA,  yoa  know." 

Rut  Henry  did  not  vriiit  to  go  to  London  on  thii  buaioesi  unmeJialdy. 
He  hsd  node  up  Ilia  mind  tlutt  he  vrotiM  not  onlv  take  tli«  roona^ 
that  he  would  fliso  meot  Lady  Ongur  nt  the  (Mtion.  !lv  Mud  notbug 
tliis  lo  TyAiJjr  Clavemg,  as,  pcrhnp»s  slic  migkt  not  apjirovt  ;  but  moh 
ytaa  Ilia  iutoati^n.  Ho  wm  wron^  no  dintbL  A  man  in  m&h  euM  _ 
^onld  do  what  )t«  is  iult«tl  to  do,  snd  do  no  more.  But  be  repeaUed  to  M 
himself  the  txciiSK  that  Lady  Claveriiig  had  made, — aanifilj-,  tbu  b«  wm 
■IfCiidy  the  tame  sa  s  married  man,  and  Ihal,  ihCTpfOTW,  do  harm  could 
come  of  bin  courlesy  to  his  eouain's  wifi-'s  BinkT,  Bui  he  did  Dot  wish  Id 
make  two  jounKrya  to  London,  nor  did  he  dtaire  to  be  away  for  a  full 
wc«k  out  of  hig  hoIl(tny!f.  Lady  ClaTeriD^  conld  act  pivsa  littn  to  go  at 
once,  «nd,  therefore,  it  waa  ntttled  aa  he  proywiBed.  She  would  write  lo  I 
Paris  iinmodiat«ly,  and  he  would  g^i  up  to  London  afttT  three  or  fofli' 
dliys.  *•  If  wo  only  knew  of  any  aijartroenta,  wc  could  write,"  said  Lady 
CHaverinff.  "You  could  not  know  that  ibcy  were  comfortable,"  oaiil. 
Harry ;  "  and  yon  will  find  tbnt  I  will  do  it  in  plenty  of  time."  Tbeoi 
he  took  his  Umvi^t  ;  hut.  Lady  Clavcring  h^d  atili  one  oilier  word  to  aiy  to 
him.  "  You  had  bettor  not  say  anything  about  oil  thia  at  th«  rtMtoiy; 
had  yon  ? "  Harry,  witliont  oonudmng  much  Hbo«t  it,  udd  tbat  ha 
would  not  mentiun  it. 

Th<'n  ht-  went  away  and  walked  again  nboxit  tbe  park,  fliinking  <4  i> 
all.  lie  h.id  not  awn  htr  Biacc  he  had  walked  round  llie  park,  in  Im 
misery,  nfl«r  parting  with  her  in  the  gardoo.  How  moch  bad  happened 
since  then  !  She  tuid  been  married  in  her  glory,  had  bKome  a  eon&teo^ 
and  then  a  widow,  and  was  now  rtrlumiiig  with  »  tamiahcd  name,  almort 
repudiated  by  thci»e  w)in  had  been  her  dearest  frienda  ;  bnt  with  ladt 
and  fortune  at  her  command, — and  again  n  free  woman.  H«  cotUd  not 
but  think  what  might  hare  buca  bis  chance  wero  it  not  for  Ktorcoct ; 
Burton  !  Rut  much  had  happened  to  liim  abo.  He  hitd  almost  prriabtf  ' 
b)  his  misery  ; — bo  be  told  bimself ;— bnt  had  once  more  "  tricked  hi* 
beam*," — that  was  bis  expreasioD  to  himaeir, — and  waa  now  "  flajuin^i  in 
tlie  tbrebead  "  of  a  glorions  lore.  And  eren  if  there  had  been  no  sncli 
IcTG,  would  a  widowed  countuw  with  a  damaged  name  bare  anit«d  kit 
ambition,  )titnj>]y  bocauaQ  idiu  had  tlia  ricli  dower  of  the  poor  wretch  to 
vbom  ahe  bad  sold  herstdf  ?  No,  indeed.  Thcru  could  be  nii  qaeatioii  of ' 
renewed  vows  between  tliem  now  ; — thi^re  ooold  have  been  no  sudt  qiis»- 
lion  even  had  ihoro  boon  no  "glorious  love,"  wbieh  hadaccrned  ld  bim 
almost  aa  bis  nonnnl  privilege  in  right  of  bia  pupiUffe  in  Mr.  Burton's 
office.  No; — there  could  bo,  tlicrc  could  have  bc«it,  nothing  bow 
b«>nvcpn  him  and  ihe  widowed  Counten  of  Oi^r.  Kut,  m  1 1  iiIiiIim^  be 
likod  the  idi^ft  of  meeting  her  in  London.  Ho  felt  some  Uiumph  in  tba 
thought  that  be  should  be  the  first  to  tottcb  her  band  on  her  tcturo  afhsr 


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■n  that  ibs  lud  mSWcd.  He  would  be  very  coarteotii  to  bcr,  and  voold 
ipan  DO  tnmblv  ibat  would  ^vo  her  any  ease.  As  fer  h«r  rnomt,  he 
woaU  ace  to  crciythin^  of  which  lie  could  think  thai  might  a<Iil  to  her 
eomJort  i  and  a  wuib  crept  upon  him,  aolaritctl,  tlia*.  ehc  might  be  ccu- 
adofu  of  what  he  bad  done  for  her. 

Would  she  be  aware,  be  wontieml,  that  lie  was  engaged  I  Ladjr 
dairvriag  bad  known  it  for  the  lA«t  three  laonthR,  and  would  probablr 
ni«n(ioned  the  (nrcumstsnce  in  «  letter.  But  pcrJiapH  not.  Tbo 
he  knew,  had  not  been  good  comspondcots ;  and  he  ainicat  wikKoI 
that  she  might  not  kuow  it.  "  I  ahotild  not  eurc  to  be  tnlking  to  bcr 
about  Florence,"  be  said  to  hira»cir. 

it  wnA  vcTj  itrRiigc  tliat  they  should  come  to  meet  in  mcL  a  wny, 
after  all  that  bad  posad  between  them  in  fonuer  dayi.  Would  it  occur 
to  ber  tliat  he  iras  the  only  man  iJie  bad  orcr  lorod  7 — for,  of  course,  aa 
be  Vftil  knew,  she  had  nerer  loved  her  btntband.  Or  would  she  now  be 
IDO  oUoua  to  erer^hiog  but  the  outer  world  to  think  :it  all  of  such  a 
■bjac*  1  Sho  bod  said  that  Ac  ^1aa  ageil,  and  he  coulJ  wkII  believe  iL 
lleB  be  pieturad  her  to  bimself  in  her  weeds,  worn,  sad,  thin,  but  atiU 
ftmd  and  Iiaadsome.  Uc  had  told  Florenoe  of  hiM  early  lore  (or  tbc 
WOMn  whom  Lonl  Ongtu-  bad  married,  and  had  deicribed  wtCit  mptur« 
Uf  joy  tiiat  that  early  ponitm  bad  eome  to  aotbin^.  Now  be  would  have 
IB  IcU  Florenoe  of  thia  meeting ;  nnd  be  thought  of  the  comparison  ba 
mnld  nudce  between  Iter  bright  younj^  charma  and  the  afaipwreckad 
imtaSj  of  the  widow.  On  the  whole,  be  was  proud  that  be  had  been 
fltVftr^  Jar  the  commianvo,  ns  be  liked  to  think  of  hiiii*e)f  as  one  to 
wbom  tbings  happened  which  were  out  of  tbe  ordlmuy  coiina.  Hia  nnly 
•ttjeciioo  to  Florence  waa  llmt  obe  bad  come  to  biui  so  mudi  in  the 
erdbuiry  coorw. 

"  1  mppoae  the  tmib  is  you  are  tired  of  our  diilncff ,"  nid  his  fatbur 
to  bim,  wbcn  be  declared  his  purpoae  of  going  up  to  Londco,  and,  ia 
nnrer  to  certain  questiona  that  vem  asked  blm,  bad  hesitated  to  tell  bia 
biaoew. 

**  Adeed,  it  ia  not  so,^'  aaid  ITnny,  enmestly ;  "  but  I  baro  a  comuit- 
iloa  to  exacute  for  a  certain  person,  and  1  cannot  explain  what  it  is." 
"  AaotLer  acoret ;— eh,  Harry  ?  '' 

•*  I  am  very  aorry,— but  it  ia  a  secret.  It  is  not  one  of  my  own  aeek- 
ing;  ibat  is  all  I  can  say."  His  mother  and  sisters  also  a^kcd  bim  a 
ipastioa  or  two ;  but  when  be  l>ecamc  myiterious,  tbcy  did  not  peracvcrc. 
"Ofcemse  it  is  something  about  Flareace."  said  Faimy.  "  I'll  be  boimd 
W  b  foiog  to  meet  hvr.  What  will  you  bet  me,  Harry,  you  don't  go  to 
the  pUy  with  Florenea  before  yoa  come  homo  7  "  To  ihia  Ucnry  deigned 
k)  anawer ;  and  afW  lhs.t  no  mora  qaestiDns  were  adied. 

He  vent  up  to  London  and  took  noma  io  Bolton  Street  There  was 
tpnity  freib-looking  light  drawing-rootn,  nr,  indut^d,  two  drawing-room*, 
and  a  amall  dining-room,  and  a  kuge  bed-rootn  looking  orcr  upon  the 
tan  of  aome  (rcat  noblemaD'a  garden.     Aa  Harry  stood  at  tba  window  it 


TUB  CLATEBINGS. 

secin«d  K>  odd  to  him  that  lie  should  be  therv.  And  Lit  vrw  1)(titj  aScntt 
eTer>-thiDg  in  tbe  dumber,  seeing  that  all  things  wera  oleon  uid  well 
crdcrcO.  Wns  the  womAn  of  the  houwi  »urc  of  her  cook  T  Sum  ;  of 
cvuniuidiv  vt:uisiirp.  Had  not  uld  Lady  Dlmdafi* lived  there  for  two/««n, 
iiud  HAlmdy  cvtT  VIM  ho  porliculftr  about  ber  victnaJa  oa  Lad^  Dimihfi 
"  And  would  Lndy  Ongar  lioep  li«r  own  cjurtngo  ? "  Ax  u  this  Hnrry 
could  Kty'notliing.  Then  cnme  tit*  i]aestioii  of  price,  and  Hury  fotind  fab 
oomiaioaion  vary  difficult.  Tbv  buia  luiktci  seemed  to  bo  ta«mcm. 
**  Scree  guineas  n  wmk  at  tfa&t  time  of  the  year  I  "  Lady  DimdaJThad 
slwa/B  paid  aeren  guineas.  "  But  that  iras  in  the  seaaoo,"  BOggeated 
Jhu-ry,  To  this  the  woman  replied  that  it  vrta  Iho  MftSOD  Him, 
Harry  fek  lliul  he  did  not  like  to  drive  a  bargain  for  the  Coantev,  who 
iruuld  proLwbly  core  very  little  what  she  paid,  and  tbercTore  usvuited. 
But  a  guincfl  a  day  for  lodgings  did  aeem  a  great  deal  of  money.  He 
waa  prepared  to  marry  and  oommencc  housekeeping  upon  a  leas  atun  tot 
all  his  expenses.  However,  b«  had  done  hi*  commiMion,  had  writleo  to 
Lxdy  Cbvericg',  and  had  tdigiaphed  to  Pari*.  He  had  almoM  bn>] 
hinii^i'lf  Ui  vtrili:  to  Lad/  Ongar,  hut  when  dte  awmeat  came  he  abi 
He  hod  sent  the  telegram  as  from  U.  Clavering.  She  might  think 
it  came  from  Hugh  if  alie  pleased. 

Ho  was  uiuibli^  not  to  attend  speciully  to  bis  dress  when  be  vaA 
to  mcL-t  her  at  tlio  Victoria  Suiliuu.  He  told  hiiuwlf  that  be  was  tn 
am, — but  still  he  weot.  on  lieing  an  ass.  J)uTiRg  the  whole  aftemooD  Iw 
could  do  nothing  but  tliink  of  wliat  ha  had  in  hand.  He  was  to  uO 
Florauce  ererything^  but  1i:id  Florrnce  known  the  nctu.il  mate  of  hit 
ntiud,  I  doubt  whether  she  would  hcivc  been  aatiafied  with  hira.  Thi 
train  was  due  at  8  p.m.  lie  diQcd  at  the  Oxford  and  Catobridgc  Club  M 
Bt.Y,  and  tliciL  went  to  his  lodgings  to  take  one  lost  took  at  his  outer  nuiL 
Tlic  evening  was  very  line,  but  he  went  down  to  the  tlatioa  in  a  e$b, 
bitcauiM;  he  would  not  meet  Ludy  Ung&r  in  soiled  boots.  He  told  himself 
again  tlmt  he  was  mi  lua;  and  then  trii-d  to  ooosata  bintaclf  by  tlitnking 
tliat  Buch  an  occoBioEi  ait  this  Kcldom  happened  oneo  to  any  mao, — could 
hardly  happen  more  tboa  once  to  any  man.  He  had  lured  a  airriage  for  her, 
not  thinking  it  fit  that  LjwJy  Ongar  should  bo  token  to  her  new  home  in  a 
cab ;  and  wheu  he  wa*  at  iho  Ktwion,  halt'  an  hour  before  the  proper  lime, 
■wasTcry  fitlgcty  because  it  luwl  not  come.  Ten  minulot  bclbre  eight  be 
might  liitve  bucn  soon  Btondiog  at  the  enu-anco  lo  the  station  looking  out 
nnxiounly  for  the  Ychicls.  The  man  was  there,  of  course,  io  time,  Inu 
Hun-y  made  hituivlf  augry  becaiuv  bo  could  not  get  ilie  catriage  so  placed 
lliitt  Libily  Ongar  might  be  sure  of  slepjiing  iiiiti  it  without  leaving  tJio 
plotivrra.  Punctually  to  the  nionicnt  the  coming  tmin  aimounccd  iuetf 
by  its  whislie,  and  Harry  Clnvering  f.dt  liiniHi'If  to  be  in  a  Hutlcr. 

The  train  came  up  along  the  philfunn,  aud  Ilai-zy  stood  (here  vucpecUnr 
to  sec  Julia  Brabason'e  head  projected  itom  tho  first  window  that  (aui;bt 
his  eye.  It  wan  of  Julia  Bnibazon's  head,  and  not  of  Lady  Ongmr'*,  that 
be  vss  tliitiking.     Uut  lie  snw  no  sign  of  her  preaeoce  while  the  caniagw 


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were  c«iaing  to  n  sUtnd-itill,  and  the  plfllform  wu  oa%'ered  with  pas- 
wtager*  before  Ivo  dixcorered  her  vhom  hi  vnx  seeking.  At  lost  fac 
eooaoatcrcd  in  the  croird  u  man  in  livery,  und  Amnd  from  him  that  he 
«H  Laiiy  Ongnr'a  Bcrvnnt.  "  I  hnv*  come  to  meot  I^dy  Ongnr,"  said 
Harry,  "and  have  got  a  carriage  for  her."  Then  the  nemuit  feuiid  hix 
BuatnBs,  and  UaiT>-  offered  hl»  haad  to  a  tall  womaa  in  black.  She  wore 
aUbcIc  straw  lint  with  a  vcJIj  but  ihc  veil  whh  so  thick  tlint  liarry  could 
not  at  all  Bt^  her  face. 

"  In  that  Mr.  Ciavcriii;7"  (aid  Bh(>. 

*'  Yea,"  »aid  Harry,  "it  is  I,  Tour  mater  asked  me  to  take  roonia  for 
and  aa  I  wna  in  town  I  thou|;;ht  I  luiglit  as  well  meet  you  to  see  ir 

-wasted  a&ythin;;.     Cun  i  get  the  luggage?  " 

"Tbaitk  yoQ; — the  man  will  do  ihiii.     ITe  knows  where  the  tbinga 


**I  ordered  n  carriagB; — shall  I  show  him  where  it  is?  Perhaps 
yga  will  let  me  take  yon  to  it  7  They  are  so  stupid  here.  Tliey  would 
me  bring  it  np," 
^It  will  do  very  well  I'm  sure.  It's  very  kind  cf  you.  Tlie  rooms 
I  BoltoQ  Street,  I  have  the  number  here.  Oh  1  tliank  you."  Dut 
not  Lake  hit  arm.  So  ho  led  the  way,  and  slond  at  thi!  door 
!  die  get  into  the  carriage  with  her  maid.  "  I'd  hptter  shnw  the  mjin 
■Wq  you  are  now."  Tliia  he  did,  and  afterwards  shook  hands  with  her 
tbaagh  the  carriage  window.  This  was  all  he  eiiw  of  her,  and  the  words 
lUcb  have  been  repeated  were  all  that  were  spakco.  Of  her  face  he  liod 
bM  eanght  a  glimpse. 

Aa  he  went  home  to  hi»  Indgitig*  he  wa»  conncions  that  tlie  intervipw 

lad  not  been  satis&ctory.     He  could  not  eny  what  wvxc  he  wantod,  but 

he  felt  that  there  was  something  amiss.     He  consoled  himnplf,  howcvrr, 

ky  reminding  himaelf  that  Florcaco  Burton  was  the  girl  whom  lie  had 

ttally  loved,  and  not  Julia  Bmbnzon.     Lady  On;;ar  had  given  him  no 

Mrication  to  come  and  sr'C  bor,  and  therefore  he  determined  that  he  would 

RbDnbeme  on  the  following  day  witliout  going  nuar  Bolton  Btrect.     lie 

bd  pictured  to  himaelf  beforehand  the  sort  of  deseription  he  would  give 

taLady  Clavering  of  her  sister ;  but,  seeing;  how  thing*  had  turned  out, 

I*  aaie  uj>  his  mind  that  he  would  say  noUiing  of  the  meeting.     Indeed, 

ht  woold  not  go  rp  to  the  great   hoiiee  at  all.      He  had  done  hody 

Qaivriog's  commission  ,^-«t  some  little  trouble  and  expense  to  himaelf, 

«id  tboro  should  be  an  end  of  it.    Lady  Ongar  would  not  mentioa  tliiiC 

A«  had  nea  him.     ITe  doubted,  indeed,  whether  slio  would  rciiicmher 

•fcctn  she  had  seen.     Kor  nny  good  that  he  had  done,  or  for  any  AL-ntl- 

McBt  that  there  had  been,  his  cousin  Hughes  butler  might  as  well  have 

gOM  10  the  train.     In  this  mood  ho  returned  home,  cotiitoling  himsolf 

*>ili  Iho  fitofsB  of  thinga  which  bad  given  him  Florcace  Burtoa  instead  of 

^nla  Bnhazon  for  n  wife. 


Tot.  nil. — BO.  75. 


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idiag 
JLhV 


CILUTKR  Vr. 

The  Bbt.  SisnrEL  Saul. 

DoBixa  iran^r's  absence  ia  Loadoo,  u  circutnftance  had  occurred  at  th» 
rectory  which  had  lurpriBcd  some  of  then  snd  umoycd  othcts  a  good, 
deal.  Mr.  Saoi,  the  eiiiiit«,  hod  tnnde  nn  oRcr  to  Fnnnjr.  The  R«ctnf 
ood  Fanny  declared  tbcmsdves  to  lie  both  surprised  and  annoyed.  That 
the  Ucctor  was  in  truth  troubled  by  the  tliiag  was  very  evideat.  Abs, 
Clavenog  mid  that  Ae  had  nlmoBt  mspectod  it, — that  >h«  was  at  any  rate 
not  mirprieud  ;  as  to  the  uOi-r  lEaidJ^  of  course  she  was  sorry  that  it  HbovM 
?mve  been  made,  ns  it  c«uld  uot  suit  Fanny  to  accept  it.  Mary  mm  mt' 
priMd,  aa  she  hsd  thought  Mr.  Saul  to  bo  wholly  intent  on  other  Uitngt ; 
but  she  could  not  see  any  reason  why  llic  oH'or  nliould  be  regarded  n»  bdiig 
OD  hit  purt  unreasoRsblff. 

"  How  ciui  you  fwy  so,  raaminH  ? "  Such  had  been  Fttnny'a  iodlpiaBt 
exclamation  when  Mrs.  Clavering  liad  hintt.'d  that  Mr.  Saul's  proceoding 
had  been  expected  by  her. 

"  Simply  bccsuan  I  saw  that  he  liked  you,  my  dear.     Men  under 
cirenmsliuioes  liave  difiVmot  ways  of  nliowing  tlivir  liking." 

Fitnny,  who  had  seen  uU  of  Mary'&  Inve-oJIur  from  the  heginning 
the  «od,  and  who  had  watched  the  Itererend  Edward  Fieldisg  in  all  Lia 
vety  conspicuous  maaoniTn^,  would  not  agree  to  this.  Hdwnrd  FteUing 
from  the  £nt  mooitnt  of  his  inlLmatc  iwqnaiiitsnoo  with  Mary  iai 
left  no  doubt  of  hia  intentionfl  on  the  mind  of  any  one.  He  luid  lalM 
to  Mary  and  walked  with  Mmy  whenever  he  was  allowed  or  foo^  it 
possible  to  do  ao.  When  driTco  to  talk  tu  Funny,  ho  had  ulwaja  tallMd 
about  Mary.  ITc  had  btieu  n  lovar  of  tha  good,  old,  ploinspoken  stamp, 
about  whom  there  had  been  no  mistake  From  the  first  moment  of  fait 
coming  much  about  Clnv^rlng  n<.'ctory  tho  only  question  had  been  obnl 
his  iaoome.  "  I  don't  thiuk  Mr.  S.iul  eretr  mid  a  word  to  ne  ezBej* 
about  the  poor  people  and  the  church  tervlcc^,"  raid  Fanny.  "  That  WM 
merely  his  way,"  mid  Mr*.  CInvoring.  "Then  he  must  be  a  goose,"  said 
Fanny.  "  1  am  very  torry  if  I  have  made  hJni  onluqipy,  but  he  had  no 
business  to  oome  to  me  in  that  way." 

**  I  suppose  I  slinll  have  to  look  for  another  curate,"  aoid  the  Rodor. 
But  thL4  wna  said  in  privutc  lo  lii<  wife. 

"  1  don't  see  that  at  all,"  inid  Mrs.  ClavciiDg.  '■  With  many  men  it 
would  be  eo  ;  but  I  think  you  will  find  thac  h»  will  take  an  answer,  and 
that  there  will  be  an  end  of  it."' 

fanny,  ptthapB,  had  a  right  to  be  indignant,  for  certainly  Mr.  Saul  hid 
f^mn  her  no  i&ir  uaming  of  his  intention.  Mary  hud  for  GOme  months 
feesi  intent  rftlhcr  on  Mr.  Fielding's  diurdi  muttcm  tlian  oil  thoao  going 
on  m  liiT  own  pnrJHh,  snd  therefore  there  had  been  notliisg  aiogolar  ia  the 
fact  iluit  Mr.  Saul  hod  said  more  on  such  matlen  to  Fanny  than  to  hci 
sister.     Fanny  was  eager  and  actiTC,  and  as  Mr.  Saiil  was  Tory  tmgtr  and 


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TCry  active,  it  was  natoral  that  they  ehould  Iiave  lud  some  intereetB  in 
common.  Bnt  there  had  been  no  private  walkiags,  and  no  talkiogs  that 
could  properly  be  called  private.  There  vraa  a  certain  book  which  Fanny 
kq>t,  containiag  the  names  of  all  the  poor  people  in  the  parish,  to  which 
Mr.  Sattt  had  acccBB  equally  with  herself;  but  its  contents  were  of  a  most 
prosaic  nature,  and  when  she  had  sat  over  it  in  the  rectory  drawing-room, 
with  Mr.  Saul  by  her  dde,  striving  to  extract  more  than  twelve  pennies 
out  of  charity  shillings,  she  had  never  thought  that  it  would  lead  to 
a  declaration  of  love. 

He  had  never  called  her  Fanny  in  bis  life, — not  up  to  the  moment 
when  she  declined  the  honour  of  becoming  Mrs.  Saul.  The  offer  itself 
was  made  in  this  wise.  She  had  been  at  the  house  of  old  Widow  Tubb, 
half-way  between  Cumberly  Green  and  the  little  village  of  Clavering, 
■trivii^  to  make  that  rheumatic  old  woman  believe  that  she  had  not 
been  dieated  by  a  general  conspiracy  of  the  parish  in  the  matter  of 
a  distribution  of  coal,  when,  just  as  she  was  about  to  leave  the  cottage, 
Mr.  Saul  came  up.  It  was  then  past  four,  and  the  evening  was  becoming 
daik,  and  there  was,  moreover,  a  slight  drizzle  of  rain.  It  was  not  a 
tempting  evening  for  a  walk  of  a  mile  and  a  balf  through  a  very  dirty 
liDe ;  but  Fanny  Claveriiig  did  not  care  much  for  such  things,  and  was 
jnst  stepping  out  into  the  mud  and  moisture,  with  her  dress  well  looped 
1^  when  Mr.  Saul  accosted  her. 

"  Tm  a&aid  you'll  be  very  wet.  Miss  Clavering." 
"  That  will  be  better  than  going  without  my  cup  of  tea,  Mr.  Saul, 
lAich  I  should  have  to  do  if  I  stayed  auy  longer  with  Mrs.  Tubb.     And 
I  have  got  an  umbrella." 

"  But  it  is  so  dark  and  dirty,"  said  he. 
"  I'm  used  to  that,  as  you  ought  to  know," 

"  Yes ;  I  do  know  it,"  aaid  he,  walking  on  with  her.  "  I  do  know 
that  nothing  ever  turns  you  away  from  the  good  work." 

There  was  something  in  the  tone  of  his  voice  which  Fanny  did  not 
like.  He  had  never  complimented  her  before.  They  had  been  very 
innate  and  bad  often  scolded  each  other.  Fauny  would  accuse  Itim 
of  exacting  too  much  from  the  people,  and  he  would  retort  upon  her 
that  she  coddled  them.  Fanny  would  often  decline  to  obey  him,  and 
^  would  make  angry  hints  as  to  his  clerical  authority.  In  this  way 
Ibej  hod  worked  together  pleasantly,  without  any  of  the  awkwardness 
"liicli  on  other  terms  would  have  arisen  between  a  young  man  and  it 
youog  woman.  But  now  that  he  began  to  praise  her  with  some  pecu- 
^  intention  of  meaning  in  his  tone,  she  was  confounded.  She  had 
"^0  no  immediate  answer  to  him,  but  walked  on  rapidly  through  the 
'oud  nai  ilnsh. 

"You  are  very  constant,"  said  he;  "I  have  not  been  two  years 
at  CUvering  without  findiog  that  out."  It  was  becoming  worse  and  worse. 
'twas  not  BO  much  his  words  which  provoked  her  as  the  tone  in  which 
'Qf?  tttre  uttered.     And  yet  she  had  not  the  slightest  idea  of  what  vrM 

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coming.  If,  lliaroughly  admiring  htrr  devotion  and  mifUken  u  to  ber 
ckuacWr,  h«  went  to  ask  li«r  lo  )jei:ome  a  Prot«!>taiit  nun,  or  mggvsl  to 
liiiT  tli«t  she  eLouJtl  Ivave  lt«r  Li^me  and  go  ^i^  nurse  into  «  lioepttul,  tbca 
thero  would  have  occuTred  the  sort  oflblly  of  which  she  believed  himMbft 
CRpkble.  or  tile-  folly  which  he  now  commiltcil,  nlic  had  not  believed  him 
i«  be  capAble. 

It  hfld  come  on  to  ni!n  bard,  and  she  held  lier  tunbretla  low  OTer  lier 
lioad.  IIo  also  was  walking  with  an  open  umbrella  in  bis  liattd,  so  Hud 
llipy  wore  not  very  close  to  each  otbcr.  Fanny,  iw  she  iteppcd  on  impf^ 
tuoualy,  put  bcr  foot  into  tbe  depth  of  a  pool,  ond  itplaabcd  bcnclT 
tboroughly. 

"  Oh  dear,  oli  denr,"  wild  she ;  "  this  ii  voiy  diiagreeabie." 

"MisB  ClaverinR,"  eiuil  h«,  "I  have  Iiecn  looking  for  an  opportunity  to 
•peak  to  yon,  nnd  1  do  not  know  when  I  may  lind  another  «o  suitable  a* 
tbix."  She  still  Iwlicvvd  that  some  proposition  waa  to  be  made  to  her 
which  wouJtl  bu  disogicenble,  and  perhaps  iiopcitiaeal,^but  it  nercr 
ouciimid  to  hcT  tliat  Mr.  Snul  was  in  want  of  a  wife. 

"  Doewi't  it  rain  loo  hard  for  talking?  "  she  tiaid. 

"  As  1  hare  b^un  I  must  go  on  with  it  now,"  he  replied,  nuain^  bia 
voice  a  Uttlo,  as  though  it  were  ncGc>ftuiry  that  he  aiiould  du  so  to  make  bcr 
bear  him  through  the  rain  and  darkness.  She  moved  a  little  fiiribvT  awiy 
from  him  with  tinthinlting  irritation  ;  bnt  Htill  he  went  on  with  bis  por- 
pos6.  "  Miss  Clavering,  I  kaow  that  I  am  iU-n«t«l  to  pky  the  port  vt  > 
lover; — very  ill  suited."  Then  she  gave  a  start  imd  agiuii  aplasbcd  htotlf 
eadly.  "  I  liavo  nover  rent)  bow  it  is  doQO  in  books,  and  have  not  aUowd 
my  imagination  fodiveli  much  on  such  thin^." 

"  Mr.  Saul,  don't  go  on  j  pray  don't."  Kow  tht  did  understand  wbt 
was  coming. 

"  Yes,  Mi(«  Clavorin^,  I  nitut  go  on  now ;  but  not  on  that  aooooat 
would  I  pppfis  you  to  give  mo  an  answer  to-day.  I  have  It'amcd  to  lofO 
yon,  and  if  you  con  love  me  in  retuni,  \  will  take  you  by  the  liaad,  and 
you  shall  be  my  -wife.  I  have  found  thut  in  you  which  I  have  been  unabla 
not  lo  love,— not  to  covet  that  I  may  bind  it  to  myself  as  my  own  for  erer. 
WiU  you  think  of  this,  and  give  nie  an  answer  when  you  have  comiidend 
it  fully  7 " 

He  biid  not  xpoken  ;illog(.-ther  amiss,  and  Fanny,  though  ahe  m 
very  angry  willi  him,  was  conecious  of  thie.  The  time  he  bad  chcsea 
might  not  be  conaddercd  RuibiMc  for  a  declaration  of  lore,  nor  the 
plate;  hut  having  chosen  them,  he  had,  perbJlp^  mode  the  best  of  ihem. 
There  had  been  oo  bedlation  in  bis  voic«,  and  his  words  bod  be«Q  pei- 
f«ctly  audible.  ■ 

"Oh,  Mr.  Saul,  of  courwi  I  can  nasnre  you  at  once,"  said  Fumy. 
"There  need  not  be  nny  consideration.      1  really  bare  never  tbougbt 

• "     Fftnny,  who  knew  bur  own  mind   on  the    matter    thorou^ly, 

wua  hardly  able  to  e:^ri;sa  hcntclf  plainly  and  without  incivility.      As 
Mon  as  that  phrase  "  of  counc  "   had  pnssed  her  lips,  she  Mt  that  it 


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277 


eLouIt]  not  L&vo  beea  epvlivn.  Tbcru  vtiui  no  need  tijal  ihe  elioutd 
iosult  him  by  teiling  hint  that  such  a  propuoltum  fruin  liim  could  hare 
bat  cnc  answer. 

•'  No,  Miss  CUvftTing;  I  know  you  liavenevertijoiigUt  ofit,  aadtlicrc^ 
lore  it  would  be  well  tlut  jvm  should  taku  t'imi;.  I  Imve  not  been  able  lo 
iuak«  luauifeet  to  yo\i  by  litUu  ugns,  u  mca  da  wbo  arc  Icsa  awkward,  all 
iha  lov«  that  I  hvre  A-lt  for  you.  Indcod,  could  1  hiivc  dono  eo,  1  should 
adtl  luTu  hesitated  till  I  had  OtorougKly  resolved  that  I  luight  be  betinr 
•  wifo  tlinn  without  one  ;  uxi  bad  reeolved  also,  us  far  as  tUat 
bo  possible  fur  aw,  tluit  you  also  would  be  belter  with  a  buBbitnd." 
"  Ur.  Saul,  really  iliat  tJiouM  be  fur  mc  to  think  of." 
••  And  for  mo  alao.  Can  any  man  offer  to  nijurry  «  woman, — lo 
bioA  a  woman  for  life  to  ccrUuo  duties,  and  to  to  close  nn  oblig;aion 
without  thinking  wlicthcr  auch  bonds  would  b«  good  {ui  Jirr  tut  wvlt 
■s  lor  himsolf  7  Of  courttu  you  must  think  Ihi  youmelf; — nnd  so  have 
I  thoOj^ht  for  yon.  You  nbould  think  for  younclt^  and  you  should  think 
■lio  for  mc" 

Fanny  was  quite  aware  that  as  ro^arded  herself,  tlie  matter  wna  onn 

which  n^quircd  no  laore  thinking.     Hr.  tjaul  was  not  a  man  with  wliajii 

iht  could  bring  hersell'  to  be  in  love.     She  had  her  own  ideas  aa  to  what 

.  loveable  in  men,  and  the  eager  curate,  splsahing  through  the  rain  by 

■side,  by  no  oicana  came  uj)  to  her  etandard  of  excollcace.     She  waa 

Dtuly  awuro  that  hu  bnJ  alcogcthcrr  mislakon  her  character,  and 

gjren  her  cr>.'dit  fur  more  abnegation  of  tho  world  than  sha  pretended  to 

poaMU,  or  wait  desirous  of  poaacssing.     Ponuy  Clavmng  was  in  no  hurry 

to  get  married.     I  do  not  know  that  ahe  bad  even  made  up  her  roind  that 

■tnMgn  would  be  a  gowl  thing  foi-  her;  hut  she  had  an  untroubled  coa- 

vietion  that  if  alic  did  amtTy,  her  husband  iihciiiid  have  a.  honse  and  nn 

income.     She  had  no  reliance  on  lirr  own  puwi-r  of  living  on  «  potato, 

nd  wttli  ono  new  dreaa  crery  y«ar.     A  comfortable  Lome,  with  nio:,  com- 

fartable  things  around  her,  eaae  In  money  matters,  and  elegance  in  life,  were 

diarma  with  which  she  hod  not  quarrctlcd,  and,  though  ahc  did  not  wish 

tblwhaardHpon  Mr.  Saul  onuccount  of  hi*  mistAW,iih^did  feiil  that  in  making 

bia  propoaitioQ  he  had  blundered.     Becauw  Klie  cho«e  to  do  lier  duty  as  a 

(iriab  dergyuum's  daughter,  he  thought  hlmnfilf  entitled  to  regard  her  an 

itmtie,  who  would  be  willing  to  resign  everything  to  become  the  wile  of 

A  clergyman,  who  waa  aotive,  indeed,  but  wtio  had  not  out;  ftliilling  of 

i>MnKi  beyond  his  curacy.     "  Mr.  Saul,"  she  aaid,  "  I  can  assure  you  I 

Htd  lake  no  time  fur  further  thinking.     It   cannot  be  w  you   would 

Wit." 

"  Ferhapa  I  have  been  abrupt.     Indeed,  I  feol  that  it  is  so,  though  I 
^  cot  know  bow  to  avoid  it." 

"It  would  have  made  no  diflerenM.      Indeed,  indeed,  Mr.   Saul, 
'"NUag  of  that  kind  could  have  made  a  differenoe." 

"  Will  yon  grant  me  this ; — that  1  may  speak  to  you  again  on  the  same 
*Hm  after  aU  months .'  " 


THB  CTiAVSW 


pn^l 


"  It  emDot  dc  any  good." 

"  It  will  do  lhi«  good  ; — tltat  for  ao  mnch  time  jron  will  hnre  had  the 
idea  Wfurc  you."  Panny  thought  that  alie  would  Imro  Mr.  Saul  himMlf 
before  bsr,  and  that  that  irould  be  enongh.  Mr.  Saul,  with  his  nuty 
dotbw  «ad  hti  thick,  dirty  nhoea,  ond  his  wcnk,  blinkictg  cjren,  and  kia 
mind  always  eet  upon  the  on«  winh  of  hia  tire,  could  not  bo  auda 
to  prwOTt  himxif  to  her  in  the  guiso  of  a  JoTor.  H*  wm  one  oT  thoae 
men  of  whom  women  become  v«tj  Ibod  wi^  llie  fondnmn  of  rrieod- 
ehip,  but  IVota  whom  yoong  wonton  afiem  to  be  lu  &r  removed  in  tfas 
way  of  tore  aa  though  they  1)eloii({;ed  to  Rome  other  species.  "  I  will 
Bot  pTtes  you  furtfaer,"  said  be,  "  as  I  gattar  by  your  tone  Hat  it 
diatrcaaa  yon." 

'*  I  am  ao  lonT-  if  I  dlstrea*  you,  but  really,  Mr.  Saul,  I  coiikl  gir* 
yo«, — I  n«vcT  could  give  you  any  otbfrr  answer."' 

Then  they  walked  on  ailently  through  tliu  rain, — tilentl^,  witboot  a 
nng;lo  word, — for  more  tliau  halT  a  niilc,  till  they  reached  tho  rwbry 
gate.  ITere  it  wna  rcrcfwiry  that  thfy  should,  At  atiy  rate,  f^teak  to  aadi 
Other,  and  for  thv  last  thrr>c  hundred  yards  Fanny  had  been  trying  M 
ind  tbe  words  which  would  he  soitable.  But  he  wa»  the  first  to  bnik 
the  fulcFnoc.  "  Good-nighl,  Uiat  CIsvwnng,"  h«  «aid,  sbopjiing  and 
out  hia  hand. 

"  Good-night,  Mr.  Saul." 

"  I  hope  ihat  there  may  be  ao  dificrcscc  in  our  heating  to  each  etbtr, 
becstuo  uf  what  I  hare  to-day  aaid  to  you  1 " 

"  Not  on  my  part  ; — that  ia,  if  yott  will  forget  it,"  , 

"  No,  MisB  Clavering ;  I  ab&ll  not  &rget  it.     If  it  had  bcoa  r  ibqy 
be  forgattpn,  I  should  not  haTO  xpokeu.     I  oertatoly  aball  not  Ibrgat  Hi' 

"  You  know  what  I  mean,  Mr.  Saul," 

"  i  ahftll  not  Tor^t  it  exen  in  the  wny  that  yon  mean.  But  i/SH 
think  yon  need  not  fear  tnc,  because  you  know  tliaC  t  Ioi«  yon.  I  lUdt 
I  can  promiK  that  you  need  nut  vithdrsw  yourself  from  me,  bocatne  cf 
vhat  has  pa«cd.  But  you  will  t^^ll  your  fiither  and  your  mother,  and  of 
courae  will  be  guided  by  tliem.  And  now,  good-nighL"  Then  he  we«^ 
mod  til*  maa  Batcni»bed  ot  linJiog  that  he  had  h:id  much  the  be&t  of  it  ia 
hia  manner  of  speaking  and  condncting  hinueE  She  hiul  reftu«<I  bis 
Tei7  curtly,  and  he  had  boroc  it  well.  lie  had  not  btvn  abaihed,  nor  had 
Ic  become  Milky,  nor  hnd  he  tried  to  melt  her  by  mention  of  hta  owa 
miMry.  In  truth  ho  had  done  it  very  well, — only  that  be  should  ban 
known  better  tlinn  to  ntake  aiiy  such  attemftt  at  nil. 

Mr.  Saul  had  been  right  in  one  thing.  Of  couriw  xhe  t^ld  her  motltar, 
snd  of  course  her  mother  told  her  father.  Before  diuner  that  evvntng  tbi 
wlioitt  afliiir  wob  being  dtbatcd  in  the  family  coneUve.  They  bQ  agned 
that  Fanny  had  hnd  no  alternative  but  to  rtject  the  propoution  at  onee. 
That,  indeed,  wan  ho  ihorouglily  taken  for  granted,  that  the  point  waa  not 
ditouMed.  But  there  came  to  be  a  difference  between  iba  fiertor  andf 
Fanny  on  one  ude,  and  Mrs.  Clareriug  and  Mary  on  the  otlwr.     '*  0\ 


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THE  CLAVERmOS.  279 

my  word,"  said  the  Rector,  "  I  think  it  was  veiy  impertinait."  Fanny 
iTould  not  have  liked  to  use  that  word  herself,  bitt  she  loved  her  &ther 
lor  using  IL 

"  I  do  not  see  that,"  said  Mrs.  Clavering.  "  He  could  not  know  what 
Fnnny's  views  in  life  might  be.  Curates  very  ol\en  marry  oat  of  &c 
bouses  of  the  clei^ymen  with  whom  they  are  placed,  and  I  do  not  see  why 
Sir.  Saul  should  be  debarred  from  the  privilege  of  trying." 

"  If  he  had  got  to  like  Fanny  what  else  was  he  to  do  7  "  said  Mary. 

"  Oh,  Mary,  don't  talk  such  nonsense,"  said  Fanny.  "  Got  to  like  ! 
People  shouldn't  get  to  like  people  unless  there's  acme  reason  for  it." 

"  What  on  earth  did  he  intend  to  live  on  ?  "  demanded  the  Rector. 

"  Edward  had  nothing  to  live  on,  when  you  first  allowed  him  to  come 
here,"  said  Mary. 

"  But  £dward  had  prospects,  and  Saul,  as  far  as  I  know,  has  none. 
He  had  given  no  one  the  slightest  notice.  If  the  man  in  the  moon  had 
come  to  Fanny  I  don't  suppose  she  would  have  been  more  surprised." 

"  Not  half  so  mach,  papa." 

Then  it  was  that  Mrs.  Clavering  had  declared  that  she  was  not 
surprised, — that  she  had  suspected  it,  and  had  almost  made  Fanny  angry 
by  saying  so.  When  Harry  came  back  two  days  afterwards,  the  family 
news  was  imparted  to  him,  and  he  immediately  ranged  himself  on  his 
fiuher's  side.  "  Upon  my  word  I  think  that  he  ought  to  be  forbidden 
the  house,"  said  Harry.  "  He  has  forgotten  himself  in  making  such  a 
proposition." 

"  That's  nonsense,  Harry,"  said  his  mother.  "  If  he  con  be  com- 
fortable coming  here,  there  can  be  no  reason  why  he  should  be  uncom- 
fortable. It  would  be  an  injustice  to  him  to  ask  him  to  go,  and  a  great 
trouble  to  your  iiither  to  find  another  curate  that  would  suit  him  flo  well." 
There  could  be  no  doubt  whatever  as  to  the  latter  proposition,  and  there- 
fore it  was  quietly  argued  that  Mr.  Saul's  fault,  if  there  had  been  a  fault, 
ibould  he  condoned.  On  the  next  day  he  came  to  the  rectory,  and  they 
were  all  astonislicd  at  the  case  with  which  lie  bore  himself.  It  was  not 
that  he  atTL'Ctcd  any  special  freedom  of  manner,  or  that  he  altogether 
avoided  any  change  in  his  mode  of  speaking  to  them.  A  slight  blush 
came  upon  his  aullow  lace  as  he  first  spoke  to  ilrs.  Clavering,  and  he 
hardly  did  more  than  say  a  single  word  to  Fanny.  But  he  carried  liim- 
H-If  as  though  conscious  of  what  he  liad  dont',  but  iu  no  degree  asliamcd 
of  the  doing  it.  The  Hector's  manner  to  him  was  stiff  and  formal; — seeing 
which  Mrs.  Clavering  sjioke  to  him  gently,  and  with  a  smile.  "  I  saw  you 
Were  a  little  hard  on  him,  and  therefore  I  triixl  to  make  up  for  it,"  said 
she  afierwards.  "  You  were  quite  right,"  said  the  husband.  "  You  always 
arc.  But  I  wish  he  had  not  made  such  a  fool  of  himseli'.  It  will  never 
ht  the  same  thing  witli  him  again."  Harry  hardly  spoke  to  Mr.  Saul  the 
first  time  he  met  him,  all  of  which  Mr.  Saul  understood  perfectly. 

"  Clavering,"  he  said  to  Harry,  a  day  or  two  after  tliis,  "  I  hope  there 
is  to  }>Q  no  difference  between  you  and  me." 


260  THE  CLA.V£]UNGS. 

"  Difference  !   T  don't  know  wliat  you  niciiB  by  difference.'* 

"  Wc  wen:  guud  friends,  and  I  hcpu  Uiai  vc  nrc  lo  remain  bo.  Ka 
doubt  you  Icnow  what  hon  ukcn  filitca  l>elween  me  and  your  sUtcr.** 

"  Oh,  jea  ; — I  have  been  told,  of  coutt*." 

"  Vn>*l  1  mean  )«,  that  I  bopc  you  ore  not  going  to  quarrel  with  me 
on  tUat  accounl  T  Wbcit  I  did,  in  it  ti€l  what  you  would  liavc  done  m  my 
pufiitLon? — unly  you  wuuld  liave  duac  it  succcuTuIly  ?" 

"  I  ihinlE  a  fellow  should  have  some  iiiEwnic,  yuu  Icnow." 

*'  Can  you  say  that  you  nould  iiuvv  waited  fur  income  before  you  spoke 
of  marriaKC? " 

"  [  tbi»k  it  might  have  been  belter  Lbatyou  should  have  gone  to  my 
bther." 

*■  It  may  bo  that  that  ia  the  rutu  in  such  tlilnga,  but  if  so  I  do  not 
know  it.     Would  Av  have  liked  that  belter  ?  •* 

"  WcU  ;— I  can't  »ay." 

"  You  are  engaged  ?     Did  you  go  to  ihu  young  lady's  family  first  ?  " 

"  I  ciui't  say  I  did  ;  but  I  tluuk  I  hod  given  them  some  ground  to 
expect  it.  I  fancy  th^  all  knew  what  1  wai  about.  But  it'a  over  oow, 
and  I  don't  inow  that  we  need  nay  anything  mone  about  it." 

"  Certainly  not.  Nothing  can  be  said  that  -ivould  be  of  any  UM ;  bW 
I  do  not  ihinli  1  imvo  done  anything  that  you  sliotdd  resent." 

•'  Eeaenl  is  n  sUong  word.  I  don't  resent  it,  or,  at  a»iy  rate,  I  won't; 
and  tiiere  may  bo  on  end  of  it."  After  tl>is,  Harry  wa*  more  gracioa 
will)  Mr.  tiaul,  having  an  idea  tlial  the  cunitc  had  madu  some 
apology  for  what  ho  had  done.  But  tliut,  1  funcy,  >vas  by  no 
Mr.  Saul's  vifw  of  tlto  casa.  Had  ha  oQtred  to  many  the  daughter  of 
tbc  Archbitihop  of  CaultThury,  instead  of  the  daughter  of  the  Kect^i  of 
'Ol.ivcriiig,  be  would  not  have  imagined  that  his  doing  >a  ueeded  u 
apology. 

The  day  after  his  return  from  London  Lady  Clavering  stnt  for  Uaaj 
up  to  the  houac,  "  So  you  saw  my  sister  in  London  !  "  ahe  said. 

"  Ye*,"  naid  Harry  blushing;  "as  I  was  in  town,  I  thought  that  I 
might  as  wvll  meet  £icr.  But,  as  you  said,  Lody  Ongar  is  able  to  do 
without  much  aawaianoe  «l'  that  kind.     I  only  just  aiw  her." 

"  Julia  took  it  so  khidly  of  you;  but  she  scema  surjirised  that  jutt 
did  sot  come  to  her  the  following  day.  She  thought  you  would  lun 
called." 

"  Oh,  dear,  no.  I  fancied  tliut  ahc  would  be  too  tired  and  too  bw^  to 
wish  to  see  any  mere  acrjuaintance." 

"  Ah,  Harry,  I  see  that  slie  has  angered  yoci,"  aaid  T.ady  Clareriog ; 
"  otherwise  you  would  not  (alk  about  mere  auquatutauco," 

"  Not  in  the  least.  Angered  me  1  How  could  she  anger  mc  ?  What 
I  meant  was  (hat  at  &uch  a  lime  she  would  probably  wish  to  see  no  one 
but  people  on  busine&s, — nnleis  it  was  Bome  one  near  to  her,  like  yourMlT 
or  Hugh." 

"  llugh  will  not  go  Co  her." 


THE  CLATEBOraS.  281 

"  Bat  you  will  do  bo  ;  will  you  oot  ?  " 

"  Before  long  I  will.  You  don't  seem  to  usderettuid,  Harry, — and, 
perhaps,  it  would  be  odd  if  you  did, — that  I  can't  run  up  to  town  and 
back  as  I  please.  I  ought  not  to  tell  you  this,  I  dare  say,  but  one  feela 
as  though  one  wanted  to  talk  to  some  one  about  one's  affairs.  At  the 
present  moment,  I  have  not  the  money  to  go,^-eTen  if  there  were  no 
other  reoaon."  These  last  words  she  said  almost  in  a  whisper,  and  then 
she  looked  up  into  the  young  man's  iace,  to  see  what  he  thought  of  the 
communication  she  had  made  him. 

"  Oh,  money  1 "  he  said.  "  Yoa  could  soon  get  money.  But  1  hope 
it  won't  be  long  before  you  go." 

On  the  next  morning  but  one  a  letter  came  by  the  post  for  him  firom 
I^y  Ongar.  When  he  saw  the  handwriting,  which  he  knew,  his  heart 
was  at  once  in  his  mouth,  and  he  hesitated  to  open  his  letter  at  the 
break&st-tablc.  He  did  open  it  and  read  it,  bat,  in  truth,  he  hardly 
understood  it  or  digested  it  till  he  had  taken  it  away  with  him  up  to  bis 
swn  room.     The  letter,  which  was  very  short,  was  as  follows : — ' 

DtAB  ¥ltlEflD, 

I  PELT  yonT  kindncsa  in  coming  to  me  at  the  station  EO  much  ! — die  more, 
ptriupfl,  becaiue  others,  who  owed  me  more  kindness,  hare  paid  me  less.  Don't 
nppoae  that  I  allnde  to  poor  Eennione,  for,  in  tnith,  I  have  no  intention  to  complain 
at  ber.  I  thought,  peihaps,  joa  wonld  have  come  to  see  me  befon  yoa  left  London  ; 
tat  I  suppose  you  were  hurried.  I  hear  from  Clavering  that  jou  are  to  bo  up  about 
jwir  new  profession  in  a  day  or  two.  Pray  come  and  see  me  before  you  haTe  been 
amy  days  in  London.  I  ehall  hare  so  mnch  to  say  to  yon  1  The  rooms  yoa  haro 
tiken  are  CTCrything  that  I  wanted,  and  I  am  so  grateful  1 

Yours  CTcr, 

J.O. 

When  Harry  had  read  and  had  digested  this,  he  became  iiware  that 
he  was  again  fluttered.  "  Poor  creature  ! "  he  said  to  himself  ;  "  it  is  sad 
to  think  how  much  she  is  in  want  of  a  friend." 


^^  ^tuitp  4  CeWk  %i\mim. 


PART    I. 

Tee  Bummor  l>ofbr«  last  I  spent  eomo  weeks  at  Llftndachio,  oa  the  W«Ui 
aoa«(.  The  bact  lodging-liuusn  nt  Lliuidiiiloo  look  eastward,  tovinU 
Tdrcrpool;  anil  from  that  Saxon  lure  mnuim  are  tncesrauitly  uBtuD^ 
oroning  tlie  baj,  ud<I  Uiking  peonconipn  of  thv  beach  and  the  lo^ui|- 
bomea.  Guarded  by  iha  Great  and  Little  Ormc's  Head,  and  aliTc  whb 
tLe  Surao  iavaden  hota  Lircrpool,  the  eutcta  baj  u  on  attractive  puiat 
of  inlVTWt,  and  nun;  viriton  to  Llandmlno  never  «ont«Bipltt«  anything 
else.  Bat,  patting  ande  the  oham  of  the  Lirc;i'|ioDl  steamboats,  perivp 
the  view,  on  tbit  side,  a  little  diasatisGes  on«  attar  a  while  ;  the  horiaoB 
w&nu  myisteij,  the  sea  wants  beaulj,  tlits  coa«t  wanu  verdure,  and  lus 
a  too  bars  auflt«renea  aad  aridity.  At  lut  osti  turns  round  and  looli 
w«twiu<d.  Ererythinff  ia  ebangod.  Orcr  the  month  of  ibe  CoDwaj  nri 
ibi  sands  is  tba  eternal  wilneM  nnd  mild  U^tof  the  west;  tbe  lowEv 
of  the  mplio  Anglesey,  nnd  the  pr«cipit«a>  Pcaunaenniawr,  und  tbe  ftmi 
groap  of  Camedd  Llewolyn  and  Cancdd  David  and  tbdr  brelhrro  £aliD| 
away,  hill  behind  luU,  iii  an  serial  haxu,  make  the  liomoa :  betwetn  tta 
fixit  of  Ponmatntnawr  and  tiie  bending  co^tt  a{  Anglcnoy,  tb«  an,  * 
si1vi.'r  Ktream,  disajipearB  one  knows  not  whitlicr.  On  lliiii  itide,  TTalet,— 
WuLes,  nhcrG  ibe  pa^t  sltU  lives,  where  every  place  lias  ittt  traditioo,  emy 
name  its  poetry,  and  where  ibu  people,  lb«  genuinQ  people,  Mill  kaom 
tliia  past,  thia  tradition,  lliis  poetry,  and  lircs  with  it,  and  cUnga  to  il; 
while,  atns,  tho  proupcront  Saxcu  on  the  othtir  ltd'-,  thv  invader  bom 
tJrorpool  aiid  Rirkenhe^ul,  hu  long  ago  forgotten  liis.  And  (be  pnv 
monlory  where  Lbndudno  stands  ia  the  very  centre  of  Lbls  tradition ;  tt  ti 
Creuddyn,  Uie  blooili/  eily,  where  every  atooe  baa  its  story  ;  thcrc^  oppoail* 
its  decaying  rival,  Conway  Giatle,  is  Bi^anwy,  not  decaying  bttt  long  aanac 
utierly  decayi^d,  some  eruoibUug  foundations  on  a  cr^g-top  and  noduag 
more ; — Diganwj-,  wlicrc  Ma«l-gwyn  shut  up  Elpliin,  nnd  wlierr  Taliwia 
came  to  free  him.  Below,  in  a  fuld  of  tlie  hill,  is  Llaa-rhoa,  tlie  diurdi 
of  the  marsh,  whore  the  laaie  Mael-gwyn,  a  Briu*h  prince  of  real  hiKtorj, 
a  bold  and  licentious  cliicf,  the  original,  it  is  said,  of  Arthur's  Lancelot, 
shnt  himself  up  in  the  church  to  avoid  the  Yellow  Plague,  and  peeped  out 
through  a  hole  in  the  door,  and  tavr  tho  monster  and  died.  Behind 
among  the  woods,  is  G1od<daeth,  the  place  o/ftastiiiy,  where  tlio  bar^  were 
entertained;  and  fui-thcr  away,  up  tho  valley  of  the  Conway  towards 
Ll^nrwst,  in  llic  Lake  of  CeirionydJ  ami  Talii>sin'g  grare.  Or,  again* 
looking  seawards  nnd  Angletey-wardit,  you  have  Pcn-mon,  Seiriora  isle 
and   priorj",   where   Mad-gwyn   li«   buried  ;   yoo   hare  tbe   SantU  of 


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Tira  STUD  I    OF  CELTIC  T-TTSRATUTtE. 


r 

I 


LantitUUion  wai  Ujt  Hel^,  Btlig't  ilonn'on,  a  mnnsion  undcrr  tho  warei, 
a  KA-bnried  paUoe  ind  realm.     Jfae  ibat  Jiimoia ;  lue  tat  SigtUct  UUut. 

As  I  walked  up  voA  down,  last  August  yvai,  loolung  at  llio  via.\ts. 
«s  tite;  wuhed  thu  Sigcian  land  -n-hicb  bna  novcr  had  ita  Homer,  aod 
Uataoing  with  curinutj  to  tlie  alnmgr',  iiufuniiliiu-  Rptwch  of  it^  «ld 
fowmor  i'  objcare  desMndant^  bathing  people,  vcgetAMc-scllcrs,  and 
dankej  bojo,  nl>o  were  al!  about  tne, — saddraly  I  heard,  through  the 
Mremi  of  nukDOwn  Welsh,  wordx,  not  En£:IUIi,  indeed,  but  iitill  familiar. 
TIkj  ouim  fiom  a  Francb  nancry-miud,  witli  some  cliildivti.  Pm- 
IntkiXj  igDorant  of  ha  Tclntiflnahip,  thin  Gntili«k  Celt  niov«d  among  h«i- 
Britiab  ooudos,  apcaking  her  pnlilo  neo-Latin  tongiw,  and  full  of  com- 
pMnooate  costempt,  probably,  fur  the  Wckh  borbariaDs  and  their  jai^n. 
Wliat  a  revolutioQ  vae  hptv  I  How  had  tiie  star  of  thia  djiughttr  nf 
Gooier  waxed,  while  the  star  of  these  Cymiy,  hia  bodi,  had  waned  !    What 

■  difiiercaco  of  fortune  in  the  two,  aincc  th«  dajs  when,  spesIuDg  the  Bame 
hsgnage,  ih^  ]e(t  their  coinman  dwelling-plaoc  in  lh«  htart  ef  Aiia; 
unce  tli«  Qmmeriaus  of  the  Euxine  caui'e  ia  upon  thetr  weatern  klnonien, 
the  BOOS  of  the  giant  Galatea;  since  the  usters,  GauI  and  Britain,  «ut  the 
rnktlvtoG  in  (heir  fomta,  and  saw  the  vciming  uf  CicsaT  !  Blanc,  rouge, 
ffCAvr,  champ,  ^li*e,  wn^Mur, — theao  words,  by  which  the  Uallo-Homan 
Cab  DOW  nan»M  white,  and  red,  and  roclc,  and  Geld,  and  church,  and  lord,are 
ta  jiart  of  the  speech  of  his  true  anceatora,  the}-  ars  woids  be  has  karat; 
hu  noce  he  IcaroC  them  they  have  had  a  world-wide  saeeew,  and  we  all 
Mach  them  tc  our  children,  and  armius  ip^nkiiig  thvm  have  domioeered 

■  vctsTj  aiy  of  that  Gcnnaay  by  whicli  the  BritiWi  C«U  was  broken, 
aA  in  the  bain  of  these  armien,  Snxos  auxilinritw,  a  humbled  coatingent, 
hare  been  fain  lo  follow  ; — the  poor  WeUhman  Hiill  mvs,  in  lh«  genuine 
liqgiie  of  his  onceetorH,  Jiryi,  JM^,  ctb'j,  maet,  Hon,  i^ryUrytlct ;  but  his 
land  ia  a  prorioce,  and  his  hiMury  petty,  and  lii«  Stuon  mibduen  scout 
hia  speech  as  on  ohalaole  to  cirilization ;  and  the  eclia  of  all  ita  kindred 
IB  other  landj  in  growing  every  dny  fitintrr  nnd  more  fc«b!o;  (i^e  in 
Oonwall,  gMDg  in  Brittany  and  the  Sc»lrh  Ilighlanda,  going,  too,  in 
Inlakd; — and  there,  Bhoro  all,  the  badge  of  the  buatvu  taae,  tho  propet^ 
of  the  vanquixbed. 

But  die  Celtic  genltta  was  jnst  then  preparinft.  in  Llandcdtio,  lo  hare 
ila  hoiir  of  reriyaL  Workmen  were  bnsy  in  putting  up  a  large  tnnt-likc 
wooden  boilding,  which  attractdl  the  eye  of  every  new-comer,  and  which 
aiy  little  lioya  believed  (tlieir  vinh,  no  doubt,  being  father  to  their  belief,) 
t»  be  n  circus.  It  turned  out,  however,  to  be  no  cJreua  for  Cflstor  and 
Polinx,  bat  a  t«nipl«  for  Apollo  and  the  Muik*.  It  was  the  phuc 
where  (he  £iitcddfi<d,  or  Bardic  CongrcM  of  Wales,  wu  about  to  be  hftUI ; 
ft  »aeti»g  which  haa  for  ila  object  (1  cjuoto  tho  words  of  its  protnotera) 
*  tb*  diflVision  of  useful  knowledge,  the  eliciting  of  natire  laleat,  and  the 
abtriabbg.  of  love  of  home  and  honourable  feme  by  the  culliration  of 
poetiy,  naaie,  and  art."  Ikly  Uiilc  hoyn  KvTe  disappointed  ;  but  I,  whose 
timjm  ase  over,  I,  who  have  a  profeuiooal  iotorest  ia  poetry,  aad 


THB  STUDY  OF  CKLTTC  UTKHArOBE. 


wliO(  oIm,  baiiug  all  oufi-eidedaeM  atiJ  oppn:^oii,  wisLi  noUung  better 
than  thut  Ui«  Celtic  geniim  slioutd  be  ublc  to  show  iisvlt'to  tba  world  uid 
to  make  its  voice  beard,  wu  deligbied.  I  took  my  tidiot,  atul  wuted 
itnpfLticntly  for  the  duy  of  opening.  The  day  came,  on  anloitnaaM 
one;  siorim  ol'  wiud,  douiia  uf  diut,  Hii  »cigr^,  dirty  Kca.  The  Skxow 
wlio  arrived  ky  tlio  Liverpool  stvamers  looked  luiocnible ;  erea  the 
Welsh  who  arrivtid  by  land, — wiieiber  they  were  di&coinp(»ed  by  tfaa  bail 
moming,  or  by  the  luonsiroua  aod  crushing  tax  which  the  London  and 
Korth- Western  Railwiiy  CompAny  levies  on  uU  whom  it  transports  acrass 
thtiKo  four  miles  ot  uiarghy  ]ienin«ulii  iKitwccti  Conway  and  Llandttdao,-— 
did  MUt  louk  happy.  First  rru  went  to  the  Gomedd,  or  prelimiaary  ooQ- 
gnes  for  coaferring  the  degree  of  bard.  The  Gotwdd  was  h«ld  in  tba 
open  air,  at  the  winJy  oonicr  of  a  atrcut,  and  l)iv  momiag  vrm  nob  lairour* 
able  to  upcQ-air  lolvmtiitivtt.  The  Wvloh,  too,  ehan.-,  it  svvma  to  mc,  with 
their  Saxon  inradt-ni,  an  inaptitudu  for  show  and  spectacle  Show  and 
Bpectncle  ni'o  belter  managed  hy  the  Latin  race,  and  those  whom  it  boa 
moulded ;  lh«  Welsh,  like  an,  are  a  littln  nwlcward  .ind  reaourccless  ia  tha 
organizulioii  of  a  It'sliTttl.  Tht  presiding  geiiiua  of  tlie  mystic  circle,  ia 
our  hideous  iiiaeUeulh  century  cuatuma  r<4ieved  only  by  a  grueu  «Gac( 
the  niiid  drowning  his  voice  and  the  dtut  jxtwdering  livs  wlii«kurB,  looked 
thoroughly  wretched;  no  did  iha  unpirnnls  for  bardie  honours;  and  I 
be)icv(>,  aOer  about  an  hour  of  il,  wi.*  all  of  ti9,  sb  we  stood  shivering  rousd 
the  Kicred  slones,  began  half  to  wish  lor  the  Druid'a  sacrificial  knife  to 
end  our  suderin^s.  But  the  Druid's  knife  ia  gone  firoju  ha  haada;  so  m 
■ought  tlie  Bhtiiier  uf  tho  EislciiiillHl  building. 

The  Bight  imdde  waa  not  lively.  The  preniduut  and  hi)  sapponen 
mustered  strong  on  the  platform.  On  the  door  the  one  or  two  froot 
beacbea  were  pretty  well  liUed,  but  their  occupania  were  for  llie  iiiotrt  part 
Saxons,  who  cauie  there  iroui  curiouly,  not  J'rom  outhmtioam ;  and  all  the 
middle  and  back  benches,  where  should  hava  kein  tliu  tniu  cnthuaiaaU, — 
the  Wulsh  people,— were  nearly  emjity.  The  [Jresidcnt,  I  am  sure,  showed 
aniilioDol  spirit  which  was  atimirnble.  He  addressed  lu  boxooi  id  our 
own  languHgv,  and  aiUed  uit  "  cbi>  Kngliah  brancli  of  the  deaeendaDti  cf 
the  ancient  Urilous."  We  receiveil  the  compliment  willi  the  iinjuuBuve 
dulness  which  is  tha  choraclerislic  of  ournHtnro;  and  the  lively  Celtic 
nature,  which  should  have  made  up  lur  the  dulnem  of  ours,  was  aboeot. 
A  lady  who  tsat  by  mc,  and  whu  was  the  wife,  I  I'ouud,  of  a  distinguished 
bard  «n  cho  plnitorm,  told  me,  with  emotion  in  her  look  and  Toiee^  ho* 
dear  were  thcM  aolemnitiea  to  tlie  heart  of  her  people,  bow  deep  wa*  tlie 
interctit  whieh  waa  aroused  by  them.  I  behcve  her,  but  etiU  the  wholtt 
l>erform]Luce,  on  that  parLiculiir  ruuruiug,  was  incuriibiy  lifultaB,  TIn 
rvutalion  of  the  prize  compositions  bugiin  :  piuoes  uf  vursc  and  prose  in 
the  Welsh  language,  an  cs^y  on  punctuality  being,  if  1  remcmb«r  right, 
one  of  them ;  a  poem  oii  the  march,  of  Ilavelock,  another.  Tliia  went  ou 
for  fiume  time.  Theu  Dr.  Vaughau, — the  well-known  Noncoulbrmiot 
aiiuister,  a  Webhmon,  and  a  goud  patriot, — addnwsed  ua  ia  English,    ills 


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THE  STLTIT  OF  CELTIC  UTERATtJKZ. 


S8d 


«peec1)  vm  a  |i«w«riul  odc.  mkI  he  eucccoded,  I  confcAe,  in  eeiuling  a  fiunt 
|}ihll  through  our  front  benclicH  ;  but  it  wsr  the  old  familiar  thrill  wUich 
«c  hxrc  all  of  xui  fctt  a  thoumnd  tiinm  in  Soxon  cliapcls  and  meeLing- 
liRUa,  «nd  hftd  noUiitig  bardio  about  it.  I  sti-ppcd  out,  uai  in  Lba  street 
I  flune  ataosB  tat  aoi]naintance  Iraib  from  Loiwioa  and  the  purliiunpnlniy 
Ktaon.  In  n  moment  the  spell  of  the  Celtic  getiiua  wan  forgotten,  tlta 
Philiftininn  of  our  ^>axoa  nature  madct  ildcif  fdt;  nnd  my  friend  nnd  I 
walked  up  and  down  by  the  Toarint?  wstcb,  talking  not  of  ovatcjiniid  bards, 
and  triads  ood  englyns,  but  of  the  scwng^  qucttion,  and  tLe  glories  of  our 
kwal  wIf-govemmQnt,  and  tbv  myistcrious  [KTrtVctiona  of  the  Molropolitan 
Board  of  Works. 

1  bclicTG  it  M  admitted,  crcn  by  tlie  ndmircn  of  EiHt^ddfodit  in  general, 
that  this  pjirlicular  Ei«tHdfod  wia  not  a  fiiicc«s«.  Llniidndnn,  it  in  imid, 
vuDOt  ilic  rigiit  place  for  it.  Htld  in  Conway  Custle,  m  a  ft-w  yraum 
ago  it  wa»,  and  its  Bpectalors, — an  enthuBiastic  multttudo, — filling  l!ie  gmnd 

Tuioi  I  can  omaRine  il  a  moBt  iinpreasiTe  and  interesting  aiglit,  even  to 
;er  labouring  under  tho  terrible  disndvanlagc  of  being  ignorant  of 
die  Welali  langttsge.  But  even  eetin  as  I  saw  it  M  T,Iu.niIudtio,  it  had 
tlw  power  to  aet  odc  thinking.  An  Eiateddlbd  ia,  no  doubt,  a  kind  of 
Olympic  mcotiDg ;  and  iliBt  tbw  cntnnioii  people  of  WjiIw  riioitld  caro  for 
mcb  8  tLing,  kIiowh  nometliiiij^  Greek  in  ihem,  aomclliing  xpLritml,  some- 
tamano,  aomvlliing  (I  am  a&aid  ona  must  add)  wbicli  in  tli<;  Engliah 
ion  people  ia  not  to  'be  found.  This  line  «f  reflection  bos  been 
ed  by  the  accomplished  Binbop  of  St.  David's,  nnd  by  llio  Satrirdat/ 
it  is  jiiAt,  it  in  fruitful,  and  tiioitc  wIid  purnurd  it  merit  our  be»t 
danka.  But,  from  p#«utiar  circumaiancics,  lli«  Llaiicluduo  nit-trting  was, 
mI  bsTC  said,  Bucli  as  not  at  all  to  suggest  ideas  of  Oly  inpia,  and  of  a  tnulti* 
tada  tenohed  by  th«  divine  fiamo,  and  liaa^ng  on  tlie  lipa  of  Pindar.  It 
iwher  aoggesled  tkc  triumph  vi'  tlie  [vosuic,  practical  Saxon,  and  the 
Ifprokdiing  extinction  of  an  enlhn&uum  which  he  derides  aa  fitctitious,  a 
Ulcralure  whicli  he  diaduns  as  traeli,  a  language  wliicli  be  detentg  as  a 
Goiaaoor. 

I  muHt  sny  I  quile  ahiure  tlic  opinion  of  my  brother  Saxons  as  to  the 
jnr^if^X  inoonTcnience  of  perpetuating  Uie  apeaking  of  Welsh.  Ii.  may 
CMae  a  momeiit'tt  ditlreta  to  one's  imagination  when  one  bean  tliat  the 
btt  ComiMh  feasant  who  ^oke  tlie  old  tongue  of  Cornwall  ia  dead ;  but, 
ijdDubt,  Cornwall  ia  llic  l)cttur  for  adopting  EngUsIi,  for  beconiing  more 
\lj  tmt  with  tlic  rc«t  of  the  country.  The  fiuuoii  of  all  the 
itanta  of  these  islantls  into  one  boraogcncous,  Kn(;lisi]-*praking 
wbole,  tJie  breaking  down  of  barriers  bclwccn  un,  the  ewa.Ilowing  up  of 
wpvata  prorincJal  nationalities,  ia  a  consutnmatioii  to  wliicli  the  natural 
eoone  of  things  irTesislibly  tends ;  it  is  a  necessity  of  what  ia  called 
Bodccn  ciTilixaticn,  and  modem  civilixation  Ia  n  real,  legitimslc  force; 
lb»  ckaogo  must  come,  and  it*  :iJX!oniplti<!iment  U  a  mere  afloir  of  time. 
The  sooner  the  WcIaIi  language  dieappcars  as  an  instrument  of  tliu 
practical,  jwUtical,  lodal  life  of  Wales,  Uiu  better;  the  better  for  England, 


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tliii  boiler  fer  Wdes  itself.  TrKlen  uid  touristo  <lo  cxcoUcot  senioe  by 
pushing  tlie  En^ih  wodgo  further  niuj  Airthvr  ioto  tlw  heart  of  the 
priadpolicjr ;  goTenuiu.-nt,  hj  bumneniig  il  lianler  iiiiJ  harder  into  the 
cfentcutary  schooU.  Nor,  perhaps,  can  oa«  hav«  much  aytapathy  with 
the  literary  cultivation  of  Welsh  aa  aa  mstxvaoeot  of  Uvuig  literature; 
and  ia  ihia  nap«ct  Eiaieddlbds  cacoun^  I  think,  a  fanlaotJc  aiut 
mischicf-warking  ddnsion.  For  alt  nricnu  pnrpMcs  io  modem  Utoalan 
(and  trifling-  purpOM-s  in  it  who  wuuld  care  to  ciicoara^?)  the  language 
of  a  Welshioaa  is  and  inuat  be  EBgUah  ;  if  an  Kititwidfod  author  ha* ' 
anjthing  to  siy  aboTit  jranctuality  or  about  ttie  tnnrcb  of  Havelock,  be 
had  much  better  aay  it  in  English ;  or  rather,  pcrlinp?.  what  ho  has  t«  asf 
on  thmo  rabjeets  nuy  as  irell  be  said  in  WcJih,  but  the  ruotnent  be  has 
anything  of  real  impoitauce  to  say,  anything  the  world  will  ih«  least  can 
to  hear,  he  must  speak  English.  Dik-tt^iutism  might  ptiuibly  do  mash 
harm  heiv,  might  mislead  and  waste  and  bring  to  nought  a  gemtilM 
talent.  For  all  modem  purpoaea,  I  repeat.  Id  ub  all  aa  soon  as  posaible  be 
one  people  ;  let  thd  ^Vebhioan  speak  English,  Mti,  if  be  is  ao  autbo^  . 
him  write  Eogliifa. 

So  far,  I  go  along  with  the  Htream  of  my  brother  Saxons  ;  bat 
1  imagine,  1  part  company  with  them.  They  will  have  nolhiugto  do 
the  Welsh  language  snd  bleiatiu«  on  any  terms;  th(>y  would  gladly 
a  dean  swcvp  of  it  from  the  fucv  of  tim  earth.  I,  on.  certain  tennv,  widi 
to  make  a  gnM  deal  more  of  it  thaa  is  made  now ;  and  1  regard  thi 
Welsh  literature, — or  rather,  dropping  the  dietinctloQ  between  WiihJi  aat 
Lriah,  GncU  and  tymri*,  let  me  sny  Oi.-l^c  liturature, — aa  an  object  tl 
very  great  intwxmt.  My  brottu-r  Saxons  have,  as  is  well  k 
terrible  way  with  llieoi  uf  wantijig  to  improrc  croiything  but  tbi 
off  the  faco  of  t)i«  earth ;  I  have  no  such  pasnion  for  finding  nothi 
myself  ererywhere ;  I  like  variety  to  v:^!»l  iincl  to  nliow  itself  to 
I  would  not  for  the  wurld  hovo  the  lincatnentd  of  the  Celtic  geaius 
But  I  know  my  brutliL-r  SaxouK,  I  know  their  slrengtb,  and  J  know  thil 
the  Celtic  geiiiun  will  luake  uutliing  tS  trying  to  set  up  barriers  agatad 
them  in  the  world  of  fact  nnd  brute  force,  of  trying  to  hold  its  own  i^utnit 
them  as  a  political  and  social  coanlcr-powei',  aa  tlie  son!  of  u 
Dutionaliiy.  To  mc  there  is  somctliinf;  mouruful  (and  at  this 
when  one  sofs  wtiat  h  going  on  in  Irelaiiil,  liow  well  may  one  aay  so  I) 
in  hearing  a  Welt^ian  or  an  Irinbman  moke  prtrtenniona, — oatural  pre- 
tensioiu,  1  admit,  but  how  hoplosaly  vain  ! — to  such  a  rival  cclf-esta^ab- 
ment ;  tliere  is  sumetliing  moui-ufu!  ia  hearing  .in  Englislimaa  scout  them. 
Sirciiglh  I  alas,  it  i:i  nut  i<trciigth,  strength  in  the  miilcrial  world,  which  is 
wanting  to  us  >iaxona ;  we  have  plenty  of  strength  for  uwallowing  up  and 
absorbing  as  tnuch  as  we  choose ;  there  ia  nothing  to  hinder  us  from 
«^<Tit^  tbe  last  poor  maierial  remaina  of  thnt  Celtic  pnwer  whivb  Obc« 
^ras  everywhere,  but  li.is  long  since,  in  the  raceofcivilixalion,  fallen  out  aC 
sight.  We  may  tliiuuten  tlium  with  extinction  if  wc  will,  and  may  almoat 
Bay  in  so  thrcaicning  them.  like  Cicaar  in  threatening  with  death  lh4  tribot* 


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Uct«Ilus,  who  cicsed  the  trtaamy  Ooon  ftgaioct  him :  "  And  wlwn  I 
Uire&ten  this,  jroung  man,  lo  threaten  it  is  mam  Lraubk*  to  me  than  to  do 
it."  It  is  not  in  the  outward  and  riublo  varlil  or  mntcrial  life,  tbat  tlie 
Celtic  genius  vf  Vr'ales  or  InJuid  cui  aI  ihia  daj-  hope  to  ccmat  fi^r  mucli ; 
it  is  in  llic  inwsnt  worid  of  tJiooght  and  uieooe.  What  it  has  been,  v\m 
it  ItoM  doui:,  let  it  uk  us  to  nttcad  lo  that,  ns  a  loaUer  of  etieuco  uud 
Uttory  ;  not  to  what  it  will  be  or  will  do,  aa  a  iitatter  of  tnoiicrn 
It  oinaot  count  appredalilj  now  a*  k  material  power ;  but, 
if  it  can  get  itaelf  thoroughly  known  lui  on  object  of  ocienco,  It 
ai^  count  &r  a  good  deal,— lar  taaiv  than  we  tfoxons,  most  of  us,  imagine, 
— BB  a  ^iritna]  povrcr. 

Tbo  bent  of  our  time  b  towards  Rcience,  towards  tnowing  thiogs  aa 

thaj  sre;  so  the  Celt's  claimfi  loworda  having  bit  geniua  and  itx  works 

tuiiy  Ireatad,  as  objects  of  scientific  invcatigatioo,  the  Saxon  iMtn  hvdly 

n^eetwbso  tlMM  daiuui  nm  urgdd  nnipiy  on  thpir  own  niGrits,  and  are  not 

up  vrith  extraneous  prctcnaioiia  irhidi  jeopardize  them.     What  the 

mU  tiM  tdena  <Us  «r^«Hi,  the  Boienoe  of  oripoB, — a  sciaiu 

rhicb    i*  at  tlic  bottom  of  all  real  knowledge  of  the  actual  world,  and 

dndi  is  ercry  day  growing  in  interest  and  importance, — is  Tcry  iucom- 

witbcut  a  thorou^^  critical  acc«)Unt  of  tliu  Cdts,  and  their  gvnhis, 

,  and )it«ratare.   Thixsdence  has  atillgnnt  pntgrcsa  taniak«,Lut 

made  vveu  within  the  zoooUection  of  those  of  ns  who  ore  in 

middle  lifo,  has  already  afieoted  our  common  notions  about  the  Coltic 

mea;  and   tliis  cban^  too,  &ltows  how  Bcicnctj,  the  knowing  things  as 

tbqr  are,  voAy  even  hare  aalntsry  prdctit^l  const^qiunccs.     I  nnwnber 

wbn  i  was  young  I  was  taught  to  think  of  Celt  iim  i^paruted  by  an  im- 

(aoablc  gulf  ixooi  Teuton ;  lay  liiih«r,  iu  poiticuinr,  wna  never  wcaiy  oi 

oODtnadng  them ;  he  IcsiBtt^d  much  oflvuer  on  the  eepoiation  between  lu 

■ad  ibem  than  on  the  aeparatian  between  ua  and  any  other  race  iu  die 

wodd ;  iu  tlie  aaae  way  Lord  Lyndburst,  in  words  long  famuuB,  callvd 

dw  Iiiob,  "  aliens  in  speech,  in  religion,  in  blood."    'lliis  naturally  created 

s  profoood   Bcase  of  eatraogcmeut;  it  doubled  tlic  cslrnDgcmcnt  which 

^liticol  and  religions  diffcrcncea  already  made  between  ni  and  the  Iriiib  : 

ll^SMmad  to  tnaka  this  atiangemcnl  immense,  incurable,  fatal.     It  begot 

•  Mnnge  relsctaoce,  as  any  cne  may  sec  by  reading  the  pre£>ce  to  the 

pat  Ivxt-book  for  Wel^h  poetry,  tlio  Mgvyrian  Arckaoio<fi/,  pnbiidted  at 

dw  faegintiing of  this  century,  to  fiulJier, — nay,  allow, — cvcai  among  tjuiut, 

ftaptahh  people  like  the  Wtilsb,  the  publication  of  iho  documents  of  lh>or 

tocientUteraturo,t[i«  uonunenis  of  the  Cymric  genius;  such  was  the  lenss 

of  Rpubjon,  tbo  aeasc  of  tnoompatibility,  ofindicBl  antagonism,  nakiag  it 

won  dangerous  to  na  to  let  such  oppotitos  to  oiuaslres  hare  ajieeeh  nud 

Hlanace.     Certainly  the  Jew,— tlie  Jew  of  ancient  times,  at  lenity    ■ihen 

Mmed  a  tliouaand  degrees  nearer  than  the  Celt  to  utt.     Purltaoisai  badso 

Mnmilstcd  Bible  ideaaand  phrnMologj' ;  namoH  like  Ebcnexor,  and  notion* 

like  that  of  hewing  Agsg  in  pieces,  aune  so  natural  to  us,  that  the  tente  of 

tfioiiy  bciweso  tit«  Teutonic  and  the  Hubrcw  nature  was  quite  KtroDg ; 


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THE  STOUT  OF  CELTIC  UTERATCRG. 


n'a  bora 
itiata  h«fl 
aewof  nfl 

^abeorlHfl 


a  sxmiy,  middlo-clftM  Anglo-Saxoo  ranch  more  Imag^nod  liimsolf  Ebud*i 
cousin  Uum  Otsian'a.  Butnieauwhile,  tlieprfjn>Antanil  (tfrikingitJeAsof  tliQ' 
tllanolagpstaaboDt  tli0  true  n&tural  grouping  of  t)i«  humsn  ne«,  the  cioetria« 
of  a  great  Indo-Kuropean  uniir,  cotupruiog  liindooH,  PenianH,  Gneki, 
Z^alioB,  Cells,  Teutons,  SlaTODione,  oa  tli«  one  hand,  and,  on  the  other 
band,  oCa  Sumitic  unity  and  of  a  Mongolian  unity,  s«paTa[«d  hy  profound 
distinguishing  marks  from  tlie  InJo-Kuropcan  unity  and  frotn  one  auothar, 
\m  elowly  acqniriag  conauteDoy  and  popukrizing  iutlf.  So  strong  UHi 
real  cmild  the  cense  of  sympatliy  or  antipatliy,  grotuided  upon  real  identiqr 
or  dirersity  id  mcc,  grow  ia  mea  of  culture,  that  wc  read  of  a  g«naine 
Teuton, — Wilhelin  Ton  Humboldt, — finding,  cTcn  in  the  sphere  of  roli^oii, 
tliat  Hpliere  where  tlie  might  of  Semitism  has  been  so  OTerpowering,  tha 
food  which  mo&t  truly  8uit«d  bis  spirit  in  the  prgduclioDs  not  of  the  alien 
Semitic  genius,  but  of  the  gonius  of  Greece  or  Indiji,  tho  Teuton's  bora 
Itinirfblk  of  the  eonunon  Indo-Kuropean  family.  "Towards  Scmitiiu 
felt  himself,"  we  read,  "far  less  drawn;  "  he  had  the  oonsaotiaoew 
certain  anUjmLhy  in  th«  depths  of  his  naturt>  to  tliid,  and  to  its 
ing,  tyrannous,  terrorist  religion,"  iu  to  the  opener,  more  flexible  lodo- 
Europjtn  genius,  this  religion  appeared-  "  The  mere  workings  of  llic 
old  man  in  him  I  *'  Semitism  will  readily  reply  ;  and  though  ooa  eu 
hardly  admit  tliis  short  and  OAsy  method  of  settling  the  matter,  it  muit 
be  ownrtcl  that  llumboldt's  is  an  cxtrt^nm  case  i^f  Indo-Europennisn, 
uarfijl  iw  leiting  ub  ace  what  may  be  the  power  of  race  and  priraitiTG 
eoDBtitution,  but  not  likely,  in  the  spiritual  sptiere,  to  hare  many  ootn- 
panion  cases  equalliug  it.  8till,  oren  in  this  sphere,  the  tcndcn^  it  in 
Humboldt's  direction ;  tliC  iac>d«Tn  spirit  tends  more  and  more  to  establi^ 
a  Hpniw  of  nntivQ  diversity  between  our  European  bent  and  the  Semitic 
bent,  and  to  etiminale,  even  in  our  religion,  certain  elements  as  partly 
and  excewively  Si'mitie,  and  thpreforo,  in  riglit,  not  eombinablc  with  ov 
European  nature,  not  asHimikble  by  it.  This  tundency  is  now  qoiU 
Tivible  eren  among  ourselves,  and  even,  as  I  huve  tmd,  witliia  the  grot 
^here  of  the  Semitic  genius,  the  sphere  of  religion ;  and  for  its  just)fi<*- 
tion  this  tendency  appeals  to  scivnce,  the  science  of  origins ;  it  appeab  10 
this  science  as  teaching  ue  which  way  our  natural  affinities  and  icptilaioH 
lie.  It  appeals  to  this  science,  and  in  part  it  cornea  I'rom  it;  it  is,  in  «a»- 
Biileniblc  part,  su  indirect  practical  result  from  it.  In  ilie  sphere  of  potiiics, 
too,  there  has,  in  tlic  same  wny,  appc^arL'il  an  indirect  prsctical  result  fron 
tliis  science ;  the  senae  of  anlipatliy  lo  die  Irisli  people,  nf  radical  ealrange* 
tncnt  irom  them,  has  visibly  abait^d  amongst  all  tlie  better  part  of  ni; 
tlie  remorse  for  past  ill-tr«atnient  of  them,  the  wisli  to  mnke  amends,  to 
do  them  justice,  to  fairly  unite,  if  posable,  in  ono  people  witl]  them,  has 
▼isiWy  increased ;  hardly  a  book  on  IrtJnnd  is  nnw  published,  hardly  a 
debate  on  Irebnd  now  passes  in  Parliament,  without  this  appeariDg. 
FanoilUl  as  the  notion  may  at  first  seem,  I  am  inclined  to  think  that  the 
znareh  n(  science,— science  inaUiing  tliat  thcrc^  iti  no  such  original  chasm 
between  the  Celt  and  the  Saxon  n*  we  once  popularly  imagined,  that  tiiey 


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TUB  STfDY  OP  CELTIC  LITEHATUIIE. 


990 


mtvi  vrbut  Loril  Ljnillitirst  uallcil  litvn\  olieiis  in  llvod  frum  iis, 
they  are  ottr  l>toth«ni  la  tlic  ^fixt  Indo-Knropcan  funiily,— Iua  1iii4 
*  aliare,  an  appreciable  sliare,  in  prKxludiig  i\\'\%  cliaiigeJ  sCat«  of  feeling. 
No  doubt,  Uie  release  frotnalwin  and  i>lnj^lc>tl)e  tcjutcorfiim  pomcaidon, 
Goltd  aecuritv,  and  ovcnThelining  power;  no  doubt  tb[^i>,  allowing  iind 
cooouraging  bamane  feelings  to  Hprin^  tip  in  tu<,  have  d»nc  mucb;  iio 
doobl  B  itate  of  frar  and  danger,  Irduud  in  hoBtilv  conflict  wilh.  uh,  our 
outon  violently  diaturbvil,  niiglit,  vrbilc  it  druve  back  all  hutunnfl  feeliaga, 
owke  alsu  the  old  iensc  of  uU<-r  eatmngfiQfnl  revive.  NvvvTthclex),  lo 
lM|g  u  such  ft  maiignnnt  revolution  of  erecitB  daet  not  actually  come 
,  ID  toBg  tbe  new  seme  of  kiasliip  and  kindliness  lives,  vrorlu,  and 
I  otreagth;  and  the  longer  it  so  Ufca  and  woika,  tlie  more  it  inakeH 
any  nch  malignnnt  rarolution  irujirubable.  And  tliia  new,  reconciilng 
Mue  baa,  I  tuiy,  tt«  roots  in  scivnco. 

However,  on  l!ii-t>c  indirect  beucTitv  of  Kciuncc  wo  xanA  not  lay  too 
nvcb  slreaa.  Only  tliis  muet  be  allowed  ;  it  ia  cloar  thiil  there  aru  now 
in  opctration  two  influences,  belli  fuvourabte  to  a  more  attentirc  and 
iaipoftta!  study  of  Cclliam  ihan  it  Las  yet  ever  iccfiivod  from  ua.  Onij 
U,  tbe  Hrengibemng  id  ua  of  tlie  fteling  of  Indo-KuropeuniBm ;  tbe  othoi-, 
iho  alreogtbcning  in  ua  of  the  ecicatiilc  senac  ^ifcrally.  Tlio  iirst  brenks 
down  barriera  between  uti  and  llie  Celt,  rclnxeji  thn  cmtrangoment  between 
m;  tlie  second  begrts  t}ic  de^re  to  know  lii^  citve  tburouglily.  and  to  be 
]ial  lo  iL  This  is  u  vciy  dlfferuut  luitttur  from  tbc  political  ond  eouiU 
C«lliK.nlioii  of  wliieb  ecrlain  erjihiifiiasls  dream;  but  it  ii  imt  to  be 
ilapis(.>d  by  any  one  to  whom  the  Celtic  genius  is  dear;  nnd  it  i.i 
|<Miblc,  wbile  tbe  otlier  ia  not. 

To  know  tlic  Celtic  case  tbcrcmglity.  one  must  know  tlw  Celtic  people  ; 

md  to  know  iban,  one  muet  know  thuc  by  whigh  n  people  best  cxpreaa 

Ibeaittlvca, — tll^i^  literature.     Few  of  us  bave  any  notion  wbat  a  mans 

of  Cdttu  bioraluro  i)t  n:;nl]y  yet  extant  and  acceiuible.     One  cousuuitly 

fiodB  eren  wry  accoaiplitiUed  people,  wbo  f;vticy  tbat  the  remans  of  Weljtii 

■ad  liub  literature  are  as  inconsidcrubly  by  iheii*  volume,  m,  in  their 

ujilidoti,  tliey  ore  by  ttic-ir  intrlnKic  merit;  that  tbciie  rcniains  consisl  of  a 

frt  prune  mvriee,  in  grful  P'Ut  borrowed  from   tbe  Ittcrnturc  of  iwtions 

IMi  dvilized  than  the  WeJHli  or  Iriali  niitiou,  and  of  i<oiuq  unintelligible 

(GCliy.     Aa  to  WcM>  litcraliirei  llicy  liave  lieard,  perliapn,  of  tlm  Black 

«f  Catrmartkttt,  or  of  the  Hed  liaok  ef  Jfcr^mt,  and  tliey  imagine 

1  me  or  two  fiunuua  manuscript  bcolo  like  tlienu  contain  the  whole 

■i^Uat.  They  huve  no  notion  that,  in  re-tl  truth,  tv  ^uok  tbc  woida  of  ono 

lit  no  fiicnd  to  the  bigli  picleuitinns  of  Welsh  literature,  but  choir 

{brmidabla  impugncr,   Mr.  Nnsh ; — "Ilia  Myvyiian  manu.'tcripts 

,BOW  deposited  io  tbe  Britb^b  Museum,  amount  to  47  volumca  of 

r,  of  variouB  aizc*,  containing  about  4,700  piecea  of  poetr^',  in  1G,000 

t<ta,  beaidea  about  2,000  englynion  or  epigrammalic  Etatu-os.     There 

*>*  dn  in  tlie  same  collection,  53  voluincii  of  prow*,  in  about  15,300 

^*ge^  contsiniug  a  great  many  curious  documents  on  v-iriou!  subjeciu. 

TCL.  Xlll.-'llO.  75.  lfi> 


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Tnn  bTL'DT  C'F  CKLTIO  UlEftATVKC 


Bealdci  Uieae,  wliicli  were  purclinscd  of  tla*  widow  of  Ute  celcbnttetl' 
J«a«lk  ti«  •dilor  of  the  Myeifriiin  ArcKtr-iftuj^,  there  are  a  Tasi  ai 
of  c(iIIe«l>oii8  of  Wt'lsli  iuiimiM:ri|)U  in  Lon<)oD,  an-l  in  lie  libraries  of  A« 
gentry  of  ilic  principnlity."     The  Mgtgriaa  Archa-jtoyg  here  epokcn  *f 
liy  Mr.  Nft')),  I  hxva  nlruaily  tncniioned:  he  ealla  its  «4litor,  Otrm  Jorus, 
ct>lcbr»l«i]  ;  he  U  nut  w  fiul«t>mcc  1  lint  that  he  claims  a  word,  to  psMing, 
Item  I*  [trofKnir  of  (locliy-     Hi  woh  a  Di-iiUghshirc  peuoiil,  bom  btAm 
tJie  roiddle  of  ili6  Itut  otnlni^*,  in  Uiai  val.-  of  My  vyr,  which  hw  giwn  ita 
nnnie  to  111*  ■reli«»tFgy.     From  his  ehildhood  he  Itm)  that  punioa  tar  tlw 
old  IreHsuraei  of  hia  owiutry's  literatim.-,  which  id  this  day,  u  i  bBT« 
Bud,  in  the  vcmmoo  jMwpV  of  Wnliw  in  m  rcnuu-kahle ;  these  treanim 
were  uuiirint«d,  scattered,  diJlicult  of  acceM,  jenloualy  guarded.     "  Hon. 
thaa  onco,"  ny*  Edward  Lhuyd,  who  in  his  Arehetohgm  tirih 
brought  out  by  liini  in  1707,  would  gladly  hftve  giron  llicm  to  tli« 
"  more  than  onc«  I  had  a  prcmiee  from  tijo  owner,  anil  thw  proniit 
anenrards   reivnctol  nt  tint  iiiMi|Ziitioti  of  eartain  {)«f«o»«,  pn>iiJo-poli- 
Udani,  ai  1  think,  rathor  lIiHu  men  of  letirr»."     Su  Owen  Joiieit  wtmt  it| 
a  y«utig  man  cf  niuel«cn,  to  London,  anJ  gnt  OTriployiiieiit  it)  a  tiirric 
•hop  (n  Tliuniw   StroH  j  for  foity  yearn,  wilh  n  siiiglc  object  in  view,  ba" 
workwl  nt  hrit  hiisincM  ;*nTiil  ai  the  vw\  of  that  liiiio  hia  objrct  \ria  WM. 
He  had  riicii  in  hi*  empkyment  till  the  bnuiK-es  liml   become  hti  dwdi 
and  he  was  now  a  man  of  tonsiiWablc?  niL-aiM ;  but  thoco  menna  bad  htm 
Sought  by  him  for  onu  puriKine  onlv,  the  parpom  vf  hU  lile,  the  diMK  *i 
hill  yuuth, — liiD  giving  ppvruiuence  afiJ   jxiU icily  tn  the  maMipMcf  kit 
naiionnl  lili^ratuie.     Gradually  he  got  in:iiiiiHcripi  aiwy  nianiiseript  tim- 
Hcribod,  mid  at  laxt,  iu  ItjOl,  he  jtiiuti)'  wilh  two  fHc-nds  brought  i 
throe  inrg«  rolumit,  prinlpd  in  double  columns,  his  Myi'i/riau  Arehatlti 
of  ]VaUs.    llic  book  is  full  of  imperfection!,  it  prt-sentod  iis^If  to 
which  could  not  jiulgp  of  ii«  ini]iortar)ce,  atid  it  brought  upon  its  MtW, 
in  hia  lifL-iiaip,  iiidti!  nltnck  tliitn  honour.     He  dietl  not  long  nfterward^ 
Bhd  now  h«  lies  buried  in  A1I-)mIIow«  Church,  ia  Loiidwi,  with  his  tenb 
turned  townrdfl  the  caar,  aw-iy  from  the  green  rale  of  Clwyt)  and  tHtmi 
mountains  of  his  iiattre  Wales;  but  hU  book  ia  the  gTvat  repertory  of  di^| 
lilemlurv  of  hia  natico,  the  gouiparali*o  stndy  of  huiguogea  Atid  liKratonS 
gains  every  day  tnoro  folluwetn,  nnd  no  one  of  llit-no  lullowera,  at  home  or 
nbrond,  loticIiR}  \Vel«Ii  literature  without  ]»yiog  liontdge  to  tlie  DenbJ^ 
shire  peairtol's  immc;  if  the  hflrdi'  glory  und  hia  own  arc  ttill  mHlter  eC 
moment  to  iiirii, — ti  qnid  tarnUm  moiialia  lanffuitt, — he  tnny  bt!  saticflG^ 

Kren  the  iinnlcd  alock  vl'  early  M'ekh  litcnturc  iti,  therefore,  CM' 
ridei-able,  and  the  mannacript  stock  of  it  ih  very  great  iodevd.  Of  IriA 
Itlctnttire,  (ho  stock,  printed  cod  manuscnpt,  ia  truly  rut;  the  wari 
«f  c,it:iloguini;  and  describing  this  has  been  admirably  |-«Tlbrt»ed  hy 
Riiiilher  reiti;irkiiK>l>3  man,  who  died  only  tlie  ulher  day,  Mr,  Ki^tenc  O'Curry. 
Ohiicnre  •x'nligrr  of  u  despised  litcnittire,  he  descrvefl  aome  weigh ti«r  Toka 
to  praise  liini  than  tlio  roice  of  an  unlearned  bcllelrielio  trillvr  IJkii  nie ; 
he  beJoDgs  to  tlio  race  of  the  gisuu  in  littrrary  reecarcli  and  industry, 


ript  tnm- 
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THE  STUDY  OF  CELTIC  LITERATURE.  291 

race  now  almost  extinct.     'Without  a  literary  Educniion,  and  impeded  too, 
it  appe.'in,  by  mach  (rouble  of  mind  and  infii-mity  of  body,  he  has  accom- 
plished Buch  a  thorough  worh  of  classification  and  description  for  the 
chaotie  mass  of  Irish  literature,  that  the  student  haa  now  half  hia  labour 
saved,  and  needs  only  to  use  hia  materials  as  Eugene  O'Curry  h-inds  them 
to  him.     It  was  as  i»  professor  in  the  Catholic  Univeraity  in  Dublin  that 
O'Curry  gave  the  lectures  in  which  he  haa  done  the  student  this  service'; 
it  is  touching  to  find  that  these  lectures,  a  spltndid  tribute  of  devotion  to 
tiie  Celtic  cause,  had  no  hearer  more  attentive,  more  sympatliizing,  than  a 
man,  hinmelf,  too,  the  champion  of  a  cause  more  interesting  than  prosperous, 
— one  of  those  causes  which  please  noble  spirits,  but  do  not  ])lease  Dtatiny, 
which  have  Cato's  adherence,  but  not  Heaven's, — Dr.  Newinaii.    Eugene 
O'Curry,  in  these  lectures  of  his,  taking  as  his  standard  the  quarto  page  of 
Dr.  O'Donovan's  edition  of  the  Annals  of  the  Four  Masters  (and  this  printed 
monttment  of  one  branch  of  Irish  literature  occupies  by  itself,  let  me  say  in 
|assing,  seven  large  quarto  volumes,  containing  4,215  jKiges  of  closely 
printed  mutter),  Eugene  O'Curry  aays,  that  the  great  vellum  manuscript 
books   belonging  to   Trinity  College,  Dublin,  and  to   the  Koyal   Irish 
Academy, — books  with  f^isclnating  titles,  the  Book  of  the  Dun  Cow,  tlic 
Book  of  Leinstcr,  the  liook  of  Ballj/mote,  the  Speckled  Book,  tlie  Sook  of 
Lecain,  the  Yellow  Boob  of  Lecain, — have,  between  them,  matter  enough 
to  fiil  1 1 ,400  of  these  jingea ;  the  other  vollum  manuscripts  in  the  library 
of  Trinity  College,  Dubhn,  have  matter  enough  to  fill  8,200  pages  more  ; 
and   the    paper   manuscripts   of  Trinity   College,  and   the   Hoyal   Irish 
Academy  together,  would  fill,  he  says,  30,000  sucli  pages  more.     The 
ancient  laws  of  Ireland,  the  so-called  Brehon  laws,  wliicli  a  commission  is 
no'.v  publishin;:,  were  not  yet  complutely  transcribed  when  O'Curry  wrote ; 
h'lt  what  had  even  then  been  transcribed  was  sufficient,  he  pays,  to  fill 
nearly  8,000  of  Dr.  O'Donovan's  pngcu.     Here  are,  at  any  rate,  malerJala 
I'liouph  with  a  vengeance.     These  materials  fall,  of  course,  into  several 
ilivi=ions.     The  most  literary  of  these  divisioiis,  tho  Tales,  consisting  of 
iliftoric  Talcs  and  Imiigiit'itive  Tales,  distributes  the  contents  of  its  Jlis- 
tm-k  J'ales    as    follows: — Battles,  voyages,  weges,  tragedies,  cow-spoils, 
ci-urtships,  adventures,  land-cxptdition;-,  .sea-espediiions,  banquets,  i-lope- 
innts,  loves,  lake-irniptionM,  colonizations,  vii^ionx.     Of  what  a  treasure- 
"uuse  of  rcBoiircus  for  the  history  of  Celtic  life  and  the  Celtic  genius  docs 
■liat  bare  list,  even  by  itself,  call  up  the  imago  !     The  Annals  of  the  Four 
MiitUrs  p'ive  "  the  yearH  of  Ibuiidations  and  destrutliona  of  churches  and 
t"tkn,  the  obiluaries  of  remarkable  persons,  tlic  itiaugurationa  of  kings, 
ilie  lattk-s  of  chiefs,  the  contests  of  duns,  the  .igea  of  bards,  abbots, 
l'islLO])s,  &c.""     Through  other  divisions  of  this  mass  of  materials, — tho 
^■■'"•U  (,f  pedigrees  and  geiicalugies,  the  marlyrologies  and  festologies,  such 
Mtlie  Ft'lirJ of  At'ifus  (he  Cuhke,  the  topographical  tracla,  such  as  the 
^'natenchas, — we  touch  "  the  most  ancient  traditions  of  the  Irish,  tradi- 
'■ons  which  were  committed  to  writing  at  a  period  when  the  ancient 

•  Dr.  O'Conor  iu  liis  Calaloijue  eftlie  Sloue  iVi'i'.  (ijuutcU  by  O'Cum), 

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uutoma  of  tlie  people  were  unbroken,"  We  loucli  "  tJie  earljr  bistoijr  o(  _ 
Irelnnd,  civi]  nnd  ccclcaiiisLicul."  We  get  "  the  origin  and  btatory  of  ilX'B 
CAunt^M  monnnicnu  of  Ir^laod,  of  the  mined  church  and  tower,  die 
Miillittircrl  croiu,  ihe  holy  well,  and  the  commemorative  luune  of  almost 
every  towitland  anil  pnriah  ill  the  wttolc  island."  Wc  get,  in  aliort,  "  i 
moat  detailed  Jufonnation  upon  alinost  e^'vry  part  of  nncitnt  Gaelic  lifs, : 
vaat  quantity  of  yaUmlile  dut^ils  of  life  anil  maiiricrh."* 

And  tlicn,  bcsidvii,  to  our  knowledge  of  llie  Cattic  genius,  Mr,  Norrial 
brouglit  ua  from  Cornwall,  M.  de  la  Villeinarqa^  from  Brittany,  oontriba-? 
tioDS,  intii^ificani  indeed  in  quantity,  if  one  coinpam  tbcm  wttfa  tbe  taaa 
of  tbc  Irisb  materiikls  extant,  but  far  fiom  iniigniticant  in  valae. 

We  want  to  know  what  all  tbis  nuiss  of  docmnvntu  really  t«IIa  os 
about  the  Celt,  But  the  mode  uf  dealing  with  tlit:9c*docuntcnta,  and  vich 
tlta  whole  question  of  Celtic  anliijuity,  lias  litllierto  been  moftt  unatii-^ 
lactory.  Thoae  who  hare  dealt  witli  them,  liavc  gone  to  work,  in  gcncnl^fl 
either  aawanu  C\-ll- lovers  or  as  wai'ui  Cell-haters,  and  not  as  disiulcrestei 
5ludent«  of  an  important  uinttur  of  science.  Oai*  i»ulj  eeeina  to  set  out 
with  the  delcrmination  to  6nd  cvvrj-tliing  in  Culti^m  and  ita  rctnaina;  tke 
olh<.-r,  wiih  the  di^tcnni nation  to  find  nothing  in  them.  A  umplc  MCfcff 
for  truth  ha*  ii  liaid  time  of  il  between  the  two.  An  illusLralion  or  i 
inukt:  ckar  what  I  mean,  Fiiiit  let  us  take  the  CcU-Jovcis,  who, 
tliey  engiigo  one's  synipatliica  more  Ihati  the  Cell-halcrs,  yet,  imumu 
M  aucrtion  is  more  dangerous  ihun  dtnial,  show  their  wcakneaMi  in  a 
more  signal  way.  A  very  learned  roan,  the  Rev.  Kilward  Dnvios,  publiibci 
in  the  early  piirt  of  ihia  centtiry  two  iiiipoiliiiit  books  on  Cvltic  aatitjoilj'. 
'Jhc  second  of  tlieno  hooka,  'fiit  Afythmlijfji/  nmt  Sites  of  the  lintish  DnaJi, 
ciintftinfi,  wjlli  much  olhtr  interesting  matter,  the  diurming  ataiy  ot 
Taliesin.  Biyiint'a  book  on  mythology  waa  then  in  rogue,  and  Bryant,  ia] 
the  fdiitastical  manner  socomincu  in  thosi;  dayi,  found  in  Greek  inylkoh 
vthiii  ho  callvd  an  nrkila  idolaUy,  p<jiiitjng  to  Nouh's  deluge  and  the  n4.^ 
l>iiviM,  wishing  to  give  dignity  to  his  Celtic  mythology,  determines  to 
find  the  arkitc  idclntry  there  too,  and  the  style  in  whidi  hu  proceed*  V> 
do  thia  aSvi-ds  a  good  ^cimen  of  lh«  extmragnnce  which  baa  c*iaei 
Celtic  autitjuity  lo  be  luyked  upon  with  »  much  BUspicion.  The  etoiy  rf 
Tiilieaiu  begins  ilms  :^  I 

"  In  former  times  lliere  was  a  man  of  tioblv  descent  in  Peullyn.  Hb 
name  wna  Tegi<l  Voei,  aud  hia  jiulernid  eiktate  wui  in  the  niiJdte  of  lU 
Lake  of  Tegid,  and  his  tvilci  was  called  Ceridwen." 

Notliing  cuuld  well  be  «iuipler ;  but  what  Uavies  fuida  la  this  uicj^ 
opening  of  ToUeain's  stoi-y,  is  piodigioud  ; — 

"  Let  us  take  a  brief  view  of  tbe  proprietor  of  iliia  c«tat«.    Ttj^ ' 
V&bcl — bald  tcrtnitj/ — prcacntB  itself  at  once  to  our  liuicy.     The  pninter 
would   find  no  ombarrnsament  in  sketching  tbe  portrait  of  liiia  »si^ 
vciierahli!  pt'rsoungc,  wlioac  crown  ia  porily  stripped  of  it*  hoary  hooooM' 
Bat  of  all  the  gfidsof  nntitiuily,  none  could  with  propriety  ail  ibr  iti* 

•  O'Cany. 


OP  CELTIC  UTKBATtrnE. 

plflttm  uevpting  Satdrn,  ili«  acIcnowlcdgGcl  rcprcflCDtAlive  of  Noah,  nn  j 
tb»  huduml  of  Rliva,  wliich  na»  but  iincTh<:r  ii;iine  for  Ceres,  the  geaiiu 
oftlicarii." 

An<l  Ccrci,  thegeiuni  of  the  tirk,  iaof  eoiinw  found  in  Cendwen,  "tho 
Briii»h  Cfifs,  tlw  wkile  god«ii!s,i  who  inlmtes  m  inlo  ilie  ikicpest  myBtcriea 
of  the  >tkit«  aup«ntitioQ." 

Sovr  Uie  aiory  of  Taltesin,  as  il  prpcwils,  oxhibiis  Ceridw^n  as  a  gor- 
eenas;  and  •  sorceress,  like  a  godduw,  bclongn  to  ibe  norM  of  the  snpor- 
Mlund  ;  but,  beyond  thU,  Uic  tlory  itielf  doea  not  miggwit  one  particle  of 
Rlationship  bvtwcvn  Caridwen  anil  Cerot.  All  chg  rest  comei  out  of 
DaTira's  fiincy,  aud  is  cstablisliod  hy  Teaaonin;  ur  the  Ibrcc  of  tliat  abooG 
"  bald  •erenity." 

Il  IB  DoC  diflicuU  for  tlic  other  aidot  the  Celt-haters,  to  get  a  triumph 

over  flodi  advcrurica  as  theie.  Perhaps  I  ouglit  to  aak  pnrdoii  vf  Mr.  Naah, 

vhom  Talittin  A  i«  luij^iostible  to  read  without  poBt  and  instruction,  for 

clauing  him   aniong   tlis  Cvlt-halem ;   ht.t  dcreruiined  acepticitun  about 

Wdsb  antiquity  tfeeine  to  ni«,  bovir«TOr,lu  bctrnya  ptcconccived  hostility, 

a  blu  taken  beibrehnnd,  ns  UDmi«takal)Ie  aa  Mr.  Diivits's  prepoflscsiioiu. 

But  Mr.  Nash  u  often  rcry  hap[iy  in  dcnitilishing,  for  rwilly  the  Celt- 

*ert  •eem  often  to  try  to  lay  theiiiw.h-w  open,  and  to  invite  demoHlion. 

all  of  hia  notJona  about  an  arkiic  idoliitry  ariO  a  Helio-demonic  woraliip, 

Iwanl  DaricH  given  Iliis  tninuLtlion  of  aa  old  Welsh  poem,  entitled  Tht 

'wugj/rie  o/  lAttitd  the  Grtat : — 

"A  aoog  of  dark  import  was  coinpuncil  hy  the  dtslingtiishcJ  Ogdcad, 

tabled  on  iho  day  of  tlic  moon,  and  went  in  open  procosioa.     On 

dl^  of  Hats  ibey  alloCled  wrath  to  their  adveranrlfs  ;  on  ihc  dny  of 

iJjoy  enjoyed  their  full  pomp  ;  on  tlio  day  of  Jo\-e  ihey  were 

4tKrcr«d  from  lh«  lictestwJ  usurpers ;  on  the  day  of  Venus,  the  day  of  the 

influx,  ihey  avrain  in  the  blood  of  men;*  on  thv  iJiiy  of  the  Sun  there 

nibk'  fire  ships  Aud  5vc  Iiiitidicd  of  those  v-Jio  iiinkv  suppliuntion : 

i,  Britfaoi  I  O  um  vf  Uie  conipncted  wood,  the  shoek  overtalcoH  mo ; 

allend  on  AOonni,  on  llie  aren  of  Fwmpfii." 

lookH  H<:lio-da.'monic  enough,  undoubtedly;  vapcciiklly  wheu  Caviea 

ptata  O  Britki,  Itrithoif  in  Hebrew  characters,  m  being  "'vestiges  of 

(lend  liymna  in  the  Pbaniciaa  Jnn^ungc."     Biu  then  oomca  Mr.  Nash, 

nd  taya  that  the  poem  is  a  rai(Idle-.'i(;o  com  position,  Aviih  nothing  Uelio- 

4moaic  about  it;  that  ic  i»  meant  to  ridicule;  the  monks;    and  that 

Q Britki,  Brithm!  in  a  mere  piece  of  unintelligible  jargon  in  mockery  ol 

lU  elianlB  used  by  the  monks  at  prayers ;  and  he  gires  this  counier-tians- 

yiaa  of  iho  jxiain  : — 

"They  make  hortli  songs;  llifly  n&lu  eight  numbers.  On  Monday 
tfci|will  be  prying  about  On  Tuesdjiy  ihcy  H«pniate.  angry  with  their 
■ditnarieo.  Oa  Wednesday  lliey  drink,  enjoying  Uiemsclvcs  ostcnta- 
■ioilily.  On  Thureday  tliey  are  in  Ibe  choir  j  thi-ir  poverty  is  dtRagrea- 
•Ue.  Friday  i»  n  d.'iy  of  abumlinco,  the  men  mv  «wimming  in  pleasuros.* 
*  Om*,  when  SaturiLiy  ilioal'I  come,  sonittliing  is  warning  In  the  manu^crpi. 


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TITB  STUDY  OV  CELTIC  UTERATUHE. 


Oti  Riitidii^-,  c^rUtiil^-,  fiv-e  li-gions  nod  Oto  Imm^reih  of  tlicm,  llicy  pra; 
ihey  iiiaktt  cxcIuiiijiUuijh  :  0  Britiii,  Brilhoi  I  Like  wood-cuckoOB  in  am 
ibey  will  be,  cvei^  ono  of  iha  idiots  banging  on  tho  grouin!." 

Aa  one  reada  Air.  Niuii's  cxplanodoa  and  tmuUtian  niter  Edw: 
Daviea's,  one  fceU  Utat  it  it«»il  of  tho  I}r«ad  dAj'light  of  con)inoit-»«as« 
been  Bii'ldcnly  tiliivi  over  tho  Punnfifric  on  Lltidd  iht  Qnat,  anil  oii«  is 
gpileful  to  Tilr.  Noeli. 
,  Or,  flgaiD,  irhtn  aflftlhcr  CoU-l<irw,  Mr.  llcthcrt,  h,i»  hcwildcred 
vitb  bis  fancies,  »  uncritical  an  EdwnrJ  Datim's;  «iUi  his  ttoo-Prujdi 
hia  Mitliriao  hcrwy,  liw  Crisl-celi,  or  man-god  of  (lie  inyBleries  i  •: 
above  all,  liifl  apG  of  thA  sanctutiry,  "signifying  tkc  meicuriol  [>riBcip1(^ 
lliat  Mrange  and  unr^plainpd  diiigrace  of  paganism,''  Mr.  Nnsli  ooioct 
our  assiaUtiKO,  «nd  ia  moet  rolVe»}iii>Kljr  ratiaiwl.  To  confine  oumetT' 
ta  thfl  ope  uf  lliG  univtiiury  only.  Kir.  IKiliert  cniulruuU  hia  inonst«r, 
be  whom  br  my*  "  great  Ktnciity,  (ogtdlier  nilli  louL  crintr,  deception, 
trcAckery,  ii  nacrihed, — ont  of  ibiir  lines  of  old  \^'ol»k  i«flry,  of  n-htdi  ha 
uJopU  the  fallowing  Lntiii.lation  : — 

"  Witboiit  the  np^,  witliri\il  llie  ftall  of  ilia  cow,  vrithnui  tbc  miindtine 
rampart,  (he  irorld  will  become  desolate,  not  requiving  the  eutJcoo*  Id 
convene  Oic  appoiuted  dance  orer  ilie  {;r(M:ii." 

One  is  not  rery  clear  wHut  all  tliiv  mcuas,  but  it  has,  tX  nny  Tatr,  ^ 
^«i»n  Kir  Hliciut  it,  w)iich  preparps  one  for  tl)o  dtivobpment  of  ila  finl< 
nsmul  per«oniige>,  tlio  Ajie,  into  the  mystical  itjie  of  tho  fariclu^ry, 
cow,  too,— saj'B  anothor  fonjtms  C<lt-levvr,  Dr.  Uiven,lhe  Icarocd  author 
lh<  W'tlsh  Vktionars, — the  oow  (licn/vn)  i*  llie  cow  of  iransmig ration  j  ibA' 
tbia  aIm  toun(l«  notural  enevgli.     Jlut  Mr.  Na<b,  who  has  a  keen  ere 
the  piecing  which  Avqucnily  happena  in  ihosut  old  fragments,  has  obtervi 
that  jitjil  here,  where  the  ape  of  the  Manclunry  .tnil  the  cov  of  iranxmigrS'' 
tiun    ninkfl   their  appe.iranfe,  there  Eeoms  to  come  a  chuirr  of  iiiTij^ir^ 
popular  E^yings  ;  nnd  he  ut  otice  remembers  on  adage  prw^rved  with  tka 
ward  Acn/on  in  it,  nhero,  us  hd  jii»lly  sayO)  "  llie  cow  of  IranEmigraiina 
entinot  vfry  wfll  have  plnco."     Thin  ailngo,  rendci'cd  literally  ia  BngliA, 
ia  : — "  WhoM  owiu  the  old  oow,  let  him  go  at  her  mil ;"  and  (he  mesDlsg 
of  it,  a9  a  popular  saying,  ia  clenr  and  HQii>le  «uough.     With  thisdat^ 
I^Ir.  Jiofih  (>xuuiiiins  tliu  nho1o  pntsagL',  etigg£«ta  thai  fttb  fppft,  "  wiUieal 
the  ape,"  with  whioli  Mr.  lU-ibvrt  bqjini,  in  truth  belong  le  san>ct}itig 
going  before  and  ia  Co  be  trantlatcd  aomt^nhnt  i^iS'sTenlly  \  and,  in  (biNl, 
th.-^t  whut  we  rc-ntly  have  hero  is  niiiiply  iboun  three  odagca  ou  aftti 
aDotlier: — "  The  tirst  shaie  ia  the  full  one.     i'olilencsi  U  natural,  lays  iIm 
npe.     Wilhoiit  tho  cow-siall  there  would  be  no  dnag-heap,"     And  o«< 
uin  liiinily  doubt  [hat  Mr.  N'aj>h  a  i\\iM  rt^ht. 

Even  friuads  «f  llio  Cell,  who  are  pfrfiiotly  iiicapihli:  of  extmragano 
of  tliia  Mtrt,  la)I  too  often  into  s  loose  mode  of  uriiici!^  CAr^ccruing  hi 
iiud  the  decuwcDtt  of  his  hi»tor}',  which  \»  uuwiiMiiflory  in  juull',  and  alK>4 
givcB  an  advantage  to  his  many  cncnites.    Une  of  the  best  and 
dflighlful  Irirnds  hp  lian  cvi.^r  had, — M.  du  to  ViUein.at<]ii(-, — ]i^  goeq  cl« 


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THE  STUDY  OF  CELTIC  I.ITEHATUBE.  393 

enongli  that  oflta  the  alleged  antiquity  of  hia  documents  cannot  be  proved, 
that  it  can  be  even  disproved,  and  that  lie  must  rely  on  other  Bupporta 
than  ihia  to  establish  what  he  wants;  yet  one  finda  him  saying  :  ''  I  open 
the  colleclion  of  Welsh  bnrds   from   the   sixth   to   tho   tenth   century. 
Talie&ia,  ono  of  the  oldest  of  them,"  .  ,  .  and  so  on.     But  his  adrersaries 
deny  that  ive  have  really  any  such  thing  aa  a  "  collection  of  Welah  hards 
froD3  the  Bixth  to  the  tenth  century,"  or  that  a  "Taliesin,  ons  of  the 
oldest  of  them,"  exists  to  be  quoted  i[t  defence  of  any  thesis.     Sharon 
Turner,    again,   whose    Vindication   of  the  Ancient   British   Potms  waa 
prompted,  it  seems  to  me,  by  a  critical  instinct  st  bottom  sound,  is  weak 
and  uncritical  in  details  like  this  :  "  Tlie  strange  poem  of  Taliesin,  called 
tho  Spoils  of  Aimwn,  impliea  the  existence  (in  the  sixth  century,  he 
means)  of  mythological  talea  about  Arthur ;  and  the  freq\ient  allusion  of 
the  old  Welsh  bards  to  the  persons  and  incidents  which  wo  find  in  the 
Mabinogion,  are  further  proofs  that  there  must  have  been  such  stories  in 
circulation  amongst  the  Welsh."     But  the  critic  has  to  show,  .igainst  hia 
adversaries,  that  the  Spoih  of  Anmvn  is  a  real  poem  of  the  sixth  century, 
with  a  real  sixth-century  poet  called  Taliesin  for  its  author,  before  he  can 
use  it  to  prove  what  Sharon  Tamer  there  wishes  to  prove  ;  and,  in  like 
manner,  the  high  antiquity  of  persons  and  incidenta  that  arc  found  in  the 
muiuscripls  of  the  Mabinogion, — manuscripts  written,  like  the  fan^oue 
Red  Book  of  Hergest,  in  the  library  of  Jesus  College  at  Oxford,  in  the 
fenrteenth  and  dHeenth  centuries, — is  not  proved  by  allusions  of  the  oid 
Welsh  bards,  until  (which  is  just  the  question  at  issue)  the  pieces  contain- 
ing these  allusions  arc  proved  themselves  to  possess  a  very  high  antiquity. 
In  the  present  state  of  the  question  as  to  the  early  Welsh  literature,  this 
sort  of  reasoning  is  inconcluatve  and  bewildering,  and  merely  carries  ua 
round  in   .1   circle.     Again,  it  is  worse  than  inconclusive  reasoning,   it 
thows   KO   uncritical  a  spirit  that  it  begets   grave  mistrust,   when  Mr. 
Williams  ab  Ithei,  employed  by  the  M.iflter  of  the  Roils  to  edit  the  lirut 
J  Tywyaoglon,  tho  "Chronicle  of  the   Princes,"    says  in  his  introduction, 
ia  many  respects   so   useful  and   interesting:    "Wo   may  add,   on  the 
suthority  of  a  scrupulously  faithful  antiquary,  .nnd  one  that  was  deeply 
versed  in  the  traditions  of  hia  order — the  late  lolo  Morganwg — that  King 
Arthur  in  his  institutes  of  the  l^ound  Table  introduced  the  age  of  the 
»orld  for  events  which  occurred  before  Christ,  and  the  year  of  Christ's 
Wtivity  for   ait  subsequent  events."      Now,  putting   out  of  question   lolo 
Mo^anwg's  character   aa  an  antiquary,   it  is  obvious    that  no  one,    not 
Grimm  himself,  can  stand  in  that  way  as  "  authority  "  for  King  Arthur's 
Wing  thus  regulated  chronol^^y  by  his  institutes  of  the  Round  Tabic, 
"revcn  fur  there  ever  having  bei'u  any  puch  institutes  at  all.     And  finally, 
pMlly  as   I  respect  and  admire  Mr.  Eugene  O'Curry,  unquestionable 
"*  i)  the  wgacity,  the  moderation,  which  he  in  general  unites  with  his 
'"imense  Icar.iing,  I  must  aay  that  he,  too,  like  his  brother  Celt-lovera, 
^oistimcs  lays  himself  ihrngerously  open.     For  instance,  tlie  Koyal  Irish 
'Vcndciny   possesses  in    ita   Museum   a   relic   of  the  greatest  value,   the 


S9S 


THE  STfDT  OF  CELTIC  LITERATUBR 


I 

I 


DcmhnacK  Airgid,  n  Lwin  ni.iDu<cript  of  ll'.c  foiir  gospel*.  Tho  ouMr 
box  c«ntniiii»g  lliia  tnaniucript  is  of  thu  14lh  century,  bul  tho  mimuacript 
itwir,  saj-3  O'Curry  (:in<l  no  man  is  botli>r  ablo  lo  judgu)  U  cerloiuly  «f 
the  6th.  That  is  nil  very  \7ell.  "  But,"  O'Curry  then  goca  on,  "  I  believe 
no  n«*on)ibIe  doubt  can  (txiat  that  the  Domhnaek  Air^id  u-iu  aotually 
•anctiliecl  by  llie  huiil  of  onr  gr&it  Apcstle."  One  lins  a  tliriU  of  excite^ 
meiit  nt  rcctriving  this  awuTuuce  from  such  a  rnnn  lu  Eiigtrnc  O'Carry; 
one  believes  tliat  ho  is  realty  goiDg  to  ron&e  it  dear  that  St.  Pnlrick  iii 
acttiully  Hancttfy  tlic  Domhnach  Aiiyid  nith  bis  own  handu  ;  ami  one 
rcmla  on  : — ''  Aa  St.  Pstrick,  says  «d  aocicAt  Ufii  of  St.  Mac  Carlbuna 
preserved  by  Culgnn  in  bio  Acta  Sanctorum  Hibermir,  was  on  bis  way 
(K>m  llic  north,  and  coming  to  ihe  placo  now  calleU  Clogher,  he  via 
carried  over  a  stream  by  bis  strong  man,  Uighop  Mac  Carthaina,  who, 
vhile  bearing  tlie  Saint,  gronned  aloud,  exclaiming  : '  Ugh  1  Ugh ! ' 

'"Upon  my  good  word,*  said  tbo  Saint,  *  it  tns  act  usual  with  yoit 
to  mako  tbst  noise.' 

"'I  am  DOW  ol3  nnd  tnrinn,*  mid  RiKhap  Mac  Cai'lhainD,  'and  all 
my  early  compantODs  in  ini--<aion-ivork  you  have  scllk-d   dowu  in  their     i 
re)<poctiTC  churcheii,  wlitio  I  nin  still  on  my  travels.'  a 

" '  Found  a  churcli  then,'  aaid  tiie  Sniut,  '  that  shall  not  be  too  near  lU  ^ 
(ibnt  is  to  bis  omi  Church  of  Armngli)   for  faiuiliarily,  nor  too  fin  fno: 
us  for  intercourse.'  M 

"  And  tlju  miint  then  IcH  Bishop  Mac  C;iithaian  tbcrv,  at  Clogfaer,  ud  1 
bratotrcd  the  Domhnach  Airffid  upon  him,  which  had  been  gives  toPalrid; 
from  lieavoii,  when  bo  ivns  on  the  sea,  coming  to  Erin." 

Th«  legend  is  full  of  poetry,  fiiU  of  humonr;  and  one  can  quite  appre- 
date,  after  rc:Klitig  it,  the  tact  wliich  g)Lvo  8t.  Patrick  such  aprod^gimu 
Rucccss  in  orguuLziiig  tlic  primitive  church  in  Iielind;  the  new  bidiopt 
**  not  too  near  ua  for  familiarity,  nor  too  far  from  us  Ibr  intercoarse,"  iss 
maatcipiece.  But  how  can  Eugeuc  O'Carry  liare  imagined  that  it  tal:i« 
no  more  than  a  legend  like  that,  to  prove  that  Ihe  jiai  licular  ni^kouicxift 
BOW  in  the  Musoum  of  llie  Royal  Irish  Academy  was  once  in  St,  Palnck's 
pocVet? 

I  insist  upon  extravagances  like  thcnc,  not  la  order  to  throw  ridicule 
upon  thu  Celt-lovers, — on  the  contrary,  1  fet'l  a  great  dwt  of  sympslliT 
with  lliL-iii, — but,  rather,  to  make  it  ckar  what  an  immense  ndvuiUge  lb> 
Celt-haters,  llie  negative  bIcIc,  havu  in  Iho  controversy  about  Ctlls 
unliijuily  ;  how  much  a  clear-Leaded  *ceplic,  like  Mr.  Nosh,  way  uttetff 
demoli&ht  and,  in  demolishing,  give  himtelf  the  appearance  of  having  ««> 
an  entire  victory.  But  an  etitiro  victory  ho  liax,  .is  I  will  next  proceed  D) 
ebovr,  by  no  uicuns  won. 

MATTHEW  ARXOUX 


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297 


Sioi^n  Dtt  th^  (![attl4  piaflu^. 


Iktelligest  foreigners  have  observed  of  us  as  a  nation  tliat  though  we 
fail  to  carry  out  our  precautionary  ami  remedial  measures  with  that 
admirable  and  timely  precision  which  ia  so  easy  to  a  despotic  govemmeut, 
we  attempt  a  greater  number  of  things,  and  tliat  if  we  accomplish  them 
less  perfectly,  we  do,  in  a  fashion,  educate  ourselves  in  the  process. 
When  our  education  is  complete,  we  shall,  of  course,  undertake  more 
feats,  and  perform  them  better,  than  any  other  people.  Meanwhile,  It 
may  not  be  amiaa  to  consider  how  we  have  dealt  with  the  Cattle  Plague 
which  now  devastates  our  land ;  and  though  we  have  not  any  cure  to 
propose  which  is  the  result  of  our  actual  experience,  it  may  yet  be  that 
by  a  careful  summary  of  all  the  views  which  have  been  unfolded,  and  all 
the  propositions  that  have  been  ventilated,  by  pushing  them  to  their 
logical  conclusions,  and  making  that  which  all  sermon -writers  know  as 
the  "third  head,  or  practical  application,"  something  definite  and  useful 
may  be  evolved,  if  not  for  the  animals,  at  least  for  ourEelves.  Of  remedies 
10  called  there  have  been  scores  announced  and  sold  ;  but  of  those  abso- 
lotely  efficacious,  so  far  as  is  known,  not  one.  Inoculation — the  only 
tiling  which,  short  of  death,  was  recommended  by  old  Australian  cattle- 
holders — has  been  very  little  tried  here,  probably  because  those  who 
advised  it  admitted  that  "it  caused  the  tail  to  swell  enormously;"  and 
u  we  alt  made  up  our  minds,  in  the  first  instance,  that  every  beast 
ittacked  must  die,  we  were  desirous  not  needlessly  to  disfigure  him,  lest 
inspectors  might  challenge  the  carcase,  and  people  refuse  to  buy  and  eat 
of  it.  The  few  large  owners  of  the  high-bred  short-horns  (almost  price- 
less in  value)  divided  their  herds  into  small  lots,  which  were  domiciled  in 
different  sheds  far  from  the  high  roads.  Each  lot  had  ita  separate  herds- 
man, whose  duty  it  was  to  attend  exclusively  to  his  own  animals,  and  on 
no  account  to  approach  the  others,  or  to  go  beyond  the  boundaries  of 
the  farm,  or  to  hold  intei-course  with  other  herdsmen,  cattle-dealers,  or 
drovers.  Any  stock  sold,  as  sheep,  pigs,  &c.,  were  invariably  driven 
into  the  public  road  before  changing  hands;  and  no  animals  of  any  kind 
were  bought  or  allowed  to  be  domiciled  in  the  farm,  whether  from  infected 
districts  or  not.  So  far  these  expedients  seem  to  have  answered  perfectly 
»cll.  The  small  farmers  and  cowkeepers  daubed  the  noses  of  their  beasts 
with  tar,  and  hung  around  their  necks  little  bags  of  camphor  or  strings  of 
onions,  which  it  is  to  be  supposed  would  act  more  as  a  species  of  charm 
than  according  to  any  rational  theory.  In  a  general  way,  these  men 
attempted  little  more ;  and  having  done  this,  they  awaited  tlic  result, 
Kime  with  confidence,  some  with  fear.     As  might  hare  been  antlcl^ttid, 

lb— & 


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NOTES  OX  THR  CATTLK  rr.ACUC 


they  irere  limvj  flufTciYtn.  Wlicn  the  dUcasc  nricc  ooinmencod  it  r|aidc1y 
emptied  Ihc  sheds  nnd  fielda,  and  a  week  ■wm  often  wifficicnt  to  liiin  a 
prosperous  cowkeoper  into  a  rained  man.  Wlion  the  oows  were  viribly 
afTeclcd  M>inc  gnro  them  salt,  others  chahbrale  wntcrs  and  quinine;  kmoq 
hdminisLcivd  cpiutn  ftnd  caittor-oil,  oihcn  tiivpmime  nnd  gin;  tnma 
•olphiir  and  whisVy,  nthrrs  minenil  a<-\'\*  atid  crcowito;  aome  riilibed 
th«m  nnd  gart  ihcm  ginger,  ptlmr*  fomented  Ilu'in  and  gnre  them  gIobuI<a; 
some  kept  them  wnrm,  some  kept  them  cold  ;  but  nil  wtn  witdni>«s,  tenvr, 
atui  cciirtiMion,  or  blind  coti&dcncc  und  litud  dlninny.  Pfothing  acciai  to 
have  brer  dono  ah  nny  rcocig«i«d  principle  nf  raediwil  pmcticL  MiM 
BurdMt  Coutlfi  lon-d  lirr  (lock  not  wisel/,  htit  loo  well;  for  w  iniiir!i 
Whiiiky  Mr«9  admiiiiricrud  that  ftereml  died,  iwt  of  tho  di«;aie,  hot  rf 
delirium  tremeHt.  The  tcotdfaJ  pnpera  have  not  yet  thoiiglit  Rt  to  impioTe 
that  occaaion ;  and  wc  innkc  ihu  Alliance  comptuiy  a  prcocnt  of  the  vugr 

ig(^tii:>n,  find  inritc  ihcni  tn  supply  the  i>mi«ion.  The  nctton  of  the 
Executive'  Beoras  to  have  bwti,  in  llie  llnit  iristancf,  co!iftn<'d  to  threo 
tneasurrn.  The  Privy  Council  w.ia  snmmrmcd  to  dvlibcmic,  n  Uoyal  Com- 
mission  was  uillt^d  into  oxixteneo,  and  the  Arcbhixhop  of  CnnterhiiTy  tnu 
ordered  to  corapfise  n  prayer.  The  tcsultxof  the  cogitations  of  the  XjarAth 
Council  were  coininiinicatcd  lo  the  c^EpCvtnnt  world  \>y  Mr.  ITclpa.  T1i<h 
pompriwd  n  list  fl'  w^Jiryfiil  iind  oni-ruiw  pi-^eiinl.icnn  to  bo  obR'rved  t^iwmnb 
thj^Jiviu);,  nnd  I'fmfinr  inniirnt-ruhlt;  and  mmirnrnld lilies  tobcperfbnned  ta 
eooncctioii  with  the  funetat  obse(]ni(?9,  which  no  one  hm  yet,  ao  far  as  ordi- 
nary observulion  exteads,  attemplpd  to  carry  out  in  their  Integrity.  As  for 
thcanimii!)!  acttially  nfTt'ctcd,  tlioac  in  the  tirst  rflpwl  my  Lords  dootnnlal 
once — for  llnrri  ilien-  wn«  no  Iu»po ;  all  endeavours  were  to  be  direct*! la 
one  final  d«ed,  i.e.  lo  knock  the  cre3.ture  or  the  liead.  Sinlta  hip  ml 
thigh,  slay  and  spare  not,  wan  the  ndvice  of  the  Gorcmmont,  and  lb* 
praatioe  of  the  inspectors  and  veterinary  surgeons  in  llio  flnt  pnnio  of  lib« 

,  pingiie.  Another  notfibto  suggeation  wna  tliat  all  pc-rsons  attendit^  d&- 
ea*fd  enttic  nhonkl  wear  a  safety  droM.  It  i«  not  ni^edliil  to  dcccribo  tlut 
Qi-eis  as  olahui-atdy  a*  Mr.  Help  was  compelled  to  do ;  it  wjll  be  sulSoiciiC 
toiaj  that  [Im  muu  so  ccjuippod  vrould  in  all  cssentiul  particiilan,  sad 
certainly  in  nppeamnce,  resemble  the  diver  at  the  PolyKchnic.  Ho  m*i 
not  to  see  or  tend  healiliy  beasts,  nor  lo  wandi;r  &hinil  the  roads,  nor  to 
touch  or  aseocintc  wiib  hti  own  kind  until  he  hod  got  out  of  his  taftty 
drees,  immersed  it  in  disinfectant  lluid,  and  treated  hts  own  head,  eyt4^ 
earn,  and  xioh  parbi  of  liin  person  an  had  been  ncceuuij  ily  exposed  in  ibe 
same  severe  maaiier;  and  om  tho  dicss  was  to  be  worn  orvt  the  usual 
clothes,  the  laller  weru  likewiia  to  be  taken  off  and  fnmignted.  b  tl 
nlw:iya  well  Co  economise  Irotiblo,  and  tlic  necessity  for  Ihe  hut  preoantiiKt 
might  well  have,  been  obvinted  by  ihe  Biniple  plan  of  the  man  getting  ia 
a:>d  put  of  Ilia  safety  clothes  in  ihe  dress  with  which  nature  hnx  nn>vidcJ 
hiiQ,  Some  people  thought  that  by  jracHring  the  skin  welt  vrilh  oi], 
abMrptioQ  and  exhnhition  would  bo  in  a  great  di^ce  checked,  and  iofee- 
tion  thus  presented ;  but  it  b  clearly  belter  lo  tibke  adrantage  of  a  mat 


1 


NOTliS  ON  XUli  CATIXB  I'CAOUB.  399 

lUtunl  Iiiiv  than  to  provide  uguiitgl  its  ojMjrAlSon.  Mnn  U  tin  absorbing 
will  exhaling  aiiiniiil  ;  ami  by  tliii  perpctiuil  wiuking  und  ■itliiriition  it  wns 
[ifriwps  intcndeiJ  by  t!ic  Autlic.-ittoa  t)iat  h«  »hotil(l  be  trnEwformcd  into  ft 
living  and  numng  diuufe#tant,  giving  otT  rumcs  of  cbluritio  g»>i  in  all 
diiectionB ;  in  feet,  a  kind  ot  highly-chargod  vessel,  nr  "  ht-nd-ccntrc "  of 
bealth. 

The  fuiK-r^  tiw*  ware  too  iiumQront  to  deinll.  Th«  onitnali  were  to 
be  buried  vbcr«  llicj'  dt«d,  aiid  in  quick-tiiav,  with  nil  their  belongings, 
except  the  Iiorns.iDd  booft.  Tbia  was  niijiplncci!  Icniciiny,  for  ibo  horns, 
kooG^  anil  tail  are  things  well  kiionn  tu  hi;  lypicul  ami  inggestira  of  tba 
cmbodimcBl  of  oril,  ond  tbcra]'<^r«  ou.Qbt,  Dinve  tbtu  nnvlbing  cl«c,  to  bara 
fcvm  buried  aw3.y  out  of  eight,  'ibe  ilru[it>!ngs  »f  thn  unformnnifi  deoemwd 
irore  onlvrcil  tu  l>o  utrtfutly  inU'rreil  wli«r>:  thcry  were  dropped,  nlong  wilb 
iho  p:tc«  of  turf  vhicli  ihf.y  bud  detilcd,  by  meant  e-i  an  intlnitiicnt 
vtuoh,  as  dcscribetl,  wnuid  be  a  kind  of  oross  factnccii  n  *'  spud  "  iind  a 
long  jr-ii¥y-»[ioon.  When  liiia  had  bwn  thoroughly  and  cxbantlively 
d4l>o  ID  evbty  field,  mch  grass  ns  was  bold  and  ilUndviacd  to  grow  thereon, 
w  to  he  fontiatly  burned.  Tlia  'itiickci't  plan  wnnkl  have.  he(>ti,  no  (toiibt, 
to  hard  ii»wii  Ibe  accuncsl  tpol  «rith  nIi,  but  in  tbe  htury  of  invitif!*, 
tbta  idea  decs  not  Bceni  to  linv«  occurred  l«  any  one.  'l'hefM>  recomtnon- 
(latiuna  were  eTencusUy  greatly  modified,  and  indGcd  veXG  never  carriod 
out  irith  any  kind  of  acouscy  or  unanimity.  Otliervriae  it  wontd  Lava 
b«ea  a  siu^il-ir,  and  yet  a  miggMtiTA  Kpedaclo,  to  md  the  lsindf«ape  dott«d 
OTCT  and  our  r.(ir  tietds  jKranibuiatcd  by  [be  Kmibru  ant)  csrrivom  figum 
»f  tba  mva  who,  cind  in  their  •nfeiy  drf**,  and  npud  or  jipoon  in  hand, 
■outd  lintictiily  purauB  tlieir  odonterouii  mid  cDdl»s  laik.  Tli^rd  unns  a 
cry  at  one  tinw,  lliat  Itorsca,  chickens,  pigs,  and  sheep  wero  Iiabl«  to  llia 
diftordor,  hnt  ihia  gradually  died  out.  It  i*,  howi'ver,  prvUy  cerlain  that 
iLwp  imbibe  and  carry  abiiil  the  iofcctioii  iu  tliuir  wool;  and  it  v/aa 
|)^Dpolcd  that  all  doga  diould  be  lied  up  Icat  tlioyKhotild  beeomo  mediums 
of  coningiun.  Iliia  would  have  n-udered  neoemary  an  enormoua  addition 
to  tfa«  itad*  of  »lKplierda  and  drovere,  mucc,  m  is  wvll  known,  a  mnn  and 
bii  (log  can  ooliect  and  drivB  more  sheep  than  tweniy  nieii  wiihout  a  dng. 
A  flc<^  of  slteop  driven  by  a  score  of  men  iliNguised  in  tbo  safety  drns, 
mNlId  KaTo  been  wmiibing  to  m«,  bt^idu  looking  like  beiug  tboroughly 
in  eamen.  Sh«<^p  am  iiotorioiitly  ntupid  oreBtures,  but  a  little  child  wrh 
nnt  long  air-cv  lerrilled  to  dcalh  by  iKc  t-ijiht  of  a  surpliced  clerini'nmii, 
tod  to  ho  punutd  by  Euch  droTcn  might  diivc  even  aheop  into  inBaniiy. 
Anathet  idtia  ventilated,  wm  to  bui-n  boufirefi,  1ft  off  cn^ei-t  and  fire- 
work«,  nnd  make  mucb  Mnoku i  il  Ha*  lepoitcd  lliat  by  ihCM  is«Nns  tho 
obolcra  l<ad  gn-nOy  abated  at  Toulon,  MarBeilles,  &C.,  ncting  chiefly,  it 
•as  tupf'OM'd,  by  dir^irliug  tlui  uiinds  cif  llio  iurvivoTs;  and  DMUming 
Ikat  tbc  oholcra  aitd  tlio  rii)d«r[>«»t  ars  ald(«  ju%nicnlR,  wi>al  would 
ntnoT*  one  would  remove  the  otb«r.  Thin  was  a  bold  adoption  of  payoho- 
legical  tbempeuitcs,  ind  be  inch  might  woll  be  commended  lor  Ita  inge- 
UBitj.      !l  tiae  often   been  ntitorltd  that  agrieultnriitta,  by  the  fet««  <^ 


sort 


KOTES  OX  THB  CATTLE  PLAOUB. 


muQijijittoo,  not  only  »c<]uiro  the  bovine  Rft^)  ^t  eonlnet  the  bovitM  caM 
of  rhouglit;  Ihercrore  ««di  man  woiiM  Ixf  comp^-teDt  lo  inveDt  diversiRns 
lor  his  own  Luistn.  If  nny  (ilioiiltl  bo  nt  fa.ult,  or  -viaibly  iiioompetuil  to 
hi»  tftsk,  til*  pliihntliropiaU  who  improvise  recrcaiion  for  the  •*  p«l-lain1»'' 
t)i  die  Home  Offieo  ought  to  be  ma<lo  to  amnt  him.  Wlmt  has  been 
ioutid  to  amiue  the  ui'iada  of  ihc  goalj,  coitld  harilly  fiul  to  niTord  Mlutvr 
distrnction  to  tlie  sheep.  Up  lo  tins  poiot  no  ciirL-s  hml  b««n  effaeud, 
liArdl^  hny  even  attcniptctl ;  there  was  intliscriminnte  nluught^r  on  k1]  bidcf, 
M>  thnl  it  wcis  computed  ihni  moi-e  were  kilkd  bj  order  of  ihc  iaipcotor*, 
thuu  renll^  pcrlHltccl  of  iinlual  plagium,  ibe  deaths  from  lung-discsn  bang 
ufieti  miMnkeii  for  llie  olher.  Owing;  to  conflicting  circumstances,  the 
Arohbiabcp  bad  tiot  yet  oompoEed  hia  prny er,  and  niDiijr  people  eslM 
loudly  for  a  clay  of  farting  and  humili;ition  lo  be  appointed.  One  irriter 
oxproesed  himself  iq  the  papers  ns  foUowi : — "  Liko  the  potato  di«caae,  m 
atitfnctory  reason,  humanly  KpoiLkiiijr.  has  been  (ivMifriie<l  kc  to  tlio  catut 
of  thin  Cvnihle  cTiIaniJty.  It  iti^»t,  I  think,  be  referred  to  a  htglier  power, 
and  should  bo  regarded  as  a  severe  vi>ittttioR  from  God."  Thcro  nW 
about  iliiH  viuw  oiif  nioril,  Ihnt  while  we  were  nil  free  lo  look  upon 
it  as  n  Divine  juJ(.-meiii,  wc  were  all  equally  frco  to  determine  as  ta 
the  person  or  ihinps  who  hA<\  caiiscd  it;  and  e'jnally  sure  to  ascribe  ittft 
those  most  obnoxioiu  lo  oiuKelvei*.  Thus  one  man  imputed  it  to  slavery, 
another  to  (he  coanimption  of  nnJetit  spirits,  a  third  to  Mbhuth-brciknif, 
aJburth  to  free-trade,  a  lifih  to  our  persecution  of  llie  Pupi-,  n  sixth  to 
oar  flirtation  with  tlifl  same.  Omngciam,  FenianiKm.  Ji>hn  Btight,  Miy- 
nooth,  and  Earl  Kuaaell — nil  have  had  iheir  turn,  while  the  munj  orthodox 
of  the  Bishopa  detected  in  it  tlw  jii*t  pHniwhrncut  of  the  nation  whictr 
produced  CoIcdso,  and  of  the  Privy  Council  which  refused  to  pxcoinmiuii- 
ciate  him.  Another  ivriter  cwnetl  that  to  nppoint  a  fast  nnd  day  of  hami- 
lini  inji  mjghi  be  in  the  iibstrBct,  and  per  se,  highly  dejurable,  only  he  wat 
"  afniid  (hat  it  might  be  et-iscd  upon  aa  a  Iciud  of  holidsy,  wtd  lluM 
become  lo  very  niiuiy  an  oceasion  fur  sin."  By  ihia  lime  uot  one,  but 
many  dajs  of  fasting  ntid  htmiiliittion  had  come  to  be  inevitably  at 
Jwmt  for  the  poor ;  ihc  holding  of  cattle-mai-keia  w.is  in  variotis 
prohihiit'd  by  the  authorities  (though  unfortunalely  thia  wna  not 
tinaDimously),  the  sl)iught«r  was  immcnao  both  of  eound  and  unsoand 
benBta;  and,  to  be  cnudld,  u  good  deal  more  of  the  llt-Bh  of  the  latter  hai 
been  eaten  than  [unplo  aii;  at  nil  aware  of.*  There  was  ia  tnany  plictt 
quite  fl  glut  of  h^cf  in  the  market,  bnt  though  ihv  wholcialo  price  m* 
t3)e  aamo  or  lower  llinn  in  1861,  the  butchers  with  cynical  ehaxneleenaB 
continu<»l  to  raiao  ihcir  demands  to  starvation  point. 

At  length  the  praj-er  of  hi«  Grnoo  of  Canterhury  was  pabtbli<d. 
Suggeaticne,  advice,  and  coiiimentiries  respecting  it  had  boon  ali«a(t;r 
largely  poured  fvrth  ou  the  nubject;  Bome  had  predicted  for  It  all  sorts  of 
one-Htdeihirss  nnd  doffcta,  others  had  cjuestioaed  the  luwfitlneaa  of  it,  but  tbo 

*  Udo  bvticrult'iit  iniin  die)  inilecil  iranifunti  liiiuieU  mta  a  omjdu  m^t,  anil 
voluntarily  eonniinrd  di(«nwii  meat,  wiilioui  any  evil  tStnu,  le  U  tttJed. 


NOTliS  OK  TUE  CATTLK  riJl.GUa 


SOI 


Ifiaal  unkindneaa  was  dealt  by  thoM  wlio  undertook  to  (ienoribc  the  painful 
difficultieii  aod  prcnacted  laWurs  wliidi  atUrnd^d  iis  birtlj,  the  riit.hl«a 
criKlUea  of  tlie  surgeons  accoucheurt,  the  rough  dandling  of  the  niiraFs, 
and  liie  Hufferinga  of  the  august  and  reverent  pnrcnt  condemned  lo  ttUui 
in  the  bacliground,  mid  heboid  in  silent  ajiDii^  llio  mutilation  of  his 
ef&priog.  f  Qicigucn  Icnrncd  not  vritliout  a  ci^rtaiii  cvinpafaion  that  orta 
.ArctibiHliop  is  fim  onlered  by  tlio  Qitacn  to  prepare  a  prayer  on  n  giyen 
Ailtjcv:!  J  this  done,  he  is  required  lo  aubnitt  it  Jbr  B,pprDral  to  the  Lord* 
pf  Uio  Privy  Council :  tlww  g^'nilomen,  we  «r«  told,  otHniaonly  make  noma 
^eration  in  it,  RulHciviit  Ht  lca«[  to  maintain  thoir  right  to  a1u<r  whnt  Iliey 
tyldue.  It  baa  been  «aid  iJiat  a  member  of  tha  Privy  Oaiincil  many  yean 
qigo,  anxious  lo  reassure  the  minds  of  those  who  fcsovd  "  nich  Puseyita 
jhcnwnae  as  the  independence  of  the  Cburcli,"  remarked  that  "  no  ona 
^ho  bad  CTcr  bttii  present  at  a  meeting  of  J'rivy  Council  and  aoun  tho 
JAnhbUhop  stand  wniting  while  the  lay  monibiti'a  of  tho  Council  vrcra 
ffeading  and  altering  hia  prayer,  would  ever  agniti  Uilk  nltoul  that."  Tlie 
Vnyar,  after  being  duly  operated  on,  is  s^nt  aa  it  were  bleeding  from  all' 
dti  wounds  to  the  Queen'*  printer,  nml  is  llieni:u  despatched  to  the  pnrocliitil 
ftkr^i  who  are  ordered  to  read  it  aloud  in  their  rcspuctivti  churclies,  ami 
,'Tnd  it  is  ncoordingly.  Certainly  it  seems  at  first  sight  strange  that,  having 
llaiipoititcd  an  Archbishop,  and  given  him  a  subject  for  pi-aycr,  we  yet 
^laanot  trust  liim  to  compose  a  fitting  form  without  correction;  and  no 
]di>abt  there  arn  those  who  deem  the  ungodly  creatures  and  lax  theulogisns 
'to  be  fonnd  in  ihr»  Priiy  Council  wholly  unlit  cither  to  suggest  or  criticise 
b  Rscfa  tnsltvi's>  But  as  y«t  our  i^^DpIi^  prefer  to  be  in  bondage  lo  t)iu 
i^Slaie  nllier  llian  to  the  Bishops,  and  we  like,  though  indirectly,  to  havo 
IjlDBH  Biy  as  to  what  wo  will  pray  fur,  and  how  wc  will  do  it. 

iTlw  poor  ismicrs  cnug'ht  it  on  all  hands.  In  a  paroxyrivn  of  [<'rror 
Md  lor  aoy  pric>e  they  could  get,  they  consigned  to  the  butcher  ihi^ir 
Wasts,  (at  and  kan  alike.     On  tlie  first  they  hod  do  proRt,  and  on  the  last 

(a  oootiderablo  loss;  they  paid  foes  to  magist rates'  clcrlci  and  others  lor 
..Mrmlta  to  travel,  to  the  inspector  who  timt  inrpectvd  chvir  cows  and  then 
Mndemocd  thtni,  to   tho  man  who  killed  them,  and  to  the  ftllnw  who 
bttried  thcin.     One  slaughterman  was  mid  to  have  realized  GOOf.  in  ibreu 
[liKiiilltt.     The  mcnibera  of  tlie  Cattle  Plnguo  Commission  sat  with  great 
indtMlry  on  what  people  irrevcrmtly  l^Tmod  adJIi^d  «ggii,  and  no  one  vras 
Ifeoad  lo  admire  the  result;  of  their  hutching.   The  public  was  diaappointcd 
"to  obaerre  that  aa  to  tbo  oiigia  of  the  dtseass,  ns  well  as  to  the  modo  of 
'lealine  with  it,  tbeao  gentlemeo  were  et^uxlly  divided,  and  us  regarded 
Maedy  or  cnralive  treatment,  they  did  not,  at  all  cveuU  in  their  first  report, 
fm  diacusa  it<   Tho  labours  of  tho  commtisionen  arc  only  now  brginnin;; 
to  aequirtt  their  real  vidue  in  popular  estiiaution.     Cni]iiostionNbly,  had 
*dttir  Bomewhat  timid  reconimcndations  been  at  once  carried  out,  a  very 
'dtOvteol  staie  of  things  might  have  be<-u  anticipated.     On  one  point  they 
I  *ftr«  very  stwiiuoiiis  namely,  en  the  signal  iiyusiice  of  the  order  which 
'tnotiircd  sot  only  that  beasis  dying  tuid  dead  should  be  slaugtilered  and 


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KOTEfi  ON   TItE  CATTLE  VlJiQVB. 


iutenratl,  but  that  alLvliteli  were  nitaclici],  br  eve's  KippoaeJ  Lo  b«  ntuc^t^ji 
■Itoald   ht,  n-illioiit  M\y  kind   or   compmsiitinii  to  lti«  fai-uior,  at  tmea 
kooaksi]  oit  the  homl  l>>'  insprctunt.  wIki,  uvwiy  Appointed,  aad  buiniDg  la 
diclingni)^  lI)«mMilr«s,  Lad  u^en  very  itxty  viowg  r«*pcctiag  iKs  ptviwt 
tjmpti^mi  of  genuine  linderpcsl.     That,  in  the  lint  instance,  doctriimint 
ill  {Xilitic-itl  economy  flhoitld  on  principle  object  to  mmlmrso  tlio  fitnncr  fe( 
»iici)  cf  liis  atock  ax  [wrisheil  of  diAcasp,  wns  In  bo  ^xpr'c.tl^d  ;  tbtir  thrwj 
liiif  proTetl  itwir  lo  bo  kh  i-xpi-iiMtu  und  Hbort*N!)jbtfd  one,  liiu  it  was  hI 
Any  rate   Irgical  and  coimUleiit,     But  wbvn  awu,  auffei-inj;  alnMily  lo 
largB  extent,  were  orderod  to  saorifica  llieir  properly  solely  for  tba  pnbliq^ 
good,  and  were  refused  liberty  lo  ua«  their  ekill  in  tlte  cndcavoDr  to  ravf 
Uio  roiuuaiit  of  tbvir  slocV,  it  woiild  b«  difficult  to  jmngina  »  C4»e  ii) 
wbicli  «C'mj»ei)Bati<iii  for  the  ceding  of  riglit*  ovrc  ]}ro[iuT(y  would  biiTl 
bevn  niore  wiwly  Kud  jiitttly  nccordtil.   Gowriiineal  tlid  iiula»4  accept  tlif 
pvin«ipla  aa   Uid    down  by   the   commisston^rs,  but  vere  mora  ihaa 
UMinlly  unhappy  in  their  npi>1icaiion  of  it.     Like  an  Irishmnn  of  all-work 
who  daita  oD'  to  cany  out  the  first  senlcncucr  on  ai:d«r  nitbout  tanyiuf  f 
lu  beiu-  th«  conclutioii,  tliv  Lord*  of  Lbs  Privy  Conncil  n'(;ru  actlT*  U  * 
precisuJjr  the  oppi^nltA  diivcliou  uf  the  one  ialeiittcd,  and  )ta»tvna],  Dc(le 
order  coupc'iis-iiion,  but  lo  sUy  tho  Klntightei',  Ic*t  oompcniatioa  tbculd 
becniue  inevitable.     And  thim  was  »Uni[>e(l  out,  not  the  Pluguv,  butth^ 
chunco  of  cxtinguialung  it.    It  hud  hvcn  (irlginally  ordered  that  all  ioteiui 
aDiinals  ^tyiiig  or  siliiin  woro  lo  be  interred  tlicn  and  thnro  on  the  spot,  lod 
thus  ro  our  knowkilge  it  ]ia[>pcned  that  out  of  nix  cons  belotiging  to  CDI 
unn,  and  which  died  on  a  Saturday  night,  Kve  wci«  buiivd  on  the  Suody 
morning  im  thu  midat  of  n  crowded  ili^ttict,  and  surroundtul  by  bawo, 
3'ards,  and  courlH,  EwanniDg  with  wcmieu  and  children.     Thi»  pictc  «f 
hasty  legislation  liad  to  be  nimiilled,  along  witli  ono  or  two  other  xmf*^- 
ticable  oiderg.     ]n   levtiriil  towns  the  uiilkiiien,  envious  of  the  luptiior 
<<pporlvnitie8  of  ihe  buldwr,  iiuld  lucdio^'S  ul  whidi  thvy  agreed  nait.oi*- 
to  raisu  tbo  price  of  mtilc,  and  Eiuiultautoubly  to  diniiniBh  the  eizft  ot'th«ir 
ueRBurw,  and  though  tJiu  niallcr  woa  not  openly  disciuKil,  there  ta  littb 
doubt  that  xnuny  cf  thorn  did,  in  their  own  ptind^,  propudc,  KcendilO^ 
uarry  a   reooluiioii   lo  have  a.  nioi'e  fri'i|tutut  ivcouti^i  io   fiiture  to  liaf 
which  is  popularly   known  a«  the  ''tew  wiih   thu  iron  tuil."     On  lb" 
niTtnca  the  cotvkuc'i>ars  biul  juKticu  on  th«ir  side,  hut  jit  waa  of  n  kioil  iftU* 
■pparenl   tlian  real,  for  this  rviuon: — in  nine  cawa  o^l  cf  ten  the  coV 
keeper  whiwc  unimula  cui4glit  the  disenw  lost,  not  one-third  or  one-h»il' •''^ 
bis  ttuuk,  but  every  hnad  that  tiu  po)>KcKged.     Ilia  tradu  wa^  simply  goCi 
and  hi!  Lid  no  milk,  either  gn'>di  or  bivJ,  with  which  u>  supply  hit  cut* 
lomers,  und  tlidrelbrti  could  not  be  itlfcuti'd  by  llic  increHStsI  price  of  lb< 
commodity.     Those  who  couliuucd  to  tup]>iy  miU:  wet^  gcnrroJly  tho 
vlitm  stock  had  allogetlicr  cccapi?d  iiifecliw}.     It  was  ihey  who  KaftJ 
thfi  proHc*,  and  iltuugh  ihcy  had  a  perfect  tooral  and  Icg^  xi^Ui  |o  do  lo,  i> 
vniiLd  be  a  injataka  for  any  onu  to  siipposa  that  by  {^ying  Ihe  cxtr*  prio 
exacted,  he  was  thereby  reimburaing  the  "poor  men  nbo  had  lost  ibftf 


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NOTES  ON  THE  CATTLE  I'LAOUB.  803 

cattle."     It  vu  Eimply  a  mode  by  which  those  wlio  had  been  exception- 
able fortufiata  refilized  ia  solid  cash  the  benefit  of  their  good  luck. 

Meanwhile,  though  the  prayer  was  duly  aaid,  the  plague  vfna  not 
stayed.  "'WeVe  gotten  t' cattle  pleagiie  an'  it's  naw  use  a  praying  to 
kep  it  fro'  oor  shores  ;  it  'iid  be  moor  likely  if  we  wera  to  pray  to  kep  it 
oot  of  oor  pariah,"  said  one  despairing  rustic  to  another  after  service  on 
Sunday.  It  was  believed,  and  there  ia  much  reason  and  evidence  to 
support  the  assertion,  that  the  Government  inspectors  were  themselves  the 
moat  aolive  in  difseminating  the  disease,  that  they  went  from  herd  to 
herd  and  farm  to  form,  carrying  about  with  them  in  their  clothes  and 
on  their  person  the  infection,  that  they  adopted  little  or  no  kind  of 
precaution,  and  that  in  some  cases  the  horse  they  rode,  being  first  tied 
up  ID  one  stable  and  then  another,  was  a  fertile  source  of  infection  when- 
ever it  approached  sound  cattle.  "  If  I  see  one  of  these  Government 
chapa  on  my  farm  I'll  shoot  him  if  I  hang  for  it  to-morrow,"  exclaimed  one 
farmer  in  the  extremity  of  hia  wrath  and  terror.  It  must  lie  borne  in 
mind  that  these  gentlemen,  be^idej  their  fixed  salaries,  received  their 
travelling  expenses,  and  were  thereby  stimulated  into  unnatural  activity, 
lod  a  Urge  mnjority  imagined  tjiat  the  more  they  slew,  and  the  greater 
the  quantity  of  ground  they  crossed,  the  greater  their  merit  and  vigilance. 
Perhaps  if  yte  had  in  the  first  instance  besought  Qod  for  what  ws  should 
Hand  the  most  grievously  in  need  of  ultimately,  we  should  have  prayed 
Him  to  infuse, — 

A.  spirit  of  courage  into  the  Queen's  Ministers,  so  that  they  should  not 
eontioue  to  behave  as  if  the  penalty  for  failure  would  l>e  the  loss  of  their 
heads  instead  of  the  loss  of  their  places  ; 

A  spirit  of  unanimity  into  the  commissioners,  so  that  they  might 
neither  confound  the  dull  nor  anger  the  wise  by  reason  of  the  opposite 
nature  of  their  suggestions ; 

A  spirit  of  decency  into  the  butchers,  so  that  they  might  resist  the 
temptation  for  turning  a  national  calamity  into  an  occasion  for  wholesale 
nibbery ; 

A  i^irit  of  moderation  into  the  inspectors,  so  that  they  might  neither 
infect  nor  slay  more  than  should  be  necessary  to  earn  their  salaries  and 
mm; 

And  laslly  to  send, 

A  spirit  of  patience  into  all  men  who  should  be  required  to  have 
<I(alingB  with  the  above-mentioned  persons  in  whatever  capacity. 

Meanwhile  the  authorities  on  the  Continent  dealt  with  the  scourge 
in  B  widely  difTerent  manner,  and  with  a  success  which  will  be  hereafter 
sUuded  to. 

Before  the  old  year  was  out  it  began  to  be  nimourcJ  that  the  rinder- 
ptitwaaiiot  the  rinderpest  at  all,  but  malignant  smallpox,  for  which  it 
fas  reasonable  to  believe  that  vaccination  was  the  true  and  specific 
remedy.  Several  eminent  authorities  were  ioclined  to  adopt  ihb  theory, 
ud  a  number  of  aanguins  spirits  unhesitaano'ly  proclaimed  their  coo- 


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NOTES  ON  TUK  CATTLE  PrvAOtTE. 


version.  AFt.  Tolltftnnclie  rongnanimottilj'  devotee)  a  |>ortioa  of  bis  slotlc 
{•.yr  the  purpose  of  experimctit,  and  there  waa  a  uqitctuI  nuh  for  vKodne 
bintler,  wliicli  commodity  conaeqiicntly  kwb  to  a  pivmitiiD.  Tboao  »lw 
BOughl  ic  wimi  from  on«  institittion  to  anvtber,  frani  the  National  Vaccint 
Socie^  lo  thQ  Small  Pox  Ilccpital,  from  pilkr  to  post,  from  mm  Joc4tr 
to  iho  otlicr,  with  miiiU  xucm^&i.  The  vi-ry  hospital  authorities  deefiBtd 
to  furnish  vficciiic  lor  cnttle,  fcii^etrul  of  the  fact  that  one  oow  propal;^ 
ruccimito-i  would  afri>rd  vaccina  matter  for  tvreaXf  other  operation! 
witliiii  three  days.  A  numlic^r  of  unprinciplvil  scmindrvls  iiniDedialvIjr 
ailverliscd  ta  truu  vaccine  na  nbominable  cotiijmund  of  irrttoat  ira^ 
whioh  when  iotrodncc^J  into  the  iiysi«m  did  imdonhtcdly  produce  a  (jaite 
uu>k-H  eruptioD,  sufficient  only  to  add  to  the  wretched  anima]'a  diMOCBfort, 
nnd  iil«o  lu  destroy  fiiilli  in  tlie  so-calied  remedy.  Meanwhile,  for  onoe, 
£nglitih  people  began  lo  wish  that  tlioy  hnd  bwii  treated  evea  as  the  Iriih 
arei  aod  that  the  cnUghtcQcl  despotism  which  then  forbade  the  itnparti- 
lion  of  cattle,  and  whicli,  hiid  it  beta  more  enlightened  stilJ,  would  hart 
furbidden  tho  iaiportntLoii  of  Fenians  likewise,  had  been  alito  ezercnctl 
with  rcganl  t'l  thin  counlry.  In  vAin  the  leading:  dnba  and  societies,  live 
Ceutral  I'armora,  the  Hoyal  A pri cultural,  and  th«  SmithGeld  Cliib,  be- 
MUght  the  Executive  for  nuiiouroN,  tint  ordy  inisiediat*  and  stringent,  but 
whtdi  should  be  vwtjwhere  ulike  ccmputDoi-y.  Alaa  I  not  even  from  tb« 
Vatican  could  tlie  non  potnimus  be  uttennl  with  a  more  plaintive  obatinHy 
thua  from  the  English  couiidl-chiuuber.  With  n  aingiiUr  pu-tilhiDimiir, 
Govcrmiiotit  pen*iiiU-'d  in  declining  its  proper  rcuponsibiiity,  and  eufi«*l 
the  burden  of  aut)iority  to  be  takfn  up  oi-  eiiKt  off  at  will  by  thoae  on 
whom  it  ought  ncrcr  to  have  beeu  forced.  Thu  powers  given  lo  tlic 
aourts  of  quarter  neaaions  as  regards  tran^t,  the  atoppnin  of  tnifli«,  Jtt-, 
were  entirely  optional,  and  no  sort  of  imaniraiiy  in  nciion  reHUllcd.  In 
tome  pl.-mcs  fails  mid  niaiketa  were  pi-ohihited,  iu  others  not,  lite  inofl- 
porated  inarki-t- towns  wcro  in  all  casiv  a  law  unto  themitelves ;  nnd  Levi' 
market  wna  contiiiutd  loog  after  all  surrouiidinj;  faiis  nert?  closed,  asd 
became  nnturnlly  a  hGnd-c«iitrc  of  infection.  In  ether  caacs,  towns,  villageii 
itiiJ  eveu  farms,  being,  as  it.  were,  border  t0WD«,  or  lying  within  tvo 
quai-ler-6C»ftionti  diatricts,  had  the  aJvanlagu  of  being  subject  to  two  stO 
of  conflicting  regulatiotia ;  nnd  a  man  might  start  with  aotnc  bcMStti 
ftirnished  with  a  clt-na  bill  of  health  nnd  evi-ty  requitciie  permit,  and 
witliin  a  couple  of  mik-.t,  or  even  a  coupio  of  liunJrtd  ywrds,  find  himselT 
wberp  he  could  neither  drive  llicm  further  nor  drive  them  bach,  sell  tltein, 
pasture  them,  mir  sla«glilcr  tliem."    Cnll.Ic  might  be  driven  along  the  high- 

*  A  vcr^  viilualilo  Imtl,  from  tlic  t^iivliniicd  WArkby  hMd.  wu  mido  timo  qt^ 
ilespntclipil  into  Bcnvioktiliiro  ;  tliv  C-iiftorirk  itntiLiti-mnslcr,  bowtver,  wfnsti  lo  boA 
It  furthtf  iLnn  Ncwciutlo,  and  ivhcn  it  orrivcd  tlicrv,  uinthor  kc  of  rrsulKUons  vcn 
in  ((ircc,  and  n  new  certifluate  wiu  requinto.  I'bo  Nurili-Kiuieni  Company  dedteed 
tOQvmcy  it  uuiib,  onlcat  Inoramienof  sulittaatiNi  iKwiticn,  living  within  so  mi^ 
milrH.ctinldnrlirj-U)  il«  licnlllt.  TIio  fanneri  wen;  fomd,  hut  unodicr  hitth  occonr^. 
They  tnmt  huva  known  the  cwiUore  intim»loly  for  the  npnec  of  ti>cntv-cicbl  tkrt. 
Mid  Iba  hull  nai,  in  every  tenKV  tbc  w(ird,a  rcc«Dt  itix]iui!DlMicc.     It  wu  cqully 


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NOTES  ON  T^E  CATTLE  PLAGUE.  Wff 

road  to  m  nilwDy  sbttion,  Init  not  to  a  bu!t:tici*B  sliop,  nor  fVotn  one  fitrm 
toftoother;  offal  »nd  maiitirc  might  bo  rarted  here,  but  nottlicrc;  nnd 
an  invinbl«  lioo  on  tho  public  road  nas  the  bonadnry  on  otic  ride  of 
vliicb  ibc  owner  might  drive  bu  ehccp  at  pleasure,  en  ihc  other  lie  >s-ould 
be  luble  to  s  heary  fiii«.     It  was  entirely  optional  with  the  railwoy  com* 
^nies  to  diMnfcct  ihcir  cattle-trucki  or  ollicrwiac;  and  the  utter  Iktuitjr 
of  each  Kgnlatlcoj  u  Gorcromcnt  Imd  ventured  to  put  forth  may  bo 
nettared  by  this,  that  wheruu  n  rcepcctiible  riirin(>r,  giving  liia  proper 
addrCM,  and  furniiilinl  with  n  licence  for  \m  own  district,  might  be  sum- 
marily stopped  90  soon  an  he  vvcratep£wl  hii  bouudnty,  there  waa  up  to 
tho  wcond  week  in  Fehnmry  nothing  which  could  possibly  prevent  a 
petftct  stranger  from  driviDg  his  cattle  all  over  ilic  country.     A  rural 
!  ]wlic«mao  might  indeed  arreot  him,  but  it  would  be  at  hia  peril  ;  be 
night  aho  Mk  him  quwilii^ns,  ofiually  tho  alr.ingcr  might  lawfully  rcliise 
to  answer  tbcm.     The  jnsticea  vfere  iiicewjintly  occupii;d  in  mnking  new 
orders  viitliout  repeating  the  old  ones,  until  eotno  conviction  difloloaed  the 
bet  tliat  the  two  were  id  conflict.     On  an  nvemge,  freeh  instructions  were 
tSBoed  cnce  a  week.     Tho  clcrlu  lo  the  inugistratcB  and  ravtncra  were 
etDployed,  how  vninly  they  best  know,  in  trying  to  iintleratand  or  reconcile 
tlinn.     Drorert  were  brought  up  iind  fine<l  in  nomionl  Hums,  bcciiiinc  it 
was  evident  that  ihey  bad  acted  in  on  ignoinnoe  which  their  bciit  efiortn 
could  not  dispel.     No  two  bcI«  of  mngistnitefl  i-tsued  the  snmc  ordera,  no 
two  ittRpectora  gave  the  mine  adviuu ;   no  one  could  sTiow  the  boundnry 
Uses ;  and,  iu  gcncroJ,  the  justice*  could  never  agree  tui  to  what  their  own 
orderfl  rneaut,  or  how  thoy  were  to  be  ciinied  out.     If  Gcivcmmunt  had 
tried  to  bring  iiboiU  n  state  of  lIiIiigH  in  which  conw-iilment  of  dtseitse, 
UVBiion  of  the  law,  end  every  kind  of  subterfuge,  should  appear  to  the 
ilock-holder  aa  bis  only  chance  of  self- preservation,  nothing  better  calcu- 
taled  Jar  that  purpose  could  have  been  devised  than  the  present  eystem. 

Belbre  January  wns  out  it  wiw  clunr  llio  theory  of  annll-pox  was 
no  longer  tenable.  Several  of  the  vacciaated  calves  and  heifera  which 
Mr.  Tollemaclie  had  caused  to  bo  exposed  to  infcctioa  had  died  of  nndcr- 
peil;  nad  Profesaor  M'Cali,  of  Glasgow,  reported  to  the  Lancet  that  he 
Ind  vaccinated  sncceisfully  an  unitnal  which  hnd  paaaed  through  an  attack 
of  the  plagae.  Tbiai  of  course,  indlcalci  the  ubsoucc  cither  vf  identity 
or  antagonitm  between  cow-jwx  and  riuderpert  or  plague.  Hiilierto 
ilhad  be«a  supposed  that  sbccp,  though  they  could  convey  infection  in 
tbeir  ileccc,   were  not   liable   [hems«lveA  to   take  the   disease.     Itut   in 

OMteaa  to  •fA'I  for  tame  of  ilo  riiA  fticndii  uE  Catlvrick.  iiact  tliey  djil  not  liva  uriilila 
Uu  limit*  laid  dmm.  The  nilnny  naiboriiJej  Iwioogtit  of  the  atuadaat  to  v&«fLic  tlw 
twne-box,  ami  take  )i!s  htiU  with  him  ;  hut  thin  rcqnrtt  was  stntdilj  rcfiasci),  and  iba 
nit  Aspositiaa  of  Taimu  was  too  pliiinlj'  evident  for  anr  ofncial  io  vcniorQ  to  cvirt 
Un  In  pcnoa  6a  fiir  ten  ilaj-s  th«  anhuid  Ui-url  hi  the  InirM-box  triamphanClj-.  doni; 
«flfa  tbeatuadantwheadnilijilercil  to  its  mtntsi  at  the  cad  of  which  lime  ttic  Com- 
pmy,  nrged  pnhably  by  despair,  ap'nrd  trt  coiivnjr  it  to  its  ilcitinaliun,  where,  in  tho 
(Ink  lasianec,  ibe  oirnei  rcfawit  tn  receive  It,  oa  account  of  its  long  ilclentLon  in  a 
dMtM  BOCniowly  plaguo-ttriekon. 


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inrraBw 


FcWtwry,  1 865,  Inspector  D«y  rpporled  llml  n  lirge  uiiinl>er  of  ehrcp  en 
a  &rin  in  YorkfJiire  were  deu)  or  d^ing  of  t1i«  )iLigit«.  In  ibe  dm  ibirv 
wrcki  of  February  iho  drullt*  niiortwl  an nigisi  1 1,0(W  per  mreok,  rq>J«- 
'leniing  A  lc>»  rf  (omrthing  lik«  3UO,l>00/. ;  Urn  country  gcnllemen  grev 
'fpriciiK,  ani]  farnicm  wvre  in  d«sfuiir.  Mfnnwiiile  ihe  i^asu*  had  bom 
EtatniJi-d  out  in  France  nnd  Pniada  Vy  tlw  udopUoa  of  xirinjicnt  uifMiin* 
— doling  of  ihft  pottt,  alrict  fKolfttinn,  iiiul  ilaiigliter  of  all  beasts  eillier 
in&cled  or  irhicK  liml  b«cii  cxpowt}  to  in&ctktn,  nccompanitd  in  all  uua 
Lj)y  TtiU  comj^ii^'Uioa  to  lli«  pwuct*.  Tlie  «>>mo  tiling;  wMilonc  m  nclgiiim: 
Vltliich  CCTliiiiity  prorcH  Umt  a  striotly  emi^imiiotia)  GovumiiiM)!  can,  if  it 
\b  (iLspoBcil,  deal  MtiaTocimily  with  thia  ealnmily.  TIic  tnul  anonat 
'  0xpcndr«l  in  coinpcnMlJAn  dUi  not  oxcC9<l  13,0001.  Tor  (he  ttin»  ociuntrJM. 
^i^btra  va*  a  good  i3t>Ml  of  «v;<h(iii  hikI  iiTfguIniity  ptikcti>«J  in  ibu  tmrjini 
of  iti»c.i0C'(l  L'Mrciiws.  TliB  n^nliiliou  vriia  thnl  llit:y  tJiouUl  be  planJ 
l}n(lcr  at  Icnst  live  Ibut  rf  i^^ntli ;  occaeinnitlly,  thevefbrp,  it  happotted  thil 
ihcy  were  put  into  a  holo  two  ScH  m  deplh,  nnd  n  lililv  conkul  mouiJ, 
not  {[iiile  llirco  iltt  bigb,  ivas  {>ilcd  orcr  thvni.  "J'liiWQ  gmre*  bocanw^  ttf 
course,  ccntrcn  cl'  inlvetidii.  I1ia  ivn-tdK-d  fliiinmlji  HDflfantl  inatiy  ibiap 
of  i3ivei^  physicians.  A  iTriit-r  in  tliv  LaNcet  propoacd  lli-it  Tttriulen 
Bifttter  iVom  llic  Small-J'oic  llotpilal  ulioiild  bo  used  inet&Til  cif  v|^5e 
iipli  for  vaocinnlion.  'r\w  ncclclncei  of  onioni  not  having  ftatvi 
(uHicicntly  powerful,  a  bcncToletit  nnbbmnn  (Lmrd  lieigh)  reeoranifflM 
(he  iiitern»l  adiTiinistcaiion  of  i\  liniiiioil  pulp  conipoeed  of  eiiioaf, 
gnrlic,  iilialot,  uiMifmlidu,  ami  B^n^cr ;  mid  it  is  probable  tkat  ihi 
^ninxiug  niultntas  of  the  meaa  tvould  of  it(i.-lf  inspire  ibo  agnonlinnl 
Riiftd  with  ihilh  in  ita  bealing  virlnL>.  'l']if  ttum  iit>l:ind  eu£  of  all 
was  deait  by  Mini!^lr^8,  ivliit,  ivliin  cliurgod  in  rartiamciit  with  bating 
c()nEpinion«ly  fuilcl  in  llicir  Oiitj  uitb  regiml  to  ibo  plugoa,  IvkDy 
dceIuiT<l  that  more  ibun  tliey  bad  dune,  no  niortiil  man  ooiikl  iiave  acanai<- 
pliihcd,  on  account  of  the  wietchedty  liacVtvart)  HntK  o(  public  opjntot^ 
a  vlntomeiit  whitli,  if  tine,  prorts  ciibi-r  llml  no  an  n  much  wore  Muptd 
people  tlian  we  commonly  Biipi«5a  tuiselve*  to  be,  or  ilini  her  Kujf-ur's 
atlvisvra  arc  rcinAvkublc  fgr  a.  degree  of  modt^ly,  ulf-diJKdcnce,  aiu3 
poverty  of  ipirit,  nrhich  some  wctdd  cstt'oin  admir»bl«  in  ttoiiit:ii,  but 
teems  slightly  tml  of  pUce  among  EnglUh  Icgi&talora  and  tialusmen.  Up 
to  (Ilia  lima  the  duties  of  ^islin;,  ]>rajei',  and  hiuuilialinn  havo  besn 
prelty  tveiily  dividi'il.  Tbo  Prcplo  bavo  f4Sted,  the  Cl«ffgy  havo  prnjed, 
and  the  Mitii>ter»  have  bumiliuteil  themeelvBa,  nnd  boen  bnniiltatvd  bjr 
others.  But  nt  ln«t — when  ihtj  itrticic  is  ^vrillon — wo  havo  rvaaon  la 
hope  far  such  energetia  meJwnrM  OS  arc  hnt  adctiUtcd  to  ovftwcfna  iba 
difiiBtrr. 


807 


Jaiiquefi  in  ihe  ^^na^^ 


"Vs  thtnlciDg  ahe'U  no  rise  for  an  hour  yet."     The  obserratioa  wna  made 

by  a  very  Btrong-mintled  man — one  keenly  nlivo  to  the  value  of  truth  in 

the  matter  to  which  hia  words  related.     It  ivas  made  to  an  idle  man 

keenly  interested  in  that  very  matter.    It  was  not  hia  own  wife,  or  my  wife, 

or  any  one'a  wife,  or  indeed  anything  female  of  which  he  spoke.     The  idle 

man  had  made  the  most  strenuous  exertions — bad  indeed  put  forth  a 

su&tained  power  of  which  hc  hud  no  idea,  and  waa  at  that  moment  sick 

even  unto  death  ;  hia  heart  heat  so  that  every  great  throb  banged  through 

bis  brain — his  body  heaved,  hia  eyes  swam — hot  scalding  drops  ran  down 

hia  brow,  sweltered   over   hia  eyes,  eank   into   the  thirsty  folds  of  his 

garments.      Exhausted,  panting,  he  lay  extended   on  the  sward,  biting 

in  racuoiia  pain  a  piece  of  bulrush,  and  staring  with  wide  eyeballs  at 

some  object  straight   before   him.     It  waa  a  hot  day  early  in  October 

— the  6iin  wore  just  the  elighteat  mautle  of  ganzy  clouda,  and  waa  all 

the  warmer  by  reason  of  the  screen.     Its  diffused  white  light  cast  broadly 

through  the  sheen,  flooded   a  vast   hmdscapc  in  which  there  waa  moro 

water  than  hmd   to   be  seen — bhie-gray  water  set  in  every  variety  of 

form  among  the  broad  expanse  of  brown  moor,  which  rolled  away  on 

ihii  right  to  a  hazy  cloiidland  where  sea  and  sky  blended  together,  and 

on  ihe  left  and   cvcrywlicro  else  inland   rose  in  wave-like  folds  higher 

and  higher  till  it  lapped  the  base  of  a  shore  of  mountains  eearaed  with 

raTiuea  and  whitened  by  water- course  a.     There  waa  a  grand  uience  afar. 

But  close  to  the  ear  there  was  a  gentle  music  made  by  a  combination 

•J  brceze-bcriic    gnatc,    buzzing    daddylonglegs,   and    agitated    heather- 

hellg  which  swayed  beneath  the  balmy  wind.     Now  and  then  a   hoarse 

croak  overhead  called  attention  to  a  black  object  which  flew  in  graceless 

"lues  through  the  sky,  and  down  on  the  ridges  below  ua  the  chuckling 

F*bb!e  of  tlic  cock-grouse  provoked  an  uneasy  grunt  from  the  great  gillie 

belbrii  Die.     There  were  two  of  us — one  a  long,  thin-legged  man,  with  red 

liait,  grey  eyes,  red  whiskern,  blue  cheeks,  red  hands,  and  purple  brow. 

^a  his  head  was  a  grf;y  cap  pulled  down  over  hia  flapping  cars,  a  grey 

tliooting  coat  of  many  pockets  jmllcd  up  on  hia  shoulders  covered  the 

gteat  bands  of  muscle  which  held  his  bones  in  their  iron  grasp — a  duak)-- 

wlmied  knickerbocker  distended  wide  apart  by  his  brawny  Ifga  lapped 

"cross  the  atout  worsted  stockings  which  crept  up  from  hia  brogues  over 

'■'  liillock  of  calf.     Prone  on  his  face  he  lay  amid  the  surging  heather, 

''ijRpjiug  glass  neatly  fixed  on  a  tnw.sock  with  the  end  ready  to  hia  eye, 

iiiiil  one  brawny  hand  placed  backwards  on  the  shoulder  of  his  companion. 

Wficlhcr  that  person  haa  sinew  or  ham  he  does  not  know.      lie  does 


308 


JACQUES  W  THE  FOREST. 


Vnow,  bowflver,  tint,  if  b«  bad,  the^r  were  not  of  modi  uae  to  him,  Tor  tie 
ga^ied  uid  puficd  like  an  orenroikeil  steun-engtne.  Ab  to  his  atUre,  it 
vaa  simply  elegant,  though  it  was  not  of  a  kind  adapted  for  tlie  atrects  of 
•  fashiottt^le  city.  Why  should  it  be  I  lie  and  his  oomradc  were  intcot 
on  murder,  tli«rc,  od  tlie  faill-ude,  aa  ready  tor  a  d«cd  of  blood  as  i\>it 
fileiuchikoff  of  whom  Mr.  Kinglake  wrii«s  In  bit  beautiful  poein  called 
tiic  Critncia  War.  A  doublf-batTelJed  rifle  ky  atrip*  of  ila  corer  bencaih 
the  carcase  of  the  puffing  carl  on  the  lefl,  with  its  tiib<!9  pcint«d  in  a  Bdb 
wilb  the  teleacope  of  tlie  gatmt  red  man — but  evirr  and  anon  aa  the  ft 
essayed  to  raise  bis  bca<l  (torn  the  gnnt-hnuntcd  hcaibcr,  ibc  Kaout^ 
m&a  [NvaKKl  it  down  again,  and  in  a  husky  whitper,  cnulloiu  and  guilt- 
like,  Haid.  "  Uisht— not  yet !  not  yet ! " 

Wc  were  both  togctUei*  under  eircumstancu  of  n  painful  Duture. 
Tho  night  before   I  bad  gone  lo  deep^I  am  the  ninn  witli  ibrt  gun— 
with  the  full  and  fell  intent  of  oommitting   the  crimp,  to  the  accua  fi 
whidi  I   liaTC  broi^bt  you.     My   dreams  vicre   light   nnd   bo  was  my 
alevp,  nnd  before  I  bad  woU  forgotlon,  &t  it  suemed  to  me.  the  tentenca 
of  llic  novel  which  Bwam  before  my  eye*  ere  I  blew  out  ray  caodk, 
m  rad-bcnr(3r^d  man   by  my  bedside  Unabed  a  light  acrou  my  fme  anJ 
woke  me  up  to  conscioaaneu.     "  It'a  time,  major,  for  ye  to  be  atirrui*,  tke 
oaptaio'a  at  breakfast."     Thor«  wcro  iho  zinc  renovator  filled  with  water, 
ahining  like  a  moon  under  the  tnysk  of  tbo  candle,  on  itio  dark  carpet; 
the  grcnstd  brogui's  be^de  the  chair  on  which  ivere  dcpontod  tlic  strata  of 
gnrmenu  to  be  worn  on  that  doy,  ihe  ju^  of  shaving  water,  and  a  narrow, 
pillar-like  bar  of  light,  □iiu'king  the  division  uf  the  shulters,  and  jiiatifyicg 
llie  adoK-nitioas  of  tic  grisly  Angii^     "  llajig  iliat  la»t  hamper  of  dant'* 
Or  could  it  bo  the  KoUtxiy  Uliatiun  of  toilily  7    Or  might  it  be  the  pipo 
which  wound   up   n   course  of  cigars?     Any  way  there   was   a   iliglift 
fcverdoRi  in  tlie  blood  and  on  the  tongtie.     But  whiob  1  aplaali  I  alutbl 
and  aliitier  t  apongie  and  spring  water  I  atarap,  and  jiulT  and  rub  I  and  in 
nil  the  glories  of  the  nude  A[)oUo  nibea(«na  the  va^xjum  of  the  creaiog 
fly  nwny,  and  the  rjiap  of  the  razor  over  the  unwonted  stubble  Itft  by  iW 
overtliiuw  of  Crimean  and  Indian  crops  of  beard  by  Horce  Guard  regula- 
tions ofTcra  lb«  last  eacrificc  to  the  gmccannd  to  comfort.   The  almtieta  arv 
thrown  opeHj  up  gtxMi  iho  window  ;  a  crowd  of  r«l-wiaga  in  t]«  holly-irw 
ire  boiding  cowiioil  (in  to  thuir  procetdinga  for  the  day;  already  a  llcck 
of  wood-gu«itJ  are  pouting  through  the  corafit^ld  onlsiidv  the  garden ;  and  ■ 
the  roolis  in  the  grove  are  taking  easy  flights,  to  ascertain  if  the  mtaning 
be  w«ll-aired  enough  for  their  breakfast -gaining  forayi*.     A  riotous  rabbit 
ii  frisking  on  tlio  t:ma!l  lawn,  which  dtscends  in  a  slope  to  ih«  brawling 
Btrcam,  I'ringcd  with  bouMcnt  and  dwarf  shrubs — terror  of  far-castta^ 
BDgEcr«.    In  the  whirling  pools  one  ciui  ntx  the  rise  of  iho  brown  troat  and 
tbo  bold  runs  of  the  impetuous  aalmon  na  ho  ni»hc»  onwards  and  npwardt 
from  the  looii  below.    At  tlie  porch,  already  ei^uipped  with  ponderoos  deer-  ■ 
fciJdlt,  ftiands  the  rf»aggy  Hii^hland  pony.     Detiidc  him  is  the  keen-eytd 
gillie,  Hoiy  Irriiutj  with  hts  brace  «f  mongrel-looking  greyhouada  in  Ite 


,  qnirenng  ood  vrliiinpcring  in  the  cold.     All  else  u  tbroudcd  m  a 

Vfliite,  sheet- like  cloud.   liut  tlicr*  nre  monnljiin*  all  nrnunil ;  for  oiii'  rfcnr 

lillle  lotlgn— (O  ParcjiitiAr  c(  ^[ont■yI>l■lllly,  Iioiv  cna  you  auk  xucli  itifei'nal 

xvnxa — noJ  get  Uivm  7) — our  (!»u'  liltlu  lodge  is  silimlcd  ia  Uie  uidtt  of 

SuiithlMig]>!pe,  by  l!i«  niilc  ot  HiitiUfiiiifiig,  with  Torriebaccagli  on  cno  aide 

and  Drnincanagen  on  ihe  otlier,  »o  thai  the  ini&t  likta  ilic  locality,  and  lica 

tiMTU  on  a  £iir  resUlig -ground  till  lata  in  tlic  day  iit  limfts.     It  is  nut  fur 

Jrom  our  bed-room  to  the  diuing-room — a  circutiiKtance  move  valimble  and 

appreciated  nt  nigbt  tbaa  ia  the  early  morning ;   uud  bo  ere  liaif  im  hour 

liu  cUpMd  iho  person  who  hAH  been  spoken  of  id  w-atcd  nl  the  boar^,  which 

i»itIU  illuminal<-<l  hy  r^iii'Ile.'*,  aiiiI  in  su.Tveying,  in  comprehensive  view,  a 

^Ja^   of    kipper  silmon,   each   ecoiioa   vrrupped   in   niiowy    )iaper,   Juat 

^^Bvowced  St  the  edges,  and   Bpeckk'd  with  fisb  fiit — a  diah  of  Loch 

w^ttm ;  R  (liali  of  iuyhed  grouse ;  a  amolcing  glory  of  red-deer  lentijon 

CuUops  ;  an  expcusc  of  ponclied  «ggB  spread  i>rcr  tlic  red  ham,  as  enow- 

Rmtli*    lio  on  lh«  moor  hillocks  ;  jam   and    marmaliidc  in  enatnelled 

eolumna ;   ewers  of  milk  nod  crcnm ;   maunda  of  vurioiis  cake,  sauccx.  and 

kmid  }  A  loch  of  porriJgfi,  ntid  n  monnlAin  of  toast;   a  hisaing  urn,  n»d  « 

Rowing  fount  of  Ip.i.     'flic  captain  has  gone  off— a  Innk,  aleepleu,  lean, 

•OMpirator  of  a  tnaii,  tu  the  innnner  burn — oarly  albot  ever,  and  Iut«  (o 

btd,  always  to  be  marked  in  his  \vay*9  by  a  grey  ftima  of  tobacca-emoke 

— «  very   Stroaiboli   of   smokers;    kilt-wearing,   light-bunueted,   scar- 

h^td.    "  Off-an'-awuy  a  gude  half  hour  with  Mc  Alietcr  io  GlenJunabea,*' 

i^{illio  Wlls  me.     *'  I'm  voady  now."     "Skroi^k  !  fiK-»-«.'"     Tlint  in  my 

fctwIsD,  ta  I  strike  my  light  at  tlic  linll-Ooor,  and  tnkc  my  first  mornhfitl 

<f  iWLMvcnly  aiuro,  slighlly  flavoured  with  Havaonah.   'Iho  "  pony  Jane" 

vibtui  she  viewH  thobullc  of  tlie  grand  man  who  approaches;   the  dtig« 

*Uiiper,  the  gillie  girns  me  tlio  complimetita  of  the  early  morning.    Then 

*tlt  OORics  the  mnn  with  sandwidiOf;,  (lie  "mien's  dinners,"  ns  thoy  are 

^tJ ;  a  bottle  of  cold  tvn,  a  Rank  of  something  more  exciting  and  less 

^^letorar. — The  capncioiu  game-bag  swallows  them  all  up.     llic  pony 

•ins  giK-a  a  txemendous  humph  and  gnint  of  disgust  as  the  portwn  alluded 

'^leis  "a  It^-np,"  and  ia  depoaitt-d  in  the  saddle.     The  red  man  Kliuuldcrs 

llw  madatosh-guaTdcd  rille,  lights  his  pipe,  ond  itcpe  on  ahead  with  that 

*•*?!  light-toed,  hec-lless  step  which  has  tiWen  llieiso  mountain  men  up 

*"*■>}  a  BDiokc-wreothed  hill   slope,  and  um  never  be  stoppod   but  by 

"*  loftden  or  iron    mfsacnger  which  cnrriea   his   epcci^Lt   biilet.       Tlie 

^ie  tad  the  dogi  follow,  and  dcwo   the  gravelled  arenuc  we  troop  on 

^Iie  sun  has  just  climbed — I  would  write  clamhe  an  I  dnrcd — 
■P  tic  sidu  of  n  groy  barrier  which  ban  Jenced  in  the  darkness  all  niglil 
"'B^iaail  ho  ia  ttow  sending  out  his  i«o»u  to  eciiKh  for  tb«  mounlain- 
l>t»->righi  llirough  the  coluiim*  of  cloud  which  have  lain  over  tlie 
**iity»  anil  atnttis,  the  glens  and  the  corries.  'Tit  n  lovely  siglit  to 
■H  thcM  €Vcr-gtowiog  iilands  rise  in  sharp  outlines,  fioiu  Ihe  obscure,  and 
tfn»i  Into  oruige-tinged  tuidulationa  rctom  the  cold  set  of  the  morning  t 


t  ronsar. 


m 


But  w<!  prcM  cm — ourpo«tirnl  ■«iiim«iUcvapomte  in  bitd  maidi 
tho  tiard  tiigli-iosd  8d<1  in  ihe  lrMn[i  uf  llie  ptmj's  lioofB  aa  be 
■Iter  Uio  sUtnart   elalttcr*  niUt   hia  lardfl  of  B«ali,  [Hpe-Anoking,  aoi 
alitfcriog  on  lib  cold  mddle.      No  nord  is  ^kva.     It  is  too  eoM  far 
tMlktng  even  for  (hose  vbo  walk,  and  tlic  equnMrinn  is  li>st  in  ccnsid^ng 
bow  it  is  llml  llir  ton  CHit  ii<lmini»tt-r  such  <:xc««^ing  |>!tin  tc  all  llic  hoif 
corporfltgi  iiiitlu'  lh9  iiifluoncc*  i>(  ilvficient  ctrcalnilon.     At  werj  lurn  Id 
ifar  while  road  vhich  ninda  «n  uhI  up  wid  dowii  nml  siilewufs  oter 
ilbude  by  umi,  juist  burn,  nnd  orer  Mnun,  the  c6ge»  or  the  momiliiiM 
''iHbiefa  (Drroand  ua  vnrj  in  ; Impv  an<]  hiio.  Ui«  light  grows  so  Mrvng  it  bM 
that  jVn^tw'f  crifpnd  cnrla   light  Uf>  hia  bonnel-llnpt  hke  tbe  fiaiRe«f 
s  cotidlti  flicking  Iroca  uoOer  an  exlingntsher.     I'lirre  b«  plctd*  nn,  hmd- 
backed,  rouod-abouUcred,  nanxjw-inualed,  Itau-bippcd,  light- le^|[t:4,  cM 
in  Saxon-cat  itiooting-mitt  and  vMt,  Mtd  kni«k«Tbockw,  in   Ui^UnJ 
hooe  Jmd  tboon,  hcMriiig  ib«  nntrrjirucif-i.-aKtt]  riflt-  on  bis  shoiildvrs.  irkilM 
flio  gillie  vrilh  tb«  diigs  alraiuiug  vo  tb«  Icajali,  keeps  ifUp  beudt  iun 
«nd  «xch*t)gc*  horrid  couvtnc  in  Hoodfl  of  low  guttural  Gontic,  ii>t«r> 
mitieat  villi  piilTi  of  mnoke  from  aucicnl  cully  pi[i«9.     And  n  nc  truf 
^oBg  lh«fc  coiiiva  from  a  TaTine  twar  nt  liatnl  a  eouud  honner  thai 
navKr-endiiig;  cry  of  tlit>  waiera  which  ittsh  in  unseen  d«plliii  utvmrii 
arn,  and  a  rarcn  scvnling  dcatli  within  the  irciD  tubes  calb  lo  hh  wife 
below,  and  cln{M  the  deep  l(tid«n  hill-fide  with  his  heavy  wing  CiU  hir 
maio  joina  him,  win'ti  Uioy  itMe  higher  and  higV-r,  and  tuke  their  way  lo 
Mm  carri«  ia  frunt  of  us.    it  is  a  fiix-mile  tramp  ahmg  the  hnrd-liigh  nnid. 
TIk  eon  ai  il  climbs  from  rlflgo  lu  rid^  loan  ita  Bttvnglh  in  ihe  Uptt 
the  culd  clotidfl.     It  Itgiitena  up  range  upon  range  of  riiggvd   nwk  lill 
from  thit  high  level  of  the  mad   \xa  luok  on  either  side  and  behnld  »' 
IniUQltattus  aea  of  granio:  and  slati:  fixed  t'lir  cvi.>r  in  nqgry  orH4  anl 
orerhanginji  ridgea  above  tlie  rullKy  uf  purple  licathrr  and  greca  inanh. 
A  biU«r  wind   sweeps  over  thGin,  but  spmds  iU  tnqc  in  yaio  ou  all  m*0 
my  miserable   legs  niid    on    Brahan  and  Oscar,  nlio  cringe  behind  tlu^ 
giUie's  Itga,     Tbu  Gxr.  of  sncthcr  vesuvian  tnu  only  nn  incident  in  lbi# 
journey  of  an  Iiour  luul  a  half.     At  InH  liio  roail  turning  abruptly  ore 
ihe  ravine,  iiKninitd  more  nK^pIy  and  pierced  the  moor,  which  teftpiog  iO^ 
with  a  fiing«  of  huailier  receded  in  Urvvrn  folds  higher  and  higher  lill  iP^ 
rrJi<  UmI  the  bane  uf  ihe  lirst  rocky  tthoni  vlivnco  the  deei'  forett  svnvv 
ruuml  to  meet  the  rays  of'ilic  morning  ann. 

Angus  hiilted — loak  l^in  telescope  from  thv  corer,  and  looking  rota^' 
kr  a  stone  tc  prop  liis  back  agaiust,  lay  down  with  bia  legs  stretched  out, 
and  hii  elbow  rvsLins  tni  vnc  kiice  to  tup|x>rt  the  glaas,  with  which  he 
proceeded  lo  nmlc«  a  delibomtft  nirv*-y  of  the  hill-side.  Whui  a  tl«aeifu' 
that  was — with  what  a  rapturona  soiijili  I  ilirew  mygelf  down  en  th« 
bentber  ;  for  the  Bti>ftdy,  li>ng  atiido  of  tlivse  hill-men  ii  trying  to 
unnocustamed  h-gs.  Kiich  tuwock  seems  to  rise  ngainHt  Ihe  feet,  and  evety 
healbpr-covcred  hump  throws  out  its  arms  to  impede  the  labouring  nnkle; 
the  hill-side,  which  from  l)ie  diituuico  seemed  an  ea^  alopc,  grows  inl 


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steep  luDg-tesling  ascent,  tlic  water-courws  swell   into  streams,  the  very 
stonts  live  and  move  under  liis  uncertain  steps.     "  Whew  I  how  hot  it 
is !  "     "  Ye'd  better  not  make  a  nine  in  the  Ibreat,"  quoth  the  red  man. 
Ugh  1    ugh  !  ugh  !   rings  out  a  sharp  sultry  cough.     The  red  man  looks 
ruuud  with  an  nir  of  pity  and  deapnir  which  aays  plainly,  "If  you  do  that 
again,  we  may  aa  well  turn  back."     Joy  then  at  the  hult  and  the  repose. 
For  a  time  I  hear  nothing  but  the  bumping  of  my  own  heart.     Then  I 
hecwine  aware  of  tlie  fact  that  I  am  very  high  up  ;  and  the  lodge  is  glisten- 
ing like  a  anow-drop  in  the  Irees  far  below.     Next  I  perceive  that  Angus 
has  removed  his  eye  from  the  telescope,  and  is  looking  at  me  without 
atying  a   word.     "Did  you  see  anything?"     A  nod.     "What  is  it?" 
"It's  a  good  peeat  enotigh.     It's  a  goot  stag,   and  three  lieends.      But 
thee're  a  Jong  way.     And  it's  a  difficult  staJtk,  I'm  thinkin'."     "Let  me 
see  them."     "Do  you  see  ta  pig  white  ataan  by  ta  green  B]»t,  just  imter 
ti  cnim  over  ta  burn  ?     There  it  is — a  leetle  more  to  ta  left  7  "     "  /  see 
il."      "Well,  ta  Blag  is   lying   down  under  ta  staan,  and  the  hcends  is 
landing  up  below  him  feeding."     I  look,  I  stare,  I  squint ;  use  right  eye, 
Ml  eye,  both  eyes,     O,  Lynceus,  aid  mo  I   "  I  can't  see  anything,  Angus." 
"ilnh,  air,  yer  not  lookin'  in  ta  rcet  dareckshun  at  all ;  it's  a  huudret 
jarts  to  ta  left  of  la  cairn."     Steady,  sedulous  sweeping  of  ihe  whole  area. 
At  last  "  I  see  three  reddish   specks  below  the  white  rock."     "  Thai's  ta 
htends."     "  And  1  see  now  a  big  dark  speck  close  to  the  corrie,"    "  Tat'a 
ta  sing,"  '  "  ilow  do  you  know  7  "     "I  see  his  horna ;  it's  a  goot  peest." 
I  ilioulJ  have  liked  very  much  to  have  then  and  thei-o  denounced  Angus 
M  a  tayer  of  the  thing  that  was  not,  but  controlled  the  impulse.     Tlicn 
rame  another  pause.      "It's  a  vara  difiicuit  corrie   to  get  till  with  the 
*«id  in   this  airt,"   quoth  Angus.      And   then  to  my  indignation  he 
Rwod  up,  "  What  the  deuce  are  you  at  7     Why,  they'll  be  off !  "    "  lleck, 
""■jor,  they're  two  mile  away,  and  the  pcests  have  not  got  spying-glasses." 
Ai^us  picked  a  piece  of  the  fluffy  woo!  of  his  coat,  held  it  between  his 
finger!",  let  it  go  and  watched  it  as  it  floated  away  to  leeward.     "  We 
°"isl  just  chance  it,  major.   The  wind  is  vara  bad  for  us ;  it's  a  long,  long 
stafit,"     There  was  a  click,  chck,  click  as  Angus  put  up  his  telescope,  put 
''  iiilo  the  case,  looked  all  round,  and  then  to  my  intense  surprise,  wiifiout 
*  Word,  turned  down    the  hill  and  proceeded  with  long  bounding  steps  to 
'"te  the  direction  from  which  wc  had  come,    A  rest  at  full  length,  despite 
•tie  gnats,  on  a  natural  bed  of  heather  gives  a  false  feeling  of  strength  to 
"It  inexperienced  southerner.    There  is  also  great  case  at  first  in  a  descent, 
"'"1  «o  I,  the  major,  striding  grandly  from  tuft  to  tuft,  splashing  into  soft 
I'Wj,  lighting  agilely  on  boulders,  for  some  time  imagined  tliiit  going  down 
™1  Whs  a  pleasiint  unfatiguing  operation,  in  which  the  master  was  as  good 
•"Ilia  man.     But  no  one  ever  saw  such  a  hill.     The  more  one  went  down 
"  flic  more  it  lengthened  on  and  on,  and  when  the  ridge  which  seemed  to 
''^und  the  descent  by  a  wide  plain  of  moor  was  reached,  lo !  it  was  but  a 
Vantage  ground  for  a  fresh  humilior.     The  heather  became  contrary  and 
pugnaciooB,  the  boulders  grew  unsteady  and  uncertain  ;  an  unaccount- 


sia 


JACQUE6  ra  TRG  FOREST. 


ablfi  tendency  lo  itlrppiDg  And  sttiiiiLling  fnrwnrdii  and  bickiTftrda, 
aHevAja,  be-gan  to  niaiiiii.'flt  iueK,  and  nt  last  iberc  was  a  qu»'criiig 
of  ilia  knc«,  and  a  sert  of  Bhock  to  th<  biain  nhicb  modo  the  tya 
dance  at  every  etep.  It  was  uiUi  a  sensation  of  much  relief  1  b«lwld 
Aagits  Iialt  ones  more,  heard  tlio  click  of  the  telescope,  llirew  myttit 
duwn  on  tbe  lurl'  whilst  he  rcconDoitn.'<i,  and  watched  bim  Burv«yi: 
ground,  and  nov  and  then  picking  a  plec*  of  fltiiT  from  liis  j 
IctUag  it  llcot  down  tb«  wind.  Tbcy  wore  there  jct,  he  »id,  the  stag 
aow  standing  up,  and  one  of  the  hinds  was  near  him  [  the  otiier*  too 
inriaiblr,  and  altbongli  wc  bad  come  a  long  way  from  our  original  h:ilting> 
plncc,  our  courtu  had  been  oblitjue,  so  tliat  we  wcro  now  more  directly 
beneath  ihem.  ''  We  must  just  sts&k  them  up  ta  burn,"  ijuoth  Angiu.  On 
our  right  a  brook  which  came  down  the  biil  now  in  twiit  runs  timid  god- 
glomerate  rocks  and  slabs  c>f  sinic,  cow  in  fiills  which  made  tnuste  in  the 
morniDg  atr,  then  in  dtcp  Ireiieli-IIke  etraiika  inurkt^J  by  bright  green 
verdure,  fonucd  a  series  of  poold,  wLich  were  Joined  one  to  aaother  by 
tiny  cmeudc-s.  Angus  turned  osido,  and  putting  up  hi^  ghuH,  made  for 
tlie  bordi.'r  uf  llic  burn,  iij>  ivhich  he  ascended,  indificrcnt  to  the  dioke  «f 
fltoui?,  uiona,  or  \iater  for  his  steps.  I  followed ;  it  was  well  enough,  or 
bad  enough  aa  long  us  we  tvnlked.  But  on  reaching  n  wnll-Iike  barrier  of 
niatc,  orcr  wHch  the  burn  leaped  in  a  lirisk  Ibnuiing  full,  Angns  took  a 
long  lotik  with  the  ginss.  "  We  must  creep  now ;  keep  close,  and  gel  as  near 
to  me  as  yuu  ci\n,  sir/'  In  half  an  hour  more,  I  had  reaaon  to  undentaiid 
the  full  tt-rror  of  the  cur^t;  on  the  serpent — "  On  ihy  b«l]y  shall  thou  gO)" 
a  dreadful  .judgment  truly  ! — my  kneea  were  Idled  with  the  ^horp  ends  eC 
burut  liealbcr,  my  anna  up  to  the  elbows  were  buried  in  black  ptat,  new 
and  then  the  htirn  had  lilcrnlly  made  a  bed  of  mo  and  run  orer  my 
bauk,  mid  all  thi«  time  Angus,  \ciib  uue  strong  hand  kept  mc  close  up 
111  him,  vvhilat  the  whole  cf  my  expciieiice  of  tlie  world  waa  limited  to* 
remarkably  close  view  cf  the  cui-ious  workmanship  exliibitcd  by  tbe  •tat 
(if  his  breeks.  Many  a  rent  made  by  some  eavieus  Onsca  of  a  thom 
rock,  had  been  llio  subject  of  cuimiui;^  reperatioa  and  clever  buodiwoi^ 
butalUr  awhile  the  contemplation  ofEucli  e^tcellenco  became  mouot<HMiu- 
Thcre  waa  no  help  for  it,  however.  At  every  movement  to  gel  away  Anga« 
wna  alert.  "  Keep  ^own,  wr,  keep  down  1  bhu'Il  see  ye.  Keep  as  cli 
yu  can  by  mo."  Why  did  I  ever  come  out  to  sJioot  dttr  1  Why 
made  the  »poi-t  of  this  lungless,  iiou-einewcd  Cell  ?  "I  must  stop,  riff 
<iuile  blown."  "  Ah,  well  1  an  yc  must,  yo  must.  But  I'm  thinking  they'll- 
not  be  li>ng  slaying  in  that  corrio.  And  il'aagrand  peeA indeed, all oal." 
So  on  again.  W^hat  odd  thiuga  coiiio  into  my  head,  oa  I  was  plustUDtf 
the  sent  of  Aitgua'a  liousers!  1  thought  of  GHm  thu  first  time  I  saw 
her  in  Nenna.  1  thought  of  crouching  in  a  uJt  mareh  off  Yetiikale, 
from  n  pack  of  raecally  Co&sack» ;  fin  aecent  of  a  flight  of  «tc]»  (torn  vaa 
of  tlie  rA>nd(in  Dock  wine-caves  also  come  into  my  head,  ao  did  a 
eluiiibcr  up  the  Jaidin  de  Glace.  A  grand  fcene  in  Timwr  tht  Torfir* 
— the  watcr-pipca  bursting  in   my  clumibei's  after  a  tlinw,  a  btnrau  tB 


JACQtTES  Vi  TIIK  POREST.  519 

the  CrimMO  tKiiclics,  aod  a  tcnii-tiuiniacal  jumble  of  all  things  iacoa- 

gruoufl,  beld  in  eolulioQ  by  a  violent  p«rspiralioQ ;   a  bumping  pultse, 

and  lcg«  whicK  felt  nngiii>th(.''l  to  mnrrowy  mtinves,  completed  my  ncu- 

•■LioiM.     What  jo;  wheu  Angus  dri^w  ft  long  tifflin^  breath,  iiod  with 

pne   great  wriggle,  lay  ilal  and  eUll,  with  lib  head  raised  jiut  aa  iniii 

above  the  h«arh«r,  iimid  &  gathering  o(  email  etonea  by  the  atile  cf  tho 

bum.     "  They're  all   there,"  be  whiipred   just   before.     "  They're  all 

.lying  town.     The  stag's  about   120  yord»  off",  but  thcrc't  a  peest  of  a 

Uad  betweea  us."     Aiid  then,  keeping  liia  IiiiuU  on  my  head,  he  drew 

ne  aoftly  up  bedde  him,  and  painted  witL  his  eyea  and  chin  through  the 

htaibcr.     I  loolcod,  but  the  scaldiEig  tears  nf  pcnpiration  tun  iuto  n)y 

^nea,  and  all  I  mvr  wu  a  coujilc  of  vrniery  riiour)s  duDciag  in  die  sky. 

Bf^e  aUg  has  bis  hoit:i»  just  above  the  red  etaan,  uud  you  can  nee  tho  tips 

Vwe  beend'a  eata  moving  baclcwnrda  and  Ibrwiudi  above  thnc  grc&n  lull 

m  bvDt  of  toy  finger.   The  other  hccndii  an  down  beyond  ihc  alag  I "    At 

Int  the  vwt  titeared  away  from  my  eight,  and  I  bchu!d  two  witluTcd 

bnaclMt,  russet-red  and  grey,  close  by  the  atone.    As  I  looked  tbey  niaved, 

tbi  my  hcaiti  whtob  bad  bcc-a  buiopisg  bdbre,  corac  to  ntlcntioa  with  n 

\mg,  sod  ihcD  £r«d  a  volley  of  musketry.     "  What  a  head  !     Givu  ma 

&  lifle !  "     "  And  il'a  a  fine  head  lodced ;  hut  yo  maala't  touch  ibe  liQa 

JO— ihft'U  b<  risin'  py-iu»d-py." 

And  thus  it  is  lliat  I  iirrive  at  tlie  opening  wordx  of  lliiii  Hiight  aketcli. 
F«  after  a  long  culTcriLiice  iii  which  1  endured  all  the  a^jvules  vf  midgu 
nd  gnat — worie:,  ua  Mr.  Gould  will  teJI  you,  than  the  moBquito  of  the 
Em— and  Uie  still  greater  torture  of  bt:Ing  obliged  to  rcmoui  perlectly 
■■ill  vndu  Uiem,  Angus  arrived  at  tlic  dread  conoluiion  that  I  must 
tadoie  still  more  till  it  pleased  the  ereature  to  rise.  Now,  the  provoking 
tU^noa  tbis,  that  whereas  if  L  wore  a  freo  ngcnt  I  would  have  gone  away 
l^t  instant  nad  Hed  (rom  the  gauxy  cloud  of  persecutors  which  enveloped 
Ov;  tlte  stag,  iiuitc  as  much  vexitl  hjr  thccn,  and  being  quite  a  voluntary 
^^t,  lay  there,  tliough  he  oould  have  gone  away  in  a  moment  if  he 
W  n  listed.  Perhaps  he  was  a  philosopher,  and  reasoned  on  the 
^■elicy  of  watte  of  ]K>wcr  in  going  to  soat^  other  place  where  he  would 
he  ju|  u  badly  «B'.  Ho  wo  waited  logtrllicr — I  watched  the  lllckiiig  of  his 
•mg  tan,  and  the  laperings  of  his  horos  till  the  liejither  MViui^d  lo  grow 
Imo  tbe  laadjBcapei  and  horns,  ear^  and  henther  all  blended  iuto  a  brown 
Wy  ^tatiea.  I  oannot  tell  how  long  thin  histcd^-but  my  thoughts  were 
^■ikkiiiig  &r  away,  and  ns  my  eye  wandered  too,  mflic  slowly  from  oqo 
^Mhill-ude  lo  the  olhi;!',  and  idly  scanned  the  wavelike  ridges,  I  thought 
rf IIh  time  wbcn  the  nilciit  gladea  and  valleys  were  peoplecl  by  thouKtoda 
"^  Mdwart  kemca,  uod  wbea  the  lowing  of  cattle  leaped  from  hillook  to 
iiiOMk.  Tboy  ore  all  gone  now.  Notliiug  rcuiaJns  of  tliem  in  ilieir 
(^a  famd  but  the  atone-hcaps  which  mark  the  mina  of  tlieir  uaoonth 
d*tUii)ga,  And  it  is  well  fcrr  tli^-ui.  Tn  for  lands  they  became  freemen, 
■odate  tlieir  bread  in  peace.  'I'htrir  diildren  are  the  ntirritig,  tterling, 
'UviDg  denizens  of  proripuroua  cities  aud  the  lerdd  of  great  doaiaina 
toIm  mi.— xo.  75.  16 


IK 


JACQUES  IN  THE  F0HK6T. 


)i«ld  ill  fse  aiiiiple  fhim  nature.     From  Stmthbiakie  end  Olcnbonkli 
in  Um  dafs  nov  not  much  ntorc  thiin  a  eenturj  old,  two  thotmad  thnc^ 
hundred  men,  uUb  clajtiiore  And  target,  md  a  leir  mSHrrnblc  finloeb^ 
follovrtd  the  drunken,  oursiny,  dicing,  red-no»ed,  aimggeriog  Lord  Hoddie, 
of  llitddio,   10  be  out  down  and  diet  down,  utid  doiwrUd  iind  tnoBporlcd. 
Over  all  that  rxpan^e  k  Kcarcti-'n-nrrnnl  backeil  bj  ft  nddxuoofie 
only  to-dnv  bare  foutid  Aagtu,  the  captain,  myMlf,  th«  ^i«  with 
poay,  tlm  fulIcB  nl  th«  lodge,  mid  eome  four  or  lire  families  of  Miilk«n, 
krcpcnr,  and  l)te  like.     Haddie'a  race  has  long  since  died  out,  and  hit 
tiU«  cerre*  to  grace  llie  roll  of  Rnnim  which  Iblloir  the  Kiiithera  honoun  . 
of  a  Biotca  duke.     But  the  MiicIlsddieK  of  GIpu  nnd  Stntth  lwv#  ^{wtBiiJ 
orer  Canadft,    Kavr    Zmknd,  Amtraliit  —  the  iai&  of  the  bm,   and. 
broad  Innds  of  lii«  Fox  WeM.    Tfeoy  will  not  have  onr  convjcCa, 
will  not  hare  the  nboriginofl ;  and  lost  in  democratic  whirls  of  indepe 
MiT-eatitfying  existonco,  th<iy  h*T«  no  rf«rx«t  for  titlw.     No  donbt,  tki-y 
arc  better  and  happivr  far  th;iii  ihey  iroithl  have  been  liad  Uieir  nnostcn 
neror  dured  the  Rpn.     IjcI  «b  hope  so,  at  all  erent*. 

But  what  ia  to  bs  the  end  of  the  Uighlands  of  Scotland  ?  I  dtfll 
niean  to  inciuii-e  if  Cape  Wmth  he  likely  to  niigratc  or  not.  Nor  i» 
llicK  nny  reason  to  bcliero  in  a  great  geographical  ehangv,  or  in  a  Mw- 
cliieoiiiftii  gculiigiud  convu!.<io)i.  But  I  am  mnch  miUakcn  if  theral 
some  doily  cataclysm  going  on  in  those  pleasant  places  which  lie 
the  Mineh  and  Uie  Gennnn  Ocean  from  wusi  Lo  cast,  and  from  PertkiliJn 
and  Argyleahin:  to  C^tbniias  and  Sutherland  from  noulh  to  north.  It  ti 
&U  a  game  of  mnmmon  AgAls^t  mankind,  of  sport  and  ah«ep,  of  talBioe. 
grottw,  and  veniion,  ngainsL  Llie  iLborigincs.  Once  on  a  time  a  gnu 
Scotchman,  Sir  William  Duiibu.r,  with  that  ftrvid  eueT:py  in  buU-m^iit 
which  distingTiishfM  nil  Celts  eoniJenmed,  instead  of  Oseiio  or  Erse^  M 
uae  thu  ubi><:uru  ntid  inflc^jint  Latin -Norman-Soxon  called  Englitfa,  i" 
proposing  the  health  of  the  chunuan  of  ll^e  ITuiinon'a  Bay  f^mfUBf- 
expresMd  n  fervent  wiah  that  llic  said  rhaii-mnn  "  might  lung  live  to  be 
what  he  orer  bad  been  " — (what  was  it  ?  what  could  it  ho  ?) — "  the /a*" 
of  the  abori^jtft  of  liudKOu's  Biiy."  Tlie  poor  Ilighlaadcni  nbar^iul 
want  a  father  rery  iMidly,  and  may,  for  all  I  Bce,  continoe  to  want  to*! 
but  it  IB  evident  they  are  losing  the  gume  at  home.  A  short  time  ag^  * 
galhmt  g«Dtlein:m,  int^rr^^ted  in  a  liighlimd  regiment,  expnned  liil*''^ 
pi-iBc  and  regret  to  an  old  man  of  the  mountains  reapecting  the  puaaSf  if 
rrcrnita  for  liia  Mrpa  in  places  once  fiunoui  for  fecundity.  "Ah,"**"' 
Hiiathctombie^"  quoth  the  ancient,  "ye  sec  it'a  just  tho  change  ia  l^ 
naiuTfl  of  the  beaut.  If  yc  go  up  Glengarry  and  OleDgwicl,  and  too^ 
by  Sirathciurn,  yeHl  find  i^cruiia  at  many  na  ever,  but  they  Itate  all  p* 
boms  on  their  heads."  'J'hei-c  itt  iio  uw,  wc  nrc  told,  in  a  maudlin  sefld- 
nicntnlism  on  lliese  matters.  Races  aa  brave  as  the  old  Collio  popuhtioi* 
of  ilie  Higbinnils  hare  died  out  thns.  Kroigration  is  the  Roognin^ 
remedy  of  the  miserable  Sangnidos  of  the  new  Achool  of  polHl'*' 
medicine-men,  who  can't  deal  with  a  full  pulse  and  charged  dreuli>»0 


I 


Mcept  by  TMoatwe  to  depletion.  Not  n  Joiiljt  about  it,  bnt  Sftwoey 
Beam's  great-gnadson  who  u  running  fur  ^  Hcnator&Iiip  in  Iowa,  or 
Glenraiti'e  gra&daon  wlio  i«  n  mcTubcr  of  council  ta  Quccoslanii,  la  mucli 
belter  off  than  il'  he  were  living  in  Eetl!i>d  hiimnrjiti(-a  in  ttie  finest 
neoery  in  the  irarld,  or  vrcrc  Icudins  dhuiiiowa.'UK.'Iii  to  the  sack  of  Tul- 
lochgorum.  So  far  of  the  man  hiuiHoIf.  But  as  to  the  nation  frotn 
which  he  aune,  what?  AOniit  that  it  was  not  good  for  Sawney  Boan 
to  be  forced  to  eat  hunuo  mutton  or  bMf,  whatever  tlic  pachydermtitous 
moat  may  have  been — conaeda  that  it  wan  wrong  in  Glennun  to  have 
A  ieud  wilfa  Strath crombic — wo  atill  must  feel  that  Sawiivy  Bean  anil 
Gl«aruin  would  hare  been  mnro  effective  and  forcible  fighturs  against  lie 
greftt  Gaul  or  Samuel  of  the  U.S.  than  the  large&t  flock  of  sheep  and  the 
beat  bend  now  to  be  found  Bouth  of  Joha  of  Groat's.  And  ea — heri!  1  feU 
my  elbow  ntidged,  nnd  turning  my  head  townrdii  Angus  eaw  tlial  hia  eyea 
were  fixed  right  befuie  him  and  turned  slightly  upimrds,  whilat  the  rifle 
was  alid  gently  tlirougb  the  heather  to  my  right  huud.  I  luokud  fonritrd 
•nd  tbcro — atanding  upright,  with  horns  slightly  throivn  back,  ears  erect, 
dlUled  Doiitril  soiihsg  upwards,  foro  legn  act  stiilly  together  and  huge  body 
iwn  on  the  miuuuve  bannchci  r<!Ady  for  a  bound,  whtUt  the  hinda 
,ped  and  grunted  In  die  heath'Cr^atood  the  object  of  nl!  tny  toib. 
*  Aim  low  I  "  whisi^red  Angus,  as  I  unstopped  (he  hammer.  How  llio  buad 
ra  the  rifle  barrel  roee  and  fcIJ,  now  bounding  as  it  aeetned  into  tlie  air, 
now  sinking  bdow  the  whitieb  ILoe  beneath  the  Btog^  shoulders!  Aud 
bow  long  Uie  second  «ccm.ed  crc  the  thin  smoke  clinging  to  the  heather 
ffu  swept  back  on  my  fuce  I  My  eyes  wero  blinded  with  the  hmvy 
Aropa  which  rolled  off  my  brow*  and  as  I  started  to  my  feet  I  caught 
U  tbrocigb  a  driving  rain  thu  forniif  of  the  deer  bounding,  leaping,  flying 
ever  up  the  bill.  A  deep  dtnpitir  chill<rcl  ih<?  thrubbinga  of  my  heart. 
"Ttb  misaed  after  nil  I"  '■  Missed  1''  ctuoth  Angu*,  who  waa  ruaniag 
toward  the  little  hiilouk  on  wltich  tlie  stag  hitd  been  ulanding.  "  An* 
if  ye  call  that  miaiing,  I'd  leek  to  see  ye  lutting.  I  heiud  the  bullet 
Urike  Iiiin,  on'  be'n  not  fur  oil'.''  In  onotlK'T  minute  I  stood  over  the 
dying  slag,  Angus  stripping  off  lu»  cc«i  and  baring  hit  brawny  arm, 
Ud  hii  knife  in  the  grass,  uud  staudiag  across  "ta  pecst,"  hEUidcd  me 
>  gujglc  of  Gleiidivnt.  "An*  iolcet  'twas  a  goot  shot.  An'  it's  a  fino 
pNO,  petter  than  I  tlioet.  It  'ill  bo  nearer  eighteen  than  sefTcuteen 
llooF.     An'  a  royal  heed  too." 

Uarrah  for  deer-slaUting  !  Htirrab  for  llie  forest  1 
And  yet  I  tvii  like  a  cowardly  niieaking  murderer  as  I  lunibercJ 
down  ihe  hill-Bde,  whilst  by  my  hceht  puffed  the  pony  carrying  tlw  dead 
itrt  which  kqit  nodding  bis  head  at  every  atep,  and  sl:iring  at  me  with 
hit  dull,  wide  ojwn  eye.  "An'  inttTt  "iwaa  a  goot  nhot,"  said  Angiia, 
l^in.  "  An'  I  always  feci  a*  plcnscd  as  if  1  had  five  pound  when  a  teer 
k  killed  so  w«el  as  that."  It  was  all  the  man  had  a  care  or  thought  for. 
I  would  bare  given  much  more  not  to  have  killed  it  at  all. 

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ilio  nioiniog.  The  place  w» 
:t  privnta  room  in  on«  of  tlw 
flil-fitaliioiicd  inns,  nbicL  rtilt 
Tciiiitiii  oil  tlic  Borough  ddc  of 
the  TlianiEa.  Tho  duio  iriis 
iMcndny,  tbc  lUh  of  AVigaKt. 
And  ths  person  v:i»  Mr.  Baah> 
wpoil,  vtlio  liaJ  tnivcllcd  lo 
I^udon  on  a  Bummona  (nmi 
liis  Don,  and  had  taken  up  hia 
abode  At  Oi«  inn,  oa  tlie  pre* 
\iot»i  day. 

I^i-  hail  never  yet  looleilBD  - 
pitiably  old  and  helpleaa  u  bO' 
lookcdnow.  TliqfereruidchUI 
of  alltmnling  hope  ncd  dcipuri 
hnd  drifd  and  ivithcred  and 
w.islcd  him.  The  angles  of  liii 
ligwre  Imdsharpontd.  Tbeont- 
Hne  of  his  face  had  slirunk.  Bit 
djvss  pointed  (Ii>o  iui!lftaelx>lj 
cliungein  liim,  wilh  a  meroiUit-, 
and  slioulting  emphasis.  Never,  even  in  hisyouth,  lind  he  worn  sudt  < 
as  he  voTi  now.  Witii  tb«  desp(^rivt«  resolution  to  kavo  no  e}ifincfl 
of  producing  an  impresiiion  on  MiiHGwilt,  lie  had  cast  aside  his  dreary  bbdl 
ganncnla  ;  ho  had  gtcu  niuBtoroil  the  courage  to  wear  hia  bluo  satis  crsTsb 
Hiaccnt  wew  a  riding  co»t  of  light  groy.  lie  hod  ordircd  it,  with  ariitdictin 
Buhtlrty  of  piirposv,  to  be  niadu  on  the  pattern  of  »  conl  thai  he  had  MCa 
Allan  wear.  His  waistcoat  was  nltice^  his  troiuers  were  of  tho  giyM* 
aninnicr  [lutKrn,  in  the  hirg«8C  check.  Ilia  wig  wui  oilvd  and  BCtnMd, 
and  bninlicd  round,  on  either  Ktd»,  to  hide  the  wrinkle*  oit  bis  leaiploi' 
He  was  an  olgect  to  laugh  at — he  wjta  an  object  to  weep  OTcr.  Hii 
eaemie*,  if  ■%  cnatute  so  tvretchcd  iKiuld  have  bad  enemieH,  voald  lave 


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ktKtttt  him,  on  •cuing  liiro  in  hi*  new  Sm:  Ilje  frienJa — IhkI  nny  of 
'I'iilxWD  left — woiiM  itnxv  Imvo  Ii*w  itiMircstiod  if  thoy  liad  looked 
I  iQ  bis  oofiiii,  tliAU  ir  Oic^'  had  lonkcd  «t  him  m  he  wan  now. 
iiHwatly  raulcsx,  he  pacod  thc>  room  from  diul  (o  end.  Now  be  looked 
M  liU  wMch  ;  now  hv  looked  oat  of  window ;  now  ha  looked  st  the  vell- 
fiinahcd  breftk&at-tnble — oIwdti  wilti  lh«  mino  wistful  uncuy  Inquiry 
Is  lii»  eytB.  The  vrailer  caoiiag  in,  witli  (he  tirn  of  hoiling  wMi^r,  vna 
tiinmoi  for  the  fifiictb  tioic  in  the  one  torni  of  words  whidi  tlw 
laiwfiito  ctflnluro  MOincd  to  tc  cap«b!«  of  ottering  lliiit  nwruing,— 
"  Mt  »3a  ia  coming  to  breakbut.  My  son  i«  Tcry  particular.  I  want 
ntrytfiiDg  of  ibo  beat — hot  thinj^,  and  cold  things — and  ten  luid  coflcc— 
ud  kH  tin  ntt  of  it,  wiiilor ;  nil  Uic  n-iA  of  it."  Kor  the  liftieiK  time,  he 
Mir  tvileral«d  ihoac  anxious  words.  For  the  fiftieth  lime,  the  iropcoe- 
biUe  wwlcr  Uul  jusL  returned  his  0B«  pacifying  oanwer, — "  All  right, 
«;  you  may  leave  ii  1o  me" — when  the  sound  of  leiuirely  foot«iopi 
*«  licord  on  the  (lain ;  the  door  opcacd ;  and  the  long-expected  son 
Muntetvd  indolently  into  the  room,  with  a  neat  little  blacb-lMthcr  bag  in 
his  bad. 

"Well  (lone,  old  gentlcnum  I  "  said  Dashwood  the  jouoger,  surveying 
^iilitlwr's  drcaa  with  a  smile  ofBardunic  enconrsgemeut.  ■'  You're  ready 
to "bt  mnn'ied  to  Mm  Gvilt  nt  a  ntomeuca  notice !  " 

Tlie  &th«r  took  the  son's  hand,  and  tried  to  echo  the  aoa's  laugh. 

"  Tou  have  such  good  vpriu,  Jcinmy,"  Im  Knid,  using  the  name  in  its 

lilniliar  form,  as  he  bad  b«en  aconstimed  to  ose  it,  in  hnppter  ihiys. 

"  Toa  alwayi  lad  good  rpirita,  my  dear,  froiu  &  ebild.    Come  and  tit 

itmn;    I've   ordered  you  a  nice  breakfast.      Ererything  of  (he   betitl 

VTciytliing  of  tli«  beet  I     What  a  relief  it  is  to  ace  you  !     Oh,  dear,  drar, 

*That  a  relief  it  is  to  wo  you."    He  tilopp«<d  mtd  sat  down  at  tho  lablc— 

bis  face  lltislwd   with   the  ctton   to  control   the   impatience   that   waa 

damttring  him.     "  Tell  uie  about  her !  "  he  burst  out,  giring  up  tho 

«flbn  with  a  sudden  self- abamlonm  rat.     "  E  shall  die,  Jvmniy,  if  I  wait 

tor  it  any  longer.    Tell  mc  I  tell  me !  tell  me  I  " 

"  One  thing  at  a  time,**  said  Basbwood  the  youn^,  perfectly  tuunoved 
by  hta  faihfr'M  impatience.  "  We'll  try  the  breakfast  first,  and  come  to 
the  laJy  aAerwards  7    Gently  dots  it,  old  gcDtlcmao— gently  do«>  it ! " 

lie  pal  his  leaihur  bag  on  »  eliair,  and  ne  down  o[^ioMle  to  his  father, 
eonpoaod,  and  smiling,  and  bninnuflg  a  little  tune. 

No  ordinary  obaemttioo,  applying  the  ordinary  rules  of  aealyns, 
would  have  detected  the  ehnracter  of  Baahwood  the  yoimger  iti  hi§  Giov. 
His  youihlhl  look,  aided  by  his  light  hair,  and  hia  plump  l>eardleS8 
cfaecbi ;  his  easy  manner,  and  hia  ever  rcndy  smile ;  his  eyes  whioli  met 
BBshrinklfigly  the  eyes  erf  erery  one  whom  he  addressed,  all  combined  to 
mite  th'  ''II  of  him  a  fiivourablu  impressioD  in  tho  general  mind. 

Ko  eye  i  -.i  charaeler,  but  sueli  lui  eye  as  beloDgB  to  one  person, 

peTlia[cs  in  (vn  ihoufond,  could  Imvc  pcuctnxtcd  ihc  smooth  ly-dccepliro 
mitUex  pr  tbii  man,  and  have  soon  him  for  what  he  really  wiu — tho  rile 


creature  whom  thn  Titer  netA  of  Society  luu  &shioD^  for  iu  own  naa. 
There  he  Rat — the  ConfidentUl  Spy  of  modeni  times,  vrhoM  busncH  it 
ateadil;  calarging,  who«c  Privnlt  lDquit>-  OtEoes  (ire  Bieodily  mi  t&e 
locrram.  There  h«  ut — ths  necettsarjr  Detective  attendant  on  the  pro- 
grew  of  oor  luCionnl  civilixatioii ;  a  mnn  who  wan  in  tliia  inatuioe  at  leut|* 
the  legitiaata  ttnd  intelligible  prodoct  of  the  vocation  that  employed  him ; 
a  maa  profeuioDally  ready  oQ  the  merest  siiepicion  (if  th«  merest  suspidca 
paid  hioo)  to  jiet  under  our  hvdt,  and  to  look  through  gimlet-bolea  ia  oltr 
(ioorH  ;  K  mna  wIlo  would  have  been  uxelem  to  bia  cmphiyen  if  h«  eonU 
huvc  frit  a  touch  of  human  ajmpatliy  ia  his  fiulier'a  preseaco ;  oad  wIm 
would  have  dcsoivodly  forfeited  hia  mliiAtion,  if,  under  nny  circuinstnneHi 
wliuCevcr,  hu  liaJ  hoen  jHintoiially  acceuuble  tc  &  iwtue  of  pity  or  *  acax 
of  abaine. 

"Genlly  does  it,  old  -geDtlemnn,"  he  repeated,  lifting  the  covers  froai 
the  dishcH,  nod  luoking  uitdcr  them  one  after  the  other  all  jouod  tht 
Ubie.     "  Gently  doM  it  1" 

"  Dod'l  be  angry  with  me,  Jemmy,"  pleaded  hJa  ftdier.  "  Try,  if  job 
cnn,  to  think  how  anxioua  I  must  be.  I  got  your  Ivllcr  as  long  ago  W 
yesterday  morning.  I  have  hnd  to  travel  all  the  way  from  Tborpf- 
Ambroac, — I  hitvc  luid  lo  gel  through  tiiQ  drcndful  long  trx'enitig,  and 
ihe  druiidful  long  night — with  your  letter  telling  me  lliRt  you  had  found 
out  who  she  ik,  sad  telling  mo  noiliiag  more.  Suspense  ia  very  baid  to 
bear,  Jemmy,  wh«a  you  oointi  to  my  sge.  What  was  it  prevented  you« 
ray  dear,  from  crmiog  to  me  when  I  got  horu  yesterday  evening  t " 

"  A  little  dioQcr  at  Kiuhaioud,"  Niid  liuah wood  the  yoimger.     *' Giv<9 
me  8omo  ten." 

Mr.  Banhwoud  tried  to  coni]>!y  with  the  request;  but  the  hand  witte 
which  he  lilled  the  tcApot  trembled  so  unmanageably  tliat  the  (ca 
tbe  ctip  and  8ltt.'3iiii'd  out  on  the  doth.  "  I'm  very  sony  ;  1  can't 
trembling  when  I'm  unxioun,"  said  the  old  iniiu,iis  his  son  took  the 
out  of  bin  hiuid.  "I'm  afraid  you  bear  me  malice,  Jcmroy,  for  wfaits- 
tiapponod  when  T  was  Inst  in  tovn.  I  own  I  waa  obstioaie  nad  tm" 
reasonable  aUoui  going  back  to  Thorpe-Ambrose.  I'm  more  acDsible 
now.  You  wi?re  quite  right  in  taking  it  ail  on  yoursi^lf,  as  toon  as 
I  i^iowdd  yoiL  the  vt-ilcd  lady,  when  we  saw  her  comu  out  of  the  hotel; 
and  you  were  quite  right  to  send  me  back  Uic  stuoe  day  io  my  busineaa  in 
the  ateward'a  oflico  at  the  Ureat  Ilouse."  ITe  watched  the  effect  of  ikess 
concessionB  on  bia  son,  and  ventured  doubtfully  on  another  enlnyity,  "  If 
you  won't  toll  mc  anything  else  just  yet,"'  he  »id,  faintly,  "  Tvill  you  tell 
tnc  how  you  found  her  out  ?     Do,  Jemmy,— do  I " 

BathwDod  the  younger  looked  up  fvoni  bin  plate.  "  I'll  tell  you  thatt" 
he  Boid.  "The  rvckoning  np  of  3[iss  Gwilt  has  cost  mere  money  and 
taken  more  time  than  I  expected  :  and  the  sooner  we  ceuie  to  a  MtttlemCBt 
about  it,  the  sooner  wo  shall  got  to  whM  you  waat  to  know." 

"Without  a  word  of  expostulation,  the  fnther  laid  his  dii^;y  old  pocket> 
book  nnd  bis  [nine  on  the  tiibic  before  tbc  eon.    Baahwood  the  younger 


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Iool!«d  )D*o  tlM  potM !  fibaerr<>d,  yriHi  a  (wntemptooiu  deration  of  the 
cjcbiows,  (liat  it  held  no  more  i}].*)!!  .1  KvTcr«igit  and  some  ititT«r ;  ukI 
rdurueti  it  iaUct.  Tli«  pookvt-book,  on  bnng  opened  ii(!Xt,  ptovnc]  to 
eootaia  four  five-pouod  notes.  Baabwood  iha  young'r  trKmUVrrod  tbroe 
of  iho  notca  to  liis  own  keeping ;  utd  banded  the  pocket-ljook  haok  lo  liia 
Atb«r,  with  H  bow  «xprtMir9  of  mock  gTKtitude,  »nd  nrw^Uo  raipect. 

"  A  tiiounnil  tliniikt,''  he  luiid.  "  Some  cl'  It  is  Jbr  th«  p«opIe  at  our 
tiffioe,  aad  tbe  balance  ia  for  uiyaelf.  One  of  the  fcnr  stupid  things,  my  deai- 
tir,lbftt  I  have  done  in  lli«  courso  ofmjr  life,  wan  to  ivrito  von  wonl  whea 
f«a  fini  coosulkd  me,  thitt  you  inigl>t  have  my  senricoA  grali*.  Aa  you 
•Wk  I  hasten  to  repair  the  error.  An  hour  or  two  at  odd  tiniea,  I  wiu 
nady  vnough  to  give  yoii.  Rut  this  buftinees  lias  taken  days,  and  las  got 
is  the  way  of  otlier  ji>bs.  1  told  you  I  coiiIiJn't  hn  out  of  pocket  by  yoa 
—I  put  it  in  my  letter,  m  plain  u  «roriI»  could  say  it." 

"Yen,  yes,  Jemmy.     I  dou't  camplaio,  my  dear,  I  don't  com])!arn. 
Kerer  mind  die  money — Icll  me  how  you  fimnd  bor  out." 

"  BeeJdes,''  pnrsaed  SaAwood  tho  younj^cr,  j%roci>edinf;  impenetrably 
nil  hij  jiutiticsUon  of  fainuelf,  "I  have  given  you  Uie  benefit  of  my 
Ofenenco— I'r«  done  it  ebenp^  U  irotild  Luvo  coat  duublu  tlie  moiicy,  if 
laether  man  had  taken  tliia  in  hand.  Another  man  would  haf-o  kvyt  n 
nttii  on  Kfr.  Armadslo  as  well  sa  Mi»  Gwilt,  I  have  saYod  you  tluil 
apKlM.  Tea  are  certain  that  )fr.  Armadale  is  bent  on  msrryin^  her. 
Tvy  good.  In  tltat  case,  while  we  hare  cur  eye  on  htr,  wo  have,  for  all 
"bM  purpOHca,  got  our  eye  on  him.  Know  where  the  lady  ia,  aud  you 
b>ow  that  the  gcnllomau  cun't  be  fur  of)'." 

^'Qalla  Ime,  Jeuniyi  But  hovwnsit  Mia  Gwilt  osme  to  give  yoa 
•  much  Uoublc  t " 

•*  She's  a  dcviliili  clerer  woman,"  aatil  Bft«liHOo<1  the  younger ;  *'  that's 
"^"r  it  yiM,  81>Q  gate  us  the  slip  at  n  loilliner'a  aliop.  5\'e  made  it  all 
'ight  with  the  uiUloer,  aitd  speculalrKl  on  the  chance  or  hor  coming  baek 
*^  try  on  a  gown  she  had  ordered.  The  clerervat  women  lose  the  use  of 
™*ir  wits  ia  nine  cmca  out  of  ten,  where  lltere'a  a  new  dn*a  in  the  caie — 
^^  mva  IkliAt  Gwilt  was  rssli  enough  to  go  back.  That  was  all  w« 
^Anteil.  On*  of  tlie  women  JVom  our  office  helped  to  try  on  her  new 
W^t  and  put  ber  in  the  right  position  lo  be  seen  by  one  of  our  men 
Wiind  the  door.  Us  instantly  *ui>pecteil  who  she  wa«,  on  the  etren^  of 
^^  ba  bad  been  (old  of  iivr — Ibr  vhu's  a  famous  womnn  in  her  way.  Of 
Tqinc,  we  didn't  trii»t  to  that.  Wo  trneed  ht-r  to  hw  new  address ;  and 
%tgDt  a  man  ft'om  Scotland  Vnrdi  who  wm  orrlniii  to  know  ber,  if  our 
ovb  nan's  idea  was  the  right  one.  The  man  from  Scotland  Yard  turned 
htiUiAvr'a  lad  for  the  oecasioii,  and  took  her  gown  home.  He  saw  her  in 
Ipa— fir,  nnil  identified  her  in  mi  iiifetaiit.  You're  in  luck,  I  can  tell  you. 
Owilt'l  A  pnblie  character.  If  we  had  had  a  less  notorious  woman 
to  dsa)  with,  the  might  tiave  cost  us  weeks  cf  inquiry,  and  ynu  might  have 
Iwl  to  pay  hundreds  of  pounda.  A  day  did  it  in  Miss  Gwill's  cMOg 
Ud  another  day  put   the  whole  etory  of  lier  life,  iu  black  and  white, 


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into  my  liandn.     Tlicpe  it  w  J)t  the  present  momcnl,  oU  geotlenuD,  In 

blnck  bog." 

Ba»iiwood  the  fiithcr  made  utroight  for  llio  bag  with  eager  eyes,  axii 
outatreCched  hand.  Budmood  rlio  ncm  took  a  little  key  out  ot  hu  WMstocMt 
pocJtet — winked — ebook  bit  Ii«a*3 — and  put  the  koy  back  ofrain, 

"I  hnr'n't  dono  brenkrast  yel,"  he  said.  "Gtntly  dvea  It,  my  d«ir 
sir — gi'nlly  doe*  iL" 

"  1  can't  wAitI ''  ericd  the  eld  man,  utrugg'ling  vainly  to  preurTc  liii 
sidf-ooalrol.  "  It's  piwl  nine  !  Ii'i  a  Ibi-lnif^^it  to-day,  siuce  die  irtait  to 
LoDdon  with  Mr.  Armadulu  !  Sbc  may  bo  momod  to  liim  ia  a  fortnight! 
Sb«  rany  bt?  married  to  liim  iLis  morning  I     I  cun't  wnit  1     I  can't  wait  I" 

''There's  no  knowing  whitt  you  caq  di)  tiJI  you  try,"  rtjoiiicd 
Baskwood  the  younger.  "Try;  and  yeu'U  find  you  ean  wait.  WbMX 
him  Wcame  of  your  curiouly  ? "  he  went  cm,  feeding  the  fife  iiigentooalj 
witii  H  Btk'k  at  n  time.  "  Why  don't  you  a&k  ma  wknt  I  m«ui  by  calling 
MiM  CJwiil  n  public  clmractcr?  Why  don't  you  wnndpr  how  1  came  to  l^ 
my  hand  on  ibe  story  of  her  \i(c,  in  bhck  and  white?  If  you'll  sit  down 
agiun,  rU  tell  you.     If  you  vrcm'i,  I  sball  confine  myself  to  my  brcakfiwt.'' 

Ml*-  Biuihwoad  Btgb«d  heavily,  nnd  went  back  to  bis  chair. 

"  I  wish  yoa  were  not  »o  foud  of  your  joke,  Jemmy,"  ho  said;  "I 
vi«h,  my  Hmi",  yon  wore  not  i^uite  lo  fond  oryour  joke." 

"JoVaJ"  repeated  his  eon.  "  It  would  be  serious  enough  in  Home 
|)«ople'a  «yet)|  I  can  tell  you.  Miss  Gwilt  baa  been  tried  for  her  liJv;  and 
tha  papers  in  that  bluck  bag  aro  the  lawyer's  inslriictionB  for  tho  Deffncc. 
Do  you  call  that  ii  joke?" 

Tho  Talbcr  si.irted  to  bia  feet,  and  looked  straight  acroas  the  table  at 
the  aon  with  n  smile  of  cxullation  that  was  terrible  to  aeo. 

"  She's  been  tried  for  her  life  I "  he  buret  out,  with  a  deep  ga«p  oT 
MtiaflutiOQ.     <■  She's  bi'on  tried  for  lier  life  I"     He  brokft   into  n  low 
prctoged   laugh,   nnd   anapijcd   li'is   fingcnt  cxultingty.      "  Aha-ha' 
Something  to  frighten  Mr.  Armadale  in  that ! " 

Scoundrel  as  be  was,  the  son  wa»  daunted  by  tho  rxflouon  of  peal^ 
pauiou  which  burst  on  him  in  those  words. 

"  Don't  oxciii*  yniirwlf,"  he  Mid,  with  a  sullen  nipprtsaon  of  ll« 
mocking  manner  lu  wliicli  be  had  spoken  thus  fer. 

Mr.  Bashwood  tat  down  again,  and  poMcd  his  handkcrchiH*  orer  bts 
forehead.  "  No, "  he  said,  nodding  and  smiling  nt  bis  son.  "No,  ho- 
bo utoitament,  an  you  aay — I  am  wait  now,  Jemmy  ;  I  can  wait  n«w." 

Ho  waited  with  immovrihio  patience.     At  intervals,  to  nodded,  aod 
smiled,  and  whiiipered  lo  himxrti',  "  Something  to  frightm  Mr.  A; 
in  that  /  "     But  hfl  made  no  further  attempt,  by  word,  iot*k,  or  ai 
liurry  his  sou, 

liuahwood  tho  younger  Daisbed  bis  breakfast  slowly,  out  of  nan 
hm-vado;  lit  a  cigar,  with  tlic  utmost  ddibor;itiou  ;  looked  at  h'a  failier, 
niid,  seeing  him  still  as  iiniiiovably  patient  as  ever,  openod  the  black  bag 
nt  last,  and  spread  iJkc  pajwm  on  the  tabic. 


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"  How  will  yen  Jiare  it  ?  "  bo  oskoJ.  "  Long  w  iJiort?  T  have  pjt 
h«T  whole  life  here.  The  comhspI  who  defended  lier  at  liie  trinl  was 
inatrucU-d  lo  batainUT  iiard  xt  the  BjTnpatliics  wf  Uie  jury  :  lie  weat  liead 
over  cats  into  the  miseries  of  her  jnut  caropr,  and  thoclc«d  everybody  in 
eourt  ia  the  moat  workinniilike  mnnner.  Shnll  I  take  t!ie  ume  line  t 
Do  yoti  want  to  know  all  About  her,  from  llic  time  wbm  she  waa  iu  thvtl 
frocks  and  frilled  troimn?  or  do  you  prefer  galting  on  iit  once  ta  her 
first  appcaraocc  ai  n  jH-isoncr  iii  the  dock  ?  " 

"  I  want  to  know  all  about  her,"  laid  his  lather  eagerlj-.  "  TTjc 
Torsl,  and  the  best — the  ■n-orst,  paiticiilarly.  Don't  uparu  my  feelings, 
Jcmray — whatcvisr  you  do,  doa't  iparo  my  feelings  I  Cau't  I  look  at  the 
papcn  myself  ?  " 

"  No,  you  can't.  Tliey  vrould  bu  nil  Greek  and  Hebrew  to  you. 
Thsnlt  your  etara  that  you  hare  got  a  ahai-p  aon,  who  can  take  Die  pith 
oat  ot  these  papers,  and  gixc  it  a  mnack  of  the  right  llavour  in  sM!ning  it 
tfh  There  are  not  ten  men  iu  Engluiid  who  could  tcU  you  this  wouiati'n 
mrjr  aa  I  can  tell  it.  It's  a  gift,  oUi  geQifeman,  of  the  sort  thnt  ix  givpn 
1o  itry  Sen  people — and  il  lodges  hero." 

H4  lapped  his  forohead  miartly,  and  Inrncfl  to  the  fir^t  pago  of  tlic 
■unaaczipt  before  him,  with  an  iinconocaled  tiiiiriiph  iit  ihtj  pnwpKt  of 
fxhibiting  his  owa  clereraeas,  which  wa«  tlie  firat  expression  of  a  geuuiuD 
fetSag  of  any  sort  t!iat  had  escaped  him  yot. 

"Miss  Gwilt's  ttory  begins,""  anid  BasIiwocKl  the  younger,  "in  the 
■aarket-place  at  Thcrpe-Ambroae.  One  3a.y,  snmetluDg  like  a.  qnnrter  of 
^oealury  ago,  a  traTellUig  quack -doctor,  who  dealt  in  j^rrfumcTy  aa  vrell 
■■DHdiciiKB,  csmo  to  tJie  Iowa,  with  his  cnrt,  and  exhibited,  as  a  liviug 
Omple  of  the  exoellence  of  bin  waHhea  and  hur-oils  nnd  so  on,  a  pretty 
Kltl«  girl,  wilh  a  beautifiil  CBmplexicn  and  wonderful  hnir.  Ilia  Dame 
*>*Olilpr«baw.  He  bad  a  vile,  who  helped  hint  in  the  peifumery  pait 
*f  fcis  business,  and  who  carried  it  on  by  herself  nf\cr  his  death.  Shu  has 
^^n  in  the  world  of  late  years  ;  nnd  she  is  identical  with  thnt  sly  old 
''^y  who  eoipJoyed  me  profcaaiunally  a  short  time  since.  Aa  for  the 
l'*^  Bltle  girl,  you  know  who  elic  was  as  well  m  1  do.  Whil?  the 
V^di  was  baraogiuDg  ihc  mob,  and  KLuwbg  them  ihu  child'ii  hair,  a 
)'*Wg  lady,  driring  through  Clio  luurket-plucv,  slopped  her  carriage  to 
^X*t  what  it  was  all  nbout ;  mv  the  tiltle  girt ;  nnd  took  u  violeut  fancy 
**  ber  on  tlie  spot.  The  y«ung  Udy  was  the  diuughtcr  of  Mr.  Blanchard, 
*"l»Mpe-Aiubrc8c.  She  went  home,  and  inti're»ted  her  father  in  tlie 
W  of  the  innocent  lilUa  victim  of  tlie  (juack  doctor.  The  same  evening, 
'^OUetabaws  were  sent  for  to  tlie  great  house,  and  were  qunstioned. 
"*fy  dtctarcd  tbcmsclves  to  bo  her  uncle  and  aunt — a  lie,  of  eoune  t. — 
•nJ  ibojr  were  quite  willing  to  let  her  attend  iho  village  achool,  while 
*^ey  ninycd  at  ITiorpe-Anibrow,  when  tJic  proposal  was  mado  to  thorn, 
The  new  Bmngement  wn*  carrieii  out  the  next  day.  And  the  day  afWr 
thit,  tba  Oldenhjtwa  bad  disappeared,  and  had  left  the  little  girl  on  the 

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Bqoire's  bands  !  Sbe  evidently  hadn't  )m*w«n»l  m  th^y  expvA*i  in  tlie 
oipacity  of  nn  advertinnmit — and  tliiit  vm  the  •rtny  they  took  df  pro- 
Tiding  for  hor  for  life.  There  m  tlie  iirat  set  oT  itio  piny  for  you  I  CInr 
enough,  no  far,  iiin'l  it  ?  " 

*'  Clear  enough,  Jemniy,  to  clever  people.     But  Vta  old  and  alow.    I 
don't  undcnitand  one  thinju.     Wliosc  child  wna  she  ? " 

"A  Tory  B^neibie  (question.  Sony  lo  infunn  yon  Uint  nobody  csn 
answer  it — Miis  Owilt  herself  included.  These  Instructions  tbat  Tm 
rtftmng  to  lire  founded,  of  course,  on  her  own  «t«temenl8,  ta&ti  by 
her  .iltomey.  All  (the  could  rt-member,  on  being  qui?MtioD«],  wan,  tlitt 
aho  ynut  bcutcn  and  half  itarvcd,  toinewhere  in  the  counti^,  by  a  wmwa 
who  took  in  children  nt  nurse.  The  woman  luid  a  card  ■"■■ilh  her,  sutiiij 
thiLt  her  name  va*  Lydia  Gwilt,  and  got  a  yearly  oUowancc  for  Inking 
care  of  her  (paid  through  .-i,  Inwycr),  till  nhe  wag  oight  yoan  old.  At  thst 
tlms,  the  allowane*  <tt()p]>od;  the  lawyer  had  no  expIanatioD  to 
nobody  Oftmc  t«  look  after  her ;  nobody  wrote.  Tlio  Olderaham 
her,  nnd  thought  ihe  might  nnawer  to  exhibit;  nud  iho  woman  patted, 
with  her  for  a  triHc  to  the  01d(M«hawn ;  and  the  Oldenthaws  parted  with 
her  for  good  nnd  nil  to  the  Blanobarda,  That's  the  story  of  her  birth, 
parentage,  and  education  !  She  may  be  the  daughter  of  a  Duke,  or  tlie 
daughter  of  n  costcrmonKer.  The  circnautucoa  tnny  be  highly  lonmntifi, 
or  utterly  ootninonplaci!.  Fnney  anything  you  lik»— there's  twthing  to 
stop  you.  When  you've  had  your  fancy  oat,  any  the  woid,  aad  I'll  totB 
over  the  leaves  snd  go  on." 

"  Please  lo  go  on.  Jemmy — pleaae  to  go  on." 

"  The  next  gUnipae  of  Mias  Gwilt,"  rcaiuucd  Bashwood  the  younger, 
turning  over  the  pnpers,  "  is  a  glimpse  at  a  fiuniiy  mystery.     The  desettcil 
child  was  in  luclt'a  'way  at  Inst.     She  bad  token  the  &ncy  of  an  amiablv 
young  I&dy  with  a  rich  father,  and  abe  wiu  petted  and  made  mudi  of  at- 
the  grent  house,  in  the  character  of  Misa  Bl.'uichard's  la.<ti  new  playthii^. 
Not  long  flilerwarda  Mr.  Blonchnrd  nsd  his  daughter  wciit  nbrtod,  and. 
took  the  girl  wlih  them  In  iJie  capacity  of  Mim  Hiaiichard'a  little  maid. 
When  thoy  canto  hack,  the  daughter  had  tniirrieil,  lUid  become  »  widow, 
in  the  interval ;  and  the  pretty  little  maid,  instead  of  returning  with  them 
to  Til orpi!- Ambrose,  turns  up  suildcnly,  nil  alone,  as  a  pupil  stn  school 
in  Francu.     Tlit^rc  nhc  wiw,  nt  a  firat-rnte  ostAhlishnicnt,  with  her  main- 
tenance and  education  ai'cured  until  she  iiinrried  iind  settled  in  liSe,  on  thift  ^ 
understanding, — that  «hc  never  returned  lo  England.     Those  wen  oUj^^H 
fArticulars  she  could  be  prevailed  on  to  give  the  lawyer  who  drot^H^ 
liiesH  inHtructionH.     Sh«  declinetl  to  tny  what  had  happened  abroad ;  she 
declined  even,  after  all  the  yeara  that  had  panKd,  to  mention  her  nustr^'i 
married  nnme.     It's  <{uite  clear,  of  course,  that  nhe  wiu  in  possosHon  oT 
Bome  family  secret;  nnd  that  the  Blnnchaids  paid  for  her  schooling  on  the 
C<»ntinent  to  keep  her  out  of  the  wa.y.     And  it's  equally  pUio  that  she 
would  nerer  have  kept  her  secret  as  elie  did,  if  she  had  not  Ho>ca  her  wiy  lo 
IntdiogonitforhcrovmndTautage  atsome  future  time.  .  A  dwer  wonMii, 


}  told  yoii  ulreacljr  t  A  dovllUli  clever  womui,  who  hasn't  be*a 
knoclicd  ibotit  in  the  world,  and  seen  the  ups  iind  downa  of  life  abroad 
and  at  bomc  f<>r  uoiliiog." 

"  Tea,  yes,  Jemmy ;  quite  true.     Itov  lang  did  she  rIo]"),  pleasf^  at 
the  school  in  Fraoco?  " 

BAHhwood  tho  youDgor  rcfv-rrcd  to  the  pspors. 

"  She  Moppetl  at  the  Frencli  ichool,"  be;  r«p}it<d,  "  till  she  was  seven- 

tMD.  Al  that  time,  •omttliing  happened  at  the  school  which  I  6nd  mildly 

dnorit>Gd  io  tbeAc  pnpers  at  '  somelhing  unplooaant.'     TIir  plain  fuct  was, 

ihal  ihe  mnsc-masler  ulCaclied  to  the  establiflhrneni  till  in  love  with  Miw 

Gwilt,     Ho  was  a  »«8pectable  middlo-aged  man,  with  a  wile  and  iiiUiily — 

ind  finding  the  ciroamiianccft  cntir4<Iy  i)oj>^I(.-ss,  hu  ccok  u  pistol,  nnd 

lukly  aasuniog  tJiat  he  hnd  braina  iu  his  head,  iricd  to  blow  them  out. 

The  d«^ctofB  saved  hia  life,  but  not  his  reaaoa — he  etidctl,  whore  he  hnd 

btttcr  hare  begun,  in  an  nsylum.     MissGwilt's  btauty  luiviiig  been  ai  the 

lollom  of  the  acaodnl,  it  was  «f  courao  impostible — though  aho  wu  provml 

tokava  b««n  och^rwiite  (jiiite  binmclcm  in  tlio  matler — >ror  licr  lo  I'linjiiQ 

ittlietchool  miliar  what  lutd  happened.     Iler  '  frii^nil!) '  (the  I!knch.tr<l«) 

*m  ocmmunioated  wiih.     And  her  friL'Tuls  Irunsferrcd  h«r  to  onolhcr 

kbool ;  at  Dnia»ela,  ihU  time. What  arc  you  yightng  about  ?  wh.it'« 

Wwg  DOW  7  ■' 

"I  ain't  hidp  fuuliiig  n  little  for  t}ie  poor  munc-master,  Jemmy. 
Gomi." 

"Accordiiig  to  her  own  account  vf  U,  dad,  Hiss  Gwill  nccms  to  have 
Ut  Iu  him  too.  She  tool:  a  soriooi  turn ;  and  woe  '  convortod '  (at  they 
^  n)  by  the  lady  who  had  cliarfte  of  hct  id  the  interval  lieforu  she  w(-nt 
»£nifi«cU.  'ITie  pi-icst  at  the  Belginn  nchool  appears  lo  have  been  a 
■■a  of  some  discretion,  and  to  hnvit  Mccn  tlmt  thu  girl's  letiAibililiea  wet's 
B*tttng  inio  a  dangtrruiialy  rsciL<.-d  elittv.  JJctuiv  lie  could  quiet  her  dowa, 
**fcll  ill,  and  was  enccecded  by  another  prieet,  who  was  a  fiiiiutic.  You 
*ill  andcTStand  the  sort  of  interest  ho  t«ok  in  the  girl,  and  ihe  way  in 
Vaidtt  b«  worked  on  her  fe«ling>,  when  I  tell  you  that  she  anuouuued  it  aa 
"W  dwawon,  aJWr  liaving  been  nenrty  two  ywtrs  «t  iho  Mhool,  to  end  her 
^yi  in  a  con%'cnt !  You  may  well  Marti  '  Minit  Gwilt,  in  the  character 
*"  ■  Ntui,  la  th«  M>rt  of  fv-maiv  phenomenon  you  don't  ofUin  set  nyes  on. 
WwiJeu  are  quetr  orcnlurei." 

"Did  she  gv  i»t<»  the  convent  ? "'  aaked  Mr.  Bashwoml.  "  Did  tJiey 
M  Iht  go  in,  ao  fritndlcsB  and  so  young,  with  nobody  to  adviee  her  for 

"The  BInncharda  were  consulted,  as  a  maltcv  cf  form,"  puraoed 
Biiiiwood  tlM  yooDger.  "  7'Afy  liJid  no  objection  to  Iiit  chuttjog  herself 
"P  in  a  coRVCOt,  aa  you  may  well  imagine.  Tlie  iileasante-it  letter  ihcy 
('vk^  bvra  liCTi  I'll  answer  for  it,  was  che  letter  in  which  f^e  ool^mnly 
McteNnof  thorn  iu  lliis  world  for  ever.  The  people  at  the  convent 
*ire  aa  caretbl  aa  usual  not  to  commit  themsclvci.  Tboir  rules  wouhln't 
tlUv  hit  to  take  the  veil  IJII  tlio  had  tried  the  life  for  a  year  6rat,  and 


9S4  AKMADALK 

tlien,  ir  die  !ia^  nny  doubl,  for  another  jrear  afler  thnt.  Site  tried  lite  life 
fcr  tho  fiwt  ymr,  aooci-dinglj^nd  doubted.  She  tritd  it  for  the  G»ond 
j-pnr — nut!  wan  wise  cnoiigli,  tij  that  timo,  to  give  it  up  without  flirllicr 
hc-sitntion.  Htr  [wailtoa  was  rather  wi  awlcwrd  ouc  when  she  focni 
hiTni'if  at  liberty  again.  The  siBtt-r*  iit  tin-  convfnl  had  lt>KL  ih'^r  intereit 
in  her ;  the  niistrcs  at  the  nchool  declined  to  take  her  hack  as  tcnchcr,  cm 
thff  groQud  that  eho  \nu  too  nice-Iaoking  for  the  place ;  tho  prirst  cum- 
sidered  her  to  bu  pcuwJseJ  by  the  devil.  There  waa'  nothing  for  it  hut  tc 
wriU)  to  l]ii;  rilanchards  again,  anil  a»k  thoni  to  etart  her  in  life  aa  a  tratdxTr 
of  mimic  on  her  own  amount.  She  wrote  to  her  former  mislroseitocordingl^. 
Her  fortoer  mi»trcu  had  evidently  douhurd  the  genuineness  of  the  giri'a 
ie«vlution  to  bo  a  aun,  and  had  seised  thn  opportunity  offered  "by  the 
fareirel]  letter  nf  three  yenrx  wnce  to  cut  off  all  further  coDimaaicntlon 
between  her  ex-wailing  maid  nnd  lier^elf.  MIm  Gwill'a  letter  -ma  returned 
by  the  post-ofliw.  She  caused  inquiries  to  bo  made  ;  and  foand  that 
ti\i.  ntanchard  wns  dead,  and  that  his  danghier  had  left  the  grent  htniM 
for  80iiie  place  of  rcttrcmctit  oiikDown.  Tiic  next  thing  abc  did,  upon 
this,  was  lo  write  to  the  heir  in  posseRsion  of  the  alaU',  The  letter  wai 
answered  by  his  inliciiors,  who  were  iiistmcted  to  put  tlie  law  in  foi-ccat 
the  first  ntttmpt  slie  made  to  extort  money  from  any  member  of  thu  family 
at  Thorpe- Ambrose.  Th«  hist  chance  was  to  get  ut  the  addreaa  of  tivr 
luiatrcEs's  pince  of  retirement.  'ITie  family  bankct-s,  to  whom  she  wrote, 
wroto  hoclc  to  nay  that  they  wore  in.structed  tiot  to  give  the  lady's  addrem 
to  any  one  upplyi'ig  for  it,  without  being  previously  empowered  to  doao 
by  tliu  htdy  h'^rttvU'.  That  last  letter  settled  the  [{iici>tion- — Minn  Gwilt 
oould  do  nothing  nir.re.  With  money  at  her  command,  nhn  might  have 
gone  to  England,  and  iiui'lc  thcBlnnoWds  ihink  twice  Wfore  they  carried 
thing*  with  too  high  a  Iiantt.  Not  having  a  halfpenny  nt  contmnnd,  she 
wna  helplesR.  Without  money  and  without  friends,  you  may  wander  how 
slic  supported  hcraelf  whilu  the  oorreapondcncc  wcia  going  on.  She  nip- 
ported  herself  by  ptnying  the  pianoforte  nt  a  low  cftncert-rooiu  in  Drus«cli> 
The  men  laid  aioge  to  her,  of  course,  in  all  dirt-etioTin — but  they  found  her 
inscnsihlc  na  arlamnnt.  One  of  ihfsc  n.ject«<l  gentlemen  wm  n  Uumian; 
ajid  he  was  the  means  of  making  her  acqiitiintcd  with  a  oountrywoniaa  of 
his — whose  nacnc  ia  unpronounceable  by  English  IJpa.  Tvet  us  give  her 
her  title,  and  call  her  the  Baronet.  The  two  wotnen  liked  each  other 
id  their  f\m  ititrnducttnn ;  .im)  a  new  secne  open<jd  in  Miaa  Gwilt'a  lile. 
Hhe  Iwcanie  reader  and  companion  to  the  liaronesa.  Everything  was  right, 
everything  waa  smooth  on  the  surface.  Everything  was  rotten  and  every- 
thing was  wrong,  under  it.'* 

"  lu  wliat  way,  Jeuimy  7  PIcaae  to  wait  a  little,  and  tell  lue  in  what 
way." 

"In  this  way.  The  Baioneits  waa  fond  of  trav«lling,  and  ilte  h>d 
a  select  Ecl  of  friooda  about  her,  who  were  iitite  of  her  war  of  thiuking. 
They  went  from  one  city  on  th«  Contiuent  to  another,  and  wer<  neh 
cliurming  [jcople  that  they  picked  up  acituaintances  everywhere.     Tht 


Ki^dunUuicM  wore  invited  to  the  Baroaesa't  rMeptions — And  cnrd-tablea 
Twe  iavaria1)ljr  a  part  uf  tie  Burouc9s'rt  fiirnitiire.  Do  you  »m  it  now  ? 
crmnit  1  lell  you,  in  the  BtrictcflE  confidence,  ihat  cards  wcrt  not  coii- 
iieni  nnfal  on  (Iiese  Testire  ot'caaioni,  and  tlint  the  luck,  at  the  end  or  xhts 
moiofF,  tarnftd  out  to  he.  nlniMt  invariably  fln  ll»!  ildc  of  thfl  Baronens  and 
WlHeiKh.  Swindl«r«,  all  oftlioiii — nnd  there  isn't  a  doubc  on  my  mimr, 
whatfTfr  thfire  may  be  on  y<iur«,  tliiit  Mim  GwHt'a  tnannem  and  sppear- 
SE«  made  ber  a  raluable  member  of  the  soaicty  in  the  capiLoity  of  a  decoy. 
Btr  cnrn  siaMment  is,  that  she  was  innocent  of  all  knowledge  of  what  reuHy 
Ttntca  ;  that  aho  traa  qnito  ignomnt  of  cnrd-pJaying  ;  that  she  hadn't 
neb  t  tiling  M  «  T«sp«ctabla  friend  to  turn  to  in  the  world ;  nnd  th»t  eho 
bnettly  like«l  tlip  Baroness,  for  the  eimple  reason  that  the  BiirontM 
•Ma  hearty  good  friend  to  hev  from  Jintt  to  last.  Believe  tliat  or  not, 
u  pa  pleaae.  Per  five  years  she  travelled  abont  nil  over  i.ho  Continent, 
liitL  tbese  card-sbarpcra  in  high  life,  and  elie  mi(;ht  have  been  nmdng 
^m  at  thin  mooaent,  for  anything  I  know  (o  iho  c^nirnr)-,  if  the 
Btroneas  lad  not  car.ght  a  Tartar  al  Naples,  in  the  shapft  of  a  rich 
irmtling  Engliahman,  named  Waldron.  Aha!  that  name  startles  you, 
^  itT  You've  rend  the  Trial  cf  thu  Ifimona  Mr^  Wnldvnn,  like  Iht! 
nrt  of  ilie  world  T  And  you  know  who  Mias  Gwilt  in  now,  without  my 
WtiCgyon?" 

lie  paused,  and  looked  at  hi«  father  in  sudden  perplexity.  Far  from 
Mag  oTcrwhclmed  by  the  discovery  which  had  juat  burst  on  him, 
Kr.  BafiwrMyl,  after  the  first  natural  movemeot  of  siuprise,  faced  hin  aon 
wbiielf.jiMseRsion  which  was  nothing  short  cf  extraordinary  undt^r  ihu 
BK<imelaDct«.  There  wsh  a  new  brightncst  in  hia  eyes,  and  a  new  colour  in 
U*  &ce.  If  it  hnd  Iwen  possible  to  coaceivc  sudi  a  thing  of  a  man  ia  hia 
P^on,  he  aermed  to  be  absolutely  encouraged  intdeud  of  dcprcwed  by 
■liitbebad  just  heard.  "  Go  on,  Jemmy,"  ho  tiiid,  quietly  ;  "  I  am  ono 
rfll*  few  people  who  didn't  read  the  Tri;U — I  only  ht.«rd  of  it." 

Still  wondorin);:  inwardly,  Bwhwood  the  younger  iccovcrad  himiclli 
■M  went  on. 

"  Ton  always  were,  and  you  always  will  ha,  bthlnd  the  age,"  he  aaid. 
"Vbca  WQ  come  to  the  Trial,  I  can  toll  you  as  much  about  iCas  you  need 
loov.     In  the  meantime,  we  muni  go  baiil:   to  the  BaroneM  and  Mr. 
fl'aldron.     For  a  certain  number  cf  nights  the  £ugliii)imau  let  the  card- 
■hrptra  Iiavc  it  all  their  own  way, — in  otlier  word*,  he  paid    for   iho 
privikg*  of  inakiiig  himself  agreeable  to  MihS  Gwilt.     When  ho  thought 
Whad  produced  the  neceeeary  impreasiDn  on  her,  ho  exposed  the  whole 
ttofoderacy  without  mercy.     The  police  interfered;  the  Baroni«s  found 
kndf  in  prison ;  and  Miss  OwUt  was  put  between  the  two  alternatives  of 
MoCptbigf  Mr.  Waldron's  protection,  or  b*ing  thrown  on  tho  world  again. 
8ti«  was  amaringly  virluoua,  or  amazingly  cln'cr,  which  you  plejiw.     To 
Hr.  WaUron's  aBlonisbment,  eho  told  lam  th.it  she  could  fiiee  the  proapoet 
of  boing  Pirown  on  the  world  ;  and  that  be  must  addresa  her  honour- 
ably or  Imve  lier  for  ever.      The  end  of  it  was  what  the  end  always  is, 


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326  ARMADAT.K. 

when  Ute  riad  U  in&tiuUd  nnd  tbe  woman  is  det«raun«d.  To  the  di^put 
of  liki  &mil/  and  fri«ndi,  Mr.  Waldroo  tnidc  «  rirtuc  of  Bcoeuitj,  nod 
autrricd  licr." 

"  How  old  WM  lie?  "  asked  Buhwood  Um  tiAug  oagerlj. 

Buhwood  die  jrounger  bunt  oiU  Unghing,  "  He  wu  libout  old  enoujli, 
daddy,  to  be  /our  aon,  and  ricli  enough  to  bav«  bunt  tbat  ptvcioaa  pookct- 
book  of  jroon  with  tlioiwuid-poand  note*  t  Don't  bang  your  liecd.  b 
WBKi't  a  bappy  marriage,  tbougb  be  UMuao  jroiing  and  ao  rich.  Thej  tind 
lkbro*d,  and  got  on  woU  coongb  at  first.  He  toade  a  new  will,  of  ooart*, 
M  toon  a«  Im  wai  married,  and  proridcd  basdMin*!/  far  his  wife,  tiadv 
tbe  tender  preasuro  of  lbs  boaeyntoon.  Bat  women  wear  out,  like  olW 
tbingi^  with  liiDrt  ;  and  onQ.tino  morning  Mr.  Waldron  wolea  op  wilb  a 
doubt  in  bis  mind  whctbcr  Ite  bad  nut  acted  like  a  fvol.  lie  waa  an  ill- 
tempered  man;  bo  tma  diwonteoted  witb  hiiuaelf;  and  of  cooraa  b«  iMtda 
hia  wile  feel  it.  Having  begun  by  tjuurelling  wilb  ber,  he  got  on  to  Mia- 
pKtiag  her,  and  became  sarngvlj  jealnus  of  avcry  malo  creaturi;  wbii  j 
ent«r«d  the  1)ou!k>.  They  had  no  inoumbrancM  in  ilio  shnpo  of  vbil^^^H 
and  ibey  iiiovod  iVoid  ono  place  to  unothcr,  just  oh  liiii  jealoutjr  ineOliV 
bim,  till  tbey  mored  back  to  England  nt  last,  sAcr  hKiring  beva  married 
oloie  on  foiir  years.  Hu  }im\  a.  lonely  old  bouse  of  bis  own  anwqg  iba 
Yorlishiro  moora,  and  liitre  lie  alint  bia  wile  nnd  liiinjt-lf  up  from  •my 
living  er«niur«,  except  his  un'iLQU  and  bis  dogs.  Only  one  result  could 
come,  of  course,  of  treaiiag  a  higb-spiiitcd  young  woman  in  tliat  way.  It 
nay  be  fate,  or  it  may  be  cliaucc — but,  wliencrer  a  woman  is  dcsperabr, 
ihorQ  is  siiro  to  Iw  n  man  h.'iiidy  to  lako  ailvuntago  of  it.  TUe  rnaa  in  lUi 
OMe  waa  nttber  a  '  <ki'k  h<3rsi?,'  .is  ttivy  say  on  lbs  turf.  He  was  a  certaia 
Oaptnia  Manual,  s  nalifo  of  Cuba,  and  (acoording  to  liis  own  account)  an 
ut-oSicer  in  tbe  SpiiniMh  niivj.  He  had  met  Mr.  Waldron's  beautifnl  wiJii 
on  the  join-ney  back  to  Kiigland  ;  had  contrived  to  speak  to  ber  in  sniienf 
her  huKbiind'ii  jitalousy ;  and  bad  followed  liar  to  lier  place  of  inipnwtt* 
tnent  in  Itlr.  Wwlilron's  bouse  on  ibe  niooriL  Tlie  captiun  ia  deao^^l 
k»  a  ck'ver,  d<;lermined  fallow — of  the  dating  piralioil  sort — with  thftd^^H 
of  mystery  about  him  that  women  like "  ^^ 

"She's   not  the  same  as  otliar  women  1  "  interposed  Mr.  Bnshwood, 

Buddnniy   jnterrii jjI itig   his  son.     "Wd   «!ie ?"      His   roice   iailud 

biiii,  and  he  3iop|)ed  withniit  bringiog  tbe  (juesuuii  to  an  end. 

*'Did  s)ie  like  the  captain?"  suggested  Uaahwood  the  younger  wilb 
anotbor  ImiRh.     "  According  to  her  own  account  of  it,  ulie  adond  bin. 
At  tha  snine  time  her  conduct  (oa  represented  by  h<tr«eh')  waa  periecdy 
incoccut.      Conaidcring   how   curefully   her   1iusI)hihI   watclied   her    Um 
statement  (incredible  m  it  appears)  is  probably  true,     i-'or  aix 
so,   Ihcy  oooiined   theoiselvea   to   corTcqionding   privately;    the 
captain  (who   spoke  und   wrote  English  perfectly,)  baving  contrived? 
Riake  H  gi)-bt?lwi3eu  of  one  cfthc  female  surraiits  in  tlie  Torkahire  houM. 

How  it  might  liave  ended  we  nccdo't  trouble   ounvWui   to   inquire 

Mr.  Waldron  bimselT  brought  msttws  to  a  crisis.     Wh«tbn  b«  got  wind 


ARMADALE. 

of  tba  dud<atiao  contvpondciioQ  or  noi,  doen't  appear.  Bat  thin  ia 
Mrtaio,  tbat  Im  cuae  home  from  a  rida  ono  day,  in  •  fi«reir  lvn)|>or  than 
ittual^-thiit  his  wife  showed  him  a  sample  of  thai  high  spiril  of  htri 
wbifih  he  had  nor«r  J^ct  bMo  able  Co  break — and  that  it  endvtl  in  bta 
Mriking  ber  aorow  Uie  Act  wiUi  liiti  riding-whip.  Ungsntleiaimly  con- 
duct, I  am  aliaid  we  niiui  admit;  but  to  all  outwmxl  appearance,  the 
riding-whip  produced  the  molt  antoniidiing  rMulta,  From  thai  m^tnenl, 
iha  lady  aulimitled  aa  ahe  had  nev«ir  tubuiittcd  before.  For  a  Ibrlnight 
•ftanrards,  he  did  what  he  Uked ;  aod  sho  never  tlmartcd  him — hv  iaid 
what  he  likod;  and  iltc  nercr  uttaird  a  word  of  protesl.  Some  men 
■igbl  haru  auspMtviJ  ihia  euddeii  rt-fornkation  of  hidiug  something  dau- 
gtKnu  under  th«  aurf&ee.  Whethor  Mr.  \Valdron  l<ioki--d  at  it  in  thm 
light,  I  can't  t«Ii  ;oii.  All  lluit  is  knotrn  is.  that  before  the  roarlc  of  tlio 
whip  was  off  hia  witv's  face,  he  feJI  ill,  and  that  in  two  dajs  al\erwards, 
he  waa  a  dead  man.     What  do  you  aay  lo  ilml  ?  " 

"I  ^y  he  dceerrcil  it  I  "  aunrered  Mr.  Baflhwood,  ntrikinj;  hh  hand 
ttsitcdly  on  the  table,  aa  hia  aon  pauwd,  and  loi>licd  at  him. 

"  The  doctor  who  attanded  the  dying  man  wna  not  of  your  way  of 
thinkijif,"  remarked  Bathwood  the  younger,  drily.  "He  callinl  in  two 
■tker  madMal  men,  and  they  all  llirea  rt>fuMd  to  certily  the  death.  Tiia 
Mttl  li^l  inreatJgatioD  follovud.  The  erldencc  of  the  docton  and  Lite 
iridcnea  of  the  strranta  pointed  irreiialibly  in  oii«  and  the  same  direction ; 
nd  Ut*.  Waldron  waa  comruitltd  for  trial,  oo  tlio  cliarge  of  murdei-ing 
W  buabaod  by  poiaon.  A  aulicitor  in  fimt-rato  oritnioal  practice  niu 
MU  for  front  I^ndon,  to  gut  up  the  prisoner'!  defence — and  theee  '  In- 
Rniatiena'  took  ihi-ir  form  and  shape  accordiDgly.  What'a  tliP  iiiBller  7 
WW  do  yoti  want  now  T  " 

Suddenly  rising  from  hia  cliair,  Mr.  Rntliwood  stretched  acroex  the 
Uilt^  and  tried  to  take  llie  papent  from  liia  rod.  "  1  want  t«  look  at 
^m,"  he  bunt  out  eagerly.  "  1  want  to  Bee  what  tliey  My  about  the 
njCain  from  Cuba,  lie  waa  at  the  bottom  of  it.  Jemmy — I'll  awear  he 
*u  at  the  butoin  of  it  T' 

"Nebody  doubted  l]uit,  who  wax  in  the  aeeret  of  the  ease  at  Ua  time," 

njontd  bit  son.     "  But  nobody  coiiJil   prore  it.     Sit  down  again,  <Ltd, 

••4  fionpoaa  yonrecif.     Titere's  nothing  h«rc  about  Captain  Uanncl  biU 

ibi  iawyer'a  private  auqiidoDa  of  him,  for  the  counael  to  aot  on  or  not, 

M  ibe  oounacl'a  diacxction.     From  fintt  to  lout,  fibo  pcraislcd  in  acneainff 

Ibe  captain.    At  the  outMt  of  thc!  buaineaa,  die  volunteered  two  atatrmcnla 

to  the  lawyer — loth  of  which  he  auapcctod  to  be  falw.     In  llie  firat  place, 

iba declared  that  alio  was  innocent  of  thc  crime,     lie  wnan't  surpnasd,  of 

ent»e,  M  far  )  hia  olienia  were,  as  a  general  rule,  in  the  habit  of  deceiving 

lun  in  that  way.     In  the   aecond   place,  while   admitling  ber   privala 

rwna|wiiiiil>iirii  with  tli«  Cuban  eaplaio,  ahe  declared  tliat  Iho  IttUn  on 

both  Mdea  relaUtl  eolely  to  a  propoicd  elopement,  lo  which  her  hosband'a 

bubwotu  trcatOHtnt  had  induced  her  to  conaent.     The  lawyer  naturally 

uk\ti  to  BH  tbf  leiten.    <  He  bu  btinil  all  my  lettera,  and  I  liare  burnt 


ARXtADAIJK. 


all  lilf,'  wal  A»  tK&y  autver  he  get.  It  was  quit«  possible  thai 
Muniol  might  bare  burnt  her  leliers,  when  he  hcud  there  iraa  a  oo: 
ioquot  in  the  houne.  But  it  ires  ia  her  solicitor's  cxpttricnoc  (as  it  is 
ic  n>7  cxpmence  too)  that  when  n  iromnti  i*  Tond  of  &  man,  in  nincty- 
niDC  caaca  out  of  a  hundred,  ligfc  or  no  riik,  ahe  ke«pt  hU  letter*.  Having 
lui suapiciom TouMd  in  this  way,  the  lawyer priratdynkadeeoueiitquino} 
about  the  foreign  cnjitain — and  found  tliat  ho  was  as  short  of  moaej  a>  a 
foreigQ  captain  could  be.  At  the  nme  lime,  he  put  aomc  rgucstioDs  to  hit 
eli«nt  abont  h«r  expectation!  from  her  d«c«iu«d  huaband.  Sh«  on- 
swtTCsi,  in  high  indigiiAtion,  that  a  will  had  been  found  among  hvr 
huahand's  ]'<a]>era,  privately  csocutcd  only  a  fev  daya  befora  Ma  dealli, 
and  leaving  hcruonior?,  out  of  alibis  immcnra  (bitune,  than  five  tboannd 
pounds.  '\P3S  tht^reui  older  will,  tlivn,'  says  the  lawyer,  'which  the  sew 
viU  Rvofced?'  Ycf,  there  wa»;  a  will  that  he  had  given  into  her  own 
posscndon;  n  will  made  when  they  were  first  married.  'Leaving  kii 
widow  well  provided  for  ? '  Lenving  her  just  ten  times  aa  much  aa  the 
second  will  Ij-ft  her.  '  Had  «h*  ever  mentioned  that  first  will, 
revokril,  to  Ciipiain  ^^anud  1  ^  She  uw  tlie  trap  net  for  her— and 
*No,  u«Ter  1  *  ivitJiout  an  inttunt's  he«ilatioo.  That  reply  cooGrmed  ifat 
lawyer's  suspicions.  He  tried  to  frighten  her  hy  declaring  that  her  Ufa 
might  i«y  the  forfeit  of  her  deceiving  him  in  this  matter.  With  the 
uiual  obMinacy  of  women,  she  remained  just  aB  immovnble  aa  ever.  The 
captnin,  on  his  side,  behaved  in  the  most  cxcmplarj-  manner.  He 
oonfuaecd  lo  planning  the  elopement ;  ]ie  dcclurod  that  ho  hod  burnt  all 
the  lady's  Utterf  na  ih«y  rewshed  hira,  out  of  regard  for  Iht  repntatioii; 
he  remained  in  the  neighbourhood  ;  and  ha  volunteered  to  nttend  before 
the  magistrates.  Nolliiiig  was  diiicorercd  that  could  lec^aily  conOMt  him 
with  thfl  crime — or  tlint  could  i>iit  hira  into  court  on  the  day  of  the  Trial, 
in  anyothcrcapacity  than  the  capacity  of  a  witaeas.  I  don't  bclicre  niyaslf 
ihat  there's  any  moral  doubt  (us  they  call  it)  that  Itlannel  knew  of  thi 
which  left  her  inislrcw  cf  fifry  l^«ll^nnd  jKrunds ;  and  that  lie  was 
nnd  willing]  in  virtue  of  ilmt  circumslanco,  to  mniTy  her  on  Mr.  Waldixng^ 
death.  If  anybody  tempted  her  lo  effect  lier  own  rvleate  from  her 
huabsnd  by  making  hcrulf  a  widow,  the  captain  must  liare  bc«a  the  nue. 
And  unk'SK  «bc  coiilriveil,  guarded  and  watched  as  slic  w&<t,  to  f^  ihe 
poison  for  herseir,  liie  poiaon  njust  liavc  conic  to  her  in  one  of  the 
captain's  leltera." 

"I  don't  believe  she  used  it,  if  it  did  come  to  her!"  ezsMnwd 
Mr.  Dashwood.  "1  believe  it  wot  tho  captain  himaclf  who  poisoned 
her  hii«b!Lnd! " 

BoBhwtiod  tlie  younger,  without  noticing  the  interruption,  folded  np  lfc« 
InetruetionB  for  the  Defence,  wliioh  iiaii  now  nerved  their  purpose;  put 
them  baclc  in  his  hag;  and  produced  it  printed  pnm]>hlet  in  tJieir  plaee. 

"  Here  ia  one  of  the  publiiihcd  Keporia  of  the  Triiil,"  he  said,  "  whlcb 
you  can  read  at  your  loifldre,  if  you  like.  We  needn't  wa«t«  time  now  by 
going  into  details.     I  have  told  you  nlrtuidy  bow  cleverly  ]i«r  ooobmI 


AMfADAtE. 

.Tcd  Ilia   vay   l<>r   treating  tLc   cbar^gc   of  murdoTt  ■•  Um   crowning 

ity   of  tlie  many  iliAt  bad  ulreiidy  GiIIcd  on  ux  Innocent  woinuii. 

be  two  legal  points  relied  ou  for  tJie  ddV-nce  (aA«r  tlib  prtJiiiiiiiHrj 

)w*r«: — First,  iitoX  ifcere  wm  n*  cvidenco  to  cflanocl  lier  with 

ion  of  poisun  ;    and,   fccundly,   thiit   tli«    lULxlicnt   Ritnetaes, 

[)>v1iilc  poeitirclj  dcoliuing  tluit  her  hvubnti'd  lind  diud  by  poison,  difTort;!] 

jn  their  cuiclUBions  us  to  the  pnrticulnr  drug  that  had  kllkd  hitn.     Both 

goo«I  ptNiita,  oBtl  botli  well  worked ;  but  the  evidence  on  the  other  taiia 

ion  down  everything  befora  it.     TJie  prisoaer  waa  proved  to  have  hud 

so  has  tLaii  thra«  excellent  retuons  (oi  killing  her  hiubiind.     He  had 

treated  her  with  Klmont  unexampled  hArbarity ;  he  hnd  icCt  bvt  in  a  will 

(narcroked  so  fiir  u  >he  knev)  mintrcu  of  n  forlune  on  hit  tlonth ;  and 

ilic  was  by  lier  ovm  confesaion  contemphiting  an  elopement  with  another 

BHUt.     Hsviiig  Ect  ti>rtb  llicte  motircs,  the  pri>seculti>Q  uext  nhowi-d  hy 

erideaw,  which  was  never  once  shaken  on  any  single  poinl,  thnt  the  onu 

pnoR  in  iho  hoaae  who  could  by  nny  human  poRaJbility  have  adminUtered 

the  poiwo,  was  the  prisoner  at  the  bur.     Wbnt  c«iild  the  judge  and  jury 

de^  vitli  Buch  evidence  before  them  Ai  this  ?     The  verdict  was  Guilty,  lui 

ksuKd'  of  couriie ;  and  tlie  judjiv  declared  that  he  a^^ed  with  it.     The 

bcule  part  of  tha  andience  was  in  hyulcrics ;  and  the  mala  p.in  waa  not 

Buch  better.     Tb«  judge  subbed,  and  the  Bar  ahuddored.    She  waa 

Milaniccd  to  death  in  auoh  n  iceno  ns  hnd  never  been  previoualy  witneascd 

a  u  EttglUh  Court  of  Justice.     And  the  is  nlive  and  hearty  nt  t)i« 

ptMot  moment ;  free  to  do  any  mischief  she  picaaes,  and  to  poison  »l  her 

**VenUre  oonTmicnce,  any  mao,  woman,  or  child  that  hiifpcna  to  stand 

in  W  way.     A  ucwt  interesting  wom^in  t     Keep  on  good  terms  ifitb  her, 

"If  dear  eir,  whatever  you  do — ior  the  havr  hutt  vaid  to  iier  in  the  plainest 

pBiUc  Engliah,  '  My  charming  friend,  I  have  no  terrors  for  you  /' " 

"  How  w«i  nhe  pardoned  T  "  aakcd  lit.  Baahwood  breathleaaly.  "  They 
hid  toe  at  tbe  lime — but  I  have  forgotten.  Was  it  the  Ilome-Socrotary  ? 
Bit  wu^  I  respect  the  flomo-Secrotary  I  1  say  the  Home-Secretary  waa 
^Wvii^  of  his  place." 

*  Qtut«  right,  old  gcntlcnuut  I  "  rejoined  Bashweod  the  yoiing«r.  "  The 
BttnfrSocretnry  nna  die  obedient  humble  servant  of  an  enljghlen«>d  Free 
^'*M  and  he  wa«  doierving  nf  his  place.  la  it  possible  you  don't  know 
Wlbe  cheated  the  gallows  f  If  you  don't  1  must  tell  you.  On  the 
nwugof  the  Trial,  two  cr  tbrec  of  the  yonng  Bnccnnit^nt  of  Literature 
"CM  down  to  two  ox  three  ai.-wBpaper  ofEotc,  and  wrote  two  or  thre« 
'xcniending  lending  sriiclea  on  the  tubjecC  of  the  proceedings  in  court. 
^  bcxt  nonting  the  public  caagbt  light  like  tinder ;  and  the  prisoner 
*M  tried  over  n^in,  before  an  amateur  court  of  justice,  iu  tho  columns 
^fix  sewqiopen.  All  tho  people  who  had  no  prrsonul  experience 
'hienr  on  tlie  subject,  seized  their  pens,  and  rushed  (by  kind  permia- 
■■m  of  the  editor)  into  print.  Doctont  who  had  not  attended  the  sick  man, 
^d  trfio  bad  nof  been  present  at  the  examinaii^in  of  the  T>ndy,  drclarcd 
^donu  tliat  bo  bitd  died  a  natitr&l  deatlt.     Barristers  without  boaioens, 


ARMADALE. 


vko  hud  not  h^MA  the  eTi<!ciiC4>;  ntiackod  Uia  Jniy  who  had  heard  . 
fudged  Hw  Jutige,  who  had  mI  on  tho  beDch  beibre  nme  of  ibc 
bonk     Tb«  general  ptiblin  followed  tlic  lead  of  Uw  bftrriatcta  and  li 
dOOIot^  Rod  tlie  yoiiti^  BuccsniDra  iv)io  had  set  the  thing  going.     Hvtt' 
vaa  IIm  Law  tbnt  they  nil  paid  to  protuct  tbrm,  actuaJljr  doing  iu  duty  in 
dmdAil  «AniMt  I      Slibcking  I  shocking  I      'I'ha  Britiah  Pubtie  row  lo 
prot^il  M  on«  man  against  the  working  of  ila  ova  muibiaery ;  and  tlii 
Uome-SixniUry,  in  »  Mnta  of  detraction,  w«et  to  th«  Judge.     The  Judge 
held  Arm.     He  had  fuud  It  waa  titm  right  r«rdkt  at  tb«  lime,  taiA  he  i^ 
Ml  siiil.     •  But  HUppoet,"  Mj-«  iho  Hotn^Secrelmy,  '  that  tlio  prrsecotkm 
Imd  tried  eotno  other  way  vf  provtikg  It&r  giulty  at  th»  lri*l  than  tL«  wmj 
tbey  did   try^what  would  you  and   the  jury  have  doue  ihea  1 '    Of 
courac  It  was  (|aile  impatniU*  1«t  ibo  Judge  to  >aj.     This  oomioried  ikt 
Home- Secretary,  to  tiogin  with.     And,  whoa  he  got  the  Jiidge^s  eoMNM, 
afler  thnt,  tu  hjtving  the  cotLtlict  of  medical  evidence  submitted  lo  ow 
great  doutor;  auJ  «h(^  the  one  great  doctor  took  the  meroiful   viev, 
afler  expressly  eUtiog,  in  the  lirst  inetanoe,  that  he  knew  twlhiog  pras. 
tically   of  the   mcfilfl   of  the  am.',  the  Kome-SccrctBry  was  porfteltjr 
aAtisHcJ.   The  priionct-'a  deatii-WBtvant  went  into  Hm  waat*.pepttr  biskn; 
tbe  verdict  of  the  Law  vas  rsTersed  by  general  aochuiiiition ;  tad  tht 
verdict  of  llie  newspapers  carried  tlie  day.     But  the  beet  of  it  is  Itf  coav. 
You  know  what  Imppened  vihvn  the  jiovplfl  found  themiclTea  with  iht 
pe>t  object  of  ihi'ir  trympothy  suddenly  OMHt  loose  on  their  hands'    A 
general  impression  prevoikd  directly  that  she  waanot  quite  inimcenticaoag^ 
after  all,  to  be  l«t  out  of  priMn  then  and  tliera  1     Punish  bur  a  liHle— 
that  was  tlio  sinU:  of  (he  populiu-  feeling — punish  her  a  littJc,  Mr.  HoiM- 
Secretary,  on  general  moral  gronnds.     A  ftinall  codtm  of  genda  1^ 
medicine,  if  you   love  us — aud  then  we  i^ttiil  feel  perli^'ctly  ea^  «a  *• 
subject  ti>  the  end  of  our  days." 

"  Dou't  joke  about  it)'"  cried  his  father.  <' Uon't,  deti't,  i»'t, 
Jemmy  I  Did  Uie}-  try  lier  again?  They  couldn't  I  they  don's^l 
Nohody  can  be  tried  twice  over  for  the  same  effraec." 

*'  Pooh  1  pooh  !  she  eould  be  tried  a  secotkd  tiiu«  for  a  seeond  eADMr' 
retorted  fiashwoud  the  youn^ci — "aud  tried  she  was.  Luckily  fcr  lb* 
paeificalion  of  the  puhliu  oiiiKl,  »he  hnd  ru&lied  headlong  into  rndrtaiT*fl 
htn*  own  gricvsiicGs  (ut  womt-n  wilt),  when  tdio  diacorcred  that  bar  hub*' 
liod  cut  h^r  down  from  a  I^acy  of  Rdy  llioii»&nd  pounds  lo  a  kgsCf  ^ 
Gve  thoitKanil,  by  a  atroLe  of  }m  pen.  The  day  before  the  Inqntil  ■ 
locked  drawer  in  iix.  Waldron'a  drcn»ing-roam  luble,  which  cotiiained  W 
viduatilo  jcwtllvry,  was  dtjuovi-ivd  lo  hAve  been  opened  and  emptied 
itiid  whirn  thii  jiriaotier  vaa  ooniinitb.tl  by  tho  magislrates,  the  pneiwi 
ilcmes  vten  fuund  torn  out  of  Iheir  settings,  and  sewn  tip  in  lirr  itsH 
The  lady  considered  it  a  case  of  justifiable  self- coDiprnsai ion.  The  l" 
dcclttfcd  it  to  be  a  robbery  comnuttcd  on  the  executors  of  lh«  dead  bup- 
The  lighter  offimce — which  had  i>een  ]taMc*l  over,  wbea  juch  a  charge  s* 
luuidcr  was  brought  agiunst  her — was  just  the  lliitig  to  rcTiTO,  lo  oyt 


AnBUDALt:. 


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■ppwrmnoM  lu  iba  tym  of  tlio  public.  'Xliejr  bail  napped  tho  eaane  of 
jiMiuv,  la  Uw  oue  of  tlie  pruonw,  at  obo  trial ;  and  now  all  they  vnnted 
waa  to  «at  itw  «oiinKt  of  jukli««  going  nf^in,  in  ih«  casQ  of  (ho  pritoner,  al 
■ndber  1  Bbu  was  nmigiKil  fur  (lio  robliCTT',  nfU-r  having  been  piirdon«d 
far  (k*  mvdtr.  Atid,  what  ia  worv,  if  lier  liratitj  and  hor  miMTortinin 
hadn't  natla  •  vtro^g  impKanon  an  Ivor  Iniryer,  abe  wooM  not  on!^  faaw 
had  lo  nud  anolher  irul,  but  would  bnTs  bad  even  the  fire  tliouauid 
pooiidl,  to  vhich  «h«  wiu  cotitM  by  llic  secoixj  will,  taken  awar  Irom 
bar,  «■  a  ftloD,  b/  lh«  Orown^" 

"  I  nofieot  bar  I*W7tT  I  I  admire  )wr  lawj*r !  "  trzoUintcd  Mr. 
Bm]ih^«(I.     "I  vhould  iikq  to  Uik«  hit  IikwI,  ond  lell  him  »<>■" 

"IlewoiiMa't  thank  yon,  if  you  did,"  ranarliod  B«ihwoDd  the  yoonger. 
'*Bi!  ia  under  a  comfortable  impreaaion  tint  nobody  Itnowa  how  he  nred 
Mr*,  Wftldron'i  legacy  for  h«r  but  himaetT," 

"T  be^  your  pardon.  Jnnmy,"  interposed  his  father.  "  But  don't  oall 
bcr  Mn.  Waldroa.  Sjwak  of  licr,  plcoM,  bj  Iwr  naaw  w1i«n  ahc  was 
iMMwent  and  voung,  nud  a  girl  at  whool.  Would  yoa  mind,  for  ny  sak«, 
aJOin^  bar  Miu  Cwili  7  " 

*•  Sot  I !  Il  tnakea  no  difiVrence  to  m«  what  aam*  1  jrir*  bar.  Bolbw 
yoar  KmUiDent  I  let'a  get  on  with  the  fltcO.  Tbia  I<  wlut  tlie  lawyer  dkd 
bcfinr  thf  soeoud  trial  came  off.  Ho  told  her  ahc  wonld  be  finiD4 
guilty  rt^(ii>i,  to  A  dcAd  ccrtAinly.  ■  And  thi«  time,'  Im;  said, '  the  pntdia 
wiU  lal  the  law  lake  Ju  oonrtn.  Ifuve  you  got  an  old  Aiend  whom 
jonoBlnutr'  Hhe  h.tda't  such  a  thing  aa  an  old  friend  in  the  world. 
•V  -  ':  ■  '  wiya  the  lawyer,  *yoii  nitirt  Irmt  me.  Sign  lliia  («f«r; 
aiii  '  lixcculcd  a  firlitioiui  dalr  uf  iill  jour  projierty  lo  myMlf. 

Wbea  tlie  ngblumecotni-s,  I  diull  (ir«lc:ircfully  actlle  with  jonrhusliand'a 
cst«valon ;  nod  1  shall  then  re-oonvey  tb«  money  Ui  yon,  acouring  iC 
properly  (in  oaao  you  erar  nmrry  again)  in  your  own  pooaestitoD.  Tho 
Cniwn,  in  other  irnnsncliiMin  of  lliia  k!n<},  fpoquontlj  vairoa  its  right  of 
di>|NitiRg  the  vaUil'ity  of  the  mile— and  if  tie  Crown  i*  no  bardtr  on  you 
tbia  on  other  people,  when  you  Mtne  out  of  priton  you  nlll  liav«  your 
fivathaowid  pounds  lo  btj;in  tho  world  with  agnin.* — Neatof  tha  lawyer, 
wbcn  rit*  wu  going  ■«  !>*  tned  for  robhing  the  exoculon,  lo  pat  her  up  to 
a  wfey  of  robbing  tb«  Crown,  waan't  it  7     Hal  hnl  whitt  n  worM  it  i*  !" 

Tba  laai  cffbrt  ef  the  eon^  iaroaam  pH«ed  unhoifdvd  by  tli*  fatlier. 
"  In  ptiaon  [ "  he  aaid  to  bin»elf.  "  Oh  mc,  aOcr  all  that  mtaury,  in 
fctaui  again  I " 

*'  Yea,"  aaid  Bjuliwood  the  younger,  rising  and  atreMliing  himself, 
**  lkai*«  hcin  it  cntU-d.  The  verdict  was  GniUy  ;  and  th«  Knt«ace  wu 
impnaonmcnt  for  two  years.  Site  acrrvd  her  time  ;  and  oaoio  out,  aa  w»]l 
>a  I  can  ivckon  h,  about  threo  yeara  iiucc.  If  you  want  to  know  what 
•ho  dill  when  ah*  roconnd  her  lilxrir,  and  how  aho  want  on  ftAcrwardSf 
I  nay  be  able  lo  taO  yon  aomeiliing  aboat  it — eay,  on  another  oooaaion, 
when  yoo  liavo  got  an  Mtra  nul«  or  two  in  jour  poekot-book.    For  the 

now.    There  ia'i  lh«  shadow  of  a 


pnaaat. 


you 


,  you 


ARMADALE. 


r 
r 


Ittubt  tkat  tliis  laMuMttiig  LJy  Una  thu  double  slur  on  her,  of  having  ' 
fbnnd  guilty  of  murder,  «ad  ot  baritig  sen-ed  her  term  of  imprisonment  i 
theft.     Ttirre'a  your  moDcyavrortb  for  your  money — with  the  whole  of  i 
wondcrftil  knsck  nt  ctating  a  ease  e!«arly,  thrown  in  for  nothing.     If  yo 
have  any  gralitudQ  in  you,  yon  ought  lo  do  tonwlhing  hsnilMiiie,  oati  i 
thees  dnys,  for  your  eon.     But  for  me,  I'll  lell  you  what  you  would  hare 
done,  old  gvnllvmiui.     If  you  cuuld  have  had  your  own  vny,  yoo  vroiUd 
hnve  inarriud  M'ub  Gwilt." 

Mr.  Baahwood  rose  to  his  feet ;  and  looked  hit  un  ste*dity  in  the  Ace 

'•  If  I  could  hare  my  own  way,"  he  niA,  "  I  wonld  marry  lier  now." 

Suhwood  tlic  youiigvr  sUitvd  bock  n  tlcp.     "  AAvt  «U  I  bave  toll  ] 
you  7 "  lie  aaked,  in  tlie  blankest  utonishment. 

"  AdcT  all  you  have  told  me." 

"  With  the  chance  of  being  poisoned,  the  first  lime  you  ha[^encd  lej 
ofiend  her?" 

"  With  the  chiuicc  of  bung  pMooofd,"  answtscd  Mr.  BuLwood,  "n 
four- and- twenty  houm." 

The  Spy  of  the  PriTato  Inquiry  Office  dropped  back  into  hiscliuri 
cowed  by  his  fittlicr'a  words  and  his  father's  look*. 

"  Mud  I "  he  nid  to  himself.     "  Suurk  mad,  by  jingo ! " 

Mr.  Biuthwood  looked  at  hid  watch,  and  hurriedly  look  bis  hat  r;TOi ».' 
rade- table. 

"  I  Hhould  like  to  hcMr  the  rest  of  it,"  he  said.  "  I  should  like  to  hnr 
every  word  ycu  have  to  tell  mc  about  her,  tA  the  rery  last.  But  thettiM, 
the  dreadiUI,  giillaping  linie,  i*  getting  on.  For  all  I  know,  thoy  aaj  In 
on  their  way  to  bo  mtirricd  at  thin  very  moraont." 

"  What  nro  you  going  to  do  7  "  aiked  Bnshwood  ths  yooBger,  geUini 
between  h'u  fiilher  .iu4  the  door." 

"I  Jim  going  to  the  hotel,"  said  the  old  man,  trying  to  pMahim.  "1 
am  going  to  see  Mr.  Armadale." 

"What  for?" 

"  To  tell  liim  evetylhing  yna  have  told  me."  Ue  pauoed  after  miliag 
that  reply.  The  terrible  tmilc  of  triumph  which  had  onoe  iIccmI; 
appeared  on  his  fnce,  overspread  it  again.  "Air.  Armadale  is  yeuDSi 
Mr.  Armnthiic  hna  all  liia  life  before  him,"  he  whi-'>poreJ  cuniungly,  viih 
his  trembling  lingera  clutciiing  h.is  son's  arm.  "  What  doem't  fri|)iua 
me  wit!  frighten  him !  " 

"  W-iit  a  minute,"  said  Buhwood  tliu  younger.  "  Are  jou  as  oertiM 
ns  ever  that  Mr.  Armadale  it  the  man  7  " 

"  What  man  7  " 

"  The  man  who  is  going  to  marry  her." 

"  Yes  I  yes  !  yts  ]     Let  mo  go,  Jemmy — let  me  go." 

The  Spy  set  his  bnck  against  the  door,  and  considered  fut  a : 
Mr.  ArmadaUu  wnei  rich.  Mr.  Atnuidule  (if  he  vea»  not  stark  mad,  Im) 
might  be  miiiic  to  put  the  right  money-value  on  iolbmiaiion  that  saved 
him  from  the  di«grucc  of  aiariying  Mica  Gwilti     "  It  may  be  a  buotlR^ 


ABlUnAX.B. 


833 


poond*  IB  tny  pockety  if  I  vork  it  tnyuir,"  Oioiigla  Bajtlitvoncl  th(>  yaungcr. 
**  Ad>1  it  mca'i  b«  ft  )i«lf[)eiiDj  if  [  Icnvc  it  to  1117  fiillicr."  Uc  took  up 
1^  hnl,  aod  hU  katltcr  bug.  "  Can  you  carry  it  aU  in  your  own  addled 
•3d  bfad ,  daddy  t "  be  aaked,  'with  his  eaaeU  impudence  of  manner.  *■  Kot 
JOB  1     I'll  go  with  you,  and  belp  yoOi     What  do  yoo  tliink  of  tliac  ?  " 

Tlic  &tl)er  ihreir  htA  nrm*  ia  xa  ecatuy  rmnd  the  ton't  dccIc.  "  I  can't 
bijp  it,  Jcnuny,"  bv  said,  id  broken  tone*.  "  You  nro  bo  good  to  me.  Take 
tiie  olbv  twt«,  tny  dwr — FU  manage  witliout  it — iokv  tbv  other  note." 

Tbe  BOD  tlirew  op«o  the  door  with  a  tloumh ;  and  inngiumimoaily 
tnnted  hia  bade  on  the  father's  ofTered  pocket-book.  "Hnng  it,  old 
ItaUfiUiaD,  Tm  not  'joiUi  to  nierocDAry  aa  that  I "  he  said,  with  on  appeor- 
aoM  of  the  dm^eti  leeling.  "  Put  up  your  pockM-book,  and  let's  be  off. 
— If  I  took  my  respected  fArent'a  last  live-pound  oote,"  he  thought  to 
hitnsei^  oa  he  led  the  way  downstairs,  "  how  do  I  know  he  mightn't  «ty 
balr«a  wImq  he  wea  tbe  colour  of  Mr.  Armadnle's  money  ? — Come  along, 
dad  1 "  be  ruamcd.  "  W«'U  take  a  csh  nod  oAok  the  h^py  bridegroom 
bdne  ho  ataru  for  the  ehurch  I  " 

They  bailed  a  cab  in  the  etrMt,  and  started  for  the  hotel  which  had 
beea  tbe  residence  of  Midwinter  and  Allaa  during  their  stay  in  Lcndou. 
Ths  ixHloat  the  door  of  the  Tchtclo  hod  dcecd,  Mr.  Buhwood  returned  lo 
die  Hibjcct  of  Min  Gwilt. 

"Teil  me  the  lest,"  he  said,  taking  hit  ton's  hand,  and  patting  it 
tisdtriy.  "  Ix't's  go  on  talking  about  her  all  the  way  to  the  hotel.  Help 
■w  ihroogh  tbe  time,  Jenuny — help  me  ibrongh  the  timo." 

Boihwood  tbe  younger  waa  in  high  spirits  at  ihv  protpcct  of  aeeiog 
the  eoloar  of  Kir.  Anondalo'i  mosey.  11«  trifled  with  ba  iitther'a  aoxii-tj 
lu  the  rery  Lul. 

**  Lei't  ae«  if  you  r«ineml>er  what  I've  told  you  already,"  be  begoiit 
*  There's  a  diancter  in  the  Blory  that's  dropped  out  of  it  without  being 
Koonated  fcr.    Come !  can  you  tell  me  who  it  it  7" 

Be  bad  reckoned  on  finding  his  father  unable  to  answer  the  question, 
fin  Ur.  Baaliwood'a  niemnry,  for  anytliing  Uial  nJatvd  to  Mini  Gwilt, 
TO  u  dear  and  rvody  u  bis  son 'a.  "  The  foircign  tooundrcl  who  temjited 
her,  and  let  her  scr««D  him  at  the  rick  of  her  own  life,"  ho  said,  without 
•n  batant'H  IttTUtaliun.  "  Don't  spnik  of  biin,  Jemmy,  don't  h^csA  of  him 
^tia!" 

"  I  tnual  Bpeak  of  bitn,"  retorted  the  other.  "Ton  want  to  know  what 
Ucnme  of  "hUu  GwUt,  wlMin  she  got  cut  of  prison,  don't  you  1  Veiy 
good — Tm  in  a  )>o»ition  to  t<U  you.  She  becantc  Mnt,  Alaimd.  U'a  do 
mo  staring  nt  me^  eld  gonilcman.  1  know  it  oSdally.  At  the  lattn 
part  of  butt  yntTi  a  (hraga  lady  cnmc  to  our  place,  with  evidence  to  proie 
thai  aha  bad  boea  Uwlblly  married  to  Caplaiu  Manuel,  at  a  twrmer  period 
of  bi>  earoer,  whvn  be  had  vitited  England  fhr  tbe  first  timo.  She  bad 
only  lately  discovered  tliul  he  had  I>e«n  in  this  MOBtry  again  ;  and  Kite 
iul  luooa  to  b«li<nr«  that  he  bad  morried  aaoUifir  mmu  in  Sooilasd, 


884 


ARUADA1.R. 


Oar  people  wm-e  empTojed  to  tiinli«  tlic  itceeMaty  iaqatriM.     Coaijinii 
cf  du»9  alivvrcd  itiat  the  Ejcotcli  marriage— if  it  was  s  numa^  at  all, 
not  a  Hham — hnd  talivn  flace  Juki  nbout  the  Hmv  wh^n  Min  Gwtit  was 
free  womnn  Kguin.     And  a  liltlc  TurtlitT  inTuttigatioa  nhowcd  \u  that 
ftc-(K>nd  i\r*.  Manuel  'wot  no  Other  ihan  th«  heroina  of  the  fiimoua  crimii 
trial — whom  we  didn't  know  tlien.  but  vihota  we  do  know  bow,  to 
iJonLJuJ  witli  your  fnauDBtiag  friend,  Miu  Gnilt." 

Mr.  Bashwood's  licnd  ntnk  on  liis  brpmit.     Ho  dispell  hii  trembUn; 
handt  fast  la  mcIi  otlit'r,  and  waited  in  ailence  to  hear  (h«  rest. 

"  Cheer  up  I  "  ptmued  lii«  toa.     "  She  waa  no  more  the  capMin'*  wife 
than  you  are — aod  what  is  morv,  the  c&ptnin  liimielf  is  out  of  your 
now.     Ou'C  ti^y  day  ia  December  latl,  hi  gare  un  tlis  alip,  and  was 
to  the  Cootineat,  nobody  knew  where,     lie  had  spent  (he  whole  of  |1 
second  Mrs.  Manuel'a  live  tliousand  pounds,  in  the  time  thnt  had  d 
(betWMfl  two  nod  three  yoar*)  iiincG  aiic  hitd  eonic  out  of  prison — and 
wonder  wok,  wticrii  he  htul  got  tlie  money  to  psy  LIk  travelliag  cxpeaaeft 
It  turned  mit  tliut  lie  hud  got  it  from  the  Moond  Mrs.  Mtmucl  bcfself 
Slifl  bad  filled  his  empty  pockcta  ;  and  th(>re  she  was,  waiting  eoafidcUlf 
in  a  miaerable  Londchti  lodging,  to  lienr  from  him  and  join  btm  aa  Moa  u 
3ic  wa*  nnfcly  M;ltlwi  in  fortign  porta  I     WUero  bad  the  got  the  mooej, 
juu  may  aik  iinturally  enough?     Nobody  couJd  tell  nl  the  time.    )Iy 
own  iioiiuti  ia,  iiuw,  tliat  her  Ibnucr  miittrca  luuet  hare  b«;en  BttU  liTicg;! 
and  that  she  muKt  huve  turned  her  knowledge  of  ^«  Blandiardt'  baiij 
aecret  to  pn>filabLe  aocouut  at  tost.     Thin  is  mere  goeM-Work  of  oonnc; 
btti  there's  a  circttnistanco  that  ninkn  it  likely  gaeas-work,  to  my  mind. 
Bint  hnd  an  elderly  fisnmtci  friend  lo  »pply  to  at  the  time,  who  wsc  juE 
ibe  wDioaii  to  help  her  in  ferreting  out  her  miatrcae't  address.     Oin  you 
gaeta  the  name  of  the  elderly  fi'malc  friend  ?     Not  you  I     Mrs.  Oldcnlia)' 
uf  course  t " 

Nr.  Baahwood  suddenly  Jookftl  op.  "  Why  shuuld  nhc  go  back,"^ 
iisked,  "to  the  woinau  who  had  dcttirtvd  her  when  she  waaa  duMT" 

'■  I  cnn't  say,"  rejoined  his  son,  "  unlcta  riic  went  back  in  this  intotW 
of  fa*r  own  toagntficent  head  of  hair.  The  priwn-TOiwon,  I  Beedo'l  l*" 
y»u,  had  made  vhort  work  of  it  with  Mi«  Qwilt's  love-looks,  is  enT 
K.>u8e  of  the  word — and  Mre.  Oldcrshaw,  I  beg  to  add,  is  the  meat  aaiool 
wxMiiui  in  England,  tu  RdKioror-Geneml  of  the  dilapidated  headi  u)^ 
focea  of  the  ft'iualt:  nex.  Put  two  and  two  togctlier;  and  perhaps  jot-"^ 
agree  with  me,  in  tlii»  case,  that  ihey  make  four." 

"  Veb,  jes  ;  two  and  two  mttkc  four,"  rfp^iated  liis  Cither,  impatieollv- 
*'  But  I  want  to  know  aomirUuDg  the.  Did  nhc  hur  from  liirn  agnio' 
Did  he  send  for  her  after  he  had  gone  awny  to  forvign  parts  7  " 

"  Thi^  captain  7  Why,  what  on  earth  can  you  be  itiinlting  off  Huh'' 
lie  apcnt  ever}-  farthing  of  her  money  ?  and  wasn't  be  loose  on  the  Ow- 
liuenl  out  of  her  reach  7  She  waited  to  liear  from  him,  I  darc«ay,  for  st' 
pcrHiBtcd  in  bcUcring  in  him.  Bui  I'il  lay  you  any  wnger  you  like,  ^* 
nercr  oaw  tho  sight  of  Kit  handwriting  ag»in.     Vft  did  our  bert  at  ^* 


ABHADALE.  335 

to  open  iiar  eyea — wo  lokd  her  plftlnly  tbst  he  liud  n  fint  vrilt<  lirtiig, 
nit  J  that  die  hadn't  the  shiulow  of  ■  olaim  on  him.  She  wouldn't  beliere  i», 
iLoogb  v«  met  her  viiii  lli«  evidence.  Obatinnte,  d«Tiliali  obiitinAlc.  I 
dwvw/  At  pmilcd  for  months  tag«tliar  bebro  ttio  g«vo  itp  tlic  laot  hope 
ot  cm-  nebg  him  ngun." 

iSt.  Bnahvood  lookMl  Midc  (inickly  tsat  of  iho  cab  window.  **  When 
•onld  the  turn  for  reAige  Dext  f "  he  inid,  not  lo  hb  nao,  but  to  hinuelf. 
"  Vltat,  io  hcorca'a  nune,  oonld  aha  do  ?  " 

**  Judgin;^  by  my  oxpcri^noe  of  women,"  remarked  Unsliwood  the 
younger,  orerhenring  Iilm,  "  I  should  my  nho  probably  tritd  to  drown 
IumUT.  Bat  tlMt'«  only  gtWM'Work  again — it'a  nil  gucw-worii  nt  this  p«irt 
of  Iier  stojy.  You  catch  me  nt  the  end  uf  my  rridcnce,  dad,  wliea  you 
eamfi  to  Miu  Gwilt'a  proceediiigs  in  the  eprin^  and  suniDier  of  the  pre»tnl 
yvnr.  Sho  might,  or  ahe  might  not,  hnvc  b&cn  dcsperfito  viiough  to  al(ftm]>t 
Mticide;  and  alie  might,  or  ahe  might  cot,  bava  bvon  at  tlie  Iwttom  of 
tho*«  inquiriea  that  I  mitJe  for  Mn.  Oldersh&w.  I  durcsay  you'll  Me  her 
ihia  moming,  and  perhapa,  if  you  uae  your  )nfliieiic«,  yo<i  niwy  be  nide  to 
make  Iier  6ni6h  hw  own  Blory  ii-ratlf." 

Mr.  BAahwood,  mill  looking  out  of  the  w.h  window,  avddeoly  laid  hia 
hand  vo  hia  aon'a  arm. 

"  Hush !  bitth  I  "  ba  exchumed,  in  violont  Agitnti«o.    "  Wc  hftre  got 
then  at  laM-     Oh,  Jenuny,  Heel  how  my  hcnrC  lii^tn  !    Ihire  ia  thi  hotel.'' 
*-  Bother  yo«r  heart,"  said  Biuihwood  ihc  ywuuger.   "  Wait  here  while 
isake  the  inqairiea." 

"  I'll  eocoe  with  you  I "  cried  his  lather.    "  I  can't  wait  I    I  tell  yon,  T 
tu'l  wail  I  " 

'ibej  wvnt  into  the  holi^  togetlior,  and  aakod  for  "  Mr.  Afmarlalii." 
The  answer,  aAer  Mime  little  hutitatiun  and  delay,  was  that  Mr. 
Anhadale  had  gone  away  *ix  dnys  since.  A  second  tvnilcr  added,  that 
Mr,  Armadale'*  friend — Mr.  Midwint«r  —  had  only  left  that  morning. 
Vkm  had  Mr.  Armadale  gone?  Somcnhcrc  into  the  ODtutry.  Where 
l)td  Mr.  Miciwinter  gotui  t     Nobody  knew. 

Ur.  Baabwood  looked  at  hia  aon  in  apeechleM  arid  helplrn  dismay. 
"  StuiT  and  aonsenae  1  "  said  Biubwood  the  younger,  pushing  hia  father 
Wk  Ktnghly  into  the  eab.    "He'a  mA  enough.    "Wo  ^all  find  him  ut 
Itiis  Qwilt'e." 

Tito  oiil  man  took  his  aon'a  hand  and  kiascd  it.     '>  Thank  yov,  my 
"law,"  ba  Mid,  fraicAiIly.    "  Thank  you  for  comforting  me." 

Tko  cah  was  dnrcn  next  to  the  eceond  lodging  Vrbich  Mioa  Qwill  had 
^Wupiad,  in  tho  neighbourhood  of  Tottenham  Court  Road. 

'■  Stop  hiT«,"  niiid  Qw  Spy,  getting  out,  and  ahntting  hid  fhther  into  the 
Wk    "I  iMaa  to  manage  this  part  of  the  businen  myself," 

He  knocked  at  iho  houae  door.     "  I  have  got  a  note  for  Miss  Cwilt," 
^  mU,  walking  into  the  poaaagv,  the  moment  tho  door  wna  opened. 
**  Sha'e  gpmj"  ani»«r»d  the  eurvaot.     **  She  went  awny  laal  nighu" 
tefawood  the  jQQDger  wiuted  no  more  words  with   tJie  aerrant.     Uo 


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inBUl«d  «aee«uig  the  miatrces.     Tho  mistrMt  confirmed  Uie  itniiouD. 
or  MUs  Gwilt's  dcporUire  on  tlie  prcriou*  evening.     Where  had  idie  go 
to !     The  wonuin  couldn't  nay.     How  had  slie  ]eA  ?     On  foot.     At  w 
hoar  ?    Between  nine  fl»d  ton.    What  h&d  ehe  donv  wtlii  hor  luggage  T 
had  no  lo^aj^.     Hud  a  gentleman  been  to  see  lier  on  ihe  previoua  day  7 
Not  a  aoul,  gentJo  oi'  aimplc,  hftd  oome  to  th«  hooM  to  see  Mi«  GwilL 

Tliu  fKlliGr't  lace,  pole  and  wild,  wu  looking  out  of  the  cab  vrindow, 
OA  lliu  (ton  descended  the  hoiU£-fite{>8.     "Xaa't  thv  there,  Jenioj? 
nBk«d  JainUj — "  Isn't  she  there  ? " 

"  Hold  jrour  tan^e,"  cried  the  Spy,  with  the  native  coarsenoos  of  hi 
naturv  misg  to  the  miHiice  at  ImU     "  I'm  not  ti  tJie  ead  of  nij  in<|uin< 
yet." 

He  CTOsaed  tliQ  rood,  and  entered  n  co&cc-aliop  sitiuitcd  vxactly  oppasle 
the  honso  ho  had  jast  lod. 

In  the  Ikh  nearest  tJie  window  two  men  were  fultlng  talking  tagethrr 
anxiously.  M 

•'Which  of  you  was  on  daty  yesterdny  vrening,  between  nine  aai^ 
ten  o'clock  ?  "  asked  Bashwood  tha  youngi^r,  suddenly  joining  thenii  and 
putting  hJB  qneMion  in  a  quick  peremptory  whii^cr. 

"  I  wai,  air,"  said  one  of  the  men,  anwiUiagly. 

"Did  yoa  lose  tif;ht  of  tho  houso? — Teal     I  ice  you  did." 

"  Only  for  r  miiiuio,  sir.     An  infi-'mal  blackguar^l  of  a  soldier  oom 


4 


*'  That  wil]  dc,"  said  Basliwood  the  younger,  "  1  know  what  lie 
soldier  did,  and  who  sent  him  to  do  it.  She  haa  gireo  ua  ihe  slip  affh- 
You  are  the  griatetit  Asa  living.  Cunsidcr  yourself  diamisscd."  Witb 
those  wordH,  mid  with  en  oath  to  cmphsuze  them,  he  left  the  co6««^^'* 
and  returned  to  the  cub. 

"Sho'a  gonOl  "  cried  hi«  fethcr.  "Oh,  Jemmy,  Jemmy,  Fioeiti'i 
your  face  I"  He  ffll  h^tck  irtio  liiit  own  corner  of  the  eab,  wiUi  a  &■■<' 
w&ilingcry.  "They're  married,'^  he  moaned  to  himself;  hid  hands fiihng 
hc.>1]>!emly  on  hia  knei-s  ;  his  hat  fulling  iinregardod  from  his  hcnd.  "  Sup 
them  I"  he  exclaimed,  suddenly  routing  hiiu»«]f,  and  eulzing  liisitoniQ  * 
rren2y  by  the  collar  of  the  coat. 

"  Go  back  to  the  hotel,"  ahouted  Dashwood  the  younger,  to  tb<  »b' 
mnn.  "  Hold  yout  noino  I  "  he  added,  turning  fiercely  on  hia  father.  " ' 
want  to  think." 

The  ramieh  of  Binoothncaa  was  all  off  liim  by  this  time.  His  [esf*' 
VM  rooBed.  Ilia  pride — «Ten  such  a  nmn  has  his  pt^de  I — was  woiU)^^ 
ttttil*  quick.  Twice  had  he  matched  biii  wltx  tigainst  a  woman's  ;  vi 
twice  the  woman  had  balHcd  him. 

Uo  got  out,  oil  reaching  the  hotel  for  the  second  time  ;  and  privattlf 
tried  the  ecnranbi  witli  the  ofTcr  of  money.  The  result  of  tlie  experiiaw' 
aatieSed  him  that  they  had,  in  tliia  iostaQcc,  really  and  truly,  do  iufonMti"' 
10  Bull.  Aflei'  a  nioraont's  rellcciion,  he  itopjH.'d,  belbni  leaving  the  holW* 
to  lak  the  way  to  tho  porlBh  churcbr     "  The  chance  tnay  be  worth  tiyinft 


i 


AUUADALE. 


937 


be  Uiouglit  to  liinuel^  as  he  gnre  the  addrc«  to  tlifi  driver.  "  Faster  I "  ho 
Oftlled  out,  looking  first  at  his  iratch,  and  then  ni  lii.-i  fiithpr.  "  Th«  mJnuUiS 
aro  preciooft  tbia  fnonuDgr ;  and  Uie  olU  one  is  legiotiiiig  to  give  i»." 

It  wu  trtia^  StUl  capable  of  hearing  and  of  tiadcrstiLndlng,  Mr.  Bub- 
wood  WM  paai  ^waking  hy  tliis  time.  He  dung  with  both  hands  to  bii 
•oa'a  grudging  arm,  and  l<it  his  hcul  fjll  hclplv^ly  i^n  hit  »ca's  averted 
■hooJi^er. 

The  parish  diurcli  stood  back  fi'&iii  tlii^  ntrect,  proti^ck-il  by  giiti's  and 
milingB,  and  furrowndcd  by  n  space  of  open  grcund.  Shaking  off  hii 
fiktbrr'a  hold,  Banfawoud  the  j-ounger  made  straight  for  the  vestry.  The 
<Jerli,  putting  Avaj  the  books,  nnJ  tlic  cl^ik's  os^atAat,  faangisg  up  n 
nirplice,  were  ibe  only  persons  in  the  room  when  h«  i^^ntcrod  it,  nnd  askud 
leaTe  to  took  at  tlic  marriage  Register  Tor  llie  da/. 

The  clerit  gmvel;  opened  the  book,  and  Btood  aside  irom  the  dvsk  on 
vliich  it  Lay. 

The  day'i  regiitcr  compriacd  three  luarringea  aoltmniscd  that  rnoraing 
— and  the  lirvt  tvto  KignnturvH  on  tim  pag<>,  were  "  Allim  AnnmiiUc"  ntid 
-LydiaGwiitl" 

£ven  lite  Spy — ignorant  as  ho  waa  of  the  truth  ;  un»uspicioua  as  Le 
«m  of  the  terrible  future  eonse<]iienceB  to  which  the  act  of  ihnt  morning 
might  lead — evtn  the  Spy  started,  Vfhen  his  eye  first  fell  on  the  page-  It 
was  dono  !  Come  what  niiglit  of  it,  it  was  done  now.  There,  in  binek 
and  white,  wiw  tha  rt^isterud  oridifnco  of  the  marriage,  which  was  nt  once 
ttnith  in  itMif,  and  a  lie  in  the  conclu^on  to  which  it  led  1  There — 
Ihroagh  tiio  fatal  timilariiy  in  llie  naraea — there,  in  Midwint*r'«  own  aig- 
nalure,  was  the  pionf  to  peraiiade  everybody  that,  not  Midwinter,  but 
Allan,  waa  the  husband  of  Miss  Gwilt  I 

Buifawood  tlie  younger  closed  the  book  ttnd  rvlm-ued  it  to  the  clerk. 
He  descended  the  vvslry  elepa  \vilh  bin  handx  thniat  doggedly  into  his 
jwekeia,  and  with  a  Sfrioua  ahook  inflicted  on  hla  profcavionni  lulf-citteem. 

The  beadle  met  him  under  the  church  wall.  He  considired  for  a 
■oment  wlitithei  it  was  worth  while  to  spend  a  ahiliiRg  in  queetionin;;  ilic 
Ban,  and  decided  in  the  aflinnativo.  If  they  could  be  traced  and  over- 
taken, there  might  be  a  chance  of  seeing  the  colour  of  Mr.  Armadale's 
iDoacy,  eren  yet. 

"  How  long  is  it,"  lie  asked,  "  since  tlie  fint  couple  married  here  this 
nomiiig,  lef^  the  church  ?  " 

"  Abont  an  hour,"  said  the  beadle. 

**  How  did  ihey  go  away  ?  " 

TIw  bcodlc  deferred  answering  that  second  tjucMion  until  be  had  Hrat 
pck«t«d  his  fee.  "  You  won't  trace  them  from  hero,  air,"  he  Mid,  when 
Whad  got  his  aliillieg.     "  They  went  away  on  foot." 

"  And  that  is  all  you  know  abont  it  t " 

"  Thar,  nr,  ia  all  I  know  aboul  it." 

Left  by  himself,  even  the  Detective  of  iho  Privale  Iixiuiry  OfGce 
paoacd  for  n  mooient  before  ho  returned  to  his  father  at  Iho  gato,     He 

Tw-  XIII.— Ka  75.  17. 


888 


ABMADALK. 


was  rousL-cl  from  bit  UeduUon  by  the  fUtlden  iippMmicfi,  within  Um 
church  caolosuic,  of  tha  drivvr  of  Utu  Cftb. 

*'  I'm  nfmid  the  old  geatlemnn  is  going  to  be  Isken  ill,  ftir,"  Bntd  Ibe  man. 

BuliwooU  llie  younger  frowned  aojp-'dy,  and  walked  back  to  tlia  cab. 
At  he  opened  the  d&or  and  Jouked  io,  his  &tbcr  lc«n«d  tcrward  and  con- 
ftoBl«d  him,  with  lips  that  moved  epeechlt«ely,  and  with  a  white  stilloecs 
over  all  Um  rctt  of  liis  faco. 

"  Sh«'a  done  us"  eaid  the  Hpy.  "  Tliej  vero  raairtwl  hwe  thia  mormng." 

The  old  man'E  body  awaysd  for  n  moment  from  one  side  to  the  other. 
Tho  instant  altar,  bi«  cycacloMd,  nud  btii  bead  f«ll  fornatd  towaids  lh«  fr«nt 
sent  of  tli«  «ah.  "  Drive  tn  the  boapjtal  I  "  oried  his  son.  "  H«'s  ia  a  fit. 
Tliis  ia  vfbat  comes  of  jHitting  mj-scit'oiil  of  my  wny  to  plroEC  myjalbor" 
he  mutttireJ,  sullenly  vai»iug  Mr,  batliwood'j  he*!,  and  looHrntng  hM  <m»at. 
"  A  Dice  morning's  work.     Upon  my  nou),  a  nic«  morning's  work  ! " 

Tlic  lio^pilal  waa  near,  nnd  tbu  buuse-surguon  was  nt  his  post. 

"  Will  he  come  out  of  it  7  "  askt.'d  Bn^iwood  llie  yaaagat  rongbly. 

"  Who  are  you  ?  "  saikvcl  Tb«  surgeon  sharply,  on  his  side. 

"I  am  his  Hon." 

"i  shouldn't  hnvctliought  it,"  rejoined  theamsfion,  taking  th«  reatara- 
tir«s  that  v«re  handed  to  him  by  the  ourse,  and  turninR  from  lh«  boo  to  the 
father  wilb  oa  air  of  rclluf  which  howa*  at  no  pains  to  conceal.  "Yes,"  he 
added,  uflvr  u  mitiutv  ur  two.   "  Vuur  father  will  conii*  out  of  It,  thisiinte." 

"  Whfia  tan  ltd  l«j  iniiVfd  awjiy  from  liere  i  " 

"  Ho  can  be  moved  from  the  hoapitnl  in  on  hour  or  two." 

Th«  Spy  laid  a  card  on  llio  table.  "  I'll  come  linck  for  liiin  or  und 
for  hint,''  bo  said.  "  I  sappone  1  can  go  now,  if  I  lenve  my  name  and 
nddresfl  ?  "    With  those  worfla,  he  put  on  hi*  bat,  and  walked  out. 

"  Rv't  a  bmte  I "  said  the  nurse. 

"  No,"  eaid  iho  surgeon  quiftly.'    "  He's  a  man." 


I 


I 


B«twsim  nine  and  ten  o'clock  that  night,  Mr.  Rashwood  awoko  in  Iiis 
bed  St  the  inn  ia  the  Borough.     lie  bad  slejjt  for  somo  houf^  since  be 
had  been  brought  back  from  the  hospital ;  and  his  mind  and  body  were  A 
now  slowly  rocnvcring  together.  5 

A  light  waa  buniing  on  tho  bedaide- table,  anti  a  teller  hiy  on  it, 
waiting  C-jr  him  till  he  was  awake.  It  was  in  his  son's  hondwrttjqg,  and 
JtcoQlnioed  lho«!  words  : — ■ 

"  Mr  DKAit  Dad, — Having  seen  you  eafo  out  of  the  hospital,  and  back  at 
3'our  hotel,  1  ihinlc  1  may  fairly  claim  to  have  done  my  duty  by  you,  mi 
mny  consider  myself  free  to  look  after  my  own  atTairs.  Buaincta  will 
prevent  ma  from  sL-eing-  you  to-night;  and  I  dcm't  think  it  at  nil  Iikuly  I 
•hnll  be  in  jour  ii«ighlji)iirboml  lo-morrow  morning.  My  advice  to  you  iii, 
to  go  back  to  'riiorpe-Ambrohc,  nnd  to  stick  to  your  employutont  in  the , 
stPwurdV  ofSce.  Wherever  Mr.  Anondalc  may  be,  ho  must,  sooner  or, 
later,  write  to  you  on  business.    I  twh  ray  hands  of  ih«  whole  mailer, 


ARMADALE.  889 

mind,  w>  fitf  as  I  am  concerned,  from  this  time  foitli.     But  if  you  like  to 
go  on  with  it,  mj  professional  opioioa  is  (though  joii  coulda't  hinder  his 
marriage),  yoa  tusy  part  him  from  bia  wife. 
"Pray  take  care  of  yourself. 

"  Your  afiectiouate  son, 

"  Jau£S  Bashwood." 

The  letter  dropped  from  the  old  man's  feeble  hands.  "  I  wish  Jemmy 
could  have  come  to  see  me  to-night,"  he  thought.  "  But  it's  very  kind  of 
him  to  adrise  me  all  the  same." 

He  tamed  wearily  on  the  pillow,  and  read  the  letter  a  second  time. 
"  Tea,"  he  said,  "  there's  nothing  left  for  me  but  to  go  back.  I'm  too 
poor  and  too  old  to  hunt  after  them  all  by  myself."  He  closed  his  eyes : 
the  tears  trickled  slowly  over  his  wrinkled  cheeks.  "  I've  been  a  trouble 
to  Jemmy,"  he  mormured,  faintly  ;  "  I've  been  a  sad  trouble,  I'm  afraid, 
to  poor  Jemmy  1 "  In  a  minute  more  bis  weakness  overpowered  him,  and 
he  fell  asleep  again. 

The  clock  of  the  neighbouring  church  struck.  It  was  ten.  As  the  bell 
tdled  the  hoar,  &e  tidal  train — with  Midwinter  and  hie  wife  among  the 
passengers — was  speeding  nearer  and  nearer  to  Paris.  As  the  bell  tolled 
the  hour,  the  watch  on  board  Allan's  outward-bound  yacht,  had  sighted 
the  lighthouse  off  the  Land's  End,  and  had  set  the  course  of  the  vessel  for 
Uiliant  and  Finislerre. 

THE  EMO   OF   THE  POORTH  BOOK. 


Book    the    Fifth. 

chapter  i. 
Miss  Gwilt's  Diaet. 

''Kaples,  Octobss  IOth. — It  is  two  months  to-day,  since  I  declared  that 
I  had  closed  my  Diary,  never  to  open  it  again. 

"  Why  have  I  broken  my  resolution  7  Why  have  I  gone  back  to  thii 
secret  friend  of  my  wretchcdest  and  wickedest  hours?  Because  I  am 
more  friendless  than  ever ;  because  I  am  more  lonely  than  ever,  though 
my  husband  is  sitting  writing  in  the  next  room  to  me.  My  misery  ia 
a  woman's  misery,  and  it  will  speak — here,  rather  than  nowhere  ;  to  my 
second  self,  in  this  book,  if  I  Lave  no  one  else  to  hear  me. 

"  How  happy  I  was  in  tho  first  days  that  followed  our  marriage,  and 
how  happy  I  made  him  I  Only  two  months  have  passed,  aad  that  time  is 
a  bygone  time  alreedv  1    I  try  to  think  of  anything  I  might  have  said  or 

17—2 


» 


340  -     ^  AHMADATA 

done  wrongly,  on  my  eiiiEi; — of  tuiytPiing  lie  ml^lit  liave  aoM  or  doaa 
wrongly,  on  hi« — nnd  I  can  rcraembcT  nothing  nawortliy  of  my  husband, 
nothing  iinworlliy  of  ntynelf.  I  cannot  even  Uy  my  finger  on  ibe  Amj 
vbea  UiQ  cbiul  Hist  rote  between  nt. 

■*  I  cAuId  b<>nr  it,  if  I  loved  him  I«ss  d«iirly  ttinn  I  do.  I  ooald  conqncr 
tlie  misery  of  om  estmngemcnt  if  he  only  khowcd  the  cbnnge  ia  Lim  as 
bmUiIly  as  other  mon  wotiM  show  iL 

"  But  this  never  has  happened,  never  will  happen.  It  U  not  in  hij 
nnture  to  inflict  oufTering  on  othera.  Not  a  bard  word,  not  a  hard  look, 
eacapea  him.  It  ia  only  at  night,  when  I  hcnr  him  sighing  in  his  tlMp  ; 
nod  someiimes  uhen  I  se«  him  dre»miiig.  In  the  morning  hours,  that  I  koov 
how  hopelessly  I  nm  losing  the  love  he  ouct:  fi-!t  fur  mu.  He  hidtd,  or  tries 
to  hiilo  it,  in  the  dny,  for  my  $!ikc.  He  ia  all  gentlenes,  all  kiodoeai— 
hut  his  heart  is  not  on  his  lipx,  whrn  he  kiasea  me  now  ;  hia  bond  lelb 
Tue  Qot)iin;i  when  it  touches  mine.  Dny  al^cr  day,  the  hotiTs  thiu  he  giret 
to  his  hnteful  writing  ^ow  lotig^er  itiid  longer;  day  aOc-r  day,  lie  bftoanMl 
more  and  more  siJcnt,  in  the  hours  that  lie  gives  to  Me. 

"And,  with  nil  iW'tt,  there  \s  nothing  tbit  I  eon  complain  of— nothin; 
nuirltecl  unough  to  justify  me  in  noticing  it.  Ilia  disappoiatnient  shriulu 
from  all  open  Goafi:saiou  ;  lua  retignntion  collecta  itfelf  by  such  fino 
dfigreea  that  even  my  watcIifulnesB  fails  t'>  «vv  llio  growtli  of  it.  Filly 
timcH  a  day,  1  fid  the  louging  in  mc>  to  throir  my  nrmx  round  his  ovckt 
and  £ay,  '  For  God'a  saka,  do  anything  to  mo,  rathor  thaa  tT«it  mt  like 
ihial' — and  fiAy  times  a  day  iJie  worJj  arc  forced  Imclc  into  my  hnrt 
by  the  cruel  gonsidcratcnesa  of  his  cocduct,  which  giTcs  me  no  excose  ibr 
upeiiking  llieni.  I  thouglit  I  Jind  suffered  th«  charp<;Kt  pain  that  I  could 
fet^l,  when  uiy  first  huabaud  laid  hia  whip  iicrnn  my  (ace,  I  thought  1 
knew  tho  worst  that  deepair  could  do,  ou  the  day  when  I  knew  that  ths 
viiwr  villnin,  th«  meaner  villnin  still,  hnd  caet  mo  oiT.  Live  nnd  kam. 
Thoru  in  sharper  pam  than  I  fdt  under  Waldron's  whip;  tlier«  is  bitieter 
dc.<ipair  than  the  di^ptiir  I  knew  when  Miinuc!  deserted  me, 

"  Aiii  I  too  old  for  him  7  Surely  not  y«t  I  Have  I  lost  my  beauty  ? 
Kot  a  muu  paucs  mc  in  the  slxcct  but  his  eyes  tell  mo  i  am  oa  handacmi) 
na  ever. 

"  Ah,  no  I  no  I  the  secret  lies  deeper  than  that !  I  hare  thought  and 
thought  flboQt  it,  till  a  horrible  limey  hu  taken  possession  of  laa.  Ho  hu 
bfon  noble  and  good  in  his  past  life,  and  I  have  been  widred  and  di^raoed. 
Vilio  can.  tell  what  a  gap  that  dreadful  difTerence  may  make  l»atween  n% 
nnknown  to  him  and  unknown  to  mo  ?  It  is  foUy,  it  is  nmliuss  Tiiit 
when  I  Lie  awake  by  him  in  t)>e  Oiirknoss,  I  ask  myself  wlietbcf  any 
UQcouwiouB  di»o[osure  of  tke  truth  escapes  mc  in  tho  dose  intimacy  that 
now  unites  ua?  Is  there  nn  unutterable  Somothing  loft  by  the  hoirov  rf 
my  past  life,  which  dings  invl^iibly  to  mc  itill  ?  And  ii  he  feeling  tlic 
influence  of  it,  sensibly,  and  yet  iucompreheatibly  to  himself?  Oh  mc  I  L* 
there  no  purifying  power  in  such  love  as  mine?  Ate  there  plague-spoU 
of  paet  wickcduesa  on  my  heart  which  no  after- repentance  can  wasb  oulf 


AltMADALS.  841 

"Who  coo  tcU7  There  is  tumctliiDg  wrong  in  our  married  lift — I 
can  only  ooiiie  bade  to  t>int.  'i'here  U  ictaa  iidvcrfiu  inllucncc!  that  oMther 
be  nor  I  can  tivoe,  which  ia  pATtini;  us  further  imd  fuitber  from  eadi 
other,  day  hy  day.  Well !  I  suppo&e  I  eball  bo  liftideniMl  In  time,  Bod 
leaiQ  to  besr  iu 

"An  open  cotriago  baa  just  driven  by  my  window,  wllh  n  nictly- 
Jr«Med  lady  in  it.  She  lind  her  hunlmnd  hy  hor  sidie,  and  lier  ctiildri-a 
en  tbe  aeat  opiKwitc.  Al  tlie  luoitietit  when  I  saw  brr  the  was  laughing 
and  talking  in  high  spirits;  n  apurkling,  light-kcni'ted,  linppy  woman, 
Ab,  my  lady,  wbi-n  you  were  a  Tew  years  younger,  if  you  Lad  been  Icll  to 
yourseir,  and  thrown  on  the  world  like  mc " 

**  Octoitr  11(A. — The  eleveutb  day  of  t1i«  monlb  wax  tbo  day  (t\n> 
aiacc)  when  wa  were  married.  He  aaid  nuUuiig  .-tl>oiit  it  to  me 
we  woke,  nor  I  to  bim.  But  I  thought  I  would  make  it  the  occaiioD, 
at  breaklW-timtr,  of  Uying  to  win  him  back. 

"  J  don't  lliink  I  over  tock  such  paius  witli  my  toilette  bclbre  ;  I  don't 
duak  I  evvr  looki'd  bvttcr  than  I  li>oked  wbr^ri  I  wont  downBtnirs  tliis 
tfilfV"tL-  Ht;  htA  br(!iLkfu3ti,-il  by  hitiiaelfr  und  I  luiiiid  a  little  slip  of  papor 
«*S«  lablti  with  an  apoIo;gj-  written  on  it.  The  post  to  England,  he  tatd, 
veat  out  that  ilay,  and  his  letter  to  tlie  newspaper  must  be  linisbed.  Iu 
Iiit  plsc«,  I  would  have  let  filly  po»tfi  go  out,  ratbcr  than  brcakfiut  without 
bim,  1  weut  into  bis  r»uiii.  There  be  wus,  imuieritcil  body  and  soul  in 
bit  hateful  wriling  t  'Cirn'l  you  give  me  n  Utile  time  llm  iimniing?'  I 
Baked.  lie  got  up  with  a  start.  'Certninly,  if  you  wi»h  it.'  Ho  uever 
even  looked  at  me  oa  be  snid  tlie  words.  Tbe  very  sound  of  liis  voice  told 
me  ibst  all  hia  interest  was  centred  iu  llie  pea  that  he  had  just  taid  down. 
'I  MC  yon  ftre  occupied,'  I  suid;  'I  don't  wisJi  it.'  Before  I  hod  alosbd 
tbo  door  cm  bim  Im  was  back  at  his  d»k.  I  have  often  lieiml  that  llie 
vivea  oTitutbora  have  been  for  the  most  part  unKappy  woineu.  And  tiow 
1  know  why. 

*'  I  aappoM,  at  I  mid  yesterday,  I  fhuU  Ujuii  Iu  bear  it.  (What  a/u/, 
bj  tb«  by,"!  Beaa  t*  bnvo  written  yeatci-dsy  !  how  ashamed  I  ahonld 
be  if  aaybody  saw  it  but  myself !)  I  hope  the  trumpeiy  newspaper  he 
wriu*  fur  Hou't  euocn'd  I  I  hope  ble  rubbifiiiiog  letter  will  be  well  cut 
■J  by  some  other  newspaper  as  Boon  as  it  gcl«  into  print  I 

"What  am  I  to  do  with  myself  iiU  the  morning?  I  tiin'tgo  out,— it's 
wining.  If  I  opin  the  piaao,  I  shall  disturb  the  iiidiiiilrious  journalist 
irlw  ix  ecribbling  in  the  nest  rooui.  Oh  dwr  !  it  was  louely  enough  in 
■y  lodging  at  Tborpc-AnibriBii',  but  bow  mitcli  lonelier  it  is  hen.  Shall 
1  rrad  7  No;  books  don't  interest  ine;  I  bate  the  whole  tribe  of  AUtliora. 
I  think  I  idiall  look  back  through  these  ijages,  and  Htc  ray  life  over  again 
when  1  was  plotting  nntl  |danning,  and  tindijig  a  new  excitement  to 
occupy  mc  ia  ercry  new  hour  of  tlie  day. 

"  Ha  roiglii  have  looked  at  nie,  though  bo  was  bo  Iiubj-  with  Iiis 
wriling.     llv  might  Iiarc  wid, '  ll«w  Mi<*ly  you  aro  dressed  this  morning  1* 


313 

He  might  bav*  remembcTEd, — ncrer  nrind  whtt  I 
the  newRpap«r. 

"  7\etht  o'c'ocJt. — 1  hav«  been  Teodiog  ood  Ihinltuig ;  and,  dmib  to 

mv  Diary,  I  hare  got  Ihrcugh  itn  lioiir. 

"  Whnt  n  time  it  was,— what  a  lire  it  w»s,  at  Thorj^-Ambroae  1 
I  wonder  I  kept  mj  tonsM.  It  makea  mj  heart  beat,  it  makes  my  6m 
ftush,  ©nly  to  read  about  it  now  ! 

"Tb«  rain  elill  foJU,  mid  iLe  journnlist  etill  ecribble«.  I  doa'l  mwt 
lo  think  the  thoughU  of  ihat  part  limo  ever  again.  And  yel,  ithat  d« 
CAD  I  do  7 

"  SuppcwiDg — I  only  say  suppoang — I  felt  now,  as  I  fAl 
I  tlAvellcd  to  London  wiih  Armadale ;  and  nlien  I  taw  my  -way 
Hft  u  plainly  as  I  stw  tbc  mnn  bliuself  all  (Jiroii^h  tlit-  joiirnry.  .  ,  ,  f 

"  m  go  and  look  oot  of  windoir.  I'll  go  and  count  tiie  pccjile  aa  they 
paasby. 

"  A  riini?ira]  Tio«  f^nr  by,  with  tbo  ]Mnil«ntfi  in  their  black  hooda,  and 
tbe  vrax  toi*cli«  Rptittoring  in  the  wet,  and  the  little  bell  ringing,  and  lh« 
prieota  droning  their  monotonoiii  chant.  A  pleaaant  sight  to  meet  moil 
the  window  !     I  shail  go  bach  to  my  Diary. 

"  Siippf*fling  I  wna  not  tJie  altered  woman  I  am — I  only  «ay,  tapponng 
^-how  would  the  Oraiid  Rial  that  I  oimc  thought  of  running,  look  nowt 
I  liavc  luarricd  Midwinter  in  the  name  that  w  really  hb  own.  Aod  by 
doing  that,  Ihiivetjiken  the  first  of  thosL"  three  stops  which  were  once  to  Ind 
mo,  tlirough  Armiuiiilc'a  lifu,  to  tlie  fortune  nnd  tlic  fltation  of  Armadale') 
widow.  No  inntter  how  innoc<<nt  my  inlenliona  might  have  been  on  thd 
wedding-dny — and  they  were  innocent — this  is  one  of  the  noaltenbte 
matte  of  the  marriage.  Well,  having  taken  tlic  Qrst  slep,  then,  whether 
I  woold  or  no,  haw — supposing  I  meant  to  takG  the  cecond  etep,  which  I 
don't — how  would  present  circumirtanccs  stand  towarda  me  ?  Would  ihey 
warn  me  to  draw  bade,  I  vrondcr?  or  would  they  encoursgc  me  to  go  oaf 

<^It  will  interest  mo  to  calcuktc  tlie  chances;  and  I  can  euily  t<u  tht 
leaf  out,  and  doBtmy  it,  if  the  frospccC  looks  too  enooursging. 

"  Wc  are  liriag  here  (for  economy's  sake),  far  away  from  the  expeMir* 
English  qn.nrlcr,  in  a  snbiirb  of  the  cir.y,  on  the  Porliei  ndo.  We  lure 
mudu  no  (ravelling  ac()uniiitancefl  among  our  own  comitiy-p*oplo.  Onr 
poverty  19  against  tta ;  Bdidwintcr'a  shyness  ia  ngainst  us ;  and  (with  tb 
■women)  my  personal  appearance  is  against  lu.  TIio  men  from  when  my 
husband  gets  his  iufoTmation  for  tb^  newspaper,  meet  him  at  the  caJe,  and 
never  come  hcru.  I  disccamge  his  bringing  any  strsngcn  to  see  me; 
for,  though  ycnrj  hnvc  pnascd  Jilncc  I  waa  last  nt  S'aples,  1  cimnoi  be  sum 
that  some  of  the  many  people  I  once  knew  in  thin  place  may  not  be  liring 
■till.  The  moral  of  nil  this  is  (as  the  children's  ttory-books  Bay),  that  not 
A  Aingle  witness  has  eomc  to  this  house  who  could  declare,  if  any  after^ 
inquiry  look  place  in  Englnnd,  that  Midwinter  and  I  lad  been  living  here 
u  man  and  wife.     So  mueh  for  present  circumstances  as  they  nffcct  Mc 


ABMA  DA  IX.  818 

*  Aimii4Kl«  Drat  Uas  sny  unibreacen  iCL-i<l«lit  kd  him  to  commimi- 
cat«  vitlt  Thorpe- Ambrose  7  Uns  lie  hrokeii  tlic  conditions  wMah  the 
mi^^  tnpCBod  on  him,  and  asserteil  himself  in  tiia  cboisicCor  of  Miss 
Miltey'*  jtromiMd  htiriMind  ainc«  I  mw  him  last  ? 

"Nothing  of  Uw  sort  ban  taken  plnce.  No  nororoKcn  aceident  has 
■lt«rcd  fail  potation — hin  tempting  positicn — towimia  m/scir.  I  knon-  nil 
that  hat  happotwd  t«  him  since  he  i«ft  EnglamJ,  ttiroi^h  lh«  Idtcn  which 
be  writoi  lo  Midwinl«r,  nnd  nliich  Midwinter  Hhows  to  me. 

"  Hu  lias  been  wrecked,  to  begin  Hitli.  Ilia  triiniprry  liitic  yacht  bos 
aetnnlly  trirxl  lo  ilroim  him,  nlW  a!!,  nnd  has  failed!  It  Imppcnvd  (m 
U  id  winter  warned  him  it  tnif^ht  hnppon  with  HORmall  aveMel)  in  asiiddcn 
rtortn.  They  w«rc  blown  ashore  on  the  coovt  of  Portugal.  Tho  yiictit 
venl  to  pieoH^bni  tlielivo,  and  pnppra,  Diid  no  nn,  Trarewved,  The  men 
iate  httn  sent  I>ack  to  Rrivlol,  with  recoinmendiitions  from  their  master, 
vbfldt  have  alreaJy  got  them  cmploj-ment  on  board  an  oulwnrd-botind 
rittp.  And  the  miiflter  liimariria  on  hia  way  here,  after  Blopjiing  ftnu  at 
Uabon,  lad  next  at  Gibraltar,  and  trying  incBcctunlly  in  both  placm  to 
np|vly  liiiM*l(  irith  another  tmwI.  His  third  attempt  i*  lo  hn  nuid«  nt 
Napl€>,  wb«n  tlieni  is  an  Engliti})  yucht  '  laid  up,'  at  ihcty  cjill  it,  to  be 
had  for  Bale  or  hin.  Uo  Itos  li&d  no  ccco«ioa  to  write  li<;nic  aincc  Ihc 
WT*ok — for  he  tookaway  fromCoutt»*i  the  whokof  the  large  tiuin  of  money 
ladled  there  lor  him,  in  circulnr  uotn.  And  he  has  felt  no  iiicliniilioii  to 
back  to  Eoghuad  himself — for,  witli  Mr.  Brack  dutd,  MiJis  Milroy  at 
I,  and  Midwinter  hero,  lie  hai  not  a  living  creature  in  whom  he  in 
ted,  to  woloomo  him  if  he  returned.  To  tec  us,  nnd  to  see  Uie  new 
yacht,  are  tlw  ottly  two  present  objects  he  Iwia  in  view.  Midwialcr  hoa 
h«eB  expectini^  him  fi^r  a  wi-t-Ic  post,  and  h«  may  w«lk  into  thin  very  room 
in  whicii  I  am  writing,  nt  thin  rery  moment,  fur  all  1  know  to  the 
Moliwy- 

*<  Tempting  eircumKlances,  these — with  all  the  nronga  I  have  mflisreil 
U  hit  mother's  hiinJ.i  nnd  nl  hia,  etill  alive  in  my  memory  |  with  Miai 
HUroT  oonfldently  wailing  to  lake  her  fAax  at  the  liuad  of  hia  household; 
with  my  dream  of  living  happy  and  innocent  in  Midwlnlcr'a  lore,  diipcUed 
fcr  eror,  and  with  nothing  left  io^ita  place  lo  help  mo.  ogvut  myeclf.  I 
with  it  wua't  raining ;  I  wish  I  could  go  out 

"Perhaps,  eomclhing  may  happen  to  prarcat  AmmdAlc  from  coming 
lo  Napl«9t  ?  When  lie  Inst  wrol«,  he  waa  waiting  at  Gibraltar  for  an 
Cngliih  ateamer  in  the  Mediterranean  trade  to  bring  him  on  here.  Ife 
may  get  lired  of  waiting  before  the  steamer  cornea,  or  He  may  hear  of 
•  yacht  al  eome  other  place  than  this.  A  little  bir>l  whii^iers  in  my  eop 
that  it  may  ponihly  l«  the  wiieat  tiling  he  crcr  did  in  his  lifs,  if  he 
hreaka  hii  engagement  to  join  us  at  Naples. 

"  Shall  I  Irar  out  the  leaf  on  which  nil  tbtoe  ihooking  ihingi  hiTO  been 
vrilten?  No.  )Iy  Diai^  ia  lo  nicely  bound — It  would  be  poaitivo 
haibarity  to  tear  out  n  leaf.  Ltt  tno  occupy  niTicIf  harmleeitly  with 
Mwething  else.     What  shall  it  bef    My  dreaaing.«iiBe — 1  will  put  my 


an  ^^^  AHMADALE. 

draanng-caM  tidjr,  and  poliib  up  the  6tw  liul«  thiags  in  it  wludi  mj 
DilfitrtttDcs  haTe  euU  kfi  ia  my  posscooo. 

"  I  hare  almt  vp  the  dreadog^-case  agaia.  Ttie  fint  tbing  I  fooad  la 
It  mu  Anuid»]t;'s  ab»bbjr  pn-scat  to  ntc  od  my  mairuge — tbo  rabbuiliiiig 
liiUfl  mby  ring.  Tli«t  irritated  me  to  b«(pii  with.  Tlw  ■ccoad  ihlDg 
that  tomed  ap  wns  mj  boUle  of  Dropi.  I  cauglit  mymit  measuring  ilte 
doMa  witL  my  eye,  ind  okuUling  bow  amaj  of  tbeia  would  l>e  enougb 
to  tmke  a  liring  creature  over  the  border-land  betweea  fil«ep  and  death. 
Whj  I  ibould  liare  locked  the  dresung-caso  to  a  ftight,  bcrore  I  luul 
■juilo  uomplctcd  my  calcuUtion,  I  don't  knoir — but  I  did  lock  it.  And 
Irera  1  nni  back  ag.iin  at  my  Ti'mry,  wiili  nolhing,  absolutely  Dntbtng,  to 
vritc  about,  Ob,  tlie  weaiy  day  J  Uie  weary  day  1  Will  aotbiiig  bappca 
to  excite  me  a  little  in  Qua  horrible  place  T 


Oct<Aer  12lli. — Midwinter'a  all-Iaiportant  letter  to  ibo  newspaper 
dei{iatched  bj  the  pow  last  night.  I  waa  foolith  enough  to  mppON  that 
I  might  be  honoured  by  baviag  some  of  hia  spare  altcution  l>e*towcd  oo 
mo  tO'duy.  Nuthittg  of  llic  sort !  lie  had  a  reatlaea  uight,  after  all  lus 
writing,  and  got  up  nitli  liia  head  acldng,  aad  hia  spirit*  miserably 
depreaeetl.  Wkcn  he  is  in  tliia  tftalc,  faia  £ivourite  rctacdy  Lb  to  return  to 
Lis  old  vagabond  bsbitj,  and  go  roaming  away  by  himself  nobody  kaowl 
wher&  He  went  through  the fono,  this  motning  (IcnowLog  I  had  noriding- 
liatiit),  of  cSeriiig  to  hire  a  hltlc  broken-kneed  brute  of  a  pony  for  me,  u 
CDBc  I  wisht'd  to  accompany  liiui !  I  prvfcrred  remajning  at  hone.  I 
will  hare  a  batidsotne  liotao  and  a  handsoQii:  babit,  or  I  won't  ride  at  alL 
He  wont  away,  withont  attempting  to  persuade  nic  to  change  my  mm  J.  I 
wouldn't  have  chnnged  it  of  CQUrse  ;  but  be  might  have  tried  to  persuade 
lue  alt  the  aanic 

"  I  can  open  the  piano,  in  hla  absenoe — ^that  is  one  comfort,  .Aod  X 
am  in  a  £ae  humour  for  playing — thst  is  another.  There  is  a  aoaals  oT 
Becthoycn's  (1  forget  the  Dumber),  whicli  alwaya  euggcata  to  me  cbc 
agony  of  lost  spirits  in  a  place  of  torment.  Come,  my  fingers  and  thumb*, 
ntid  take  me  among  the  lost  spirits,  this  monuDg  I  ■ 

"  October  lith. — Our  windows  louk  out  on  tliu  sea.     At  noon  to^y, 
m  aaw  a  steamer  coming  id,  with  the   English  flag  flying.     Miilwmter 
has  gone  to  the  port,  on  ihe  chanoe  that  this  may  bo  tho  veaoel  Iron     _ 
Gibraltar,  with  Armndalc  ou  board.  ■ 

"  Tivo  o'clock. — It  ia  the  vessel  from  Gibral^r.  Armadale  has  added 
one  mure  to  the  long  Eist  of  hia  blimders — lie  hnj  ktpt  his  cogagencnt  le 
jiiiu  us  at  Nsplcs, 

"  How  will  it  cud,  now  ? 

»  Who  knows  I  " 


1 

I 


(Erffiiirjdtia  in  n  ^asliitt. 


'BasKBT"  u  tho  old-fitsbioaed  ikaignftlion  applied  to  tfao  back  compart- 
Bant  in  our  numcroiu  ibtec-inilu  And  cix-milo  eovhei,  Honrl/  plying  tlie 

two  aUgca  b«tvi-i-aa  tbe  large  city  of  A ,  ita  aeaiide  ituburb  of  Z , 

aad  tbo  borbour  town  of  X ^rllier  on.     The  scene  'a  \ayy  remote 

Irani  town,  fat  in  tlie  provinces  of  the  North. 

Onr  liouBeUoIcl   being  uov  Kiusied  at  Z ,  while  yet  bound  by 

nriMU  liee  to  d«ar  old  pigtuneque  A ,  it  is  my  own  IVvqucnt  lot  to 

Innne  the  interval  boih  wayH ;  on  whi<^  ocooaioiu^  although  a  railway 
ii  equally  arailabte,  I  gt-Dcrally  by  prcfeccDOB  tin  tlw  DOBcIt,  with  a 
finiact  partiality  for  "  lliu  baaUrt  "  thereof. 

Placed  bebiod  the  carriago,  it  opcuN  cndirays  and  dor  of  tlic  wbeclo. 
Iht  froat   MCtion  is  undoubtedly  niiicli   more  select;  but  against  tliU 
iBimt  be  M-t  (o  the  account  of  the  other  ^nd,   that  beside  itn  door  ia 
ttitioDed  the  "  boy,"   who  perforuu  the  duly  of  conductor  as  smartly  and 
UTilly  na  if  he  yrat  full-grown.     For  all  fadlitiea  of  exit  or  entrance,  tlita 
wiTantagc  in  obvJMw  ;  and,  bcaidos,  the  fnr«  lies  moderately  but  gontccUy 
bctveca  lliat  of  the  ariitocratie  front  and  that  of  the  lop — jnacociuibla 
b  a  lady's  com  lor  cnnrentionnl  r«uoas.      Again,  1  often  find  in  the 
bidctt  some  aoodeseript  fellow-pasMngcr  of  a  congenial  turn ;  and  then 
«t  certain   fretinent  characieriRtiQ   ooot«nt8  of  niiieli  ialcreiC.     And,  I 
WafeM,  I  like  to  hear   people's  geaiiiue  Toices,  and  see  their  uatural 
geitarei;  t«  h«u-  ttmn  make  known  ihft  progrt^M  of  oropi^  the  Rtaie  of 
natketa,  the  probablo  pricm  of  oatniea!  and  potatoea,  the  actual  value  of 
bl  pigs  per  ntonu     It  is  instructive  to  take  diittnctly  into  mind  what  any 
Imd  old  goodi«K  will  gowip  about ;   to  discover  what  can  pofisibty  bruak 
ll*  latbargic  cont«nt  of  a  rural  inlelligeiKe,  which  apparently,  if  but 
tMed  onwards,  could  gapo  satisfied  Ihr  a   hundred  miles.     An  odd 
■•dley  is  composed  when  these  mingle  with  thu  well-doing  trodeqwople 
■ill  maag  looks  and  inaignificaot  remarks, — with  the  staid  old  maids,  tikc 
f<ri(lt«tio  mavtcrs  at  sominarics,  the  recovering  iarnlids,  tho  brisk  eom- 
ttrdal  tmTrller*,  ilie  careful  landladies  of  lodgings,  the  occMlonal  school- 
fids,  tli«  inurofgorernesaeserer  separately  seen,  and  the  one  prorokingly- 
AtqiHOt  woman  (still  a  problem  between  housekeeper  and  proprietor  of  a 
Magle),  who  make  up  the  average  suple  of  our  society  in  thn  coach- 
Udut.    Of  contw  all  docs  go  wdl  in  the  bukcl.    Its  Jrgiil  limitation  to 
«t  n^ciiiidiita  «i  a  timo  is  rnther  incoOTenienlly  open  to  ch«ck  from  a 
tif'hiw   which  fails  to  regulatu   the  ndmwuon  of  children,  or  to  settle 
^  many  nb  this  or  that  age  may  fairly  be  compreaaihle  in  the  rooni  li>r 
a  liogle  adolt.  llowerer  partial  to  cbildren,  yet  it  is  difficult  to  ko^  ealtn 

L7— 5 


KCCESTIlIClTira  IN 


amidst  th«  brittling  of  atnuige  tojs,  sad  emilo  wben  atielqr  oomfitt  mtMl 
be  banded  Mian  lo  aoodie  disorder.  Then,  there  is  great  Inosenen  in  ibe 
dc6QilioD  of  paroela — •  provokiog  vagiuencsn  «r  iliBtioctioa  betveca  tund- 
iMigi  Mid  luggage  fit  l^r  tlie  boot,  1>«twe«n  a  pottl«  and  a  luunpcr,— 
Iwtween  noxgtys  that  may  bo  htid,  actoal  buncbea  of  vegetabka,  and 
plosta  poaitirely  gcowiog  in  poto.  Also  it  miglit  bo  rcanonabk  to  coui- 
plAin  ct  the  tiidden  frngilily  of  band-boxM  behind  one's  beeb,  and  tbe 
oblnuled  solidity  ofciiliuary  ntcnnls  before  oiie*a  toec  But  if  tfae  Veeooe 
louche*  an  extreme,  aeldora  is  Uiere  wanting  «  eofficieot  qaacam  of  gtwn 
"bsjikctecrs"  for  ita  lepranicm. 

Improper  or  tboroQchly  ineligible  people  rarely  inlnide  into  tba 
buket.  Tbc  caso  haa  ticcurred  c(  iv  person  of  the  htiinbler  gradet, 
mainly  Eubsialiag  oo  bis  property  in  bathing-macbinGe,  whose  Ualc  of 
health  diapoBcd  him  lo  prefer  tbc  hoalict  on  any  winter  errand  to  ot 

licm  A .    He  clinaccd  to  wear  in  gcaeraJ  nn  old-fiuhioncd  iraterprMf 

gre&lcont,  and  waa  olluntise  iooflvniire— of  dwfifrvnlial  manner,  quiet  la 
the  lafiC  degree  ;  hut  tbc  nwiiU  was  bin  being  obliged  to  tnlce  the  train  an 
all  timiltu-  occuions.  There  ttm,  moreover,  an  indiiolriotia  jobbing- 
garden^r  not  long  ago  in  our  wmering-plaoe,  for  wboM  abeence  lul 
nimmcr  no  other  reason  haa  y<.-t  keen  allfged  tbaa  liis  mnh  procedora 
ono  mowy  day  in  taking  n  seat  by  iIiir  compaitment.  It  was  said  Ii4 
prafMBed  to  be  laboaring  under  a  Revere  cold,  and  iieiemed  lo  expect  or 
wiah  (b«  glaM  of  Oie  end-window  kept  up, — a  (hitig  seldom  done,  unk« 
required  by  ladim.  FHiling  this,  it  ta  nndentood  thnt  he  sat  gloomily 
Kooking  Bome  conreo-flavotimd  Apeciltc  all  the  way.  It  !■  ereo  alleged 
that  ho  inuit  have  come  rtraight  from  work  among  damp  let-k-bcdt^  if 
not  carrying  Uiem  nt  thi!  rery  time  to  town. 

Amongat  the  tcp-paaacngcnt,  then:  ia  one  wIimo  company  wtihin 
would  outweigh  all  onr  advantagM.  A  brisk,  tboogli  heavy  man,  with 
s  large  purple  face,  which  luckily  Htwins  to  need  air  ;  his  dothta  nfo^y 
of  ihe  Huno  hard-wearing  colour,  tlinitph  with  crape  on  hiahat;  and 
an  evident  vulgar  ciijo\i«ent  of  the  freedom,  the  motion,  and  the  ccin- 
pany,  an  may  be  hejird,  when  not  seen,  by  the  dangling  of  hta  wrinkled 
boota  over  an  cnd-Indder  to  a  kind  of  tunc  with  the  hoiaca.  He  genemlly 
goea  np  at  a  traund,  whittling.  His  hnnds  make  a  rbjnk  in  tm  poekeu. 
f  ie  noda  to  the  driver;  tlie  clerk  nt  the  office  knows  him;  the  porten 
iaolinc  to  touch  thcii*  hntj  ;  and  at  any  pause  in  our  coarse  be  nuiy  b* 
heard  otTering  such  bets,  such  bid*  for  a  hontp,  a  dog,  a  chaiM,  or  s 
cart,  tliAt  it  is  jiloin  no  economical  considcistions  sway  him.  Thia  Indi 
UA  to  hope  lli&t  should  any  whim  prompt  him  lo  ride  inside,  he  will  inflict 
himtcif  on  the  front  compHrtment.  ITiimnur  HMterts  ibnt  be  is  a  rucooiAiI 
broker  of  wmc  sort,  in  eonnection  with  our  numcrons  furmtitra  saloa  and 

hou>e<filLlngs  in  7, ;  where  he  hw,  it  ccemii,  built  now  aliops^  and  laid 

out  groimd  for  (lie  consiniction  of  a  marine  rilk  to  bi«  own  taste,  with 
batha,  fenatsin,  stid  plounirc-gardcn  in  an  Orieata,!  nlylo  ;  and  is,  aocordisg 
to  our  many  gouipa,  a  widowor  on  the  look-out  for  a  froah  Biiatt«H  le 


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Ilia  hoQCtfadd  and  motlia-  to  hi«  tamily.  Trivinl  ta  th«  chnncfl  of  hia 
corapanicinhip  in  the  b«tkct,  »  the  iisbilJly  to  be  ftTmirvd,  of  hot 
morningB,  with  the  prewoee  nf  an  ffforv^tcctit  young  haih«r  or  two 
rrtoming  to  bumnejK  in  the  city  ;  »  cmiple  of  luwj-er»'  clmrk«,  or  a  trio  of 
•todcatv,  irlio,  it  might  be  supposed,  arc  wont  rwpcctircly  to  more  about 
in  tli««  nunmiuAl  profoiiion^  liy  way  of  rare  variety,  tlio  bnHk«t  hm 
beta  found  the  pis-aUcr  of  an  indubitable  firet-ctana  ira.rellcr.  I  have 
one  in  my  memory  nnw— ono  who  wag  hurried  up  in  aa  over-driv«n  cab 
from  the  railway  ataiion,  where  tlio  mail-train  hud  been  inised.  His 
MrraDt  and  Iiih  gim-coacH  and  othei-  appurtenances  irent  scrambling  up — 
cren  n  brnce  of  pointcn  were  hointcd  aotnewh'iM'c ;  but  no  room  rctriMiued 
fer  liim  in  fVont;  and  he  waa  lodged  jtwt  wjtltin  otir  prooincts.  lie  was 
*  moet  genlleman!/  penon,  witli  long  It-g^  uliich  did  not,  liowcrcr, 
gire  the  leaat  trouble,  almost  leaving  room  for  an  extra  fare,  ^'ono 
of  our  peculiarittcH  seemed  to  attract  hia  notice ;  lie  appe»red  uncouctoua 
•f  ftry  Yoice  or  feature  among  ub  ;  indeed,  it  becume  evident  that  lia  saw 
miy  with  one  oye,  nnd  that  not  uithout  tbo  }i<r)p  of  a  glass. 

Let  it  not  be  conc^red,  liowcvt-r,  tliat  no  incidmti  more  exciting  ever 

ihtill  OIU  jog-trot  course  ;  the  truth  in,  th«rc  nro  special  contingencies  of 

X  nature  to  mark  out  tho  bukvt  in  this  view.     Lale  of  aa  evening,  past 

Uic  check-box  nt  the  tampikc,  t)ic  drivfrs  will  exercinc  a  power  to  take 

ap  Btray  waydidp  far«,  whether  plfcadJng  or  peremptory,  who  are  strangely 

apt  to  be  huddled  into  the  convtiLtent  bade.     Jf  a  Imvdler  of  any  cIoh, 

■es,  or  age  Mcm  likdy  to  require  oare  in  tmnsmisiuon,  (lie  usual  driA  uf 

an  pnntMi  is  to  devolve  it  on  our  end  of  the  cowih.     Too  oOon  hnv^ 

"jmptoms  appf'anvl,  ere  the  end,  of  a  condition  on  iho  part  of  i)i«  indi- 

^''idunl  no  tenderly  entrusted,  each  oa  niAV  bext  hn  denoted  t:y  the  admift> 

^too  that  I  have  not  myself  known  it  rencli  tho  pitch  of  fury,  or  exactly 

Vvsembte  medical  itccounts  of  delinnm  tirmrns.     However,  it  ia  not  long 

^1(0  nnce  thcro  was  *'  Hnoked  "  one  night  in  tho  ofUce,  nlong  -vfitli  our 

v<«ipe<!f«b)e  liiiln  company   In  Z ,  an   cxconively  i^niet   tmdetininR- 

*ikc  peT*tm,  nccompaniod  by  hiH  much  too  eolicitoua  wiJe,  whose  youlh, 

^'■ciy  cheeks,  and  threwd  prominence  in  the  transaction  went  far  to  cover 

"S*.     Appan-ntly  it  waa  Istigae  tliat  setiled  him  at  once  in   llie  fiinheat 

**flnicr,  where,  screenwl   by  lier,  he  fell   aaleep.      but,  uo  sooner  wero 

^^«  dear  of  the  fthop-lights  and  well  upon  Iho  road,  than  hu  wo}:r  up, 

~'*— moat  dreadAilly  woke   up.     Our   solitary    lump  l>om   overhead   di»* 

^tcaed   tliat  the  wTctch  was,  beyond   all   doubt,   tip^  I     Have   for   tlio 

^vib'l  etrcnuons  exerttoni:,  her  «nd(*iinnenia  joined  to  hvr  nuthnrily,— 

Cthoogli  lier  previous   conduct  had  been    (ibomiiiahly    »ly,)  thoro  is  no 

•syitig   what   might   hare   followed.      A"   it   wa»,    tho   loarfnl   oreataro 

TdwRiDnlty  radravoured    to  cnnvinOA  iia  that  it  waa  lits  wifo  who,  of 

the  two,  was   Inloxicnlrd.      He  proceeded  to  sing  to  iia  u  medley  of 

migs,  the  most  Bneehanalian  in  chnracter,  ia  the  ehonisoi  of  which  we 

were  «xpmt«l  lo  join  ;  he  oatt  defiant  frowns  upon  our  only  protoclor, 

poor  old   Monainir  B ,  a  Frv-ncb  master  ia  town,  who,  wilhtKit 


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any  tffiicl  vliaierer,  gave  the  tellow  his  card.     W«  all  jolntljr   had 
restrain  Uieni  hj  main  force  frooi  a  p«»c»uil  *tnigglu  ;  the  nortt  result 
tbc  dofc  being  a  ei]4<l«a   d«terraination,  on   the  p4rt  «f  the  JUttercd 
uoDstcr,  that  be  miut  see  u«  home.     Wbetfaer  be  meant  it  jointly  or 
aercralty,  ia  iinpoMibla  to  my;  bnt  be  waa  luppil}*  divuted  from  hU 
pQfpose  bjr  bis  ^rewd  belpinaU. 

It  has  eT«r  been  itminlaiDud  that  tliCM  unccmtb  cliances  impart  a  seat 
to  ooooh  tiavdliof!,  bring  out  a  rariety  of  chnractcr  aad  shorteo  the  way 
by  a  stir  to  tho  ihoughu,  which  are  all  imavailable  within  the  same  liaiitH 
to  other  motks  of  conrejance.  1  myself  iocliiie  to  tliat  Tiew — when  tli« 
adv«atare  ia  over. 

It  waa  on  a  hot  and  glaring  forenoon  at  Z 'h  liviiliest  season,  on  a 

market-day,  with  front  nod  top  both  full,  s  single  racaacy  alone  rem. 
in  the  baalcet,  tluit  I  one?  tat  in  it  pre[>arcd  to  itart  for  town,  but 
ihiLt  in  doing  so  I  traven«d  llie  teachings  of  experience.     Under 
combinatitio  of  cJrininutBncis,  to  go  by  coiich  in  tliat  diiection  is  a  aort  of 
letnpting  of  forlimt ;  howcTM*,  th«  more  than  usual  selcctneia  of  Jour 
fellow-patttDgen,  [previously  iaslalled,  had  lured  me  into  breaking  a  rule 
which  should  rather  havo  ]nxa  eoJurcffl  by  ooDAideration.     Orerilowcd  by 
tha  dcmtuid  for  seats,  our  interior  hud  never  before,  probably,  worn  an 
aspect  to  rcKrahling  th:it  of  iliu  more  rwluiclit  Kction  in  front.     On 
either  diile  the  door,  polituly  ready  to  give  vray  on  due  occasion)  yrt 
planted  in  o\'id(!iit  del  erm  inn  lion  againtit  admitting  aught  unsuitable,  tot 
a  gcnllcmuu  nppiircDtly  rqiial  to  the  most  trying  junoturc ;  the  one,  a 
stout  commerciiU  dignitary  from  the  senport,  ;;encrally  nndorstood  to  bs 
a  consul;  the  ottier  a  youugL-r  personage,  unknown,  but  etea  more  un* 
doubtedly,  by  figure,  UcmcBDOUr,  and   accent,  helunging   to  the  uppei 
griides  of  lile.     A  widowed  matron  oppogite  me  had  the  air  of  "  position  " 
•till  less  questionable  ;  while  iu  the  comer  b«yoad  her  tat  a  finely -dresseil 
young  lady,  of  travelled  "nceompliiiluncntii,"corrcEpotidlDgeaaeof  mantMTt 
and  Knglidi  birtti,  all  apparent  by  the  style  in  which  she  had  aeiaed  the 
oociieion  to  cuiiversQ  with  her  neighhour,  and  I  at  once  fmnklj  included 
myself  in  the  tfte-a-tete.     Alreiuly  thoy  had  CJiugbt  the  preaaitimoal  of 
evil  which  seized  me  at  the  appearance  from  the  o£]ce  of  a  prompt  and- 
strident  figure — a  mark i; l-b oil nd  womau — n  female  with  a  heap  of  limp 
veil  thrown   up  over  au  obsulete  bonnet,   liur   driiperie^i   pcrpeodiculaTr 
her  form  bony  and  l«ll,  lips  thin,  nose  nelf-iiaacrting,  and  in  her  grasp  t^ 
neutral -tin  ted  uoibrvllii  with  a  huckcd  hend.     Wu  it  positively  co&ceiT— 
able  that  she  1 — but  the  sentence  failed  at  her  dlie  advent,  malaise  in  h«r 
imin.     Bluckliignp  the  door-way  with  an  audianUitive  uir,  bclbrq  wfajcb- 
the  "  boy  "  dwindled,  slie  paused  in  eeacning  civility  to  ask,  "  Will  ye  tit 
yoni,  «r,  if  ye  please?"     It  woa  to  tlie  loftier  of  our  inimovable  cava- 
liers that  e1]c  nddrtKcd  herself. 

*'  iltn — ahn^m,  I — a — ti,"  nnd  a  nonplussed   glance  of  appeal  to  our 
judgifieut  was  ciist  inwiird — "  Iteally,  I  prefer  the  door,  my  good  woman/ 
Rt<id,  as,  wiiJK'Ut  yielding  the  point,  he  stood  up  to  let  her  pass. 


rBicrnES  im  a  baskrt. 


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Sl^prcMed  flonacitig  iu  to  li«r  rigblful  i>Ucc,  wUicIi  wunt  my  side. 
"  I  ne'er  saw  eic  a  disoblepgin'  uncevil  set  a'  ray  days ! "  remarked  aho  j 
adding,  irbile  atUl  erect,  with  a  long  arm  outsiretclicd,  "  Here,  JohnDy, 
tay  HUB,  hand  iis  op  tho  bit  biirdon.*' 

SuaughtwDy  a  ptirsjiiring  Ud,  who  hud  baea  hiddra  in  her  rear,  tbrnst 
rccklcaaly  ia  over  lln:  cviiaul'a  knucs  n  bulky  moss,  out  of  all  qucsiioit 
iaadmitfibic ;  but  it  cuina  loo  Inlc  for  pretext  or  tor  nppcAl  to  the  coAch- 
officc.  The  OocT  closed  wilh  a  bang,  and  we  were  rolling  ulT  to  town. 
'Ilie  "  bit  bitrdea"  was  ia  form  a  l>at>k«t,ia  bulk  aad  eriduut  vruighl  more 
like  a  hamper,  in  fulQesa  of  unnoyance  aa  hud  aa  the  box  of  Pundorn. 

"Whj'i  ma'aiM,"  exclaimed  the  haughtier  of  our  cliaiiipioD)!,  "you 
are  B&rely  not  going  to  keep  that  biuket  iu  fteix .' "  "  'Deed  tiiu  1,  oa' 
•hat  for  do'  ? "  waa  tlie  answer,  as  she  aettled  the  Lugtt  slructui'c  od  h«r 
I^.  "1  h«c  paid  my  money  as  wccl  aa  yow,  an'  if  ye  had  but  niitcn  up  n 
bit  M  I  ankit  yo,  thvrc  wad  hao  bcea  less  tiiah  to  get  settled !  I'm  no'  jiut 
tc  lang-h-g^t  thaugh  that  I'll  Uxk.'  up  ither  folk's  room,  like  ttoina  I" 

It  Htis  plain  she  could  be  more  disagreeable  still,  if  meddled  with; 
lie  worthy  con*ul  inclined  to  turn  tho  subject,  and  by  some  jocose  remark 
3mr  off  the  other  into  wliat  might  be  culW  a  sUite  of  aniidd  truce.  Wo 
t  tbc  iiiiivr  cnil  hod  the  worst  of  it,  though  <:hit:tly  us  yet  iu  a  mere  bodily 
ny,  from  th(>  trenching  en  our  Icgitlmato  apace.  Worse  than  mere  con* 
Ud  with  that  odious  piec«  of  luggage,  was  the  fieiiae  aC  a  ^oiir,  «ilHit 
oottoe  under  wliiuh  uvae  ut  un  passud  6cuthl«s».  A  alight  iiMthictivv 
■BotBofnt  of  my  own  was  first  to  draw  it  out,  in  the  grimly  •apologetic 
*"ttd«i  to  "  folk's  skirls  now-a-days,  that  cotildno  be  kecpit  clear  o'  ;  " 
*itli  a  D)utlcr<'ti  *iipplcmcnt,  rulVmng  to  "  tbac  mciiscicss  blauds  o'  whiit 
ca'  erftnylin  '  "  an  exlendt.'d  "  pant  bounds  o'  pitticucu,  no*  to  speak 

Wation!"     The  mauucr  was  tliat  of  nuiuv  iuhubilaat  ofZ ,  arguing 

notsi  a  local  knowl<^dge  which  it  might  be  uniuif«  to  despise.  ITnplcnHuitci^t 
**  mU  became  the  woman's  audden  atleuttua  to  tlie  voice  of  our  sprightly 
jooag  cotnpunion  ia  the  comer,  who  pTbft;M>cd  herMlT  an  entire  etraagur 
I*  Our  town  till  that  rery  morning.  Hhn  was  comparatively  ;it  hw  ease, 
•  fitt^  diverting  ua  by  lively  accoimtf  of  continental  epaa  and  watering- 
quite  unlike  our  own  ;  while  a  moat  uufritmdly  rvcollection  of  some 
waa  indicated  beyond  doubt,  in  ev^ry  gtanco  from  the  twixted-np 
***!  Tixeoish  rtaluifs  of  cur  nuJEance,  Mciuiiimc  our  hilc  ndvocate  by 
""^  door  was  again  the  euflfcrvr.  He  hapjKnixl  to  move  his  feet,  when 
^  ft«  alt  at  oncu  peered  down  in  munifehL  detection  of  some  weak  point. 
"Ehey  1  "  was  her  uncoulli  cxelamalion,  "  bauakct,  *aid  you  I  My 
"•^y  1  I  ibiiik  J  had  full  a*  much  richt  to  fetch  in  my  bit  haiidi«kcp,  as 
1*  tad  to  bring  in  yrtr  dttg !  "  By  what  gilt  of  nature  she  ftrrclcd  out 
^  tTutb,  retnaina  dubious;  but  dog  it  wna, — email,  to  bo  sure,  and  of 
'^'mkaa  lovk,— crouched  somewhere  under  tlio  owner's  seat. 

"Dog 7— ah,  tnie  '."  its  tuiiMer  ccnfcMted,  a  good  deul  embarraisej]. 
"  ^Vdl,  bat  my  dog,  ma'Miii,  s  mere  toy-tenicr,  woe  in  uobody'i —  " 
"llaa't  a  niztlo  on?     No— nnething  o'  the  sort!"  emphatically 


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r^ortot)  Uip  orerwkelmtiig  -womnn,  with  an  air  of  alarm  wliicli  atMcfl  to 
the  intern rmienoe  bdind  :  "  Oo,  it'a  big  enough  to  bile,  at  any  rale,  iboe 
wnmi  daya.  Didns  y«  we  the  |)A)lj«-notishe3,  that  it's  n  heavy  fiaef  Bat 
it'a  well  to  be  eeen,  I  trow,  liow  .yu  iliilnn  sccli  a  front  place  !" 

Tlierc  WBs  altogcUtirr  a  vanquished  elTcct  on  our  hicklcM  tle^tiJer, 
cnly  le  be  povtrotl  hy  tbn  npcessuy  of  checlung  the  little  animal'i  irrita- 
tion  at  her  behnrioiir. 

It  now  bcgnn  to  iippwiT  that  the  fcc'i  outniRoeos  jwclago  was  madi 
tip  cf  cftrnmodiiirs  umisimlly  dlBagr^pable  in  a  limited  apac?,  but  we  wera 
niiled  to  nuitUiin  the  Texation  by  our  riritcioiis  neighbour  on  the  other! 
•ido,  where,  it  was  true,  ah*  eonld  better  aSbi^  to  niak«  herself  pleaMat, 
.She  had  dashed  into  nn  nnitnated  sketch  of  tamo  days  recently  spent  at 
Dunkirk,  with  itn  antique  diqurtlts  and  rococo  taskK,  ta  rhv  dracrJtcJ 
them;  npTor  m  the  IcoiSt  obsorring  the  pointed  repugnance  of  thow  glanMt 
from  our  biigbi-ar,  whose  vitage  and  deniennoiir  did  not  imem  to  b»re  rc- 
cnlled  tlie  flitihtest  associiilion  to  her  meniory.   About  this  Etiglivh  girf 
hfliwif  there  ■wns,  it  must  lie  owned,  coBBiderable  singularity,     TlieM  CX' 
tensive  wiura  were  remarkable  nt  Iicr  age,  for  one  who  referred  in  no  w»; 
to  any  particular  couipany  that  had  dharcKl  them  ;  her  cirtrenio  fianklKaa 
van  singular,  nt  teaat  in  our  CAi)tioti»  climate ;  and  thtm  there  xrsB  the 
irreflistiblc  impression,  eren  allowing  for  choice  in  the  colotirs  of  dtta* 
mul  didplny  of  j^wrUety,  thnt  ith<^  wn»  not  a  Indy,  nnr  n  lady'*  maid,  not  of 
the  governess    order  between.     Remarkable,  loo,  wa*  ihe  effect  of  ono 
main  feature  in  a  fnce  wliich  would  otherwise  hare  been  exceedingly 
pretty.     This  was  a  much  too  cotiBpicuouB  aquiline  no»c,  not  to  be  rf- 
iieved — or  rnther,  to  une  the  artistic  phrase,  thrown  back  from  relief— hy 
nbnndant  ringlets,  with  the  lielp  of  very  fxpre,iNirc  eyes. 

Pre»H?ntly  the  preelsp  nature  of  the  nuisaneo  in  the  hamper  wai  in- 
fullibly  identified,  with  o  sudden  fixed  diagnsL  Stopplng^  short  tmii 
her  graphie  necoiint  of  Punkirk,  tbc  girl  fairly  seited  iicr  offended  n»« 
with  her  hntidken-iiicf,  and  gavo  mtifled  vent  to  the  ejaculation — "  Oh,  irbat 
n  lot  of  herring  I "  Dnrliiig  it  look  nt  the  obrjous  cauae,  "  Oh,  if  tfcoe'a 
one  thirg  I  ahominato  more  thnn  ftnofbflr,"  hIio  added,  "  I  declare  it'» 
herrings  !"  Then  tiuTiing  slmi^ht  to  the  cTilpHt,  who  as  yrt  oolygloooi'd 
n  5p(cchlMs  dtf nncc,  ohc  rccUlcsaly  put  the  pn-poiilcroua  inquiry,  "I  »yi 
nia'nm,  have  you  got  uny  herringa  in  yotir  basket?  " 

Ridictilnus  nbove  cxnp^eraiion  an  it  all  vnn,  tlie  kindled  wnlh  of  d« 
grim  housewife  put  awglit  like  mirth  to  flight  thenceforth. 

"  What' a   ihnt  ye  ray?     Hno  I  gotten  lehnt,  qno'  she  I      Nee  h^ 
irna  't?     Will  ii  be  iiinir  o'  rhne  fine  French  gpwgawn,  think  ye,  «'' 
ftddressing  her  first  diBdainfiil  appe*l  to  the  oonsul,     "But  there's  "^ 
hnwkera  here,  I  fancy, — ibcugh  innybe  folk's  firgeia  would  whiles  Iw  I'li* 
belter  o'  n  bit  gude  pJaiii  ririjG,  if  it  was  but  to  show,  ye  ken,  men " 

Slie  was  set  right,  however,  with  somcwhnt  of  a.  nialidout  lelitli!  ^ 
the  owner  of  the  lerrier,  who  repeated  Ihe  terms  of  the  qnestim  •» 
distinctly  for  mistake. 


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"  On,  it'a  like  you'll  be  better  used,  sir,  nae  doubt,"  snapped  she,  "  at 
nnnentanoin'  nccan  wanderin'  ladies  I  HairrinB,  waa  't  ?  Aye  " — and 
abe  tamed,  more  confidentially  than  I  liked,  to  me,  "  I  needna  apeer 
vbattea-Iike  maiimera  it  is,  miss,  to  ait  Bnuff-Bnuffin'  at  ony  decent 
penon'a  gear  in  a  publio  conveyance,  for  less  askin'  sic  brazen-^ced 
quest'ns  1  But,  at  ony  rate,  it'a  no'  just  the  sort  o'  company  that  micht  be 
ezpeckit  to  see  keep't  by  ane  o'  the  faim'ly  frae  SeafortU  Cottage  " — she 
was  here  eererely  referring  to  my  own  place  of  abode — "  no'  to  say,  bab- 
nabbin'  wi',  aae  crousely  !  It  makes  a  heap  o'  difference,  ye  ken,  miBs," 
pursued  ehe,  with  a  deferential  indication  toward  the  lady  opposite,  "  when 
t  person  changes  their  condition  in  life,  let-a-be  warldly  station.  Bat  for 
my  pairt,  I  need  naebody  betwixt  me  an'  their  harlagan  tricks  or  their 
ower^sea  gibberiah,  I'ae  warrant  t      Hairrins,  was  't — an'   I  wad  like 

token " 

Our  matron  in  crape  here  gently  interposed.  "Tou  are,  surely," 
raid  she,  in  a  propitiating  way,  "  Mrs.  White  from  the  sea-batha— whom 
I  ought,  I  think,  to  have—" 

"  B^gin'  your  pardon,  mem — no,"  waa  the  emphatic  correction.  "  Miss 
Linkater,  number  five  round  the  comer  frae  your  ain  lodge-gates.  The 
Cornel  kent  roe  fine,  worthy  man,  but  he  aye  minded  an  acquentance. 
It'i  nane  o'  their  fiata  or  their  furnished  apairtments,  but  a  gude  main- 
Axrr  house,  every  way  well  fitted  up,  though  I  say  't — wi'  a  verandy  to 
»>e  paraud',  an'  new  venaishan  blinds,  an'  a  comfortable  gairden  for- 
bje^ " 

At  this  attractive  description  our  yonng  traveller  looked  round ;  she 
kad  certainly  seen  the  place,  as  she  informed  me  aside,  having,  in  fact, 

gone  down  that  morning  to  Z with  a  view  to  seaside  quarters.     "  We 

found  none  exactly  suitable,"  she  said,  "  though  at  this  one  the  ticket 
"wntioned  a  'garden,  which  tempted  Edward  to  inquire,  while  we  idled 
"Wt  the  beach — he  was  quite  entrapped  into  going  in,  positively  forced 
*"  look  through  a  whole  lot  of  little  rooms  full  of  people's  things,  and 
"^uld  absolutely  scarce  escape " 

" Lone  woman  if  I  be,"  was  pursuing  the  irate  basket-bearer, 

*ith  a  settled  gripe  of  her  charge,  "  an'  more  reduced  in  circumstaocea 
"'*n  forrnerly,  Mistress  Cornel  —  was  I  to  be  insultit  wi'  mean-like 
'T'P^t'ns  about  wham  I  keep't  in  my  pickle  quiet  hena,  or  how  I  cookit 
"*?  bit  meals  o'  meat,  an'  whatten  pairt  o'  my  house  I  had  to  mysel' — an' 
""^r  let  them  up,  it's  hairrins,  is  't  !  Out  upon  siccan  pantymine 
•PeecheB,  say  I !  " 

"  Edward  could  scarce  escape,"  our  luckless  companion  was  whisper- 
'"?.  "  from  a  sort  of  ogre,  as  he  described  it,  who  seemed  in  charge  of  the 
P'^ltry,  but  turned  out  to  be  the  proprietor  or  the  tenant  or  something, 
■"■'Tering  from  the  back-yard,  with  an  eye  upon  the  garden,  and  seeming 

'°  iJTe  mysteriously  about  the Really,  I  do  assure  you,  ma'am,"  said 

she,  aloud,  at  the  further  proof  of  injury,  "  if  you've  felt  ofiended,  'twas 
lointentional ;  and,  as  for  the  lodgings,  we " 


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"A  Trh«a  wauf  characters,  mem,  wi'  liairy  lips,"  rose  the  AtiU 
BBBatilt  llut  matched  all  noiocs  of  the  tboroughfurc  outGidc,  "gaim  rouaj 
Ihc  touit  pittiu'  sic  queritfl  to  bonest  fi^lk — aacUuug  but  a  pretence,  maj-bo 
to  pick  tip  the  epuiios — aje,  l«t  tticiii  look  dotvn  oS  tlic  coucb<up  if  tbejr 
like  I  Mair  fittin'  thum  to  lilre  the  toun-bull,  tralliii'  ii  dreasul-up  nuu 
after  ihcm,  li>  gwk  and  nicker  ouiaide  oo  the  sands,  like — ■ — " 

'*  Pray,  pray,  my  good  Tvorlhjr  creature,"  entreated  tli«  colooel's 
vriJow,  tliaug:h  mucb  more  hopefully  Bbaring  qiu  gluncca  tfaroogb  thi 
madowfl,  lu  ttio  Poet-ofScu  and  QuRC-rt'ti  Theatre  were  piwsed,  ''do,  it 
leait,  I  bt!g  v(  yon,  be  calm  until         " 

"  Oil,  ay«,  wcai,"  alio  Went  en,  dropping  part  ftf  ber  gall  ob  Ibe 
■riiitfir ;  it's  true  I  boQ  been  ower  long  used  wi'  slights  an'  koS^,  do'  to 
IWB  how  to  coaduflt  mysdj* — an'  wbiit'd  muir,  I  liopc  it's  no  for  navthiag 
Aai  I  attend  ro^Iar  wi'  n  spirituiil -minded  congr<'gnlJon  «n  Doctor  Blade, 
in  Pier  Strttit,  godly  man  I  It's  tuiiie  o'  their  lialf-tliay'tens  w»'  m  orgia, 
to  blind  folks'  principles  to  what's  proper  company.  Nor  I'm  no  aa  offiaher 
frae  the  nirmy,  to  come  out  o't  and  rap  out  the  oaUia  I  hoc  heard  cm  Icn 
occaaioi).  I  canna  just  iJiirb  to  a  grand  cottage  i'  the  country,  like  aomer 
when  I  tuk'  douu  my  bit  ticket — kccpiii'  a  bloatit-likc  iutpiddeat  giunluer 
alwut  the  place,  uh  lljey  mnyba  can  afl'oitl  wi'  a  rent  ta'«ii  oat  o"  poorer 
fulk'a  mouths;   but  I  wad  like  to  hvta " 

"There,  at  any  rate,  ia  the  coach-olficc  nt  last!"  said  llio  eoiuuli 
joyfully :  tliu  giriitJfninn  with  the  ti-rrier  was  already  on  bia  foct,  and 
g^iHunlly  ntood,  when  he  ri;achwi  cJio  pavvmcnt,  to  asaiet  the  fair  vtdoir 
out  beyond  danger. 

"Ava'  wi*  aiccan  play-actin'  geaters  a»'  apeoohet  frse  the  heathen 
GHV  yonder  I "  still  rnvod  the  teroiagaut,  filling  up  the  way  aa  she  hoisted 
bsr  cargo.  "  But  it's  ne  advantage  a'  warld- knowledge  by  llxi  hous^klttng 
'busincse,  that  they're  uwer  keu^peckle  to  miatak'.  My  ijotb  t  Catch  du 
efferin'  to  put  mysel'  tip  about  the  coal-bouse,  wi'  a  wbcC-n  scrroota  o' 
Bital  jilayiii'  caircls  on  my  draw  in'- room  t^ble,  an'  my  new  Tcii4iiBlun 
pu'd  up  like  their  ain  tbay'ter  acrcll,  by  a  Jcicbcl  traifickyMjucen  !  " 

"  Thank  my  atars  1 "  exclaimed  the  Knglinh  girl,  adjuotiug  her  ringlcis 
ere  we  cautiously  followed,  "  she's  gone.  R«ally,  though,  my  dear,  ska 
fiult«rei)  my  abilitjee  in  chut  ket  hit,  evidently  mistaking  us  for  some  of 
the  theatrical  cumpany  here — and  so  excetleiil  oompAny  it  ia.  At  kr 
llint  drexidful  basket,  gaodness  be  praised  it  was  not  damaged — 1  doa't 
tbiuk  it  baii  oozed  upon  any  of  us  al^er  all."  But  at  the  door  were  Ivxi 
pnseengeTH  from  iLu  lop,  or,  I  ruthor  think,  three — perhaps  even  ao  many 
aa  Jour— who  eA'idtrcitiy  Rtood  to  rccdrc  her ;  one  approaching  to  Ittod 
lier  out,  when  ahc  had  begun  tu  tell  mc,  "  I  ihiuk  we  sbftU  try  ^eppafoT 
tlio  remainder  of  the  season,  and  if  ever  yon  should  hnppcn  Alif 

Kdiviinl,"  she  broke  ofl*,  "have  I  kept  yuuwuItiDg?  Uood-by,  tlieal" 
and  the  nodded  to  me  plcaaantly  ;  tiicn,  with  unabated  "prirhtJiiwili 
tripped  out. 

Otilsido  tb«  throng,  past  the  ofTicQ  door,  as  I  turned  to  tLe  BtreeU^ 


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ibe  vomaa  witJt  die  In^lcet ;  resting  il  uti  a  curbiitone  fur  the  moment, 
eLe  «tDod  folluwing  wiUi  sidcloDg  goza  tic  group  c{  travellern,  nnd  void  in 
a  genci»l  way,  *'  Hairriiw,  viiu'l  7  Alia  !  nn'  if  it  was  e'ca  the  fare  tlmt 
a  rapectablo  penwn  hiu)  wlij-Ica  lo  even  tUeirsel'a  wi' — il'»  been  Inoit 
-wbea  BCuuc  lulk  cam'  tu  tic  gi^yan  gUul^  uyr,  Jin'  f»ia,  o'  a  gude  biiirriii', 
"be'l  fr«li,  wiut,  or  kA,  an'  couHiia  win  lilTl — no'  to  spoak  alVr  o*  the 
tliap  o'  cauld  water  to  cool  ilieii-  lunguc  I  Aii'  il'  /  lui<l  Ep(;en;d  wh»t  wiui 
ia  joo  hmw  French-lookiD*  rcijdyvltt  o'  lier«,"  Hbe  coocludtd,  taking  up 
her  load,  "  wba  kens  but  it  was  a  Leap  waui-  nor  Ijnurrinii  ?  Fuu'mi  faces 
ibr  a  dukgiiisr,  luajrbc,  or  rb  likely  cliccim  lo  drap  i'  the  )iark,  if  no'  a 
j>ea  an'  tbiinm'lcs  I     Set  her  up,  wi'  her  an'  her  liawk-nebbit." 

Futthcr  invective  the  Muoourse  of  busitiest  swept  from  hearing,  anhsa 

lo  llia  kaot  of  lonngiog  street- porters  and  approving   boys.     All  1  had 

•WQ  of  the  ntrang^rt  -km  their  rather  genttertiani}'  nir,  healthy  KngHub 

oomplaxionjt,  aiid  face*  ccrUiiiily  much  too  hirsute  for  dnimstic:  use  ;  as 

lo  Uil  dork  inucadoca  of  so  prejudiced  a  cuisor,  these  dcscrv^e  no  weight. 

Nrrerthieleis,  the  vivacious  manner  and  attractive  expression  of  l!ie  girl 

twiaelf,  all  the  more  vivid  for  tliat  one  exaggerated  feature,  coatiniied  to 

Mara  ou  thought  with  a  curious  interest  in  her  destinies,     [  ncvur  aflei-- 

irtidfl  beheld  any  of  iho  party;  but  it  Deemed  a  culucidence  of  tome 

ipparait  point  at  first  sight,  when  turn  liaudbilla  struck  the  eye  here  and 

ibm,  itttniog  to  late  performances  of  a  fasliionable  Italian  conjurvr  or 

■udtm  wimd,  wlio  had  viaJt«d  tlie  city,  his  exliibtliona  being  varitrd  by 

Ik  jtaoo- playing  of  nn  aecompliithtd  daughter,  whose  MBiotanoe  in  micdry 

Aals  alto  added  to  the  zest  of  the  entcrtainroent.     Soon,  on  the  uthcr 

hod,  Dtwipaper  adveiliMuienla  tended  to  lead  lancy  in  a  diflereiit  truck  ; 

^tiie  private  s6ituces  of  a  party  of  American  spiiitualiuta  werv  anuouuced, 

*I  Mme  of  which,  from  siibsetjueut  reports,  a  latly  of  E]>ocial  m^mcric 

*Mi»i,tibilJiy  decubostratcd   her  gilt   to   a,  most  imprcAHive  degree.     In 

(Kitker  ease  did  ciKunwtancea  allow  proof  of  the  conjooture;  yet  it  was 

fWiety  left  to  fiircc  the  belief,  that  on  this  occasion  our  banket  ciihvr 

fiiel  a  dislioguinbcd  wixardeu,   or   even   coDvoycd  tlie   person   of  a 

*odrc<u  D)«diuia. 

Here  agreeable  to  rcmcaiber  is  another  incident  of  the  coache*, 
"fjily  exemplify  ing  better  the  characteristics  of  tlicir  moat  social  divi- 
•"tt-  On*  bleak  day  before  last  Christinas,  1  had  mada  thu  journ^iy  by 
^  to  towD  ;  finding  it,  of  course,  as  dull  as  the  weather.  Hni  in 
''*  liatry  evening  I  turned  to  the  aiictulomed  coach-oflice,  and  was 
*Ppiiig  from  it  to  enter  the  late  ccacb  for  Z  ',  when  a  porter 
^IJoTtd  nte  to  put  the  odd  qite«tiun,  whether  my  name  was  "Ilaai- 
•5*^"  At  a  reply  iu  ihc  negative,  be  went  off",  saying,  "Beoaugo  I've 
jar  for  her."  Tii  wich  of  three  other  basket  paxsLtigcrs  who 
be  oddresnod  tlie  same  inquiry,  receiving  liiu  Kamc  answer, 
■"ort  Uiaa  oacc  somewhat  testily;  in  every  case  making  llic  snme  cxpln- 
Uliai,  in  his  dull  miiiilleclud  voice  and  stolid  manner:  ull  of  wliich  h:id 
ftnflkieally  moauloauus  effect  in  the  frosty  outer  ait.    Our  number  w[u> 


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quiclcl;'  aukdo  up  hj  tn  flddition  vhieh  in  orrlinniy  circnmRtenets  U 
diccrj-  ihan  otherwise  ;  thnt  of  a  dragooQ  »n<I  bin  wife,  tho  one  beinf 
tail,  Kiitl  stalwart,  witli  Rood-faumour  appropriate  to  Iim  bulk,  tlie 
tidy,  alert,  «n^  shfirp,  thon^  «omparmi*ely  dumpj-.    Scarce  bud  tli*y 
eeated,  vlicn  ibcre  app«nrecl  at  oiir  door  the  bead  of  llie  man  in  Kunili 
nn  owner  for  bi>  pared,  urA  for  tlic  finii  tiuic  llie  question  was  pit, 
your  name  Ramage  ?  '* 

"  No,"  aid  the  aoldler,  iritli  fiia  prompt  cirility ;  "  my  name  ain't — ; 
Joe  Mortimer;  if  tlial  wi!!  exut  your  purpose." 

Agnin  the  rctutan  was  given,  before  trittiilrawiDg  into  tbe  diadows^ 
"  Btcause  Tt*  got  a  jar  for  ber." 

Obacurely  we  aiiv  bim  intercepting  those  wbo  sougfit  Uie 
befdeging  tbe  very  front-section,  on  his  tiresome  quest;  till  the 
article  rca)ty  acijaircd  an  inlcrfst  aWrc  jars  in   ordinary.     When 
soldier  and  bis  wife  had  got  their  own   little  porctto  adjusted  to 
mind,  an  idea  aeemod  lo  (lash  iijxrti  tbe  latter  aa  she  looVed  abooi  h 
"  I  aay,  though,  Joe,"  «hc  «aid,  "  I  t<l)i>uldn't  irondcr  if  that  *erc  jar  U 
Mr*.  Ram-maj*,  w'nt  liyoa  ovev  tbft  way  from  u*.     I  know  Ac  ini 
bein"  in  town ;  a«  lier  jou  la  eTp«t*d." 

"Ob,  in  that  ca«,"  eaid  he,  "wo'd  Iwttcr  take  charge  of  it,' 
mayn't  have  b«en  nblo  to  reach  in  time,  and  can't  like  just  to  csrty 
this  cold  night."  Accordingly  he  lapped  on  n  window,  and  tlift 
readily  auawercd  the  summona.  "I  say,  my  goodfdiow,  my  mi 
nhc  tbinks  that  'ere  jnr  must  be  for  a  neighbour  of  the  namo  who  \tttf« 
little '!>accy-shop  opposite  the  barracks.  If  »o,  jiim  band  it  here, 
wv*n  deliver  it  sale  enough,"  The  man's  troubles  were  at  an  end  bo  &r 
in  the  ofEce  they  would  have  nothing  to  do  with  it,  be  mid,  and  il  wi 
not  very  plisiaant  hanging  alioul  in  the  cold  ;  nevenheless,  the  trull 
it  could  not  be  landed  in,  being  too  largs  for  that.  "  Very  well,  ih 
just  get  it  hitched  up  ntop,"  said  the  dragoon  ;  *'  no  fear  but  we'll  ix 
an  eye  to  it, — so  you  may  be  off  home  as  soon  on  you  please."  Aj  Iu 
went  off,  every  one  settled  for  starting  ;  it  was  tliought  we  had  seen 
last  of  him,  at  all  events  when  he  had  returned  for  a  mon)«nt  to  uj  it 
would  be  (bund  at  the  right-hand  corner,  nest  the  drirer'a  box. 

Gruff  old  Mneoii  tlie  eoachman,  whip  in  hand,  came  round  to  conn'  ^'■' 
paspiengprt),  standing  upfin  tbo  stejw  lo  do  bo  ;  behind  him  once  mtirw  »3l 
the  man,  coaxing  him  for  soine  favour.  Tbis  still  concerned  the  jar,  f^* 
as  Mason  folded  up  his  list,  his  crusty  temper  broke  down  in  r^nrd  to ''" 
"  To  Fife  wi'  you  an'  your  Kamng^-s  nn*  yer  jaiirs,  ye've  fairly  di-svtd  m* 
deaf  wi'  tliem  I  Shut-to  tJie  door,  laddie, — all  full  intiidc,  an'  ninu  o"  '"' 
up.  At'ncc  for  a'  1  tell  ye,  man,  heave't  np  ypmcl',  or  let  it  bid*— ''^ 
bewitched,  I  think — I  dinna  believe  onybody*!]  hae't !  No'  anither**™ 
noo—  a'  riclit  1  " 

He  stumped  off  to  mount  bis  box;  the  dragoon  odltng  tnt  to  ^^ 
porlcr  thnt  he  tliouglit  it  lijid  been  put  up  long  ago,  while  llio  Irf* 
nifihcd  to  mnkc  lomc  Inst  confidential  etalemrnt  in  bii  ear,     Aa  the  vltwH 


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grated  off  bduud  our  trampliDg  team,  he  seemed  vainly  attempting  to  toaa 
his  charge  upon  the  roof,  and  was  left  Ibrlora  under  a  lamp,  beating  his 
frosted  hands  athwart  each  other. 

The  natural  idea  was  ih&t  we  bad  left  the  ill-fated  article  behind  us. 
But  boys  will  do  for  soldiers  what  they  will  not  for  ordinary  people,  and 
the  conductor's  perch  had  served  to  lodge  more  than  its  due.  "  I  wasn't 
gcing  to  see  a  neighbour  left  in  the  lurch,"  said  the  dragoon. 

"  And  very  neighbourly  she  ia,  is  Mrs.  Ram-mage,"  hia  wife  explained, 
"  though  she  do  live  over  the  way,  and  rather  a  odd  name  to  pronounce 
— wliich  of  course,  ma'am,  that's  'ow  we  were  sure  of  it." 

"  Yes,  I  don't  think  there's  another  snch  name,"  agreed  he,  "  even 
hereaway,  where  I  should  aay  there's  a  lot  of  odd  ones. 

f  lloflt  people  am't  'arf  so  friendly  hereabouts,"  was  her  cordial  enco- 
tniuiD  on  the  owner  ;  "  more  particularly  in  regard  of  clothes-lines  or 
a  waabing-tub,  and  that — ^w'ich  you  can't  always  be  expected  to  carry." 

Unfortunately  for  the  subject  of  their  praises,  however,  our  boy  felt 
nuch  incommoded  by  the  jar  ;  long  ere  we  reached  the  turnpike,  he  wns 
riiifting  from  (uie  foot  to  the  other,  and  at  length  said — "  It's  ower  heavy, 
lodger, — let  alane  the  cauldnesa  o't,  and  there's  a  fare  to  get  out  at 
Cockhillside — it'll  either  hae  to  gang  on  the  tap  or  be  droppit. 

From  this  alternative  he  was  saved  by  the  stoppage  he  had  mentioned, 
which  relieved  us  of  one  companion,  allowing  the  object  of  their  care  to 
be  taken  in  at  the  door.  There,  by  our  glimmer  from  the  roof,  it  looked 
between  the  dragoon's  knees  a  shapeless  bulk  indeed,  somewhat  like  one's 
^7  of  the  jars  lodged  with  Alt  Baba. 

"Why,  Maiy  Ann,"  exclaimed  her  husband,  feeling  it  carefiiUy, 
"  it  ain't  a  jar  after  all — it's  a  basket." 

"A  basket?  Nonsense,  Joe,"  she  said,  "  the  man  told  you  a  jar— 
^te  distinct  I  I  hope  it  ain't  a  trick  upon  us  7  "  Turning  a  frightened 
"ce  in  our  direction,  "  They  do  Bometimes  put  babies  in  baskets  and  leave 
on  wi  people — and  -whaXever  should  we  do,  if  it  was  !  Why,  I've  got  four 
'^taj  own,  ma'am,  at  home  !  " 

It  proved  to  be  neither  a  mere  jar,  nor  simply  a  basket,  but  one  of 
4«se compounds  of  both,  well  known  under  the  name  of  "greybeard," 
wliich  are  devoted  to  the  conveyance  of  U8(]uel>angh  or  aqna-vitte. 

"  0  Joe,"  cried  the  dragoon's  wife,  almost  as  scared  at  this  discovery 
**  M  her  previous  thoughts,  "  this  can't  be  for  Mrs.  Rammage — whatever 
<*uld  she  do  with  an  'ole  'ogged  of  whisky  7  " 

'"Tain't  a  'ogshead,  missus,  don't  ye  see — it's  only  a  greybeard," 
'^BSoDed  he,  with  a  positiveness  enforced  by  some  uncomfortable  feeling  ; 
'  »nd  if  her  son  is  expected  to-morrow,  as  you  said, — why,  mayn't  rfie 
^*tn  to  have  a  little  company  1  " 

"  Well,  if  she  do,"  was  the  answer,  "  she's  as  sly  as  sly  !  I  always  did 
•»y,  for  a  Scotchwoman,  Mrs.  Ram-mage  was  not  close  of  her  affairs — and 
''lope  especially  when  I  gave  her,  no  longer  ago  than  yesterday,  that  nice 
^JiA  ribbon  she  admired." 


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But   our  piiUiag-up  at    lli^  tumpilfo  broughl  a   [txmo  to  ber 
clomrea,  wliilc  ilic  old  clieckmnu  cuinu  whb  his  lnnU:ni  to  tick  off 
&rc8;  aad  it  were  vain  to  gueas  wbac  mor«  might  huve  been  mid  of 
noigliboitr  tiichcrto  so  t'-Klcemed  had  tlie  inatt«T  not  been  settled  by  a  roieti 
111  liuiid. 

"  Ii  tliere  no'  n,  gTcyl>card  in  the  boot  ftr  as?"  it  boarscly  asked  : 
*'  tlio  niiair«S!i  wiix  tu  bring  'i  Jowa  wi'  her,  but  she  didtia  via  u{>  to  town. 
It'll  be  diieckit  Tamnias  liamogo,  dowa  the  l«ui  here." 

From  among  n  cluster  of  housefl  down  (h«  ct'oot-road  there  projected 
tavern  with  illuminaltnl  door  aud  cawjuent,  to  which  the  chumaot  poioled; 
•  place  doitbtluet  frequented  frcm  the  aciglibouring  bumcka,  but  iritb  a 
sign  which  had  been  ultervd  oiid  nuwly  pointed,  nx  appeared  the  next  dtjr  I 
passed  it.     llonetit  Joe  Marlinivr's  tgnornncc  IiaJ  clierdbre  beea  hy  ao 
ni«&ii8  etrnnge,  bnt  during  the  brief  rcmuindcc  of  Lia  journey  in  our 
company,  his  f«e!ings  st'emed  to  tmn  upon  ibis  point.     "  llang  it,  tbes, 
missus  I  "  ho  muttered,  staking  a  band  on  hia   thigh  after  dtdivory  of  lJi« 
wcll-tcDdcd  freight,  "la  think  all  the  ^vhile  there  wwi  anather  of  tho  natnt  1 
I'll  have  gwuni  llu're  wa'n't — no,  uul  in  the  sliiro,  uiuch  lest  at  ourvctj 
cornur.     Il'fl  un  odd  country  for  iiniuu:*,  I  must  ny.     for  all  oiw  kamn, 
liir,  why— for  dl  one  encs — it  may  be  full  of  Unmagee  1 "     His  predooii- 
sating  emotion  was  manifestly  one  of  disappoint  men  I. 

"  I'd  glad,  tliough,  if  you'll  belivve  me,  ma'nm,"  said  the  wife,  ai  tL( 
coach  iitap[>ed  for  them,  "  it  aiu't  for  our  Mrs.  }iAm-)iiage  aAer  oil!  " 

They  were  scarcely  out,  when  once  more  a  notion  struck  ilie  gooJ 
trooper,  giving  a  clearness  to  his  voico  at  departure  :  "  But  wl»t  if  it'' 
this  son  of  hen,  you  know,  tliat'a  come  and  took  the  old  King's  Head  f 
Tnln't  a  cotumon  name,  ia  Bamagcl  Is  bii  iiaai«  Thomas,  d^e  1^^*' 
If  so,  by  Gi-orge " 

And  with  a  chciTy  iimgh  from  her  in  reply,  lliey  weru  lost  in  iJ* 
Christnuu  night,  amidst  lively  sounds  of  the  btigW,  and  the  cliaig<>6 
guard.  For  my  own  part,  it  was  pleasant  to  believe  tlic  neightouri)' 
Wnda  WL-re  not  any  way  broken  by  that  jar,  and  that,  at  ihe  tt* 
pccted  arrival  of  Banaag«,  junior,  the  Mortimers  really  would  aid  ^ 
celebrate  it;  receiring  inilead  of  eoinc  half-grudgvd  admisaion  tliniBgD 
circuitous  means  to  an  impromptu  dririkiug-bout,  the  epontaneom  0^' 
Xiiilmi  bcfurchaui]  to  it  auiig  ^-np  of  tea  over  the  nay. 

IntoHUch  qm-er  litiU'  CubUavx — noway  changed  by  narration,  nve^ 
half  the  oddity  is  lost — will  actual  life  in  our  grave  Jforthcm  reyiW"  ^ 
occnaionally  thrown,  wlicu  bomo  along  by  our  "basket."  A  dife*** 
inlereat  luaika  the  last  sample  to  b«  givi-n;  for  ivhilc  ili  ia  the  latest  oT*^' 
•o  that  the  very  worJa  are  her*  set  down,  liicre  wna  a  aiiaple  ftrcet' 
nature  nbout  it,   loucliing  beyond  ordinary.     After  an  absanc«  of  «* 

duration  from  home  at  Z ,  and  from  those  ermnds  to  old  A 1^ 

once  mote  reached  the  city  by  a  long  railway  jounwy;  only  in  frOfO 
time  for  an  afternoon  txtfich  to  the  Hvaside  town.  Sentod  again  in  oj 
ftivourii.  nook  of  the  good  old  compartment,  which  teaUj  aeened  lnxwiW» 


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ECCESTBICITIES  IN  A  BASKET,  857 

lesgnei  of  slenm  iniTEilmg,  I  wnileil  patiDntly  for  the  signal  ffom  the 
E  on  the  wdl-knovfQ  steeple ;  my  only  fellow-pnsBcngcr  li!l  ihen  bein^ 
k  quiet  middlc-agcd  lady,  eridently  xcuatotued  to  the  place.  In  suitable 
atylc,  w*  were  eongrfttiilnting  oiirscIvM  on  having  it  all  betirean  us,  for 
the  dsy  bad  beea  wel,  ihe  loada  wero  htui  -.   tliough  on  vrhut  else  tJic  con- 

vemtioD  was  to  turn,  during  tho  three  mileato  Z ,  remtiin^d  lignnlly 

doabtliil.     At  the  lAst  moiDeDt,  tttc  door  woa  opened  for  iiii  nccetutioii  to 

«iir  nniabcr,   in  the  shape  oC  an  elderly  Utile  womnn,  with  her  gown 

tuid:cd  high  aroiiud,  the  ikirt  over  hor  nrin,  nod  some  df'groc  of  atiflneaa 

ia  mounting  llie  atep.     She  required  additioiml  help  from   the  juvenile 

ecodiMtOT   vrithin,  ere   her  rulilt:d   garb  was  smootliud  aad  her  Wcatb 

guned ;  but  ure  wero  then  rewarded  out  of  a  store  of  spccicli  tljiit  miiMt 

haTO  boca  cxhaiutleGa.     The  neatest,  pIcBsanleai-eyed,  lireli&ti-dimpli-d, 

noM  apple-cheeked  of  well-to-do  Hitte  dfimes,  with  a  mourning  dreea  that 

Ml  b«r  off  as  if  for  cliurch,  she  turned  to  ua  n  face  just  of  the  sort  to 

Mt  tbe  basket ;  and  she  UUked — 3  thing  rnru  in  the  rermuiulnr  idiom  of 

ikt  North— aa  freely  na  a  brook  ninB,  as  f>airleaaly,  with  siniiliir  unheai- 

Utiiig  aWodancc  and  wionitig  eiLse.     From  her  prolcit  agaJnat  the  high 

Sep*  of  the  conches,  Ler  ucuipliuut  of  the  wcuther,  and  acknowledgment 

ef  rhetunatio,  we  were  cnrried  through  tEu'  mislnkc  about  a  money-order 

alihe  post-office — which  had  flustered  hi-r  enough  iu  itself — to  the  cause 

M  lier  being  obliged  to  go  down  to  Z in  person,  Instead  of  ranking  a 

letter  scrre  the  turn.  We  hiTjinie  informed  that  her  youngest  sou,  John, 
mtin  an  excellent  situation  tliere,  but  propanL-d  to  bvgin  hunittcss  on  his 
ovBMGOtint;  wherefore  ihe  meant  to  lend  him  the  money  in  qucaUon, 
vhich  was  her  own.  Straightway  were  we  mode  aware  that  hia  fittlier, 
^e  own  good-man,  was  well  able  to  have  done  it,  but  of  late  had 
itidiiwd  to  be  "h&nl; "  though  he"l{i:-nt  fine  that  he  iniigt  elncken  his 
Puift-stringn  in  the  end,  when  e/ie  thought  fit  to  any  the  word."  With 
nodi  more  by  the  way  did  ehe  acquaint  ua,  in  n  manner  impoti^blc  to  feel 
iBdioiu,  had  my  mild  apioEter  companion  been  tha  jnimmest  of  old  maida  : 
"■mgotber  thingH  it  soemed  that  the  good-uiim,  however  niggardly  dinpogcd 
^|*Mnd,  was  even  "overly  prideful"  about  her  dreaaing  well  when  she  led 
^ome;  more  eapecially  if,  on  00  llie  present  occasion,  she  designed  to  visit 
■By  of  her  good-doiightcrs.  Of  xhtae  oonnecttens — ihe  wives,  namely,  of 
*Oa~Ut«  worthy  couiile  had  sevcra],  all  well  settled  in  gooil  substiuitliil 
bomps,  ibough  nl  some  diatance,  aa  waa  to  bo  expected  when  young  men 
''■dig  piuli  their  wny  in  the  world  ;  and  alic  hinted  confidenlially,  that 
^  tmUi  was,  tlicre  might  soon  bi-  another  in  the  same  case.  Now  being 
*lMed  on  llie  mod  ao  far,  notwitliataudlng  the  weather  and  the  good- 
■tMA  aotohets  about  fitting  dresn  for  euch  calls,  a  notion  h:id  juai  Mruck 

'>«  to  go  on  the  length  0/  X liubonr,  where  one  daughter- iu- law  was 

•atiblidied ;  perhaps  the  beat-aettlwl  of  ihcm  all,  with  the  most  right  to 
^  particular  about  things,  seeing  that  Andrew  waa  in  the  Custoni-house, 
^tAJina  a  very  ri'xpuu.iiblfl  slatioo.  8he  scouted  llie  ihoiight  of  Pheinic 
Wog  otLerwiso  thiui  pl«at«d  to  MO  her  in  any  case,  a»d  liiiii  to  show  her 


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8SB 


EccEyraiciTiBs  ts  a  basket. 


tlieir  uew  Iiouae,  or  the  boinu  anjrtlung  liat  ^ad  at  lfi«  stirpriw  ;  bat  tha 
cheery  Utile  body  iadulged  ooly  a  lialf-rvmoneful  glue  in  thiu  itealifig  k 
mftrch  fin  llic  old  man,  although  it  were  to  proTO  h«  itood  too  tnadi  w 
eeretnony  with  davg'hton-ia-law.  Her  good-dnnghtera  ap{Mw«d  to  b<  » 
favoured  theme;  tliey  vm  «ch  u  kindly  a*  IT  tJie  had  found  then  cot 
for  hcrscJf ;  they  took  tiVubU  abvut  her,  tbovgli  they  had  coal  Ltr  aoae ; 
thoy  vitnti!  as  dcnr  to  her,  in  lact,  nod  her  hosboDd's  ocremony  od  ika 
matter  was  eridwilly  atrange  to  licr  mind. 

"  I  KuppoK,"  »[ud  th«  quiet  iuiddl«-«(^  lady  V«mde  mc,  periiapt 
wititout  much  ilrotigin  on  tho  quettion,  "  you  have  do  daught«n  of  ymu 
owii?" 

'"  No, — no,  metu,"  taid  eho  t^iickly-  It  womAd  to  m«  tht  had  viaMJ 
at  the  idea  ;  but  tlio  lirdy  little  woman  was  of  a  temper  to  dwell  on  no 
wasta  or  rcgitta,  aud  bhc  runhed  oa  again  in  new  duixnine,  attll  btanig 
a|K>n  h«T  tnnin  topic. 

Presently  t)ie  cnadi  slopped  to  let  down  Kome  faattager 
cnralry  hnrracks,  hail'  way  to  Z  ,  and  we  were  in  nght  of  Uieir 
nudn-gattt.  The  «puiRt  little  old  body  nt  with  her  biKh  that  wi^,  hat, 
glancing  half  round,  tdjecauicdintlie  mldatof  her  talk;  its  thread  m^ 
at  the  moment,  uud  she  looked  to  tu  again  rather  Tncontly.  It  atndt  M 
■flerwordfi  thai,  oa  we  passed  on,  she  had  atartcd  at  the  manud 
iMRiing  from  tlic  parade  square — of  n  measured  tramp  of  men  at 
t^  praaoing  of  honwa,  nod  a  sudiik-D  trumpet-call.  While  we  roUed  ai, 
"Ye  were  aayin'  ■omvtliing  to  mc.  mem?"  elie  inquired  ni  the  tusit 
watchlul  of  her  faeanra ;  "  or  may  be  it  would  bL-  me  thai  waa  tknag  *t' 
aomo  o'  my  haverin'  storica  ?  Uut  I  whylca  need  to  b«  keep't  back  U  (Be 
mark  in  my  clavcn." 

"U  iKcnis  you  have  been  &  treydlerT"  •niwcTcd  1^  to  lead  eff  " 
random  from  the  dliturbing  thougfata  fint  caoeetl,  evidently,  by  ■  imM" 
nmc  louch.  "  You  haTelieenin  London  !"  I  nld,  laying  iiiest  on  theMri- 

"  Hoota  ojc,  that  hue  I,  mem,"  was  the  8e!f-complac«Dt  reply,  •i* 
■omethiiig  of  tho  previous  hoartinoas  ;  "though  yo  might  ww)  ^ 
wondered,  leddiea,  at  an  auld  body  like  me  daitntiiig  aboat  to  iT  C* 
sichu  1  wni  ta'cn  to  ■««,  tli«  first  time  I  was  then,  like  as  1  had  bm 

a "     But  again  the  lone  tumk,  as  she  added,  mournfully,  "  I  ■• 

hnee  there,  mem.     Ye  may  hwdly  believe  il) — but  it  was  when  I  «** 
▼iiltin'  my  pnir  daughter  Jano." 

All  ili«  light  hxd  passed  out  of  her  quick  ey«,  and  theeolonrftdedfiw 
her  ccniplexion,  showing  Uaos  of  past  troubles;  yet  ^  lookod  itttHj 
out  (Vom  it.  \Vc  feic  constrained  lo  ask,  almost  in  a  whiapcr,  "If  ^ 
dead — your  duugfalor  is  dead?" 

InBlend  of  answering  onr  ques^OB,  eho  said,  «  Alliongh  it's  no*  a  (to? 
that  ni  liido  to  have  pried  into,  no,  nor  Ktwred  up  by  some  folka"  spUlr* 
there'a  nac  shame  in  tho  whole  o't, — nano  wha(ev<4-.  It  gics  me  «»t  W 
^>eafc  o't  whyles,  in  fit  ht^aring.  Wotild  ye  Uka  to  hear  aboot  ter?  ^ 
if  J«  would,  I  maun  begin  at  (he  very  bssianing; 


BCCBNTBIcrritS   IN  A   n-VSKET. 


859 


"  i^^r~c''*""  Jmi^  ""B^  n  beautirul  girl, — I'm  her  moiber,  sud  majrbe 
ly  il ;  but  1  am  Bo'  ona  lo  oloee  mj  eves  RgsiDot  my  baiia'a 
hak»,  na*  m  tm  the  rati  of  chom,  ihoagti  they  arc  n'  gade  and  well  doing, 
I  onu*  mj  tfaey  mn  ao'  rxtraurdinar'  Ixmnj'.  But  Jaae  wu  our  onljr 
il— ghrw,  m  bonny  »  Imwa  u  y*  ne«d  wuh  to  w«.  Sb«  wu  a  wee,  soMlly 
tut  tiiiof,  DO  doafit,  but  ipirjiy  frae  tlm  firtt.  IJcr  faihcr  used  lo  say  eba 
Wok  wine  of  btr  g(<ocl  looks  fra  me,  htil  it  wtu  junt  litB  dafOng  o'  uild 
tin«,  far  aaolKMly  ebe  e'er  ba«ked  his  v/crda ;  though  in  my  dfty  I  watoft 
that  ill  to  am. 

"  Aweili  ebe  hw)  a  good  (<dicati(in  girea  her,  aa  tliey  a*  bad,  for  the 

fiod-BHm  Mid,  *  Edicjte  th^m  woeJ,  and  then  they'll  b«  able  to  ptub  Ifaur 

ijri  my.'     llo'i  a  w«ll-«d)cat»d  mau  hiuuel',  m  ye  ken  I  didiiA  intcrftre. 

IWn  wkn  eho  wm  done  vi'  her  schoolin*,  I  Rent  Iwr  m  lt:ii-n  the  dms- 

••kiag  aad  laaniy-mnkini^ ;  for  I  thought  ahe  wonld  make  a  real  neat 

kiyVmaid,  toayhv  to  gnng  abroad  ukI  sm  the  world  ;  though  Iter  hth«r 

DM  wild  at  nw  Jbr  Ihiakiag  lac^  a  thing,  for  ye   ken  Jaue  was  bli 

fcTmritn  ;   he  thought  BSfbridy    wu  had  bonny  as  hor,  an'  oh  he  wat 

frouJ  o'  ber — [iroud  at  the  kirk,  prond  when  w«  took  s  wftik,  nae  leaa 

pmtd  at  h»  atu  bowj-otid,  or  if  ahe  ebAiK«d  to  he  in  th«  nbop  when  foQc 

eatn'  in,  and  il  vas  itskit  who  she  was  adW  the  Blipt  ont  o'  their  ught, 

A»«II,  wliva  she  wasui  asventeea  year  aatd,  she  was  invited  to  a  juirty. 

Ok,  llMty'ra  bad  thio^,  Ihae  patrtieB, — never  l«t  baimtt  pang  to  piiiitics — 

tit,  it  w«ana  a  bnll,  it  wna  a  pnirty  at  a  diTcciit  friend's  Iiotue,  a  tanner  thnt 

IVB  kDwr,an  elder  in  our  kirk,  no  lesi,but  his  houso  was  near  tbeQuecn'a 

Wt.     Bef-uc  that  day,  Jivne  wna  a  quiet  Umic  Tor  n'  bcr  looks;  Ukin'  to 

t:«iW  in  Ui«  hoaa»  wi'  her  work,  or  her  Itook,  for  a  great  reader  ihe  waa 

f^rbrv :  hut  aAer  tltal  niglit,  ererything  a'  die  kind  went  wntng  vi*  Her. 

-At  Ihf  p&irty,  ebe  bad  met  wi'  a  sodger — no'  a  common  sodg«r,  mind,  bat 

^  — gBaat,  and  an«  o'  the  comlry,  a  rcgtni«nt  o*  the  beat-liuned  an'  the 

^^iiiui  o'  llina — and  llac  tlic  moment  ahe  set  vyce  on  him,  her  head  wis 

fcwied.     tic  waa  no  leas  bin  and  food  about  her  too,  and  ho  mw  ber  hame 

Vq  the  door,  di^'itgh  w«  <lii)ii)i  knnw  it,  anil  they  bndt)  to  meet  again,  nnd  a' 

%liat  tort  o'  tiling  ponul  between  them.     A'  tlte  while,  too,  then;  waia 

viMt  Tv^iecUblc  young  mn,  mq  to  t  grocer  of  oar  Acqtuintanoc,  tbat  had 

J'QM  doted  iipon  Jnie,  and  when  they  used  to  pradtee  thE>gQlhcr  in  tli9 

^bsJi^clais  o  Huv  congr^tioR,  she  had  gi'cn  him  iome  eneoiimgemcnt, 

^  doqbtnA ;  99  whnt  did  be  do  Mt  the  head  o't,  hut  be  vraa  olF  to  Americn, 

*uiil  had  mode  a  hnntle  o*  money  tlitough  the  tronbles  there,  and  be  wrote 

%cnic,  puir  Jad,  ibat  hv  was  coming  buck  to  marry  lier.     We  liked  him 

teal  Well  iiuT»H;r",  and  if  it  \xni\i<-\  htfim  ftir  tljc  nodger,  so  diil  she,  I  rerily 

%*Barc,  and  would  hare  tn'en  liim.     HoweveTf  aome  time  passed,  till  I 

fiand  dbL  who  die  wsa  kcepbt'  uimpany  wT,  and  I  put  it  to  Iter.     She 

HTtr  denied  it,  hnt  itni^ht  out  on'  Atk^d  leflve-  fitr  him  to  como  to  the 

koiofc     I  Hrinii'd  a  long  tiino  to  her,  ti'l't  her  how  angry  her  failii-r  would 

be,  an'  -he  wouldcut  lir-lm ;  bo  I  ttimigtit  it  wuuld  be  Cu*  bfiter 

!  1  -It  her  oin  fireside,  than  gnun  ilrnvngiiing  tlirongh  (be 


960 


sccEtrrBiciTiBS  m  a  basest. 


«treelk     Accordingljr  lie  cam',  tl)o  sergeant  cam* — for  »h«  woulna  It 
him  oa'd  a  aodger — a  fin«  mucklc!  t:i11  liaiul«onit»-l'>oking  chi«r  lie  wat, 
inual  eay,  and  n  (^nd  Ulker.     He  had  boco  to  India,  and  to  Ireland, 
irhere  not — and  he  coald  dcaeribc  about  evn^rthtng  ye  wanted  to  ken 
though  whylfs,  w)>en  he  wai  vaunting  about  the  armjr  and  u  on,  I 
bim  that  aodgen  w«r«  little  betl«r  than  big  targots,  drca«»d  up  in 
or  blue,  an'  set  upon  a  horse's  biick  in  jingle  till  llwjr  vtr»  knockit  ower. 
He  dtdns  like  it  much,  but  he  wm  cyan  good-tempered,  and  be  uaed  mpt 
to  aoflwer  that  the  ciumy  w<-i«  jtut  the  same.    Then  I  would  mj  badi  ta 
liim,  '  Oh,  we've  naelliing  ado  wi*  the  enemy — it*a  yvn  I'm  apeakin'  to,  aa' 
at  ony  late  llic  eumiy  docenn  want  to  take  awn'  toy  ailly  bit  laeaic  then  I ' 
That  was  Llio  wny  I  Viivp't  girdin'  at  him,  in  hopes  to  driire  him  off;  Do' 
rorgeltin'  itt  n  lime,  to  make  mention  o'  tlie  young  grocer,  an'  hia  tnoceas 
in  litV.     But  I  couldoa  look  at  Jane's  lace  without  sceiu'  bow  the  an 
stood,  nn'  aonic  way  or  other  they  managed  to  make  theursel't  happy,  in 
&ct  she  uid  tbe  aergeanl  likit  me  particular  well.     The  warst  o^t  wu, 
thAt  her  Either  being  throng  wit'  hit  boauien  at  th«  time,  and  no'  iacili 
laic  in  lite  evenin',  he  saw  but  liule  o't,  and  tbocbt  leas.    Wae  aa  1  U 
say  this  day,  that  I  let  the  truth  he  blinkit  Jnio  him,  for  I  was  aye  l)0[>(a 
to  bear  o'  the  rvgimont  boln'  idiifted. 

*'In  lac',  at  limt  the  orders  cam',  as  I  didna  fail  to  hear ;  t]>«  ingBtat 
had  to  be  off  to  Aideraholl,  and  glad  was  I  to  tvt  hit  back  tun»ed.  J  ^ 
a'  I  could  to  separate  them  then ;  1  kequt  op  tbe  lettert  he  wrote  u  ho, 
and  some  she  wrote  to  liim,  but  it  was  found  out,  and  they  were  addj<t*'"i 
or  thry  w*re  posted,  other  ways.  I  ^lokc  to  her,  I'm  sure  my  toogaa  ■* 
never  off  her ;  but  she  would  not  hiteti.  Word  cam'  to  me  quiMly,  M 
bow  young  Sandy  Stewart  was  arrived  in  Livei^ool,  and  was  Mttlia*k>* 
affairs  to  ooane  hamo  in  a  week's  time,  wi'  some  grand  ower'sea  preMOti 
for  his  mother  an'  our  Jane ;  and  I  said  nnetliiag  o't,  thinkin'  to  lafc'  ^ 
by  sarpriac.  But  that  was  ItM  use  titan  a',  in  fac'  it  wrought  thiogt  l°* 
bead.  Uow  the  sergeant  got  wind  o't,  1  caana  tell  ;  but  no'  a  diy  or  >** 
before  youog  Stewart  wun  hame,  back  cornea  my  gentleman,  and  that  *^ 
night  Jane  told  me  that  he  wanted  her  to  marry  him.  I  tcll'd  b0,  ^ 
father  would  never  gi'e  his  consent,  nor  e'er  forgi'e  her  if  she  4^  • 
any wxy  underhand ;  and  this  the  keat  very  woel  bersel'.  She  bcgge'  " 
to  speak  to  him,  hot  I  wouldna  neddle  in  it.  ■  Mother,'  slie  says,  W<^ 
claaped  her  twa  Itands  tbegecher,  *]  aniM  hae  him.*  '  Awcll,  Jsac,  ■■? 
woman,'  I  rays, '  you'll  rue  it  once,  but  that'll  be  a*  your  life.  Ye'U  1**^ 
yoMr  faiber'a  heart,  and  bring  lii»  grey  hairs  with  aorrow  to  tbe  g****". 
Thai  night  the  went  ou^  and  cam'  back  again  about  ten  o'clodi  lo^^ 
awfu'  fliufaed  and  feverish,  but  she  said  naelliing  raair,  till  the  d^ 
morning  she  tctled  me  that  they  had  gone  belbrc  a  justice  o'  the  pcsctt*" 
had  got  married. 

"  Oh,  her  Alher  was  an  angry  man  that  day,  but  I  got  him  ifekV 
ewer  at  last.  '  John,'  1  says,  '  aince  the  deed  ia  done,  it  canna  be  k^  '• 
the  best  thing  now  to  do  ia  to  get  the  miiustez  aad  ha'c  them  taan>c' 


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BCCESTMCrTIES  IN  A  ItASKET.  861 

pro|>«rIf.  It'll  nnrtr  do  to  lot  ths  rc«bora  see  elto  hfts  dono  that  i^ilbout 
jotir  laiTO ;  b««Ide«,  yo  ken,  he  can  claim  her  by  the  law  at  any  inonipnt.* 
Thftt  irigliteiied  liitn  to  the  extent,  that  at  hiet,  ofWr  a  tore  rci»Ic,  lie  gi'cJ 
in,  proTidcd  a'  sbould  be  dorK*  duly  and  in  order,  according  to  the  fear  of 
OoA,  ind  t)ie  aergeaat  liiid«  to  sign  nn  agreement  befor^hand^being  of  the 
prcJstical  peraoaaion  liimaet'  —  if  there  was  any  fainiiy,  to  allow  thtir 
upbringing  under  pure  Presbyterian  orditmnoca,  and  the  shorter  catechiBtn 
ms  to  be  learned  thciu.  It  would  ha'o  mflde  tlic  dourest  heart  wac  to  «ce 
the  good-man  when  lio  thrvip't  ithout  tlils  boforc  me  to  the  sergeant,  liko 
u  it  bud  wme  eue  to  hi»  raind,  an'  couldna  be  brolifii  throiiglk  i'  the 
application;  but  tht)  ncrgennt  inatlu  no  difTicuIty  about  it.  Well,  tbcy 
were  married— properly  and  beautifully  married — and  i  snt  up  till  day- 
break to  get  finisthi-d  y/V  the  rilk  gown  I  bought  her,  a  cli a nging -coloured 
■ilk  it  vu,  and  hvr  fatlicr  gave  )mr  a  good  kJst-full,  itnd  I  garo  licr  routb 
o'  Rhocta  and  blanket*,  haniR-jipiin  dapt^ry,  spun  in  my  mother's  time,  no' 
like  the  common  trash  yo  buy  onwodays. 

"  Then  they  went  to  Ncwcasllo,  and  a  yenr  arter,  I  went  there  to  be 

vi*  her  when  her  first  hahy  was  bom  ;  he  had  her  two  eyes,  but  oner  like 

the  father  otherwise  tor  my  taatCi  though  a  bonny  bairn,     I  visited  her  in 

difercnt  place",  nnd  was' aye  greatly  attended  to  myscl',  for  the  aorg^iuit 

■id  hia  frienda  apared  no  trouble,  nor  they  llitjiight  tme  aicht  or  ithow 

«*er  good  for  tne,  I  must  say  ;  though  I  aye  withstood  (he  temptation  o' 

Mige-pli^in',  but  I  ncednn  speak  mair  against  it  without  experience. 

AvcH,  &n«  London  the  Ent  time  I  yras  thcrc^  Jane  cam'  down  wi'  ma 

hmd'  and  her  two  children,  winnome  wee  things  to  lia'c  by  us  in  the 

hooH;  and  weel  micht  they  draw  round  the  good-maTi'n  he.'irt  m  ihvy  did, 

^ttnn'  thcta  their  questions  and  their  bits  o'  pnrnphrasca  wi'  hit  lun  earn, 

liU  jrc  would  ha'e  said  he  was  well-nigh  eontcntrd  about  the  icrgoAnt.     It 

*u  when  ahc  waa  witli  na  this  way,  that   the  word  cam'  frae  hpad- 

^iwlcn  that  tlio  regiment  woe  ordered  for  the  Indies,     Oh,  aim  wna  whit« 

*«w,  puir  young  thing,  when  wo  heard  it  first.     '  Mother,'  saya  she,  a' 

**  »  Dwnient,  '  I  most  go  too — vfhercvcr  my  mnn  gota,  tlurc  must  I  and 

^  baima  be.'     '  Oh,  Jane,  Jane,*  I  «aid,  '  if  ye  gang,  I'll  never  «ce  yoii 

'OiR'N-umethiDg  'II  bcful  ye  in  tliat  wild  country,'  I  said,  for  I  fult  it  in 

"•i  'w  yc'U  die  and  be  bnVy't  in  the  weary  «cj» — Oh,  Jane,  ntay  wi'  ymir 

"HitW  tike  a  good  laaiie  I '  I  says  I«  her.     Nacthing  I  said  could  daunt 

"**  from  it ;  ahe  waa  bent  upon  going.     Her  fnilio-  waa  worse  agninht  her 

!**■■;  than  he  had  been  at  her  marriage;  but  wJiat  could  he  do?  he  bod 

"'gi'e  way  at  the  l:ist,  aa  before. 

"Awell,  ahe  went  away,  and  a  dull  dull  house  ye  may  hclicvc  they 
'^  bohiod  them.  We  had  letter*  from  her  at  last  t  then  after  tJiat, 
^mther  bat^  was  bom  to  her  in  the  Indicu,  and  ilie  wrote  word  how 
^Xleli  ahe  hii4  missed  mc,  for  I  had  been  with  her  at  the  rest;  the  fao' 
*>■,  I  eouldna  h.i'c  \flt  the  good-man  hii  'Inrtc,  or  cIm,  mtjht^,  I  would 
**'•  featured  ower  the  aea  till  her  in  time.  She  ti-l't  \m  no  little  forbya 
tb(«it  the  plaocfl  they  were  in,  both  the  barracks  at  Dum-Dum  aa  they 
Tou  no.— HO.  75.  IS. 


soa 


fiCCESTEICTTlES  IN  A  BASKET. 


ca'd  it,  and  the  fort  al  Cnlcutta,  wi'  (ba  blacic  tinnH  she  had,  aod  wrruitii 
like  gentiy  at  home,  aad  qneei  macbioea  to  aarj  tbem  about  on  men's 
«houldcr«,  and  privAtc  quarCen  9*  b«r  own  to  bide  in,  fat  tb^sergeAnt  ^t  a 
Stuff  ajipoiiitmoat,  and  moiklo  nion  ahs  «rot«  to  tell  iu  ;  fast  ajre  her 
Ictten  cam'  onrer  the  worda  in  diiTereDl  pairl3  o'  them,  '  Ob,  mother,  if 
I  could  only  MC  yon  again  1 '  Aye,  puir  Ume,  that  will  nevmr  lio  in  tbi« 
vrarld- — lur  the  next  ]«ll«r  brought  news  that  my  bonny  Jane  waa  dead" 

Tbc  wlul«  id)«  bad  been  tiling  tliis  little  story,  tb«  good  voman'* 
Toifie  naa  firm  and  dJatinot,  wiAout  a  quiver  is  it ;  now  ber  olor  «y«  wa* 
diamcd,  tbe  vrioklea  deepened  toirards  it,  bcr  lips  contracted  In  paitk- 
upoa  the  loot  lutter  word.  It  vaa  in  different  tone*,  like  UKMe  oT 
other  person,  that  she  added  ilowly,  nodding  lier  bead  to  each  epith«t  ;- 
"  And  the  sodger — Jane's  man — the  sairgeam — the  great  lenseltai  taurget* 
as  I  v«el  might  ca'  him — no'  nine  months  after,  ho  mu  married  again. 
And  the  hxiros,  my  bonny  Jane'a  threa  bairn*,  we  dimia  ken  yet  wberai 
they  arc.  But  wo  ha'c  written  to  head-qnaztcra,  and  juat  ooiy  i«t  me  hear 
o'  the  regiment  being  in  England,  an'  if  I  had  to  traivd  tb*  road  on  6t, 
rU  gang  to  him  and  march  them  off  hanie  to  onr  ain  hooae,  snd 
pcnon  shall  daur  to  hinder,  if  my  pnir  mi«guided  Lun«  bad  but  ta' 
my  advico,  she  might  hn'u  liuen  in  t)ic.  land  o'  the  living  at  thta  day, 
Ler  father,  my  puir  Jolin,  woiiUdji  lia'e  been  the  man  he  is.  Is  be  ID,  ye 
ink,  mvm  ?  No,  h«'»  no"  juet  ill — but  he's  been  kind  o'  dotedways  ease* 
the  news  cam'.    The  doctor  eaya,  just  to  keep  bin  cheery,  and  we  mawn 

nye  mind  there's  a  aare  world  abono,  and  I  da  my  hett- Bat  loA 

me  I  "  Rhfi  cried,  Marting  up  aa  th<i  conch  entered  the  outskirts  of  Z 

"  I  had  to  get  out  near  here,  and  thi4  is  the  addrcas  wrilteo  on  a  bit  paper 
— the  gude-DMU)  wwii  pub  it  down,  like  na  I  waa  a  baim,  no'  fit  to  take 
care  o'  mysel'  1  I  tcll'd  him  be  should  row  me  up  in  brooo  paper,  and 
Htick  the  addresHPfl  on  my  back,  like  ann  o'  hia  hamess-piecoi  1  N<)i\ 
1  miun  gel  out,  laddie — I'm  by  the  place,  maul  " 

The  boy  stopped  the  coach,  ahe  heartily  bid  na  both  good-day,  is 
which  we  cordially  responded,  while  the  worthy  little  dame  was  kotbA 
amidst  t!io  muddy  road,  needing  no  help  thb  time,  howuvor,  Ob  b«f  Wf- 
She  minified  with  the  thoroughfare  sa  we  rolled  on,  and  we  law  h** 
no  tuoxe. 


I  fit, 
]  mr  J 


1 


•'AcTTH  tsi  !  My  Iioliifciy  ia  over  t"  I  cxclainiei],  ns  T  tiirn«(1  my  back 
frn  IttphAoi'i  St.  Cecilia  «l  Rolagna,  AadI  sot  my  face  to-vrnrils  Rimiut. 
Buc  wlio  enjoys  a  lioIiJay  liko  a  relurniKl  Sahib  aflcr  Iiis  long  nb-u>sco 
fiixa  bome?  Tlte  invigorating  air  of  England  sccma  to  lespood  to  bis 
•ItgMcrt  moranest,  and  broathe  aronnd  him  m  it  wcro  a  slTang«,  dvli- 
cioaa  tnuaic.  An  for  mp,  like  a  CAreAit  «f  iciire  resolved  to  sip  ei^oymeoit 
to  the  dreg»,  I  bad  tamed  away  firorn  the  PurBdlw  of  home  to  look  in  on 
ihc  plaasact  wicke«lnes9  Of  Horn  burg,  and  hnd  crossed  tho  nwTiirg  Rhine  cl 
Basic  before  1  remembered  that  tho  dawn  of"  Black  Monday"  was  already 
nddcniog  for  me  in  the  cxpcctnnt  East.  LanaaDnc,  muijically  Dsmcd 
Loannnr,  tnd  "  glorioiui  Milnn  '*  were  fttill  l>c!i'ro  mo.  But  ihvmi  were 
fits^flecllng  pleasiire5.  Bnlngnn,  Kimini,  Ancona,  rapidlj-  succeeded  f-ach 
«thcr,  and  passed  away  like  passing  thoughts.  At  Brindiri,  than  which  a 
more  hearcn-forsaken  hole  is  nowhere  to  be  found,  the  light  had  vanished 
altogether  from  my  face ;  but  as  I  stepped  on  board  the  IlaliaR  sleamer 
bound  Jbr  Ale-Tandria,  tlic  purpoMi  I  had  formed  to  make  a  sapplementar^ 
botiday  of  tho  trip  through  Egj'pl,  and  visit  the  works  in  progieu  through 
Sqcz  and  Port  Saccd,  threw  a  Ia.tt  ray  of  KUcii^iac  over  my  departing 
Joyj.     Black  itlonday  nc«d  rot  be  bo  hlaok  after  all. 

rfererthtJess,  if  I  coald  have  forgotten  for  a  moment  that  my  route 
Iiy  "Eastward  Ho!"  the  crowded  deck  of  tlie  sttnmer  wouM  very 
i^Kdily  have  rnninded  inc  of  the  hnnl  miilfer-of-lacl.  Tlie  majority  of 
the  poEScngcrB  were  returning  to  a  luiid  from  which  they  had  Had  .iboiit 
few  Rionthe  prcviOTWly  in  abject  dread  of  the  Cliolcra.  Hero  wan  tfio 
*bolc  Alexandrine  world  submitted  to  my  obserTntion  in  a  microcosm. 
Ss<l  a  Babel  of  languagcf,  eucti  a  miicellimy  of  nalionniitifs — cigarette- 
fmoking  wotnen  of  bilious  compk-xlon  and  port«ntoni  obeuty,  and  fez* 
**Pped  mfn,  whoae  one  hope  wns  cotlcn,  and  whose  one  fear  cholera, 
■^ht  be  fctudiod  to  fldvaninge  eJs«wherc  in  tho  Levant;  bat  nowhere 
•oiild  ihc  individual  dmract<'ri«tics  be  found  more  strikirsty  marked. 
"o'dd  I  could  ikclch  tlicni  with  the  felicity  of  Dumu,  if  it  it  to  him 
"*  are  indebted  for  Ihc  fancy  that  a  modern  Turk  Sn  tight  frock -eoat  and 
**  (^rmhln  nothing  «o  much  lu  a  bottle  of  old  port.,  red-scaled  I 

^•di^  the  dock  among  Uicse  molloy  group*,  an  the  vcmoI  glides  over 
*•  niwoth  and  tlihiing  Adriatic,  one  i*  teniiilod  to  apcculate  on  the 
**''*»t»nction  of  an  exact  Rcale  of  knavery  which  aliontti  teach  liow  many 
?**«  equal  one  Annenian,  how  many  Armeniana  one  Malteae,  how  many 
**l|«ae  one  Gro«k.  Alexandria  is  llio  witches'-cauldron  in  which  all 
_'**«  ooQgeoial  demants  seeth  and  fu»c.     A  bandfut  of  Kuesiani,  some 


I 

I 


GernukTU  nnd  English,  manj  French  and  more  Italisiu,  are  the  ingredionin 
added  by  commerce ;  Comtaotinoplfl  throw*  in  ft  few  Torkuli  offioiah, 
and  fin&lt/  Africa  h«rflolf  supptlies  tlio  d«fnfin(li  or  ph^iical  lubtmr  in  the 
penionii  of  handmmQ  brawn  Antbd,  "with  legs"  (aa  Lady  DnffGordoD 
Bay*)  "liko  JoKn  of  Bologna'a  Mercury," — swarthy  Xiihiam  gnntiinj* 
from  ear  lo  ear, — and  Copts  widi  features  and  coinplcxloa  which  exactly 
reproduce  their  blae-tiat«d  progenitors  on  tlio  tncmmy-casM  in  tlic 
British  Mtixenni.  Mndnmo  Otytnpe  Audotuinl,  who  BhoiUd  be  an 
aittliorily  on  the  subject,  r.h.iracterif.c3  the  Orcek  and  rtalian  nierdianta 
aa  mlgar  and  insolent,  "  sans  pareils,'  and  for  a  certain  knot  of  the  aanie 
races  she  can  scarcely  find  1an^ing<4  siifficivntly  xtrong— '" sanii  i«i,  nt  loi, 
Telcurs  ct  a*wuHin>,  qui  aost  unc  dcs  pUicH  d'Egypte.  Ces  Grcca,  c«9 
ItalieDB,  Be  donnent  des  oonpa  de  couteait,  se  tirenr  des  coups  de  revolver, 
trfea  facilemcnt  ct  trts  fi-^n)nemaicMt.  'Usee  taent  cntre  eux,'  dit-oa  ; 
'  tant  niieiix  I  e'en  est  do  moins.'"  Still  ono  must  not  bo  ungrateful. 
Tim  frL'-Ii  date*  of  Alexandria  ileoerfc  Mtno  acknowh-dgmcnt,  and  tbo 
poli>hcd  ro9tc-rL-d  ccdumo,  miKallcd  Pompuy'a  Pillar,  worthily  marks  the 
Bite  of  a  toroplc  which  rivaliod  in  mflgnifiecnoc  the  Oapitot  of'Homc.  For 
the  real,  indeed,  the  glortoua  city,  whose  fonndation  was  forealiadoweil  by 
Homer,  U  so  more  as  sho  has  been.  The  psIaCM  of  Cleopatra  have  giren 
place  to  the  riuinos,  the  cc/i's-chanlanlt,  and  the  garaing-hDlIs  of  llie 
Levantine.  The  schools  of  the  dreamy  Neo-Platoiiirts  hare  been  sue* 
cpoded  by  tha  conn  ting- house*  of  too  practical  spwulators;  nnd  on  th* 
whole  it  is  a  relief  to  exchange  Uie  tanlaltiing  memories  and  tlic  sordjil 
realities  of  »udi  a  pbicc  for  the  still  living  romance  of  Cairo. 

Cairo,  as  every  one  knows,  is  atill  fssetitially  Oriental  in  appeanuice; 
more  so  than  Bcnarca,  mucli   more  so   than  modern  Ltickoow.     "Ste 
Naplea  and  die,"  says  the  Italian  proverb  j  but  it  is  good,  also,  to  look 
down  on  Cairo  from  3u  citadel,  and  live.      That  citadel  waa  bnill  by 
Saladin.    The  sumptuous  monjuc  of  Oriental  aluhaster  through  which  yon 
pass,  is  the  burial-place  of  the  rictorioiis  Mahomed  Ali.     Yoa  emerge     M 
upon  the  ramparts  from  which  the  lust  of  the  Mamelulcea  leapt  for  lifir«   ^ 
nnd  won.     And  there  yo«  puuae.     The  confused  latmuur  of  n  grektcit^y 
lying  fur  below  surges  up  to  you  from  a  brown  wildcmaas  of  boildins* 
pierced  everywhere  by  countkra  minarets,  and  eiifnLmccl  in  such  peerl^*^^ 
setting  as  only  the  flooded.  Nilo  and  the  everlasting  Pyramid*  can  gisT*^- 
Itound  tliG  whole   horizon  stretches  a  j>!acid  labyrinth  of  water,  amov 
«]nat«Tit)g  idands  of  emerald  verdure,  where  broad  sails  horer  h'ke  whiL 
winged  birds, and  the  columnar  date-palm  (lonls  double,  palm  and  thado 
Beyond  the  Nile,  and  on  tJic  «lgc  of  iho   Libyan   di-scrt,  behold  I*^'^ 
Pyramids  J     Thero  they  stand  in  the  grey  fcrvoiu'  of  an  Egyptian  n«^*^* 
austere  and  solitary  wiihio  the  sphere  of  their  own  re-Jigiousncjs.     ^^^* 
stnod   they,   already   some   centuries    old,   when    the   Clialdcao   sbei*^-'" 
Abram,  with  his  t«o-bcautiful  Sarai,  was  driven  by  fanuue  into  the  laO'' 
of  Egypt. 

Of  course  I  vittjtcd  the  PyramUa,  nud,  aa  usual,  tlic  Arab  cicen?**^' 


I 


VISIT  TO  TITIS  SUEZ  CA5AL. 

did  their  best  to  d«stroy  whute^'ec  entliusiBsm  the  vieJt  might  liiLve  losplrad. 
Ad  Jruilation  of  thrc«  Engliab  chccni  roug  out  rrcni  tlie  gxng  of  iiiendi- 
cants  a«  I  BCt  my  foot  on  tho  summit  of  tho  Great  I'jramidj  and  tha 
sound  had  acucely  died  nway  when  one  of  tbeai  struck  up  "Yaukee 
Doodle,"  and  a  second,  to  mukv  sure  of  niy  uatiotialily,  pointed  out 
Jlspoleon's  bmtk-ficld,  niiil  duclaimed  with  viru«ion,  "  Soldatfi,  qturante 

Ici^clw  Totu  re^urdi'^nl."  In  f|>ita  of  tliiis  one  a»tuys  to  look  round  with 
Bomc  liulc  Kuiftiuiog  iiuprcdaivu  of  avrc,  and  bubdd — Jcaay  Liad's  unino 
cut  on  the  t«piuoiit  stone  'by  her  servanl  I  It  is  iinpoaaible  not  to  Inugh 
mad  light  ik  cigar,  tliough  below  you  liei  tlie  Sphinx  of  Sphinxes,  coucliattl 
anong  ten  thousand  scpulcbrea,  and  L^ftide  you  tho  oilier  pyramids, 
\rhcre  the  kings  of  Mtmphia  "  lie  iu  glory,  every  one  in  his  own  house." 
I  I  found  simpler  pluasiii'c,  before  Icnviug  Cairo  to  carry  out  my  origina\ 

purpose,  at  UcIiopoli<,  tiie  Ann  vr  Uii  of  Kzeldel,  mid  thu  BcthiihcRifoh  «f 
Jereauali-     The  low  itiuund!t  of  «aith,  with  the  fieltln  mid  gardeJiN  ouin- 
pnacd  witliiu   their  Jiiuils,  look  inaig^iiiticant   enough.     Yet  this  is  tha 
undoubted  rate  of  t)ie  great  Tempk>  of  the  Snti,  lliv  high-prlost  of  whiuh 
WOB  lktbcr-ia-]aw  to  JosL'^ph,  luid  in  luti-r  tinim  tlic  teacher  of  Moees.     A 
losg  aT«nu«  of  sphinxes  which  led  up  to  the  front  of  tli«  temple,  termi- 
DUcd  in  two  obeli&ks  with  gildi-d  apices — the  gifV,  thirty-eight  ceuturteji 
■pi,  of  OeirtaseD  tho  First,  tliQ  prototype  of  the  Icgondiiry  Sesoalris.     One 
cTlheM  obelisks  i*  stiil  creet  in  it«  propir  pliico.     "  It  is  the  oldest  known 
ia  Egypt,  and  ihcreforu  iu  the  woild — ihi-  fiithcr  of  all  that  huro  arisen 
NACc.      It  vriu  nuMd  about  a  century  b&tvre  the  cotniug  of  Joseph;  it 
lac  looked  down  on  his  mamage  with  Asenalh  ;  it  hug  seen  tlie  growth 
tif  Itloaea;  it  is  uicotiDncd  by  lU-iudotus;  PIulo  nat  imtli;r  its  shadow.    Of 
•U  the  obclialcs  which  sprung  iip  around  it,  it  alone  has  kipi  its  first 
podtiooi.     One  by  000,  it  ha*  scrn  it«  sous  aud  brothers  depart  to  great 
(Itatinies  elsewhere.   From  thtato  gardens  came  the  obelisks  of  the  Latcran, 
of  the  Vatican,  and  of  the  Porta  dtil  Popolo ;  and  lliiit  vcnuruldc  j^illar  (fur 
*o  it  looks  from  a  distaiicv)  Ix  now  almost  the  only  hiiidiiiark  uf  the  great 
■^«l  of  thg  wisdvin  of  £gypt," 

Nor  ore  these  the  only  memories  connected  with  the  obelisk.     Where 
'!»«  Indian  corn  now  rustics  round  its  base,  once  bloomed  a  g:irden  of 
'^»l«Mn,  planted  by  Cleopatra.     Never  before  her  time  hud  the  Bulm  of 
'.    ^ileri  passed  out  of  Judita  ;  but  if  the  '*  Serpent  of  old  Kile"  conceived  a 

|^^'%«y,  who  was  Herod  that  he  should  say  her  nay  ?  Aitcrwards  thcss 
X^<A«la  traT«IIed  sotithwarda  into  Arabia,  nitd  thus  ihc  \vliim  of  Antony's 
****tMrnii  still  lires  in  tiie  luotleru  B,i!.H.iin  of  ^[ecca.  Crcn  tho  lurid  halo 
f  ^^(^fcrrod  by  moderii  war  is  not  wauling  to  complete  the  dignity  of 
k  '^liopglis.  Sixty-five  years  ago  thcso  mounds  and  (ields  were  ringing 
I  ^  ^CL  tlie  diit  of  battle :  Oilonian  horsemen  dashing  desperately  upon  tho 
[  "'lUsrca  nf  France,  and  Klubcr's  greiuidicrs  charging  for  the  lost  Tictory 
,     ^cir  (h>onipd  general  was  de*tined  to  share. 

I  Wbilc  at  Cuiro,  I  nmuacJ  myself,  and  wai  nt  the  same  time  better 

^^K^pand  to  ondcntoad  what  I  ehould  mc  of  M.  de  Leeteps'  ludcrtaking, 


by  iaquiring  wliat  hlolory  had  to  uy  coDceming  an/  iioiilRr  aH«iBiit  to 
BDJlc  tlio  t«-o  Ku  in  pwrt  ogci.    'J'lie  i<lea  or  ootuKCtiug  tlie  watera  of 
tbc  Hed  Sien  with  thoce  of  the  Mcditerranam  is  by  no  tueoDs  a  corclty. 
It  Higg»ated  iuelf  area  more  naturally  to  Uio  despots  of  ancient  times  tlion 
to  iuo<lt!ni  eogiaoera.     Go  lotig  as  tLo  Cajiw  ot'  Good  Hope  r«m8UM»l  osdis- 
ix>vei«d,  tlio  gold,  ivory,  ^lea,  and  peacodcs  of  ilifl  Indlaa  aod  Amtnait  ■ 
Irado  liad  hiu'dly  any  other  route  to  Uic  more  nortbcro  ocDtrcs  of  civiliza- 
tion than  u])  the  iJ^d  S«a.  At  fint  tight,  hovcver,  an  imporUuit  diHerecce 
i»  aoticeablu  between  the  plan  of  )1.  de  Ltuseps  and  tliat  of  tfau  Pharaohs 
and  Plolumica  of  old.   The  latlcr  cuiintctcd  llic  Itcd  Sea  with  the  Pdusiac 
or  BubA«ti« — that  in,  the  inoiit  eastern — branch  of  tbo  Nile,  tnakiog  that 
river  tiieir  paaugu  for  lUu  n«t  of  the  way  to  lh«  Mediterraneaa ;  the 
uiodera  canal  i>  to  ^an  thu  i4tiimiu  in  a  direct  line  of  its  own,  frt>m  one  sea 
to  th<j  other.     The  aadont  canal  wa.a  known  aa  the  Canal  of  Hero  ;  it  U 
olaa  tjomctimcs  called  the  Canal  of  AninuL'.     But  the  credit  of  it«  exccu- 
tion  i»  due  to  Rimtae*  the  Second,  the  lame  monareli  whoso  a<^ueT«- 
tnent<  iiiidL-r  tito  saua  ofSetottrU  have  made  that  natD«  m  nnowned. 
Its  uri|;iut  therefore,  dates  1,800  yean  hd'ore   tho  ChriMian  era.     The 
ftfitii  III  which  it  started  from  the  Niia  varied  under  the  diffetvnC  vnttfcs 
of  mtoration  cSected  by  lucceeding  princes,  but  tlic  area  of  Yariatko 
Dcems  nut  to  havD  extended  beyond  Bubaslia  to  the  north,  and  Bdbayaj 
i'2  tniko  fui'thi'r  iwuth.   From  the  ueighhourliuod  uf  Rithiistis  ihu«  d«fin^, 
the  wilier  lluued  nearly  due  cast  for  Sa  mika,  and  ibi-ii  curving  aomh- 
vnrd,  rau  by  the  Bitter  Lokoi  to  the  Ked   Sea.     It  ia  aaid  to  bavs  been 
300  feet  broad  by  40  deep,  and  jirohably  ic  met  the  sea  further  north  than 
could  now  be  tlio  caw,  the  laud  about  Sucx  having  considerablj  risoi 
aineo  tbo  dayi  of  iho  PharanLi.     Aru>r  a  lapKo  of  eei-en  oenturiei,  doiing 
which  n<^cet  and  the  luindy  nature  vf  the  aoil  had  brought  dentruetioa 
to  the  chiuinel,  I'liaraoh  NecLo  set  hiuself  to  repair  the  work  of  bis  gml 
predacowor.      One  and  twenty  thousand  men,  neeonlitig  to  Uerodstu^ 
paiuhed  in  making  the  excavation,  and  at  length  the  attempt  vraa  aban- 
doned, bvutUBe  an  oracle  hod  tvamcd  the  king  thnt  he  was  "laboutias 
for  the  'barbarian."     la  b2!}  k.c,  wbon  E^pt  keconie  a  satrapy  of  Persa, 
Durius  completed  what  Keclio  hivd  begun;  andon  the  "  Suex  atom"  D«i^ 
Iho  embouchure  of  thu  canal,  there  i«  to  ha  teen  nn   inacriplion  in  tlKS 
I'trsinn  cuncifonii  cliaractt-r,  which   read»— "Daritu   the  Great   King.^"" 
About  2&0  ti.G.,  Ptolemy  Pliihidclphus  re-opened  and  improvcil  tho  fce^^Vi 
and  tho  Cnnal  of  Areinoe  di^riveti  its  title  frctii  hi*  siittrr,  i»  whose  hoBOtB^*' 
he  founded  a  town  near  tlie  modern  Siux.     The  work  of  I'tolcmy  a|ipeu^=^ 
to  have  been  maintained  till  iho  coruniencement  of  our  cm,  br  Cleopati^^^ 
after  the  battle  of  Actium,  talked  of  irunflpcrting  her  gnllays  to  the  Rc^^^ 
Bea,  and   flying  nouthwardi  with  her  Itomaa  lover,  lo  unknoun  ho 
beyond  the  power  of  their  conijucror.    After  thi«  the  canal  nifilred  &oni 
loug  purled  of  n^gkct,  until,  in  tlie  ievenih  century,  the  Cali{jh  Omar 
lor  hiinneir  aud  hie  tuoc(«earK  tlic  proud  title  of  Aoiecr  el  MomeiMeo,  Pri: 
of  tho  yaitbful,  by  once  more  making  the  vntcra  Qow  in  Uicix  n 


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ooane,  sod  lo  acoding  tlmcl;  supplies  of  com  lo  Uie  holy  cides  of  Arabia. 
Hew  iong  the  pMMgft  rctn&inrd  opt^n  aHer  Omar,  u  dotiblfiil ;  tbr  ou  the  one 
hand,  the  exne  cnltph  who  fbtmded  Bagdad  is  said  to  Imvc  purposely  stopped 
the  chnnel  for  -political  noaoiu,  and,  on  the  diIu;t,  there  is  a  aiory  that 
English  pilgrims  cnilrd  duwn  it  in  thu  ninth  century  on  their  tray  to  tlie 
Holy  Land.  When  W.  de  LiaseiB  cummencL-d  operations,  llie  only  portion 
of  tlte  okl  work  that  r«niained  practicablu — nnd  ibat  solely  for  purposes 
of  irrigation— was  a  length  of  ooine  twenty -six  miles  nt  lis  commenocrncat 
new  BukoAis.  Tiia  was  called  the  El  Waflee  Canal,  or  Canal  uf  the 
Vallc^i  and  it  served  to  water  the  land  round  Tol-tl-Kabaer,  wliiob  is 
BOW  knoirn  as  the  Wadee  Estate  {Domaiae  de  C0>iaf1y).  AU  the  rest  of 
Its  ooone  was  foond  to  bo  choked  with  sand  ;  ncvcrthcli'te,  at  intervals, 
■ad  wpecully  between  the  Bitter  Lakes  and  Suez,  it  \vas  n&t  dilSoult  to 
ttsM  reatigea  of  the  ancient  bed. 

The  tnodcra  Ficccb  acbemc  embraces  the  following  constnicttona : — 

1.  A  msritime  canal,  100  miles  loag,  189  ftet  broa.dj  and  26  foci  deop, 
Gfam  Port  Saee<]  on  the  Mcditcrrauciin  direct  to  Suez  on  the  Ked  Sea. 

S.  A  Evrcct-vratcr  cunid,  about  60  feet  broad  by  8  foot  deep,  whiuli, 
starting  fiom  Zagaxig  on  tlic  Mut^  Canal,  flows  eastward  to  Lake  Timaah, 
and  tbvro  meets  the  maritime  canal  at  a  right  angle  half-way  .luioas  the 
latfamtu.  It  tlicn  bends  southward  and  rons  in  &  parallel  liuu  vrith  (lie 
maritime  canal  to  Suez.  Zagazig  being  close  to  BubastiR,  and  ibo  Moea 
Ckoal  almost  Jdcntjcal  with  the  oM  Tanttic  branch  of  the  Nile,  tliia  sweet- 
water  canal  is  io  fact  little  mere  tlian  a  rcproduotiou  of  tho  ancient  canal 
of  the  Pharaohs. 

3.  Aoo^er  sweet-water  Mnal,  wliicli  ta  to  he  an  essential  feeder  of 
the  prindpal  cbaiuiel  by  bnnging  to  it,  at  a  point  some  10  lullcs  cost  of 
Zo^uig,  Ibe  w&lcnt  of  tlie  Ifile  taken  from  the  main  utrcaiii  near  Cairo 
above  the  apes  of  tlie  De]Ut<  This  channel  is  to  be  made  entirely  at  the 
cost  /uad  under  the  direction  of  the  Egyptian  Government.  It  was  begim 
a  year  ago  on  the  very  nystem  of  furced  Inlx^ur  which  the  Faaha  had 
withdrawn  from  the  Fnnioh,  but  was  uispended  in  coaiwiiucncc  of  the 
cholera  breaking  out  when  but  little  progress  had  been  nmdc.  The 
voAa  have  since  been  resumed,  but  I  shall  not  Snd  it  necesary  to  my 
asythiag  more  cunceming  (his  supplementary  channel. 

The  present  stato  of  thu  Frctich  works  mixy  be  roughly  summarised 
•a  (uHows  : — ^Tbo  awcct-nater  canal  ta  Cmshed  from  Ziijiuig  to  Timsah, 
and  thence  to  Suez.  The  great  mai-itime  canal  Is  open,  not  in  it*  full 
breadth  or  dvplli,  hut  in  a  thin  and  shallow  trench,  known  as  llie  Sigole, 
Iran  Ha  tcnainus  on  tho  Med! terraaoan  lo  its  half-wny  statiun,  lumiilia, 
m  iMka  Timsah,  where  it  meets  thu  cwuel-water  can»l.  By  uaing,  there- 
fore, tlw  maritime  ngolc  at  the  norlhern  end  of  thi:  line,  and  the  sweets 
water  canal  at  the  soutltcm,  it  is  poMible  now  lo  paM  from  one  sea  to  llio 
etlwr,  at  least  in  one  uf  ths  country  boats.  And  this  is  llic  ft-at  which, 
when  Grse  performed  Inst  August,  brought  telegraphic  congmtulatioos 
from  the  Fietich  Enipcior  to  M.  de  Lcsseps,  perplexed  the  English  proas, 


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868  A  VmiT  TO  TUB  SUIUS  CANAI. 

and  roufifd  in  thf  rtsl  of  Eurojic  a  feeling  of  wliicli  the  Gcrm&a  Kladdera- 
dahch  wiu  pcrliiipa  the  but  exponent,  wLeu  it  dfUiieatviI  U.  d«  LesMpa 
triumpliantly  dragging  a  liay  boat  from  betweea  tl^e  legs  of  John  Bull, 
wlio  lainly  'bentndts  ihc  new  juncdoQ  of  tlic  ecasUko  a  ColossoB  foiled 
ttud  furloufi  I 

I  will  now  dcMcribv,  an  inleliigibl/  u  pcuibW,  what  1  nvr  uf  tlat 
workfi — premising  tliut  1  liuii  brouf;lit  to  Cairo  a  lettcar  of  idtfoducUoiL  from 
tlto  India  Office,  und  waa  not  a  little  diaappoi&ttid  to  find  that  tlie  getitl«- 
inau  to  wliom  it  Mas  addrcucci  lutd  started  for  CoDSlantiDople  the  daj 
befon  tny  arrival  at  CatiO.  Under  thcso  circumBtaaoet,  I  ircnt  direct  to 
tlw  t^Sae  of  ilie  Coual  Coiupnuy,  and  threw  myEolf  on  tliu  tuurlt-iy  of  tlis 
sgcnt.  SJgiior  Vtruoiii  proved  to  be  u  gcntlemiiu  of  Scotch  ongin,  wlioM 
ikuilj  had  long  b««n  domiciled  in  Italy,  but  he  Btill  boM  the  arau  tad 
Kell-known  motto  of  the  Vemons.  Nothing  could  exceed  hia  oiTiliiy.  I 
had  only  to  explain  ivho  I  wne,  aa^  what  I  wanted,  to  be  fumiahBd  witli  • 
l«tt«r  which  Kiiiovod  nU  dilTtcuhy,  and  next  luoniiug  I  slaitod  on  of 
expoditioD,  accoiupanieil  l>y  a  youug  Euglisliitiau,  witli  whom  tbe  ibitaaa  < 
of  travel  lutd  niiid^  mo  ac-:{uaiuteil.  I  wu  tctry  to  Irn-a  Cairo.  Xa  tlte 
Consul-General's  hospitable  rooms  I  had  mvt  a  IJimoua  Euuzn  traveller, 
whose  coaTeraatdon  wols  as  chamiiog  an  hia  dccda  had  been  kdvcntoroBf, 
and  the  evening*  at  Shcpht>rd'B  Hot«l  were  truly  "  nocUt  cixifuptt  dtim^' 

Tlic  train  which  runs  from  Cniro  to  Alexandria  set  uh  down  atBanlu- 
el-Afiutl,  a  town  near  the  eulrancii  of  the  Mot's  Ciuuil,  fioni  which  point  a 
branch  line  touk  us  i-3»tward  tu  Zngozlg,  skirting  [he  MUth  bank  of  the 
Much.  Nearly  thu  whole  diatancc  a  cuntinuoua  hnc  of  trees,  topped  at 
intervals  by  a  white  sail  or  the  trailing  smoke  of  (l  st«amcr,  renders  tha 
Doblc  work  of  the  founder  of  Cairo  eauJy  dificernible  along  the  whole  line 
Field  aAcr  livid  of  thv  most  luxuriant  cultimtion  ntveDts  tlie  justice  wiUi 
which  this  ancient  cutting  has  been  etylcd  tha  Golden  Canal  ;  and  t^ 
nearer  vtow,  obtained  at  Zaga^ig,  of  a  etreani  loO  feet  broad,  studded  with 
ialetf,  and  navigable  all  the  year  for  Urge  boat5,  gives  the  iuiprtaoioB 
rather  of  a  river  than  of  a  canal. 

Zagozig,  where  the  awcet-wator  canal  begins,  ia  a  dirty  lowo,  oatd  to 
contain  30,000  iuhabitunla.  Ila  rise  ia  due  lisa  to  the  French  Canal  Com- 
pany,  which  ia  here  conteul  to  be  slenderly  represented,  than  to  the  worW- 
wido  inflaence  of  the  American  war.  The  value  of  the  cotton  brought 
through  the  place  during  the  lost  year,  lor  sliipmeni  at  Alcicandria,  has 
been  entimntcd  at  l,8OO,OO0^  And  to  faciUtatG  the  trauxit  of  this 
enormous  production,  two  new  railways  are  soon  to  be  opened — one  ditvct 
fa)  Cairo,  and  the  otiicr  to  Mansooro,  on  the  Damietu  branch  of  the  Kile. 
But  ancccssrul  places,  like  fiUflcessful  people,  ore  nvt  alwayi  U>e  iDOstj 
agreeable,  and  the  neighbourhuod  of  2^gazig  has  metal  more  attragMJ 
than  ita  internal  eqiudor.    Wc  were  lent  ou  visiting  the  ruins  of  Bubfl^^ 

Ni'ither  horses  nor  donkeys  being  procurable,  wo  started  ucrosa  country 
on  foot.  There  stretched  a  green  sheet  of  ludi^tn  com  and  yellow-flowering 
cotton  between  us  and  the  dua-coloureJ  inoundo  of  Td  Bast,  and  twice 


ana  ivice  ^ 


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'■'rLfWlBUirfflillJrttiiur.  C»ii«]iItr«rlfT"ni  Pod  fited  lo  Son. |«rt  olllieiiiim.fnnn  Port  5moI 
M  Ltk»  Tb«««b,lio*»iliifi"0  10  111*  n»«l(;<t[iiinjriin4Ut(»«l»,UlBC»'i»o(»ili*U«»rl(0»«. 
I>l.i.  TV*  SBMi-«*Ut  Aeal  lUiUbol  alsBi  Iti  *hc)a  cuone. 


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A  TlSrr  TO  THS  8UKZ  CANAL. 


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we  were  tumtd  back  bjr  coiaiog  euddcnly  upon  one  of  tlie  numero 
Vftt«r-ooursei  which  interact  tho  black  soil  in  erepy  dirt-ctioii. 

A  Twtexjnnae  of  desuUtion,  enclosL-d  wJihin  a  cteu-ly  dcflaod  circaij 
or  lofty  moanda,  u  nil  tlial  Knuums  of  Bubutla.  Koeo-de«p  in  po 
duet  ire  climbed  lliu  nbspvlcKt  bUlocks  tltnt  oiicc  wore  lli«  outer  r«ta] 
of  the  city.  PilvK  cif  cruiiibliug  earili,  niaity  of  tLem  corered 
tliiolily  iritb  broken  pottory  as  Monte  Testaodo  at  Some,  Uy 
beaped  togelher,  or  EepEuntcd  by  cbasiiis  of  Ihu  inofit  varied  dei 
fltecpaese.  Yet  ia  tb«  mi^lsit  of  ibis  cbooa  U  woa  poauble  hero  nnd 
to  discern  tlio  partial  conrigurnti&n  of  ft  street,  and  eveiywbttM  nMcettiY^ 
layurs  imprinted  on  tJiu  mure  upright  innjura  o(  mould  ahowed  tlwt  ibi 
botiM;  walla  bod  been  built  of  tiii^itame  crude  brick  wbicb  the  luiMlites  fooa^ 
■o  difficult  (o  tuanuracture  out  of  Nile  mud,  ivithout  the  Usual  toixtun;  it 
chopped  sti'aw.  El«:wbere  lime  and  the  cleinetiU  may  bare  worked  theii 
will  ia  vitrifyuig  or  pttrilyini^,  but  here  tbcy  have  pulverised  oil  tlig 
vrurks  of  tnuu.  Duej>  In  duMy  drath  li<w  tb«  metropolis  wUch  ga' 
Solomon  Ilia  haughtiettt  bride  j  where  utooJ  the  pulsuc  which  gare 
to  llie  iii£ailt  Hadad,  the  last  of  hia  race,  when  Joab  siuote  every  mole  ii 
Edom ;  and  where  Jciobonm  fled  for  shelter  oAcr  the  dangvroua  diitinotioif' 
cuiifurrvd  on  him  by  Abijikb'a  proplircy.  Xot  a  living  thing  is  now  to 
■een  within  llio  oreii  from  which  Shixhiik  iMsucd  forth,  "with  twelv* 
hundred  chariots  and  !hree-sci>re  thv\i9^iiid  hoi-ni^men,"  to  capture  Jera- 
ooleui,  and  to  Kf>oU  the  Huly  Temple  of  it^  golden  abiclda.  The 
on  which  wo  tUind  baa  bt;en  trodden  by  Uerodolun,  and  tjie  descrlptioa 
bun  left  of  the  city  is  even  now  tlio  beal.  guidu  to  iia  ruiuH.  The  gloiy 
BiLbutu  centred  in  the  temple  and  omck<  of  I'atht,  with  the  "  cul'tt  heod,^' 
■  goddess  whose  itttribuUsa  to  aomc  exkut  onrrespond  with  iliosQ  of  Diana' 
"  The  temple,"  says  Ilcrodottts,  "  stasds  in  tJiu  middle  of  die  city,  and  i 
visible  OD  all  sides  as  one  wnlks  round  it,  for,  as  tho  city  Kaj  been  tn 
up  by  enibaakment,  while  the  temple  ho«  bc«u  left  untouched  ia  i 
original  oonditton,  you  look  down  u[ion  it  whcrMoevcr  you  ara."  Anj^ 
juMt  aa  Uerodotua  haj  said,  we  found  ourselves  looking  down  oa  a  bieud 
opeu  spaoej  ivhicb  at  the  first  glance  proclaims  iticlf  as  the  iftc  of  the 
temple.  A  few  gigantic  frognioots  of  sculptured  gmnite  strewed  about 
the  centre  Rtiil  tcstil)-  to  the  niagnl&ocDCO  tluit  has  passed  away,  and  to  dM 
eaoniwas  force  by  nliicb  th'^  w«ta  orctthrown.  The  eatire  fiioe  of  a 
granite  obeluslc  in  tUia  aroa  wtu  foimd  by  the  French  cxpiKUtioa  to  be 
sculptured  with  sUtk  ;  portions  of  ii  miuxive  cornice  and  other  bugs 
fragoients  soulptured  vrith  strange  hieroglyphs,  ware  BmoBg  the  dibris 
which  have  doubtleia  yielded  valuable  matarial  for  the  histoiT  of 
Egyptian  architecture.  "  Other  temples  may  luivo  been  grander,  and 
may  have  cost  more  in  the  building,  but  thcr«  «-as  none  so  pleasant  to  tbo 
eye"  of  tho  arti&tic  and  travcUt-d  Greek  "as  lliia  of  Bubastis."  Aod 
ccttoioly  it  is  difficult  to  imiiginc  anything  more  beauliAjl  tboa  the  pidiirv 
be  draws  of  a  central  shrine,  towering  in  holy  isolation  abore  two  bnwd 
iJngB  o(  aiiway  watvr,  and  an  intermcdiittc  arcade  of  umbrageoiu  trees. 


A  VISIT  TO  THB  SUEZ  CAt*AD.  371 

Sther  Annually,  when  Posbt  Held  ber  ^reat  festnvAt,  ftoofced  myriailU  of 
[Mlgriau  from  ihe  uttermost  partB  oC  Egypt.  T}ic  old  Greek  estimated 
tlie  numl>0T  Jtl  700,000,  without  counl-iog  children.  Dropping  dowa  the 
Nile  in  Ur^  coinpHDifs,  they  revelled  all  the  way  to  Bubasli*,  the  men 
piping  and  dnnkiiig,  luiJ  tho  irotnoa  now  froUckiag  to  tliK  claUor  of  their 

^_pwn  «Mtan<43,  nod  novr,  tui  they  unk  on  voluptuous  ctishioaa,  singing 

^^■Dgi  Bofi,  Ivvr,  and  sleepy  as  that  of  Pcbgin — 


I<o«ac  tb«  uil,  ntt  ch«  cmr,  flout  nwu/  duwii, 
Fleeting  uuil  kUJIhk  ly  (nnvi  and  town ; 
life  is  no  than  «  li«tl    Snatfli,  wliile  Ihon  cniist,  lliv  rc»t, 
Slwj-iDg  b;f  me  I 


Our  T)un  of  tbit  Nartli,  tvbo  chains 
In  reitai  ice  ths  citmnt  of  young  vpins. 


And  OD  reaching  their  dcstiaatioa,  it  was  a  religious  duty  to  give 
lh«ittielT«i  up  to   tlio   wildrtL   orgicJi.      Fur  lli«   godduss  of  "  iba  gny 
Bubaatiaii  grove,"  however  much  olic  might  rKciuhlt;  Diana  iii  other 
I      ngpedta,  ■vna  in  tmth  not 

^B  On  Ktuming  to  Zagaiig,  ne  found  shelter  at  a  BmciU  tavern  called 
di«  '*  HAlel  des  Prsin'aiB,"  and  ns  crcning  fell,  -vrc  commenced  onr  voyage 
dvvn  ttu  Bweet-walor  canal.  Tt  hns  bc«n  ezpkiacd  alove  tliat  tlic 
gtaaral  direction  of  thii  cxnal  I*  the  tiamo  an  ihiit  of  the  old  canal  of  the 
Plrinohfl,  from  vrhiuh  tbe  ancicjit  Tunittu  bmnch  of  the  Nile  was 
Hntimi«d  ihrougb  Lake  Mens^eb  to  the  sea.  It  ncv  mmaimi  to  be 
added  that  from  ZBgaxlg  to  Ras  el  Wadee  the  Company  actually  moke  uie 
of  the  ancient  l>»d  «f  th«  M<x»  Cunnl,  and  to  that  octt^t  realise  the  dream 
of  Ihfi  French  aavaus  who  accomjianied  the  fiiit  Napoleon  to  Egypt. 

Ra>  el  Wadvo  ia  at  the  canlcrn  cud  of  an  otuiin,  called  tho  Wadee 
<'f  Eatate,  which  coinpri*c«  by  Inr  the  luoit  ptofitabk  portion  of  M.  dfl 
I  Lenepa'  undertaking,  and  in  thin  r«spect  again  does  honour  to  the  fore- 
\  tijlit  of  the  old  c^ipeditloa .'  This  estate  containi  nearly  120,000  acres 
.'  Ot  exoellcnt  land,  and  ia  tho  absoluto  property  of  tho  Comjiniiy,  having 
b««n  purchaaed  by  them  from   the  lalu  \1ccrDy  for  81,000/.   on  soma 

IoconBon  when  Saced  Paaba  wanted  money  to  distribute  in  largesses  at 
OMUtantinopte.  Within  fideon  montlis  aftor  tho  oomploiion  of  tlio 
purchaae,  the  area  of  oiltivalion  had  risen  from  12,000  to  14, 500  acrea, 
and  the  amount  rcaliwd  from  cotton  aion*',  not  to  mention  tho  vnlue  of 
the  cervali,  ro«e  to  1SO,000^  SiinultiLncoii^ly  the  origitial  population  of 
S.OOO  had  been  nearly  doubled,  and  of  tbe  new  cttltiratora  S,009  viaKt 
wtM  BedouinB,  whom  the  fair  terms  nnd  good  faith  of  European  civiliza- 
dan  Imd  power  to  begnilc  fnmi  their  world-old  wnya  of  wandering  plJlngo 
in  tbe  dtsori.  TUc  chief  place  on  tho  domain  is  Tel  el  Kabeop,  where 
die  wmts  of  the  Company's  servants  tind  tenant*  are  EutTiciently  supplied 
by  m  hotel,  three  Hohooli,  and  a  handsomo  mosque.     The  town  can  tbo 

Bee  Pnftt  /m  £taHiuemeat  il'AgncMltwt  <a   £gypft,    la  A  I'loatlhit  la 

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872  A  VISIT  TO  THE  SCE2  CANAl. 

boast  of  &ae  gardens,  where  Among  the  orange,  the  pluaUin,  the  pome- 
granatc  oiid  the  luae  ot  fu^rmcr  ownei^s,  the  Frencli  hare  InU.-]/  pluited 
the  mulbciry  nljo,  iritii  a  view  to  the  bieeding  of  BUk-lVDrmi. 

SHcDtly,  under  the  splendour  of  a  full  moon,  we  glided  all  night 
through  the  Land  of  Goshen.  Near  Abkasich  wc  poncd  the  ruioB  of 
Pitbom,  and  about  f^ur  hours  af^envaTclB  those  of  liAmctos,  tho  two  ancieat 
traature-citicfl  which  the  Taraclilca  built  for  Fhamoh.  Il  vox  from 
BomcBcs  tliat  tlie  lamditea  began  their  cuarcL  under  Mosea  toward*  tho 
FrouiiHcd  Laud  ;  nnd  consequeiitly  the  hue  of  the  sweut-water  cao^l  from 
this  point  to  Suet:  may  »ervc  to  give  eonte  general  indication  of  the  path 
along  whicli  tmrcilcd  tho  pillar  of  the  oloud  hy  day,  and  tho  pillu  of 
fire  hy  night.  The  Arab  name  for  the  motioda  of  lUcneavs  is  Tel-el- 
Moakootd,  hut  tho  Biblical  dcsigDauoii  haa  been  revived  by  the  FiqdcIl 
for  the  Bmail  atotioa  ihey  have  erected  here. 

Enrly  in  the  morning  we  arrived  at  Ismailia,  having  previously  paaied 
on  CUT  tight  the  fluice-galc  at  Kephisheh,  through  which  the  aweet-water 
canal  bmnclies  eottlh  to  Suez.  Five  yuani  ago,  lemiLilia  was  aimply  part 
of  the  detKit,  and  Lake  Timnidi,  on  which  it  ntands,  was  dry.  Ismailia  is 
now  a  town  of  5,000  inhabiianta,  and  Timsah  a  broad  ^cct  of  wat<r. 
The  Director-General  of  the  Works,  and  the  Chief  Enf^tneer,  wilh  a 
nuntcioua  rtuff  of  offlcialn,  Iiave  their  hcad-quorlerv  at  thia  cenlnd 
]io«ition  ;  and  the  bouse  oocupicd  by  the  former,  M.  Voisiii,  i.t  a  striluDgly 
liundaaoic  and  coininodioua  building,  situated  in  a  garden,  ihe  trcea  aad 
llowci's  of  which,  eonadering  thitr  ago,  arc  wonderful.  A  word,  t«o» 
must  bu  aaid  for  the  I/u(d  dta  Voj/wjeurs,  Its  exterior  would  bo  no 
diacrudit  lo  any  European  city,  whilo  iU  interior  arraiigcincnta  are  not 
much  woi«o  tlian  those  of  tho  principal  hotels  in  Alexandria.  After 
brcukfust  wc  were  aiiin^ycd  lufind  that  our  hopes  of  going  on  to  Port  Sacod 
by  the  maritime  canal  were  likely  to  he  diaapjioiutcd,  becaueo  the  Egyptiaa 
Governor  of  the  lathnius  was  aUo  journeying  in  ibe  same  directioii,  and 
required  for  himself  and  bia  attendants  tho  whole  of  the  boiit  usually  avail* 
able  for  the  couveyuiice  of  firsl-class  paas^fng^pra.  There  seemed  no  alternative 
between  losing  a  day  at  Tsinailia,  or  journeying  by  a  very  alow  boat,  crowded 
with  dirty  Arabe.  Clearly  it  was  high  lime  to  try  wliat  Slgoor  Vemont's 
letter  of  introduction  would  do  for  us,  «nd  so  1  went  with  it  to  M.  Voiiin. 
That  gentleman  was  courteous  even  to  kindncas,  and  through  hi»  iatcrces' 
Mioii  W4i  obtained  parmiisiion  to  proett'd  to  Port  Saeed  with  the  Govcrncr. 

■We  embarked  about  four  f.m.,  and  this  lirnc  in  a  l.irgcr  and  lar  more 
comfortable  huut  than  thait  which  hod  bruught  ua  from  Zagazig.  The 
Governor  proved  to  bo  a  sUlcly  old  Turk,  unable  to  speak  any  longiiage 
but  his  own.  AiU-r  exchanging  witli  us,  through  an  interpreter,  a  few 
compliments  of  truly  Oriental  hyperbole,  ho  smoked  in  silenoo.  But 
there  was  also  on  board  a  pleasant  French  gentleman,  a  M.  Tbevenvt,  with 
whom  wc  noon  made  Irieude;  he  was  a  CivU  Engineer,  who,  in  the  pursuit 
of  bis  profeaiuou,  had  soL<n  much  of  Algeria  and  Central  America,  and  ha 
wnA  theu  enga^'cd  iji  nacerlainiDg,  from  personal  inspection,  what  ladliina 


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Hum  BHgbt  be  for  the  general  introduction  of  steamers  upon  tbe  custu^ 
dinB'Of  botli  tlie  sweet-watt^r  canal  and  tlie  rigoh. 

Aa  already  observed,  the  Bweet-vfiiter  canal  diverges  Houlliward  lo 
Sm>  at  N«[>lit«bcli,  about  two  lai!^  Kfore  reacltiog  lauiuilia.  Tlie 
chumti  by  which  it  i*  couiiuued  bt^oiid  lemaUia  oua  and  a-half  miles 
briber  cant,  to  meet  ihe  uuxitimc  rigolc,  in  culled  the  Canal  de  Service. 
And  })jr  reason  of  the  sweet-watiT  cunal  lying  niuet«i^n  feet  above  tlic 
Intl  of  the  sea,  tliat  is,  above  the  level  of  llie  ligole,  any  danger  which 
l!u  eaatwt  of  sca-watvr  might  cause  to  the  freahae&s  of  Lite  aweet- water 
cuil,  has  been  miily  obviated  by  the  conalrucLion  of  a  couple  of  locks 
M  the  Canal  fie  ■Soii'w.  Paaaing  llii-ougli  these  look*,  which  arc  large, 
uij  excMdiogly  well  built  of  atono  brought  from  the  quarries  of  Jebcl 
Jorffeh,  we  soon  reached  a  desghtte •looking  mansian,  built  aa  a  coiintiy 
'esdcacc  by  the  Paalia,  but  already  fAlling  into  disrepair  before  ho  haa 
bououred  it  with  a  gingle  visit.  Here  we  debouched  upon  tho  narrow 
HnBu  which  for  the  present  ia  all  that  appcant  of  tlic  grrut  maritiitw 
Qfiil.  Nominally,  tho  rtgolo  ia  seventy-one  toet  broad  at  the  suriaco  of 
iW  TsUr ;  but  in  soutu  placets  it  kcl-his  mtich  lera,  and  at  olhera  it 
opuds  to  the  full  breadth  of  I&1>  f;:ct.  The  depLh  throughout  in  inoig- 
nUomt,  being  barely  six  feet  in  any  part  of  its  counic. 

Il  was  ihc  Bait  wave  of  tho  Mediterranean  up  which  we  were  now 
Mtrtocaag,  imd  on  cither  tide  of  us  was  tbc  Aliicaa  desert.  Tlie  tawny 
■ud  ^Ntfkled  in  tlie  alt«ruoori  »uq  like  gold-duiit,  aud,  to  our  left  espe- 
tislly,  it  lay  heaped — as  tliu  breath  of  tho  lust  storaiy  khavistcn  hod  lell 
■t~-i&  billowing  hillcclca,  or  dunti  of  tho  most  raiilnitic  curvature,  About 
•BMrt  we  ariived  at  El  Ghizr.  The  French  tiigiiiCKri  h.ive  nowhere, 
*xetpi  at  Lake  Mco2alch,  greater  dil£cultiea  to  contend  with  than  at  this 
point.  The  high  walls  of  Hand,  between  which  the  rigolu  now  nin.  like  a 
lender  thread,  ttufllcJently  showed  how  much  there  wu»  yet  Lo  be  dono 
"^att  tbc  oattiiig  could  he  completed  in  its  prc-iH-r  d«pth  and  breadth.  It 
•HIM)  dark,  however,  to  diatinguiah  anything  bat  the  gibbct-Iike  outline 
^tba excavmting  (aadiiacs on  the  loft  hank;  so,  reserving  an  iusp«>ctioa 
^  th*  work>  for  oar  letom  voyage,  wc  adjourned  to  dinner.  Oar  own 
^'ockcrf'coituMtiblea  waa  inerdy  what  the  hiit<J  at  Ijimailia  had  been  abia 
(0  npfjy,  but  M.  Theveuot'a  hnaiper  luiglit  have  been  turned  out  by 
■onaum  and  Uason.  He  filled  our  plates  with  f<Hs''U-f<jie'<praB,  opened 
^^Bls  aAcr  bottle  of  capital  ohampogne,  nud  wa»  nearly  incoosolablo 
°M*tiM  h«  hod  forgotten  to  piovtdc  a  finishing  cup  of  coffee.  Then  thg 
'^Oon  roM,  and  looked  Wniguly  down  on  us  as  wc  lay  about  the  deck, 
'"'okiDg,  laughing,  aud  apiiuiLug  travellcra'  yams  of  many  a  '*  fiur- 
^XiMria,''  It  was  not  till  a  lato  hour  that  we  Mveiwlly  dropped  oS'lo 
"Mbn  where  the  moGquitotx  hod  it  all  theit  owu  way. 

At  Bucrise  wo  w«k4  to  find  that  we  liad  paascd  the  station  of  Kanlara, 
M  were  io  the  midst  of  Lake  Menial  eh.  Sliurtly  afterwardu  we  reached 
W^-Esh,  where  wc  exchanged  our  boat  towed  by  mules  for  a  daudy 
''tic  MMtuvr.    A  lic«li  brc«i«  danced  OT«r  tho  surfaca  of  th4  lake.    Lu^ 


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fiah  wer«  leftptRlf  in  fvtaj  ripple,  and  deuw  QighU  of  water -fowl  ntstM  in 
all  din.'cUotic  through  tba  air:  At  tlie  mine  time  there  vru  toiocthiiig 
Btmngc  Mnd  almost  uncannjr  in  tb«  eight  «f  Uic  ■ca-lilcc  waste  cf  water  u] 
whicli  w«  wen  awee^Hng,  and  tbo  urowy  predsion  iriiU  whiuh  tho  tin 
Ud«  of  low  embonlunent  on  citLer  ude  laid  out  the  track  beferc  ns,  like  t' 
Topffl  ofa  raoeeoune,  fiu  as  eye  could  roach.  How  eliange  to  reftnt  thtt 
this  waBl«  of  vraten  waa  odm  kept  under  control  by  the  rulen  of  E^jpt, 
ondttiatthc  truck  m&rl«.-il  ont  by  I'rcndi  engineers  uiaj  be  hut  ailiin 
Ibradiadowing  of  tb«  fiiturv,  Vfh<n  lh«  anoieivt  chatmebi  and  ootlfiU  taay  Im 
restored,  and  the  whole  of  that  fertile  soil  recovered  (or  the  ose  of  mao  I 

As  yre  approached  Port  Saeed  i^Kiat  nino  A.U.,  our  miuws  wen  vfr 
fended  vilh  nil  the  Mghta  and  aoonda  of  n  bu»y  iBxnuG»ctoiy — amefctls 
the  air,  and  conl-durt  on  tlie  U}wing-pa.th,  ateaiu-^nginea  bhuing,  wafjcai 
rolling,  and  the  iuccwant  diulc-clanlc  of  haumeied  iron.  Port  Saecdii 
not  mer^y  n  haven  for  the  disembarkation  of  all  the  malerUl  and  itant 
drawn  from  France ;  it  alao  contains  hu'i^  and  wcll-oi^anixed  eoaUiA- 
mtnta  necessary  for  th«  construction  and  rpiuir  of  all  the  dradgM  u^ 
other  machinery,  the  roUing-stock  and  the  boats  reqiiirvd  along  tba  Me 
line  of  the  works. 

Like  lamaiiin,  Port  Soced  iu  entirely  n  creation  of  the  Coaipusj;  »'^i 
jast  as  Iminili.i  derives  its  name  from  Umul  Pasha,  the  present  VionOfi 
80  Port  Saced  doc«  honour  to  thg  memory  of  Sa<cdPas1ia,  bis  prede«iW' 
'J'he  town  KtJindti  on  tho  long  mXgv  nf  fund  which  Kqutralcs  Lake  HnfiniA 
froin  the  sea ;  nnd  tho  eilt  excitvatcil  at  tho  mouth  of  the  canal  hatbMD 
ntilized  to  give  width  and  elevation  to  a  nto  which,  in  tls  satonilcim- 
dition,  wail  bnrt-ly  100  yu.rd»  broad  and  5  feet  above  the  level  of  tbe  •*■ 
The  cntial,  on  renchin^  Pert  S^wd  from  the  south,  is  ioteoded  tocxf""^ 
into  a  large  inland  harbour  in  the  middle  of  thv  (own,  and  then  roHiniiS 
lie  normal  breadth  to  pan  out  to  tbo  Meditermneaii  between  tl;e  it*** 
walla  of  two  long  piers.  Eveutiuiily,  therefore,  the  town  it  to  be  bi^M**' 
l>>'  the  c&axl,  but  at  prewnt  all  tli&t  exists  of  Port  Saettd  li«»,  vitl  t^' 
cxcci*ticn  ffa  few  warcboaaea,  on  the  wcilcm  bank.  Its  further  dcn^P* 
meat  depends  altogether  upon  the  completion  of  the  two  piers,  or  si  u7 
rate  of  tlio  wcsteni  pier.  The  neceaaty  for  piers  orisics  from  the  fid  •* 
there  being  a  bnr  of  Kind  along  tho  wholo  const,  and  tUi*  bar  is  n  biw 
ihnt  tho  Iriigth  wiiidi  the  walls  fo^r  the  protection  of  Die  ai»iiy<''^ 
oimnl  will  h;»ve  to  extend  hefure  tliey  reach  the  required  depth  of  26  ft* 
has  been  estimated  at  from  3  lo  3  milu.  The  wntcm  pl«r  is  Ike  "^ 
important  bcrause  there  is  a  strong  current  uniformly  eettiog  dv"* 
the  cotiM  fi'oto  west  t«  cast,  Wlieo  that  is  finished,  Uio  very  impMW' 
object  will  hnv(-  boi*ii  gnUieit  of  secnring  a  ulielier  behind  which  raKb**" 
be  able  to  uuluul,  drcdgtnln  work  and  donble-boUomcd  lighters,  laden  iriu 
rubbish  from  the  exoavations  inland,  to  get  out  to  sea,  ai>d  tJiere  dispett  °^ 
tlieir  burden.  Less  progress  hoe  been  made  with  tlio  western  pisr  tb» 
might  have  been  cxpcctod,  ooaaderiog  it  was  begun  nix  yean  ago.  TM 
mode  of  construction  first  adopted  was  that  of  driring  Woodn  pita  h*" 


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til!  eaai,  liut«iuqg  trwisveno  beams  to  ibe  piles,  aod  finally  filling  up  tbo 
tunbcr-ciatc  ho  formed  yritii  klocka  of  rougli  uulicwn  itoiic,  brought  from 
th«  TJlJxgG  of  MakB,  D«ar  Alexandriu.  But  tho  aloiiM  nrrivcd  in  nniill 
quantities  noil  at  loii|;  inlenals,  wliile  tbeiiijurioiu  n.-s»lt8  brdtrLiy  lie^Miintt 
dftiiy  laore  ■pparoot.  AccordtDgly  »  uqw  plun  twd  to  hv  udoptcii.  Inn 
pil«9  were  now  aimk  ia  sixteen  fi;t;t  of  vrnun,  in  (ho  clireetlon  lo  be  taken 
bjr  the  jelty,  and  upon  tlii-tu  was  built  a  platform  intended  to  admit  of 
reaaeU  comin.if  idoog^d*  aiul  (li>cliafg!»g  curgu.  Il  tlii^u  n.-uiain«d  to  fill 
op  witli  sunken  bIoqw  tbu  intttrvnl  of  1,300  yards  between  the  artitidgd 
talaad  md  ibc  broken  begianiog  of  tbc  pier;  and  this  ivna  tb«  work  wc 
iottnd  goiBg  on  at  the  time  of  our  vint-  Tlio  stoiieA  employed,  Iwwcvor, 
were  no  looger  the  rough  proiluce  of  On-  Mnlin  .ninrry,  but  enoruious 
cubiul  blocka  of  artificial  dtuuc,  aiiiiilar  to  lliow  ivhidi  hare  been  used  in 
the  boildtDg  of  tlie  quay  in  Dov«r  harbour.  They  an  nuiDufu«turod  by 
il.  Doaaaud  on  tlie  spot,  the  elements  of  their  oouipoailion  being  Ka-aand 
aul  hydraulic  Ume.  l^ic  junction  with  the  island  will  be  cSeclcd,  pro- 
bably, this  Hpring,  but  cvi-n  ihvn  tliu  nuKtcrn  yivT  vrlll  be  finished  in  only 
■bout  threc-MIii  of  itn  Aill  length.  The  eastern  pier  has  not  yet  been 
commcnocd. 

The  future  poaition  of  the  iiilniul  harbotir  »  mnrVed  ont^  und  from  the 
tiuib-wuiti^rn  nngle  of  the  naaoeat  baain  a  brunch-omal  runs  about  a 
lile  ioio  Lalu  Ucnzaleh.     This  ia  called  the  Canal  of  Slieikh  Karpootee, 
'»  ia  intended  to  serve  iLe   double  object  of  keeping  Port  Saeed  in 
llrect  ooniniuoic.ttioo  with  Damicttn,  and  of  pioduuiiig  a  current  fitvour- 
kble  to  the  maintenance  of  dofp  water  in  the  hnrbour  and  at  the  mouth  of 
i)B  main  canal.     Wc  notici^d  noinn  f!vv-and -twenty  squarc-rifTgcd  TcssL-h 
tito  roudslcad.     The  shipfnug  which  entered  Port  Swt^d  in   1^6i  U 
.  at  59,000  tons,  iprnid  orer  4G7  Teaselti — a  trnfHa  exceeding  ttat  of 
imietia  and  lEowtla  combined.      These  6giirca  of  couno  proro  only 
Utility  of  Port  Saeed  to  tho  Cinal  Compiiny,  for  nithough,  idn«  the 
an  of  the  rigole  with  the  swc<'t- water  caiml  at  rsninilia,  annic  amall 
ituia  of  priralffi  cnturpriM  huve  ptiued  by  water  butwueii  Port  8ae«d 
MKI  8nm,  il  cannot  be  suid  that  Port  Saeed  has  any  appreciable  traffic 
apart  frum   tho  opcnitinns  of  the  Company.     I  may  bore  rcnmrk  as  an 
icDportant  Gict  in  tilimuting  the  proffresfl  in»u^e  by  tho  Compimy,  and  the 
■et  giren  to  ocrtain  works,  tltnt  Port  8ai-«d  and  all  the  Htaliona  on 
'Ibe  ri^le  between  it  and  IsmKilia  di>p4-nil  for  their  supply  of  fresh  water 
«ntir«iy  apon  the  ew«ot-wat<T  canal :  the  ptmous  liquid  ta  pumped  to 
them  from  Ismnilia  through  Mrthenware  pipes,  which  run  up  the  wntem 
'bank  of  tbo  ri^ie.     There  is  also  complete  tei^raphic  cimmunicntian 
[  tloD£  tlw)  whoit  tine  both  of  the  rigolo  and  of  the  Bwoot-wtiter  rauisl. 
Wc  foqnd  rnj  iiiir  accommodation  at  the  rather  primitiye  estnblUhment 
which  docB  duty  iii  betel  at  Port  Saeed,  and  whatever  Httlc  defects  might 
have  been  DotJOHl  ucre  eurtainly  n<it  altributablo  to  any  wnnt  of  good- 
will on  the  port  of  our  pleasant  French  landlady,  or  her  rcallj-  bconti^ 


376  A  VISIT  TO  TUE  81TEZ  CAItAL. 

Ill  Ui«  aft«ni«o»,  liaving  Riid  gi>od-by  to  th«  lioc[^lab]«  M.  TbvT«iiet^< 
we  si'l  out  vn  our  rbtturn.  Oitr  ]iluti  was  lo  ilnnc  down  tlio  rigotoas 
oa  El  Ghizr,  ilinumljiirk  there  to  t>t)ti  tlie  works  in  progress,  aad  then  rido 
aoroM  the  desert  to  Ismiulia.  The  length  of  the  rigol«  from  Port  Saocd 
to  tht)  Vicerojr's  villu  near  Isranilia,  where  it  meets  the  Canal  de  Servict 
from  the  Bwoet-vrster  c^ial,  is  4t>  miles,  and  this  diitancc  may,  for 
engineering  purpofieo,  bo  divided  into  thrcti  ])ortionB,  uwh  of  which  has 
geographical  features  peculiar  to  itsetj*.  The  Grst  portion  embncefl  tlie 
S4  miles  of  Lake  Muizalchj  the  sccvod  is  H  iiiil««  long,  and  demoa  iU 
dmracteriftlio  appearance  fifom  the  BallAh  Lakes ;  the  third  oorcn  tlw 
rciitainiiig  8  iiitlcs,  nnd  contutus  tlie  platt^'au  of  EL  Ghizt.  A  few  wonls 
of  dcuscription  will  scrvu  lo  «1low  tht-  peculiar  nuluru  of  the  difGcullies  lo 
1h)  overconm  in  each  part  of  the  route. 

Lak«  McnzuJch  is  th<<  product  partly  of  numerous  cuialt  from  ti. 
Kile,  and  paitJy  of  the  salt  water  Howiug  iiit«  it  Irom  iJie  Medileimtwai 
tliroi^h  four  openings  in  the  eamc  irnrrow  strip  of  land  on  which  Port 
&ie«id  has  been  founded.  TlnMo  four  openings  were  once  so  many  di»tiact 
□loutbs  of  [he  Nil«,  mid  what  ii  now  a.  baireii  lagoon  was  furmtrly,  aa  the 
ri»dcc  ha»  already  btea  iuforiucd,  a  (citilu  plain,  uudiir  vulttralion  in  aQ 
its  breadth,  from  Djiuiiulta  to  Puliisiiun.  The  soil  here  is  a  mixture  of  Nile' 
tnud  nud  McditemiUL-au  fiiind.  It  hnrdunii  by  exposure  to  ibe  sun,  but  ia^ 
water  decomposes  iuU>  minute  partioie*,  which  nrc  caught  tip  and  carried 
nwiiy  by  lie  stigluest  ripple.  T!io  bonks  built  of  lliiH  trvachci-ouB  nib- 
Gtiuice  are  no  eouner  made  thau  they  begin  to  nictt  away  under  their  own 
weight.  Even  at  thvir  beat  thoy  (juako  tmdor  Llio  tread  of  a  camel,  as  if 
they  rested  on  water.  The  channel  they  ut  jircscnt  have  to  pioCect  il 
only  six  feet  d«ep ;  it  is  not  easy,  therefore,  to  prognosticate  how  tliey 
will  be  made  to  bear  the  increased  prewure,  both  exi«rDal  and  inlenitl, 
auiQ  to  follow  upon  tlic  canal  being  enlarged  to  its  AiU  dimcQSOits.  If 
all  other  menus  tiiil,  M.  do  Lesscps  is  said  to  be  prepared  to  accept  the 
costly  concbision  -of  sinking  block  after  block  of  artificial  stone,  until  a 
sound  boltoui  for  both  btinks  ia  somi^how  fouad  or  made  in  the  quMniirsi  _ 
This,  it  inuy  be,  is  only  a  quextloa  of  time  and  coat ;  and  romemberii^  ■ 
the  difficulties  evi-ntuully  orercoino  by  oar  own  engineers  at  Chat  Mom, 
there  seems  to  be  no  reason  fur  despairing  of  fiiccesa.  Throughout  the 
region  of  Lake  Menzaluh  the  Company's  oprratioas  appearad  to  be 
advancing  with  rather  exceptional  Yigour  ;  and  it  is  only  fiiir  to  remark 
that  if  the  works  generally  had  a  somewhat  languishing  appearance,  e«D- 
aiderahle  ullowancc  must  be  iniidu  for  the  accident  of  our  visit  occurriiig 
at  a  time  wh^n  everything  in  Kgypt  still  bore  trocea  of  the  recent  vi^ta- 
tioD  of  cholera.  Tlioro  arw  few  purls  of  Egypt  where  the  disease  ooald 
have  showed  it^df  with  more  pnrnlyEing  power  than  on  the  Ivthmus,  Tbe 
lubourcrs  all  fled,  and  in  Ismnilia  alone  there  were  sixty  deaths  in  a  Btn^ 
day.  At  the  lime  ul'  our  visut,  ihe  number  of  working  dredges  scatiend 
over  the  first  1 8  miles  uf  the  chnnnvl,  includiag  Port  Saeed,  waa  stated 
to  be  thirty-five,  but  this  probably  was  an  cxcewire  estimalc,  ood  Uw 


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A  VEaT  TO  THE  SUEZ  auiAL. 


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:  Dot  all  of  tlic  same  size  or  power.  The  average  moatlily  ouU 
origiunllj  cnipluj-cd  was  about  ITiOOl)  cubic  f««t  for  eacb 
dndge ;  but  much  better  ri.'sulM  law  been  Dbtaiuitcl  Iruiii  eevi>ral  new 
Bucbuica  reoonll;  ioiported  Cram  Piiittce.  Tlie  ^ll  lliey  bring  up  ia 
lURxd  into  ft  row  of  tracks,  stxudiug  in  a  lighter  ;  when  the  tnickx  nrs 
Ml,  ibe  ligliler  in  towed  under  a  stcam-crBne  od  Uie  bank ;  and  tlie  truckit, 
lifted  ono  after  aaolbcr  by  the  croui;,  ar«  aude  to  empty  out  thuii  cooteuta 
on  the  otlier  tiida  of  lUo  cmbaukment. 

The  uccond  portion  of  the  routa  may  be  piu^ed  over  with  a  slight 
otwrvatioQ.  The  Uallaii  Lakea  arc  a  scries  of  pools,  deriving  the  salt 
viter  which  they  contain  from  their  cooneclion  with  Laks  Menzalch. 
%  loil  u)  this  nvighbourbood  is  aand  and  day  with  large  uraliGcatioiLS 
^nlphste  of  lime.  Here  the  muritiuie  caim]  exisu  in  its  full  breadth, 
tfwigfa  in  depth  it  is  slill  only  a  rigole  of  five  Coet.  Tbia  soil,  of  coiUBef 
■I  Ml  nearly  bo  dij&cult  tu  noik. 

At  £1  Ghizz  tho  dilSculti^  aie  ouly  second  in  im]x)rliiDc«  to  thoae  of 

Ua  McDzaleli.     T1i«  hfly  platc-iu  of  finn  Kind  mixed  vritli  cacboaale 

of  liiM  which  has  here  to  he  traverst-d,  ia  eight  milta  long,  and  iLe  totnl 

•]iHitity  of  material,  which  from  first  to  lost  wiU  hiivo  to  by  cxcnvaUul, 

l>u  b««n  csQinated  at  20,000,000  gf  cubic  feet.     The  ngolc  as  eecn  heie 

KtDK  act  In  have   made  much   progress  sincu  it  was  firat   opened   in 

Sorembcr,  1S62,  vritli  a  br^tdlh  of  -16  CeH  and  a  depth  of  a   liict.     Ic 

l«(tk  ooly  ton  months  ta  obUiin  lhi4  riuult,  lul  thuu  M,  de  Lt^ueps  waa 

voAinf  Willi  18,000  impc&wd  i'eUahoeD,  whereas  for  the  last  two  ycara 

«  has  been  obliged  to  fall  back  on  mnchinciy  and  fiuc  hthour,  which 

"cfc'Uad  to  hti  very  Kxptiiisive  and  iucQicient  euhfititutcs.     M.  Couvrcux, 

ikcontnctor,  who  baa  undertokun  lo  tiuiidi  this  jKirUon  of  Uie  canal  by 

OsBaber,  1607,  has  brought  to  bear  on  so  mugli  of  hin  task  aa  im  above 

wter,  an  iDgcnioua  nppnratua,  but  m  wo  arrived  on  a  Sunday  we  had 

■tttba  adTaaUigf!  of  tmiiiig  thi3  uiachioc  acluully  at  work.     lu  appearsnco 

'tnicBbiod  a  drcd^u  made  U/  work  fruiu  tW  cdj^i^  of  tlie  bunk  inatcnd 

■filt  8Ud<«trcani,  and  iu  buckata,  instead  of  groping  fgr  a  aemi-liquid  sub- 

'^VBM  snder  water,  acrape  thcmaelvea  full  of  dry  mad  aloDg  the  slope  of 

"k  Look.     Stoaiu-]>ower  uiorea  the  mochino  on  raiU  Irom  place  lo  plucu 

''qd;  the  bank,  and  a  zigzag  continuation  of  the  railway  through  four 

^  £r«  succesiiive  levels  provides  for  a  constant  flow  of  empty  trucks 

Vi^  down  to  tiio  dredg«  lo  b«  filled,  and  full  trucka  travelling  upwanlx 

^  iboM  their  Band  beyond  tlio  outer  face  of  the   enibnnkinenL      Tb« 

"liogthof  the  macluDca  uuw  »t  work  is  aoininally  catiuialcdat  1 2  dredges 

*md  by  COO  traoka. 

la  this  n«ighbotirbood  is  a  aoiaU  branch  ouuil  running  eastward,  the 
^joGt  of  wbicb  ia  to  ptovida  carriags  for  the  tloiw  found  iu  tho  adjacent 
^tlla.  The  rigole  bore  socms  lo  mark  out  tha  aastora  bordur  of  the  fulura 
"Hal,  u  the  excaraliooa  Iu  progress  arc  all  on  the  wcatern  ude.  The 
"HiMi  ftlw  is  on  the  wustcra  udc.  Tho  town  is  much  ainuJlcr  tboa 
or  Port  Saeod ;    ita  iuhabitauta  being  merely   tlio  engiDeert, 


A  VlSrr  TO  THB  SVT2  CA^AL. 

tnechtwia,  sad  labourers   emploj^d  on  the  cutting,   togetber  irilb   &9 
kit  Xtu<ifn  wl)0  supply   thoir  niod^it  vraata.     Th«  uHuU  )im«()u«  auiji 
chorcfa,  however,  nru  not  wtmtitig,  and  Uw  proUoibaa  to  olegacce  vfaiwi 
wc  had  lUrcodj- noticed  nbout  isomany  of  the  Smaob  lioiuoi  on  (be  iMhmiu 
— BTon  about  th»M  j^nftmtily  oC  a  rotigb  an^  temporuj  ctkanctcr*- 
yrtre  bxTtUjr  lew  Apparent  here.    For  instaow,  tlie  little  taverof  whan 
obtained  n  cnp  of  iudiffireiit  coEIee,  luul  tlio  ruitio  pUian  uf  it*  v 
rosloo&i-d  with  some  creeping  plant,  the  foliage  «f  wliiob,  cootnut^d  wil 
die  hftrrcn  lirown  sand  all  round,  was  wagulArljr  refreshing  to  tW  eje. 

From  £1  tiUifrwe  took  donkeys  ta  Iptn&ilta.  The  die  lance  ia  dto 
but  there  U  no  rond  butwotru  th<!  two  statiutiB,  oiiljr  a  track  through 
desert,  maikod  ut  intcrvnla  by  the  cnreaac  or  iJivtctoa  of  a  camel  tbat 
fallen  by  the  •way.  On  an-Jvicg  here,  wo  wcro  glad  to  rest  a  dny  ut  il 
ffdttl  des  Vo^ageurs,  hioking  idly  ncroa*  the  watan  of  Lakd  TiniEab  to  the 
»o(l  blue  otitliue  of  tlic  bills  uf  SufK  oti  the  itoutfaeni  horizon.  Tha 
maritiiDO  cannl  will  pass  through  Lake  Timsab,  and  the  basin  of  tlie  lak« 
is  intended  to  b«  a  graad  inland  harbour ;  but  nothing  haa  yoi  b««n  dcaa 
toivarda  tlita  tod  bayond  filling  the  formerly  dry  boaia  with  mucr  6tq  feel 
dcepr  obtained  partly  from  t3io  eiilt  rigole,  and  partly  by  branches  fr«m 
the  twect-iratcT  cnnal.  In  r«cl>  E«uth  of  Ismailia,  the  maritime  oanal  is 
M  yet  unhcru.  £r«n  in  the  form  of  ngok,  it  exiita  only  nt  the  Ibn* 
twconnected  poisla  of  Toofiaooni,  Sempoum,  and  Sbaloof-el-Temba. 
People,  therefore,  who,  as  a  young  Kitsaian  lately  did,  go  to  look  far  ifae 
&UC2  Canal  al  Suei,  will  £nt)  there  not  a  tmeo  even  of  ita  oomucoccment. 
M.  de  Leweps  considered,  not  uritbont  reasun.  that  the  first  thing  te  b* 
done  iraa  ta  ciitJibliaL  water  conunuatcatioD  of  some  kind  between  his  base 
of  operations  on  Iho  ft[udi«Trriinoiin  and  the  centre  of  tbc  Isthmoi :  all  kit 
efforts  linvo  iberefom  btxa  concentralcd  on  the  nortbeta  {xHtion  of  ibs  _ 
line,  while  the  remundcr  is  compsratircly  tmtoucbod.  I 

The  tmet  over  which  tlin  w^ulhem  purlioo  of  the  canal  will  b«  atnM 
is  a  bri'adlh  of  H  miles,  which,  fairn  n  geograpblcal  point  of  vtar,  my 
bo  <lividud  info  four  aectiona  ; — flmt,  that  of  L«k>:  Timsab,  alntcbitg  j 
Boathward  for  1 3  miles  Iroiu  the  Viceroy's  villa  near  Ismailia;  next,  tbA 
of  the  Bitter  Lnki-a,  SI  mi1c»  long;  next,  the  10  miles  about  Shakior^l- 
Terraba  ;  and  hslly,  thi^  region  nem-  Siiex,  which  lukcs  up  the  nsauuog 
lU  miles,  and  is  M-ashed  over  by  tlie  waves  of  the  Rod  Sea. 

In  the  Timsoh  MCtion,  and  immediately  south  of  the  lake,  tlianilll>' 
small  station  of  Toossoom,  so  cnlUd  in  honour  of  a  eon  of  the  late  ViM*^- 
Here  for  a  distance  of  4  miles,  the  rigole  reappears,  and  tboogh  lb*  d<f4 
is  only  5  or  ti  fcet^  it  epuns  the  full  breadth  of  iho  fUture  caaal,  asal  ('>' 
Ballah  Lakes.  Like  the  chnnnvl  there,  and  the  cutting  throngh  £t  Gkiv. 
this  fine  work  is  entirrly  tlit^  produce  of  the  Arab  apade  and  basket :  ■*' 
ituids,  in  ltd  comparative  complcteaese,  one  more  proof  of  the  bosryl^i* 
and  grcnt  discouragement  which  the  Company  fata  aoaiained  Ifoni  th* 
withdrawal  of  the  forced  }abour  supplied  hy  the  late  Fasha.  The  soil  of 
tho  TimsnJi  Reclion  is  a  cand  which,  while  dry,  holds  together  well  enough 


A  VISIT  TO  THE  SUEZ  CATH&L. 


879 


at  OS  angle  of  60  or  C5  drgreea,  but  iu  ooutact  witli  w-nter  cnxmbEes 
awajr  and  admiu  of  only  a  very  uliglit  idopc.  Bvaidca  Toossaoia,  tltia 
Mctioa  also  ineliKka  tbe  station  of  Strnpeitm,  a  name  which  uppesr»  lo 
:  proxiiiiUy  to  the  sit«  of  llio  4uici«nt  S«Tapmti.  'Ilie  diSeuIty  to 
1*  •(  SerapAora,  tliongli  alightiu-  in  dt^ruc,  is  of  tlic  eumc  quiilitj 
;  sJnady  described  at  £1  Ghisr — namely,  it  high  jilaUitu  of  lirm  MtnJI. 
excavatiotia  hen  in  progre*}  extend  north  anJ  iioiiili  of  lti<i  tintioD 
about  n  mile  un<l  a.  half  bollt  ways,  mi  it  is  hoped  that  tuwuida  Uie  uortb 
a  junclion  may  aoon  lie  aflitcted  with  tho  rigolc  ut  Tao§Boom.  Klucli, 
luiverer,  reuaiim  to  be  done  favforo  evca  this  can  be  accompluihod,  fironi 
tha  peculiar  character  of  iIig  woHcs  at  S^rapfrnm ;  the  catting  hero  bns  not 
reached  a  iufficienc  dcptli  to  beoii  a  Iwel  with  tli«  tt>>ttrim  ofthe  rigolu. 

Ttw  Bitlfif  Lakes  were  once  a  jiarL  of  the  I'vd  Seu.  Thin  mobt  pro* 
bobljr  waa  their  condition  wbea  the  uiiraculoua  pnaange  of  th«  Red  Sea 
ooenmil.  But  the  prophecy  of  Isaiah,  that  "  the  tongue  of  tlic  E^ptlan 
fl*a  "  ahould  htt  doctroycd,  has  \<iiig  noco  beca  fulGlIciJ,  and  now,  not  only 
mn  the  lak«*  wnrered  from  tiie  lie<^(^i.'u  by  Uio  Rind-bjinlc  of  ShfJnof-cI- 
Tcriaba,  but  they  hftre  a]tM>  lont  all  ihutr  vrnttr  by  evuporution,  aud  arc 
ia  fiKt  laket  no  longer,  but  mei«Iy  the  hueins  of  estinet  lakes.  Where 
llu  water  ftrmerly  exined,  ia  now  n  thick  sheet  of  tbe  purcal  nit, 
apaiUiag  st>d  britUisg  ia  iriogular  unduIutiooB  lika  a  vicf-dt-glaee. 
Below  th«  suit  there  ix  saad  reeling  cu  a  atnitum  of  day.  The  mantJme 
canal  ii  to  travcne  the  length  of  the  Bittn  LiLkee,  but  no  works  hare 
^  botoi  bogun  iu  tliU  Tioiuily,  and  the  ground  ia  »tiU  untouched  all 
the  wajr  froio  Sarapeam  to  Sbaloof.  The  botl  of  tlio  Bitt<tr  Lakes  h 
A6  feet  below  the  low-iide  level  of  the  Kvd  Sea ;  it  in  probable,  Uicrefore, 
Ihu  the  French  will  have  no  difiiciilcy  in  tilling  the  bneios  tn  soon  ha 
ihey  caa  bring  (be  water  of  the  Ued  Sea  acron  the  barrier  at  Siinloof. 

Jki  t]io  lait-mcntioned  point — a  ridge  in  which  sand  aud  sheila  from 
Iba  Bed  Saa  aortr  largs  mataea  of  pure  clay  and  a  vontiderable  r|Utinlity 
tf  Umeatona— tiuat  tracea  of  the  Aiture  canal  arc  again  disoemible.  Two 
viles  of  riialiow  exoa\'ation  hnve  been  accompltHh^d,  which,  boworcr,  do 
t«l  y«e  contain  any  wata.  Tha  hardneM  of  the  limeBlone  givcm  riito  to 
muek  difficulty,  and  a|ipare!nlly  it  haa  bcca  found  oeceoHary  to  resott  lo 
MwUag  operationa  on  a  large  ecale.  A^'hile  w«  w«r4  at  InnaiUa,  SCO 
Piedmuoteae  nioem  were  daily  expected  to  pan  tliroagh,  on  theii-  ivay  to 
Slitloof,  and  200  mora  were  to  follow  in  a  fortniglit.  The  last,  or  Suez 
McUon  oTtfaeeanal,  oompriiiea  10  miles  of  lagoon,  visited  daily  by  ths  high 
tide  of  the  Rad  Sea.  Tlw  principal  feature  of  the  ncctiou  Is  an  iiJuud,  called 
laland,  chiefly  cum|>o«cxI  of  very  hard  liuicftlone.  Tha  canal  ia 
II  lo  oroM  this  iHland.  Rut,  a^  I  have  above  intimated,  no  eomnauea- 
■  of  the  maritime  canal  is  yet  lo  be  seen  near  Suez. 
This  being  Iht  pt«aeot  state  of  tho  worka,  there  wnitd  maoif^tly 
IitTe  iMcn  a  weary  rlda  through  the  dcMrt,  with  liule  to  be  gamed  from 
ili  if  wc  had  utieiupted  to  follow  the  fnturo  tounw  of  ihe  ninritimo  caonl 
■nttbwaidit    We  detcrniined,  therefore,  to  roynge  from  Utnailia  to  Suez 


A  VISIT  TO  TBE  SUEZ  CANAL. 

by  lll«  aweet-water  ca&al,  stopping  by  the  -Kxy  to  viiit  tJic  cxcaratioiu 
at  Scrapomn  ;  fur  from  Has  oiidillc  of  tlic  IsUimuE,  where  wc  oovr  n-erc, 
llio  t«o  cannis,  it  will  he  rcmemh^iftl,  run  in  parnll<d  Unca  to  the  R«d 
Sea,  and  ul  ^crapeum  ttie  ditlnno.'  hy  which  l\\i-y  arc  aepnrated  is  ItUlt 
more  tbaa  a  niilc.  Wv  fuuQii  that  upuu  tlua  poirti«a  of  our  jouruej 
CoBipuny  Ivid  not  yet  organized  aay  rt^oi  service  Sot  traveUera; 
tile  matter  wa»  soon  seltkd  by  our  eagagiag  a  bust  excloaireljr  for 
own  use. 

Opening  tli«  filuice-gat»  at  Nt'pbislii'b  wag  a  tedious  buxtuQffi,  and 
we  bad  nUrtcd  about  hood,  the  ma  niuutwhile  bi-at  ficrcxrly  UirougU  our 
canvas  rooT.  The  gHtes  cnco  pusitcd,  howercr,  and  «ur  Kouthward  conne 
to  Sui-z  fiiirly  cuiniiitiical,  tlit>  air  1)ccaiu«  cooler,  and  tlic  rc«t  of  tlu 
vnjn|;6  proTiid  dvli^ittfuL  FJoating  tlirough  tLe  desert  had  atill  the  duum 
cf  Duvvhy.  Oui  cnmdit  trultud  briii):Iy  alatig  tlio  tuwing-jMith,  their  tall, 
ungainly  outlino  liiiced  nlinrply  uguiuat  the  sky,  Kiid  one  of  their  riden 
crooning  a  inonotonouB  ditty  that  waa  not  without  a  alnmbroos  ntitabili^ 
txj  ibe  BCene.  A  thin  fringe  of  InAty  planicd  tam3.riHk  adonted  utb» 
bank,  but  ctlicmlsc  not  a  Liacc  of  vegetuhk-  life  wits  to  be  socu  hr  taUet. 
It  was  n  little  cxcitomc^nt  to  meet,  ae  vta  did  twice,  oihvr  travellers  opoB 
our  silent  highway,  and  Utcre  was  evcu  £vme  amuHi^nciit  in  practically 
tcatlog  at  timua  ibo  £tct  of  our  boutoicn  buitig  M  a bto lately  ignoranluf 
Hiiy  European  language  as  we  were  of -Arabic. 

At  fdur  o'clock  wc  cigbtcd  the  few  bouecs  of  Toosioom  lying  Urandcd 
in  the  dcEcrt  on  our  left,  and  about  an  hour  lat«r  we  reached  the  spot 
at  wLJcli  vie  hud  arraiigi'd  lo  dixeinbiirk,  iu  order  to  proceed  od  loot 
to  ScrapcuRi.  Here  we  firuud  u  atalivit  in  the  siuac  »ty\e  as  (bat  of 
Kl  Ghiar,  Imt  smaller.  The  c/it/-de- station  JLCNiiiiably  ontertaioed  us  in 
hia  garden  with  verinonth  and  cigarettes,  and  look  [laina  to  explain  to  m 
the  naluie  of  the  Korks  under  his  euperintendeac^.  Tbey  are  Dettainly 
inguniouH.  The  bed  of  the  Hwttt-wiiter  ciiiml,  as  1  have  mentioued  beliu^ 
is  nineteen  feet  nhovc  the  level  of  llie  sea,  and,  comscqucntly,  of  lli«  ligole. 
AdviintAge  has  been  tulien  of  thiAcircumjUincc  to  make  ihe  prdimisaiy 
excavaliuuji  at  Serapi^nm  only  of  a  siilllcient  depth  to  admit  of  their  bein; 
jilled  from  the  uvighbouiing  sweet-water  canal  by  n  chumcL  cut  for 
the  purpoie.  When  that  is  done  dredges  are  to  bo  intreduedd,  aod  to 
their  uiechanicid  iiid  ivill  bo  resigned  (he  buuneas  of  eompletJDg  the  exca* 
vatic^nii  down  lo  a  depth  fortcaponding  with  the  level  of  the  rigolc^  WhcB 
tliat  deptli  hut;  been  rejiched,  tlit^  8up]jly  of  wuter  frtini  the  aweet-waler 
cunal  will  ha  cut  olT,  mid  a  union  tfl'ucted  between  the  ngolc  at  Tooanos 
and  the  b«d  prepared  for  it^  cntmnce  at  Scrapcinit.  In  tlie  laeautiato 
the  ailt  brought  up  by  the  dredger  is  to  be  shci  into  n  number  of  artificial 
boaiiu  specially  cotutruotcd  on  oae  aide  «f  the  growing  cliannel.  At  tbt 
prutcnt  time  some  three  miles  of  trench,  into  vrhich  water  lias  been  au]mitl<d, 
■re  ready  fur  the  application  of  tlio  dredge,  lujil  sevvml  dredgei  are  shorily 
oxpected  Iron)  Purt  Sueed.  ]3ut  evidently  our  host  would  have  piefaieJ 
ibt  muiUBl  labour  of  IbflOO/tltaficen  to  any  quantity  of  machinery,  JnsC 


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A  VISIT  TO  THE  StTEZ  CANAI, 


881 


now  lie  has  not  more  ihria  400  men  at  work,  three-futirtliH  of  wlioin  nro 
Arabs  and  Syrinns,  und  tUc  rcmnindvr  Kuropcam  of  nil  wrU,  cbiefl/ 
Grvflt*  uid  Italian!!,  with  a  very  few  French. 

It  WM  datk  li;  tlic  time  we  returned  to  our  boat  on  tTte  nweet-water 
anal ;  and  when  we  awolce  next  morning  vre  were  near  Suez.  We  bad 
that  missed  one  or  tiro  points  cf  interest  whicb  the  sweet-water  c»nal  ia 
its  snutbcm  i'xtc»»)"n  baa  lo  sliow.  For  inslnncp,  there  arc  four  un- 
ftfiUhed  lock*  at  the  distanec  rGSpcctivHy  ef  1(1,  26,  -12,  nnd  51  mUca 
bctow  Ni^phiitbeh,  vrbicb  are  e.icb  ti>  lie  built  of  n  kingle  mass  of  nHiriaial 
•tone.  Tb«  material  cf  the  etcnc  is  uiixtd  on  the  spot  Rnd  beattn  down 
by  psTiors*  rammers  until  \ayer  after  Inyer  msy  have  hardened  into  a 
faoiDOgCflCOiis  maas.  Near  tlic  Ibirty-third  mile  there  is  a  small  railway, 
my  ahotit  a  mile  long,  running  in  from  tlic  wc$twiki<l,  anH  connecting  tbo 
canal  with  tlic  important  Glonc>(^uarriea  of  J^bi-1  Jeneffi^b.  Lastly,  four 
Diilca  oF  the  canal  beginning  Irom  tho  forty-flf^b  rnile  irere  worthy  of 
iilwuiiiliiiii  as  being  identical  to  that  extent  with  the  old  canal  of  the 
Pliaraohs:  the  Fmch  cnginecn  {bund  the  bed  made  rrady  to  their  bnndn, 
uid  had  Minply  to  k-t  in  ibu  water. 

Tbe  town  of  Suez  baa  much  cbnngeii  daring  the  last  few  yeaifl. 
Formerly  it  was  a  petty  coUectioD  of  Arab  hovels,  which  once  a  week 
wed  to  be  icared  from  itn  [iropriety  by  nn  irmplion  of  noisy  EDgllgbmen 
on  tbeir  vay  to  or  from  India.     And  no  otber  Europeans  were  ever  Men. 
Hon  it  is  an  important  town,  in  which  the  Krenoli  pUy  quite  as  prcniincnt 
a  pari  a«  the  Englith.     Then  there  was  no  drinking-water  except  whnC 
vaa  {lainfully  fetched  nn  camels'  bncka  from  the  fountain  of  El  Glinrkudeli 
on  the  other  «dc  of  tbe  Fcrds,     Now  the  French  canal  has  brought  the 
Nile  itself  to  Sukt.     In   ihe  harbour  we  found   three  Rtenmers  of  tbe 
Mtatageriea  Imjxrialts  iuid  bnt  two  of  Ibc  I'cninKulur  nnd  OrientJil  Com- 
fany,  th«  fomcr  in  size  and  power  of  speed  looking  nt  least  tbo  e<]ualB  of 
the  latter.    By  their  side  lay  a  transport  of  the  Imperial  GoTerninent,  wait- 
ing lo  lake  French  troops  to  Cochin  China;  for  Sai^^in,  b«  it  undcrntood, 
R«rives  all  its  rciiiforcementa  through  Kgypt,  while  not  even  the  crisis 
tf  tk  Indian  mutiny  has  safLced  to  tempt  England's  soldiery  to  the 
Orcrlind  route.     The  hotel  at  Suex   \»   English,  nnd  so  is  the  ateam- 
Vfedinery  belonging  to  the  Pniinstiltr  and  Oriental  Company,  btit  theso 
It  H  nothing  when  compnred  with   th*:  Fplcndid  dry  dock  n<^w  in 
of  convtniclion  by  the  Mcssageries  Company,  at  an  estimated  cost 
«f  UO.OOO/.     Tliis  dock,  wliich  will  be  ready  for  uec  next  summer,  is 
^lof  atone  specially  imported  from  France.     Its  dimensions  {44S  feet 
big  by  91  broad,  with  23  feet  deplb  of  water  when  the  caiston-gates  are 
vptned,)  will   allow  the  lorgest  ship?,  whether  of  war  or  of  mercantile 
"Dtiikc,  to  be  admitted  for  repair.     It  ia  connected  with  the  •horo  by  a 
nilway  mnning  along  an  artificial  causeway  nearly  two  mile*  long,  and  if, 
M  sppcars  likely,  a  knding-'juay  be  nddud,  ocean  steumcrs  will  be  enabled 
'e  diaenbatk  their  pnMrng<'rs  and  gooi^  without  the  present  troubFesome 
ilMMiuulitiii  of  a  smaller  steamer.     Thus  perfectly  equipped  at  one  end  of 


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the  line,  nud  ppopsring  Bimilor  armngetncDla  at  Soigen,  Uie  MM*ageri«* 
Company  tcemfl  anxious  to  create  for  France  an  mrang  nn  iniermt  [a 
Eftst«ru  wnUrs  as  the  Csiaal  Company  has  already  pirun  her  in  ihe  Ifthmaa 
of  Suva.  KeilliCT  has  lie  Mowngftriw  Company  been  behind  the  oilter  in 
•ndcBTcuritig  (o  obtain  tli*ir  cnd»  by  Bpoiling  the  Egyptian.  The  Paehn 
btfln  titfr  whole  oxpcnsn  of  the  doeka  and  ntl  th«  vorks  conn«i7t«<)  with  it, 
but  th«  ttse  of  it  for  half  the  year  is  to  be  veated  in  tlis  French  Company. 

And  TiDrr  tvhnt  arc  the  probabilitiea  op  to  llie  ultimate  tticcces  or  faihir* 
of  M.  de  Lcssopa  great  schorae  ? 

Tlie  Frmch  noune  replies  that  the  Company'a  ahnref  of  &00  fnnr^ 
■re  rtill  wcrlh  480;  and  the  last  English  ni-»fSp«pM-  I  w*  eonlaina  a 
bric>r  (rk'grapliie  notino  of  a  meeting  of  cnntnnt^d  >])Br«ho]d«R  n(  PkTi«, 
■nd  of  an  nnuruioe  then  haTing  been  pven  by  M.  de  Iie^rpn  that  tin 
maritime  canal  thould  be  definitirely  opened  to  »hip«  of  all  diBienuona 
the  middle  of  iheyear  1868,  The  popnlar  Toice  in  England  condem 
the  author  of  the  project  ns  an  fidveTitiirer,  who  will  hare  awindlet]  th 
■bareholders  out  of  Iheir  la«  km  long  before  the  phy«i«it  diOtRiiltifHi  of  th* 
Istlimu*  can  be  overcome;  but  ia  Egypt,  whfre  pobnlily  if.  dc  Leve 
ia  better  known,  he  ia  crerynhcro  rccogoi^fccl  iid  a  sinocre  cnthua, 
abaoliitely  nb(.v<'  otiy  Hnapicinn  of  a  grovflllinj  motive.  Wirli  rejrnrd 
(be  natural  liifliciilltes  of  the  wJI,  1  would  vprlurc  (o  wiggcit,  if  there 
any  falue  in  the  platittide  which  d«cfare»  erery  engmecring  operatjos  f 
be  merely  a  qii«sttoD  of  time  and  money,  that  eufficient  conmderation  b: 
pcHtapi  hardly  bpco  f^ren  in  England  to  ihe  extraordinary  adranla; 
with  which  the  rnidortolting  was  commooecd.  Tho  Kgyptian  GoTerameui 
■tbacrlbed  for  more  than  tiro  nitltirna  Mcrling  of  the  Company's  ste«fc. 
Whatever  land  might  appear  reiuisite  for  tlie  exccalion  of  the 
was  conceded  to  tlie  Compony,  and,  if  ench  land  belnrgod  to 
Egyptian  Oovernment,  no  compenuilion  wa*  to  be  nsked  for  it,  Al 
aneullirated  Ii»nd  which  could  be  brought  nader  rulliration  by  irriga- 
tion from  the  kvcet-water  canal  was  to  bclon]^  to  ihe  Company,  an#i 
for  the  first  ten  years  of  posacwioa  no  rent  irhatcvcr  wna  to  he  paid.', 
Tlieii  there  wna  the  large  and  annually  increasing  profit  from  Ihe  Wadcrfj 
Eatate  rear  Bubnslift.  And  Anally,  Sliced  Tasha  bad  pledged  himself  d 
keep  the  worka  eonetatitly  eupplicd  rrith  20,000  impreaBcd  labourcrt,' 
brought  from  all  parts  of  Kgypt  and  delivered  free  of  any  ejtpcnse  to  the 
Compftny  at  Zngazi,^.  This  laxt  item  was  perhaps  the  most  vahinble  of 
all.  Given  »n  ineshaustihle  mpply  of  lahotlT,  end  impossibilities  in  Egypt 
Cfww  to  be  ioipoMibilities,  aa  the  Fyriniids  alone  are  enongh  to  prove. 
It  is  tlio  unforcKco  withdrawal  or  en  Jani-pi-mciit  of  these  cssenlia)  conces- 
BODB  by  the.  prtwent  Viwrfly,  Inmnii  Taaha,  more  than  any  original  mi#- 
calcnlntion  of  the  magnitude  cf  the  btsk,  which  now  threatens  tie  Oooi* 
pacy  with  aerions  danger.  In  the  perpcionl  rivalry  between  Fnnce  and 
ICngland  of  which  Egypt  is  the  scene,  Sneed  Pa«ha,  the  Into  Viccconde*  J 
dared  himfU'Ifuneqaivocatly  the  piirtisan  of  Franee;  hb  •ncceMor,  Isnail" 
Pasha,  ia  uiid  to  d«votc  lim»clf  with  aa  unprq'udiced  impartiality  to  the 


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Jett  of  moDey.  Poaiibljr,  t1ierrft>r^  Itmail  P««)i»  may  hffvc 
iaufl^cd  thst  ttie  ftUsfioen  wonld  bA  ni4r«  profitnUy  employed  in 
oovcrin^  his  owo  t^sC  priratA  eolattn  vitli  catum  itiMi  In  hDTTOwing 
throngb  a  deceit  for  the  Freiicb.  At  nny  rate,  be  ntade  no  dini- 
cnlty  in  yielding  to  the  rq^rfficntnticDa  flddroeaod  to  him  hy  th^ 
Soblime  Toitc,  and  not  only  stopped  tte  giurantefd  ■upplj'  of  forced 
laboar,  but  furtlier  signiBH  his  int^tion  of  rcffumiTiK  the  whole  of  tha 
land  e«d«d  by  hi*  predecefflor.  Tlie  Company  onn'goiicnll;  protested 
a^nit  tlds  breadi  of  contract,  nmi  iitnye  hiurA  to  prove  to  the  Piuliiv 
that  the  pitaaroa  put  on  him  from  Conflantinoplc  origiittlwl  only  in 
the  lUty  malevolence  of  Knglaod,  and  ihat  he  would  ta  playing  the  part 
of  a  political  suicide  if  ho  nllo-nrcd  the  ToHc  to  interfcro  in  a  qncRtion 
flO  pndy  ^mcstk.  But  THnnil  Pn^hn  rt^iMd  to  be  ccmrincei'I,  And 
M.  de  Loaepe  van  ohliged  to  content  Ttimneir  with  a  oompromiK^,  hy  which 
thewhokdiiputeK'tween  the  Viceroy  and  theCoinpnry  wnstobe  referred 
Car  arbittwtian  to  the  Emperor,  in  Tirtue  of  whose  awnrc]  the  Egyptian 
Oonmnicnt  has  to  pay  the  Company  a  compensation  of  8,360,000/. 
Iniail  Pasha  cannot  directly  «ritdo  hi«  obligntion  lo  nbi'^o  hy  thlit  reioilt; 
but  H  la  one  that  he  litt]«  expect^,  and  0>a  prolinbility  *efm»  to  be, 
that  he  will  teller  himself  behind  tin:  furtlier  mediation  of  the  Turki*h 
»ent,  which  ofTecta  to  consider  the  whole  proceeding"  as  beyond  the 
icy  of  tli«  SultAn'K  lientennnt.  Iter^,  «Tidi-Titly,  nrr  the  niHtcrtnla 
of  ao  jnbroglio  which  may  evetitually  lead  tc  a  couftreuce  hctweeu  the 
Gnat  Power*  of  Euiopo,  and  in  that  event,  what  consideration  it  likely  to 
be  (pven  to  ttic  interests  of  a  private  company  of  ahareliolders  I 

la  the  mcoutime,  Erif^land's  mistrust  of  the  coamopolitan  profL-esiona 

ef  that  same  Company  haa  bwn  II.  da  LeaBeps'  opportanity.     rtothing 

hai  tDora  helped  him  to  keep  up  the  fla^f^tn;;  cnthuHiaam  of  pntriotio 

iliy*KiMa>«    than  the   carefully   fostered  belief  that   their   pnrsM   nre 

■iwii  tfl  not  merely  against  land  and  tf»,  btit  agaimrt  the  grainilotM 

anhacaity  of  perBdiota  Albion  -to  boot.     And  yet  (he  English  ot>jeol)cinfl 

Ml  haidly  ha    called  groimdleBa.      It   is  the   real,   even   if  incorrect, 

WieT  of  all  oar  capitalists,  ongindrrv,  and  sailors,  that  the  cnormoiifl 

«M  of  makiag  and   maintaining   the   «aTtnI,   cotnbinod   with   the   fiict 

ef  Ibe   Sed    Sea   not    being    snvignlilo    lor   Rniltsg   rhi['D),  will   suffice 

to  mder  the  project,  even  if  accolnpii^Iu■d,  a  rommcrviii]   J^iiliirr,   m 

tDoipletely    minoiK    to    those    concerned    aa    waa   the    gmsd   Scotch 

•ipfdition  in  the  taut  cfntiiiy  for  the  colonization  of  tlie  Tslhraua  of 

birleo.     While  France,  therefore,  regards  the  canal  aa  a  glorious  step  in 

^  gtoertl  progreaR  of  hmnanity,  Engtumi  has  no  ityaipalhy  h*  tfitn  f<ir  n 

bolihla  whidi  abe  is  dtuly  expecting  to  me  burnt.     Kor  cnn  our  nlatennen 

'(vgtl  tliat  this  rery  ennal  figured  prominently  among  the  Nnpoleonic 

■dtai,  and  that  General  Ikinaparte  was  in  actual  occupation  of  ihu  Idlimna 

•ken  be  wrote  to  the  Directory,  naying — "WIintcYer  Knropcnii  Power 

hiUi^ypt  permanently  it,  in  the  end,  mirtreej  of  India."     And  it  is  no 

toficicot  answer  to  such  mitigiviogs  to  appeal  1o  the  palpably  peaceful 


894  A  VISIT  TO  THK  SUEZ  CANAL. 

clinmctci-  of  tlte  \\oi\i  in  progiev.  T)i«y  siill  represent  a  Freoob  coloof 
the  utility  of  wbicti  to  tbe  Frenuli  Goveronnrnt,  in  oaw  of  rrar,  woald 
in  no  degree  lessenod  by  the  circumstance  of  its  bnving  been  fbuoded  bj' 
private  cnpitftl  with  perfectly  innocent  intcntioiu.  If  erer  again  tbe 
terrific  gamo  of  war  is  itartwi  behTCcn  Franco  and  Eogtond,  Egypt 
fnri<(looined  to  be  once  more  a  baule-fi«lil;  and  this  being  bo,  it  is  bi 
nalur&I  that  Engliintl  bIiouIiI  aee  vitii  disiatitiriictioii  licr  rival  snatdiin 
a  point  of  vnntjigc  bdoTehand.  At  the  same  time  t]icro  in  a  powibiltty 
lliat  tbo  mine  of  tlic  point  mny  be  orer-rated.  If  peact;  larts,  as  it 
probabl)"  will,  nnlll  England  shall  liare  leourci]  an  altcmatirft  route  tc 
lior  Eastera  poaseuions  through  Syria  and  the  valley  of  the  Euphratcf, 
India  may  oflbrd  to  laugh  at  the  dicEom  of  tlie  first  Bonnpnrtc.  And 
cr«a  under  present  circnmstanc^ca,  a  French  occapatioa  of  Egypt  could 
have  no  more  oSensive  power  against  Iiidia^-so  long  as  our  naval  iapr«- 
rnftcy  remained  inlacl  in  the  Indian  Ocean  and  at  tho  moutli  of  the  Bed 
Sea — than  it  liad  in  1798.  At  the  vromt,  the  arm  of  England  is  not 
shorlenicd  since  the  days  Vfhen  Nelson  and  A!«rcrombie  beat  the  troops  of 
Finncc  hopcUsBly  out  of  Egypt.  And  if  there  in  a  new  Jangtr  added  m 
till!  proximity  of  the  Zoiiavca  and  Tiircoe  of  Algeria,  iherg  may  be  some 
consolo^cra  niao  in  the  thought  that  the  contingent  which  India  would  noir 
scad  up  to  the  fight  would  be  no  nioro  the  peer  6,000  Sepoys  led  by 
Baird,  but  five  times  ihat  number  of  SiVhs  and  Pnnjabcos,  men  of  ihtf 
StufT  that  mndc  Ilardiugo  and  Gough  reel  doubtfully  in  the  shock 
combat  at  Ferozeshuhur,  and  that  llopa,  Grant,  and  Napier  hare  sine 
carried  triumphantly  to  Pckin. 

•  •  a  •  • 

Quo,  Mima,  tmdiat     "Whnt  hast  thou  to  do  with  Kuropeoa  poUtica 
There  is  no  forgetting  Black.  Monday  now  t     The  h'ghts  ti  Suez  hav 
fadflJ  away  in  darkneds  behind  mc,  and  th«  good  ship  is  speedia^  soiit!*^ 
ward  under  the  eliadmv  of  Monst   SiaaJ.     It  is  just  a  decade  i^  since?, 
one  of  a  band  of  eager  writers  and  cadet^  I  first  paced  this  starlit  d«lc> 
or  gazed  over  tHe  bulwark  into  this  phosphoreaeent  sw.     Where  are  ' 
all  gone,  those  "  old  familiar  fam»  t "     The  fnic  of  some  is  written  in  i 
red  battlo-rolli  of  Delhi  and  Lucknow,  and  one,  the  bu4t  and  brightest 
tlicm  all,  lilU  a  lonely  grave  in  the  jungle.     Yet  is  there  a  remnant  lift  *£<■ 
give  me  greeting  as  scon  as  1  step  once  more  on  the  Indian  stnuult  aai*l 
mean-while  there  is  kindly  fi'llowsliip  to  bo  read   in   many  a  worn  ««■«»- 
tenance  among  thotc  now  grouped  around  me — soldiers  returning  to  tlie-if 
rcgimvats,  and  i^viluuu  to  their  districts,  oil  of  tbcm  growling  out  n^r^" 
for   the  dear  country  left  behind  them,  and  all   in  their  secret  lietr^ 
mingling  with  these  regreta  a  proud  anticipation  of  the  work  a«iili'*£ 
them  in  India. 

Qua  equal  tamper  of  hcnio  hearts, 
Msda  weak  1)t  vim  and  (uic,  Imt  atrmg  ia  will 
To  itrive,  to  Kck,  to  find  ami  aot  La  j'iobl  1 


■  V  -^       t 


TOUT  Ili2  middle  of  Junuaiy 
HajTy  Cinvering  went  up  to 
Londou,  and  ecltlod  himscir  to 
work  at  Mr.  Bdlh^'a  offici'.  Mr. 
Bcilby's  oRicc  consisted  of  ibiir 
or  fire  large  clionibcra,  overlook- 
ing tliB  river  from  the  bottom  of 
Adntu  Street  in  the  Ad^Iplii,  niid 
hero  Ihirry  fuund  n  Inble  for 
IiimsL-ir  ill  Llie  nuiic  npnrtiiicnt 
with  ihreeothtT  pnpiln.  Itwim 
ti  fine  ol(3  room,  lofty,  and  with 
large  winOowa,  omanicnird  on 
the  cmliitg  with  Iluliiin  KCrvll- 
woik,  nnd  a  flying  goddttu  in 
■  ho  Gontrc.  In  day*  gone  by  t)i« 
houiw  hivl  hceii  ilie  liahimtion  of 
•oine  gT«iit  rich  ntJin,  M'ho  had 
thore  i'lijoycd  llio  nwcH  bifex^n 
from  the  river  beToio  Londtm 
hod  become  the  London  of  iho 
[irewnl  days,  and  when  no  em- 
biinkmciit  had  been  acoJcij  fcr 
the  ThaniL'B.  Nolliiiig  cftuld  bo 
K^iojint  ihnntho  lableiuiil  teat  which  he  was 
to  occupy  near  o  window ;  but  llicrt  wa«  Kiincthing  in  cho  tone  of  the  other 
VOL.  xm.— xo.  76.  \^. 


I 


men  towards  liitnwliich  did  not  quite  salisfj  liiin.  Tliey  prulxibly  did  not 
kn^tv  tlut  lievrse  a  ft:llow  of  a  oollpgo,uxl  trcaird  hinialinofil  astbejoilglit 
haTO  done  liud  be  come  to  tbmi  Jin-ct  from  King's  College,  In  tli«  Strand, 
ox  (com  tlic  Loudon  Univtraity.  Dawn  ut  Strallon,  a  ccrtaia  amoiut  of 
honour  had  been  p&id  to  tiim.  'J'liey  had  known  ihorc  who  lie  was,  nnd 
liail  ftll  eoine  dderence  for  him.  They  had  nol  eUpped  him  on  the  hacic, 
or  [K>ked  him  in  the  ribs,  or  even  cslled  liiia  old  Allow,  before  nmnn  Inigtb 
of  ucqimiotance  jiutlfied  sucli  appellatiou.  But  up  at  Mr.  Beilby'i,  in 
tho  Adclpbi,  one  young  man,  who  wns  certuiniy  h'la  jituior  in  age,  and 
who  did  not  ccutii  at  yet  (o  liuvc  attmued  uiiy  high  jKMotion  in  the  Bcience 
of  cQginvcrinjr,  niiinirHtstly  iJiniight  that  }ic  vin»  acting  in  a  fiieadly  and 
hvcoiiiiiig  yrny  by  dccluriog  t)i«  stranger  to  be  »  lud  of  wax  on  Uie 
second  day  of  his  upp«aTBticc.  Uiu-ry  Clavin-ing  vas  not  duinehned  to  ■ 
liclittvt;  tliiit  he  won  »  '*  W  of  wiix,"  or  "  a  brick,"  or  "  ft  trump,"  or  "  no  " 
smtdl  beer."  But  he  desired  that  such-coinplimeiitary  imd  cndearia}; 
appelkliona  nliould  be  tued  (o  liim  only  by  tJiose  whn  had  known  him 
long  enough  to  bo  aware  that  be  desetred  them.  Mr.  Joaq^  WuUlker 
ct^rtainly  vaa  not  aa  yet  umong  tbia  numlier,  ■ 

There  wns  a  man  at  Mr,  Ikilby's,  who  wm  entitled  to  greet  him  wUh 
c-ndearing  terme,  and  lo  be  so  greeted  himnelf,  nlthotigh  ll»rTy  hod  tiercr 
seen  him  till  he  atiendfld  for  the  first  lime  at  tho  Adclj^ii.  'iliis  wsa 
Theodore  Burton,  hia  future  brothei^ in-law,  who  was  now  the  leading  loan 
in  the  London  hoiuc  ; — the  Kadlng  Minn  n*  n<g];rd«d  busine^  though  he 
wna  not  ua  yi;L  a  piultier.  It  vms  luidcmlood  tlml  this  >[r.  Buitoa  waa 
to  oonie  ill  when  hia  liitliei:  wvut  out ;  and  in  the  meaatiinc  he  received  a 
salary  of  a  thousand  a  yt.'ar  as  managing  elerk.  A  very  linrd^woj-king, 
Ktt'adyi  iutcUigcnt  man  was  Ur.  Theodore  Burton,  witli  a  bald  head,  a 
high  forehead,  aud  that  look  of  coni!>lant  work  about  liint  which  Budi  oicn 
obi:ua.  riarry  ChiTtring  could  not  bring  hiiDsalf  to  tato  a  lilcilij;  to  him, 
because  ho  woru  coltvn  glovca  und  liad  no  odioua  habit  uf  duistin;^  hid 
shoeti  with  his  pocket-handkerchief.  Twice  Itarry  aaw  him  do  tIiU,«n  ihu 
firet  day  of  their  acquaintoDcc,  and  he  regrelled  it  vxeecdingiy.  TIh: 
ooltoa  gloves  too  wcni  ofTentdvc,  an  were  also  the  tliiok  shoee  whicli  luul 
kwn  duelled ;  but  tiie  daatitig  va»  tlie  grejii  aia.  ,, 

And  there  nan  noiucihiug  which  did  not  quite  pleaae  SWT  in  Hr. 
Theodore  Burton's  manner,  though  tlie  geotleninn  hnd  manifefl^r^tciidcd 
to  lie  Yi-ry  kind  to  him.  Wlio  Burton  had  been  *p«akin^  to  bint 
a  minute  cr  two,  it  Dtuhcd  ocrou  Uairy'a  mind  that  he  hod  cot 
hiEOBVlf  to  marry  tlio  wliolv  BiirlOQ  tiunily,  and  tliat,  perhnpo,  he  iDU5t 
lake  some  mcana  to  leb  timt  fnct  be  known.  "Theodore,"  u  )n  had  so 
often  heard  the  younger  Mr.  ButiOD  ealled  by  loving  lipe,  E«eiued  to  clami 
him  OS  Ilia  own,  called  hini  Ilarry,  and  uphruiikd  hitn  wiih  frii.'iidly 
warmth  for  not  haTing  couic  direct  to  hia, — Mr.  Burton 'a, — boiise  in  Oni>lu)« 
Crescent.  "Pmy  feel  yourself  at  homo  there,"  said  Mr.  Burton.  "1  hope 
you'll  like  my  wife.  Tou  needn't  be  afraid  of  being  made  to  be  idle  if 
yon  i^KTid  your  crening*  there,  for  we  are  all  reading  peopla     Will  you 


d 


THE  CLi.VEBGfGS. 


S87 


CAtne  nnd  diM  Ui-dA]r  f  "  FloranM  }\a4  teld  iiim  l}i«t  nbe  vms  bgrbrotbar 
T):coiloni*a  fAvouiile  sistor.  «nd  tliat  'iheodoTe  aa  ■  htmliAni]  and  a 
brMiiCT,  and  n  man,  won  pcrfct't.  But  Tliuoduro  Ii^d  diittud  liU  }waia  with 
liit  luukdk«Kl)ii?r,  and  Horry  Clavcring  wotiM  not  <liac  with  liim  on  that  day. 

And  titea  U  wu  painfully  nuuiibit  to  liim  timt  «r«ry  on«  in  the  olBcc 
kaCTT  hta  (IcBliny  witb  i'd«Kac«  to  old  Burtvu'a  dau)i))l«r.  iru  li^d  Wtia 
cute  of  the  Stnuion  men,  Jiad  no  niorv  than  any  oilior  bad  lie  gaaa  iiniwnthfld 
ihiougli  tlic  BtaUXott  Gre.  He  bod  been  made  to  do  the  regn^Iar  thing,  as 
Grander,  8«amM«,  Mnd  oOrnn  hoA  den*  It.  Screlloa  would  be  safer  ground 
now,  KJ  CluTeriDg  had  taken  lli«  Uat.  That  wns  tlie  feeling  on  the  mntlvr 
vrhioh  Hovinvd  to  lidoiig  to  othen.  It  vntx  iiot  that  Harry  thouRhl  in  tills 
wny  of  hiB  own  Kli>reu<!e.  He  knew  wul)  enoiif^h  whftt  ft  Itieky  I«llow  hv 
waa  to  hnTo  won  such  a  girl.  ITe  waawell  awHto  how  widely  his  Floretioa 
dtlTcrtd  iW>iii  Carry  Surasea.  Hit  denied  to  hiinaelf  iiulignimtly  ihnt  be  had 
imy  ootiMt  of  repQOting  what  hu  had  don?.  Jiiit  he  did  wiali  tiiat  iherxj 
priTBie  nmiera  might  have  noiauicd  priv^lf,  and  that  all  thv  men  m 
Boilby'shad  not  koowo  ofhiaen^a^enient:  When  W'allik«r,  cti  the  fourth 
day  of  their  acquainUnce,  »»ked  him  if  it  waa  all  right  at  Stratton,  he 
uade  itp  bis  mind  tbat  bv  hated  Widlikur,  and  lliat  he  would  hale  WolUker 
ta  tfafl  luMday  of  hia  life.  Ho  liud  duclincd  iho  first  invitation  given  to 
lum  by  Theodore  Hiirtoii ;  but  lit!  cuiild  not  nItog^h«r  avoid  hla  liitiire 
bnthcr-in-law,  and  h^d  agreed  to  dine  with  lilm  on  thin  day. 

On  that  Bame  afternoon  Hany,  when  ha  left  Mr,  Bi-ill>y'a  oilier,  wc-nt 
direct  to  Dohon  Streot,  that  he  might  udl  on  Lady  Onptr.  An  he  went 
lUth«r  ho  b«tli«uj{ht  hiniMlf  that  thuf  AFallikert  and  the  like  had  had  no 
■Dofa  eresta  in  Ufa  aa  had  beTallen  him  I  Th«y  langbed  at  him  about 
Flonace  Burton,  little  gaeaBiDg  that  it  had  been  hia  lot  to  lore,  nnd  to  be 
land  hy  (ueh  a  out  aa  Julia  Bnibttxon  had  bees, — raeli  a  one  aa  I.^y 
Ongar  now  was.  But  tbinge  Imd  gone  well  vitli  him.  Julia  Brabozou 
OOttld  have  made  no  nuui  happy,  but  i'lorvaco  Burton  would  be  the 
■Mcatcvt,  duarMt,  truoat  Utile  wife  tliut  evi;r  ninn  tiwr  uiok  tu  hin  home. 
{]«  waa  tliinking  of  this,  and  dutennined  to  think  of  it  more  and  mora 
ilaily^  aa  he  knocked  at  Lady  Ongar's  door.  "  Yv» ;  her  hidyship  wa>i  at 
home,"  aaid  the  scrrant  whom  he  had  t«en  on  the  railway  pUtfurm ;  and 
in  a  few  moracut*'  time  hu  found  hiuieelf  in  the  drawing-room  which  b^ 
had  eriLicizod  aocnrafully  when  h«  was  taking  it  for  ita  pn>acqit  occupant. 

lie  waa  Idl  in  lite  room  for  fivu  or  six  miuutea,  and  waa  able  to  niakc 
a  full  uenuil  iuvoDlory  of  iu  ooRteiitM.  It  waa  rery  difibrent  in  jta 
prwent  Ufecv  from  tlit  room  which  be  liad  awn  not  yvt  a  month  ainoe. 
8ha  had  (old  him  that  tb«  apartmeuta  had  beou  oil  tlint  ahc  d^-sired  ;  but 
■inn  tbco  everything  had  been  aitvrod,  at  leant  in  appearance  A  new 
piflOO  liad  been  brought  in,  and  tha  chioix  on  tho  furniture  waa  aiirdy 
a«w.  And  the  room  waa  crowded  with  amtill  jbminine  bblvngiogs,  Indicui- 
tiv*  of  wealth  and  luxur}-.  Ihcru  wltu  omameaii  aliout,  and  pnl^ 
ley«,anda  thousand  kiiickknucka  which  nonu  but  tho  rich  can  ponoa, 
and  wbidt  aoao  can  {iOaae«  even  among  the  rieh  unleas  they  can  givo 

19—1 


TTIF  CLAVERINCS. 


Inste  nfi  w«U  ns  rooiii-^  to  tlioir  iity^utiiiiion.     T]ien  lie  lieonl  «  ligHt  tifp  \ 
tlie  door  opened,  ami  Lady  OngiU-  was  ilieie. 

He  «3tpt-eted  to  bn  tho  Mime  Rgnru  thM  lie  had  uta  nn  thu  rxilMrnir 
[ilatlbnn,  the  Baii>o  gloomy  dnpery,  the  name  (jtiiet,  ahiioxl  deatlilika 
denicnnoiir,  lutj,  idioost  llie  anme  veil  over  hvr  fciiturcs;  but  the  LaJy 
Ongar  whom  lie  now  taw  wu  as  nnlike  that  Lmiy  Ongnr  hb  she  «m 
unlike  that  Julia  Drjihaton  whom  he  had  known  in  old  days  MClaTerinji 
Park.  She  was  drcMcd,  no  doubt,  ia  kbclc ;  nny,  no  douht,  rhe  wag 
(Iremecl  in  weed*;  but  in  apitc  of  llie  black  and  in  Hpiie  of  ihe  wveda  ihtn 
iroo  Dolhing  ahout  her  of  tlie  weariness  or  of  the  solemnity  of  woe.  He 
Itardly  saw  that  Iter  drcn  vrtia  tnndi!  nf  crape,  or  that  lung  xrhito  ptadanta 
were  banging  down  from  Ihe  cap  ivliioh  sat  so  iircllily  upon  faer  lietkd. 
But  it  waa  her  face  at  which  be  gnsed.  At  fint  he  thought  that  iiba 
could  hardly  be  the  tamu  woman,  the  was  to  his  eyes  ao  much  older  Uian 
sliG  had  been!  And  yd  as  he  looked  at  her,  hv  found  tliat  she  wiu 
OB  handsamu  aa  ever, — more  linnd&onie  than  Hhe  bad  etei*  bei>n  before. 
There  waa  a  dimity  nbont  her  iiicc  and  figure  tvhicli  became  her  wdl, 
and  which  she  carried  as  tlioiigh  she  knew  henclf  to  b«  in  very  tnith 
a  GountEifs.  It  was  n  fjcL>  ivhich  bore  well  eiich  signs  of  age  as  ibosa 
uliich  liod  comu  upon  il.  Sha  sceint-i]  to  bi^  a  woman  fltler  Jbr  wcosan- 
hnml  than  fur  girlhood.  Her  oyeswere  brighUr  than  ol'  yore,  and,  as 
Harry  Uiought,  larger;  nxnl  her  high  forehead  and  nohlv  auunpof  coiiDte-  > 
iianco  eecmod  fitted  for  t!io  drcsa  acd  huinJgear  wiiicti  ulie  wore.  I 

"I  hnva  been  ox|«.'cting  yow,"  eaid  she,  stepping  «p  1o  him. 
"Ilcrmifine  wroto  me  word  tluit  you  were  to  coaie  up  on  Monday.  TVhy 
did  you  sot  come  Boc>ner  ? ''  There  wan  a  stnilo  on  her  fuce  as  she  i^kc, 
and  a  confidence  in  her  tone  which  almost  confounded  him. 

"  I  liare  liud  so  many  things  to  do,"  said  he  lamely. 

"About  your  new  prolcasion.  Yw,  I  can  understand  that.  Aud  m 
you  are  eeltlud  in  London  now  ?  Wliere  are  you  living  ; — that  ia,  if  you 
are  Bctllud  yet  ?  "  In  answer  to  tliia,  Harry  told  bcr  that  ha  had  taken 
lodgings  in  Ttlnonialjitry  8<jii»re,  bhishiug  somewhat  as  he  named  ao 
unfiitliionabic  a  loviilily.  Old  Mrs.  Burton  had  recommended  hitu  toUie 
housa  iu  which  lie  was  located,  but  ho  did  not  find  it  neecMuy  to  J 
explain  Llmt  fact  to  Jjuly  Ongar.  * 

"1  have  to  thank  you  for  wliat  you  did  for  me,"   continued   she. 
"  You  ran  away  from  tne  in  nuch  a  hurry  on  that  night  tliat  I  wa»  unabla 
to  Kjicak  to  yvu.     Jlut  to  lull   lliv  truth,  ]]arry,  I  was  in  no  mood  Ibea' 
to  speak  to  any  one.     Of  course  you  thought  that  I  lr<«ted  you  UI."  f 

"  Oh,  no,"  said  he. 

"  Of  course  you  did.     If  I  thought  yoa  did  not,  I  alwald  be  angry 
with  yon  titiw.     But  liad  it  been  to  h.vo  my  life  I  could  not  bare  helped  J 
it.     Why   did  not  Sir  Hugh  Ciavcjiiig  comt*  to  meet  me?     Why  did" 
not  my  sistpra  hu*band  come  to  me?  "     To  this  rpiertion  Harry  could 
make  no  aniwcr.     He  wa*  still  Btandiag  with  hia  hat  in  his  Iwind,  aod 
BOW  turned  his  face  away  iVom  her  and  ihodk  hit  head. 


I 


1 


A 


CLAVERINGS. 


880 


**  Sit  Aova,  Harrj',"  nbo  laiii,  "  and  let  nve  tiilk  lo  y&u  like  a  tiKoi  j 
— onlcu  ^oii  are  in  a  Iiurry  to  go  away." 
**  Oh,  no,"  Kiiii  hfl,  seating  hitiiiwit'. 
**  Or  unless  you,  loo,  are  afr^iiil  of  lae." 
"  A/miJ  of  y»u,  Lntlj-  Ongur  ?  " 

f"Yci^  afmid;  hut  I  doii't  nionn  you.      I  San'l  hcOipvc  lluil  yoii  arc 
enough  lo  dcaerl  a  nuniiiii  who  ivnii  oncfi  your  friend  Iwcaitsu  iiii>- 
forttUK  has  ovoTtnkcn  her,  nnd  ciiluiiiny  has  been  nt  work  with  her  aanie." 
*'  I  hope  not,"  uid  he. 

"No,  Harry;  1  do  iiol  think  it  of  you.  But  if  Sir  Hugh  be  not 
seaward,  v-hy  did  he  not  come  and  iiictt  ine?  Vt'hy  hoa  hu  Icll  mt'.  to 
■and  alone,  now  tliat  he  could  be  of  service  to  me?  I  knew  that  utoiiKy 
*■■  ha  god,  but  I  hnvp  ncvur  ashed  hiia  for  a  shilling  atid  should  tiot 
kare  doau  so  ts<\\v.  Oh,  Harry,  how  ivickod  y»u  wero  about  that  clieijuel 
_  On  you  remcmher?  " 
^^^'^  Yt* ;  I  remember." 

^^H*  80  shall  I;   alu-ays,  ninays.     If  I  had  taken  that  money  how  often 
^^Bnld  I  have  heard  of  it  eincel" 

"  Heard  of  it?  "  he  iisked.      "  Do  yoii  menn  from  ri"  ?  " 
"  Y«i;  how  cften  from  yuu  7     Would  you  h.ivf  d1111111.1l  mp,  and  (old 
letf  it  once  a  "wwk?      Upon  my  word,  Harry,  I  wns  told  of  it  inoro 
ii»arly  cvvry  day.     Is  it  not  wonderful  that  men  should  be  so  mean?  " 

It  was  clear  to  him  now  tliat  she  was  talking  of  her  hiiabaud  whi>  was 
icaij,  and  on  that  subject  ho  felt  himself  st  preeont  unahlc  to  speak  a 
voni.  He  litilu  dreami^d  at  thwl  niomrnt  liow  openly  thv  would  soon 
feak  to  him  of  Lord  Ongur  and  uf  Lord  Ougar's  fnulta  I 

*'0h,  how  I  have  wiidied  that  I  had  taltoii  ytiur  money  I  But  never 
mind  about  that  now,  Harry.  Wretched  un  mitti  taunts  were,  they  soon 
^Kttuc  a  smell  thing.  Hut  it  has  b^^eii  cowardly  in  your  counin,  Hugh; 
Wit  not  7  If  I  had  not  livod  with  him  as  one  of  his  family,  tt  would 
iwt  have  mntlercd.  Pcoplu  woulil  not  have  expected  it.  It  was  aa  though 
my  own  hrollitr  had  cost  me  forth," 

*'  Lftdy  Clavering  has  been  with  you ;  liai  she  not  ? " 
"  One*,  for  half-aa-hcur.  She  cirac  up  li>r  one  day,  aud  came  here 
ty  henolf,  cowering  n^  tbvugh  she  wero  afraid  of  luo.  Pour  Her  my  I 
^  hna  not  n  good  tiuic  of  it  cither.  You  lords  of  croution  l«>d  your 
ikvM  wd  livca  when  it  pIcaacB  you  to  chan^  your  bllUng  and  cociog  for 
uatttT-of-fact  niasleriloni  and  rule.  I  dou't  blnaiQ  Uetmy.  I  HUppoett 
>lie  did  all  ilio  could,  and  I  did  not  uttf^r  oac  word  of  p.-proadi  of  her. 
Sot  should  I  lo  him.  IndL-cd,  if  he  c»i»e  now  ihu  servant  would  il^-ny 
aw  to  Itim.     lie  hna  inaullcd  mc,  iuid  I  idjall  rcRicmber  the  insult." 

ItArry  Clavering  did  not  cK-jiriy  undcrrilaud  what  it  was  (hot  Lndy 
Oi^ar  bad  denirud  of  ht-r  brot)icr-in-Iaw, — what  aid  alie  hiid  required; 
aardid  be  know  whether  it  would  be  fitting  for  him  to  ofTur  to  act  in 
Sir  Hugh's  plac«.  Anything  that  he  could  do,  ho  felt  liimaclf  at  ibiit 
wwwiawi.  willing  to  do,  evcu  though  the  uecessoiy  wrvke  should  demand 


t 


TtEB  CLAVHBlSaS. 


some  wcrifice  greater  lliaii  prudrneo  cuulJ  approve.  "  If  1  liftil  tlioaglit 
tlisl  anj-Uiing  wtui  n^nted,  I  should  linve  oomc  to  you  ecwncr,"  ttaid  he. 

"  KTrayiliing  is  vanled,  Florry.  Krerything  U  wanted; — except  dmt 
eheqiic  ri>r  six  huntli'cd  ]>otir)'ls  which  you  s«nt  tao  so  |rMebenu*ly, 
Did  yon  evtr  think  what  itiighl  liavw  hapjifiifd  if  «  rfruin  peraon  I1.11I 
henid  of  that?  Ail  tli<]  wurlO  -A-uuld  l»ve  dedorod  liint  you  iiad  done  it 
for  your  own  private  purposea ; — all  the  iropid,  eciwpt  om." 

Uanry,  aa  he  heard  iLia,  fell  thut  he  wiw  bludiing.  l>id  Iddy  Ongar 
Icaow  of  his  engagement  with  Florence  Burton?  Lwty  CluvoriDg  knew 
It,  nntl  might  protuihty  have  (old  the  lidings;  hut  then,  again,  sho  might 
itot  Latc  toKl  Uiein.  Uarry  at  this  moment  wUhod  that  lie  knew  bow  it 
wu.  All  Ihitt  Lmly  Ongnr  cnid  to  him  would  come  with  sodifisronta 
tnennlDg  according  aa  the  did,  or  iliil  not  know  that  Tact.  But  he  had  no 
inind  to  lell  her  of  the  faot  himseir.  He  declaretl  to  hiui«elf  ihiil  b«  Lo]m4 
she  knew  it,  a%  it  would  serve  to  m:il:e  them  both  more  comforlaUfl 
together;  but  he  did  not  tliiiik  tlmt  it  would  do  for  him  to  brinj;  forward 
the  Rubject,  nncle  nnd  bcelii  as  it  wcro.  The  prop^r  thing  w«tild  be  that 
fibe  should  c-oiigratuLite  him,  hut  ihia  she  did  not  do.  "I  certainly 
niouit  no  ill,"  he  said,  in  Answer  to  the  la«t  words  she  had  npfkeu. 

"  You  havo  never  ineant  ill  to  mi>,  TTarry ;  tlicugli  yon  know  yoa  hare 
abused  nic  drcitdFtilly  before  nvvr.  I  dare^y  yott  forget  llie  Lard  Dames 
you  ha.vc  called  me.     You  men  do  forget  Huoh  l^iii{;a." 

"  I  iPinember  calling  you  one  name." 

"Dc  not  repeat  it  new,  if  you  plcaiic.  If  I  daserred  it,  it  would 
■Jmme  IDC ;  and  if  I  did  not,  it  should  shame  you.'' 

"Ko;  I  will  not  repent  it." 

<*Doeii  it  not  seem  odd,  Hnrry,  that  you  and  I  should  ha  titting, 
lalking  together  in  this  way  ?  "  Slie  yia»  Icining  now  towards  him,  aerOM 
the  tabu,  and  ono  hand  wse  raiwd  to  bcr  forehead  while  hereyw  were 
Exed  iaiontly  upon  bis.  Tixe  attitude  was  one  which  he  f«lt  to  expren 
extreme  intimacy.  She  would  not  hare  aot  in  thnt  way,  prening  back 
bor  hair  from  her  brow,  with  nil  nppcaraaco  of  widowhood  banished  from 
her  C«ci',  in  ihu  proxence  of  any  but  a  dear  ami  close  friend.  He  did  nn-l 
tliiuk  of  lilts,  but  he  felt  that  it  waa  ao,  uhno«t  by  ioattact.  "  I  bare 
such  a  talc  to  tell  you,"  aha  said  ;  "  auch  a  talc  !  " 

Why  ehould  she  tell  it  to  him  7  Of  course  he  aidced  himself  tlua 
qtivslinn.  Tli^n  he  rpnicmhered  that  nltc  bad  so  brother, — rcmcmbvnd 
also  tliiit  her  brotlK'r-in-Inw  bad  drscj'tcd  her,  nnd  he  declared  to  liiniaalf 
tlial,  if  ncoesaary,  lie  would  be  her  brother,  "  I  fvAr  that  yoa  bars  not 
been  happy,"  eaid  he,  "  sinoe  I  saw  you  lart." 

"  Happy  I "  die  replied.  "  I  have  lived  such  a  Iil«  nt  I  did  not  think 
^y  maa  or  womnn  coidd  ba  modo  to  lire  on  this  iiidu  the  grare.  I  will  be 
honest  wilb  you,  Hurry.  Noihtng  Imt  ihc  convicUon  that  it  could  not  be 
fur  long,  liad  isired  nie  from  doeirayiiig  mysul^.  I  koewlliat  he  must  die  I" 

"Oh,  Lady  OngBt !" 

**  Yes,  indeed;  lltat  la  tbo  oame  ho  gare  me;  and  beewae  I  oon- 


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Miik-d  lo  lake  il  IVoni  liim,  fa«  treaUxl  nic; — 0  hmvens  t  liow  mn  I  to 
Sail  words  to  tell  jtai  what  h«  did,  and  the  wny  in  which  he  timt^  uie. 
A  wonuo  eouH  not  tell  it  to  a  man.  Ilarr)',  I  h»ve  no  ftiend  tliat  I  trust 
bat  jou,  but  to  ytm  I  cannot  tell  it.  AVLen  he  found  tlint  h«  lad  bcea 
wrong  in  murryiiiK  iiiv,  tli.it  lio  'lid  not  wniit  the  thing  which  ho  h&d 
tbonght  woiild  suit  him,  Umt  I  naa  a  drag  upoti  him  rather  tliim  a 
oemfert, — what  ixm  liiti  modo,  dci  yoa  think,  of  ridding  himself  of  tho 
himlniT"  Clarerinp  nat  silent  looking  at  her.  Both  her  hnniiit  were 
now  up  to  b«r  forehead,  nod  her  lurgc  eyes  vrvrc  gazing  tit  him  till  lie 
limnd  hiineelf  unable  to  withdraw  his  own  for  a  moment  from  har  fnoe. 
"Re  strove  to  get  another  roan  to  taku  inu  off  liia  liJiiids ;  and  when  he 
Exind  lluit  he  was  Giiling, — h«  charged  mc  with  (lie  guilt  which  bo  liimsolf 
LtI  contrived  for  mc." 
'■  F-adj  Ongar  !  " 

"  Tee ;  yen  may  well  atai'O  at  m&.  You  may  w«]l  Ppcak  Lcancly  ami 
boV  like  timt.  It  may  be  timtcvon  you  will  not  believe  ine;— but  by  the 
G«d  in  vliom  we  bolh  bflicTO,  I  till  you  nothing  but  llie  Iriith.  He 
>Umpt«d  lli«  and  he  fiiilcd, — and  llien  he  accuacd  me  of  tho  crime  which 
U  eoukl  not  bring  me  to  commit." 
"And  what  then 7" 

*  TcB  ;  what  then  7  Ilnrry,  I  had  a  thing  to  do,  and  a  life  to  lire,  that 
wuU  have  tried  tlic  bravest;  hut  I  went  through  it,  I  stuclt  lo  him  to 
*«lw*I  Ho  told  me  bcforo  ho  Tvaa  dying, — before  lliat  last  frljjlitl'ul 
3IneB,  tlint  I  wm  stnyltig  wiUi  him  for  his  money.  •  For  yonr  money,  my 
Wd,'  I  said) '  and  for  my  own  name.'  And  ao  it  wna.  Would  it  Imvo 
Wn  wuic  in  me,  aOer  all  thst  1  had  gono  through,  [«  hare  glvun  up  that 
ftrvbkli  I  had  Bold  myself?  I  had  been  very  poor,  mid  l)ail  been  so 
Niottl  that  poTerty,  even  such  poverty  as  mine,  was  a  cnrw  to  me.  You 
hvw  what  I  gave  up  becsufo  1  feared  that  ciinte.  Was  I  to  be  IbUed  at 
bftfbecaaae  »uch  a  creature  an  thtit  wanted  to  shirk  out  of  hiH  bargain? 
I  kaev  there  were  soma  Wfho  would  say  I  had  been  false.  Hugh  Clavcriog 
t^  so  now,  I  suppose.  But  they  never  should  &ny  I  liad  led  him  to  die 
line  in  a  foreign  land." 

"  Did  he  aak  you  to  leave  hi  m  7  " 

"  No ; — but  be  called  me  that  name  whlclt  no  woman  abould  lienr  and 
•lay.  No  woman  eliould  do  so  unless  she  had  a  purpose  «ioh  ««  mine.  He 
tmlcd  back  tho  price  that  bo  had  paid,  and  I  wua  determined  to  do 
aolhing  that  should  m^Mist  him  in  his  meanness  I  And  then,  Harry,  his 
lut  illne»  1  Oh,  Hmrj*,  you  would  pity  mo  if  you  could  know  all !  " 
•*  It  waa  his  own  intcnipemnci} ! " 

**  lalompeianoe  1  Tt  w.ijb  brandy,- — sheer  brandy.  lie  brought  bunsGlf 
to  neb  A  atalo  lliat  nothing  but  brandy  would  kec[)  him  alive,  and  in 
wkieh  bnndy  wna  sure  to  kill  him; — and  It  did  kill  him.  TMd  yoa  erer 
iMoref  ibe  horrors  of  drink  7'' 

•*  Yes ;  I  Iwvo  heard  of  mich  a  slate.'* 

••  I  bofic  yoa  may  never  lire  to  ece  it.     It  is  a  tagUt  tliat  would  atlult 


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by  you  fur  ever.  But  I  srivr  i(.  niui  tenJe.]  liiiii  throu?})  lIis  wbolcip' 
tbtfugh  I  \>&i  Wen  ]ii"  iK-rvuLt.  1  remained  with  him  wlicn  Uut  man  vho 
opened  the  <Joor  for  yon  coiiW  no  longer  endure  llie  room.  I  was  witli  bini 
when  ihc  strong  womiin  frutu  tiie  liospitnl,  tboiigh  Jm  coiild  ijot  un<icritan(I 
hilt  wordi,  nlmMt  fuinled  at  whnt  she  naw  iind  bcimj.  He  wns  pniiith^, 
Harry.  I  need  wish  no  farfhcT  vpngeaiice  on  Iiim,  even  for  all  liia  cradtr, 
his  ipjiutice,  Ills  unmanly  trua<:lK-r}'.  i^  it  not  feArliil  to  think  tlmt  ony 
man  shcuM  Imvo  ihu  power  of  tringing  himK'lf  to  such  an  end  Ha  tli.it  ?  " 

Horry  wjus  thinking  rather  bow  fiwirfiil  it  ww  that  a  looa  sJiouId  Iiavc 
it  la  hin  power  to  (!rag  luiy  woman  through  Buch  a  Gehenna  sa  that  wliicb 
this  lord  bad  cmitL>d.  He  felt  that  bad  Jtilia  nrnbcizon  been  hin,  mi  alio 
bud  once  proDiised  biui,  bu  never  would  bnvo  allowed  liini^elf  to  apeak  > 
hnrsli  word  lo  lier,  to  liavo  looked  at  her  exa^pt  with  loving  eyes.  But 
she  had  choacn  to  join  herself  to  a  man  who  bad  tit-nled  herwilJi  acradly 
exceeding  ail  tb.it  hi*  imagination  could  have  conceived.  "It  ij  a  mcny 
that  lie  hm  gone,"  luid  ha  at  laat. 

"  It  in  a  mercy  fur  bulb.  Pcibnps  yoti  can  undcrataitd  now  somcthiag 
of  my  marriod  life.  And  through  it  all  I  Imd  hut  one  friend  ; — if  1  tniy 
cnll  bim  a  friend  wbo  had  come  to  teniia  witli  n>y  btiHbimd,  and  vrns  lo 
have  been  hi*  agent  in  destroying  me.  But  -when  this  man  understood 
fVom  mo  lliut  [  wna  not  what  be  bad  been  taught  to  tliiuk  me, — wbtcb  my 
huabniid  liad  told  him  [  was, — bo  relsnleiL" 

"  May  I  ask  what  was  iJint  man's  nnme  ? " 

*'  Hia  name  is  PaterolT.  lie  b  a  Pole,  but  be  apcilc*  Englixli  like  an 
Engliitliman.  la  my  presence  he  told  Lurd  Ougnr  that  lie  wna  false  and 
brutal.  Lord  Ongiir  Innglicd,  with  that  litllc,  low,  sneering  lat^hter 
which  wan  Iiia  nearest  approach  to  mrrrinicnt,  and  told  Count  PalcrolT 
that  that  waa  of  course  hia  game  before  tne.  There,  Harry, — I  will  icU 
jou  nothing  more  of  it.  You  will  underi-land  enouglt  to  know  what  I  hate 
■uHcrcd  ;  and  if  you  can  believe  tlia-t  I  bave  not  einued -'*  ■ 

"Oh,  Lady  Ongart"  ^ 

"  TVi-ll,  I  will  not  doubt  jou  ngain.  But  aa  far  as  I  can  learn  you  are 
nearly  alone  in  your  belief.  What  Hcrmy  tliinks  I  cannot  K;lt,  but  ihc 
will  eoon  como  to  tliink  as  liugh  may  bid  her.  And  I  shall  cot  blame  li4r. 
TVhat  else  can  olic  do,  poor  creature?"  ■ 

"  I  am  sure  she  believes  no  ill  of  you."  f 

"I  have  one  advniitagp,  Harry, — one  advantage  over  her  and  aoms 
olhciK.  I  am  froc.  'i'be  duuns  have  liiut  me  eorely  during  my  alarery; 
but  I  am  free,  and  tbe  ^rice  of  my  acrvitudc  remains,  lie  bad  written 
liome,— would  you  believe  that? — while  I  wrw  living  with  him  he  bad 
writton  homo  lo  «&y  that  eridenco  eliould  bv  collected  for  getting  rid  of 
nie.  And  yet  bo  would  eoinctimes  be  civil,  hoping  to  cbeal  me  into 
inndvcrtendcs.  He  would  nxk  tlint  man  to  dine,  and  tlicn  of  a  uiddea 
would  be  absent;  and  during  thi«  he  was  otdeiing  that  cvidcsce  aboulj 
be  collected  I  Kvidence,  indeed  I  The  same  setvanls  have  lived  with 
me  thiough  it  all.    If  X  could  now  brii>g  fonrard  eridence  I  could  make 


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it  all  clw  on  tlic  day.     But  Utcix:  Qccds  no  carit  for  a  woman*)  lionour, 
tltuugh  a  uiau  maj  liare  tu  giiiird  liia  kjr  ccllu<ctiiig  cvtdoiico  ! " 
"  But  wbat  be  did  cannul  ttijure  you." 

"  Yea,  Ihirry,  it  Iiua  injun-d  tnc ;  il  Iius  nit  but.  dc^troyod  rue.  lluve 
not  ivports  rencUcd  evra  you  ?  Speak  out  likn  a.  man,  und  any  wLcilicr 
tibnotaof"  « 

"  I  iuiro  licanJ  MRivthiug." 

"  Yw,  you  have  lieai'd  soaielliing  I  If  you  heard  HUmoiliitJg  cf  your 
sister  where  would  ycu  be  7  All  llio  world  wauld  be  a  uliada  ti>  yuu  till 
yoQ  had  pulled  out  Momtbody'it  tongue  by  the  roots.  Not  injured  uic! 
Jot  two  years  year  coiuin  Hugh'i  house  was  my  Iiome.  I  met  I-ord 
Ongxr  in  hit  hoiuc.  J  vaS  niurricd  from  hia  house.  lie  ia  my  brotlier- 
ia-kw,  and  it  no  happens  that  of  all  men.  he  ia  the  notircit  to  cm.  He 
itand«  well  belore  the  world,  nitJ  at  this  thiic  could  liavu  done  nie  real 
KrTic«.  Itow  ia  it  Ibut  be  did  not  welcome  me  lumn;  ; — that  I  um  not  now 
lis  bouso  wiOi  iiiy  ti^itr ;  ihiit  hi>  did  not  meet  niu  hi  thut  tlio  world 
know  that  I  uan  ivwiivcd  buck  among  my  ovvn  pcoplu?  Why  in  it, 
Batty,  chat  I  am  telling  this  to  you  ; — to  you,  tvho  are  uothing  to  in« ; 
ay  siHter'a  husband'*  coualn  ;  a  young  man,  from  your  poaiiiou  net  fit  to 
be  niy  toafldant  ?     Why  am  1  tL-lling  thia  to  you,  Harry  ? " 

''Uccntisowi?  ntcutd  tr lends,"  said  he,  wondering  again  m  thix  moincol 
*bclher  idm  kuuw  of  his  cngngcmcntwith  i'loicuca  Uurton. 

"  Yd,  vo  are  old  frieuds,  and  wo  liave  idwuyi  liked  encb  otbor ;  but 
]rDU  must  blow  that,  ns  tlic  world  judgi;H,  I  nrii  wrong  to  tvli  all  thia  to 
Jo«,  1  should  bv  wrong, — only  tliat  tho  wofM  has  uwt  uie  out,  eu  tbnt  I 
■01  no  longer  boaud  lo  regard  it.  I  am  Lady  Ongar,  and  I  hnve  my  idiarc 
of  iliat  man's  money.  I'ltey  hare  given  nic  up  Ongnr  Park,  hnving  aikliH- 
fitd  thcmserea  that  it  ia  min«  by  riglit,  and  mutit  be  mine  by  Inw.  But 
i»  Lib  robb«d  id«  of  every  friend  I  hnd  in  the  world,  and  y«t  you  tell  inc 
I>e  haa  not  injured  mv  I '' 
"  Not  every  friend." 

"No,  Iliiiry,  I  will  not  fm-get  you,  ihougli  I  npuke  bo  olightJugly  of 
ymjiutiiow.  Hut  your  vanity  nctd  not  be  luirt.  It  Uonly  tliu  world, — 
Mo.  Gmndy,  you  know,  that  would  deny  nie  »ueli  A-iendxbip  u  yuurii  ; 
OM  my  own  taste  or  choice.  Mrs.  Grundy  ^Iwajs  diaiios  ua  CAiiully  ihow 
lliiqgt  -which  vt  ounielves  like  bcBl.  You  iLrc-  clover  cnongh  to  iindt-r- 
Uood  that." 

lie  sniiicd  nud  lookiid  fooUah,  and  declared  that  he  only  oSered  tii* 
BMirtnnrr  because  perlmpfi  it  might  1>o  convenient  at  (be  present  tuoiiiont. 
What  couU  be  Jo  for  h<:ii    How  could  lie  ehow  hia  IricDdsbip  fur  Lcr 

Uv  at  oQcc  ? 

"  You  liaro  done  it,  Harry,  in  Itsleoing  to  me  and  glvbg  me  year 
^rmpathy.  It  is  oeldoia  that  wo  wont  any  grL>nt  thing  frou  our  fricndn. 
I  want  Qotliing  of  lluit  kind.  Ko  unc  can  hurt  nm  much  further  now, 
ily  money  and  my  rank  are  Kife;  and,  iierhnp8,hy  degree's,  ac([iiaintanc4^ 
if  not  friend*,  will  form  themselvca  round  lue  again.    At  procnt,  of 

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coufM,  1  see  no  oac ;  Imt  Iworaso  1  sec  no  one,  I  VMlcd  tome  om  to 
■whom  I  could  ipMk.  Poor  Hermy  i«  woree  than  no  one.  Qood-ljy, 
Bartj  ;  joii  look  «urpriaed  and  bowilderwl  row,  but  you  will  Boon  get  over 
that     Dtm'i  i«  long  before  I  sec  you  njain." 

TTiMi,  fctling  tttat  he  wa«  bldd«a  to  go,  he  mdi&l  her  good-bjr,  and 


CHAITER  Vnt. 

The  House  in  Osstow  Crescest. 

lUnitr,  (IK  ho  walked  nwAj  fVam  Uio  lionfo  in  Dol'on  Stmt,  hanlljr  knew 
w1ieili«r  lie  was  on  liifi  Iieeln  or  his  licail.  Barton  had  kid  him  not  to 
drrx — "We  Jwn't  give  ArvM  dinner  prties,  yon  know.  ir«  nil  in  thn 
fiunily  Wfty  with  us,'' — nud  Hnrry,  therefore,  went  direct  from  Bolton 
Street  to  Onslow  Croscent.  But,  th«ii|;h  he  manugcd  lo  keep  tlie  proper 
ooitrso  down  Pieefi^itly,  he  wn*  in  nich  eonftudon  of  mind  tliat  he  hardly  . 
knew  Twhillier  he  was  goiikg.  It  seemed  as  tlioitgh  n  new  forhi  of  life  bnd  I 
been  opened  to  him,  and  that  It  had  been  opened  in  nich  a  way  ai  ahnMi 
neoessariiy  lo  engiilpli  liiin.  It  wm  not  only  lha.t  Laily  Oogar'a  history 
waa  RO  terrible,  luid  her  life  ev  strange,  but  that  ho  hiiuKU'  waa  called  ■ 
npoo  to  f-orm  a  pRit  of  that  history,  and  to  join  hiinself  in  aomo  aort  to  that  ' 
lifa  This  cotmtcas  with  her  wealth,  her  rank,  her  brniity,  and  bcr  bright 
intellect  Lad  colled  lum  to  her,  and  told  blia  that  he  was  her  only  friend. 
or  couiu!  ho  had  promised  hit  iHendahip.  ]Iow  cmild  he  hare  fftil«i  to 
give  such  n  promise  to  one  whom  he  hnd  loved  90  well  7  But  to  what  mnst 
such  a  promise  l^d,  or  rather  to  whnt  luuat  it  not  liar?  led  had  il  not 
been  for  Florence  Rurton?  She  was  young,  free,  and  rich.  She  niRde 
no  pretence  of  regret  Tor  the  husband  she  and  Iml,  *})«nking  of  )iiia  as 
though  in  truth  ebe  hardly  regarded  heraelf  aa  hia  wire.  And  she  was  the 
Bams  Julia  whom  bo  bad  torcd,  who  had  lore^  him,  who  had  jil('«d  biro, 
and  in  wpct  fiir  whom  ha  had  once  reaolvfvd  to  lead  a  wretcVod,  lonely 
lifii  1  Of  conrRii  «he  iiiu*l  opi-ct  thnt  ho  would  reaow  it  all; — iinlefw, 
indeed,  iiha  know  of  his  citgn^eincnt.  But  ,if  she  knew  it,  why  had  she 
not  apolccn  of  it  t 

And  could  il  he  ihat  aim  l<ad  no  friends,— thnt  Qvorybody  bad  dewrlvd 
ber,  that  she  wus  iJl  ulonc  in  the  ^Totld  t  As  he  thought  of  it  al. 
whole  tiling  Beamed  to  him  to  be  too  terrible  for  reality.  Wliat  a  t 
was  that  ehe  had  told  bitn  !  Ho  thouglit  of  tlie  man's  innolenee  to  lbs 
wnnjan  whom  he  had  married  and  ewom  to  love,  tlieu  of  hia  craclty,  bis 
Aeiidinh,  Ijrtllish  orm-l  ly,— and  I:wi!y  of  hia  terrible  punishment.  "  I  Btuek 
to  him  llirough  it  ntl,"  t<lic  had  mid  to  him  ;  and  llion  he  endeavoured  lo 
picture  to  liiinielf  that  b«daidc  by  which  Jtilia  firabazon,  bis  Jalui 
Brabnzon,  had  rt'ro.iined  Itnn,  when  hospital  attendants  bad  been  acared 
by  the  horrors  tlicy  had  witnceacd,  and  the  ncrrcs  of  a  airong  niao,~-or 
a  mao  piud  for  such  work,  bad  failed  hira  I 


The  (nith  of  her  word  Ihrotigli&ut  he  utTer  doubUsl ;  au6,  indeed,  no 
msR  or  wonum  who  heard-  hor  could  liave  douliied.  One  heam  storiEs 
lold  thnt  to  oneMlfj  the  hearer,  arc  manifcBlIy  Talac;  and  one  httn  atories 
u  to  the  truth  or  fiUicJiood  of  wliich  one  ia  in  doubt;  and  ntorics  again 
which  Mem  to  be  panly  true  aiul  iiartly  untrue.  But  one  (i!bo  heirs  thiit 
of  the  tmtii  of  wliluh  no  doubt  sccnu  to  be  po^iible.  Sn  it  hiuii  been  with 
iht  tale  which  Lad^  Ongnr  had  told.  It  had  been  nil  m  sh^  had  mud  ; 
ud  had  Sir  Itugh  heard  it, — even  Sir  Hugh,  who  doubled  all  men  and 
rfgarded  all  women  aa  being  foUe  bej'ond  doubt, — eren  he,  I  thiak^  would 
hare  believed  it. 

But  bIig  had  dcscrrcd  the  aulTeringa  which  h^d  come  upon  licr.  Even 
Han-y,  whoso  heart  w»s  very  tender  towards  her,  owned  aa  much  as  tliat. 
,  She  htd  Bold  herself,  as  she  had  said  of  herself  more  tlian  once.  She  had 
I^Hren  heradf  to  n  man  whom  she  regnided  not  at  iJI,  even  when  her  heart 
HBfeongcd  to  another, — to  a  man  whom  »he  must  have  loathed  and  dospiaed 
when  she  was  putting  her  hand  ialo  hiji  before  tlie  Altar.  Wtint  ecom 
hai  there  been  upoTi  her  Ihcc  when  iJie  B]>oko  of  the  beginning  of  their 
nnTied  m>9erie»!  Wiih  what  eloquence  of  expreaaioa  hod  she  pre- 
bouneed  him  to  be  vile,  worthier,  unmanlj' ;  a  thing  from  which  a 
woman  most  turn  with  Gfieccldejd  contempt!  She  had  now  hii  name, 
hii  tsrV,  and  hi«  money,  but  she  was  friendless  and  nione.  Harr/ 
CtaTertng  declai'cd  to  himself  tbiit  she  hiid  deserved  it, — and,  liAving  to 
dtelarcd,  ForgaTo  her  ail  her  faulta.  She  hod  sinned,  and  then  hnd  lulTcrcd; 
tnd,  therdbrr,  should  now  be  forgiven.  If  he  could  do  aught  to  caM  her 
troubles,  he  would  do  it, — as  a  brolhci'  would  for  n  sialcr. 

But  it  would  be  well  that  she  should  know  of  his  engagement.  Then 
I»  thought  of  the  whole  interview,  nnd  felt  sure  that  she  mu-it  know  it. 
At  any  rate  ho  told  hlmeelf  that  he  wiu  sure.  She  could  hardl/  Imre 
tftken  to  him  tut  Hho  had  done,  unlcHS  site  liad  known.  When  Inet  they 
had  been  tog^lhcr,  anunterlng  round  tlic  gnrdena  ut  Cluvcring,  he  had 
ttfauked  her  for  her  treachery  to  h'liu.  Now  tilie  wme  to  him  nlniost  opca- 
mned,  free,  full  of  her  cares,  swoaiing  to  him  that  he  wa.^  her  only 
(licnd!  All  tlita  could  mean  but  one  thing, — nnlesa  site  knew  that  that 
ou  ttuDg  wai  barred  by  his  altered  position. 

But  it  gratified  him  to  think  that  ilia  had  chosen  Viiin  for  the 
npodtary  of  her  tale ;  that  elic  h»d  told  hvr  terrible  hiatory  to  him.  1 
fiar  that  some  ffoall  part  of  thia  gmlificAtion  woii  owing  to  her  rank  and 
Veallh.  To  be  the  one  friend  of  a  widowed  countess,  young,  rich,  and 
btautiAil,  waa  something  much  out  of  the  common  way.  Such  con6dence 
lifted  him  far  above  iho  'Wnllikers  of  the  world.  That  ho  wan  pleamKl  to 
be  10  tmitcd  by  one  that  wa^  beautiful,  wna,  I  think,  no  ditigroco  to  him ; 
— althongb  I  bear  in  mind  hia  condition  n*  a  m.in  engaged.  It  might  bo 
(ItDgoroUfl,  but  that  danger  in  sudi  case  it  would  be  Ida  duty  to  ovetoom*. 
But  In  order  tliat  it  might  be  ovcrccme,  it  would  coitaiuly  be  well  that 
Ae  ihonld  know  bi»  poflitioii. 

J  fear  he  apeculated  as  he  went  along  as  to  wliat  might  km  beoa  luk 


condition  in  t}ic  ■worlil  had  hv  never  tcca  Florence  Burton.  Fitat  bft 
iislccil  himsulf,  wJiCLiier  itiidi^r  niiy  circumstances,  be  would  bare  xtiebied  to 
iiiiirry  n  widow,  and  csjiecinlly  a.  widow  bjr  wliom  bo  had  already  hern 
jilt«d.  Ye»;  he  thougtitlhal  he  could  have  forgipun  her  wen  llinr,  ifbixown 
heart  had  not  cbangpd;  but  h«  did  nut  Toi^wt  to  tdl  liiniM-Jf  xguin  how  Inckj 
it  was  I'vr  him  tli»t  hie  heart  vim  diimgud.  What  couutvw  in  lUe  world,  l«t 
her  havo  wbnt  park  slic  might,  and  any  imaginuble  number  of  ihousande  a 
jear,  could  be  &o  swtct,  bo  nice,  so  good,  bo  lilting  for  him  ua  his  owa 
tlorcncj  Burltvn  ?  Then  ho  endeavoured  to  reflect  what  liappc-ntd  when 
a  coinniun(^T  iniirrii;d  tht!  widow  of  a  peer.  She  vji  slill  uiIIihI,  he 
bcIiGved,  by  hi-r  old  title,  uulcsn  bbe  should  choose  to  abandon  it.  Any 
Httuh  arrangcmrnt  wns  tiow  out  of  the  qucHtion;  but  liu  thought  that  he 
VTould  prefer  tlutt  she  should  hitve  been  uiUed  Mm.  Clavcring,  If  ouch  a 
slate  of  things  had  <onie  about.  I  do  not  know  that  he  f>iclured  tu 
himself  any  necessily,  either  on  her  part  or  on  bin,  ol"  abuudonlng  any- 
thing clic  that  came  to  her  from  her  Into  huabund. 

At  liAlf-fuiAt  six,  the  time  nnmed  by  TliuodorG  Burton,  he  found  him- 
self nt  llic  door  iu  Onslow  Crescent,  and  was  at  once  shown  uji  into  the 
dniwing-rouni.  ]lo  know  that  Mr.  Burton  had  a  fiunily,  and  he  bad 
[liciurcd  to  hiinsL'ir  tin  untidy,  ugly  house,  with  an  uuciily,  molJivriy 
woman  going  about  with  a  baby  in  her  arms.  Such  vruuld  nuticrally  be 
the  home  of  a  man  who  dusled  his  sIioigb  with  hi9  pocket- handkerctuef. 
IiUt  to  his  surprise  ho  fannd  himself  in  ns  pretty  n  dr^Lwiaj-room  aa  he 
roaivtiibcrcd  lo  huvc  icon  ;  and  seated  on  a  sofa,  wiia  aluioat  ns  pretty  a 
wnmuii  as  he  romcmbcrvd.  She  was  tall  and  flight,  with  hir^c?  hrown  eyos 
and  weU-defincd  eyebrows,  with  an  oval  fitco,  and  the  sweeteat,  kindett 
iiiouih  tliat  ever  graced  a  woman.  Her  dark  brown  huir  was  i^uite  plaint 
having  been  bntBheil  umply  Bmaalb  across  the  forehead,  nud  tlicn  collected 
in  a  knot  behind.  CK-se  bcsido  hor,  on  a  low  chuir,  eat  a  littlo  Ciir-tuurcd 
girl,  about  sevin  yvar«  old,  who  w;i8  going  tbrougli  some  prctonce  at 
ueedlcwork ;  nod  kneeling  on  a  higher  chair,  while  she  sprawled  over  the 
drawing-room  iiiblc,  was  aaothor  girl,  some  tlircc  years  younger,  who 
wan  engaged  witli  a  puzi!c-bos. 

"  Ml'.  CUvcriitg,"  said  she,  rhin^  ficm  her  uhuir  ;  "  I  am  so  glad  ta 
sec  you,  ihougb  I  inn  tdnioNt  migry  with  yan  for  not  coming  to  us  tMMtier. 
I  hare  heard  so  much  about  you ;  of  course  you  know  IJisl.**  Barrr 
explained  that  he  bad  only  been  a  fuw  days  in  town,  nn<i  deciarwl  that  I»e 
wnH  hnppy  Lo  kurn  ihiit  he  1i»d  been  cumidered  woilh  talking  nbout. 

"  If  yuu  were  worth  ncciptiug  yon  were  worth  talking  about." 

"Perhaps  J  was  neither,"  said  ho. 

"  Well ;  I  aiu  not  going  to  Hatter  you  yet.  Only  oi  I  think  our  Flo 
is  without  exceplidn  the  iiioKt  perfect  j^irl  I  ever  miw,  I  don't  suppose 
thv  would  be  guilty  of  making  a  Lad  choice.  l-^i^yi  dear,  tliis  is 
i[r.  aavcring." 

Ciaiy  got  up  from  her  choir,  and  came  up  to  bim.  "  Unnuna  aaya  i 
ani  Lo  love  you  very  much,"  said  Cissy,  pntling  up  her  faoe  to  Im  kbaed. 


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TUB  CLAVBRUICS. 


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''Bat  t  did  not  tc!1  j'ou  to  sty  I  biul  lold  >'out"  oaiiJ  Ura.  nnrloa, 

"Aud  I  will  love  70U  Torjr  tuuch,"  Kiid  Hurry,  taking  hvt  up  in 
Lis  artiis. 

"But  not  wniucb  iia  Annt  FJoranoe, — nill  yoa?" 
'They  all  kuev  it.  Il  waa  clear  to  hiin  tkat  L-vvrybody  cubiiceted  with 
die  BiintJiia  had  been  told  of  tltc  cngii^ciucal,  aad  that  tliu/  alt  epoke  of 
it  o]>ei)Iy,  M  lli«y  did  of  i»ny  olhvr  tvcrydny  Tittnily  occtiiT«nc«.  There 
wa«  not  much  ruttccncc  aUKHig  t]i«  Burtons.  IIu  could  not  but  fwl  this, 
llKftigli  DOW,  al  iLe  [irtanut  utonieiit,  lie  vriui  dispcKwd  la  tltink  specially 
veil  of  live  fanily  bcontiae  Mrs.  Burton  and  licr  fiJiUdren  were  ao  nice. 
"  And  this  10  wiotlwr  daughter  .' " 

"Y«i}  uBother  future  aittee,  Mr.  Ciafcriiig.  But  I  BUpposa  1  niay 
call  yoa  Uariy ;  may  I  nut  i  My  uiuu:  'u  Ct'Cilin.  Yes,  tliat  is 
aCsB  Pert." 

"  I'm  not  ^[iii4  pL-rt,"  iwid  tho  liillo  soil  round  boll  of  a  girl  from  llio 
^loir.     "  I'm  Sujihy  Burton.     Oh  !  you  laujnx't  tittle." 

Harry  R>uud  himadf  quite  «l  houu  in  tvn  luinutcs;  and  hclbru 
.Air.  BtutoQ  had  rotunuxl,  had  be«n  Uikeu  upMairs  into  tlie  nursery  to  faa 
ITbeodore  Burton  Junior  in  hia  crudlc,  llit'odort;  Burton  Junior  being 
cw  yet  only  *oinc  few  montha  old.  "\ow  you'vu  tictn  ua  idl,"  said 
Alia.  Buituii,  "and  we'll  go  duivniitaira  and  wait  fur  iiiy  hiubaud.  I 
axiiut  let  yui  iniv  a  accrvt,  tuo,  We  don't  dine  till  past  auvvn;  you  inay 
a^a  Well  remember  that  (or  the  futun>.  But  ]  wonted  to  huve  you  for  half- 
^n-botir  to  tuysclf  hvixc  dinner,  10  tLul  I  uifjlil  look  at  you,  and  niuke 
Xap  my  mind  about  Flo't  choice.  1  h-j]>v  you  won't  he  angry  with  me  i " 
*'  Aad  liuw  have  you  nuide  up  your  uilud  t  " 

*"  If  you  want  to  find  that  out,  you  must  get  it  lliroiigh  Flwrcnoc. 
'Yvti  may  be  <iiutc  tuni  I  tliall  tell  her ;  and,  I  »upiJos<!,  I  may  be  quite 
*we  aim  will  t«U  yon.     Dwa  abe  tell  you  everything '{ " 

"  I  tdl  htr  cvuijlhing,"  aaid  Uiury,  fueling  hituMilf,  iiowcvi-r,  to  be  a 
IittloeonKience  BuiUea  at  the  raoinvnl,  n»  he  remembered  his  iniervtow 
«ith  Lady  Ocgar.  Thbp  had  (.'ccurred  thia  very  day  which  he  certainly 
Coald  fiul  toll  her. 

"Do;— ilu;  nlnuya  do  ihnt,"  said  Mra.  Burton,  kiyiug  her  hand 
•Seniuoalcly  on  his  arm.  "Thc-re  u  no  wiiy  no  cciluiu  to  bind  a  woman 
in  you,  bout  aad  B«ul„a9  to  ahow  her  that  yoa  trust  her  in  crcryihing. 
Tkcodcro  Ivlli  uie  eveiythtng.  1  don't  tbiuk  ihcni'a  a  drain  plaaiiud 
Itadcr  a  ratlway-bauk,  but  lluil  ho  ahuws  il  me  in  conic  way ;  aitd  I  feel 
V  grateful  (or  il.  It  makot  me  know  thai  I  can  never  do  enoufjh  fur 
liiat.  I  hope  yuu'It  be  as  gugd  (Q  FJo,  aa  be  ia  to  me." 
"  Wn  can't  both  be  {icrfcct,  you  know." 

"Ah.  well  [  of  courw  you'll  Inugli  at  me.  TlM»dore  alwa)'i  luu^lia 
M  me  ^'  1  :  iin  what  he  calU  a  high  hi>ree.  I  irond«r  whctlicr  you 
wnm^  ^licii?" 

Harry  reflected  that  he  never  woie  cotton  glovea.    *'  I  don't  think  I 


THK  CLAVEHWOS. 


Ria  vciy  aenaihle^"  i^  ho.    "I  do  &  grent  man;  foolisli  things,  nnd  (b« 
worst  13,  tb&t  I  Uka  di«m." 

"  60  do  I.    I  like  >o  m»ny  t<xli»\i  tliiiigi  1  * 

"Oil,  tnaromn  I  "  caiil  Cmy. 

"  I  sball  hnve  tliat  (juoted  sgaiiwt  tne,  now,  for  titc  next  ox  montha, 
wlieaever  I  am  preaching  wisdom  in  tbe  nunnry.  Bat  Flomtoe  is  nenrl/ 
M  sensible  m  her  brollicr." 

"  Alucb  more  so  ihuii  I  am."* 

"  All  llio  Burlona  arc  full  up  I©  Ihcir  eyes  with  Rood  spnse.  Anil  what 
(I  good  tiling  it  is  !  \Vin:i  ever  ht«rd  of  nny  ftf  them  coniiirg  t»  ftortow  7 
"W^laleTe^  tliey  have  to  lir*  on,  thi^  nlwaj-s  liavo  enmigh.  Did  you  erer 
kiiow  A  woman  who  has  (3onc  better  with  her  eiuldrcD,  or  liju  known  bow 
to  do  better,  tlmn  Theodore's  mother 7  She  in  the  drarest  oIO  womnn." 
Ilarry  had  heard  her  called  a  very  clever  old  woman  hy  certain  pcraonj  in 
Slcalton,  iiti<l  ould  not  but  ihink  of  her  matrimonial  sncoceaes  as  hoTj 
pnisa  wero  thas  sung  by  licr  ilaagbtor-in-Iaw, 

Tliry  went  on  Utlking,  while  Sophy  nt  !□  Harry's  hip,  till  there  wai 
heard  cho  soiuid  of  the  Vcy  in  the  latch  of  the  fKinl-dooi-,  and  the  manor 
of  the  house  was  known  to  be  iherc  "  It'a  Tlieodore,"  mid  hi«  wife, 
jumping  up  tind  going  out  to  meet  him.  "  Tm  so  gU4  that  you  Imvt 
been  here  n  littlo  bL-foro  hfuif  bocjjuwj  now  I  feci  that  I  know  yow.  When 
ht's  lu-re  1  elinn't  gft  in  a  word."  Thru  (ihe  went  down  to  her  btubuod, 
flnd  Harry  wna  loft  to  apcoulnle  how  -to  very  eharmtng  a  womaa  oooM 
erer  hnve  been  brought  to  love  a  man  who  cleaned  his  boots  with  hU 
packet-handkerchief. 

There  were  ?oon  Blepii  again  apon  tbe  stairs,  and  Burton  Ktnmed 
bringing  with  him  iinothfr  mnn  whom  he  introduced  to  tTarry  as 
ilr.  Jones.  "  1  didn't  know  my  brother  was  coming,"  said.  Mrs,  BnTtuii, 
"  but  it  will  be  very  pleniumt,  us  of  cohtm  I  slinll  wiint  yon  to  know 
liim."  Harry  became  a  little  perplexed.  How  far  might  these  familjr 
nunificatjons  be  i»upp(«ed  to  go  7  TVoitM  he  be  wcloomcd,  wi  one  of  tli« 
liooM^old,  to  ihe  hearth  of  ftfrs.  Jones;  anr!  if  of  Mrs.  Jones,  then  of 
&ilr&  Jones's  brother?  Hia  mental  ini^airie.i,  however,  in  thlH  di 
were  soon  ended  by  his  finding  that  Mr.  Jonci  was  a  liadieJor, 

Jones,  it  appe.ired,  was  the  editor,  or  sub-editor,  or  co-editor,  of  smni 
influenlinl  daily  newspaper.  *'  IIo  is  a  night  bird,  Hiury — ,"  emd-^ 
Mrs.  Burton,  She  had  fallen  into  the  wi»y  of  calling  him  Hnrry  at  once,  fcnl 
he  could  not  on  thai  occasion  bring  himself  to  call  her  Cecilia.  He  might 
bare  done  so  h.id  not  her  huiband  been  prc^rat,  but  he  was  atihamcd  19 
do  it  befoi'o  him.  "  He  is  a  night  bird,  Harry,"  wtid  &ho,  speaking  of  her 
In-other,  "  and  flien  nwny  nt  nine  o'clock,  th.tt  he  may  go  and  hooC  like  an' 
owl  in  some  dark  city  haunt  that  he  ha;.  Then,  when  be  is  himselT ailecp 
at  breakfast-time,  his  hootinjs  are  being  heard  round  thc'town." 

Harry  rather  liked  lIio  idea  of  knoiving  nn  editor.     Editors  were,  h 
thoTight,  influential  people,  who  hnd  the  world  very  mttch  under  \lti\t 
leet,— being,  as  he  cosc^red,  afraid  of  so  men,  while  other  men  ar«  reiy 


I 


CIAVltHITOSi 


much  &ftdA^B||i]|wni-  He  wji4  glmi  cTinirgh  to  ulitiltc  JonM  b;  the  hnn^, 
whrn  b*  mmB'IIu  Joiicr  was  nn  e*\\Utr.  Bui  Jonen,  Utougb  he  Imil  lliv 
faM  Mtd  foreb«AtL  of  k  elercr  nun,  won  rery  quiet,  nnil  ««einGd  almort 
mbmiaaive  to  his  sister  nnd  brolher-in-Inw. 

The  dinner  w«s  pluin,  but  good,  and  Ilarrjr  sftpr  a  while  b«cstne  happy 
■nd  Mtislied,  although  lie  had  c^nie  to  t}i4  bouae-with  xoiufithinf^  almost 
like  a  roHiluLioQ  to  find  tanlt.  Men,  niid  vomrn  nlito,  <[o  frtqtiouily  gn 
aboQt  in  such  n  mood,  baring  unconscionably  from  fome  nni&ll  oircum- 
tixatt,  prejudged  tbc-Ji-  aciiuiiiritancee,  iind  mmle  up  their  mind  that  tlioir 
noqttaintftocea  titould  be  cuiidemiied.  Inllitonced  in  this  way,  ITnrrj-  hail 
R»t  intended  to  pas*  a  pleasant  ev«nin(^,  ncid  ivouI<l  hnve  ;(cu(l  aloof  iti^d 
been  cold,  had  it  been  poariblc  to  him;  biit  ho  fcund  ihnt  it  was  not 
poaiblc ;  and  after  a  little  while  ho  trna  IVicndly  nnd  joyous,  and  th« 
H^hpw  vrent  olF  very  well.  There  vsut  iorio  wild-fowl,  nnd  ha  wna 
H^^Veithljr  mirprised  as  he  wnlc]ir:ii  ilie  inuiital  anxM^ty  und  giiatroiinmic 
skill  wilb  which  Burton  vrvnt  through  tho  process  of  preparing  the  grtiry, 
«ith  lonoD  and  pepper,  having  in  iha  room  n  little  siivcr-pnt  and  sn 
l^ipwHtiia  of  fire  for  the  occnaion.  lie  woulJ  as  soon  have  u[pcct«I  the 
Arehbitlt'jp  of  Cnnli^ibiiry  lumwir  to  go  through  such  on  opemlion  in  the 
dining-room  &t  I^iiibetli  ta  the  hard- working  inan  of  biuinen  wborn  be 
bad  known  ia  ihc  ohnmbeia  at  the  Adolphi. 

"Doea  by  alwaj's  do  tliat,  Mrs.  Burton  1 "  Iliirry  aakfid. 
" Always "suid  Burton,  "when  I  can  get  the  mulcnals.     One  docm't 
oocMlf  about  a  cold  leg  of  mutton,  you  know,  which  t«  my  usual 
wbea  we  are  alone.    Thv  cbildrvn  have  it  hot  in  the  middle  of 
ilK  day." 

"  Such  A  tiling  ntvtT  happened  to  him  yet,  Harry,"  mid  Mrs.  Burton. 
"Gently  witi)  thi>  popper,"  Kiid  llie  oditoy.  It  was  the  first  word  he 
ipoken  for  some  time. 

**  Be  good  enough  to  remenber  tliat,  yourself,  when  you  aro  writing 
joar  article  to-night." 

"No,  none  for  mi>,  Theodore,"  said  Mr«  Burton. 
"  Ci«j !  '■ 

"I  have  dined  really.  If  I  had  rcmembeied  that  yon  were  going  to 
lUipUj  your  cookery,  i  would  have  kept  some, of  iny  onergy,  but  1 
fHgotiL" 

".■\8  a  rule,"  eaid  Burton,  "1  don't  tliink  -wcnion  nxK^is*  flny 
diSrr«Dee  in  flnvoura.  I  believo  wild  duck  and  hnehi<d  mutton  would  he 
^■ito  the  aatne  to  juy  wife  if  her  eyes  were  blinded.  I  Hlinuld  n>it  mind 
lUa,  if  il  irere  not  that  tbey  arc  generally  proud  of  the  deficiency.  They 
tliiak  it  grand." 

"  Just  as  men  tb'uik  it  grand  not  to  know  one  tunc  from  nnother,"  mid 
hia  wife. 

Vbea  dinner  wo*  over,  Burton  got  up  fVom  his  neat  "  Harry,'*  esud 
he,  •' do  yon  like  gcod  win«  T  •' Marry  aaid  ihnt  lie  did.  Whatercr  womMi 
nay  tij  about  wild-fowl,  meo  never  profcsi  no  indifferenco  to  gwd  wine. 


Ttre  CLATEnmos. 


altliongti  ibere  is  a  llieory  ubout  ihc  w<trltl,  quite  ss  inotirroct  «a  it  is 
g«Denil,  thut  Ui«y  have  given  up  drinkiDg  ii.  '*In(1«4?(),  I  do,"  uid 
llury.  **  Tlicn  I'll  give  yaa  n  bolllb  of  port,"  said  BurtoD,  aud  so  m^ribg 
lie  I^  the  room. 

"  I'm  very  glu(]  you  Iinrc  conic  to-diiy,"  said  Jitk^i,  with  much  gnvitjr. 
"  U«  ii«vcr  gtv(»  Ric  any  or  that  when  I'm  alone  with  him  -,  and  be  oevvr, 
liy  uiiy  mcntifl,  lirlngs  it  ont  for  company." 

"  You  (ioii't  mean  to  accuse  Itim  of  drioking  it  alonc^  Tom  ?  "  Buid  fata 
fliiter,  ]&ug)iing. 

"  I  doo'l  kiion-  when  h«  driiilcs  it;  I  only  kni3W  wh«a  lie  doesn't.** 

The  wine  WM  dcc^utcd  willi  ta  iiiHch  wire  ns  had  hvtn  given  lo  llio 
ooDOoction  of  llie  gntvy,  aud  iho  cIcarnosH  of  thu  dark  liquid  vras 
Bcrutinized  wit.!i  an  cyo  that  noa  full  of  aiixioiu  care,  "  Now,  Ci«sy,  wbat 
d«  you  think  of  ihflt  ?  She  knows  a  g^aas  of  good  urine  when  the  gala  it,  u 
ireli  u  you  do,  Harry  ;  in  npite  of  her  contempt  for  the  duck.** 

Ab  Uiey  Mppcd  tJie  oU  purt  Ihcy  etit  round  the  diiiing-room  lire,  and 
llarry  Clavering  waa  forced  to  ovtn  to  Iiimseif  tha!  ho  had  never  been 
more  com  for  table. 

"All,"  B»ii3  Uurton,  aLrctcliing  out  liiit  altpperod  foet,  "why  cao't  it 
all  bv  aflvr-dinimi-,  iiiaiend  of  that  dreary  room  at  the  Adelphi  T" 

"  And  a!l  old  port  ? "  mud  Jcrnca. 

"  Yea,  luid  all  old  port.  You  ure  not  such  an  aM  as  lo  atipposo  thai  a 
man  in  iiii^'j;<-aiiiig  to  lilimtcira  continuance  orplciisiirc  suggeeti  to  hiauelf 
■1(0  the  evils  which  nra  euppoxcd  to  oeconipany  suoh  pleattin;.  If  I  took 
much  of  tlie  siutf  1  should  get  oioss  nnil  uck,  and  make  a  beail  of  myself; 
but  then  wliat  a  pity  it  ia  (hiit  it  ahould  ho  so." 

"  You  wouldn'l  like  much  of  ii,  1  think,"  said  his  wft. 

"  Tlmt  is  it,"  said  ho.  "  We  are  driven  to  work  because  work 
ncvci"  palls  on  us,  whereas  pleasure  nhvnys  doea.  What  a  ironderiUl 
schmno  it  h  vihai  one  loukii  at  it  uU.  Ko  man  can  follow  pleararc  long 
couttiiually.  ^Vlitn  a  man  atiiros  to  do  so,  he  luvas  his  pleasure  atoocu 
into  busiuess,  and  wutks  nt  thuL.  Come,  Hurry,  -wa  mustn't  have  auothtr 
bulile,  as  Jonts  would  go  to  sleep  among  the  t_)pe."  Then  liioy  all  weal 
UpBlaii-s  tt'gctla-r.  Hairy,  btforc  he  went  away,  was  takea  agiuu  up  inlo 
the  nursory,  aud  tlicrc  kilned  the  two  little  girl»  iu  dieir  cots.  When  be 
was  outaidu  the  nursery  door,  on  the  top  of  the  oiairs,  Mrsu  Burton  took 
lii'ii  by  the  hand.  "  You'll  come  to  us  olicn,"  aaid  she,  "  and  make  yoar- 
sdf  at  home  here,  will  you  not  7  "  Harry  couid  not  but  say  thai  bo  would. 
Indued  lie  did  eo  witliout  hesitation,  ehuosl  witii  eagerueas,  for  Iw  hnil 
liked  her  and  lind  liktd  lier  house.  "  Wo  tliink  of  you,  yoa  know,"  she 
continued,  "<[uiie  as  one  of  ouiselvos.  How  could  it  he  otbcnrise  whea 
Ho  is  tIiodcur«9t  to  us  of  all  beyond  our  own?" 

*'  It  mokes  me  so  Iiapjiy  to  hear  jou  say  so,"  Kud  ho. 

"  'Tlien  couic  hero  and  talk  about  her.  I  want  Theodore  to  led  that 
you  nrc  his  hrotlier ;  il  will  bo  so  iiiiporUint  to  you  in  the  busiticaa  tbitl  it 
should  be  so."    Afli-r  that  lic  wtrut  away,  aud  as  he  walked  back  along 


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THB  CtAVnitlNOS. 

PlceaJill/,  anJ  tlien  up  ihKtugli  tho  rc^ivus  of  St.  Giles  to  Lis  Lomu 
in  iJiuouiKbtiry  S^jiuirc,  lio  c:iti«ri<.il  liiniKdr  lli:il  lltu  life  of  Onslow  l^retiCGDt 
wag  •  belter  manner  of  liTc  tliiiii  tliat  wliluli  ww  likcljr  tc  prcroil  in 
Boltoa  Street. 

Wiieii  h«  vaa  gone  his  cluu-ncter  waa  of  courae  discuued  between  llie 
kmbwid  and  viik  in  OmIqw  Crescent  "  Wliut  do  j-ou  tliink  of  liiDi  7  " 
Mid  the  bmbnad. 

"  I  like  lum  SD  iQUcb  I  He  ia  so  mucli  nicer  than  yoa  told  me, — ao 
mucK  ]>Icnsani«r  nnd  cnHicr  j  an<l  I  liavo  no  doubt  lie  ia  lu  clever,  lltougli  I 
doD't  t]ii»lc  lie  uliows  lh»t  nt  oiici^." 

"  He  is  clever  uuou^h  ;   ilivrv'n  no  dmibt  itbout  llint." 

'*  And  did  you  not  think  ho  ivaa  pltuisiint  1 " 

"  Yci ;  be  WHS  plcn^iit  here.  He  is  unc  of  thoxu  mcra  who  get  on  1>«»t 
wilb  wotncQ.  You'll  inske  much  nioio  of  him  fur  aiYliili!  than  I  shall. 
Ut'U  gouip  with  jou  uiid  sit  idling  wiUi  you  for  lli«  hour  togttLtr,  il' 
jrou'il  let  biin.  Thenj's  nolliing  wrong  about  him,  and  he'd  like  nothing 
better  thaa  that." 

"  Tou  don't  botieve  that  he's  idl«  by  duposition  T  Think  of  nil  that  he 
IiikS  done  oliuidy.' 

"  'i'hitt't;  juht  what  I*  moat  sgninst  liim.  He  might  do  very  woli  witii 
tu  If  he  had  nnt  got  thitt  vonfouniled  feilowiilii|) ;  but  huvJuj^  got  thai,  he 
thinks  Ihu  hiu-il  work  of  Hie  ii  prutty  widl  over  with  him." 

"  I  don't  suppose  he  can  he  bo  fculieli  ns  that,  TJieocIore." 

"  1  know  well  what  auch  men  arc,  and  I  know  the  cvU  tliat  is  done  to 
them  by  the  cramming  they  endure.  Tiioy  Ivjim  m.-iny  names  of  thiiigi^ — 
high'ioumling  tiantei,  and  l)my  come  to  underittiuul  n  gr^t  doal  nbout 
words.  It  is  u  knowledge  tha.t  requires  do  experience  uud  very  little  real 
thought.  IjuI  it  demaudi  much  rni'inory ;  and  when  they  h»ve  loaded 
tbemaeltrcs  in  this  way,  they  think  tlmt  ihc^y  ni-e  inntructcd  in  nil  things. 
Aft«r  all)  whnc  can  t}icy  do  that  is  t>f  real  use  to  ui.-inki]id?  'What  can 
they  cnwltt?" 

**  I  inppcse  ihcy  are  of  uao." 

*•  I  don't  know  it.  A  man  will  tell  you,  or  pretend  to  tell  you, — for 
tba  diancea  are  ten  to  one  that  be  U  wrong, — what  soit  of  lingo  was  spokeu 
ia  some  particulur  islaad  or  proviiico  oxx  hundred  years  before  Chritt. 
What  good  will  that  do  any  one,  even  if  he  were  right  1  And  then  M'« 
(be  c&ct  up«n  the  men  iheinaulvM  !  At  four-and-twcnty  a  young  fellow 
imt  adiicTCd  some  wondorful  succeM,  and  ealli  hlnucll'  by  tonio  otitJandisb 
and  concrit«d  name — a  doublo  first,  or  soniclliing  of  tlie  kind.  Then  ho 
thinks  be  has  completed  everything,  nnd  in  too  vain  to  team  anything 
alUtvards.  The  IrntU  In,  thut  at  twcniy-four  no  man  has  done  murv  than 
Acquire  the  rudiuicrntii  of  liia  education.  The  system  is  btul  frum  bttgin- 
ning  to  cad.  All  that  compctitioa  makes  false  u>d  inperfcct  growth. 
Conw,  I'U  go  lo  bed." 

What  would  Uarry  have  said  if  he  hiul  Lcnrd  idl  din  fnim  Uitt  maa 
who  duAlvd  hta  booU  with  bis  handi;crchiel  I 


THE  Cr-AVEJltSCS. 


COAFTER  DC. 

Too  Pbuuest  by  IlALr. 

FLoRixci  BuRrrox  thought  berselT  the  happicM  girl  in  tlw  xwrhl.  thtm 
wiis  notliing  wanting  to  the  peifcotion  of  bcr  bliM.  She  oonld  pcrcctrv, 
tliough  eh«  never  allowed  her  mind  to  dw«ll  upon  tlic  fact,  thnt  tier  lover 
was  superior  lu  nanj  TUtpcutu,  to  the  men  whota  bor  swlen  had  tanrricd. 
Kc  woa  heller  dluctttt-d,  Ltttcr  lnokisg,  in  &ct  nwre  fuU^  a  jeivalleiuaa  at 
iill  poiniji  than  tither  ScaTneEs  or  any  of  t)ie  others.  8he  liked  lier  siiltn* 
husbands  very  well,  and  in  fonncr  dnjs,  before  ITarr;  ClaTering  h>d  come 
to  Stnttoa,  ^c  hod  nercr  taugtit  hcr«c!f  to  think  that  >h»,  if  tfao  married, 
would  want  anjrthii^  difiVownt  from  that  which  IVoridence  had  gircn  to 
them.  She  had  ncrrr  thrown  up  her  hood,  or  nriii  thn^wn  up  t»er  noec^ 
and  told  bcTKlf  that  b)ic  wotild  demand  Mmething  better  than  ibaL  But 
not  the  lesa  wan  aha  alive  to  the  knowledge  that  mnetltiii^  better  bad 
come  in  her  way,  and  that  that  somcrtbiiiK  better  woa  now  her  own.  CHk 
wa«v«ry  proud  of  her  lover,  and,  no  doubt,  in  Bonia  gently  feminine  way 
Hhowod  tliat  the  wna  ao  as  she  made  her  way  about  among  her  friends  at 
Stratton.  Any  idea  that  sh«  hersalf  wa«  better  «ducated,  better  looking, 
or  more  clever  than  her  elder  tictars,  and  that,  thwefon?,  she  was  dcanTin^ 
of  a  higher  order  of  buahand,  had  never  rnteretl  her  mind.  The  BortOM 
in  London, — Theodore  Burton  and  his  wile, — who  knew  her  wcU,  andirbo, 
of  all  the  family,  were  lest  nble  to  appreciate  her  worth,  bad  long  bf«i  of 
opinion  Ihnt  ehc  deceived  some  specially  faronred  lot  in  life.  Tho 
qnoation  wiih  them  wouhi  be,  whether  Harry  Clavering  was  good  enough 
for  her. 

Evciybody  at  Stratton  knew  that  sb«  waa  engaged,  and  when  they 
wislied  her  joy  she  made  no  coy  deniaU.  ITf^r  sister*  had  all  been  engaged 
in  the  same  way,  and  tbcir  marriages  had  gone  off  in  rcgrilar  acijaence  to 
their  ctigsigcments.  There  had  never  been  any  secret  witb  theoi  about 
their  nflsiiD.  On  this  inaltcr  tlie  practitx-  Ik  very  rariowi  among  diSWrrnt 
people.  Ther«  are  (!imih«8  who  think  it  almost  indelicate  to  talk  about 
marriage,  as  a  thing  act\ial)y  in  prospot  for  any  of  their  own  ramiDiraily. 
An  ordinary  aciiHaintancc  would  ho  considered  to  be  imperlincnt  id  eTcn 
hinting  at  such  a  thing,  althcuKh  tho  thing  wcr«  an  established  feet.  The 
engaged  young  bidtet  only  whinper  the  news  through  tho  Tery  di>pths  of 
their  pink  note-paper,  and  arc  Biipposcd  to  blaah  &.«  tbey  commnQicale  the 
tidingM  by  their  pens,  even  in  the  retirement  of  their  own  rooina.  But 
tbew  am  olher  familips  in  which  there  is  no  Tcatige  of  snoh  mysterr,  in 
which  na  tngsg«il  couple  arc  Bpckeo  of  together  aa  openly  n»  ihnugh  ihey 
vert  already  bound  in  some  sort  of  puhljc  partnemhip.  In  ibcw  bmilies 
the  young  ladiei  talk  openly  of  their  lovein,  and  generally  prder  that 
mibjcot  of  couvt^rsitlton  to  any  otlicr.  Sucli  a  family.^Mi  UlUcmyalerioiii^ 
^90  open  in.  their  arrangoniml?,  was  ihat  of  the  Bitrtms  nt  Stratton.  TliO 
reserve  in  tho  reserved  iiiuiilii.-i  is  upunlly  atoned  fvr  Vj  the  niD^giiificeacO 


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THE  CLAVEBIKGS. 


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Tlbe  brii^I  arriuigenienij,  irben  the  marring  ii  At  lait  nolemnbt'd ; 
wlicreiis,  among  tlic  other  tet, — the  people  ^TIto  Imve  no  reserTc, — tliv 
nstrriage  wtifD  it  ctiiii^n,  in  citstuiiinrily  an  affiiir  or  miicli  less  oiitwnrt) 
ccTcmony.  'TUvy  »rt  ai.-irriAi)  without  IjIiibI  of  trutnput,  with  very  little 
|>r«li(  to  llic  confectioner,  and  do  their  honey  moon,  if  tliey  do  it  dt  all, 
iritl)  praanie  nmplicity. 

Florence  liad  uiatic  up  her  mind  that  she  uauiil  Ixj  in  no  Imrry  nhniit 
it  H»rry  wits  in  n  liurry;  but  thnl  wnn  ii  infttt«r  of  coiir««.  Ho  waa  a 
quick •Ifkmded,  iinpntk'nt,  rt^stku  Witig.  8hc  was  slower,  and  more 
given  to  cttnaidcration.  It  would  Ix;  Ijcttcr  that  tli^y  sboidd  wait,  crca  if 
it  vera  for  five  or  six  years.  She  had  no  fefli  of  poverty  fat  henieir. 
Slie  hod  Wrfi  always  in  a  house  in  which  money  wna  much  regarded,  and 
'  mODf^  people  who  w«r3  of  ini.'xpi.'ii>^vu  hnbilu.  But  eiich  had  not  been 
his  lot,  and  it  whs  !ut  duly  to  ihinlt  of  ilm  iikhIi'  of  life  which  might  miit 
liitu.  lit  would  not  b«  happy  as  a  poor  niAn, — without  coniforls  around 
hfn,  which  would  rimply  ba  comloita  to  him  though  thny  would  he 
Inxuriea  to  her.  When  lier  mother  told  her,  shaking  her  Iiead  nillier 
urrowlVillylA  sho  henrd  FloTtfnc«  tnlk,  that  sh^  did  not  lik«  long  engsge- 
menlA,  Florenoo  would  phitki>  her*  too,  in  playful  derution,  and  lull  her 
notbrr  not  to  be  so  nigjiJcivtiK.  "  It  ia  not  you  that  urc  going  to  marry 
him,  tuantina/' 

"  No,  my  dear  ;  I  know  lliat,  But  long  engagenicuta  nevor  are  gowh 
And  I  can't  think  why  young  people  should  want  to  many  things,  now, 
that  thcjr  used  to  do  without  very  well  whnr  I  wna  mnrried.  Whpn  I 
went  inio  housekeeping,  we  on!y  had  one  girt  of  fiftspa  to  do  everything; 
uul  we  hadn't  u  nui-seinaid  regular  til!  Theodore  wua  bom;  and  tliisrc 
were  ifarea  before  him." 

Florence  could  not  say  how  many  maid-aenranta  Rarry  miglit  wlah  to 
IiATe  iuid«r  eimikr  circumstAnccs,  but  she  was  very  confident  that  he 
would  want  much  more  ntteiidaiii:u  than  hor  futhor  and  mother  had  done, 
or  even  than  some  of  her  hrotlien  .tnd  nintcnt.  Her  father,  when  he  first 
tnatried.  wotild  net  hiivo  iibjectcd,  on  rctuming  home,  to  find  hia  wife  in 
the  kitchen,  looking  after  the  progress  of  iho  dinner ;  nor  e?en  would 
let  brotlier  Tlicodore  have  been  made  nnhai>py  by  anoh  a  circumalance. 
But  Harry,  she  knew,  would  not  liko  it ;  and  lh(?refore  Harry  muat  wait. 
"  U  will  do  him  good,  mamma,'*  *'i'd  Florence.  "Yon  can't  think  that 
I  mean  to  find  biult  with  him ;  but  I  know  that  he  U  young  in  hU  ways. 
H«  Ea  one  of  those  men  who  shoiikl  not  innrry  lill  they  are  tweoty-eighl, 
or  thereabouts." 

**  Ycu  mean  Ihat  h«  is  «n«tfndy  T  " 

"No, — not  unsteady.  I  don't  think  him  a  hit  untteady;  but  he  will 
ha  happier  singtc  for  u  year  or  two.  Ha  hasn't  settled  down  to  like  hia 
Im  and  loatt  when  he  is  tired  of  his  work,  .is  a  mnn-itd  man  should  do, 
Po  you  know  tliat  I  am  not  aure  that  a  Utile  flhtution  would  not  be  very 
good  for  him  ?  " 

"Oh,  uiydcjirl" 


404 


THE  CLAVEBDIG8. 


"  It  ahoulil  be  very  moilvriile,  jwu  kiiww." 

"But  Uicn,  aiipposo  it  wasa't  modoruto.  I  iloa't  like  l«  lee  eogi^d 
young  men  going  on  in  tli«t  najr.  I  »u|>poae  I'm  very  oM-£isfauMMd ; 
but  I  lUink  wlicn  a  j-oung  mnii  it  ciig<(go>I,  hi  ouglit  t»  rciottinlKr  it 
and  to  sltow  it.  It  ouglit  lo  make  Lim  n  litile  wTiotis,  and  lie  fthnuldn't 
be  going  iiliuut  like  a  VuttcrJIy,  tluit  may  do  just  aa  it  plcasca  in  the 
iiui»liiQ<;." 

l>uriD(;  the  \)iH!«  moiitbs  wliidi  HniTy  reinainwl  iu  town  Wfure  tlio 
Eoalcr  holiduyx  he  wrolv  mure  tlian  oncv  lu  FIur«noe,  prtnung  ber  to 
ti*tti«  an  iMr]y  dny  lor  their  Diarnagc.  TJiese  letiera  vrcre  written,  I 
llituk,  utter  certain  crcaiaga  Bpcnl  under  favourublc  circiimBtanccs  la 
Ooalow  CiCsccnt,  wlicn  he  wa*  full  &f  tho  niflribj  of  donicstic  comrotl,  ftni 
perhiips  also  owvd  Kotin!  of  their  iiisjitratlon  to  tlie  fiicL  that  l^iuly  Oiigiu- 
had  ktl  Lonilun  witliout  seeing  iiiiu.  lie  haJ  called  nrfjeatcdly  in  BoltMt 
Strctt,  having  been  specially  preEsed  (o  do  m  by  Lady  Ongw,  but  he 
had  only  once  found  her  at  home,  and  then  a  thin]  pcnioa  had  been 
prutmit.  This  third  person  had  bcva  n  lady  who  vraa  itv(  introduced  to 
him,  but  ha  had  Icumcd  fiotii  her  speecb  Uiai  kUo  wan  a  forei^jiicr.  On 
that  oucinion  Lady  Ongur  had  iiiade  lici'Sclf  gracioitfl  iind  plosanti  but 
nothing  had;  parsed  which  it\tcrcsted  him,  and,  most  imrciLSotiablj,  he  bad 
lell  liiiuieir  to  be  provoked.  When  next  he  vr«nt  to  Bolton  SItmI  be 
found  thai  Lady  Ongur  hod  lufi  X^ndon.  She  had  gone  domi  b»  Oagar 
Park,  imU,  iia  far  ox  lliu  woman  nt  llic  bou%c  knew,  iutendod  to  noafai 
there  till  after  Easter.  Ilarry  had  some  itndufined  id«»  tluit  aha  aliould 
not  bavo  taken  such  n  Rtcp  without  telling  him.  Uad  slie  not  dccIftT«d 
to  bim  that  hu  wiw  her  only  friend?  When  a  fri«nd  ia  going  out  of 
town,  k-aving  au  only  lilcnd  hehitiJ,  thut  friend  ought  to  tell  lier  only 
friend  what  eho  in  goliij*  to  da,  otbcrwjae  such  a  declaration  nf  only-friend- 
elkip  tneiins  nothing.  Sudi  w\s  Hurry  ClaTcring's  TcawDiiig,  and  baring 
BA  re&aoncd,  he  declared  to  himself  that  it  did  m<^n  nodiing,  &ad  was  very 
pressing  to  l-Loreuce  Burtou  to  name  nn  early  day.  Us  had  been  nith 
Cecilia,  he  told  hoi', — lie  bad  learned  to  call  Mr».  Burton  Cecilia,  in  hjft 
letters, — and  aha  (niil«  agret^l  witli  bim  thiit  iheir  income  would  bo 
enough,  llewaa  to  have  two-Iaindrcd  »  yc;u'  from  Itis  Citber,  liaTiog 
brought  himxelf  to  uliandon  that  bijjh-lonud  rt«oIv>;  uhtJi  he  had  made 
■ome  time  since  thut  be  would  oerer  draw  any  part  of  his  iaeomc  fram 
the  parcntnl  cofTcrti.  Ilia  father  had  again  ofTei-cd  it,  and  he  had  accepted 
it.  Old  Mr.  Iturton  wa»  to  udd  a  hundred,  and  Harry  vrw  of  opinion 
that  ihey  could  do  yury  well.  Cecilia  thoogbt  Uie  same,  ba  mud,  and 
tlicrcfore  Floruice  surely  would  not  rcfuw.  Uut  Florence  received,  lUrcct 
from  Ousluw  Crt'sctfut,  Cecilia's  own  version  of  her  thoughts,  nod  did 
rufuK.  It  may  be  Diirmiecd  that  ithc  would  have  tufuscd  even  without 
oujatauce  from  Ociha,  for  she  was  a  young  lady  not  of  a  fickle  or 
changing  diipoiiition.  So  she  wrote  to  Ilarry  with  nmeb  caro,  and  m 
her  kllcr  had  some  inHutiicv  on  the  story  to  be  told,  the  reader  atutU  md 
it, — if  the  leader  so  pleases 


I 


TUK  CI>AVE«TNGS. 


405 


Ijiimr,—  Stntlon.    Mareh,  I86-. 

I  KKCcivKn  j-oo(  klt«r  lliit  mnming,  uml  «ii«f»cr  ii  st  onw,  Vw»ii»e  I  koow 
you  will  be  unpati^nl  for  nn  Mistrcr.  Yon  are  imptlioat  nboiit  tiiinjF^ — arc  yon  not  ? 
But  it  it*s»  kini).  'Wect,  dear,  t^cnerotn  IcIIit.  luxt  I  uetd  not  Id]  yon  iimr  tlint  I 
laiT  the  wri:cT  iif  it  wltli  n]I  tiir  hrnn.  I  nm  cp  clml  joii  like  Ccciltn.  I  tliinlE  ebe  k 
Ibo  pcrfcclioD  of  a  w„ronii.  And  Theinjorii  ui  awry  lot  ni  k«x!  rn  Cccilio,  though  I 
know  yon  don't  tliink  sn,  IwriUKn  you  dnn't  mt  fio.  1  nm  slwiiys  hnppy  when  I  ■.tii  iu 
Oii>law  CtmccrI.  1  should  linve  been  there  tliij  "piin^,  only  that  n  ccrtnui  pcnwa  who 
ctKKMM  10  tLiak  Uui  liifldiuina  os  mo  uoal:roiiB«r  iJioii  tlii>»u  of  any  ntlicr  ;Kram  -rnithca 
ac  to  so  dacirlicra.  Mnmmn  wUhcs  mo  to  [o  to  Lcnilun  aim  fui'  n  week,  but  I  dou'l 
vooi  to  be  away  from  the  oM  boiua  taa  murli  Ivfutv  tbc  liuiil  tmninit  ramcji  at  latt. 

Ant)  nrm  ahoiil  Iha  fliiiit  pitHJnjf  i  for  I  mny  tu  well  nish  At  it  nC  oixv.  1  nf«d 
tcwdly  Mil  you  thnt  no  euro  for  fnttiw  or  mother  shfill  mnke  mo  yin'l  off  my  mam'ngc. 
0(  conrae  I  ««c  ti-crytbing  loyom  now-  and  as  tlicy  hare  njiprovod  it,  I  haic  no 
tiIUl  (o  Ibiuk  dI  them  in  opfioyition  in  yvxi.  Ami  you  iiiuet  not  aupgioM  tliftt  tlicy 
a«kiiM)  toxtay.  Oij  th«  cuiuriirr.  inuTnTii.i  in  alirnj's  Ir'lHtij;  inc  that  carl}'  nurrin^ea 
an  licit.  She  hFis  sent  all  the  Mrlt  nut  of  t1i«  next  tint  one  :  and  if  iinpnileni  to  ace 
that  une  fly  away,  tliitt  nIic  may  be  iiirt  that  thrrn  is  tin  lajne  nun  in  the  lironl.  Yon 
BWtlMt  (here fore  think  th^t  it  Ismrimmai  nor  U  It  papft.oBreii^ardE  himself j — tliongh 
IMpawERC)  vrithmc  in  tMnking  tlmC  wc  oupbt  to  wait  a  litttc. 

Dear  Harry,  j-ou  muBC  act  ba  aiiK^y>  l"*^  1  'i"!  *^^  '''"^  ""^  ou^lit  tu  ivaiL  'Wn 
are,  botli  of  iWiyounj:,  and  why  utioiilil  wo  l*  in  ji  bniry  ?  I  knovr  what  yon  will 
«f,  aad  of  eoune  I  lure  yon  the  inorB  Iiccnuw  you.  Iotu  rue  «o  well  j  but  I  fitucy  tliiit 
I  en  be  quite  happy  IT  I  caa  sec  yon  Iwn  or  Thnw  times  in  ihr  year,  nnd  hear  from 
JOB  eoBUantly.  It  i*  »o  pwl  a(  you  fo  write  nnth  nice  letter*,  and  tho  laufr^r  thpy 
an  tfae  better  I  liko  Ihctn,  Wlistevi^r  yoii  ]>iit  in  tliitin,  I  like  them  tr>  lie  fall.  1  kiiuir 
lon't  writoniixkctcrt  myKlf,  an<l  it  nukes  me  unli^^py.  Unlets  1  hate  got  aauie- 
tfcinc  npedal  to  aay,  t  nni  Oumb. 

Dot  now  I  hsvr  mmiilliinit  *pcrial  I'*  My.  In  »iiile  of  nil  that  yon  tell  mc  uliout 
Certlia,  I  flonui  Iliiuk  it  wimldilo  for  n.n  to  venture  ii(M(i  innnyiiiif  jet.  I  kwiw  tlint 
7>»  an  willing  fo  (uuriflon  Mrerylhiiig,  Tint  T  ought  not  on  that  aeeonnt  to  lucqit  a 
■MTiGc<.  I  eonid  not  bear  to  >cg  you  ]iiy>T  oud  un>^<]mfo^labla }  and  wo  should  bo  vct7 
poor  in  l<ondun  naiv-a'daya  willi  aiicli  lui  luccane  aa  we  nlioulJ  hare.  If  we  ircra 
gofng  to  lire  here  at  StTAllnn  ferhnfis  wc  might  maaage,  bnC  I  frcl  tiuro  tlial  U 
MiMild  be  iin|<nideut  in  IioiiJun.  Vihii  ou);lit  nut  tu  hu  oiiKry  witli  xnc  fur  nayins  tliia, 
fi9r  I  nm  qnlie  »i  anxioni  l«  b«  with  you  as  you  run  pne^ibly  )<«  to  ha  wiih  me  t  only 
I  can  bMr  lo  look  fonmrtl,  and  bavc  a  plenaurQ  In  ((.-(^liiig  thnt  till  ray  happinui  ia  to 
cane.  I  know  I  nm  "f^lit  >ii  llii?.  Xi<>  wHlo  mc  one  lilttc  lice  to  ray  that  you  *rc  not 
angry  with  yonr  tittle  Rirl. 

I  aball  be  ijuitu  n^iidy  for  you  liy  Die  39th.  I  Rot  such  a.  dear  little  Dote  Aom 
Faimy  the  other  Any.  Slio  enya  that  ynu  iiercr  vtriti'  Ui  tlnin.  iiu'I  she  tnppotira  that 
t  ba*e  the  advaitiai^e  of  all  your  euorgy  in  thai  wny.  1  Imvu  lolit  her  that  I  da  t[et 
a  good  deaL  M)r  lurolhor  wriiM  tn  nm  very  >r1d'>i!i.  i  know  ;  and  I  [.-et  (ucnty  lellera 
froei  Coeilia  for  one  acrap  that  Tlietvlore  ever  8«ntla  mc.  l'rrhnp«  Romo  of  these  diya 
X  ^uiX  be  tlia  chief  correapondcnt  nitlt  llic  nt^tory.  ynuny  tolrl  me  all  about  the 
iliiMie,  Kiiri  I  hare  ray  own  qaite  rcaily.  I'vabccnlirideiiinaid  tcifoun-f  myoiTn  aietcn, 
■olooght  Ui  know  wliai  I'm  nhoui.  I'll  never  be  hridcAninid  to  anybody  ngnlo,  after 
Faring;  bat  whom  on  earth  ihall  I  have  fiv  myriFlf  ?  I  ttiink  ne  niu«l  wait  till  Ciiny 
•^  Sophy  are  ready.  Ciaay  inole  me  w<ird  thai  you  wet«  a  darliiii;  ntRii.  I  duii't 
luMW  bow  muoh  of  that  eamo  direcllj  from  Ciuy,  or  huw  mueh  fr>im  (,'oeilia. 

Q^  yiiian  yOOi  dear,  dcarcnt  Harry.  Lot  InI^  bave  ons  lellor  bfrnrt  you  ctine  tn 
ftlcb  tiie.  anil  arknowlcdKO  iliat  1  nnt  right,  even  if  yon  »ny  tliai  I  am  diMKrccablo. 
Of  coonc  I  like  to  think  that  you  want  to  ha»c  mc  j  bat,  ynu  sec,  one  baa  to  pny  the 
ItciKliy  o(  being  citillit<l.— Ever  lii9i9  alwaya  your  o>ra  alTcciitmDte 

Flobewok  BURTOjr. 


4M 


THH  CLAVEtillfGSi 


llony  Claveriog  wfts  very  nngiy  wliuii  he  got  IliU  I«lt«r.  Th«  [trinur]? 
caiute  of  liift  angvr  was  Uie  £u:t  lliat  Flarenoe  »1iouUl  pretend  to  know  whit 
vent  bcHur  for  ]iint  tlitia  lt«  linew  Iiimaelf.  II'  lie  was  wjllmg  lo  eiicouutrr 
1\(d  in  Lcndon  on  leas  than  fotir  liundrcd  n  year,  surely  she  might  ht 
contented  to  trjr  the  aamc  c:iperiniciit.  lie  did  not  Ibr  a  moment  nupect 
Uiat  elie  fcurfd  for  hcrwlf,  Imt  h«  wn»  in^jgntint  ■wUlj  her  b«i»ii90  of  Iwr 
(viiT  for  liini.  Whal  nglit  liiut  ilic  lo  aceuM  Iiiiti  of  M'lintiii;  lo  Ui  comlcwt- 
nblu  ?  llnil  he  not  for  her  take  oonaented  to  lie  rrry  uncotuTortnble  at 
tlinl  old  houRe  at  Stratton  f  Was  be  not  wilting  lo  gire  up  his  r«Uowihii>, 
aiid  ihe  socie^  of  Lndjr  Ongar,  and  eretj'thing  else,  for  ber  sake  ?  TImI 
he  not  shewn  liiiuEclfto  be  euch  a  lover  na  tliorc  is  not  one  in  a  htindivd* 
And  yH  >^hi3  wrotoitnil  tol<!  hint  lliat  it  uoitldii't  do  Ibr  liim  tu  be  pooraud 
unoumfnTUblL- !  After  all  ilint  ho  liad  dune  ia  Uie  win-ld,  after  all  that  be 
bud  gone  through,  U  Vfould  bo  odd  if,  at  tliia  time  of  day,  he  did  not  know 
what  wiis  gond  fcir  himBcIfl  It  wnain  that  waylfaat  he  regarded  Florence's 
pertinacity. 

lie  was  rather  imhappy  at  this  period.  It  Mwined  lo  bitn  that  be  iiu 
tomewfaat  klight^d  on  both  aides, — or,  if  I  may  t^y  m,  l«ss  thought  wf  aa 
both  tidcM  tliuu  he  dvwmrcd.  Hud  Ltidy  OoguT  rcnuiincd  in  town,  aa  ahe 
on^fht  to  hnvc  done,  he  wotilii  have  aolnced  hintiiclf,  and  at  tlic  mmo  time 
have  rereiiged  hiiiuelf  npnn  Floi-encc,  by  duvoling  some  uf  his  Hpmn:  boiirs 
to  that  lady.  It  was  Lady  Ungar's  eudden  departure  that  had  nuids  bim 
IM  that  he  ought  to  riuib  at  once  inio  mnrriiige.  Now  he  had  no  oonaola* 
lion,  uxccjjt  that  uf  complaining  lo  Mrs.  Buitoii,  ^iid  going  frequently  to 
the  tliG&tre.  To  Mrs.  Burton  he  did  oomplain  agr«iit  d«d,  pulling  her 
worsteds  und  tliroads  about  ibc  while,  isitling  in  idleness  nhile  aht  waa 
working,  juat  as  Theodore  Burton  had  prcdioWd  that  he  would  do, 

"  I  won't  have  ycru  so  idle,  Ilsrry,"  Mrs.  Burton  uid  to  him  ono  dav. 
"Tou  kno^r  you  uught  to  be  at  your  ollico  now."  It  must  be  sdDuitcil 
on  behalf  of  Harry  Ciavering,  lliat  they  who  Jilted  him,  cepocUlly  wooiet), 
were  ablo  to  becomo  incimalu  with  hliu  Tcry  easily.  lie  liad  comforUbtc, 
bouiely  ways  about  hiui,  and  did  not  habitually  give  liiniiielf  lurs.  lie 
bad  become  quite  duintisticated  at  ihe  Burtons'  house  during  tlio  In 
weeks  that  be  had  Iiceii  in  Lomlon,  and  knew  Ma  way  lo  Onduw  Crewrnt 
alia'oat  too  ^vcll.  It  luuy,  peihapa,  be  hurmiMsl  correctly  that  he  would 
not  have  gone  there  so  Jreijucnlly  if  iAn,  Theodore  fiurlon  had  boM  an 
ugly  woman. 

"  It's  all  her  fntilt,"  snid  he,  contiauJng  to  snip  a  piece  of  worated  with 
a  pair  of  sclsaoi-s  as  he  spoke.     "  She's  too  prudent  by  half." 

"Poor  Florence  1  " 

"  You  ean't  btu  know  that  J  ikhoiild  work  t^jree  limes  as  nmch  if  Jm 
had  givi^n  me  a  difli^rent  aiinwer,  It  itatids  to  reason  any  man  wouM 
work  under  ouch  circumiitanceit  as  that.  Net  (hat  I  am  idle,  I  beUcre. 
I  do  as  much  U3  any  other  man  about  the  plaL'e." 

"  I  won't  have  my  wonted  destroyed  all  the  asuic.  Tlieodore  nys 
ilmt  Florence  is  right." 


i 
4 


TnE  CI^VERINGS.  407 

"  Of  course  he  ctoesj  of  course  he'll  say  I'm  wrong.  I  won't  ask  Iier 
sgnin, — that's  all." 

"  Oh,  Harry  I  don't  say  that.  You  know  you'll  ask  her.  You  would 
to-morrow,  if  abe  were  here." 

"  You  don't  know  me,  Cecilia,  or  you  would  not  say  so.  'SYhcn  I  li.ivo 
made  up  my  miQd  to  a  thing,  lam  generally  firm  about  it.  She  said 
Fomcthing  about  two  years,  and  I  will  not  say  a  word  to  alter  thut  decision. 
If  it  be  altered,  it  ehall  be  altered  by  her." 

In  the  meantime  he  punished  Florence  by  sending  licr  no  special 
Answer  to  her  letter.  He  wrote  to  her  as  usual;  but  he  made  no  niferenco 
to  his  last  proposal,  nor  to  her  refusal.  She  had  asked  him  to  tell  her  that 
be  was  not  angry,  but  he  would  tell  her  nothing  of  the  kind.  He  told  her 
when  and  where  and  how  he  would  meet  her,  and  convey  her  from  Strat- 
ton  to  Clavering ;  gave  her  some  account  of  a  play  lie  had  seen ;  described 
a  little  dinner-party  in  Onslow  Crescent ;  and  told  her  a  funny  story  about 
Mr.  Wnlhker  and  the  office  at  the  Adelphi.  But  he  said  no  word,  even  in 
rebuke,  as  to  her  decision  about  their  marriage.  He  iuteoded 'that  this 
ohould  be  felt  to  be  severe,  and  took  pleasure  in  the  pain  that  he  would  be 
giving.  Florence,  when  she  received  her  letter,  knew  that  he  was  sore, 
and  imderstood  thoroughly  the  working  of  his  mind.  "  I  will  comfort 
liim  when  we  are  together,"  she  said  to  herself.  "I  will  make  him  reason- 
able when  I  see  him."  It  was  not  the  way  in  which  he  expected  that  his 
anger  would  be  received. 

One  day  on  his  rcturu  home  he  found  a  card  on  his  table  which 
surprised  him  very  much.  It  contained  a  name  but  no  address,  but  over 
the  name  there  was  a  pencil  memorandum,  stating  that  the  owner  of  the 
card  would  call  again  on  his  return  to  London  after  Easter.  The  name 
on  the  card  was  that  of  Count  Pateroff.  He  remembered  the  name  well 
as  scon  as  he  saw  it,  though  he  had  never  thought  of  it  since  the  solitary 
occasion  on  which  it  had  bcon  mentioned  to  him.  Count  Pateroff  was  the 
man  who  had  been  Lord  Oogar's  friend,  and  respecting  whom  Lord 
OngEir  had  brought  a  false  eliarge  against  his  wife.  Why  should  G<iunt 
Pateroff  call  on  him  ?  Wliy  was  he  in  England  ?  Whence  hatl  he 
learned  the  address  in  Bloomsbury  Square  7  To  that  last  question  ho  had 
no  difliculty  in  finding  an  answer.  Of  course  he  must  have  heard  it 
from  Lady  Ongar.  Count  Pateroff  had  now  left  London  !  Had  he  gone 
to  Ongar  Park  7  Harry  Clavering'a  mind  was  instantly  filled  with 
su.<ipicion,  and  he  became  jealous  in  spite  of  Florence  Burton,  Could  it 
he  that  I-ady  Ongar,  not  yet  four  months  a  widow,  was  receiving  at  her 
house  in  the  country  this  man  with  whose  name  her  own  had  been  so 
fiitally  joined  7  If  so,  what  could  he  think  of  such  behaviour  7  He  was 
very  angry.  He  knew  that  lie  was  angry,  but  he  did  not  at  all  know 
that  he  was  jealous.  Was  he  not,  by  her  own  declaration  to  him,  her 
only  friend  ;  and  as  such  could  he  entertain  such  a  suspicion  without 
anger  7  "  Her  friend  !  "  he  paid  to  himself.  "  Not  if  she  has  any  dealings 
whatever  with   that  man  after  what  she   has  told  mc  of  him;"     He 


408 


TOE  CLAVERISGS. 


renKmiberod  at  litst  that  pcrliapa  the  count  migbt  not  be  st  Ongar 
but  he  muM,  at  anj  rale,  luTO  had  K-mc  denting  vtth  l>aily  Ongar  or  be 
WQiold  ii<vt  hare  known  tlto  aildrcM  in  Bloomabniy  Sqnsre.  **  t^>l 
Psleroff!  "  he  said,  n:j*»tiiig  lite  nnnic,  "  I  nlKniMn"!  wondvr  if  I  hare  10 
(luarrcl  with  that  Rinn.''  During  tiic  whole  of  that  niglit  lie  wm  thinking 
of  Lady  Onpar.  An  n-^rfMi  hintself,  he  knew  tliat  he  had  nothing  to 
offer  to  haiiy  Ongnr  but  a  iTolIxrrl;  fricndsMp ;  hut,  QCTertbeleas,  ii  waa 
aa  iojarjr  to  him  thM  she  shonld  be  ac^nwnted  inlimAtdj  with 
unmarried  inan  but  himiclf. 

On  the  next  da;  he  was  to  go  to  SlntloD,  and  in  ttie  morning  a  !clt 
WM  bi^nght  to  hin\  hy  the  pcMtmim ;  a  Iftltcr,  or  rather  a  very  iihort 
Guildford  was  llic  pontDurk,  and  he  Inew  at  onc«  tliat  it  vat  from  Ladlj 
Oogar. 

Dear  Ma.  CtirKiiiHa  (the  note  wid),— 

I  WA«  an  antrjr  to  Iutc  IdmloD  wllhoot  seeing  fou ;  I  lliaO  be  back  by  i 
end  oi  April,  and  «m  kocpinK  m  th»  mno  noma.  Ctma  to  no,  if  joa  can,  oa  tbs 
«TtniDg  of  tliB  auth,  after  dinner.  Ue  at  lut  bade  Hem;  to  write  aad  aik  ma  to  go 
U}  ClB^vnni;  for  tbo  Kul«r  weak.  Soch  a  note  I  I'll  cfaow  It  70a  «rfa«n  w«  meoU 
or  oounc  I  declined.  < 

Hill  I  wril*  on  piifpf**  w  t<!l  ynn  tint  I  hare  hcggcd  COtcnt  Pateroff  to  ne  >ou. 
1  bare  not  aeen  faiin.  but  !  liatv  had  to  write  to  him  abool  thkig*  that  happt-ntd  io 
Vloianoa.  Befeaaeoai«tn  England  rhirfl;  with  rrferrncniotbcalUnolLeadI 
1  want  TOB  to  baar  hfa  itorv.  At  fu  a*  I  hare  knoim  him  he  ii  a  tntth-talUag  1 
llioiigli  I  do  not  know  that  1  am  able  to  tajr  much  inon  ia  kta  favow. 

E>-cr  joniB,  J.  O. 

WLcn  lie  had  read  tliia  ho  wua  quite  an  allured  roan.  See 
Put^rcfl'I  Of  course  ha  would  aec  him.  What  taak  could  be  more  fitting' 
for  a  friend  than  this,  of  tctiag  such  a  nun  under  such  €ircun»tiuic«a. 
Before  he  IcfV  I^adon  he  wrote  n  note  for  Count  FaterolT,  to  be  gireo  U 
|}ie  oount  bj  tlie  peciple  at  the  lodgings  ahould  bo  call  during  Hanyv 
absence  from  London.  In  tliin  he  explained  that  he  would  t>e  at  ClavcriDg 
fori  fortnight,  but  exprf-Rivd  himsolf  read^  to  come  tip  to  London  at  a 
daj'a  noiioe  ahotild  Count  Pflti-rolT  be  necetnlalcd  again  to  Icare  London 
before  the  day  scimcd. 

Aa  be  went  about  hia  busineaa  that  day,  and  aa  he  journcypd  down 
8tnUoo,  he  cntcrta.ined  much  kinder  ideas  about  Lady  Ongar  than 
bad  prcriously  done  ainco  seeing  Count  Patcroff's  card. 


409 


IttodfriU  (Sciiiiua, 


It  ie  poEsihIti  tbut  Geneva  amy  ere  long  become  a  sensitire  point  in 
European  affdrs.  If  we  aak  our  readers  to  intereat  themaelvea  in  her 
politics  it  is  because  they  represent  the  furthest  advance  of  radicalism, 
ud  in  her  condition  we  can  judge  of  some  fruits  of  "  red  "  government. 

Geneva  is  now,  as  she  has  been  for  centuries,  a  centre  of  opposition 
to  the  past.  From  the  time  of  the  Albigensian  persecution  to  the  latest 
wcialifit  plot,  sho  has  welcomed  malcontents  from  neighbouring  countries, 
and  lent  a  willing  ear  to  their  revolutionary  doctrines.  No  other 
population  in  Europe  is  like  the  mixed  race  of  Geneva,  recruited  as  it  is 
at  each  outbreak  of  turbulent  thought  that  troubles  society. 

The  chief  characteristic  of  the  refugee  people  that  has  made  GeneTa 
its  metropolis  is  its  passionate  intelligence.  Intellectual  action  that  is 
eamly  roused  to  practical  violence  marks  the  children  of  men  who  knew 
how  to  sacrifice  country  and  home  to  an  opinion.  Nor  is  there  the 
balance  of  other  dispositions  usually  present  in  national  life,  to  check  the 
inherent  tendencies  of  those  French,  aad  Italian,  and  German,  and  even 
English  families  who  sought  in  the  "  Protestant  liome  "  a  shelter  for  their 
pohtical  or  religious  discontent. 

Such  a  refugee  people  is  eager  to  welcome  any  leader  that  can 
guide  its  excess  of  mental  energy.  "Wo  know  how  Calvin  curbed  the 
free-thinkers  tliat  flocked  to  his  model  republic,  and  clianged  the  "  Liber- 
lines  "  of  the  town  into  Puritan  dogmatizers  of  the  etraitcst  sort.  Tlie 
fervour  of  EouflBenu  wna  able  to  rouse  his  formalist  fellow-trades meu 
to  (tudy  of  the  Control  Social.  The  witty  impiety  and  lu.xury  of 
Voltaire  were  clumsily  imitated  by  the  richer  burghers  in  the  interviila 
of  priset  d'armes  and  political  tempests  in  a  teacup.  The  ideologues 
of  the  last  century  found  in  Geneva  an  anvil  whereon  to  aharpcn 
the  weapons  which  afterwards  routed  the  unprepared  and  contemptuous 
teodalisma. 

We  but  remind  our  readers  of  the  pet  republic  of  the  encyclopedists 
that  they  may  imderstand  the  embarrassnienta  of  her  citizens  when  1815 
and  its  restorations  arrived.  When  the  tide  of  French  revolution  had 
receded,  they  had  to  begin  the  world  afresh  with  what  remained  to  them 
of  a  dead  past,  and  a  keen  sense  of  their  actual  destitution  in  the  eyes  of 
the  neighbouring  powers.  Kevolt  from  France  was  a  new  step  for  the 
Gcnevese  who  had  long  leant  for  support  on  their  great  neighbour  ;  but 
they  sued  oflen  and  humbly  to  the  allied  sovereigns  at  Bulc  for  recognition 
in  the  new  European  family.  They  had  become  infected  by  English  ideas 
during  the  Coppct  opposition  to  Napoleon,  and  began  to  wish  for  our 

VOL.  XIII. — NO.  7G.  20. 


HOBERW  OINETA. 


jnsliiotions,  \rUch  Iiara  proTcd  na  Jangeroiu  to  thorn  as  to  otiiw  races  not 
of  cur  kin. 

Of  lidr  nirw  protectors,  Alexander  ma  the  nw»t  cordial,  ami  he  W 
llicir  amljitiaa  to  bt<oomc  part  of  iho  Swim  Coofederntion.  Tlie  iol^rost 
Inlceti  by  the  Rusdnn  Emperor  in  tlie  afTnira  of  Gmeva  seems  out  of. 
proportictn  to  tlieir  appiirent  importnnci: ;  but  lCu»ia  hta  always  con- 
c*rnc(l  herself  with  the  r«volutionnry  ftironghnldn  that  can  wraVen  A» 
power  of  her  military  rivals.  Kotwiitiiilanding  Alexander's  sappoMd: 
libcmlimn,  wc  do  uct  believe  in  the  diBiDterMtedntes  ofbifl  iutcrrcrraoe  in 
Svriaa  poll  ties. 

By  ft  decjeion  of  tha  Great  Powers,  Gcnc/n  gainod  admiaion  to  tlia 
He1v«Ho  Lcngiift,  notwithatanding  the  allownble  «i]irpici<ui  of  the  <ddi.x 
CnntOD*.  8lia  in  lh<!  chii^f  tnwn  of  the  confederacy,  but  bn  oontset  ha* 
largrly  injured  ihR  onoltnt  strength  of  Bwisn  patriotlum,  for  whe  baa  proved 
herwlf  more  likely  to  involve  her  nssocintea  in  trtttihies,  fiirngn  and  >n(«»- 
ttn«,  thnn  to  yi«Id  thorn  support,  moT«I  or  military. 

"Geneva!  Gcncvnt  Oao  would  think  it  was  tho  fiRh  quaHrr  of  tho 
flo1>e ,"  exfllniniiL'd  a  woary  ain^HiHKuior,  when  Piolet  do  KocUemonl,  the 
Gcti<?vcac  envoy,  hud  nt  lengilt  wning  nttention  from  tlio  diploinntiiDi 
nwotublod  at  Puna  and  Turin,  and  gained  the  r^ognition  needed  for  hia 
rvpitblic.  Tha  more  Ikr-iighted  of  the  oilieeiDt  diallked  the  additional 
ti-nibory  udd<^1  to  their  eiibiirhi,  hnt  thdr  BwiM  eonfedemU^ii  insiated  oa 
a  new  trontitr  that  ahouM  iccriro  their  linoB  of  A(}f«nt:».  6«^rcral  parinlie*! 
formerly  Sardiiiinn  and  French,  woro  adtUd  lo  the  now  oanion,  and  a 
caufro  for  fulute  trouble  wii^  iug^^niounly  provided  by  Sardinia  In  lha< 
guaranteej  she  required  for  tlie  tultire  of  her  ceded  villagea.  U  ia  ingBiB- 
cant  that  Francu  objected  to  a  large  inoreaM;  of  (erriiory  for  Ototr^^^^^ 
WB«  supported  by  Cngland  anil  Aunlrin,  whiln  Rntnia,  with  d«^^l 
fiiendahip,  urged  the  enlargement  of  the  litlh'  State.  It  ia  aaid  that 
when  Dumont,  the  foremost  ciiiiron  of  Geneva,  obaervcd  to  Talleyrand  :— 
"£h  bion,  vca»  noua  nvc2  dmunA  lea  Catlioliqiies"  the  Frcneh  miniiter 
replied, —  "  Ditos  plutiVl  i|ue  nnua  voua  avonn  donn^  bux  Cai}ifj|i*iii«." 
When  diplomacy  had  done  its  work,  and  providod  tor  Ejwitaerlaod  lbs 
doubtful  good  of  g-iiamntecd  neutrality,  ibcre  remained  lor  Geneva  tlM 
taak  of  oroating  for  bcrtulf  n  coiistltiitioQ.  All  tbo  doctrinnira  oongiv- 
gated  on  iliv  uhoim  of  Luke  Leiiian  aattitl<.-d  in  the  labour.  The  pOMi'^ 
]ncc  were  docile,  tha  time  propitiona,  ^et  Lhf  «cheme  of  govermnent 
they  drew  was  an  acknowledged  fuilure.  Political  perfecttun  -would 
Boom  aotnettmes  to  be  more  dangerous  than  political  iiutut /auv.  Tht 
good  lenflB  of  umt  preetica!  citizens  waa  neceseaty  to  remedy  the  errors 
ef  the  Oopipot  ud  GeDernn  purista,  htit  it  was  not  easy  always  to  reooocile 
llic  rights  of  man  with  those  of  the  AIlii<d  Powers,  just  then  believed  ro 
bo  divine. 

Meantime,  with  hopeful  optiniiam,  the  chiefs  of  the  new  State  dedaiwl 
that  iheir  theory  of  rule  contained  at  least  the  germs  of  all  deslrabla 
improrenent.     it  was  not,  perhaps,  dUplcasing  to  wme  who  wisheil 


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MODERN  OESEYA. 


411 


II(!puM!cKii!8in,  tlmttKe  Genoese  conititulion  fil*o  coshJnoil  the  Qtrmt 
(if  pcrfxciuil  rcvoluUcn,  Tweiity-iivc  yaur*,  liowcrtr,  t>f  itulilical  rest 
alioweil  auch  cwKping  roforms  in  a  ratlica.!  mate,  tliat  Iho  Gcnevcae 
libvrals  were  ntisficd.  The  Btorros  of  18^0  Hivcpt  by  her  miil  left  hor 
•tatiuDary,  wIcUkt  for  gooA  or  eril,  wliil*  tlio  t«t  <>f  Europe  was  shaken 
10  lis  fbuntlnlionii,  Ym,  howerer  jmrtt  a  Rpocimwi  of  r<?pu1jlic«n  stioeoae, 
Ihc  city  of  GouOTft  At  tlint  time  mis  bntkw;)^!  in  mnterinl  im]'rm'cmi-nt». 
Tboagh  it  wm  conslanlly  riaiwri  hy  tmvcUtn,  nmi  llic  twsort  of  excellent 
Kfiaty,  the  Mpecc  of  the  [tkc^  was  not  agreeable  in  iu  golJea  itge  of 
)oliticaI  excvllentio.  The  Bte^mfra  whiuli  firflt  brought  viaiCors  to  tluj 
bonkn  of  tlio  tihnna  ilisoovered  tliuir  sijTinlnr.  Hlrangera  InnJod  nmong 
bdewrihnblc  nmunccs.  Tlic  Iioubcs  of  tlio  Puritan  town  turned  tlicir 
*ont  siJcM  to  tl>c  bcatitifitl  T^emnn.  Tho  <^ufty»  rik^  hotcU  with  wliicb 
isodem  loiimLt  arc  rnniilinr,  roplaca  thn  hnrrnra  of  town  tlmin*,  ilucfcjiit 
IWti  Scat  ions,  aiiU  the  iriirat  fi^atares  ff  a  river-port  Buliui  t>.  Tha  trnvellcv 
ef  Ihirtjr  yo%n  agn  Htrnggled  with  diffienlty  from  llin  ninrsliy  landiiii*- 
placQ  to  a  city  wlivni  hu  fuunil  the  pupnliiiioii  CTuivJeii  iriiliiii  vi-iii-niMe 
lut  obsolete  wbIIh.  Tho  hoiues  row  to  a  height  only  mrpajsed  by  tboM 
«r  Um  old  coiini  of  Edinburgh.  The  puroM  u  wall  as  tbo  prejudteca  of 
tbe  hoase-[)roprii)tDra  wcmld  hnro  EalTorad  by  the  creation  of  agrornbls 
(uburb«.  "  Tho  gradiial  profp'eM  liaiwii  on  their  antrncdt^ntt "  of  the  ruling 
lUen  di«I  not  oontcmptaM  l)i«  dcvcloptnaus  tiC  mcdern  pro^rciis.  Yet  it 
n  dear  that  the  (Jcncveto  acquivscej  in  the  action  of  their  Uovernmvnt, 
F««er  and  fewer  electors  troubled  thenitclves  to  vote  when  there  vm 
muioo.  Tlie  IVanchiBe,  which  is  supposed  bo  nc-ccswiry  to  modern  man, 
Knainod  unsought  by  many  of  tiie  towncpNipie,  though  it  could  bo  pur- 
rimnrfl  by  payment  of  two  hhillinga  and  eUvenpence.  TI19  lionexolcnt 
irutocnita  had  aliuoHt  a  right  to  heliove  that  no  etonii  could  Htir  iJie 
^■^kwwy  State.  They  diil  not  imagine  that  a  youQir  member  of  out!  of 
HH  fiuniliea  received  into  their  Hociety  had  alniidy  laid  a  train  fur  their 
evftrtoro. 

Tbe  Ufa  ofJaniM  Fiu:y,  RJaco  1830,  it  the  liiatory  of  Gnnov*.  Ho  hm 
known  how  to  uae  foi-  bia  [xtraonal  cnda  the  passionate  reetteMuew  of 
tbo  G«oeT«K  character.  A  cold  roc^ption  from  the  m^iiutea  "du 
IwQI,*'  aa  ibc  upper  towa  la  called,  excited  him  to  leave  G«ii«va,  and  seek 
•oma  mode  of  vcngconco.  He  joined  Carbonari  and  otlicr  Mcrat  aociotie^ 
and  became  known  u«  a  writpr  in  (he  Frc-nch  prewi.  lU  wna  at  the  HAt«l 
dc  Villu  of  Piiria  in  1890,  when  the  fale  of  France  wa«  beli^  drter- 
BUMd  by  a  Itnot  of  juurnuli^ta.  Silting;  round  A  table,  ihey  vrero  about 
U  ehooao  from  their  nuinber  the  chiefa  of  a  pmviaiciuil  govonmtent,  when 
by  poioe  chance  M.  Fazy  was  called  away.  Itcfbre  hia  return  hia  phico 
waa  filled,  and  bin  chanoe  of  tigtinng  in  French  peljtiea  wna  gone.  Tho 
CMBCnffoiaJ  Bystcm  of  Louis  Phili|ipu  di<l  not  suit  III.  Faay'a  violent  pr(» 
JmU>  Uc  returned  to  Gcnura,  and  from  bta  arrival  dalva  ihc  dcimorali- 
ation  of  ihti  rcpublio.  Kven  if  wo  credit  him  with  the  patriotism  he 
aobiJy  [nufcMcs,  M.  Fuxy  uuuld  not  Imvu  better  served  ihim  be  htui  June 

20—1 


41» 


MODKSN  GEKEVA* 


Uic  ciiilo  of  Fowcrx  tliat  (IreadeJ  llie  eucccsa  of  tho  ductriniirfl  npubtlc 
a  (lungcrMts  example. 

After  1830  a  "  red "  press  whs  cataUuIicd  at  GtDCTB,  luwl  prcwntljr 
tlic  first  outbreak  of  "red"  sjiupalliicn  occurTi.-J.  A  party  of  Tttlub 
advcntiirtrs,  K-il  by  iho  uotoriouit  GetH'ral  liamoriDo,  altdinpteJ  M  nuko 
Ornrrn  ft  liosc  fur  their  oiK-nitidna  agaiikst  the  Sartliiilaa  GoveromcDl* 
Tltc  ctfn<luct  vf  the  mob  timt  rrittcnuze<I  with  iJto  rcvolutiouary  sti^ageri 
revealed  tbe  diwrder  tliat  bad  lieea  fomt^U^d  in  lli«  republic  Tlio 
Qoremrocnt  lost  picatige,  anil  Hic  blouKi  discorcr^  blicir  divio«  right 
to  insurrection.  Almost  nt  tbo  ciime  time  a  paper  wai  itaitcd  bctriag 
the  Kgrtlficaut  tHi«  of  L'F.uropt  Ccntrole,  aad  wliicli  vbs  lh»  nvowcd 
Organ  vl'  tlic  "  L'lUveiBaL  liepublicaua.'*  They  had,  under  M.  i'izj't 
giudance,  dioson  QencvA  as  thuir  tiend-quartur*. 

No  means  ircro  left  untried  to  disturb  tlio  IVclJngit  of  iIm  people,  in^ 
Jealotuy  of  sect  aud  doe  was  fomented  until  street  atcctiiiga  and  public- 
IiouBe  dcbnt4>a  replaced  a  Irgiiimatv  intcrOMt  in  the  R«prfiiK-DtAtivv  Council. 
White  rndicnUsm  lieM  aiseiublJcs  in  tho  PJa.ce  of  the  llolanl,  only  one 
thousand  and  ciglity-ninc  citizcui  out  of  four  lliousond  live  hundred  ud 
forly-iKo  paid  tho  loir  tax  which  gave  them  the  right  to  rote  in  tiM 
G  over  unit- lit  eleclionn.  \Vc  need  not  number  the  many  subjecta  at 
ingcnioua  diacontvnt  that  were  made  mm  of  by  tho  ngit«ting  cli^foe. 
Every  slep  Inkca  by  tho  GoYfrninw:!;,  whwlher  in  paving  a  street  or 
protecting  Princu  Louis  Bonnjjiurti;,  in  the  proniidjiitlioa  of  a  Jut,  or 
ihfl  nt-arrnngoment  of  its  FedernI  relalions,  vaa  ntaclc  a  ground  of  com- 
plaint. The  synipniliy  of  tho  Ccuecrvatirca  with  the  Zurich  dtaltke  to 
SlrauB«'s  profi-Moniliip  iviu  conclciiiiicd  by  th«  acopticat  mob  not  kas 
thnn  thtt  dntid  made  by  tie  Pi-oi«4t.ints  "dit  kaut"  ngainEt  Cathobo 
encroitchiiiciit. 

Still  the  GoTemmcnt  rcninlutd  Bla.bl><,  nml  the  gnod  e«iiK  of  the 
Genevoiie  long  refused  to  listen  to  Mnxztiiiiin  cloctrincs,  or  to  bo  led  by 
M.  Fazy's  unvarying  eloquence.  In  1833  the  republic  nppcared  so  well 
ord<>n>d  thut  Ca]itHiii  Bii»il  Hall  cxcbimcd  At  a  public  dinner,  "that  of  all 
lite  countries  he  hud  Rcctt,  Gvncvn  was  iLc  only  one  of  which  be  desired 
|o  be  a  citieon."  Bdorc  1641,  however,  the  radical  leader  bad  gained 
uRioug  his  adheienta  many  wdl-incaning  dlizcuii,  who  hardly  Inew  under 
whose  ilng  ihcy  had  cnliatedi  One  who  figured  in  th«  rcToIutiooaiy 
association  known  in  Gencrese  history  an  "du  Trois  Mar*,"  has  ainM 
Viittcrly  dccbri^c?,  "In  thiit  KKWciatioii  wo  weru  all  either  hogs  or  getet. 
I  confess  I  was  amongst  ibc  gccsc."  "Mallicnrcutc  Gcdctc,"  exclaiincd 
Sitimondi,  who  lived  to  ecu  hia  doctiinnire  ropublic  overttimed  by  tlw 
tiTorta  of  the  Trois  Mars,  "  an  milieu  de  la  prosii^rll^  lu  plus  briliante  tes 
tnfiinta  ont  n  plaisir  ecmo  los  hnines  «t  ils  rccuillcront  lc»  caJauutes." 

The  atory  of  events  at  Geneva  on  the  2Znd  of  November,  1841,  is  an 
instance  of  the  slight  spark  that  nuffico  to  explode  the  passions  of  a  mob 
when  n  skilful  demngogiic  underlaken  the  rpcrntinu. 

Sonte  teniporiting  K-fonns  hud  been  proposed  ia  the  HeprcMntadn 


MODERS  OESCT'A. 


Conticil,  nnd  bcloK  noon  a  mob  iicrvotulj-  palilicul  haJ  conccti'tl  to  bour 

'  tiio  deciAon  of  t}te  mica's.     Hcgular  to  luruialily,  linwvvL'i',  tlio  crowd 

'  dapenc<)  to  tlurir  miJ-ilay  dinnur.     Brcailiing  tiiii^i  wiu  tlius  givea  to  tlie 

tvuncil,  Bml  iflhey  liitd  arrived  nt  any  decuion,  cvuwliiitciy  or  rcprosvo 

G«Deva  migbt  have  tmuntained  tier  rof-pectabiljiv  na  n  modem  n-piihlJc, 

1mt  tlio  doctrinalm  cotild  not  etop  tlicorizing.     "  Mmiieura,"  exclniined  a 

Incniber  of  lb«  Au«mbl^,  "  noiin  eomm^ii  cotniue  lea  Grocn  dn  bas  vmjiire 

^ui  diocauient  eur  la  giioe  efficacc  f*iidnnt  tuie  leu  k;irbsrcii  ^laimt  & 

Vim  portcB."     Thoinob  of  eigliE  or  tea  tbDUsaou  returned  along  ihc  t^ctp 

Kreets  wMcli  Ickd  ii[>  to  the  town-luill,  wanned  by  iltiitu^r  nnd  the  'petit 

Uano  *  dear  1o  tlie  GenL-vc!*e  worVniau.     V.  Fnzy  wna  at  tlieir  hand,  and 

ihoalvd,  •'  On  voiis  leurre,  Centvwa  ;  ron»  wrva  dupa  comme  vou»  I'4tea 

&.-pui«  vingt-ctnq  oiis.     II  fuot  cjne  celto  question  soi:  fiaie  aiiJourd'huL 

|3a  ftiTce  eat  en  vos  malna.     Di;niatii  [^«ut-t-ti%  it  ne  sera  pas  do  mfanc 

X'occMioa  pordae  ii«  eo  rcliouve  pas.   !>i  dAtis  un  demi-liciirc  ks  coniwils 

>'otit  j)aa  vot^  nous  nicnteroDB  il  I&  MKixon  do  Ville." 

The  rcpresL-mntircs  t&fcirtnid  of  tlirir  dungcr,  volcd  a  coDBlilutloiuiT 
■BBeBDl>Iy  titnt  could  rntiTy  the  pcnpli;''  dciiinnda.  "  Qu'cst-ce  (juc  In  coii- 
Hititante  ?  "  atked  one  of  llie  diHordcrly  iiiBUrgc-nta  ivlira  the  renigtincion  vt 
llic  GoTvriusent  v/tta  anaouactd.  '^  C'est  la  fi;mjii«  du  Prdeideat,''  auswcrL-d 
■  ft^Ilow  blouse,  who  had  probably  come  from  Bome  obscure  \illiige  to  strell 
(hi.*  nuikn  of  M.  Fuxy's  mob. 

CoDAtitulional  ii»«nil>Iiei  were  tn  tina«hroniun,  however,  iii  1841,  and 
Ilie  mmt  (xtn-nic  radical  icforiiin,  ijiclnding  uiiiver>iiil  suflVogc,  did  not 
■cciirc  to  M.  Yaxy  tli«  iwHilic^ii  lie  dmired.  "  J'aime  mn  Gencvois,"  lie 
laid  lo  Iiis  friend,  Kug«ne  Sue,  yet  he  tividently  d*.'te«t«d  all  tbnt  gave 
Aolidity  to  the  slate  he  proftssed  to  wrve.  He  aimed  at  levelling  (he 
burivrfl  that  separated  Geneva  from  the  Kuropean  maaaeit.  Her  religious 
Inditioos,  her  duceacies  of  lif?,  Iier  pride  of  intellect  und  contempt  for 
material  glitter,  he  determined  lo  dcstray.  "OnvoiidntUrnin;  dcGcn&vcIs 
plus  petite  dcf  grnudcs  villc9>,"  said  the  diftinguiubcd  Profi-sncr  dv  In  Hire, 
iJorittg  the  Snt  ilruggleo  between  the  old  and  new  society ;  '*  el  pour  nioi 
|e  pref^TC  qu'elle  leale  \a  plua  gra:idc  dcs  ]ictitca  villcs."  Supported  by 
iBltt  turbulent  faubourg  of  St.  Gerrni*,  AI.  Fazy  prpptired  new  weapons  of 
•ttack  against  the  ri-»ip?clnblc  (luvrters  of  the  cily.  He  finmd  t>i4'ni  not 
only  in  the  petty  itguabUea  bC  tb«  townittiilk,  but  nUo  in  a<,m^  fvdenil 
qoMtiona  tliat  jmt  then  agitated  Switzerland. 

Hie  Roman  Catholic  citizens  were  irritated  by  Uio  eflbtia  of  llie  elder 
Pi«l««ta&t«  to  check  their  inHuence.  The  (arriving  politicians  of  1815 
iemembcrvd  Talleyrand'E  warning  wIiqh  thoy  ndinitt<^  Savoyard  villagca 
fo  tlicir  atato— "  Ucsci^-uis  dc  Gcnirc,"  liu  said,  "  dfoendavetit  leur  tcrri* 
toirc,  *t  nc  voicnl  pas  qn'ilg  cnelavent  Ifrnr  religion."  M.  Faaiy  used  the 
tvndy  iiioan*  of  religious  rancour  to  agitate  tlte  republic,  and  knew  bow  to 
blerett  thi:  mob  in  nuolt  alien  <;[ue«tionH  as  tlie  suppreauoa  of  convents  in 
llie  diftnnt  oinlAn  of  Argovie,  or  the  reiideuce  of  a  Jesuit  conmautlj'  at 


UOSKKM  OENBVA. 


How  Ihr  tlic  secret  nocielies  of  wbicb  M.  Vazy  was  an  ncUve  mvoi 
hurried  the  FwU-rnl  crcntj  of  IH4C  aiirl  1847,  il  would  be  bard  to  jii4g«  t 
but  tliii  Swui  ditlurbancea  Tcrc  iho  first  tln)|«iiribeatorm  Ui)ttd(VHiKt«d 
Europe  in  the  foUowiui;  yvnr.  Tlie  •IruggU  uf  ibe  Sondcrbund  and  its 
re»uU  WTQUt^t  speedy  niicliicf  amoDg  ibe  »4joiniug  popaUttioas,  sixl 
onrned  for  SwitsurUud  mudi  nupioion  And  dislike  from  ber  ndgbbouiiL 
The  iNirt  iJikeu  in  ibe  diort  war  of  the  "  Sepamte  Ltagu*  "  bj  Ci«n6T>  bu 
Boau  iittervat  ior  as  eirvn  now. 

We  sii[^xwe  ibm  ftw  iGoglUh  Itadiuttls  would  approve  the  aakm  of  tlia 
Tictorious  oaatoD*  that  were  giiilty,  iu  thtir  supprMSton  of  the  rights  of  Ot^ 
For«*t  Lu^uc,  of  the  grow  bullying  that  tiireign  democrats  delight  in.  Ws 
cannoc  enter  into  t]ie  hialory  cf  the  anii«4  oppoaitioa  of  tlie  mounlaiDeers 
to  the  iQcursious  of  llie  Itodiod  frvo  corps  that  straiinod  into  the  iittlierbbi 
oi  Furst  and  T«ll  from  thw  town*  of  the  plain.  It  so  happoned  tliat  lliv 
deciding  vot«  on  tb«  It^itlmacy  of  thur  Soiiderhuiid  was  tu  be  gitcn  if 
the  GcDcvcsc  deputies.  They  aslMd  for  inttruotioai  fr^tn  their  grand 
council.  Ic  (decided  io  faroiir  of  tlie  freedom  of  the  Forest  cantonK.  N«t 
day  M.  Fajsy's  paper,  tho  lUmt  <ic  Genivt,  appanrtd  with  a  deep  maamiag 
bctfder.  fie  ucmrokud  a  inw/tiajf  in  the  0[<«d  cptuui  round  tbv  cliurcfa  oi 
fit.G(irTUB,  "Will  you  b«  ]jtuigi.-ra-oa  of  tbeKiiigof  SatdiaiaT"  lie  cried* 
Tho  ungty  cxclatuatiuns  of  tlio  mob  Hatiafied  bini  lltnl  tho  moBHnt  for 
imurreolion  had  arrivoO.  Itain  coming  on,  be  In'oke  opcm  tlie  o^uroli 
doon,  and  from  the  ckrk's  dc»k  finishod  kit  b&raD(;ue.  A  pmteat  agaicst 
th«  dcci«ioii  of  Uic  Gratid  Council  was  proparcd  for  Ituisroiaatoa  to  tho 
Federal  Vonirt,  and  Uie  faubonrg  wan  pn-jiartid  fur  dufunce  against  say 
Govcraoicut  iiiterfereuce.  Warrautt)  for  thu  arrest  of  Faay  nod  two  cibera 
.were  issued  by  the  authorities  to  M-Hich  the  leaden  of  the  insurre-ctioa 
leAiBed  obodii'nco,  and  barricudcs  v/ere  quickly  erected  by  tlie  St.  Gcrraia 
nob  to  ohoclc  the  pestible  entry  ot  any  troops.  Aflvr  foolish  though  wtU- 
nieant  delay,  the  militia  werit  ordurLtd  to  dtwtroy  the  banrioodea  on  thf 
bridges ;  but  though  a  few  CouMrviitivc  olUccrs  led  a  forlorn  hope  gallantly 
into  tholiciti-t  nf  the  faubourg,  tlicEukcwarm  privatOBdidaot  support  them* 
They  fdl  iuick  muhf  a.  tmvet^  fire  to  a  litlltt  temporary  hoapital  ananged' 
fur  Hii  wouuded,  oil  (hu  C-ousei-viitive  tide  of  the  Khooe.  Ttm  esecvtin 
submitted  tolhu  laubourg,  and  next  day  the  Molard  was  the  scene  oft 
popular  meeting,  lirel  of  the  kind  since  Fromcul  preaclicd  Reform  in  1&52. 
The  sovereign  people  took  M.  Fury's  yoke  upon  them,  and  agrcvd  to  all 
liis  cuggeaUons.  A  new  ooDstitutiun  was  invented  on  the  spot,  of  which 
•  DOlablu  feature  was  the  oeDtrnlitnlion  of  power  in  tho  hands  of  a  cUquei 
]u  1815  tho  Great  Powers  had  objecti.4  to  a  numei-ous  repreaentalion  tf 
tliv  people.  It  n'maincKl  for  AI.  Fiuy  to  carry  out  dietr  wiih(«.  ]la 
catiiblinlicili  At  Geneva,  tlie  s)  ntciu  wliioli,  whether  Imperial  or  Rcpuliljcas 
ill  lido,  is  cliiDgerotia  to  freedom.  IXo  changed  Genera  into  a  place  oC 
Ikolitical  rendezvous,  and  imposed  on  the  city  of  Calvin  a  dictator  wbosC' 
TCiy  profcsaeu  was  lanleitaOM.  Wc  in  England  may  wonder  tlul,  wilb 
his  uodoubti.'d  loluBt  as  n  duinagoguo,  M.  Fasy  should  have  remaiaeii 


MODGJtN  GKMJCVA. 


415 


M&tciit«d  wiUi  Uto  liuk  fivM  of  Gcacra  wbvn  llw  pUtforinB  cf  I^IS 
iiiigliL  bitvc  htxR  ttcKesAihlti  tti  Mm ;  but  Geneva  u  not  uu  uiiuu|ioriuiit 
imsiLiou.  Cuuiit  Newvlrode,  wriliog  in  IH'iJ  lo  tbe  Kuanian  Kuvuy  iii 
l>wiucrlaiiil,  dcaitvd  Itiin  to  observe  tlini  "  SwitzerUu<t  ia  tlio  kny  cf  tUnM 
gnst  coiuilrim."     lu  IHiC,  Gmicvr  w;u  tbv  key  of  SwitMrtfuid, 

ironi  tli«  bejul  of  utHiii-d  tbc  baaaut  &iid  eiluontcd  moii  viio  buil  ahlctl; 
ciTcd  l(jr  llielr  Biixiety  for  llxu  people's  giwi,  lie  umiiI  lJ>c  luwtt  vui] 
jvvituaos  aa  be  clioa«.  'llju  cveiita  at  Genttva  wen:  lliu  [irvliuitukry 
eiercdse  of  that  KaptiblicuaiBia  wliicb  boou  Kller  Mwupt  over  Europe. 
Among  its  cnrliLtt  nicuunM  <v<ui  lliu  aubjugntioo  of  tlic  Fon-st  canioiis, 
that,  until  t]i«a,  tiad  iiroiervtid  ibeir  ia(lQ[ieudoDce.  By  Iho  new  rctioint 
]iM;t  tliat  followed,  tbfl  Swiss  gorerninent  vna  greatly  c«ntr:ilizeci.  Ths 
Toto  of  a  popukr  anctably  replaced  libo  fyutoui  by  wliiuli,  for  any  iuipor- 
la&t  FeUerui  dneiviuii,  a  iniijoriCy  of  lliruu-littti'ilis  of  Hie  ctnitonB  wm 
Beceoary.  PopoW  aiucmbiiun arc  very  mitntigriible  by  dexterous  ngitutora, 
■ad  IT  "  univUMl  fiepablicoiUfm  "  dvn»>n<led  war,  Switecrlaod  lias  becoiuo 
u  likely  a  belligcreuc  dm  any  other  State.  It  is  even  reported  ibst  a 
niJitory  ^irit  ia  beiog  cullivate'l  among  her  dttseiu,  whether  for  purpouea 
tt  fatoro  Guiddc,  who  can  ^ny  7     It  Is  reioorkuble  llml  M.  I'lucy  }m«  been 

^|HaDM»t  ia  promoting  ibv  cliiuigM  tluiD  endanger  Swins  neumlity  and 

B^luArty  of  Geneva. 

M  l^v  Itrikt  yeora  of  M.  Fozy's  dictatorship  were  DOt«d  for  fulno  proniiin 

tollw  obiMea  tluit  eupparied  htm.  To  fulfil  llieir  expoctatiuiia  gf  liiilu 
«orlc  «ud  iDU«h  pay  it  wns  nccnesary  to  incur  reckjfw  debt.  At  the  Biiinu 
tiiDfl  ilia  posaiuDs  of  ttio  worltiiig  uien  weru  roiu«d  by  ftuub  huigunge  ai 
the  following  ftpocioicn,  not  diiaTowcd  by  tbo  Radical  party : — 

"  Pro]«tnir«8,  voua  loiu  qui  Kouifrcz,  stirct  vo4  nngi^  voiei  le  b«ur- 
gaoii  qui  vittnl,  avm^  do  pied  au  aip,  loujt  cuurir  xiu  ct  rouH  forger. 
I^slitAirM,  uux  luuiob  I  Suigues  win  fvatu'uaKat,  muuiwcz-voaa  dc 
evt4uchu«,  et  i«noi!-voua  prCls  I " 

Tbt  Hikoient  furiificatioM,  rcgiu'ded  aa  lacred  by  tlie  Coniorvativca, 
Km  givcti  up  to  tlic  piuks  oiid  sbuvclt  of  llio  *'  roughs,"  lo  whotu  th<i 
dtmolitioa  ma  pL'tiuliarl/  Kutisliictory.  The  Envoy  pcnsauli  were  glad  lo 
puU  down  tlic  walls  ihiit  hod  kvpt  tliuiu  at  bay  ia  lliu  nneieut  timea. 
Ih«y  did  not  equally  vnluo  the  froo  education  ofleiqd  to  th«m.  Whvthor 
or  not  tho  fjiult  Iity  in  the  (quality  uf  tlio  inKtructlon  prnvided  for  tliunif 
the  proportion  of  cliildivii  taught  and  the  average  of  knowledgu  uv  Iciw 
buw  tlian  in  IS-il.  Nor  have  llia  vuiioiu  (iiiiineiul  enterpriiwB  of  the 
Radical  goreniuii.-iU  beea  more  suoccuful — buukraptcy  oud  disgrace  have 
Ukn  upun  moat  of  M.  Fazy'a  brilliant  »chcttt«ii.  UId  adiair«ra  point  to 
th«  matorial  iaarcaso  of  the  town,  yvi  iu  deT«lopiii(iDt  Itua  twcu  ia  Ifut* 
tj  hU  niiichiuf.  Private  wealth  haa  built  llie  new  iiotvU  ud  ohuraboSi 
and  a  Freuch  ccinpany  rule*  the  railway  tcrminuB.  But  lh«  canton  haa 
mnk  into  debt  krgcr  in  jiroiwrliou  tlmu  that  of  Eugland.  M.  Fuiy  Ibund 
n  balance  «f  ibur  bundtvd  th^uoand  fi-aucs  iu  iba  Staio  ooiSurB.    Thenj  is 


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UODCRX  OENtVA. 


now  a  &A>t  of  iwcnijr-riTc  lutUtoiu,  and  A  ycarljr  deEcit  of  6re 
hundml  tltooMibd  franc*. 

The  kingdom  of  iirolctairca  has  niiiicd  GeiieTa.  "  Partout  oil  U 
peupio  r^ne,"  innoiuie<.-d  SI.  Fu^,  "  on  eil  Utiouncux  et  dnsip^."  Tliis 
ringular  theory  »  realised  in  nt  l^ttaX  iu  second  part.  Th«  shortest  vallc 
io  niod«an  Genera  will  iwcul  to  a  visitor  gronpfl  of  llit-  sorer^igo  people 
tipdty  glonjying  lhvnuH.-!vvj.  "  I'rolcialaat  Botue,"  like  the  frog  Io  tlic 
Kibl«,  luugglei  to  becoiu«  x  "  petit  Paris."  It  ia  &  Paris  of  bluiuef,  Ibr 
tlie  reapectable  inhabiuwu  prvscrrc  at  least  in  form  thetr  tradiiiona  of 
d«oency,  and  eacfacw  tUo  Naming  qiui^i  and  dusty  gnnletis  created  by  tli« 
n#w  govcriiiiient.  ''Calvin  ne  mrait  p:Di,"  writCH  M,  Fm^t  in  iu». FrMi 
lie  l'Hi»i(nrt  tits  Grieve,  "(^uc  k  plU9  kiiut«  tuondit^  M  tiouvc  cacLio  mss 
eclt«  npjiarcitce  d'^goisme  cc  do  frivolity.*'  Nor  liave  the  Geoovmo  **  da 
baut "  learnt  yet  this  lesson.  The  tduas  of  M.  Faxj  have  Iwen  chitlly 
dCTeloped  tj  the  •waniiing  Mrangen,  Frtnch,  German,  ind  Italian,  wli* 
fbrnicd  iho  Ktandiiij;  aimy  of  iliclr  dictator.  The  apjicanuce  of  Geneva 
is  improred,  it  it!  true,  by  tlie  levelling  uf  the  fortiiications.  It  is  now  a 
handiome  station  for  travellera,  a  eourenient  but  very  cictortionato  basaar 
at  the  foot  of  tlie  Alps  for  strangers  to  visit  and  leave.  But  material 
progrcs*  will  not  rentoro  tlic  atiiirnct«r  it  i*  £isL  kwng.  Tlie  reodesrmis 
of  Uvd  Republit.'ans  nnd  foreign  itavviea  will  hatdly  replace  the  anei^'nt 
ciiy  that  nan  a  point  of  ligltt  to  ihoeo  tliruushout  Europe  pereccuied  for 
conscience^  *4lcc. 

We  in  Kiiglaiid,  nlio  are  used  to  think  of  Gonevn  as  diicfiy  renurk* 
nblc  lor  its  i>uiuliou  in  rv-ligioos  atl'airs,  ciay  be  turpriecd  that  the  uutila- 
tiiins  of  Calvin  did  not  nioi-i;  Jiirgcly  inlluiiiuo  tht-  recent  reroluliui*  is 
what  was  <incc  his  model  ilieocracy.  Vt'c  net-d  not  remiud  our  readers  of 
the  dcgmutiniiL  -which  b«caii)Q  IbruiuliEm  uUlt  the  d^ath  of  hid  miccawr^ 
Theodore  of  Bezn,  or  of  the  reaction  wliiGb  made  Geuvvu  in  ilie  laet 
century  a  teacher  of  "  tiaturul "  religion  as  underatood  by  the  French. 
e))c;«k)pcdiiri».  We  are  muKt  of  tis  fuiuilinf  with  the  eqwibblea  of  Vollvrs 
and  KouKseau,  -who  hoped  his  niiiive  republic  would  verily  liij  visions  of 
■  world,  perfect,  if  "le  bun  Dieu"  did  not  interfere.  Kren  when  the 
Btorm  of  1794  und  the  YkhcIi  occujiaiion  l}iat  faUcwi-cl  h.id  passed  amy, 
there  yet  rtmained  some  dry  bones  of  Calvin's  ecvli.-Atii!>tic3l  aj'stem.  Oa 
the  lifdees  )<kelcton  was  eet  up  a  church  in  l^lb  that  was  wdconied  by 
tlic  Genevese  for  its  traditionary  rcxpectabitity.  But  a  spirit  of  reUgkui 
democracy  was  at  work,  Io  -n-hich  the  Ocuevcsc  Consihtory  nflVrMi  a  fiMMt 
re^ataiice.  It  ivnicd  an  unfortvnnle  Hccrce,  which  forbade  the  expranoa 
of  Eomo  of  the  most  impoiuiit  Chrixlinn  dogmns  from  the  toim  pnlpltt. 
Several  theological  btuduals,  who  were  admirers  of  English  Mctbodisnit 
immcdiuttdy  at-paratcd  from  the  cKtiiblislied  Cburch,  and  a  "twival,"  kd 
by  Mi-ssicunt  Dniinmand  and  Iliilldiine,  took  pUoe,  which  at  first  was 
tinged  by  iho  inyslicism  of  Modnino  Krudoncr,  llio  cdebntcd  Egeria 
of  t]ie  Kimiaii  Kinporor.  Tlieiv  wiis  good  rtwoia  lor  protest  agnioat 
tU«  nan-ow  eccpticisin  of  the  "  Vcuctablo  Company  of  Geiiev.iii  Prutors,'* 


UODBRN  GSSEVA. 

4n<]  a  bee  Clmrcli,  strong  in  llie  profession  of  Calvlnist  orttiodoxy 
gradiully  rnnde  good  itH  position,  nnd  pr«ached  sucecBdriJIjr  the  in- 
dividuxliiin  which  niiiMt  nc<:iiin]iany  tlid  c^rly  stagtis  of  dlsKnl.  Tho 
IHUD««  vr  Gauisefi  and  M^rle  trAubi^iK-  arc  populiir  nmong  English 
erangdicals ;  mid  »)aie  yeam  ago  ^tahii,  Felix  NefT,  Pyt,  ami  tlicir 
ftOaw  pastora  were  hcroca  ia  the  niinda  of  our  r.ow  Clmrcli  entliu- 
■kida.  Political  iiiitipittlii»t  tnndo  Oie  "M&Diier«,"  oa  tho  disscnlorn 
were  calk<1,  dista.ili.-ru]  to  the  ficiwvfjtc  Connenrntives,  unlil  they  won 
for  theinselres  a  power  llivt  usurped  ll»j  accptre  once  vricldud  over 
Cooltninital  Protcotantisin  by  ihu  "  VL'tienibk*  rompaay."  "She  vnriniin 
ibodt-a  of  o])itiion  which  txiat  between  tiic  commimion  of  Plyiuoutli 
BretltrcD  nnd  the  Bicru  C)iWini»ai  of  AI«Un  gnthcrcd  into  tliu  present 
Effit'te  Libre.  ThougJi  tho  organic  (liffa'pnce*  of  the  Vteti  and  Slate 
cbardies  aro  in  curious  coatraat,  they  now  ivork  miicKillily  tugclliLT. 
Botb  keep  aloof  fnmi  thv  o[H.TiitiiiiiK  of  the  Radical  party,  yci  it  U  plain 
tliat  Uie  iiidividuHliftt  principle  in  a  rvligioua  community  corresfondi  to 
ndkaliata  in  ]>olitica.  It  haa  beco  strictly  controlled  ia  the  Prcc  church 
hy  orthodoxy  of  creed,  but  the  tlieory  of  equality  of  grace  had  con- 
liflmlsd  indirectly  to  tbg  cmving  fur  other  cquulily  ia  Itudical  Geneva. 
In  1846  tha  old  (.'amliiii.hmcnl  wiu  dcularcd  dt^fuuct  by  M.  t'azy,  without 
imch  opposition  from  Ita  childi-en.  In  the  new  Grand  Council,  of  whidi 
be  WM  tire  nuut«r,  h«  said,  "  Nous  void  aux  chapitrea  dc«  cuUm.  C'cbC 
toojonn  un  sujtt  biun  dtlicat,  et  no^u  avuiiii  vivemtut  ragrettii  do  na 
pwToir  I'cflacer  dv  aotrc  coastitulion  pour  I'abanxloaner  a  la  pure  et 
■iiBpU  direction  dca  liommcs  religieux  dc  tons  leu  cnltcs."  The  dictalor 
uf  Oencva  wu  right  in  diicl&inting  piety  for  his  aiilesguea.  It  seemixl 
1^  tnocni-iit  for  a  aeparatioa  of  church  and  elate ;  but  in  that  cncc  the 
Cfanrah  of  Home,  backed  by  Ibrvigii  gimmntee,  must  have  become  tho 
ntUng  power  in  ccclc«iai4ical  oHiiirn.  It  won  then  beginning  to  command  a 
Mfong  minority  that  hna  since  proved  a  majority  of  ih«  grott  jioputatioa 
at  dw  eanlon.  A  commiiaion  appointed  by  tlie  (jiand  Couiii'il  hautily 
InncbL'd  all  sectarian  diHtcuIiicfl.  It  opened  wide  tho  doors  of  the  n«w 
ekureh  whi^n  it  d^clari^d  na  tho  dislinguiKhi^^  "  note"  of  "  I'Egliae  nationale 
Proitttante,  qu'cllc  so  cumpoiie  de  lous  lee  Genevoii  qui  acc6pt«nt  lea 
CanDCB  organiijaea  iv  ccttc  EglxM  tvlled  ^u'cllea  sont  injtita^  ct-apris." 
Tli«  election  of  ita  aulhoriliea,  lay  and  clerical,  wai  botL-d  ou  univcrtal 
anfivgc.  The  present  Church  of  Geneva  ii  probably  ilie  mosC  liberal 
i^wciinea  of  multitudLui«ui  tlial  Chriittendom  baa  yet  aeeii.  Maoli  pru- 
dence lina  been  aa  yet  shown  by  ila  aduiinjstratont,  but  probably  few 
KngliaTiff"'''  would  he  pn,-[<ired  to  accept  ila  bivadtli,  or  rotltor  abwoce  of 
dootrinc,  aa  their  example. 

Of  the  eighty-three  articles  drawn  up  by  the  firat  Couiatory  elecled 
Bader  Uu>  new  system,  one  only  is  devoted  to  the  profcatioo  of  any  dogma, 
tf  HMltion  of  the  divino  inspiration  of  the  Bible  can  be  called  a  dogma 
wbcD  lli«  i&tctprctalion  uf  Scripture  ii  unfettcrod.     Nor  ia  the  chucclt 
I    tJMM  foaiKlnl  pQ  the  popular  TOl«  boand  by  iu  owq  decrees.     l'uL>ii« 
■ft^  SO—* 


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MODERN  OKHRVA. 


imavarv  tni^timke  it  ngtuu  Sooinno,  aa  il  la  josc  now  inolining  U  U 
evmn^iclieal  ortbodoxj-.  It  ii  a  Bocicly  far  leoobing,  uichin  urhioh  evexf 
■lude  of  belief  is  admioajble,  outl  iio  union  except  tliM  of  temporal 
citixviiehip  u  roqaiicd  nrnviig  its  adhorente.  Fni^en  nuj  bccomtt  «i 
fowerful  A  cry  in  iHc  Consistory  u  it  lift*  bMO  lo  tliB  Slnto  Council,  mmL 
ve  muy  be  prepuvd  lor  nil  tbat  is  strai^csi  in  tlic  rtetletiS  fop 
trained  by  M.  Vaxy.  Popular  paa»iou  baa  oot  Ueu  ba«1y  «xei 
idigiGUB  qutfliiciQs;  but  if  ihey  gli&uld  bcoome  lucfiil  as  span  in  theiioQdi 
of  the  Ilaidic&l  leader*,  ve  cannot  cspc«i  nay  other  n-sult  tlian  lb«t  tLc 
Jooaoly-biiilt  Stale  Cburch  ftliouM  1>«  T<^lnc«il  by  tha  organintdi  powtr 
of  Bome.  I^Bt  year  u  biiilioi'  was  coHNecratml  by  llie  Po[k!  as  auzllisry 
in  Geucvu,  lui  if  ia  rcadiutsa  for.  the  iay  vrhcii  Calvin's  dty  sLail  reluni 
to  ita  old  olit^aiioc.  MoneeigneiiT  Merniiliod,  a  native  of  bia  netr 
bishopric,  is  carefully  liberal  in  his  praiae  of  "progreee,"  u  becomes 
A  sncccaafol  man.  Fur  tli<j  TccoiKiuot  of  Genera  aotnu  ««itaia  Jthm 
«a  hear  that  ita  Itoman  Calliolie  population,  whioli  even  dnring  til 
Freauli  oocupaU<m  bclurc  18L5  Diijnbi;ri.~d  hiut:Iy  two  tliouoand  £re 
biiodri:d  souls,  now  niuounta  to  over  forty-tno  tboasand,  while  lh» 
Proletlanls  of  all  nrla  ouly  muster  forty  thousand  of  tie  tibole  popu* 
lation  of  the  cablon. 

The  chaDge  in  thu  relative  positions  of  the  Romun  and  QeaevaB 
Cburcliea  is  M.  Fazy'a  uiiduubccd  woik.  lie  uactl  ProtcBtaotiun  to 
crush  the  Korosl  cantons,  who  htui  not  had  tlic  advantage  of  reading 
Kugeae  Suu's  Jui/  ErraiH,  and  were  in  1&4ij  tolerant  of  Jeauita.  Bat 
whoa  ia  power  M.  Foxy  pttLcd  the  Snroyaid  and  FrCQch  peasants,  who 
formed  his  poliiiail  ihmtvi.',  ani  onablvd  him  lo  ovorawo  the  sristocruta 
"du  haul,"  and  thoiij^h  the  liadical  goTcmment  boaated  their  irrcligiea, 
tlioy  countcn;uiced  the  steady  ifJvante  of  Komaiuaai.  Xlie  Catlwlle 
Church  is  now  the  enly  brualiwater  at  Genera  against  utter  liceom  Gf 
zutionalism ;  for  among  oven  the  theological  atudenls  are  toauy  who  sbrog 
their  shoulders  at  crvcds,  and  protess  no  taiih  mora  suble  thAn  tii* 
8&titim«ntnl  iudiTlduiiliKm  of  Bvrille  and  Schn^r.  Ihej  wUL  be  the 
future  pruaclicn  of  Pixitcstaiitiau  throughout  Kuropc,  fox  Gonora  jh  the 
chief  seminary  «f  the  French  Ucfomted  churdiea.  Are  our  nndn* 
fcmilinr  with  the  cbanniag  writings  of  M.  Scherer,  the  cliief,  though  nidety 
dirci^ent  dlficiplo  of  Vinct  of  Lausanne  7  Sixteen  ycnrs  ago  he  hetd  4 
proTuasc'THliip  in  llie  Omtoire  at  GeneTs,  llio  centra  of  ortho<lox  CalTinism. 
There  he  cluLointcd  the  tlioughls  wliich  carried  Individ wtlism  not  only 
into  the  furms,  but  into  ihu  dogmss  of  theology.  His  influence  is  t»» 
important  ca  tDodL>iD  I'rDloitanLifan  to  be  hastily  cxnmlnal,  but  wo  quote 
n  ceiilcnix-  that  ludiutui  hovr  far  this  excellent  and  amiable  maa.  faaa 
dcpartt'd  from  hia  early  conviotioni.  '*  Le  Biblidame,*'  he  dMlarva,  "  b'ot 
pas  aeulviuent  uiie  crrcur  thoologique,  male  nussi  et  mrtout  on  Itteu  pour 
I'Kgliao."  M.  Sclicrtr  has  airricd  uith  bim  many  mncvrc  uiin«la  and 
WnuMt  hearls.  Aflti  sixteen  years  of  udvnnco  in  his  career,  his  criticisni 
Moms  tu  become  more  and  luoto  dctiniclire,  and  to  nao  hui  own  i^gid^ 


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UOBEBN  QENBVA.  419 

"an  doute  eoccMe  &  un  autre  doute  comme  la  vague  k  la  vague."  "  II  y  a," 
he  writea  again,  "dans  lea  ohoaes  bumaines  une  certaine  peate  qu'ou 
ne  remonte  pas."  Sud  testimony  from  one  of  the  most  earnest  and 
caudid  unoag  the  destroyera  of  the  past  I  Hin  words  seem  of  apeoia] 
applicatioii  to  the  Geneva  which  bj  many  ties,  though  not  by  that  of 
birth,  claims  him  for  her  own. 

The  unchecked  triumph  of  M.  Fazy  which  silenced  ^e  educated  and 
richer  classes  at  Geneva,  and  which  reduced  the  Conservative  minority  in 
the  Grand  Conaeil  occasionally  to  one  dlBsentient,  was  dangerous  in  its 
Gompleteneaa.  The  seven  rulers  of  the  executive  were  unfettered  by  any 
external  authority,  for  "  public  opinion  "  had  been  efiTeotually  muzzled  by 
an  ubiquitoos  press,  and  was  checked  in  any  revival  by  judicious  sops,  and 
even  by  represiioa  worthy  of  the  Stuart  Star  Chamber.  The  upper  class 
withdrew  to  their  country-houses,  and  to  the  half-dozen  atreeta  where 
they  congregate  in  the  upper  town.  They  looked  on  silently  at  the 
iruteful  and  gaady  changes  going  on  below,  carefully  exclui^ng  from 
their  aociety  all  of  opiniona  even  tinged  with  Fazyism.  They  no  longer 
offered  ^e  same  welcome  to  the  foreigners  whom  they  had  once  been 
pleased  to  see  in  their  town.  They  have  been  blamed  for  their  inertness, 
but  in  truth  it  is  difficult  for  any  but  Radical  governments  to  succeed  in 
any  canton  while  the  existing  Federal  system  gives  such  facility  ibr 
political  intrigue.  The  good  sense  and  disinterMtedness  of  a  whole  class 
ti  as  nothing,  when  some  tavern  orator  rouses  those  passions  which  have 
been  fostered  by  the  Kadical  lenders.  They  have  become,  to  quote  a  dis- 
lioguished  Genevese,  M.  Ernest  Naville,  "  une  flamme  obscure  qui 
d^ore  la  r6publiqae."  M.  Fazy  has  lost  influence ;  he  may  fail,  as  in  the 
attempt  to  raise  insurrection  at  Thonon  in  1860,  on  the  occasion  of  the 
French  annexation,  but  the  evils  he  has  crcnted  live  afler  him,  nor  is 
it  easy  to  see  a  prosperous  issue  for  the  republic  while  her  present  con- 
stitution e^tiste.  Every  year  Geneva  is  distracted  by  elections  that 
Eeem  chielly  profitable  to  a  clique  of  journalists  and  government  agents. 
The  legislative  and  executive  councils  are  chosen  in  alternate  years, 
BO  as  to  multiply  the  orgies  during  which  the  sovereign  people  declares 
iu  will. 

A  political  sketch  by  M.  Ernest  Naville  of  the  results  in  Geneva  of 
radicalism,  contains  the  following  description  of  an  election,  that  may 
interest  those  who  think  we  in  England  need  violent  changes  in  our  system. 
"  L'ileclion  npproche.  On  rassemble  les  cerclca  de  la  ville ;  on  passe  de 
grtindes  revuea  dnns  lea  assembles  populaircs :  en  mGme  temps  on  court  lea 
campagncfl.  On  s^me  les  d*^fiances;  on  cultive  avcc  amour  tous  les  genres  dc 
division.  D'un  sillon  on  fait  un  foss6 :  on  a'cfforco  de  le  creuscr  en  abtmo. 
On  exploite  les  moindrea  incidents ;  on  fait  appcl  h  tous  les  int<^rCts,  ii  toutcs 
les  passions.  Dee  afHchcs  iocandescentes  couvrent  lea  murs;  les  journalistes 
embouchent  leurs  plus  groaacs  trompettes,  ct  aonnent  la  chaise  du  combat. 
C'cst  olors  que  ae  font  de  larges  plaies  au  corps  social.  Alors  la  religion, 
imv6Q  de  son  caractdrc  auguate,  figure  dons  leg  mouoeuvrcs  ^lectornles, 


MODERN  OBtr&VA. 


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eL  pcid  aroc  u  dignito  riailiicncc  salutaire  qu'clle  doit  exercer  stir  I» 
Aiuva.  Ln  bulaillo  iJIcctoKile  r  tivre  cnfin.  On  euteiid  parler  da 
fra\i3ie»  el  de  viol«iiccs-  Un  ])«rii  rcitiporte,  ct  Anas  ime  prooeoion 
trioiuphnlc  1%  ni«ili^  Uu  |>«upl«  e«  r^ouit  ds  e*  qiu  I'sutre  moiti^ 
du  pcfijile  a  tl'li^  prirec  de  bcs  droits  !  Chaqiie  aiineo  noa  elections 
recliau(1t;]it  lea  gcxRicD  ilc  TaDarcliio  p^'liliquc,  vt  li-bniak-iit  Iga  baaea 
de  roidr«  so4»ji).  Cliaque  adq^  nous  imaioions  tur  rantel  dea  parti) 
lc«  inleri>u  de  la  patrie. 

"  C'cttt  aiDfii  p^ifwnt  Iva  nijiublt'juca  I  Si  un  uiullivur  nalioiuil  Doua 
Arrivait,  m  nous  fiiiiiuioni  jmr  jx^rdre  unc  indcpuiKbiucc  compromise  par  aca 
Gtutcs,  lea  tCraogen  ditaieut  c«  que  nous  dirons  aum  daoa  noa moiaeata  de 
ciilinc, — '  XI  £lait  facUc  de  Iv  pnSvoii.'  C«  aorait  Ut  I'oroiBOi)  fiiaibre  qtu 
pronniiccmit  l'Eu]x>pl^  uux  fiiii^-ruiilc*  d«  Ea  vielUa  r^pubtiqiw  d«  Geofrm." 

Tliougli  tli«  upper  claaaea  stand  aloof  fixjin  tlie  uiiavoary 
Genevcae  poUUcs,  on  opposition  to  llie  Fnxy  synem  hns  been  gnA\ 
foniicd  by  ibo  middle  ranlis,  who  diritroat  bis  boneat/  in  mouey  mattera, 
uiid  drt-ad  hit  lorciga  TricndB,  vliirUier  Imperial  or  Mazsiuiaa  ;  wbo  do  not 
B<?c  with  enLifeliiel lull  bis  confL'reiiees  vtiib  Priiieu  Kii|xilooa  and  Prioce 
GortachakoCT,  or  liin  Iiuiricil  jounu-ys  to  tlie  Tuileriea.  U  would  be  liaid 
to  «xeggonLtc  the  practice  of  aiumate  coercioti  and  bribory  tbal,  until  IstU 
November,  secured  tlie  Faxy  goreramest  a  narrow  majority.  For  aonie 
tiuiQ  the  (ipposiuon  were  impolontly  fuiious,  and  every  roricty  of  dec- 
tioticering  cori'upiir.n  li:ig  bLtii  iiHitd  in  tho  model  republic  that  irns  to 
be  tlio  Itnt  flUiic  of  tlic  *'  uiiiTeruftl  '*  cdilioe.  Radical  agape*  wore  held 
by  llio  diiiturb«d  executive  of  Geneva,  wliicli  by  one  or  two  of  ita  mem- 
bers  declared  to  ita  drunk«ii  admirera,  tbat  the  upper  cliua,  no  longer 
(lie  docile  "  vudie  it  lait ''  of  tlio  workmcu,  must  disappear.  Nolmlli- 
Uanding  the  violent  deelamation  of  tho  government,  the  people  began  to 
0oe  thui  thty  were  being  cheated  and  s«Id.  "Tbe  blind  tnslinct  of  the 
people,"  though  certaiuIyTcry  bhnd  at  Geneva,  wm  rouncd  by  a  sigaiiicant 
(iier,  that  will  lidji  to  Illustrate  the  nnture  of  tbe  Fazy  rule. 

'fliis  tribune  uf  the  people^  whose  private  life  reqiurea  liberal  expcn- 
diture,  had  ]«t  a  flooi'  of  bi*  house  for  gAmisg  purposea.  But  oU 
gaming  e»tahli»haients  are  strictly  forbiddrn  by  Swim  liw,  and  as  tbe 
"  I'ol.iis  Fazy  "  iras  built  on  grouud  that  a  gratetiil  people  hud  ffiveo  totbdr 
bcuufiictor,  the  uffeuco  w;is  uHpeeiidly  liiij^ranl.  Only  tlit  ilicuitor'a  owuu- 
teii;iiiiM  could  uliitld  ilie  owner  of  the  "  ucrclc  dea  etrangers."  In  retmn 
a  large  proportion  of  the  caruiuga  from  2'itnte  tt  quaivnU  waa  paid  to  treat 
the  sovereign  mob  at  election  times,  and  nuiut  the  return  of  M.  FazyV 
olHciuIi.  But  in  August,  1S64,  tbe  efloris  of  tlio  Roiltcal  gorenunant, 
not  only  to  keep  oflice,  bnt  to  prevent  the  intrusion  ercn  of  one  stnngei 
into  their  council  of  scvt-n,  wxrti  at  I.i«t  uusucceierul  1^  aoy  toeaua  aitort 
of  A  covp-d^itat.  Kvhbery  b;id  rvcoursu  for  protecliou  to  asaossinalua. 
It  was  startling  to  aee  lu  I'/ie  Times,  a  titlegram  announcing  an  iosurrvctioa 
At  Geneva,  —  intelligent  and  liberal  (Jt-neva,  where  every  wish  of  an 
OBpiriug  democracy  was  gmtilic'l.     Thij  immrrcetioiD  st  Ueucva,  bowerer, 


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WQuId  not  idtcrosc  us  as  inudi  as  a  i-ailwuy  uvcidcnt  at  honi^,  if  the  t^ciiu 
dicra  liw)  no(  belrajrt-il  a  tvttetiiit^-u  tlviit  co»c\^rn»  all  the  friends  of  Kiii-d> 
pwm  pvacc.  A<  tli'U  Euglisli  nnd  FrcnoU  press  were  nwt  pai-ticoloi-ly 
MccunUo  ill  liwir  account  of  the  event,  it  ia.  perhaf  s,  worlli  while  to  likukh 
it  Gutrwliy,  liancwr  aiigbtlj*. 

Ob  Suuday ,  tLc  Slat  cf  August,  ISiil,  aii  i.-luutiuii  bccnruo  neceuAiy 
lo  replace  one  of  Uic  ccren  cotutiiUra  (Tc'tat  viho  form  tlie  executive  ot 
GvMVa.  Ui  Cltfdl«t  V«a«I  httd  been  pntiu>t««l  to  lk«  Fcdural  Council  at 
Iieri:c,  and  a  new  fimiDco  laiuistrr  wim  re(juii«d  m  his  rootu.  The  Radical 
forljf  proposed  il.  F«2y.  The  IndtpcuLloila  c-flcred  to  agre«  to  any  com- 
-jntniic  »lioit  of  hit  tioniiiuticn,  Ijiu  the  grcnt  man  wishod  to  Tfsuute  hia 
mnjlT'i'"''""  of  tli«  public  accoaiitd-     'i'Uu  R^uUcal  clitjiiu  persisted  ia  lui 

The  voles  of  liic  people  weie  given  wiiik  talenible  calm,  nnd  rx-xt 
BUffntiig  the  aaiial  jury  of  iwciity-scveii  citizens  proceeded  lo  exuuiiiie  ih« 
(oU.  Tbc  duly  of  lhi»  jmy  ie  dimply  to  ilcclmo  the  result  oi"  tli«  voting. 
TIm  tubsoquciit  vaLidutiou  ur  iavaliiiutiDii  of  ihg  elL'ctioii  ia  supposed  to 
rtiaain  witli  the  Grand  Ckiuuuil,  l>ut  thuiu  ait:  iiiuiiy  ticnvuiticnt  unccr- 
tainlicA  in  the  C^cucvodc  conatitutloD.  As  it  liappcncd,  ecTttitccn  of  the 
tweoty-scvca  csjiuiiiiing  jury  wcic  I'uzyists.  At  bdf-paat  ten  on  Monday 
tbe  23!Dtl,  a  tamoiu  iaiucd  irora  ihg  ulcctoiAl  building  that  M.  Fazy  was 
ia  a  ntajoriiy.  The  goverumtnt  ivaa  ia  eculaslta.  Two  of  iu  niumbcra 
unbraced  publicly  iu  a  ciill-,  aud  tliauktd  Ilcureji  tliat  tlicy  iivtd  in  tlie 
nuwt  pei-fout  of  republics.  Aa  liuur  ktur,  liownvor,  it  waa  announced  lo 
the  lival  forced  of  lliu  nndicuLi  and  IudcpL'iiiieui.s,  that  the  oppogiUon 
Goodulatc  Chcnuviisrc  liai  n  uiiijority  of  327.  Tho  aptrita  of  tlto  ejtccu- 
bvc  i^aio  revived,  wh«n,  on  a  pretext  since  acknowl^dfi'd  futile,  the  jury, 
bwled  by  n  penoiud  friend  of  M.  1'ai.y'i,  toolc  on  iudf  to  declure  the 
ctection  void.  The  pan  in  iho  day's  noik  iJikcu  by  tliio  frioud,  M.  John 
Ferrier,  is  uolcworihy,  if  we  coupiu  it  with  his  leademliip  of  Lha  revolu- 
lionary  cxj>cditioa  to  Tliouoa  in  IHGQ,  whra  a  rout  of  Uencveau  roughs, 
anuwd  from  liio  goT«rnincDt  orBeaal,  atlempted  to  cxcile  the  Savoy  town 
Bgijiut  th«  French  annexation.  Uu  iluit  occubIou,  M.  rerricr  must  hava 
(iMcrvvd  wJl  W  lliG  auihnriiioi,  if  vtc  may  judge  of  the  impunity  h«  has 
eijbyed  both  from  Keduriil  and  caiiloiul  justicv. 

IininedJaicly  on  the  publiontiou  of  the  aut  of  Uic  gniud  buruui,  which 
was  iu  fact  a  c^\tp-tt<Uit,  several  Kadical  agcutd  hurried  to  the  faubourg 
of  St.  (Jiervsiii,  where  nhcady  it  luid  btieii  muttered  that  if  Fazy  were  not 
rtturutd,  tears  of  bluod  would  be  alied.  The  Judcpendaut  blvctora  hastily 
tim«iRblc<!  in  the  phico  of  tho  Muliird.  Carrying  u-ich  them  a  copy  of  tli« 
clecttiial  law,  iliey  went  up  to  the  lowu-hnll  lo  demand  from  tlio  CoanoU 
of  State  a  declaralioa  of  lh«  true  result  of  tho  votitig,  and  tlio  majority 
fbi  Cheoeviinj. 

Tbo  council  exctuied  itsolf  at  Crst,  and  pleaded  that  it  conld  not 
intafufO  with  tJic  net  of  tlm  jury.  Tho  liKleiH-ndi-iiia  grew  nngry, 
snore  «  good  deid,  and  twatuicd  uoUily  touiid  the  rooui,  where  lha 


423  ^^^         MODERN  OENBVA, 

Undicel  cxeeutivo  were  sitting.  Ko  violence,  except  o(  boffo^t,  wn 
used.  Il  was  finally  jigrvod  by  Uie  cooncil  thai  a  proclomatwo  dutold 
b«  iwued  umply  to  declare  the  nsijority  f«r  Chencvi^rv,  and  to  prombe 
that  the  jury  vrliicli  liiti!  nullilied  the  electioa  should  1>«  convoked  (of 
ranliL-r  (U-libcrntion. 

Il  u  St  Geneva  on  indent  and  nninl  ciutom  to  mnke  such  n  proolana- 
tioii  public  tlirough  ilio  town,  and  to  nororopany  the  criers  by  a  prooesnOB 
of  Uioao  oitUDiis  iiiloreflt«d  in  it.  To  giro  (bo  act  of  the  gowniiiKOt  a 
mora  solema  forev,  a  erow<l  of  Independents  nccompaniod  the  ofRciala  wlio 
ware  to  annouace  it.  The  &iale  Council  rflmained  fret  and  tranquil  b 
thcif  cbiviri  at  tho  towu-hall,  and  the  upper  town  wni  in  a  n.^>o«c  so  mrn- 
plot«,  that  n  touriitt,  if^nomiit  of  Kay  liirmoil,  tirollsd  about  il  Rpygfam 
nnd  Mvrratf  Sn  hniul.  TIlc  1  tidtpurti^ii-nta  hnd  all  gone  on  the  walk  llut 
coot  eomo  >^{  tbviii  »c  dear  Pcilcctly  uiiann<y\  and  in  cwvfViI  order  lh«y 
paraded  tlic  princijnl  streets  in  a  column,  tlmt  was  mockingly  calkd 
"  I'in&ur  recti  on  en  proniennde." 

M«aiitiino  ii  hasty  uot«  had  bvna  Kttt  by  one  of  the  Btato  Coundllor* 
at  the  towQ-hall  to  the  laubourg.  ltd  contenla  hare  renuuned  a  mytlFiy, 
bnt  M.  Faxy  irsn  seen  lo  come  and  go  between  tl)c  ncn-spapor  offioea  and 
public  placea  ol'  his  ravourite  quarter.  HIa  gflvi.'moicnl  had  ettabUalied 
(no  one  know*  why)  a  ««cond  arsenal  in  the  (nitboiirg.  It  iraa  alloired  (0 
bo  pillngcd  of  ball  tuirtridge ;  and  c\-ca  cannon  wnt  drawn  out,  10  M  to 
onstnand  the  bridg«i  by  which  the  indoiwnilenta  wore  niahlj  athntncing 
into  the  ICadical  ation^liold. 

It  ia  m^iiicQnt  that  vthWa  tlic  Indi;peiid9Dl8  wero  alartiag  on  their 
pi-ocm«ioii,  niid  wLilo  they  were  atUl  in  ordi^rly  and  penceTul  umy,  a 
ttlfgiam  wna  sent  to  Hcitic,  uccnaiug  thpm  of  having  already  token  up 
nnn*  iit  thcMolar*!.  FnNc  witness  was  thun  ingeniously  prepared  lo  ehow 
ilint  lliey  were  the  nggrewors,  and  the  action  that  M.  Kazy  bad  planned 
vna  bofurchund  attributed  to  hts  political  encmiea. 

ThQ  nanari  nation  (I  thnc  took  pkco  aflerwards  •wem  not  pcrpttrated  by 
the  matsca  of  the  faiibturg.  They  looked  on  igriorantly  while  some  ftrty 
men  pouted  thcuiiwlvci  in  rcidincs  to  attack  the  Independent  ooluom. 
The  fighting  did  not  in  any  wny  rtproscnl  even  the  passions  of  the 
Radicals,  but  had  all  the  cliaracteriMlcg  of  a  pre-arranged  plot,  to  be 
executed  by  a  fi;w  hii-ed  hravos.  Ten  or  twelve  of  the  oonspiratoia  seem 
lo  ti:ive  been  enough  to  chock  the  Independent  prccemion  at  the  first  point 
of  il3  nrrcst.  At  a  given  mnmcTit,  to  ilie  fviiiaxoment  of  the  citizens,  balls 
rattled  agni rut  tho  houses  thai  oveHocked  the  serried  march  of  Cbenevi2rc*s 
supporters,  nnd  blood  flowed  on  the  pavcniont.  The  rci'olutioniats  who 
had  fired  the  volley  Btood  aside  and  showed  to  the  stricken  column  four,  or, 
aa  Boma  any,  six,  camion  pointed  at  them.  The  guns  were  heavily  charged 
"with  grapesbot,  and  we  can  linrdly  OTcr-cstimate  the  bloodnftetl  that  waa 
iniminent  when  a  byatnndw,  with  mrc  palrioUsro,  flung  himself  before  the 
aiusale  of  one,  and  startled  into  dciny  the  fellow  whoso  hand  was  raiwsi 
10  fir©  it    llifl  seeoQd  gun,  by  on  accidtfot,  minsJ  fire.    The  awwping 


MODERK  GENEVA. 


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der  that  would  probably  haTc  entailed  the  destruction  of  the  repuljlic 
vas  DonwotBrily  urerted.  Bat,  as  it  wiu,  aeveral  citutena  fell  dea^  and 
voonded,  the  procctsion  broke,  aod  iu  members  lueltod  back  in  fianlio 
iodignatico  to  tfao  artciial  in  tlia  uppor  tovrn,  to  Mek  for  arms  to  defend 
thcmMlros.  It  icemcd  nti  it'  tliv  f^rcriinivsi  luul  alinctt  wiiilu-d  to  m- 
oeoMge  their  revengeful  impulse,  ibr  th«  nrsasal  mw  loll  in  cliArgfi  only 
of  two  poUoenwn,  who  were  of  couriie  powarhiM  agaiiut  tlic  wave  that 
MOged  up  the  narrow  strecta  of  the  cid  city.  The  tuoguioe  viw  iontatitl/ 
piUagvd,  but  iIiqk  were  in  it  no  eartridges.  So  far  tlie  Council  of  State, 
ritting  in  thu  iH>ig!il>ourin^  lovrn-hall)  liad  proYidecl  for  its  owa  safety. 
Though  urgviitly  named  «f  tlio  imoiinencu  vf  i;ivJl  wnr,  the  oxccutira 
left  the  paanooB  of  the  rival  partiea  to  tlicir  unrastruiiicd  violcnco.  Only 
laic  in  the  a^moon  would  tbcy,  at  tlie  insuwce  of  nii  Indepi.-n(lcnt,  send 
fortW  militia,  who  wero  encamped  (i>r  tlipii'  yenrty  training  atK^ut  two 
nikliw  frciu  iliutown.  T1il>  guvi^rniiivnt  hud  not  eitn  an  availnbto  drum 
to  Ixat  the  ^a-aU.  Had  M.  Fuzy  [jkaucd  a  bitllle  au  Miiguiiiary 
that  FTenoh  troops  fiDtn  Hex  or  Aiittccy  could  alone  hare  saved  tlio 
town? 

The  ladependculs,  however,  in  iJii-ir  hour  of  iriul  tliowod  a  pnlriolisui 
which  av«ru-d  further  dangiir.  "  Ttim-a  is  eiiuugli  bloud  sh«(l,"  said  one 
of  their  kaders  to  the  State  Counal,  wliotn  they  had  nbut  up  in  the  town- 
hall,  "We  Vfep  ytm  ns  hostages."  The  mensurcs  taken  to  roxtor*  order 
Wvro  prompted  liy  them,  but  tbe  action  of  the  Ibulical  exr«iitive,  thoiigli 
walobed,  was  leH  free.  At  last  the  militia  arrived,  the  HWu  Ci)uncil 
pledged  tlieur  wordn  fur  ihe  tiisurtiiing  of  tlio  fuubourg,  and  the  Indepen- 
denU  dispcracd,  content  (o  leave  their  cauac,  and  the  ponishineat  of  tlie 
Pny  Blr«o(-a««MHBt,  to  the  Fedvml  nuthoTities. 

Tb«  MtiBel)  at  Berne  had  Ixwn  early  infurmcd  by  telegraph  of  tbe 
hnrrtcadoi  aod  the  attitude  of  tlie  faubourg.  Before  morning,  two 
Ihoojand  Vaudoia  marched  in  to  preserve  order.  The  Federal  flag  lloated 
from  the  hot«l  of  the  comminioucn  tent  to  investigate  the  niltdr,  and 
Gtneva  was  biU<,-d  for  the  time.  For  six  nonlha  llio  town  was  ocoupiod 
by  a  considcmblc  Federal  force,  at  an  expense  to  ii  of  lire  hundred 
thousand  fnnca.  The  lesson  would  have  been  severe  had  it  not  bei'n 
neutralised  hy  itige&Jous  intriga« — U.  Fasy,  who  had  arrived  from  Parti 
the  day  before  the  election,  retreated  to  French  te^rritory  afier  the  orenti  of 
the  SSnd  of  Augiist.  From  the  frontier  town  of  Gex,  he  announced  Ukot 
ha  waa  keeping  wateli  on  tlio  ConHTrntirc  rcnotion ;  with  tlie  indifleronoc 
of  a  man  who  has  in  keeping  many  srcrets,  and  poMsnea  Impuuily,  hn  re- 
Aised  to  answer  the  eunuiiona  of  the  Federal  commiKionvr.  Nor  wore 
the  loveiitiwB  originatora  of  the  rwip-dVlat,  the  Kadical  jury  who  deuhii«d 
M.  Clivnni^'s  election  void,  diaiurbed  by  the  Federal  prosecution.  It  la 
■aid  that  M.  Fiucy  poaseased  papers  that  aeriouily  conpromiicd  the  Bcmeac 
govornmont  in  the  ufiiiir  of  Thcnon,  hence  hia  nfety  and  llie  indemnity  of 
Lis  &ctioa. 

By  A  l^al  erasiioii  Uiere  woi  complcto  fsilute  of  jusliee  ia  tlie  trial 


424  UODEltN  OB!tCVA. 

of  the  nindnn  ifbo  tltua  ihot  down  peacefal  citiscns  lo  the  opea 
strcota.  The  Federal  ouuc,  held  iu  the  foUoning  Pcccmber,  vru  a 
soUnit  fiu-eo.  Some  iic«pegonu  weru  tried,  not  for  the  criiuo  of  murOvr 
lliAl  liftd  been  cniiiniictccl,  but  for  ihc  political  offence  of  iiiipetliag  the 
executivo  in  .ia  ^tliciiil  a;;!,  Ailcr  a  poaijicrous  dispky  of  iiu{>at'tiulil^, 
niicl  iTith  luudi  »jx>L>ciLiiyiiig  on  cvvry  tUle,  iJio  jiriiioncra  were  ac^uitMti. 
The  poliiicui  pHrtiDs  nt  Genera  were  inJiffereut  to  tho  Tvault;  jct  the 
result,  in  tho  ejes  of  Europe,  mejiii8  that  in  SwitzerlaDd,  and  partictiUrly 
nt  Geneva,  tiiere  cuu  be  contrived  iinpunilj  for  crimes  tliat  uuscrupulons 
Jeiuagoguea  ma}*  iiiftigute.  There  ia  no  Icgul  check  on  a&jr  coarulaua) 
tlmt  mny  bt>  planneil.  The  conBtitiition  of  the  canton  providea  no  punidi' 
ment  for  j>olilical  ofi'encca,  while  the  Federal  uilbontica  arc  powerleu  to 
iiitei  fere  ia  enmiual  cases. 

'i'^ough  conHi^rval'Dtin  or  nocLioii  be  hnpoaMble  at  Getuva,  it*  eitisBna 
>vau]U  ill  detttrvc  llicir  I'cputition  for  tnteUigcuce  if  they  had  not  attempted 
w>mc  opposition  to  tbo  "  system  "  thitl  Ii.-i*  culruiniitod  in  each  an  oatmge. 
The  slate  of  the  repubUc'a  Snanco  required  JDvestigation,  "  Hands  hare 
been  very  free  with  the  Stale  chest,"  a  KadicuL  oOiciiil  puhlicly  ndmitted, 
in  n  In.Ce  cxuiuinntioa  of  eome  ftuud.  Uigh  fuDctionaries  have  been  con- 
vl'Ctcd  of  liiibltual  stealing.  There  lioa  been  »  Kjilciaof  opcuacoountaaod 
extriiordioary  budget*  by  whiuh  money  diuppcared  without  rcnwdy. 
M.  Fiiay'a  great  work,  the  levelling  of  the  lorUticatloDa,  waaa  hc:idiug  &tr 
all  luiuccounted  deGcita.  "  Kxcellence,  oit  portcroos-aous  cette  totnme  ?  " 
bocaiiie  n  formulu  iu  nny  lUniciiIty.  "  Au  niveJIrmeDt,"  leplied  the  chief, 
and  Auell  discrepiineive  v/ktv  levelled. 

It  had  Ions  been  a  smprise  to  the  incrensing  pnrty  C'f  iiidopen(1«»l«  thai 
flioy  could  not  coinniand  a  cuBJorily  iu  the  elcclions.  It  n-(ie  felt  tliat  there 
was  trickery  somewhere.  And  trickery  waa  amy  by  the  Itadical  clectire 
feyiilGiQ.  I'ht^'  Vttzy  organization  aliucst  dentroycd  any  power  cf  choice  for 
tlie  individual  elcclvj'.  No  obedient  tvniuila  were  i-ver  led  tu  tlic  poll  in 
England  more  despotically  thiin  the  Totcrs  at  Geneva.  The  elector  tua, 
und  is  obliged  Iu  vute  for  liia  repres('iitiitirc&,  not  individually,  but  iu  a 
mass.  Tliere  tire,  for  iuHlarici',  forty-three  mi-nibtra  of  the  (ireat  CouDCtl 
returned  by  the  electoral  college  of  tho  citj*.  A  h*t  of  names  ii  prepered 
by  the  chiefs  cf  tbe  rival  piitliea.  The  elector  probably  never  heard 
uf  some  among  them,  nor  carea  to  inqoint  inCe  the  untccedoats  of  others 
ou  tbc  list  preKented  to  hijn;  but  he  luuiil  accept  it,  or  become  aa  enemy, 
or  rc«igi)  hii  elijcloral  ri)^}jt.  Tlie  li^lii  arc  arranged  iu  ingenious  coenb;- 
lutiions  to  secure  party  bucoeae,  and  witli  little  regard  to  the  return  of 
really  good  represcntutives.  So  long  us  pink  or  blue  triurapbi^  «  fstctioa 
ia  content  uod  tho  mob  chccra.  The  people's  real  wishes  are  not  even 
coniultod  by  the  rlTol  cliqueo  of  ncwfpnpor  editors  nnd  pliicc- hunters.  I( 
has  been  found  by  recent  investigation,  that  to  aireiigclieii  it»elf,  the  Fazy 
jovernmcnt  fabricated  S,000  votes,  the  groai  uuuibvr  of  electors  bdiig 
■bout  12,000. 

Meantime,  tlio  quiet  but  stem  protest  made  by  tlie  superior  classes  at 


UODERX  GENEVA. 

QeaCTft  tgaiiMt  the  aals  of  their  rwlern  was  vory  dociJocl.     Without  one 
excsption,  the  old  Coimervaiivc  fiiiuilics  of  llic  tcwn  liavc  licM  alouf  from 
erta  euuAl  acquaiaUince  ivitb  tlic  Fnzjr  cliquf.     Not  odc  of  his  collcigiics 
hu ever  been  eeen  in  %  nilon  "dii  Imui."     The  Gf:ner.t  of  tliG  Da  InRivoi', 
tlicDeCnndclIcs.  the  PcSohwuix-m,  c!Uirwt  waily  be  dwtroyed  or  oimcxol. 
It  will,  fur  tlic  i<rocnt  »t  Jc^tt,  y-rcservo  iia  tmilitions,  though  a  French 
I»«r«ct  gOTWO  ill  pluf «  of  M.  Faxy,  and  Monseigncur   Merinillui]  jireacli 
(ma  Ihu  pulpil  of  Calvin.     Since  1818,  the  Genereco  gwatry  liavc  enjoytd 
s  learned  leiaurp.     To  iin  Enfflishinun,  whiwo  iiiniiiK-r  of  life  is  diffLTpnt, 
liia  pedmtrjr   of  ibeir   sacivly    i»   linlt  liOiculoiift,   both   in    iiB  short- 
cominga  «ad  it»  nuumplioas.      It   rcidl/  possiriiscs   maay   mcuibera   of 
Ktiropeun  rcpiiUtioii,  nnd  is  not  unlike  a  schratiCxi:  aitd  litiTury  emigres  in 
it)  rtjvctioB  of  tliv  tisual  social  frivolities.     Il  tiff^cUi  cxiivinc  refinement 
«ad   cxcluttivism.     Jf  ite  members,  in  sheer  ntoil  from  tlic  intellectual 
austerity  of  its  maDnem,  wj^li  lo  nniunc   themst^Ivt'S,  they  go  to  other 
couauics  i  but  fis^p  romoiiiB  to  the  "  pn'ciiru.t  "  and  **  pi&itTisen"  of  the 
place  »»  A  jilcasurc  more  valuable  from  the  ahsenca  of  luiy  other.     There 
is  no  buDting.iJiootiDg,  or  othi-r  healthy  exeruise  for  nu'ii,  iinr]  still  Iras  for 
Uio  womcnkiDd  "  du  Imtil."     Eatorjimiug  youths  atulk  a  rare  woodcoclc 
now  And  theD  with  triumph^  or  ride  in  atriuga  along  a  dusty  rond.     "  We 
Kliiom  vtte  open  canlagca,"  observed  a  boy  of  twenty.     "  It  is  too  cold  !n 
wiiit«r,  »nd  ibcio  ia  devr  on  Rummcr  evenings."    Yet  the  Gcneveae  htc  not 
tfi>:nitiiate ;  perhap*  the  bitter  north  wind  that  sweppe  donii  their  cold  blue 
inke  keeps  tlicir  energy  alive.     The  slrenglh  of  the  Gcncvcsc  is,  howcrei", 
Mlher  intelleetuiil  than  phy«ienl.     A  cojiiiniiiil  cxcroiKo  of  the  brain  u 
ciitlomary  even  tor  young  men  of  large  fortune.     There  is  u  atandai-d  of 
peHeclioti  uuioog  the  trAve!i<:d  and  cosiiiopulitiiii  coimoifiwura  of  Geneva, 
m  high  ihnl  enthusiaso]  is  clierked  and  art  ia  stunted  for  liick  of  fcnnk  And 
instinctive  nyoipathy.     The  Gcncvesi:  know  loo  much  to  feel  the  inf]iu:nc« 
«f  art-     frb«y  ue  too  omniscient  fnr  nny  pluy  of  (he  imagination,  oiid  no 
eoe  ever  heard  of  a  Gi'nc-vate  poet,  ivbeibt-r  muto  or  vucal.     Tho  iheatrei 
•re  abandoned  to  ttntn^-rs  And  Riuliatlt^  ntid  the  rare  conccrls  urc  devoted 
to  Ic.ami-d  execution  of  muaio  that  belong?  chit^fly  to  (ho  distant  poitt  or  to 
ihe  dim  future.     Local  paiittera  are  leas  trammelled  than  niuticiani  by 
Ihcir  public,  and  they  can  send  tlidr  pictnrca  to  otKer  cjihibitlons  ttian  the 
liuic  anion  of  Gfnera.     The  "cold  shade"  of  the  nrislocracy  of  pure 
leatou  need  not  prevent  their  vrotklng  for  Paris  nnd  Turin.     Twenty 
years  aj^,  the  Gcncvcsc  conuuiiceurs  hoped  that  they  poseesjcd  a  Ecliot-l 
of  painling  that  shnnhl  Mill  further  upreKil  the  glorioa  of  their  new  Atbeas, 
Btit  llic  painters  of  their  school  never  got  much  further  tlian  the  rock  and 
fir-Uee,  whioh  its  fctutder,  C&lonie,  bnd  itntnorlalized.     It  it  true  that  ihe 
KatdcDCe  of  CaUnie,  native  as  he  was  of  V.-iud,  gave  some  respectability 
to  the  dmwing-maslers  of  Geneva,  though  in  the  higher  onlcr  ofnrtistB  to 
uhoQi  our  Consublc^  and  Gaiosboroiighs,  nnd  Turnt-n  belong,  bo  tAkcs 
a  low  plucw.     Cuhime  in  Kitcr  knoirn  in   Huwia  and  Germany  thnn  in 
iu%Uud,yvth«  u  irortliy  of  sympalby  bom  the  luttioo  thi»t  fijvt  stnitedHii 


4*iC 


UODKHK  GKNEVA. 


AIjHitc  club.  IIesu])|ilW  anuntfdtBDuie  incuty  yoKTsagoereaJiMrttl 
uL  [trcai'Dt,  (or  iilwut  llml  tiiitc  t>iu  lii^hur  Alpd  fimt  begiw  lo  1)6  | 
objccUi  vf  ndniirauoii  nllier  than  oi  Mit'ror.  lie  was  tbo  firai  acjcuraK 
ftluilciit  of  tlic  pcrgiuluitl  oiiows  and  liigbar  BMtutiliiui  lunna.  Calaoie  b»a 
bcLii  coDcUiuuul  by  yrcocU  crittcd  for  atUnaptiDg  to  intt-rfin't  tUa  sublimo 
:u)iJ  BCvrn  «apecU  of  tbe  upper  roBgea — yet  lie  rnnilore*)  «t  lout  ooe  or  Ivo 
of  tb«  iuipit-aaioas  Uioy  oxcitc.  Pcrhii{>«  aa  artist  vadowed  vith  a  jwvrvr 
ytit  uaktiown,  uuty  8uui«  day  »liotv  i»  din  ijlory  of  (Late  siimitiilii  that  enn 
by  their  sdmiii:rs  uru  Iinrdly  UiulL-raivod.  Though  tluitr  rendering  1>y 
C^nmc  viuita  pMtr}',  lu«  ilrawing  ie  good  of  tbe  sore  slopes  and  nuuooi 
luj^uilli'S  of  Swiag  scGueiy.  IUa  piccui-e  of  tlie  IlaiKle«lL  FuUa,  ia  iIhi  Muste 
iinUi  «(  (JencTa,  ia  wuia^eoas  iu  its  faithful  rendorii^  of  Alpine  aanigo 
BOM.  Ui8  paintings  of  Mout  Bluio  and  Monl«  Uoaa  ticAt  tho  teadvrlj 
kvtn  iiuuiniu  vitli  CniUK-u.  Svvend  of  lils  diacipli's  hare  tgial^hed 
tbuiiuvlvva  ut  U«utrvd,  and  perpetualu  bU  favouritv  iDbjccte,  but  lia  wm 
But  a  mMter capablu ^f  fuandiug  a  achool.  Nor  i>  tho  intvllectual  tvpuUte 
«  pliLce  where  art  cau  tbi-ive,  except  in  the  penoon  of  the  numorons  pio- 
fuaaon  uf  dmwiug  utUaoUd  by  its  swiirm»  at  aobcult  and  privato  tutor*. 
The  fuw  good  puiuLcrs  nrlio  ]uipp«R  to  reside  at  Geneva,  among  w)ioib 
nuik  first,  Von  Muydcn,  IIuiabcTt,  Ca«tiiu,  Duval,  ond  liorDuiig,  exbiUi 
in  tho  i'orifl  snJonn,  aud  riHy  on  fortilgii  npprccintion,  carel««  of  bond 
crilicinn.  Oui;  rcniurlcaliU  student  of  glauer  colour  and  fi>rni  pwHea  hit 
niulcni  ut  Ueuvva — bin  tuiuuiers  at  Cbatnuuuy,  We  thiuk  ihoDunuof 
Lopp6  will  ere  kng  be  butter  kuown  in  Kiigloud  than  it  is  yvt.  'lltnugh 
ve  ura  uot  forgetful  of  the  i>cc«t)tric  cSbrU  of  Mr.  Elijah  Wallon  luid 
othcn  of  our  ubiquitous  ai-tiil»,  to  mprvn&at  in  the  g\oriafi  style  popular 
ill  England,  llic  sublimity  of  the  highur  Alps,  wo  think  M.  Lopp6  tathe 
IJrnt  cou^ieutiouft  piiiuttr  who  has  griippled  nith  their  truths.  He  fan 
hud  HMviigih  uf  budy  itud  L>iR>rgy  of  will  to  study  for  weeks  u&ong  the 
hitjlicr  slopes  of  the  jVips.  By  cfirt-ful  aud  prolonged  labotir,  he  bas  ennght 
the  real  stemtimcnt  of  tbo  gUcior  world  as  it  is  boiid  in.  tho  rugged  yet 
TtficouA  fall  uf  thi:  icu-iivcnt,  and  llie  iinearihly,  d(<athful  boiaty  of  tbs 
scnrcdy- trodden  nuovr  vaJluys.  Hu  uilinils  thu  public  to  eoineof  lh«  Mti* 
•atioiu  tliat  octi  fiLilt  in  the  great  worluihops  whence  Aow  th«  rivors  of 
Eurupo,  and  whera  the<6oiI  of  lli«  phuns  U  prujiarod  for  tho  use  of  the 
living  tliinjfs  htiluw-.  ila  avoids  the  iiiouutain  j^Httionunaa  which  an 
outside  the  limits  of  art,  aod  ha  has  olioseu  rtilher  to  give  n.>altcli« 
details  of  niuimiain  form.  Our  readers  will  reoognizo  in  this  aobrtc^  of 
clioice  and  iiiith,  iu  the  beauty  of  simple  truth,  oafi  of  the  best  diumctcristios 
of  t'rcuch  ait  us  opputc-d  to  ttie  gnudy  ti-ickury  of  our  English  MhocI 
of  landscape. 

It  would  he  (liOicuIt  to  cjcaggaralo  tiic  activity  of  tho  Utile  republic  ia 
sdouce  if  she  is  dttiuient  iu  art.  tihe  haa  leudc-rcd  tnanj  «orvic««  to 
society  in  its  practical  iin]irovi'nicnts.  The  first  experiment  In  the  t'onl- 
luiitiary  discipline,  v.Iiich  liae  kicciuc  general  In  Europe,  was  Iriod  hy 
hut  i  the  lali»t  clTurt  to  kaaea  the  nuflviijig  causod  by  war  origiuatad  at 


SIODEBN  OENKVA.        ^^^^^  4^7 

Ci-ncrn,  wlit-n  two  jvnta  aw  ilie  GreitL  Prjwure  IiclJ  lliere  s  coiir«reiici! 
fvr  urgauixibg  ucutnti  uiubuUuuu  uttJ  liix-nscd  iiiUlc&iy  nuracs,  antl 
ooo  by  one  agreed  to  the  Crvaevam  pi-opoaitions.  Two  hundred  and 
twenty  societies  lor  benevoleiiL  [mr|Kiae.s  work  willi  fuverisL  energy  in  tlie 
liltle  SlAt«.  'I'liere  u  iu  it  uu  cu^eruvss  fur  kuotvleJge  unumul  divwhcie, 
ercn  in  our  time.  A  fre&h  iduu,  no  matter  wlat  may  be  iU  [inraataga, 
ia  Cdugbt  ap  by  tho  Cue  Wlira  cquaJly  oj  by  tJia  prafesnui-x  "du  luuit." 
k  k  aiainiiUted  or  rcjwtod  with  a  mpidily  tluit  our  Engfuli  leiupcr 
canool  lullow. 

Tho  CTAditioni  tu  which  lliu  older  fAmilJca  eUU  clmg,  prevent  display 
oTtbe  wealth  wbicii  in  ubiindunt,  and  for  the  tnont  part  Mifcly  invrktod  iu 
raroigii  itock.  Tlicrc  is  pedantic  alTbclalioa  of  coiitvmpt  fur  ui«re  money. 
A  Ituthschild  or  a  DeaiidviT  may  eatabliiib  tlu-iufitdr^B  by  th«  gntcu  vf  tho 
Uenercn  untocmCs  wiiJicut  welcome  ;  kings  and  pmcot,  uiileaa  in  Boine 
way  diatjiigiiiahcd,  ora  hnrdJy  ruckonoJ  iho  cqiiitlB  of  the  cbicTs  of  "la 
•oei^;  *  bat  th«y  will  receive  a  riuiig  writer  or  a  scicutilic  oclehrity  to 
tlwir  intimacy'.  Nutwiihstnndiog  tlic  diingixiuublu  prktiTiixJciii  of  Geu4:V(;M 
maiiiiLTF,  Mii  tuiiat  rcep«^l  the  itaad  made  by  the  upjicr  cUuea  agoiiut 
llie  vnlgrar  matcriaiiHni  of  modcTii  fiociuty  nnd  itu  rorioua  flunkeyums. 
Tbei«  are  {»uhs  in  tlic  splendours  of  Londoit  and  Paris  more  serious 
titan  the  diabbiacw  and  aScctatiou  of  thn  GonoreBo  *'  pGiTac]uet>."  "  Mou- 
iieur,"  said,  in  th«  IukI  c<'iitiiry,  tlio  uliicf  iiiagittnito  ai'  ihu  r«jiublic!  to 
ibe  gorgeous  n;prt.-scn[ativu  of  the  Fi-i-iiclt  kiug,  who  udled  poinpoooly 
for  "  the  people  "  of  hi<  K°di  "  ^e  voua  donncz  pua  tufit  de  puine,  tous 
BiM  gens  CQ  aont  ma  Jeiuinv,"  and  ho  poiiitud  to  the  littlo  inaid  who 
carried  his  LiQt«rn.  Somvit'hut  of  this  Bioiplidty  remains  in  the  usages 
"  du  bant.''  llunlly  a  pi-ivn(«  cnrrijigo  U  to  be  met,  and  certaitdy  noiio 
that  are  woU  njipoiiiK'd,  In  lii«  otreci*  of  Genera.  Livorti«  are  nilJoiii 
allowed  cvt-n  in  the  boii««a  uf  rich  men,  and  an  KngUtJi  gntom  or  footman 
in  tbc!  itri'otJt  hu  to  itand  r  good  deal  of  insolence  from  the  bleusea  wlio 
look  (in  tbc  niu*t  rcc^wctiible  serrants  as  their  inferiors.  Ii  would  also 
af'jH-ai  ihiit  cmjtnient  ie  as  mucli  diBpiBcd  by  Bonic  of  ihe  movkm  Puriluos 
of  tlio  cily  OS  in  the  daye  when  thoir  anceslora  wetg  restrictud  in  thu  ampli- 
tude of  tlicir  appnrel  mid  lite  futJiiaa  of  their  frasta.  There  iaoingular  lack 
of  bi-wity  among  the  Envauls  Slid  savantee,  and  ibd  e<itikr«n9es  and  itiffnees 
of  ibeir  loinper  mifiht  beexpreBsc-dinllieu'  forma.  Grace  is  mre  in  a  race 
that  rabies  it  so  sliflitly,  nnd  quiet  ngUnesa  is  etiunpod  on  all  things 
ttnr  oiul  old.  The  w^inuuli rices  of  women  is  lest  MtoMDod  llinn  Ibeir 
vie  Tbe  domeatic  Inlerests  of  the  bouMJiold,  ibe  afl'vctionati*  aire  of  nn 
English  mollier,  nerm  cnntGm]'ltbIc  to  lline  miniulure  Dc  Btmlila  nnd  Du 
Ddbudi.  No  models  enn  puinten  fi&d  in  tbt-  (jcuovcso  jopulation.  Ko 
gkans  of  pleasant  colour  greet  the  «yc  ax  it  Rtmngcr  strolls  idoitg  the 
limify  <|iiaya  and  ploistcr  nlrccta  of  M.  Fnzy't  cn-atton,  but  of  intellect 
Iho  verj'  air  fecina  ftill.  Thi^  beitiiiinil  public  buildings  meet  tlie  vye  M 
every  corner.  Conwn-at<nro,  ntbcnicums,  muscumii,  librarirs,  etlabllsb- 
etUa  Jur  i>rotnotiiig  ouiaiecicucc,  liarit  been  provided  by  rich  dtiMnf> 


4Q8  MODERN  GENEVA. 

Eray  croud  of  CtiristemJom  U  reprewDUiiS,  frciii  ihu  gliiicrtng  Ciitvk 
ohnrcb  that  ruea  tiard  by  tlie  old  catbedral,  to  Uic  towcnt  of  Uic  new 
Notre  Uamo  d«  Qonijr«.  TJie  Pre«fnmw»u'  Hull  has  ita  Gra«][  oblong  1^ 
the  Uyzantine  JeuUli  8)'nag»giic.  It  is  xnid  lliat  pure  ralionitlimi becomes 
Boctaruui  uud  propagundiBt  utGcnevft.  M«rniouisui,e{iirituaUuu,anii  otbor 
licalhc^utiutis  are  not  unrepreeeated  ia  the  town  th;it  liEtens  witb  npproTsl 
li/  iuins  to  tlie  onliodoxj  of  Merle  d'Aubigno  aud  iLc  DBrwjnura  of 
PcofcMDi:  Vogt,  'Xho  people  nrc  proud  of  th(>ir  cclcctieifun.  Tboy  adeet 
to  eKtwni  Engluiid,  lliuiigli  nitli  well-founded  suspicion  o{  her  diplotsacy. 
Ab  bofits  llio  Liitin  iniitd,  iW-^  liav«  civil  coutompt  Ivr  German  coufiuioiu. 
Tkcy  receive  Kussiuns,  Greeks,  and  tlio  dwellers  in  McBopoUniia,  aa 
Solomon  might  tiarc  doae  the  apes  and  pooooks  of  Uic  SoutJi.  Tbe 
Kngli*]i  colony  lives  apart,  indifTci'cut  to  any  but  tb«  politic*  cxpoasdcti 
in  The  Times,  nnd  too  constant  lo  Uielc  churd],  veil  served  lu  It  i*  by  its 
pivMnL  L'haplain,  to  caic  for  Uiq  ecdi;siaaticjil  wars  of  QcD«va.  And  what 
Iwvc  we  to  do,  aftgr  nil,  with  tho  minll  canker  of  Gonera  in  tius  European 
world?  Yet  it  may  he,  afUr  all,  ilio  "a[jeck  in  garnered  fruit"  wlueh 
may  scrioiuly  trouble  future  diplomacy. 

Geneva  is  u  town  of  only  furty  llinitBand  inlmliitanta.  W«  sliall  not  bo 
accused  of  cxnggemiJng  it^  intellectual  )ii-i;-iMiiii:ence  wlicn  we  remind  our 
rc:idera  thai  fioin  iti  training  liavo  issued  the  chiofa  of  yreaeU  I'rotcstoat- 
tsm  in  both  extremes  of  Culvinism  and  rntionaliBui.  Mucb  that  we  onjoy 
meet  in  tJic  bc»t  French  litcintiirc  is  from  Ocuuvcsc  wriiwi!,  vhoec  nation' 
alily  in  losl  in  tW  Pnri«  voi'ti-x.  We  ncvil  not  uiiiind  our  Tisul<?r8  of  Morlo 
d'Aiibl^nc',  QauHseit,  and  Bmigeuor,  dear  lo  ProctMlant  Iwics.  ToppJi-r 
in  Ilia  Mveei-s.  Victishoi*,  Jubut  and  liicir  bi'othcrs  pethapa  originated  tlte 
quaint  hixtorici!  of  Air.  Pifnt  and  others  beloved  in  our  drawing-rooroiL  It  is 
UEcIcsa  cnttklogiting  nnni'Ut  cclcli  rated  as  are  tlie  Dc  la  Riv<-a,  De  Cnndolki. 
niid  PJctct*;  mill  ilie  be*[  Gcnon-sc  wriii.>rs  find  tiannlatora  tu  Englaadi 
We  Iwlieve  even  Madatnii  de  Uasjiiiriu's  somewhat  breathless  utterances  go 
llii'ougli  more  than  oao  edition  among  our  tvDtimentnliats  of  the  evan- 
gelical school. 

In  the  character  of  tlie  educated  cliuu  of  G«neva  i»  h«r  strvn^h.  TIte 
preaout  Fcdcra.1  pact  of  SwilKOrliuid  may  fall  to  picctb.  Thv  ancient  Ira- 
dilii>n  of  France,  tliut  lliu  Hdvutic  cunti>deracy  is  necosiary  on  her  Icoit 
doieudcd  frontier,  may  b«  abandoned  hy  the  Emperor,  nnd  Genera  miy  be 
annoxod,  to  tlie  injury  rather  than  to  the  nggrandizcraonl  of  his  country; 
but  afier  six  centuries  of  standard -bearing  In  tlie  army  of  returmers,  the 
educated  Gcncvcsc  Diuit  net  abandon  their  ]>utt  lightly.  The  little 
republic  niny  linv^c  a  dtlFicult  tusk  in  avuiding  total  dtstruction,  for 
Moalvbiuicu'it  enyiti^,  "  Let  hoInnl4,^a  font  lis  iustttuUona  (jui  font  ka 
honimes,"  is  evidenced  l>y  the  goucral  aUucmont  of  her  citixena,  fliooej 
constilutioD  of  1646.  Everything  id  done,  not  fur  and  by  iho  people,  1 
fur  nud  by  a  succcMion  of  cliques,  of  whom  the  cluofa  do  not  always  seem 
perfeolly  loyal  to  their  city.  The  conelltution  imposed  on  Geneva  by  Ibo 
"able  cditoia"  tniuied  in  France,  is  a  nett  of  disputea.     Tbe  support  of 


MODERN  QENEVA.  420 

tlic  alien  Swiss  cantons  is  not  much  looked  for,  in  tbe  event  of  frcsli 
diiiturbaiices.  "Those  fools  of  confederates,"  exclaims  M.  Fazy,  "aro 
behind  the  age  1 "  The  liadical  demagogue  has  (rained  his  followers  to 
dislike  the  interference  of  Berne. 

What  future  remains  for  the  ancient  repnblic  7  From  the  day  that 
she  became  a  political  agent,  she  has  been  in  danger.  Political  fever  has 
exhausted  her  strength.  In  her  delirium,  we  find  her  dreaming  with  tha 
rest  of  Switzerland  of  a  marine  1  That  will,  we  presume,  involve  mariae 
neutrality  and  marine  guarantees,  and  even  more  dangerous  diplomacy  thaa 
that  forced  on  her  by  the  treaties  of  1815. 

The  presence  of  the  notorious  Kuastan  incendiary  Hettzen  and  his 
paper,  the  Kolokol,  still  further  increases  the  responubilities  of  Geneva. 
She  is  a  piecfl  of  tinder  ready  for  a  spark.  We  trust  it  may  not  ignite 
Europe,  OS  a  lucifer-match  may  set  on  fire  a  timber-yard.  Even  the  Pope, 
the  last  Conservative  prince  in  Europe,  has  no  reason  to  rejoice  in  the 
advance  at  Geneva  of  the  Roman  Catholic  creed.  Extreme  demoralisation 
has  accompanied  the  success  of  the  Ultramontane  agents.  "Vousalles 
voir, "  Baid  an  elderly  Savoyard  cnri,  "  k  snpposer  que  nous  preniona 
Geneve,  que  le  aicge  nous  aura  co&t^  vingt  mille  ames."  Switzerland 
might  make  a  gallant  defvnce  agtunst  the  open  attacks  of  her  neighbours. 
She  will  find  it  hard  to  resist  the  destruction  lately  introduced  by  '*  red  " 
theories,  when  Furst  is  replaced  by  Ochsenbein,  and  Calvin  by  Fazy. 
Yet  Switzerland  is  important  to  European  balance,  and  Geneva  is  the  weak 
point  of  Switzerland.  Ws  trust  the  final  blow  may  not  be  struck  at  her 
ancient  liberties  under  pretence  of  "  non-intervention, "  such  as  that  which 
in  1346  betrayed  the  foreign  cantons.  "  Non-intervention, "  said  Talley- 
rand, "  is  much  the  same  as  intervention  I  " 


jSiijicrio^  ^nformnlion. 


I WM  OQoo  iiiinniBg  (V  bait  for  pike  in  ft  itnall  liu*  ircII-jfockc^I  livtrr 
Nonl)Rtii[itonjJiirR,  and  I  Imd  just  laVen  ihe  bxit-f^li  in  mj'  Ititnd  to  •tljiial 
tliu  heckit,  when  a  rricml  wtto  ooDsidarod  mo  Icnmed  in  matter*  iif  nporling 
atnd  naliiml  history,  said  stiddcnly — "  Pr»;,  wriint nrti  ihtmv  )ttll«  hlielc  things 
lloaling  on  the  ^mtar,  ihootlsg  ftboiit  til  circli'j*.  the-  *txtt  nfn  «p}it  pea,  there 
by  the  »ii3o  of  the  ntrcnn  ?  "     H«  meant  the  whirligig,  Ofriimg  Natatar, 

For  my  own  part,  1  hnd  not  tlic  fninlMt  notion  »l  that  1im«,  what  the 
crcntnrf»  were  caHed.  I  h»ro  or«mrBC  Inkcn  poJns  l«  find  cml  b«<for«  ven- 
turing to  writ<  this  firticle.  But  I  wns  prc-Mcuf^<>)  then  ;  I  m-ait  tliinkjng 
or  th«  bail,  anil  vrhcthvr  it  wiu  uny  gonl  trying  that  bo)«  down  by  tlio 
lililv  iTBlcrfall  wltcre  I  hml  «  ohmly  trirt  of  a  run  ytaterday ;  ami  an  I  only 
nnxwriTtl,  "  Oh,  thnie  arc  littla  black  thiagB  that  float  oa  ibe  vmt«r.** 

"  TJianh  ywi ! "  biiiI  he.  It  occiirrwi  to  him,  pcrhap*,  tJial  he  had 
told  mc  ns  inuoli  when  lio  DjiVeA  tlio  i^uc«tion.  And  yot,  in  my  abatraction, 
r  nadoubt  toci^d  thallhml  fully  miti'lit'd  him.  Tli(^  "littla  black  thinga" 
nra  common  pnough,  nnd  I  liivl  coiiT^yml  to  him  Ihnt  llioy  wtre  no  curi- 
oaitieB ;  but  it  did  not  itrike  me,  til)  I  h«nrd  his  latiph,  that  the  oracU  had 
not  apokftn  th«  expKtiMi  words  of  wiidom,  and  that  my  raperior  iDformBtioo 
must  haw  appeared  to  him  nothing  better  than  a  aham. 

Thill,  imlr«i1,  in  a  very  aimplo  oeeiirTonc(>,  but  I  have  ean^ht  myMtf 
telling  it  often  as  a.  gtiud  ule,  m  tli«  fort  of  thing  a  man  moniioni  a£  hii 
own  ^xp^nso  with  a  fAir  conviction  that  be  oun  nlTord  to  do  ec,  as  a  Tunny 
exception  to  bis  gcnoral  acctintcy  and  information. 

People  all  over  the  world  have  certainly  n  tendency  to  t^dow  some- 
body else  with  the  credit  for  possessing  onpprior  iolonaation.  Very  elera 
jKopIc  arc  conBtantly  committing  tbenisclTea  by  the  pBrfect  reltancv  lh«y 
place  upon  the  opinion  op  advice  cf  sorao  contemptible  quack.  A  man 
who  has  given  his  whule  henrt,  and  mow  of  hi^  life  to  law,  theology,  or  tli« 
duricf,  will  ollcn  go  for  inlormation  on  n  matter  of  honettcd  or  foiraing 
to  tome  new  prctendi-r  who  hnppona  to  have  at  command  a  few  spocial  and 
trcHnieal  phnwta.  A  man  or  a  child  may  pawt  for  an  adept  without  mii«b 
Jipp«nIi«Bhip.  Let  him  b»«iI  hirasdt'  pretty  loudly,  luid  he  is  sure  of 
litit«nerii.  I  once  made  the  acqiiaintnnec  ofa  very  gaudy  hani>door  cook; 
he  wu  in  the  hnbit  of  Btmttin.i;  and  crowing  his  challengaa  all  day ;  hat  i 
regret  to  add  that,  wh«n  at  IhM  they  were  answered,  when  a  acighbonring 
fowl  of  small  stature  burst  upon  Iiis  dunghill,  he  (led  in  the  meat  dijrepo- 
tai>lo  manner,  before  the  very  *ac«»  of  hia  hena.  lie  luid  not  a  lia'porth  of 
the  pluck  bo  brngged  of.  Tiic  adopt  ttonutinKVi  is  ntcrling  (>noiif;fa,  uo  doobtk 
but  frequently  he  ia  nomc  little  fcol  to  whom  accident  haa  giv«n  a  character 
for  proSciency.     One  would  tliinit  that  thia  Intler  pcrwninge  omild  oaiy 

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SUPEmOR  nTFOHMATTON.' 

roUin  Iibi  UMiuIftney  Atnong^t  |]i«  very  igBorant  nr  the  rctyloring;  »a, 
wjiti  l)ie  iiR»o|iIiiilicatc<!,  or  in  the  boKin  of  hii  fninily,  TliCH  of  oourH^ 
OM  might  imagine,  vculd  be  content  with  a  autiersUlion,  mA  Tail  (o  pcr- 
c«Te  the  fiUlibility  ol'  llicir  guiI.  But  Iho  atranga  thing  is,  thnt  wine  men 
■n  m  often  contented  to  txvk  tluir  infontiiilian  from  the  li]M  of  ignaraitco. 
Whttt  I  mean  to  My  ia  this,  tii.it  not  only  ja  n  man  who  h»»  the  ormlh 
iur  beinjr  .in  ailppt  looked  upon  from  nil  quarters  with  a  wonrJvtfiil  respect, 
bat  that  alao  it  doca  not  acom  to  bo  n  jiarticularly  ilitHcult  matter  to 
AbtaJn  ihnt  ci^Ht.  In  tliG  Inatanoe  which  I  hnvo  given  of  tho  Gyrinui 
Naliitoi-y  1  htimtjiy  coniJclc-r  tliat  I  nrrcgatod  nothing  to  raywlf :  tlio  orndo 
Jid  not  bappoo  to  bo  up  in  that  Nubject ;  and,  braidca,  tho  nmcio  wm 
btn/cnd  preHWoupied.  There  would  haro  howi  nothinj;  lutliorouH  in  the 
rospenaa  but  for  the  expectation  of  its  inrnlliliitiiy.  But  bow  I  onjoy 
Mcing  a  thowMigh-pftcwi  proicnrfcr  floored  f  Ami,  ufler  mnlurc  coofitk- 
niion,  1  think  tliat  n  tucre  pnik-iidri'  to  be  n  jndgo  iu  wine  ijt  tho  finwt 
ud  tbc  birat  g^mc  of  nil.  Olisoivc  with  what  cxpnmivc  Rilenoo  ho 
•ackn  to  conrinot!  you  of  hii  Rupemr  intormntion  I  }lo  ecoma  to  biiul«r 
abont  faia  knowicd(;«.  He  covers  tlio  rWs  with  Ixtlh  hia  handa,  nnd  snilTa 
tba  arotnA  kWti  the  wine  iti  enppOK^  to  be  warm ;  hu  holds  tho  at«m 
ligbtty  betwot>ii  hia  tingor  and  thumb,  aloplng  the  glao  n  Uttlo,  nnd  tooka 
intently  upon  what  he  conceiTcs  to  bo  an  oily  richneaa  running  down  tlic 
■idnof  lb«  glow.  Thva,  pcrhnpe,  ho  pronounaM  on  Uift  vi&tags  or  the 
bia,  u  tbv  CUM  n>By  be.  Hit  tolla  you  tlml  it  in  vitry  flno  wino  indeed ; 
it  unght  to  be  dninlc,  howtrvcr.  its  tht^rc  w  n  good  deal  of  it,  he 
a,  nnd  it  would  b«  n  sin  to  let  it  jsel  patti.  This,  and  nil  tlto  n-tt 
of  It,  whidi  we  know  so  well  by  bcott,  h«  aaya  and  does.  Aloi!  fur  hla 
auperiur  information  ;  for  yoii,  siitpecling  that  be  waa  aa  inipoetor,  gart: 
him  a  bottle  ont  of  lh«  eAKk  of  Fumoihing  rtlfa*r  tawny.  A  little  oirount- 
BlatKw  once  occurred  within  my  own  kiiowlrdgr,  which  In,  peihapn,  wortli 
felting  down  beii;.  Some  gentlemen,  who  were  i-itlier  a  coinmitloi*,  or  a 
hoard,  or  n  meeting,  at  any  rate  who  had  met  together  very  many  timt« 
en  buainrsit,  dett-miined,  as  BUch  pcnlli:nicn  dc  determine,  to  lotuce  their 
anxivlioi  with  a  dinner,  'ihiit  dinner  wan  in  ho  given  nt  Eomo  fir>t-Tat« 
botal,  eitl  er  in  Mnnchcatcr  or  Liverpwvl,  !  hclicife.  Well,  aa  the  dinner 
Waa  to  be  dainty  and  the  winca  "  ourivuit,"  th«  original  builnnw  oominiltrc 
appointed  yet  another  coinmiticu  nmo«g*L  Ibemitelvi-K,  which  ithould  havti 
power  lo  jboonc  Iwo  ablp  »nd  esperivnct-d  men  given  to  a  laRiiltanty  with 
Fnmcb  diphvi,  but,  aVoTO  and  beyond  itll,  coitnoiiscun  in  win*.  Aa  Elt 
ai  the  mere  dinner  w«nt,  I  understand  that  ibey  got  on  tolembly  wv]I» 
poaaibly  their  only  borinen  hero  coMiistrd  tn  apprortng  tbe  dabomle 
earie  eenl  them  hy  th«  cook ;  hut  tho  wine  was  a  mora  aolvma  mattor.  A 
preat  reaponBibility  n«ted  on  Ihem.  With  champagne,  of  courve.  they  were 
aafr,  a»  the  brand  waa  a  lulBcient  gtitde.  N»ither  did  they  at  uU  commit 
Ibninaelvvit  in  ihe  nwtter  of  claret  i  Lafitte  and  a  heavy  price  carried  them 
thmugh.  Rut  with  port  wine  ihey  foimd  some  difficulty,  nnd  their  opiniona 
won  divided.     It  jirew  chirk  a*  they  argued  and  tailed,  and  lights  worn 


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SUPEBTOR  ISFORMATIOS. 


I 


bTCiii|!lit.     Tboy  viem  l«ft  alono  iu  tlii;  room  st  littt  vitli  port  and  slinr^ 
and  when  ai  length  ihc  time  came  fur  ihtsc  sniwriorly-iD funned  bciiif*. 
tlioe,  Ihe  elect  of  the  ccmmitt««,  to  produce  lli«  port  irbidi  tbcy  had 
dicwQD  out  of  ao  maiiy  sauiplcs,  lo  !  and  belicld  1  it  watt  brown  tberrj.         m 
Now,  I  «tin(Kr  if  I  may  eay,  wtlhcut  dUtcspect  to  the  clerpy,  llial  it  it-f 
very  Miliioni  1  obtain  from   tlic  pulpit  tl)«  information  wtiicli  I  d^firv. 
Tluil  iiiforinatioii  ought  to  bo  superior,  becaun  it  commonly  cotnesfroia 
educated  gcntlctucB,  and  u!waj-»  from  tHoNC  who  nn:  suppoved  to  IuT«fl 
made  its  Rubj(.4:t  tlictr  t[>odal  study.     Sometiiuea  it  ia  snperior;  it  ii 
Letlcr  tliiin  m\t-»  own,  I  mean;  it  is  aagoodna  the  pAgn  of  a  book.     It  it 
n  c<'n>mo»  Mud  a  hntcfii]  fuiilt;  ic  is  a  rilly  and  a  i)l«repatablc  feaiiion, 
vliid)  Toviles  tlio  cli-rgy  of  tlu-Kv  liiiigdoms.     With  iLo  exception  perhnpa 
of  Uic  buTi  Uicru  is  do  profcuiiioii  whose  uiumbcta  iirc  bo  veil  iafannrd  nt 
thaw  of  ills   cloricah     And  yet  iiow  froqoenily  is  one  n*hainrd  of  iW 
■crnion,  and  indiieclly  of  ihc  clorpyniaa  who  preaches  il  I     Very  odm  hit 
superior  inrvrniaUon  ia  taken  whoIcMic  aa.<\  worti  for  word  from  aonobody 
elav's  printed  surmon  ;  ocouinoaliy  li4  only  steals  the  skeleloa  and  the 
thoughts  ;  aommimcs  hu  borrows  a  fricad'a  luctibratious,  and,  in  that  wayi 
Tery  poaubly  givoa  us  the  benefit  of  thoughts  twi»!  stolen.     But  L  am 
very  iierlouBly  afraid  thai  the  meat  conimcoi  pmcllce  ia  to  coRtrivu  by  •nine 
niciuiH  to  do  without  any  thoughts  at  nil.     This  is  n  pity  and  distmsing' 
It  iH  pvek-ntious  and  unfair,  uitd  nn  nbiiM)  of  confiJimoc,  lor  a  inaa  to  dress  -m 
himitcif  up  in  a  ailk  gown  ami  itiitlk  wlemuly  along  an  nisle,  and  alowly  upH 
•Otoe  slepft,  conducted  by  Another  man  vriih  a  red  collar  sod  a  bluA  stick 
with  gilding  at  tlte  top,  when  he  has  gat  nothing  to  cny.    The  piiblio  liara 
been  mying  Uicir  prayers,  nnd  arc  qaite  coiiteated  to  let  well  alone;  tlt^ 
arc  rondy  U\  leave  the  church  \Tith  rcvtrential  thonghts  and  good  deeirea; 
tliey  are  not  rxorhtlaiil  m  their  tlctiiandit,  nciil  really  don't  want  to  troubia 
anybody  for  anylhiag  more.     But  when  tho  i-e(^jvni>ible  pnrlios  ofiex  lo 
begin  again,  when  they  laeitly  assure  us  that  there  is  yet  another  matter 
north  Dtiiying  lor,  and  wlicn  thia  other  mnltcr  ia  ushered   in  vriih  tliav 
pomp  and  promise  nienlionrd  above,  it  does  seem  reaaonablft  that  tocna 
t-fRirl  Hhiiiild  bo  inndu  to  rise  aliOTe  ligmimilc,  and  to  present  eomeiliiiig 
of  a.  higher  chanicter  than  the  most  rapid  platitudes.    And  yet  there  is  in 
tlie  depths  a  doepor  still.     However  nnnoying  il  niny  bo  to  have  a  string 
of  unRicaoing  sentences  forced  upon  you,  it  is  mucli  more  annoyin^p,  and 
I  thiuk  ii-ritnling,  to  have  sonto  ridicalous  tnii>m  recommended  to  your 
understand  in  g  witli  as  mucIi  tirctimstancc  and  shew  as  if  it  were  a  recent 
dittcotery  in  polaiilcB,  or  an  im|xirtaat  mesuigc  from  Htiavi^n.    Worst  of  all 
ia  that  explanation  which  scpkB  to  recommend  ilsclf  by  its  coiidevocnnion, 
which  is  supposed  to  come  from  a  great  mind  to  a  TCiy  narrow  one,  which 
cbaiitably  umpli^cs  matters  ia  order  to  make  them  easy.     Thus,  I  OOM 
hejixd  with  my  own  ears  n  piccf^  of  miperior  itiformalion  which  nudo  them 
tingle,  and  surely  notliiiig  less  than  tlie  reUcencc  of  good  matmcn  could 
liare  saved  the  ccDgrcgatioa  from  committing  thenaelTes  in  shouts  of 
langhter.    "As  it  were  »  young  lion  lurking  in  iccieL,"  nid  thepivechfti 


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SUPERIOR  ISFOBMATIOS.  433 

"tliat  is,  my  bretlircn,"  he  kinJIy  continneil,  "a  lion  in  the  bloom  of 
youth."  OyegodaT  a  rosy- checked  lion,  a  blushing  Hon!  And  yet  he 
never  saw  the  incongruity,  but  thought  in  lus  heart  that  he  had  made 
matters  clear  and  comibrtable  to  onr  comprehensions. 

Perhaps,  as  a  matter  of  fact,  every  one  is  better  informed  than  his 
fallow  upon  some  point,  and  every  one  therefore  who  can  speak  or  write  is 
cnpable  of  conveying  information.  But  let  us  take  care  that  the  man  to 
whom  we  go  ia  a  sterling  man,  a  genuine  professor  of  the  subject  on  which 
wc  consult  him.  No  one  surely  who  wished  to  learn  how  to  milk  a  cow 
would  apply  to  the  school-giil  who  was  pasdng  through  a  course  of  in- 
struction, but  to  the  milkmaid  herself.  Neither  would  a  reaiionable  mao 
who  desired  to  become  acquainted  with  top-dressing  and  turnips  inqutni 
of  any  other  th.^n  an  experienced  farmer.  But  from  these,  undoubtedly, 
a  great  deal  might  be  learned.  The  relative  value  of  a  knowledge  of  the 
classics  and  a  knowledge  of  milking  or  of  agriculture  has  little  to  do  with 
the  fact  that  farmer  and  classic  have  each  a  very  conaiderable  amount  of 
knowledge  which  the  other  does  not  possess.  The  presence  of  superior 
information  on  one  side  is  as  clear  as  its  presence  on  the  other;  and  no 
one,  however  learned,  who  will  condescend  to  ask  questions,  can  go 
through  the  world  without  confessing  that  he  becomes  a  wiser  man  almost 
eveiy  day  of  his  life. 

I  think  we  deceive  ourselves  wretchedly  about  the  amount  and  value 
of  our  information.  General  knowledge  is  exceedingly  superficial  witli 
the  mass  of  "  educated  people,"  though  they  may  be,  perhaps,  the  last  to 
thiuk  so.  ^V'e  take  our  acquirements  too  much  for  granted.  Most  of  us, 
p4.'rhaps,  know  how  far  Slercury  is  from  the  sun  ;  that  the  peregrine  falcon 
changes  tlie  colour  and  markmgs  of  her  plumage  after  the  first  moult,  and 
that  flint  is  one  of  the  primitive  earths.  But  should  wc  be  able  to  endure 
one  of  the  groat  tests  of  a  thorough  soundness ;  to  answer,  ofi"-hand,  the 
searching,  though  simple,  questions  of  a  child  in  the  easy  rudiments  of 
astronomy,  ornithology,  or  geology?  However,  men  will  gild  an  orna- 
ment when  tlicy  cannot  afford  a  golden  one ;  and  we  are  all  ready  enough 
to  assert  ourselves  in  matters  of  information  :  wc  don't  let  the  world  rato 
us  at  too  low  on  estimate.  The  best  of  us  tog  on  a  bit  of  tinsel  some- 
times. We  all  do  it, — from  the  man  who  "  crams  "  his  conversation,  to 
him  who  is  only  silent  in  order  that  he  may  appear  to  know.  And  really, 
:ifier  all,  there  is  nothing  very  alarming  in  all  this.  There  is  ofleu  much 
less  hypocrisy  in  it  than  in  the  conventional  "  Good  morning ; "  and  if  a 
man  will  only  refrain  from  irritating  his  fellow-creatures,  by  assuming 
their  boundless  ignorance  in  the  explanation  he  offers  tliem  on  mattcnt 
which  are  patent  to  mankind ;  if  he  will  avoid,  as  far  as  possible,  flourishing 
his  superior  information  in  their  faces  when  they  least  desire  it ;  if  he  will 
not  profess  a  profound  acquaintance  with  matters  of  which  he  is  entirely 
ignorant,  we  shall  all  jog  on  very  comfortably,  t'itlier  in  our  learning  or 
our  ignorance ;  for,  whatever  else  we  may  lack  or  possos-i,  there  will  at 
hast  1)0  the  happy  presence  of  that  invaluable  CDm]i.iuion,  good-humour. 
VOL.  xui. — NO.  7G.  21. 


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$he  poitmt  jpodrinf.  sf  Cnltmy. 


What  is  at  prewwt  slyled  cullnio  must  always  Iiito  o<cist«>1  amoog  iin;n  iia 
a  prnctic?,  but  the  idm  of  it  is  now  Ibr  thi?  firat  timo  struggling  into  definite 
diupu  a»  a  dvctrinc.  Evun  yi-t  it  hiu  not,  »o  fiir  a.i  1  knvw,  1h-<'Ii  itrictly 
lbrtniilat«d,  but  tli«  liaman  int«lli'ct  in  Eitropu  is  gradually  rpaliziti^lt; 
nnd  nhcn  tliia  is  done,  a  striking  addition  will  have  becii  made  (o  oar 
int<II«lun]  notions.  It  wouM  Lc  hnnj  to  OTerrate  Ihc  iniport4inco  of  lliia 
fnci,  fur  llie  likttllhcod  i»,  tliat  new  ittm  A]>pKir  in  tlir  nicy  cfti>ncr  llian 
ncvf  (]oi;lrin(;a  duwn  upoo  men'*  niiads.  There  i«  somellitng,  too,  tcij 
peculiar  in  ihis  casf,  from  tbe  circumBtanco  that  llio  idea  liiw  ouggoted 
ioelf  gcniTully,  and  bns  had  no  apontlc.  fiocihe's  name  is  llic  one  most 
proinincDtly  connected  with  it ;  bwt  thiit  wis  owing  to  his  notnbly  pntC' 
linng  it  a*  nn  :irt,  rnllicr  than  his  revi^nling  it  as  a  scienci?.  A%  wu  liav« 
■aid,  this  UittcT  has  not  been  done  even  }'c[,  nnd,  pofsil)lT,  h  ia  ■iiJiJ  ioi> 
oarly  for  any  Bucecssfiil  ntttiupt  at  il.  We  can  only  (kJh ii)bnit«  the  Ax- 
inav,  ED  to  Bpuik.  Its  ept^cinlily,  T  conceive,  h  tliia,  that  il  tirges  to  a 
coneciotia  coaiJu4:l  cf  life  in  vrhidi  gocdnc48  is  no  Ictn;^  the  final  object. 
A  frosh  department  of  behnviour  is  visibly  thrown  open,  in  the  otsctA' 
iv]iich  ihc  common  virtues  arc  not  sjiecificilly  relevant ;  n  higher  broadi  of 
morula  is  instituted,  in  which  the  fiictors  aro  not  juslire  and  tmth,  bnl  a  Mt 
(jfiirtLstlc  sensibilities.  The  preliminnry  cxplanalioD  of  this  ia,  (btl  ihe 
Joctrinc  docs  not,  in  the  firat  inalanee,  refu  to  orert  aeti,  Init  to  catpcri- 
cDCe  of  onoiher  kind ;  until  recently,  this  latter  portion  of  human  vxiKt* 
cace  has  bein  theoretically  overlooked,  (hough,  of  counc,  it  cuuld  nwcr 
bo  practically  ignored.  Ethical  titflcliiiig  hn«  nwlricted  ittielf  to  «j)(iuictiij 
honewty  nnd  jeiierosity,  but  these  obligsiiiuiis  only  bcnr  upon  our  retatioDi 
lo  our  fellow*.  Whiit  bw*  geiteroMty  to  do  with  our  adininition  of  a  Vixk 
of  art,  or  htJiiesty  with  our  thrilla  in  presenco  of  a  Kunsft  ?  The  duties  I» 
this  interior  sphere  of  our  lives  arc  tooursclvc*,  not  toothers;  nnt]  themig- 
gestiona  offering  ns  to  their  nntun^  are  «o  novel,  that  intelligible  description 
is  hardly  to  he  r«iiyml.  We  modems  find  oureclvca  under  subtle  obl%a- 
tiotis  to  be  this  and  that,  instead  of  the  iincieiit  and  more  tangible  ones  q{, 
lo  do  such  and  such  thing* ;  and  Ifio  only  an«ww  we  get  to  tliu  cjWMtioit 
of  how  (hie  am  bo  fffecied  is,  by  culdire.  3Icre  currec(n«Ba  of  lirlng, 
according  to  this  new  view,  goes  only  part  way ;  yea  must  not  only  be 
good  but  eapable ;  and  t!ie  laiit,  -urorst  sb  of  all  Ea  iinpotcncy  to  enjoy  I 

Tbo  mental  notion  uuderlricg  this  doctrine  of  culture,  appears  to  be 
this,  that  our  emotional  oxporieiice  is  tlio  final  fact  of  lifi.',  in  vefervace  to 
which  tlic  virtutTS  and  everj-tbing  else  need  only  be  considered  as  meant; 
aad,  further,  that  we  may  chictiy  tlotermine  the  chaniotcr  of  this  expt- 


I 


t 


THE  MODKRS  DOCTRISE  OF  CULTUBE.  436 

ricncG  for  ourselves  by  the  consciounly  controlled  use  of  oar  emotions. 
To  this  we  irnist  add  the  implied  discovery  of  the  important  diistinction, 
that  our  expeiience  divides  into  two  claesea,  the  one  of  vrhich  may  be 
cali>'d  transitive,  and  the  other  intransitive ;  that  is  to  say,  in  the  former 
case  the  behaviour  pxpressea  itself  in  overt  action,  while  in  ths  latter  case 
the  experience  is  wholly  passive.  It  is  to  these  last-named  states  of  mind 
that  culture  applies ;  and  it  holds  the  same  position  in  reference  to  them 
that  morality  does  in  relation  to  practical  conduct.  The  intransitive  has 
always  necessarily  been  a  wider  and  more  important  sphere  of  life  limn 
the  transitive,  for  in  the  mundane  arrangement  of  things,  opportunities 
for  overt  action  present  themselves  very  sluggishly  and  sparsely  contrasted 
with  tliu  quick  and  continuous  action  of  the  feelings  ;  and  although  in 
modern  times  the  world  grows  busier  than  of  old,  civilization  progres- 
sively multiplying  the  active  opportunities,  still  the  intransitive  region 
lias  extended  itself  upon  a  larger  scale  than  the  transitive.  Our  ideas  and 
feelings  are  in  more  striking  disproportion  to  our  doings  than  ever;  and 
it  may  bo  this  fact  which  has  forced  upon  us  the  idea  of  culture  as  a 
doctrine.  Religious  contemplation  used  to  be  the  only  opening  for  culture, 
in  addition  to  the  delight  offered  by  the  Fine  Arts,  but  a  fresli  domain 
has  been  added  by  modern  physical  science,  its  disclosures  pressing  even 
the  intellect  into  this  service  by  the  sheer  grandeur  of  our  mental  con- 
ceptions of  the  world  wo  find  ourselves  in.  The  field  of  our  knowledge, 
owing  to  the  revelations  of  the  telescope,  the  microscope,  chemical 
analysis,  scientific  classification,  as  in  the  case  of  geology,  and  the 
increasing  stores  of  information  resulting  from  foreign  travel  and  inter- 
national intercourse,  is  extended  fur  beyond  the  possibilities  or  needs 
of  the  practical  conduct.  Tho  heavens  and  the  earth  are  opened  to 
lis,  new  conHttllations  of  discoveries  ever  arising,  which  startle  us  with 
feelings  of  surprise  and  joy,  underneath  which  we  have  simply  to  sit 
still.  Something  very  nearly  akin  to  this  may  even  now  be  said 
of  tl.o  way  in  which  we  arc  afl'tctcd  by  the  spectacle  of  the  wonders 
which  man  himself  acliieves  by  the  aid  of  present  scientific  appliances. 
Our  contemplation  of  modern  constructive  and  manufacturing  feats, 
.nnd  cF  the  control  wo  are  obtaining  over  elementary  forces,  is  in 
itself  an  additional  means  of  a  more  liberal  culture,  since  tho  intran- 
Eitivc  fi'elin^s  are  now  often  aroused  by  it,  and  that  very  acutely. 
But,  perhaps,  a  still  more  striking  instance  of  the  enUrgenifnt  of  the 
sphere  of  culture  in  recent  times  remains  to  be  noted.  Tho  ancients,  as 
it  has  ol>.?n  been  remarked,  had  no  school  of  landscape-painting,  and  there 
are  feiv  traces  among  them  of  anything  ans>vering  to  that  intense  feeling 
which  we  now  call  by  the  name  of  a  love  of  Nature.  It  in  not  to  be 
supposed,  lor  wo  have  prooft  to  the  contrary,  tliat  the  Greeks,  for  example, 
did  not  feel  some  emotion  at  the  sight  of  the  quiet  sea,  or  when  st.inding 
un''.T  the  arch  of  the  midnight  sky ;  but  there  is  no  evidence  whatever 
that  tliis  feeling  was  cultivated  designedly,  only  for  tlie  enjoyment  of  it. 
Now,  hov.ever,  men  deliberately  make  journeys  across  the  world  to  hear 

21— a 


436  THE  MODEItN  DOCTBCfE  OF  CUt.TUIiC, 

tite  thunder  of  ft  eotarnati  dim)  vatcli  Uie  ahtfUngii  of  iu  iotcntiingli 
nunbow*  in  tha  while  boriBon  of  tprnj ;  thajr  laboriooal)*,  and  at  nak  of 
penonal  mSsty,  climb  mountuios  at  mklnight,  to  amut  the  uprinng  oF  the 
sun :  Talleya,  <]b1«,  aiui  liiJb  hftre  rival  ropulalious.  jii^  oa  beautiful 
wcini?n  hnvo,  and  wotshipporB  Bcek  tliem  from  far  and  near.  Tbarft  U 
•carcoty  a  hidden  brook  vhich  hua  not  i\a  pilgrim  ndorar,  or  a  irtray 
flower  wilhont  come  devotee.  In  these  iastn&'CU,  it  is  not  kuowlec^-e 
vrbich  is  thd  meana  of  tlie  expcrieuoe,  but  only  a,  mn  of  sentnioiia  obser- 
vation. Tbis  way  now  and  agaiu,  and  vriUi  >u«r«  or  \ao  oonplctcneH, 
nin  into  n  coutempJation  of  Che  power,  wiadom,  and  goodness  diiplajtd, 
hut  that  is  not  a  ncwMory  conacqiwiici-. 

What  vt  have  hitherto  incnttonf>d,  may  he  ducribcd  at  Dew,  addilioMl 
departtncnta  of  culture,  arising:  out  of  the  &«sh  circumxIaDtial  arrangv- 
inenta  of  modcra  life  ;  bat  litvmturc  beta  olwoya  becai  held  a  chief  meana 
of  culture,  tho  i©«tJ«  and  the  Riory-tellora  everywhere  appearing  from 
the  earlint  time*.  If,  however,  not  a  frealt  npiiliancu,  sllll  tho  modem 
'^cTclcpinont  of  Utcroturo  amousCa  to  an  euorm&ua  inorcAM  of  Ut4 
Influotico  of  tliis  old  agency.  Let  iC  be  borne  in  mind  that  all  writingi 
mid  for  the  mere  enjoyment  fumisbcd  in  the  reading  arc  iostrumcntxif 
cuhnro,  and  of  no  tiac  furtlmr  ;  and,  then,  let  it  bo  imnginod  to  u-hat 
exteat  tliia  practice  ia  earned-  in  these  daya,  when  every  person,  bjr  tba 
gtnend  diffusion  of  the  art  of  reading,  is  his  own  atory-tdlur.  Hm 
printing-prcH  hsjs  now  placed  the  Book  in  all  Iiaiids,  and  by  means  ^  il,  fl 
LQ  tlic  recurring  pauses  of  busiuuia,  od  the  bcorth,  in  the  laUway  ^ 
camngi>,  aboard  the  ship,  we  are  ever  using  our  eniotiftnt  artificially.  A 
special  criticism  is  also  EU(;gtrs(cd  here.  In  past  ttmea,  even  tba  nuMC 
poetical  romance  wm  iitidi>r*ti>(yl  to  havo  a  body  uf  fact  in  it,  but  now  wb  _ 
bsve  got  to  avciwctt  Hciion,  all  pretence  of  acluaJ  reality  being  wilfully  m 
iJirown  nfidc.  Veiy  soon  it  canno^t  hut  he  recognized,  even  popularly, 
that  our  TQodora  genera]  literarare,  of  which  the  Novel  ia  becoiuing  more 
and  more  the  type,  ia  only  a  gigantic  machinery  for  the  enjoyment  of  the 
feelioga.  The  reading  of  fiction  Ji  not  the  bigheat  Jbrm  of  cuItorC) 
since,  owing  to  thv  emotions  being  mainly  artiu»xl  by  stgbc  of  peraooal 
Tids-tiiiidctt,  the  fer.IiogH  have  a  tendency  to  speciAcally  ddiac  tberaselvM^ 
and  to  puitit  townnJa  action  ;  but  this  is  now  greatly,  and  incieaain^y, 
checked  by  Hie  knuwledgc  tlint  pure  tiction  is  practised ;  and  tliua  the  ■ 
transitiro  feelings  may  alniofit  be  said  to  form  intraosUive  habita,  again  ^ 
widening  tlie  spbere  of  culture,  although  in  a  lovrcr  raago.  J^  furtliti 
illiwtnilicn  of  the  exKrnsJon  of  culture  aa  a  jiractice  is  furnished  by  ttia 
tiver-growiug  popularity  of  music.  AlroA^y  by  the  aid  of  the  modefo 
pianofortu  inalrument,  mmtic  ia  almoat  patpotoal  and  omaiprcaeat  But 
uU  the  agt-ncica  alluded  to  may  bo  cUssed  together  as  csempli^iog  ibe 
&8t  developing  habit  of  relying  upon  artificial  arrasgemeota  of  oiretttn- 
aiancFS  fur  the  cxcrciac  of  our  cxaolionat  eapabilitiea.  Tliis  pcaotioe  bM 
now  readied  «  point  at  ivhich  it  is  almost  noatter  oTneoeaBity  thai  it  abonld 
force  upon  ua  a  mental  conception  of  culture  as  a  doctiino. 


I 


THE  M0DI5EN  DOCTRINE  OF  CULTUKE.  437 

Has  culture  any  danp<-Ta  ?  Some  of  tbose  who  have  most  clearly 
perceived  the  growing  tecdcncj  towtirds  it,  express  strange  apprehensioos. 
The  risk  of  it  appears  to  Ke  in  a  certain  reflex  bearing  it  may  have  upon 
our  practical  lives.  When  the  notion  is  fully  realized  that  selected  aud 
artificial  arrangements  are  better  for  the  purposes  of  emotion  than  actual 
circumstances,  will  fixedness  of  principles  be  observed  7  If  goodness 
is  no  longer  held  to  bo  an  end  in  itself,  but  only  useful  as  a  means 
for  securing  a  result  in  our  experience,  may  not  justice  and  honour 
come  to  be  regarded  as  rude,  provisional  rules,  only  absolutely  cbli- 
gfltory  during  the  infantage  of  men,  before  they  had  arrived  at  an 
iatelligGnt  discretion  of  expediency  7  May  men  seek  to  pick  and 
choose,  to  re-arrange  and  select  in  the  practical  as  well  aa  the 
ideal  life,  having  reference  fdrnply  to  emotional  gratifications  7  WDl 
the  sense  of  duty  be  transformed  from  the  recognition  of  a  positive  and 
outward  obligation  into  a  mere  feeling  of  an  inward  impulse,  without 
fixedness,  but  changing  and  varying  with  the  mood  7  May  not  persons 
even  be  tempted  designedly  to  exhaust  the  varieties  of  conduct,  for  the 
very  purpose  of  testing  the  possibilities  of  experience  j  each  one  again 
plucking  for  himself  the  fatal  apple  of  the  dread  tree  of  life,  from  the  old 
fascinating  curiosity  of  distinguishing  good  and  evil  7  These  arc  disturb- 
ing questions,  and  the  more  so  since  there  seems  to  bo  some  evidence 
pointing  in  favour  of  the  more  startling  answer.  Even  in  religious 
matters,  where  individual  conviction  has  the  severest  sway,  a  kind  of 
laxness  of  denominational  principles  is  showing  itself.  In  all  quarters 
the  talk  is  now  of  "  union,"  and  the  desire  for  that  appears  to  be  rising 
above  the  claims  of  distinctive  belief;  an  impatience  is  evinced  that  con- 
siderations of  abstract  truth  should  stand  in  the  way  of  social  intercourse. 
Does  not,  it  may  be  asked,  this  indicate  a  dilapidation  of  the  conscience  7 
Is  it  not  liktly  that  vigorous,  healthy  morality  will  be  exchanged  for  a 
weak  and  morbid  sentimentalism  7  It  may  be  well,  however,  to  remember 
that  a  new  doctrine  is  certain  to  start  fears  of  this  kind,  merely  by  its 
being  new.  Christianity  itself,  for  instance,  which  was  most  essentially 
a  new  religious  cvlt,  must  have  raised  among  the  believers  in  the  Law 
very  unsettling  questions  much  akin  to  these.  Some  passages  of  St.  Paul's 
Epistles  set  at  nought  all  poMtive  prescriptions  in  favour  of  an  emotional 
Elate  of  mind ;  but  the  new  motives,  intangible  as  they  might  at  first 
appear,  proved  themselves  I'ully  adequate  in  practice.  The  reassuring 
guarantee,  however,  is,  that  the  feelings  which  actuate  the  practical  life 
cannot  be  greatly  interfered  with  by  ideal  culture  ;  they  will  not  allow  of 
much  meddling  with  in  an  experimental  way  ;  wliile  nobody  in  their 
Kiiio  wits  can  doubt  that  thoy  can  only  be  efficiently  exercised  according 
to  tlic  old-fashioned  rules  of  positive  morality,  which  are  thus  quite  safe 
against  bdng  imagined  away.  The  culture  of  the  intransitive  and  the 
tninsitivi'  feelings  does  not  proceed  in  the  same  way  nor  by  similar  means. 
It  is  a  man's  own  acta,  and  his  personal  relationships  towards  other  iudi- 
Tiduul:^,  which  fix  and  regulate  the  kttcr;  and  those  doings,  to  turn  out 


THK  MODEKN  DOCTRn«E  OF  CCITURE, 


wdl,  Rtuit  Im  guiJcv]  by  ilic  Mt  coDunonpIftCA  nilc«  of  viriu«.  Ko  doubt 
the  old  choice  of  wickctlnoa  or  goodaen  will  always  Ito  \tvfaiv  s  man, 
■nd  if  lie  pTvr<;ni  illicit  gnitJ&CAlioD*,  be  iiiijr  enjc/  iLem  1>j  D«gleat- 
)np>  Tiritift;  but  Ii«  will  never  be  able  to  Becure  tlic  delights  «f 
■irtuc  tij-  pracli&iDg  tIcc.  No  pooaiblc  kind  of  colttire  caa  cooAm 
fxpcrieiice  in  tliat  vay ;  ao  that  tC  »  hard  to  •««  where  the  actual  danger 
la  to  tLTJae. 

We  fiuw;  Hint  trea  tho  doctrinal  ltixD«s  of  the  prcwnt  diij  mny  be 
«xpIftiIll^d  on  si>&cifiG  grotinds,  without  considering  it  an  ovaca  of  l)ie 
pemrnai'iii  retinriuislinieot  of  (be  love  of  absuact  tnitli,  uader  the  in- 
fluence of  miadircctcd  culture.  DcaomLoatioDat  cxdusivcneas,  with  iia ' 
conBC(]aE<nt  twinw  of  superiority,  uwd  to  bring  into  play  a  apocial  emotion; 
but  thnt  fcctiiig  vrouM  seeui  Lt>  have  grown  iit»le  for  the  present,  and  mco 
now  find  an  tmotioiul  gralificalion  in  cultivating  UDi<Mi.  FoHibly  the 
compiaccncy  of  this  diaiity  will  in  time  £ul  iilong  wiUi  ila  novelty;  md 
then  men  may  witlidrnw  ogaia  iiilo  thu  cxcIuutodcss  of  opposing  sections 
for  tho  enjoyment  of  the  otlier  feeling.  But  culture  pmpor  lisa  no  netCft- 
•ary  coiinectiQii  with  tliU  cl^iss  of  emotions  at  all ;  ihi-y  are  decidedly 
traiiiiitive,  aud  arc  governed  by  different  utotivea.  Xiiu  noticeable  ten- 
dency toward  rttualiim  Rolling  in  of  bte  ycarais  mueh  mere  clearly  oM' 
ncctol  witli  the  rei-cnt  i«yBteinntic  d«vcl<>piiic»c  of  culture;  for  much  of  tbe 
feeling  it  awakens  is  intnuiutive,  though  fiome  of  it  is  net ;  but  her* 
again,  llie  mare  lapse  of  time  aince  the  disuse  of  the  jiraciicef  now  re- 
anoied  luay  have  eomotluiig  to  do  with  the  matter;  owing,  tl^at  i%  to  tlie 
Deoeuily  for  chaiigs  of  custom  st  historic  inteirids  for  the  rcinvtgoraliMi 
of  the  emotions.  Thia  influence  «ftbefvclinga  on  the  TtduitudeH  at  eon* 
trorersy,  apart  from  intfllMtna]  ncceaaltics,  luia'ucvcr  been  fully  iiivx:(u- 
gnted.  Its  clear  undersliuiding  would,  I  fi?el  aKniitd,  explain  tbo  direetim 
of  many  of  our  preKnt  ecUvitics,  rdij^ioue,  Gocial,  and  jKiIilical;  nail 
wnuld  iilxn,  it  is  not  improbable,  enable  uh  to  prcdiot  now  diveraiocwcf 
oor  ciii'rgics.  Bnt  thia  i-au  in  no  way  ha  j^roperly  called  cultutn,  for  H 
doe*  not  admit  of  couiicioua  individual  t>Ta<lice;  it  depcnda  oa  tho  paangt 
of  Icng  porioiis  of  lime,  and  the  sponliintKJUti  iinpuluc  of  matseg  of  peopU. 
On  the  whole,  therefore,  I  ttc  little  fear  of  (lie  preecnt  increasing  and  pro* 
gnauitre  culture  unsettling  common  mortdity ;  tlie  two  tphvrea  are  di^ 
tinct,  and  never  can  be  more  tlian  veiy  t«'niporariIy  and  veiy  sliglttlj 
confused.  Ac  present,  tliii  uiny  le  n  iittJe  Uii;  ciuc,  but  the  belter  appre- 
hending of  culture  n^  n  dcciriue  will  bo  certain  to  corroct  it;  uhUe  by 
iLo  practice  of  it  in  the  additianal  fields  of  conteniplntion  modem  tima 
arc  throwing  open,  liumon  lif«  will  be  greatly  «ariclied. 


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■k 


COAPTEU   I.— «w(Hiwrf. 

Misa   CJwir.T's   DiAuy. 

;^  >;?^     -P-  y^^V  CTOBER    IGlA.  — Two    dnjs 

niUseil  out  of  my  Dinr>- !     I 

caa  hiiidly  tell  why,  tiiJcM  it 

is  that  AviiiaJalo  imtntes  nic 

I'L'.jT^^l      \         I         bcj'oufl   iill    t-uduraucc.      TJio 

mere  aiglit   of  bim   takes  m.* 

lack   to   TIiorpc-Aiiibrn»e.     I 

fnncy  I  niwst  hare  b*on  armid 

of  wliat  1  iniiilil  write  ahont 

};RiA'fO  .'>'   Lim,  in  the  couisc  cf  tliv  Iiut 

two  dnyf,  if  I  inJuIijcd  injseir 

,^  '  ■■    "^        jjj    (]|g   iliingurous    Jiutur/   of 

V  opening  tlitse  pagfs. 
"(\       "  This  ii.iornin5,  I  am  afraid 
'.  of  nolhiiig — and  I  take  up  my 
-  /I  p«i)  again  accordingly. 

"  It  tlierc any  limit,  I  woinler, 
to  tbe  brutish  «lupidity  of  koihv 
nwn  1  I  thought  [  liad  dis- 
coAcrtd  Anntidalc's  limit  nhfii 
I  vraa  ttii  neighbour  in  Norfolk 
— but  my  later  exjiericiice  at 
Naples  aliQivs  iii«  lli<at  I  wiia 
neog.  Ufi  ia  pcrjiotuiil ly  iii  and  uut  of  this  houne  (croMiDg  uvor  to  ut> 
Id  a  boat  from  the  hotel  at  SimCa  Lucia,  where  he  alccps):  "od  be  has 
Qxactly  two  iul)jcGt3  of  conversation — the  yacht  for  ule  iu  thu  harbour 
bon^  nod  MJn  Milroy.  Yea '.  he  selects  jii:  n*  lIic  cuafiJuutc  of  his  duvoted 
attocbraeDt  to  tlio  iiiajor'a  daughter  I  '  It's  no  ntco  to  talk  to  a  woman 
■boat  it ! '  That  ii  all  thti  apolo^  ho  haa  thought  it  necesaatjr  to  make 
for  appealing  to  my  syin^athies— ntjr  aympathies ! — oa  the  luhjecL  of  '  his 
darling  Ncclie,'  fifly  timua  a  day.  Ho  ia  widvutly  penuaJed  (if  he  ihinka 
about  it  at  ult)  thai  1  liavc  fbrgotten,  as  completely  as  lie  \>sa  foi^tien, 
all  tliat  otice  po^cd  between  ua,  when  I  n-aa  flrst  at  Thorpc-Atnbroxe. 
Such  an  utter  want  of  the  eommoQcst  delicacy  asd  the  commoocat  tact,  in 


441 


■.-^.i-lU 


i'V  ivav  of 


lit    limcli. 

:Im-  yaolit. 

■■'iNjrc)  liiM 

^:.'l  .1  crew. 

'.  1    till.'   seti, 

ynHtoiI  (and 

'  f  llie  vessi'l 

!■  1  to  pivc  Ilis 

"  '■al'iii  is  most 

;!iis  was  sctcloi.1 

'-  iicatly-turnml 

''   I  'io  mailing  with 

'■ ,  von  will  be  able 

■    ''—u  tiijic  anil  tlu3.' 

■     '':  ■  v.crli],  mijht  oth^^r 

■'  ■  'ifi'fiii.     /  think  not. 

■■  ;'!iiiit!y,  tliat  Midwinter 

■  '■  'i  iiciv  yaolit,  a  rt-Cugc  from 

\r"nai!ali>  i«  licro.     lie  forgfta 

"'■  ii  ••^.-•■K  tun  in  liis  work.      Ami 

■  ■■.■      • ;;'.  t'Urijti.m  I  aiu  ! 

1  u'stii.l.iy  irvvr  again. 

mrt.-.     j\Ikiiviiii(;r   in  sulIVriiig   liom 
j:t  ?^<ilc  of  ii,  lu  make  time  fur  hi6 


-  r-".    Anjry  and  wilil  :ind  uii.'iiipn.'acli- 
>i?iiTiti.Tniiit(;il  tlay,-(at  hi,:  i1i.-k.    I'iuKt 
•  .>',|ii'  t;it;y  llic  warning,  and  li'avf  off.     lint 
ii  ntill  working  as  hanl  as  ever,  fur  Anna- 
will  my  patioiicc  l.i-^t .' 

ntglit,  that  Midwinter  is  taxing  liis  Iirai]ii 

When  lie  did    fall    a.^li'i^p,   lie  war' 

talking  and  grinding  his  Iretli,     IVuni 

Kfined  at  one  time  tu  he  dreaming  of  liis 

.  t\  .iniing  the  country  with  the  dancing  dug^i.     Al 

'  :i.'k  ngftin  with  Armadale,  im[>riscinc  1  all  night  on 

■  arda  the  early  morning  hourn,  he  groiv  quieter.     1 


wo 


AIUrADALt;. 


«  crcntiitc  wlio  ia,  to  nil  appearance,  firawsseil  of  a  tkia,  and  not  a  ItlJe, 
sitil  vihft  dcfs,  uotcss  my  mn  dvocivu  am,  talk,  ntiil  not  hiuy,  is  rcalljr 
qnitc  incredible  when  one  comes  to  lliinit  oT  it.  But  it  l»,  for-all  thai, 
finite  true.  lie  nalttd  ni« — lio  actiuilly  usked  me,  lant  uiglit— bow  mauy 
hmidrtil*  ft  year  ihc  wife  of  a  rich  man  could  Bji^nd  on  her  dresa.  '  Don't 
put  It  Ico  low,'  die  idiot  .tddcd,  with  hit  intolcniblo  grin.  '  Ncelic  aliall 
bo  one  ef  the  bc£t-dreMod  women  in  I^ngljuid  when  I  li.iro  marriod  Iter.' 
And  this  to  nte,  after  haTing  hiid  him  at  my  feet,  und  then  losing  him 
•gain  through  ItliKi  Milroy  I  This  tu  me,  with  an  Alpaca  gown  «n,  and  a 
htubond  wIimp  income  must  be  helped  by  a.  noinpaper  I 

"  [  had  hotter  not  dwell  on  it  an;  longer.  I  bad  better  think  and 
write  or<oniotliing  clic. 

"  Th«  jHcht.  A«  .1  relief  from  hearing  about  Miw  Milrojr,  I  dcchuv 
the  yacht  in  the  harbour  ia  quite  aa  interesting  subject  to  ni«  I  She  (ihe 
men  cnll  a  vessel  *  She  ; '  ii:id  I  FuppoM  if  tho  women  look  on  iotereet  in 
such  tilings,  therj  would  call  a  rcioel  'He');  she  U  a  beautiful  nodd; 
and  her  '  top-aides'  (whatever  they  may  be)  arc  cvpccJAlIy  distinguished 
hy  bring  hiitit  of  mahegany.  But,  with  these  mt-riu,  alio  has  the  defijet, 
on  the  orlicr  liand,  of  being  old — which  is  n  ead  drawback — and  the  crew 
«nJ  th«  sni ling-master  hnrc  been  '  paid  otT,'  nnd  Mmt  homo  to  England— 
which  \»  ndditionatly  diHtretsng.  Still,  if  a  new  crew  and  a  tkew  aiuling* 
master  c;tn  be  picked  up  here,  such  a  beautiful  creature  (with  oil  her 
dmwbachi)  in  not  to  bo  despiM-d.  It  might  answer  to  hire  her  tor  a 
cruiao,  nnd  to  «ce  how  she  hthaven.  (If  ohc  is  of  tni/  mind,  Iitr  beliaTiour 
will  rather  astoniah  her  new  miutcr !)  Tbc  cruiM  will  ddermiac  what 
fnulla  ahc  has,  nnd  what  icpoin,  through  iho  unlucky  circnnix.Uiace  of  her 
ag<-,  she  reilly  *tands  in  need  of.  And  thtn  it  will  b«  time  t«  edtlc, 
whether  to  buy  her  outright  or  not.  Sudi  i»  Arnindnlu's  couTeisatioD, 
when  he  u  not  t^ilkinj;  of  '  his  darling  NecUe.'  And  Midwintvr,  who  con 
ateal  no  limo  from  hja  newspaper  work,  far  his  wife,  can  staal  honn  for 
hia  friend,  nnd  can  ofier  them  unrewrvedly  to  my  irreastjbla  r'nal,  the 
new  yacht. 

"  I  sh.ill  wrlis  no  more,  to-day.  If  ao  ladylike  a  person  as  I  am 
could  fi'cE  a  tigerieili  tingling  all  over  her  to  the  very  IJpa  of  her  Sngvn, 
I  should  fliispecl  myaelf  of  being  in  that  condition  at  the  present  momenl. 
But,  wilh  f!iy  msnDcrs  and  itcconiplithtnent^,  tlie  thing  is,  of  course^  out 
of  the  (lucstion.     Wc  all  know  that  n  hkdy  bos  no  paasonii. 

"  Ortnlier  I7(/i. — A  letter  for  Midwinter  this  morning,  from  the  slate* 
owners — I  mean  tbc  news paper-p^ pie  in  London — which  has  act  him  at 
work  agaju  harder  than  uvit.  A  visit  at  luncheon- time,  nnd  another 
rUit  Bt  dinner-lime  from  i^nnadnle.  Cutivcraition  at  InncbooQ  ubout  tbc 
yacht.  Conversation  at  dinner  about  ^Uas  Milroy.  I  have  been  hoooortd^ 
in  regnni  to  that  young  lady,  by  an  invitation  to  go  with  Armadale  »• 
morrow  t<i  Ilie  Toledo,  and  help  him  to  buy  some  pnaenls  for  tlie  befered 
obje'.-t.     1  didn't  Hy  out  at  liim — I  only  made  so  excttse.     Can  words 


AIUIADALE.  441 

express   the  astoDiE^meat  I  feel  at  my  own  patience?     No  words  can 
express  it. 

"  Ocloler  18th. — Armadale  came  to  breakfast  this  morning,  by  way  of 
catching  Midwinter  before  be  ahuta  liimself  up  over  his  work. 

"  Conversation  the  same  as  yesterday's  conversation  at  lunch. 
Armadale  has  made  his  bargain  with  the  agent  for  hiring  the  yacht. 
The  sgent  (compas^onating  his  total  ignorance  of  the  language)  has 
helped  him  to  find  an  interpreter,  but  can't  help  him  to  find  a  crew. 
The  interpreter  is  civil  and  willing,  but  doesn't  understand  the  sea. 
Midwinter's  assistance  is  indispensable  ;  and  Midwinter  is  requested  (and 
consents !)  to  work  harder  than  ever,  so  aa  to  make  time  for  helping  liia 
friend.  When  the  crew  is  found,  the  merits  and  defects  of  the  vessel 
are  to  be  tried  by  a  crnise  to  Sicily,  with  Midwinter  on  board  to  give  his 
opinion.  Lastly  (in  case  she  should  feel  lonely),  the  ladies'  cabin  is  most 
obligingly  placed  at  the  disposal  of  Midwinter's  wife.  All  this  was  settled 
at  the  breakfast-table  ;  and  it  ended  with  one  of  Armadale's  neatly-turned 
compliments,  addressed  to  myself: — '  I  mean  to  take  Neelie  sailing  with 
me,  when  we  are  married.  And  you  have  such  good  taste,  you  will  be  able 
to  teli  me  everything  the  ladies'  cabin  wants  between  that  time  and  this.' 

"  If  some  women  bring  such  men  aa  this  into  the  world,  ought  other 
women  to  allow  them  to  live  ?     It  is  a  matter  of  opinion.     /  think  not. 

"  What  maddens  mo,  ia  to  see,  as  I  do  see  plainly,  that  Midwinter 
finds  in  Armadale's  company,  and  in  Armadale's  new  yacht,  a  refuge  from 
'lie.  He  is  always  in  better  spirits  when  Armadale  is  here.  He  forgets 
me  In  Armadale  almost  as  completely  as  he  forgets  me  in  his  work.  And 
1  bear  it !     What  a  pattern  wife,  what  an  excellent' Christian  I  am  ! 

"  October  10th. — Nothing  new.     Yesterday  over  again. 

"  October  20th. — One  piece  of  news.  Midwinter  is  suffering  from 
nervous  headache ;  and  is  working  in  spite  of  it,  to  make  time  fur  his 
Iiuliday  vrith  his  friend. 

"  October  21st. — Midwinter  is  worse.  Angry  and  wild  and  nn.ipproach- 
abk',  after  two  bad  nights,  and  two  uninterrupted  days  at  his  desk.  Under 
any  other  circumstances  he  would  take  the  warning,  and  leave  off.  But 
Dolhing  warns  him  now.  He  is  still  working  as  hard  as  ever,  for  Arma- 
(lale'tt  sake.     How  much  longer  will  my  patience  last  ? 

"  October  22iid, — Signs,  histnight,  that  Midwinter  is  taxing  his  br.iiiis 
Iwyond  what  his  brains  will  bear.  When  he  did  fall  asleep,  he  was 
frightfully  rcsllesa ;  groaning  .ind  talking  and  grinding  hia  teeth.  From 
some  of  the  words  I  htard,  he  Bi'fiiicd  at  one  time  to  be  dreaming  of  his 
life  when  he  was  a  boy,  roaming  the  country  with  the  dancing  dogs.  At 
another  tlire  he  was  back  again  with  Armadale,  imprisoned  all  night  on 
uie  wrecked  shiji.     Towards  the  early  morning  hours,  he  grew  quieter.     I 


I 


leU  aslM-p ;  ati«1,  wnking  nRvr  a  thcit  inberriil,  fcitnd  n)rt«lf  ftloiM.  Kj 
first  glance  roiutd  •liutvcd  itiv  a  light  burning  in  MidwitiMr**  dreaainj;- 
rvoDi.    I  rusu  oofUy,  nod  went  tu  look  ut  liun. 

'*  He  WHS  seottd  in  the  great  ngly  old-fiiafaioned  chair,  niiiob  I 
ordered  to  be  removed  into  ihc  drcaang-room  out  of  the  way,  wbeo  ve 
lirst  camv  here.  Mi*  Uciul  lay  Imcl:,  aiul  od«  of  hU  Iiaadi  hnng  liitl««tly 
over  th«  arm  of  ihe  dinir.  Th«  othpr  hnnd  was  on  his  lap.  I  stole  a 
little  nearer,  and  law  that  t-xhnUDtioii  bail  overpowered  biin,  nbils  ho  wti 
cither  reading  or  wiiling — fi.r  there  wtre  boolu,  pens,  ink,  and  paper  on 
The  table  belon!  hira.  W'hM  bad  be  got  uj)  to  do  secretly,  at  that  boor  of 
the  monuDg?  1  looked  closer  at  the  paper*  on  ihc  tuUc.  Tbef  wcrsall 
nviilly  foldud  (ax  ho  uitually  Icei^ps  them),  with  one  exception — and  (hit 
CJECi'ptioii,  Ijing  open  on  the  rest,  wan  Mr.  Brock'it  lett*^. 

"  I  looked  round  at  liini  I'goin,  after  oiakiog  ibis  difooTery,  and  then 
noticed  rt>r  the  first  lime  another  written  paper,  Ijing  under  tbo  hnnd  that 
leetcd  oit  his  lap.  Then:  wu  no  moving  it  aviay  witliout  the  ridk  of 
-WAking  him.  Part  of  the  open  mnnuacripi,  liowever,  wiu  not  coTcrod  by 
Ills  blind.  I  Iiiokcd  al  il  to  nee  vibat  be  bad  secretly  stolen  away  to  itad, 
btnidcii  .Mr.  Iinji;k*s  letter — iiud  uiade  out  enough  lo  t«12  me  lliat  it  was 
Ihe  Narrauve  of  Armadale's  Urenm. 

"  That  Eecond  discorory  etnt  nic  buck  at  once  to  my  bed — with  aomc- 
tbing  lerioiiA  to  thitik  of. 

"Travcliitig  ibrough  France,  on  our  way  to  thia  place,  Midwinter'a 
ehytieu  was  comgUcrtJ  for  once,  by  a  vi>ry  pleasant  man — an  Inidi  doctor 
— whom  u'e  met  in  the  railway  carriugn,  and  who  quite  inaialcd  on  bein- 
trii'iidly  nnd  sociable  with  ua  all  ibroujjb  tlie  day'a  journey.  Finding  that 
Midwinter  vtm  devoting  hiiiis^>ir  to  literary  piirftuits,  our  trarcUJog  oon- 
panion  warned  hirii  iivc  \u  juism  tijo  nmny  hours  logetlier  at  bis  d«ik. 
'  Tour  face  t<;!l0  me  more  tiiua  you  ihiuk,'  tlie  doctor  said.  '  Ifyoa  are 
ever  tempted  to  overwork  your  brain,  you  will  feci  it  wmdct  than  nwjt 
men.  When  you  £nd  your  nerrea  playing  you  strange  tricks,  doa't 
n«£lcct  the  wiirning — drop  your  pen.' 

■'AlUfi  my  la«t  night's  discovery  in  ibe  dxetsing-rooRi,  it  luoht  atlf 
AlidwinturH  ucrvca  vrvrm  bvginuiug  already  to  juttily  llic  doctor'a  ofnnioa 
of  tbcra.  11'  one  of  the  tricks  they  are  pla^nng  him,  is  the  trick  <^  tor- 
nieiitiiig  him  again  with  hia  old  supentitioua  terrors,  tbvre  will  be  a 
cbaii^'e  in  our  live*  here  before  long.  I  thall  wait  curiously  to  see 
whetlior  ti>u  cuuviction  that  we  two  are  di.-tiim'd  lo  bring  fatal  danger 
to  Armaditir,  tjikci  [intiteaidoii  of  Midwinter 'a  iiiinil  diicv  more.  If  it  docS) 
1  know  what  will  huppn.  lie  will  not  stir  a  step  toward*  helping  hb 
friend  to  find  a  crew  for  the  yacht ;  and  he  will  certainly  rcfuio  lo  sail 
with  Armadale,  or  to  let  mo  mil  with  bim,  on  the  trial  ctuiss.  | 

"  Ocfohrr  i3rit. — Mr.  Brock's  letter  liaa,  itppnrenlly,  not  lost  its  inilneoce 
yet.  Midwint<.-r  is  working  again  to-duy,  and  ia  at  anxiou  as  cr«r  for  tbe 
boUday-time  that  he  ia  to  paas  with  his  fi-iend. 


ABHADALE.  443 

"  Tieo  o'clock. — Armadale  here  as  usual ;  eager  to  know  when  Mid- 
winter will  be  at  his  service.  No  definite  answer  to  be  given  to  the 
question  }'ct  —  seeing  that  it  all  depends  on  Midwinter's  capacity  to 
continue  at'hia  desk.  Armadale  aat  down  disappointed — he  yawned, 
and  put  his  great  clumsy  hands  in  his  pockets.  I  took  up  a  book.  The 
brute  didn't  understand  tliat  I  wanted  to  be  left  alone ;  bo  began  again 
on  the  unendurable  subject  of  Miss  Milroy,  and  of  all  the  fine  things  she 
was  to  have  when  be  married  her.  Her  own  riding  horse ;  her  own 
pony-carriage  ;  her  own  beautiful  little  aitting-room  upstairs  at  the 
great  houw?,  and  so  on.  AH  that  I  might  have  had  once,  Miss  Milroy  is 
to  have  now — if  I  let  her. 

"  Six  o'clock, — More  of  the  everlasting  Armadale  !  Half  an  hour 
unce,  Midwinter  came  in  from  his  writing,  giddy  and  exhausted.  I  had 
been  pining  all  day  for  a  little  music,  and  I  knew  they  were  giving  Norma 
at  the  theatre  here.  It  struck  me  that  on  hour  or  two  at  the  opera  might 
do  Midwinter  good,  as  well  as  me ;  and  I  said,  '  Wliy  not  take  a  box  at 
the  San  Carlo  to-night  7 '  He  answered  in  a  dull,  uninterested  manner, 
that  he  was  not  rich  enough  to  take  a  box.  Armadale  was  present,  and 
flourislied  liia  wulI-fiUed  purse  in  hia  usual  insufierable  way,  '  Fm  rich 
enough,  old  boy,  and  it  comes  to  the  same  thing.'  With  those  words,  he 
took  up  his  hat,  and  trampled  out  on  his  great  elephant's  feet,  to  get  the 
box.  I  looked  after  him  from  the  window,  as  he  went  down  the  street. 
'Your  widow,  with  her  twelve  hundred  a  year,'  I  thought  to  myself, 
'might  take  a  box  at  the  San  Carlo  whenever  slie  pleased,  without  being 
beholden  to  anybody.'  The  empty-headed  wretch  whistled  as  lie  went  his 
Way  to  tlie  theatre,  and  tossed  his  loose  silver  magnificently  to  every  beggar 
who  ran  allcr  him. 

•  •  «  * 

"  Midnight. — I  am  alone  again  at  last  Have  I  nerve  enough  to  write 
(he  history  of  this  terrible  evening,  just  as  it  lias  passed  ?  I  have  nervo 
enough,  at  any  rate,  to  turn  to  a  new  leaf,  and  try. 


chapter  ii. 
The  Diary  Coktinued. 

"  We  went  to  the  San  Carlo.  Armadale's  stupidity  sliowed  iteelf,  even  in 
such  a  Einijile  matter  as  taking  a  box.  He  had  confounded  an  opera  with 
a  play,  and  had  chosen  a  box  close  to  the  stage,  with  tlie  idea  ihat  one's 
clilc-f  olijuct  at  a  nnisicat  performance  is  to  see  the  foces  of  the  singers  as 
plainly  as  possiblu !  Fortunately  for  our  cars,  Bellini's  lovely  melodies 
are,  for  the  moat  part,  tenderly  and  delicately  accompanied — or  the 
orchcstia  might  have  deafened  us. 

"  I  bat  back  in  the  box  at  first,  well  out  of  sight ;  for  it  was  impossible 
to  be  euro  that  Gome  of  my  old  frieoda  of  former  days  at  Naples  might 


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ROC  be  (ti  the  tkcatro.     But  the  svreet  music  gradnall}'  tempted  tnc  oitt 
my  aeclaaion.     1  -ma  so  charmed  and  interetted  that  I  leaned  I'or 
without  knowing  it,  and  loolred  at  the  ttog«. 

"I  was  mndo  awari*  of  my  own  impnidcncA,  by  a  Aitcovety  which,  I 
the  momimt,  Iitvnillj  ctitlleit  my  blood.  One  of  the  Diugcn,  umoag 
ehortui  of  Dmids,  vaa  looking  iiE  me  while  he  mag  with,  the  rut.  Uif 
head  was  di^uised  in  ibe  long  white  h&ir,  sad  the  lower  part  of  bis  bee 
wsfl  complctclj  GoT«nd  with  the  flowing  white  hc<inl|  proper  to  tbc  cba- 
mcter.  Rut  the  eyes  with  which  he  looked  at  tne  were  the  e^w  of  thv 
fine  uiiiti  on  c&rtli  whcmi  I  hnve  moat  reason  to  dread  ever  aeeiqg  agntn— 
Dlanuel  I  fl 

"If  it  hml  nut  hccn  lur  my  viiii'lling'-botlle,  I  believe  I  sliould  hare^ 
Igit  my  wmns.  As  it  was,  I  dr«w  baok  i^aiji  iato  tbo  shudow,  Svtn 
Artnadfde  uoliccd  the  rudden  change  in  me :  he,  aa  well  as  MidwiDtO}^ 
oakcd  if  I  was  ill.  I  eaid  1  felt  the  heat,  but  hoped  I  should  be  belt^l 
presently — nnd  then  leaned  back  in  the  box,  itnd  tncd  to  rally  my  ooorafftfl 
I  suooeeded  to  recovering  si^ll-poss^&stuii  cQDugh  to  bo  nblo  to  look  agua^ 
at  the  Bbtgc  (without  thovrlng  myself)  the  next  tinto  tlie  chorus  appeared. 
There  was  the  nan  again  I  But  to  my  inttnltc  relief,  ha  iwver  lodccd 
towarJs  our  box  a  Kcoml  time.  Thin  wvlcouw  indifference,  on  his  pan, 
hr.'lj)cd  to  sotiify  me  thiil  I  had  seeu  an  extraordinary  accideulal  rvaesf  j 
blance,  and  nothing  more.  I  still  hold  to  tbia  coneluaon,  after  haTia 
had  leisure  to  think — but  my  mind  would  be  more  completely  at  ease  I 
it  l»,  if  I  lind  I4CU  the  rest  of  the  nuu'a  face,  withoub  the  stage  f|*ip<'w 
that  hid  it  from  all  invejtiigiitiojt. 

"  Whoa  the  curtain  fell  on  the  first  act,  there  was  a  tiresome  boUetl 
he  perfurmed  (nccordiog  to  the  nbitnrd  Italian  cudtom),  btfora  the  0[ 
went  on.     Though  I  hod  got  over  my  first  fright,  I  had  been  fur  too  i 
ously  startled  to  feel  comfortable  in  the  theatre.     I  dnadixl  oU  aorta  of 
iniposdble  accidents— ^and  when  ilidjdwiater  and  Armadale  put  the  qoestion 
to  me,  I  told  them  I  was  not  well  enougb  to  atoy  through  the  rent  of  the 
perfbraunco. 

**  At  the  door  of  the  theatre,  Armadale  proposed  to  say  good  iiiglit- 
But  Midwinter — evidvatly  dieading  the  evening  with  m* — asked,  htm  to 
cone  back  to  siipjier,  if  [  h:id  no  objection.    I  said  the  nooa»iary  words 
and  we  ell  three  retumud  together  to  this  house. 

"  T<-n  minutes'  <imet  in  my  own  room  (assisted  by  a  lilllo  done 
Eau-de-Cologne  and  water)  restored  me  to  myself.     I  joined  the  men 
the  supper-table,    They  rcccircd  my  apologies  for  taking  them  away  frotn 
the  opera,  wirh  the  cotnplitiu-nCiry  luturancii  thtit  I  had  not  eoxt  either  of 
tliem  tbc  alight«-9t  Kncrifim  of  hi.^  dwn  plt'oaure.     Midwialer  declared  that 
lie  was  loo  cumplvtvly  worn  out  to  care  for  anything  but  tlie  two  great  J 
bicniugu,  iinallaiRable  at  the  theatre,  of  quiet  and  fresh  air.     Armsdaltj 
aaid — witli  nn  Englishman's  cxo^craung   pitdo  in   his   onn   Htii[Hd[tyf] 
wherever  a  matter  of  Art  is  coneumed — that  ho  couldn't  make  head  orj 
tail  of  the  performance.     The  principal  disuppoinlmecl,  Le  was 


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ARUADALB.  445 

enough  to  add,  was  mine,  lor  I  evidently  understood  foreign  mosic,  and 
enjoyed  it.     Ladies  generally  did.     His  darliog  little  Neelie 

"I  was  in  no  hmnour  to  be  persecuted  with  his 'Darling  Neelie' 
after  what  T  had  gone  through  at  the  theatre.  It  might  hare  been  the 
irritated  state  of  my  nerves,  or  it  might  have  been  the  Eau-de-Cologne 
flying  to  my  head — bat  the  bare  mention  of  tho  girl  seemed  to  set  me  in 
a  flame.  I  tried  to  turn  Armadale's  attention  in  the  direction  of  the  supper- 
table.  He  was  much  obliged,  but  he  had  no  appetite  for  more.  I  offered 
him  wine  next — the  wine  of  the  country,  which  is  all  that  our  poverty 
allows  U3  to  place  on  the  table.  He  was  much  obliged  again.  The 
foreign  wine  was  very  little  mor^  to  bis  taste  than  the  foreign  music ;  but 
be  would  take  some  because  I  asked  him  ;  and  he  would  drink  my  health 
in  the  old-Jaabioned  way — with  his  beat  wishes  for  the  happy  time  when 
we  should  all  meet  again  at  Thorpe-Ambrose,  and  when  there  would  be  a 
mistress  to  welcome  me  at  the  great  house. 

"  Was  he  mad  to  persist  in  this  way  7  No ;  his  face  answered  for  him. 
He  was  under  the  impression  that  he  was  making  himself  particularly 
■greeable  to  me. 

"  I  looked  at  Midwinter.  He  might  have  seen  some  reason  for  inter- 
fering to  change  the  conversation,  if  he  had  looked  at  me  in  return.  But 
he  sat  ulent  in  his  choir,  irritable  and  overworked,  with  his  eyes  on  tlie 
ground,  thinking. 

"  I  got  up  and  went  to  the  window.  Still  impenetrable  to  a  sense  of 
his  own  clumsiness,  Armadale  followed  me.  If  I  had  been  strong  enough 
to  toss  him  out  of  the  window  into  the  sea,  I  Rhoold  certainly  have  done 
it  at  that  momenL  Not  being  strong  enough,  I  looked  steadily  at  the 
view  over  the  bay,  and  gave  him  a  hint,  the  broadest  and  rudest  I  could 
think  of,  to  go. 

" '  A  lovely  night  for  a  walk,'  I  said,  '  if  you  are  tempted  to  walk 
back  to  the  hotel.' 

"  I  doubt  if  he  heard  me.  At  any  rate  I  produced  no  sort  of  e&l'ct  on 
him.  He  stood  stariDg  sentimentally  at  the  moonlight  ;  and — there  is 
really  no  other  word  to  express  it — Mew  a  sigh.  I  ftlt  a  presentiment 
of  what  was  coming,  unless  I  stopped  his  mouth  by  speaking  first. 

"  '  With  all  your  fondness  for  England,'  I  said,  '  you  must  own  that 
we  have  no  such  moonlight  as  tliat  at  home.' 

"  He  looked  at  me  vacantly,  aud  blew  another  sigh. 

"  '  I  wonder  whether  it's  as  fine  to-night  in  England  as  it  is  here?' 
he  eaid.  '  I  wonder  whetlier  my  dear  little  girl  at  home  is  looking  at  the 
moonlight,  and  thinking  of  Me  7 ' 

"  I  could  endure  it  no  longer.     I  flew  out  at  him  at  last. 

"  '  Good  heavens,  Mr.  Armadale  ! '  I  exclaimed,  '  is  thcic  only  one 
subject  worth  mentioning,  in  the  naiTow  little  world  you  live  in  7  I'm 
aick  to  death  of  Miss  Milroy.     Bo  pray  talk  of  something  else  1 ' 

"  His  great  broad  stupid  face  coloured  up  to  the  roots  of  Iiis  hideous 
yellow  hair.     '  I  beg  your  pardon,'  he  stammered,  with  a  kind  of  sulky 


446 


AliMADALB. 


nonn  M 
DotrV 

I 


8iir|tri»e.     '  I  SiAn't   suppose '   lie   stopped   conriiscdJj',   And   loo! 

ftvkiii  luo  to  Mt>]niQt(M'.     I  uudcrstouil  what  tKe  Jwlc  tneaat.     '  I  didn't' 
rujipow  mtiv  could  bn  jealous  of  Mim  MUro/  iillcr  mnrrying^yoH.''     That 
in  wliiil  liL-  voiilil   hnre   said  Iw   Midwink-r,  if  I  bid  Icil  tbctn  alona 
together  in  itie  Tci^m  ! 

"As  it  vsa»,  Miduititvr  bud  liciird  us.     Before  I  could  Ipeak  ngw 
bcfvrc  Artnsdniv  CDiJd  ikdd  nuvtber  word — iie  fiuisbcd  hU  friend's  uncom* 
pleLed  sentence,  iti  ■  lone  tbiic  I  now  ticard,  aud  wiLli  »  look  Oial  I 
Baw,  for  tlie  firal  time. 

*' '  V«a  <li<Jn't  suppose,  Allan,'  be  Riid,  'that  a  ludy'i  temper  could 
bit  TO  caxilj  jtmroktid,' 

"  Thu  first  bitter  wprd  of  irony,  tbc  fir»t  bnrd  look  of  contempt,  I  lad 
erer  hnd  from  Mm  I     And  Arinadule  tbe  cauiut  of  it  1 

"My  aKger  Middenly  led  Die.  iSvin^biog  chiiic  in  its  plncc,  vlikli 
stcftdicd  me  in  &q  iniitRnt,  and  to«k  mo  aikntly  out  of  ilie  room. 

"  I  sat  (Icwti  nloiic  in  llie  bcd-rooiii.  1  had  a  fi^w  niinutea  of  ihoiigUl 
TTilh  myscli',  which  I  don't  choose  tc  put  into  words,  cvcu  in  tlieae  went 
psgOL  I  got  up,  and  unlocked — never  mind  wh.xt.  1  vrcnt  roond  to 
M!d»inl«r*»  tide  of  tbe  bed,  and  took — no  iiintttir  ivbat  I  took.  Tbe  liiA  ^ 
tbiag  I  did,  bdurv  I  lei  tbo  rooiii,  ^va3  to  look  at  uiy  watcb.  It  «M  ^ 
lulf-}ift8t  t«ii;  Annadalo's  usual  tiiiio  fur  leaving  ua.  I  went  bnck  at  oim 
and  joincil  tliii  two  inca  again. 

'•  1  nppronched  Aroiadnle  good-bamotiredly,  and  said  to  liim, — 

"Hvl    On  second  thoughts,  1  won't  put  dovra  what  I  said  lo  tiim — i 
or  w}inl  I  did,  afti;rward!i.     I'm  wtk  of  Artnudidc  !  hv  titian  up  at  every  I 
secand  word  1  write.     1  slmll  \tafa  over  what  buppeiieil  in  ihi:  ooune  ofl 
tbe  Dtfxt  hour — the  hour  between  half-pfist  ton  and  h.iir.paiit  elei-un — and 
take  up  my  story  ngnin  at  tliu  tirnt;  ivbfn  Armudali;  had  k-ft  lis.     Can  1 
tJl  vrbal  took  p!AC«,  us  soon  ua  imr  vlsitor'a  bade  una  tumt-d,  betwetSi 
&1idwiiit(.T  aud  me  in  our  own  room  7   Why  not  pass  orer  what  liiipp«ii«H,J 
in  lliat  CAGC  as  well  ns  in  tho  other  ?     Why  agitate  myaolf  by  writing 
it  down  ?     I  don't  know  1     "Why  do  I  keep  n  diary  at  all?     Why  did  tbe 
clever   lliiel*  tlm  other  day  (in  tlie  Bngliali  ttcwspapen)  kei'ji   ihe  Tciy 
thing  to  coayicl  Lim,  in  tbc  shnpc  of  a  rocor<l  of  every  thing  ho  Mole? 
Why  are  we  not  purlVctly  ruiwouablu   in   all  that  wo  do?      Why  am 
X  not  alirays  on  my  guard  and  nt,'ver  iiicouaintcnt  with  myself,  bke  a 
urickod  character  in  a  novel  7     W  by  ?  why  f  why  ? 

"I  doa't  cjire  why!     I  must  writu  down  what  huppened  botwecal 
Tilidwintcr   nnd   nic  to-niglit,   bixauH  I   must.      Tbcrc'a  a   tcnaoo 
nobody  tan  nnswcr — my iclf  included. 

•  •  *  •  • 

*'  It  was  hall-pagt  «1iivod.  Armndnlo  bud  gono.  I  liad  put  on  U/f 
drcsxlng-gowti,  nnd  lind  ju*t  Kit  d(^WIl  to  ari'ange  my  liair  lor  the  ui^i, 
when  1  wan  aurprised  by  a  knock  iit  tbe  Uuor — tiad  Uid  winter  <:niac  in. 

"  He  was  frightfully  pale.     His  eyea  looked  at  me  with  a  terrible 


ABUADALB.  4.47 

despair  in  diem.  He  never  answered  when  I  expressed  my  surprise  at 
liis  coming  in  so  much  sooner  than  usual  ;  he  wouldn't  even  tell  me,  when 
I  asked  the  question,  if  he  was  ill.  Pointing  peremptorily  to  the  chair 
from  which  I  had  risen  on  his  entering  the  room,  he  told  me  to  sit  down 
again  ;  and  then  after  a  moment,  added  these  wcrds  : — '  1  have  something 
serious  to  say  to  you.' 

"  I  thought  of  what  T  had  done— or,  no,  of  what  I  bad  tried  to  do — 
in  that  interval  between  half  past  ten  and  half  past  eleven,  which  I  have 
left  unnoticed  in  my  diiiry — and  the  deadly  sicknesa  of  terror,  wliich  I 
never  felt  at  the  time,  came  uixin  me  now.  I  sat  down  again,  ns  I 
had  been  told,  without  speaking  to  Midwinter,  and  without  looking 
at  himi 

"  He  took  a  turn  up  and  down  the  room,  and  then  came  and  stood 
over  me. 

" '  If  Allan  comes  here  to-morrow,'  he  bejan,  '  and  if  you  see 
him ' 

"  His  voice  faltered,  and  lie  said  no  more.  There  was  some  dreadful 
grief  at  his  hcait  that  was  trying  to  master  him.  But  tliL-ro  arc  times 
when  his  will  is  a  will  of  iron.  He  took  another  turn  in  the  room,  and 
crushed  it  down.     He  came  back,  and  stood  over  mc  again. 

"  '  When  Allan  comes  here  to-morrow,'  he  resumed,  '  let  him  come 
into  my  room,  if  he  wants  to  see  me.  I  shall  tell  him  that  I  find  it 
impossible  to  finish  the  work  I  now  have  on  hand  as  soon  as  I  had  hoped, 
and  that  lie  must,  therefore,  arrange  to  find  a  crew  for  the  yacht,  without 
any  a-ssistance  on  my  part.  If  he  comes,  in  his  disappointment,  to  appeal 
to  you — give  him  no  hope  of  my  being  free  in  time  tu  help  him,  if  ho 
waits.  Encourage  him  to  take  the  best  assistance  he  can  got  from  strangers, 
and  to  set  about  manning  the  yacht  without  any  fuithcr  delay.  The  more 
occupation  he  has  to  keep  him  away  from  this  house  ;  and  the  loss  you 
encourage  him  tu  stay  here,  if  he  does  come,  the  better  I  shall  be  plciiscd. 
Don't  fill-get  that,  and  don't  forget  one  last  direction  which  I  have  now  to 
give  yon.  When  the  vessel  is  ready  for  sea,  and  when  Allan  invites  us  to 
«.il  with  him,  it  is  my  wish  that  you  should  positively  decline  to  go.  He 
will  try  to  make  yon  change  your  mind — for  I  shall,  of  course,  decline,  on 
my  side,  to  leave  you  in  this  strange  house  and  in  this  foreign  country  by 
yoursell".  No  matter  what  he  says,  let  nothing  persuade  you  to  alter  your 
decision.  Uefiise,  positively  and  finally  I  Kefuse.  I  insist  on  it,  to  set 
your  foot  on  the  new  yacht ! ' 

"  lie  ended  quietly  and  firmly — with  no  faltering  in  Ins  voice,  and 
no  signs  of  hesitation  or  relenting  in  his  face.  The  sense  of  surpriiC  which 
I  might  otherwise  have  felt  at  the  strange  words  he  had  addressed  to  me, 
was  lost  in  the  sense  of  relief  that  they  brouglit  to  my  mind.  The  dread 
of  tlioie  other  troitls  tliat  I  had  expected  to  hear  from  him,  left  me  ns 
suddenly  a;i  it  had  come.  I  could  look  at  him,  I  could  speak  to  him 
once  more. 

"  •  You  may  depend,'  I  answered,  '  on   my  doing  exactly  what  you 


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AKlfAUAUU 


aow.fl 


chl«r  nu  to  do.    Uast  I  ob«j  you  blindly  J    Or  may  [  know  yoor  i 
far  dio  extnKwdiauy  dizeclioDs  yoo  iiave  jmt  given  to  me  ? ' 

"  Hid  Aoe  darkened,  and  lie  aat  down  on  the  ether  uJa  of  my 
tabic,  with  a  heavy,  bopoJe«s  mgh. 

" '  You  may  know  ih«  iwaon/  ha  caid, '  tfyoa  wi»h  11'  H«  wutod  ■ 
llulc,  aai  considered.  '  You  have  a  r;ght  to  know  the  rcaaoi),'  ha 
nmmcd,  '  for  yoa  yoiinelT  ore  coDcerBL-d  in  iL'  He  wailed  a  little 
flgnSn,  and  again  went  on.  '  I  can  only  explain  the  eininge  request  I 
Lave  just  made  to  you,  in  one  way,'  h«  stud.  ■  I  raoeC  aek  you  to 
recall  -what  happeutKl  iu  the  next  room,  b«loru  Allan  )xSl  ua  to- 
night.' 

"  Uc  looked  at  me  with  a  stro&ge  mixture  of  exprcasiona  in  bia  laee. 
At  one  moment  I  tliooglit  fae  felt  pity  for  me.    At  another,  it  Kcsacd  mete 
like  horror  of  me.     I  began  to  feel  frightened  again ;  I  waited  for  lua 
wordu  in  aliened. 

" '  I  know  chut  I  huTC  been  working  toci  liaril  lati.'ty,'  he  went  on,  * 
tliAt  my  ncrret  are  ladly  ahnkcD.    It  is  possible,  iu  tbe  state  1  am  in  aow*' 
tluit  I  may  have  uncousciouaJy  miiinterpreted,  or  distorted,  tlie  cicdm- 
alancea  that  really  took  phico.     Tou  will  do  mc  a  faroiu  if  you  vi&  m 
trat  my  recollection  of  what  haa  hapj>uit(!d  hy  your  own.     If  my  fancy  I 
lias  exaggerated  anything,  if  niy  memory  is  ptaying  ra«  Jalse  aaywlere, 
2  entreat  you  to  rtop  me,  and  t«ll  me  of  it.' 

"I  oommanded  myself  Ruffidently  to  ask  what  the  cireamataDeei 
vrers  to  which  ha  rc&rrcd,  and  ta  what  way  I  was  pcreonally  cunccrnid 
ia  than. 

"  'You  were  penooiilly  concerned  in  lliem,  iu  llii«  way,'  he  answered. 
'The  circomBtaacea  to  which  I  refer,  began  with  your  speaking  to  Allan 
about  Miu  iMilroy,  in  wbat  I  tliought,  a  very  inoonfiiderale  and  very  im- 
patient maaner.  I  atn  ufraid  I  itpoko  ju>t  as  petulantly  on  my  lifU  eniJ 
I  b<^  your  pardon  for  what  1  said  to  you  in  the  irritation  of  the  nwatnt 
Tou  lell  the  roam.  After  a  aliort  abaence,  you  came  back  again,  aad 
made  a  pcrfeotiy  proper  apology  to  Alios,  which  he  received  with  Lii 
usual  kiadnoss,  and  Hweclnou  of  tempar.  While  ihts  went  oo,  you  asd 
he  were  both  sUmiling  by  tlie  eujiiier-uible;  and  Allan  resumed  aome  ooa* 
vcnKiUou  AvhioJi  Iiad  already  ]>aAeed  between  you  about  the  Ncapolilaci 
wine.  Uc  said  be  thought  he  should  learn  to  like  it  in  time,  and  ha  added 
loava  to  take  nnoilii-r  glius  of  liio  wiais  we  had  on  the  ubie.  Am  1 1^^ 
•o&rT- 

"The  wcri^H  idiniut  died  cm  my  hps ;    but  I  forced  the:a  out,  aad  ^ 
ODawercd  liim  [hat  hti  waa  right  eo  Sat.  ^ 

••  <  You  took  the  dosk  out  of  Allan 'h  hjind,'  ho  proceeded.  *  You  wi 
to  him,  good-fa  umourcdiy,  "  You  know  you  don't  rtally  Ukc  the  wiofc 
Ur.  Armadale.  Lei  me  innke  you  aometliing  wliich  may  b«  mora  > 
yotir  tnttf.  I  liiivo  a  receipt  of  my  own  for  lemonade.  Will  you  favnnr 
me  by  trying  it  I  '  In  those  words,  you  mnde  your  propoiial  to  Lib, 
aud  be  accepted  it.    Did  he  also  aak  liuiTe  to  look  on,  and  lean  ho* 


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ASMADALE.  449 

the  lemonade  vrits  made  7  and  did  jou  tell  Um  tltsC  he  would  oalj 
confuse  yon,  and  that  jou  wouJd  give  him  the  receipt  in  irriting,  if  ha 
wanted  it  ? ' 

"  This  time,  the  words  did  real)/  die  on  my  lips.  I  coold  only  bow 
my  head,  and  answer  '  Yea '  mutely  ia  that  way.     Midwinter  went  on. 

*'  *  Aliim  laughed,  and  went  to  the  window  to  look  out  at  the  Bay, 
and  I  went  with  him.  After  a  while,  Allan  remarked,  jocoaely,  that 
the  mere  sound  of  the  liquids  you  were  pouring  out,  made  him  thirsty. 
When  he  aaid  this,  I  turned  round  from  die  window.  I  approached 
you,  and  said  the  lemonade  took  a  long  time  to  make.  Tou  toodwd 
me,  aa  I  was  walking  anay  again,  nad  handed  me  the  tumbler  filled 
to  the  brim.  At  the  same  time,  Allan  turned  round  irom  the  window ; 
and  I,  in  my  turn,  handed  the  tumbler  to  Aim. — Is  there  any  mistake 
so£ir7' 

"  The  quick  throbbing  of  my  heart  almost  choked  me.  I  could  just 
shake  my  head — I  could  do  no  more. 

"  '  I  saw  Allan  raise  tLe  tumbler  to  bia  lips. — Did  j/ou  see  it  7  I  saw 
his  Hicc  turn  white,  in  an  instant. — ^Did  you  7  I  saw  the  glaas  loll  &om 
hia  band  on  the  floor.  I  saw  him  stagger,  and  caught  him  before  he  fell. 
Ate  these  things  true  ?  For  God's  sake,  search  your  memory,  and  tell  me 
— are  iheae  things  true  7 ' 

"  The  throbbing  at  my  heart  seemed,  for  one  breathless  instant,  to 
stop.  The  next  moment  something  fiery,  something  maddening,  flew 
through  mc.  I  started  to  my  feet,  with  my  temper  in  a  flame,  reckleaa 
of  all  consequences,  desperate  cnoi^h  to  say  anything. 

"  *  Your  questioQii  arc  an  insult  I  Your  looks  arc  an  inault  I '  I  burst 
out.     '  Ho  you  think  I  tried  to  poison  him  ? ' 

"  The  words  rushed  out  of  my  lips  in  spite  of  me.  They  were  the 
hat  words  under  heaven  that  any  woman,  in  such  a  situation  aa  miue, 
ought  to  have  spoken.     And  yet  I  spoke  them  ! 

"  lie  rose  in  alann,  and  gave  mc  my  amelling-bottic.  '  Iluah  1  husli  1  * 
he  Slid.  '  You,  too,  are  overwrought — ^you,  too,  arc  over-OxdCcd  by  all 
that  has  happened  to-night.  You  ore  talking  wildly  and  shockingly. 
Good  God  1  how  can  you  have  so  utterly  misunderstood  mc  7  Compose 
yourself — pray,  coiiipo.'^e  yourself,' 

"  lie  might  as  well  have  told  a  wild  animal  to  compose  herself. 
Having  been  mad  emiugh  to  my  the  words,  I  was  mad  enough  next,  to 
return  to  the  subject  ol'  the  lemonade,  in  spite  of  hia  entreutica  to  mc  to 
be  hilcnt. 

"  '  I  told  you  what  1  had  put  in  the  glass,  the  moment  Aff.  Armadale 
fainted,'  I  went  on;  iiinisitiiif;  Airioualy  on  defending  myself,  when  no 
attack  was  made  on  me.  '  I  told  you  I  had  taken  the  ilusk  of  brandy 
which  you  keep  at  your  liudside,  and  mixed  some  of  it  with  the  lemonade. 
Hew  could  1  know  that  he  had  a  nervous  horror  of  the  amell  and  tasto  of 
brandy  7  Didn't  he  t^.-iy  to  me  himself,  nhcu  he  came  to  his  senses,  It'i 
my  fault ;  I  ought  to  have  warned  you  to  put  no  btaudy  in  it  7     Didn't 

VOL.  XIII. — NO.  76.  22. 


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ARMADALE. 


))«  ranind  ytia,  ■A«nramls,  of  ilw  timo  wli<-n  you  and  he  were  in  th« 
of  Man  together,  and  wIkii  tin.-  I)i>cti>r  tli<Tc  innoccniljr  tnade  the 
mistake  nith  him  that  I  mjide  to-niglit  ? ' 

["  I  laid  a  great  Rtress  on  my  ionocence — and  with  sonic  ri 
too.  Whatcror  elw  I  may  be,  1  pride  myself  on  not  being  a  liyjiocriw.  I 
vrat  innocent — eo  fkr  tks  tl^c  }>ninily  W4U  coneemod.  I  hud  put  it  intc  iho 
tmuonadi.',  in  pure  i^onnce  ui  Arnmdale'a  nervuiiK  prciiliiirily,  to  dutgaiw 
th«  last*  of — never  mind  what !  Another  of  the  ihinga  I  pride  niyKlT 
Oft  i<,  that  I  never  wander  from  my  suhjeiit.  What  Midtvin:«r  said  next, 
ia  whjit  I  ought  to  be  writing  about  now.] 

"  He  looked  at  mc  lor  n  n»oment,  m  il'Iio  thought  I  liad  tafcon  )cav«  of 
tny  tvnws.  TIiuii  lie  caiue  round  to  my  tide  ol'  tlie  table,  und  stood  om 
mc  again, 

"  '  If  nothing  els*  will  aaiisry  you  that  yon  are  entirely  miainlerprctidg 
my  niotires,'  he  tai<],  'and  that  I  liarcn't  nn  idea  of  blaming yoK  in  iba 
matter — rea<I  this.' 

"He  took  a  ]iflp«r  from  thii  bri<iuit-|v>ckrt  nf  liis  cnat,  and  opivad  it 
open  under  my  eyca.     It  was  llic  Nan-aiivc  uf  Armadulc's  Dream. 

"  In  an  inf.iant  the  whole  weight  on  my  mind  was  lifted  off  iL  I  fell 
miatreaa  of  uiyself  ngatii — I  understood  him  at  laat. 

" '  Do  you  know  what  this  ia  2 '  ha  asked.  '  Do  you  remember  what 
I  eaid  to  you  at  Thorptj-Ambroiw,  aijout  AUan'i  Drenin?  I  told  yoa, 
then,  that  two  out  of  tht:  thrt-e  Vi.iioiis  had  already  come  true.  I  idl  yon 
now,  that  llie  third  Viiion  Iibb  been  ftilfiUvd  in  this  houne  to-night.' 

"  He  turned  over  the  leaves  of  the  manuscript,  and  pointed  to  ifae 
liucB  thai  hfi  wiehcd  me  to  read. 

*'  I  rptid  thiM.',  «ir  nearly  these  words,  from  the  Nsjiativo  of  the  Dream, 
aa  Midwinter  had  lukcn  it  down  from  .\niiudde'i  own  l!p8  :^ 

"  '  The  darknoia  opened  for  tlie  third  time,  and  ahoved  me  tJie  Shadow 
of  the  Man,  and  the  Shadow  of  the  Woman  together.  The  Miui>SbiiJo« 
was  the  ti<;arest ;  tlie  Woman- Shadow  stood  back.  From  where  wh«  Mood, 
I  heard  a  sound  like  the  pouring  out  of  a  liquid  solely.  I  siw  her  toacb 
thu  Shadow  of  the  Mmi  with  cuu  band,  and  giro  litm  a  glass  with  tbc 
other.  He  took  the  glass,  and  handed  it  lo  mc.  At  Lho  moment  when  1 
put  it  to  my  lips,  a  deadly  faintneas  overcame  me.  ^Vhen  I  rvcorcrrd 
my  senses  again,  the  Shadows  had  vani«licd,  aud  ttie  Vbioa  waa  at 
an  end.* 


I 
I 


"  For  the  nionntit,  \  was  ns  ooinplutcly  etiiggcrcd  by  this  extr««rdiiia*]r ' 
coincidence  :di  Midwinier  bimnell". 

"  He  put  one  hand  on  the  open  Narrative,  and  laid  tlie  othiT  hcxrlly 
on  my  httii. 

"'A'ourdo  you  undentand  my  motive  in  coming  lieref  he  idted. 
*  2^ote  do  you  ttee  lliat  the  last  hope  I  had  lo  ding  to,  waa  tlio  hope  that 
youi  mu'moTy  of  the  night's  evenia  might  prove  my  memory  to  be  wroojr  7 


ABHADAIA  451 

Now  do  you  Icnow  -vVy  I  won't  help  Allan  7  Why  Z  vroa't  sail  tvith 
bira  ?  Why  I  rid  plotting  and  lying,  and  making  you  plot  and  lie  too,  to 
keep  my  best  and  dearest  friend  out  of  the  house?  ' 

" '  Have  you  forgetten  Mr.  Brock's  letter  ? '  I  aeked. 

"  He  struck  hia  hand  passionately  on  the  open  manuscript,  '  If 
Mr.  Brock  hod  lived  to  see  what  we  have  seen  to-night,  he  would  have 
felt  what  I  feel,  lie  would  have  said  what  I  say ! '  His  voice  rank 
myrteiiously,  and  his  great  black  eyes  glittered  at  me  as  he  made  that 
answer.  '  Thrice  the  Shadows  of  the  Vision  warned  Allan  in  hiit  sleep,' 
he  went  on  ;  '  and  thrice  those  Shadows  have  been  embodied  in  the  after- 
time  by  You,  and  by  Me  !  You,  and  no  other,  stood  iu  the  Woman's 
place  at  the  pool.  I,  and  no  other,  stood  in  the  Man's  place  at  the  window. 
And  you  and  I  together,  when  the  last  Yision  showed  the  Shadows  together, 
stand  in  the  Man's  place  and  the  Woman's  place  still !  For  this,  the 
miserable  day  dawned  when  you  and  I  first  met.  For  this,  your  influence 
drew  me  to  you,  when  my  better  angel  warned  me  to  fly  the  sight  of  your 
face.  There  is  a  curse  on  our  lives !  there  is  a  fatality  in  our  footsteps  I 
Allan's  future  depends  on  his  separation  from  us  at  once  and  for  ever. 
Drive  him  from  the  place  we  live  in,  and  the  air  we  breathe.  Force  him 
among  atrangers — the  wornt  and  wickedest  of  them  will  be  more  harmless 
to  him  than  we  are !  Let  his  yacht  sail,  though  he  goes  on  his  knees  to 
ask  us,  without  You  and  without  Me — and  let  him  know  how  I  loved  him 
in  another  world  than  this,  where  the  wicked  cease  from  troubling  and  the 
wear}'  are  at  rest  I ' 

"  Jlis  grief  conquered  him — his  voice  broke  into  a  sob  when  he  ftpoke 
those  last  words.  He  took  the  Narrative  of  the  Dream  from  the  table,  and 
k'ft  me  as  abruptly  as  he  liad  come  in. 

'•  As  I  h^-ard  his  door  locked  between  us,  my  mind  went  back  to  what 
he  had  said  to  me,  aljout  myself.  In  remembering  '  the  miserable  day ' 
when  wc  first  saw  each  other,  and  'the  better  angel'  that  had  warned  him 
to  '  fly  the  sight  of  my  face,'  I  forgot  all  pise.  It  doesn't  matter  what  I 
lelt.  I  wouldn't  own  it,  even  if  I  had  a  friend  to  speak  to.  Who  cares  for 
the  misery  of  such  a  woman  .is  I  am?  who  believes  in  it?  Besidew,  he 
spoke  under  the  inlluonco  of  the  mad  superstition  tliat  has  got  poMcssion 
ofliim  again.  There  is  every  excuse  for  him — there  istio  excuse  fur  me. 
If  I  can't  help  being  fond  of  him,  through  it  all,  I  must  take  the  conse- 
quences and  sutler.  I  deserve  to  suffer  ;  I  defierve  neither  love  nor  pity 
from  anybody. — Good  heavens,  what  a  fool  I  am  I  And  how  unnatural 
all  this  would  he,  if  it  wiis  written  in  a  book  ! 

'•  It  has  Ktruck  one.  I  can  hear  Midwinter  still,  p,iciiig  to  and  fro  in 
his  room. 

"  He  is  tiiinkiiig,  I  suppose  7  Well !  I  can  think  too.  What  am  I 
to  do  next?  I  sliidl  wait  and  :>cc.  Events  take  odd  turns,  nmetimes— 
.ind  cventrt  may  justify  the  fatalism  of  the  amiable  man  in  the  next  room, 
who  curves  the  day  when  he  first  saw  my  face.  He  may  live  to  curse  it 
for  other  reasons  than  he  has  noiv.     If  I  am  the  Woman  j>ointcd  at  in  the 

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Drciim,  lliei*  win  be  mioUiqf  temputioa  put  in  my  waj  before  long- 
there  wiil  be  no  braiuljr  In  ArmoUale'ft  I«u)uaule  H  1  mix  it  ibr 
eeooDd  time. 


"  Oeivttr  2itli. — BiLTvly  twelve  bouts  b«v«  ]»»acsl  Bince  1  irCDte  oi; 
yGBterduf's  entry — aad  that  olfaei  tem^latioo  bas  come,  txied,  umI  oou- 
quered  ue  already  I 

"Thu  tints  tbero  was  no  *Jt«niiiliTe.  Instant  «zpociire  and  rain 
atored  me  in  lb*  face— I  bad  uo  cboiou  but  to  yueld  in  my  own  dolnoa 
la  {daiiwr  words  utill,  it  iraa  no  aooidental  naomlilaacc  Lbot  ritartl«d  na  it 
tbe  tb«stre  lost  nigbL  The  clioras-uager  at  tbe  open  was  3ilaBiid 
himwlT! 

"Kot  ten  Dunutei  after  Uidwinter  bad  left  tlia  titting-TOOia  fer  hii 
study,  tlie  womati  of  tbe  louie  come  in  with  a  dirty  little  tlirco-eonwnd 
Dotfl  in  L>er  hBud.  Ooc  look  at  tli«  writing  on  the  address  WM  wwnjglh 
Ue  had  recognized  lae  in  the  box ;  and  tlie  ballet  betweea  tbe  ocU  of  ibe 
opera  liad  given  bim  time  to  traou  inu  liotue-  I  drew  that  plain  coselo* 
Hioii  in  the  luooib'ut  Hud  daptied  before  I  cpcacd  tbe  luttcr.  It  ioToriDai 
me,  in  two  lines,  that  be  was  vraiting  in  a  by-street,  leading  to  tl»  bcuh; 
nod  that,  it  1  tailed  to  make  my  appeoraoce  in  t«n  miitiitea,  be  sIibbU 
intcrprot  wy  aburtco  as  an  iovitAiion  to  him  to  call  at  tli«  booav. 

"  What  I  m-iit  tJirotig))  yesterday,  must  have  Ijurdontnl  me,  I  soppoa. 
At  any  i'at«,  alW  rt^ading  ihe  i<ilics,  1  tclt  more  like  the  woiuaa  I  onot 
.was  tlian  1  h;tvv  li-lt  for  tnanlhs  past.     I  put  on  my  bonnet,  and  want 
dowusUiin,  and  left  tin:  liuuau  as  IC  nothing  hod  happened. 

"  Ue  was  waiting  for  me  at  the  oatmncc  to  the  atrect. 

"  In  the  iDstunt  when  wc  Blood  lace  to  face,  all  my  wrettj^il  UJii  wilh 
hini  come  b^ck  to  mc.  I  thought  ol'  my  trust  limt  he  had  bvtraycd ;  I 
tlioiight  of  thu  cruvl  uiuckury  of  a  ru^rriagu  ihut  he  had  practised  oa  tt», 
when  bo  kiiuw  that  lie  bad  a  wife  living ;  I  thought  of  the  time  when  I 
bad  feic  despair  enough  at  his  detHrtioD  of  m<t  to  att«mp(  my  owb  Me. 
When  [  recalled  all  this,  and  vhea  the  comparison  bc-twecu  Midwinter  aoi 
tlie  mean,  miscntblc Tiliaio  whom  I  bad  once  Lelicrcd  in,  forced  iuelfinto 
my  uiiud,  I  knew,  for  tha  fintt  tltnt',  what  a  woman  feels  wboo  every  atom 
of  respect  hr  heraelf  baa  left  her.  If  lie  had  perunally  insulted  me,  a: 
tbul  moment,  1  l>eli6ve  I  abould  bavo  aubmittad  to  it. 

"  But  bo  had  no  idea  of  tasulliog  me,  in  the  mora  brutal  usauiag  of 
the  word.  lie  had  me  at  hi»  mercy,  and  hirt  way  of  making  ue  to^  it 
was  to  behave  witli  on  elaborate  mockery  of  penit^noo  and  respect,  I  tet 
liirn  speakashe  plcaaed,  without  interrupting  him,  witliout  looking  at  bin 
a  aecood  time,  without  even  allowing  my  drvGs  to  touch  him,  as  wc  waUwd 
tcf^lhurtowiu-dstbe  quivtorpartoflfaa  b«tcb.  I  bad  aolicod  the  wntcbcd 
nuvtxi  of  hi*  cloihei^  and  the  gr«edy  glittci  in  bis  cytM,  in  my  6r&l  I<.x>k  ai 
bim.     And  I  knew  it  would  end — as  it  did  end — in  a,  demaad  on  me  iur 


mooey. 
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After  taking  from  me  tlie  laat  iailhing  I  powcKed  of  my  own, 


ABU  AD  ALE, 


453 


aact  the  Ust  ferthing  I  could  cxiorl  Rir  him  fnna  my  old  raintma,  he. 
turned  oa  mo  ah  nc  etootl  )'j  the  lUM^in  of  tbe  «»,  ami  Mked  if  I  oouli 
RKWDeilQ it  to  ittj  com-cu-ncu  to  Iti  him  bo  nranog  such  a cont  M  li«  t!i<!ii 
had  on  liis  hiwk,  and  camiug  Ins  inincmblc  living  asn  choniB-sager  at  ibc 
opertl 

"  My  distgu&l,  ratfeer  than  my  uidignadoii,  reused  mn  icM  rpealcing  to 
lum  at  last. 

"'Tou  wnnt  moiipv,'  I  unid.  *  SiippoM  I  am  too  jioor  le  give  it 
to  you  ? ' 

"  'In  llwl  ca»,'  I"*  »«pl»cd, '  I  shall  b«  foreed  UmememW  tlul  you  *re 
s  treuore  ia  youriH-lf.  And  I  ahnll  bn  under  the  painful  neonnty  of 
prcaang  my  cliiim  tu  you  ou  tlio  attention  of  one  of  thoie  two  gGntlvmcn 
vbam  I  mw  with  you  at  the  operit — the  gentleman,  of  eoiirse,  who  is  now 
boDOQird  by  your  prdcrencc,  and  who  livra  proriaiuuiiUy  in  the  light  of 
your  emtlca.' 

'*  J  mada  him  no  itnawCT — for  I  lind  no  nnnrvr  to  giv«.  Dixptiiing 
Ida  right  to  clnim  inn  frosi  anybody,  would  huve  hucn  a  were  wmu  of 
VOrd*.  He  knev  S3  well  as  1  did  thnl  he  bud  not  the  shadow  of  a  daim 
oa  me.  But  the  mcro  iittcni|it  to  raise  it  would,  us  he  vwt  well  aware, 
l«ad  ncccsftiirily  to  the  cxponiirc  of  my  whole  past  life. 

**  Still  kcoping  silc-noe,  I  looked  out  orer  the  tea.  I  doti't  know  why 
—except  that  I  instinctively  looked  an^'where  rather  Uiun  look  at  liim. 

"  A  Httio  gailing  boat  was  approaching  the  shore.  I'he  man  steering 
va5  hiddi-n  from  tnc  by  thu  mil ;  but  the  boat  was  ao  near  that  I  thought 
X  rcooguixcd  Uk:  Sag  on  the  mast.  I  Igoliod  at  my  watch.  Vca  !  It  vian 
JLmmlafe  coming  over  from  Santa  Lucia,  at  bis  wnja]  timc^  to  Tint  ua  in 
hi*  usual  way. 

"  BcfATO  I  had  put  my  watch  back  in  my  belt,  th«  mcana  of  extri- 
atisg  myself  from  the  frightful  poittiun  I  ivax  placed  in  showed  themselves 
to  mc  iu  plainly  u.i  I  t<x  theia  sow. 

**  I  tmned  and  kd  the  way  to  the  higher  part  of  the  beach,  where 
some  fislang-boats  wtrc  drawn  up  which  complulely  ncrcencd  us  from  the 
t-l«w  of  any  one  htnding  on  the  sliore  b«low.  Seeing  probably  that  ]  had 
a  porpoBC  of  some  kind,  Manutl  followed  mc  without  altering  a  word. 
Aa  Mwu  as  we  wcic  Bafcly  under  tUo  slicltvr  of  the  boats,  I  Jorcod  myself, 
hi  my  own  delvnce,  to  look  at  him  again. 

" '  Wliat  sboTtId  you  say,*  1  asked, '  if  I  was  rich,  instead  of  poor  7 
Wluit  ahould  yoQ  say  if  I  oonld  afford  to  ^ve  you  a  hundred  pounds  t ' 

**  He  started.  I  eaw  plainly  tliat  Im  had  not  expected  n  mudi  n* 
tialf  tlie  stun  1  had  mcntioacd.  It  i*  nccdleu  tu  add  that  hia  tongDQ  lied, 
whiie  hisi  tkcv  spoke  tht.-  truth;  and  that  when  he  n-pliad  to  na,  lb* 
answer  was,  '  Nutliing  like  enonp^h.' 

" '  Suppose,'  I  went  oa,  without  taking  any  notice  of  what  he  hod  said, 
*  llial  I  could  show  you  a  way  of  helping  younwlf  lo  twice  as  muclw— 
tliree  times  as  much— fire  times  as  and)  lut  a  hundred  pouuda,  ore  you 
iMld  flOough  to  piit  out  your  hand,  and  take  it  1 ' 


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3AL«. 


*'  Tbe  greed;  glitter  came  into  lils  ejt«  «aG«  mort.  Hii  roiw  droppod 
low,  in  brauliUai  expectation  of  my  Den  words. 

*'  •  Who  is  (lie  peraon? '  be  a»kod.     '  And  what  ia  tlie  mk?* 

"  1 4utnrere<l  him  nt  once,  in  the  plBlncet  tennt.     I  threrr  Ai 
to  Mid,  bs  I  miglil  lixru  ihrown  ft  piece  of  meat  to  a  wild  beait  vhu  wu 
punuiag  ine. 

"  *  The  per«ou  is  a  ricli  young  Eaglivliaun,'  I  caid.  '  He  bas  jut 
hired  llic  Tocht  cnllud  the  Dorotticu,  iii  th«  harbour  ben  ;  and  he  stands 
in  need  of  a  sailing-master  nnd  .1  crew.  Von  were  once  an  ctfficor  ia 
tbe  Spanish  navj — you  ipeak  Englisli  atjd  Italian  perfectly — yoit  at* 
thoroughly  well  Boqiuuatc^  tvith  ^'uplo  and  all  that  bdoogs  to  it.  Tiie 
rich  young  Englithmiui  U  igiiuraat  of  the  laaguagc  ;  and  tlio  interpmer 
w}io  asMnin  him,  knovri  ncthing  of  ilie  B«a.  He  Is  at  liis  wiM'  cod  ibr  want 
of  umIuI  b«ip  in  tliis  ttracge  plaoe  ;  he  has  no  tnorv  kuowledgo  ni'  the 
world  than  that  child  who  is  digging  holo  there  niib  n  stick  in  the  und ; 
and  he  cairica  ilU  his  money  with  him  in  circular  notck  So  much  fbr  the 
petvon.     Alt  fbr  the  riatk,  CKtimatc  it  ibr  jounwif.' 

"  Tlie  grwily  glitter  in  his  eyes  grew  brighter  and  brighter  with  every 
word  I  Mtid.  Ha  was  plainly  ready  to  face  the  risk,  before  I  bud  doss 
speaking. 

"  '  ^Tien  can  I  see  the  Englishman  ? '  be  lukcd  eagerly, 

"  I  moved  to  the  acAward  end  of  the  fishing>boat,  and  uw  that  Arnadtlt 
vast  at  tlinc  moment  tlionii barking  on  the  iihor«. 

*' '  Vuu  con  see  liim  now,'  I  Qnewcred,  and  pointed  to  llie  place. 

"  Atlar  a  long  look  »t  Armadale  walking  carelciaiy  np  the  alopo  of  die 
beach,  Manuel  dicw  l)ack  again  under  the  iilielter  of  the  boat,  tie  yctiui 
a  momt-nt,  considering  some-thing  carcrully  with  himself,  and  put  another 
c^ueation  to  me— in  a  whisper  this  time. 

" '  When  the  vancl  ia  manned,'  he  uid,  '  and  tbe  Englislinun  salb 
from  Nnplca,  how  many  frivndK  «ail  wllli  him  T ' 

'' '  He  lias  but  two  fiienda  here,*  I  replied^'  that  other  gentlcnun 
whom  yon  saw  with  me  at  the  opera,  and  mysolf.  He  will  invite  ni 
lulh  to  sail  Kith  him — and  tvheu  lh«  time  comet,  we  sbi^  both  refiisc.' 

"  '  Do  yoti  nnawiT  for  that  ? ' 

"  '  I  onxwer  for  it  positively,' 

"  FTe  walked  a  few  steps  away,  nnd  stood  with  his  face  hidden  Iron 
me,  ihinking  again.  AH  1  could  ««  wiu,  that  h«  took  off  lua  bat,  and 
paaacd  his  handkerchiL'f  over  his  forehead.  AM  I  could  hoar  was,  that  be 
talked  to  himself  vxciLciUy  in  bis  own  language. 

"  There  wns  a  change  in  him  when  be  came  back.   Ilia  liicc  had  t 
to  a  U«id  yellow,  and  his  cjc*  looked  at  me  with  a  hideous  distrust. 

" '  One  last  question,'  he  said,  nnd  suddenly  came  closer  to  me. 
denly  spoke  with  a  marked  emphasis  on  bis  next  words.     '  What  i>  yar 
mtereat  in  thit  T ' 

"  I  Htorted  bock  from  him.  The  question  reminded  mo  tbat  I  hod  SB 
interest  lu  the  matter,  which  was  cnliruly  unconnected  with  the  inturvci  of 


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ARUADALE.  465 

keejung  Manuel  and  Midwinter  apart.  Thus  far,  I  fand  only  remembered 
that  Midwinter's  fatalism  had  smoothed  the  way  for  me,  by  abandoning 
Armadale  beforehand  to  niiy  stnuiger  who  might  come  forward  to  help 
liim.  Thus  fiir,  the  sole  object  I  had  kept  in  view  was  to  protect  myself, 
by  the  sacrifice  of  Armadale,  from  the  exposure  that  threatened  me.  I 
tell  no  lies  to  my  Diary.  I  don't  aflect  to  have  felt  a  moment's  con- 
EJderation  for  the  interests  of  Armadale's  purse,  or  the  safety  of 
Armadale's  life.  I  hated  him  too  savagely  to  care  what  pitfalls  my 
tongue  might  be  the  means  of  opening  under  his  feet.  But  I  certainly 
did  not  see  (until  that  last  question  waa  put  to  me)  that,  in  serving  hU 
own  designs,  Manuel  might — if  he  dared  go  all  lengths  for  the  money — ^be 
serving  my  designs  too.  The  one  overpowering  anxiety  to  protect  myself 
from  exposure  before  Midwinter,  had  (I  suppose)  filled  all  my  mind,  to 
the  exclusion  of  everything  else. 

"  Finding  that  I  mode  no  reply  for  the  moment,  Manuel  reiterated  his 
question,  putting  it  in  a  new  form. 

'' '  You  have  cast  your  Englishman  at  me,'  he  said,  *  like  the  sop  to 
Cerberus.  Would  you  have  been  quite  so  ready  to  do  that,  if  you  had 
not  had  a  motive  of  your  own  ?  I  repeat  my  question.  You  have  an 
interest  in  this — ^\vhat  is  it? ' 

"  '  I  have  two  interests,'  I  answered.  '  The  interest  of  forcing  you  to 
rtRpect  my  position  here ;  and  the  interest  of  ridding  myself  of  the  sight 
of  you,  at  once  and  for  ever  I '  I  spoke  with  a  boldness  lie  had  not  yet 
lieurd  from  me.  The  sense  that  I  was  making  the  villain  an  instrument 
in  my  hands,  and  forcing  him  to  help  my  purpose  blindly,  while  he  waa 
helping  his  own,  roused  my  spirits,  and  made  me  feel  like  myself  again. 

"  He  laughed.  '  Strong  language,  on  certun  occasions,  is  a  lady's 
privilege,'  he  said.  '  You  may,  or  may  not,  rid  yourself  of  the  sight  of 
me,  at  once  and  for  ever.  We  will  leave  that  question  to  bo  settled  in  the 
future.  But  your  other  interest  in  this  matter  puzzles  me.  You  have  told 
me  all  I  need  know  about  the  Englishman  and  his  yacht,  and  you  have 
made  no  conditions  before  you  opened  your  Jijjs.  Prny,  how  are  you  to 
Ibrce  me,  as  you  siiy,  lo  resiiect  your  position  here  ? ' 

"'I  will  tell  you  how,'  I  rejoined.  'You  shall  hear  my  conditions 
lli'st.  I  insist  on  your  leaving  me  in  five  minutes  more.  I  insist  on  your 
never  again  coming  near  the  house  where  I  live  ;  and  I  forbid  your  attempt- 
ing to  conimunicate  ia  any  way,  cither  with  me,  or  with  that  other 
gcnileman  whom  you  saw  willi  me  at  the  theatre ' 

"  '  And  suppose  I  $ay  no  ? '  he  interposed.  '  In  that  case,  what  will 
ynu  di»  ?  ' 

"  '  la  that  case,'  I  answered,  '  I  shall  say  two  words  in  private  to  the 
lich  yoiuig  Englishman — and  you  will  find  yourself  back  again  among  the 
chorus  at  the  Ofwra.' 

"  '  You  arc  a  bold  woman  to  lake  it  for  granted  tliat  I  have  my  designs 
on  the  Knglishmau  alrcaily,  and  that  I  am  certain  to  succeed  in  them. 
How  do  you  know  '         ? ' 


4ffS 


A  OH  AD  ALB. 


"  <  I  know  you,'  I  tmi.     '  And  that  w  cnougb.' 

*'  Tltiyri'.  ttn*  n  mdmciit'a  ulcnce  bMween  ul  He  looVwI  At  ne— ^ud 
I  looked  St  him.     We  imderitood  each  other. 

'*  He  was  the  fint  to  epoak.  Th«  Tilliuioai  maile  dtod  out  of  his  Stet, 
and  hit  voice  dropped  sgwn  distTUitfiiDy  to  its  lowest  tooes- 

"  '  I  nic«^pl  your  1enii&,'  he  mid.  '  As  to»g  m  ytmr  lip*  sre  oloned,  n^ 
lipa  Hhall  be  cloiied  lofr— except  in  the  erent  of  mj  finding  that  joa.  hara 
dtcetrei  me ;  in  vrliich  case  th«  bargsjn  is  at  an  eod,  and  yon  will  Bee  di« 
again.  I  aluill  present  mTBolf  to  the  EngliKhRuin  t»-moTrow,  with  llic  Doeo- 
■ny  CTwlentiiU*  to  mnlilixh  tne  in  ha  oonfiJence.     Tell  me  hia  miiiio?  ' 

"  I  told  it. 

■^'Give  ue  hitaddreea?' 

"I  guvo  it — and  tunit^  to  leave  him.  Before  I  had  stepped  out  of 
tbo  shcrltcr  of  tlic  l>oat«,  I  Lizard  Lim  bi-liind  me  again. 

"  *  One  last  word,'  he  said.  '  Accidenis  Bometimai  ha{)p«n  at  sea. 
Havft  yoa  interest,  enough  in  the  EngHahman — if  an  accident  happeca  ia 
Lta  case — to  wish  to  koow  wh4t  has  bocome  of  hlia  1 ' 

"  I  eto]>]icd,  niid  onnniderud  on  my  aiile.  T  hail  plititily  &iI(Kl  to  per- 
■oadc  hitn  that  I  had  no  necret  interest  to  acrve,  in  placiag  Armadal^t 
aionejr,  and  (aa  n  probablo  conneqnence)  Armadale's  life,  at  hia  mtnrjr. 
Aud  it  was  now  i.vjijn[ly  cWr  tlinc  hr  wa*  cimmngly  atlauptio);  to  anodate 
hiiiu«irwith  my  private  ebjecU  (whatever  tber  might  be),  by  opcntl^a 
ncana  of  commiini cation  between  u>  in  the  fiitura.  There  could  be  no 
bwlation  about  bow  to  anawer  liim,  under  auch  circumatuaces  aa  theae.  If 
Ac  'aocident'  at  which  he  hinted  did  really  happen  to  Armadale,  I  alooil 
in  no  ne«d  of  Mftmid's  intcrvimtion  to  give  mc  the  iDtclligcoctr  of  it.  Ao 
taty  R<-arch  through  the  obitunry  colnnms  of  the  Kngli*])  pap(,-rs  would 
fed)  me  tlte  newa — with  the  great  additional  advantage  iKaL  tW  {npen 
na^ht  be  relied  on,  in  audi  a  matter  ae  this,  to  tell  the  trutli.  2  tormaUj 
ibaektA  ManuU,  and  deelinod  to  accept  his  pro|>o«al.  '  Huviiig  no  intanal 
in  lliL-  EDglinliniaD,''  I  nid,  '  I  have  no  wisli  whatever  to  know  wiwt 
bccotocs  of  him.' 

"  He  looked  at  me  for  a  moment  with  steady  attention,  and  with  an 
interest  in  me  which  ho  hod  not  »Iiown  yet. 

"  *  What  the  game  yoa  are  playing  may  be,'  he  rejoined,  spealuBg 
slowly  and  algnificanlly,  'I  dini't  pretend  to  know.  But  I  venliire  on  a 
prophvcy  u«vertliele»s — jfcv  ictVf  iri'fi  it .'  If  wo  ever  meet  again,  remombcr 
I  said  tliat.'  He  took  off  his  hat,  and  bowed  to  me  gravely.  '  Go  jam 
way.  madnm.     And  leave  me  to  go  mine ! ' 

"  With  tliosc  words,  he  released  mo  from  the  sight  of  bim.  I  vaitid 
a  inintjte  nloue,  to  recm'er  myself  in  tlieair— acd  tlieu  rvturned  1o  lbs 
buBW. 

"The  iirst  object  that  met  my  eras  on  entering  the  slttiag-rooin,  wia 
— Amiiidale  hiniM-If  I 

*'  Ho  was  waiting  oe  the  t^aooc  of  aecing  me,  to  beg  that  I  would  cocMt 
my  iiitluesce  with  his  friend.     I  made  the  needful  intjutry  as  to  what  be 


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ABlLfAT>AT.TL  ^j/J 

meant,  and  found  that  Midwinter  hod  spoken  u  he  had  warned  me  be 
woiUd  speak  when  he  and  Armadale  next  met.  He  had  annoonced  that 
he  was  anable  to  finiah  his  work  for  the  newspaper  as  aoon  as  he  bad  hoped; 
and  be  had  advised  Armadale  to  find  a  crew  tor  tbo  jacht  without  waiting 
for  any  aamstance  on  hia  part. 

"  All  that  it  woa  necessary  for  me  to  do,  on  hearing  this,  waa  to  perform 
tiie  promise  I  had  made  to  Midwinter,  when  he  gave  me  my  directions 
how  to  act  in  the  matter.  Armadale's  vexation  on  fmding  me  resolved  not 
to  interfere,  expressed  itself  in  the  form  of  all  others  that  ia  most  peraonally 
ofTendve  to  me.  He  declined  to  believe  my  reiterated  assorances  that  I 
possessed  no  influence  to  exert  in  hia  favour.  '  If  I  was  married  to  Neelie,' 
be  said,  *ahe  could  do  anything  she  liked  with  me;  and  I  am  aure,  when 
you  choose,  you  can  do  anything  yon  like  with  Midwinter.'  If  the  in&ta- 
atcd  fool  had  actually  tried  to  stifle  the  last  faint  struggles  of  remorse  and 
pity  left  stirring  in  my  heart,  he  could  have  said  nothing  more  fatally  to 
the  purpose  than  this  I  I  gave  bim  a  look  which  effectually  Eilenccd  bim 
BO  far  as  I  was  concerned.  Ha  went  out  of  the  room  grumbling  and 
growling  to  himself.  '  It's  all  very  well  to  talk  about  manning  the  yachL 
I  don't  speak  a  word  of  their  gibberish  here — and  the  interpreter  thinks  a 
Jifiherman  and  a  aailcr  mean  the  some  thing.  Hang  me  if  I  know  what  to 
do  with  the  vessel,  now  I  have  got  her  I ' 

"  He  will  probably  know  by  to-morrow.  And  if  he  only  comes  here 
as  usual,  I  shall  know  too  I 

"  October  25tJi,  Ten  at  night. — ^Manuel  has  got  him  I 
"  He  has  just  left  us,  after  staying  here  more  tlian  an  hour,  and  talking 
the  whole  time  of  nothing  but  bis  own  wonderful  luck  in  finding  the  very 
help  he  wanted,  at  the  time  when  he  needed  it  most. 

"  At  noon  to-day,  be  was  on  tlic  Mole,  it  seems,  with  his  interpreter, 
trying  vainly  to  make  himself  understood  by  the  vagabond  population  of 
the  water-side.  Just  as  he  was  giving  it  up  in  despair,  a  stranger  standing 
by  (Manuel  had  followed  him,  I  suppose,  to  the  Mole  from  liis  hotel) 
kindly  interfered  to  put  things  right.  Ho  eaid,  '  I  speak  your  language 
and  their  language,  sir.  I  know  Naples  well ;  and  I  have  been  profeb'sion- 
ally  accustomed  to  the  sea.  Can  I  help  you?'  The  inevitable  result 
followed.  Armadale  shifted  all  his  difhculties  on  to  the  shoulders  of  the 
polite  stranger,  in  his  usual  helpless,  headlong  way.  Hia  new  friend, 
however,  inRistcd,  in  the  most  honourable  manner,  on  complying  with  the 
customary  formalities  before  be  would  consent  to  take  tlic  matter  into  hia 
own  hande.  He  begged  leave  to  wait  on  Mr.  Armadale,  with  hia 
testimonials  to  character  and  capacity.  The  same  afternoon  he  had  come 
by  ajipoiutment  to  the  hotel,  with  all  his  papers,  and  with  '  the  saddest 
Gtory  '  of  his  GulTeringa  and  privations  as  '  a  political  refugee '  that  Armadale 
lutd  ever  heard.  The  interview  waa  decisive.  Manuel  left  the  hotel,  com- 
missioned to  find  a  crew  for  the  yaclit,  and  to  fill  the  post  of  sailing-uuuter 
on  the  trial  cruise. 


"  I  Tratebcd  Midwinter  nnxintuly,  while  Annnilale  wnt  tilling  uit  these 
[Witicttliin  i  aiidMtft»r«-nnK  wiit*n  1)«  producfttl  t)ic  iivw  niliiig-mMtct't 
tCMtimonialM,  which  li«  Itai  brought  with  kim  for  his  friend  to  aer.  ^| 

"  For  the  moiDcnt,  Midwinter's  superstirioua  inU^ivings  oeemed  to  b« 
»!l  lost  in  his  natural  anxit-ljr  for  his  fmncL     lie  exnmiacd  the  atnuger'x 
pnp(!rs — nfl«v  hnving  IaM  mo  tliitt  th«  tonrn-r  Amiii<1nltt  WM  tn  ibt  linid* 
of  ftiraug*TB  the  better ! — with  the  cIospaI  ncrulin^r  and  ih«  most  business-    ^ 
like  tUstrust.     It  is  needlets  to  sajr  thnt  the  credentials  were  aa  perfectly    H 
iv|s;ii]&r  nnd  sntisfactoty  Mcrodvntinla  oould  be.    When  Midwinter  Iiand4!<) 
tlitMo  back,  hit  ooIout  rom :  he  seemed  to  fral  the  inconsisU^ncj'  of  hit 
conduct,  niid  to  obscrrc  l«r  th«  firat  lim«  thnt  I  vat  frwcnt  noltciDg  jb 
'  There  ia  nothing  to  object  ift  in  the  tcstiinomals.  Allnn  :  I  am  glad  you 
haTO  got  tlic  hdp  you  want  at  IqeI.'      That  vras  all  ho  said,  sX  pmrtinf. 
Alt  soon  an  Armndnlc's  bnck  was  turned,  1  mw  no  moro  of  him.     Ue  ha*  ^ 
locki>d  himnt-lf  up  ngaiii  for  iht^  nigh;,  in  hid  own  room,  V 

"There  is  now — »o  far  us  1  nm  concerned — but  one  anxiety  left. 
When  the  ynclit  ia  ready  for  sea,  and  wli«n  I  decline  To  occupy  the  lady's 
cabin,  will  Slidtvinler  hold  to  his  reaolution,  and  rtfu&c  to  aail  wic^ioutiDct 


"  Oe-tcber  2Cl7i. — Warnings  atrendy  of  the  coming  oideal.  A  letter 
from  Armadale  to  Midwinter,  which  Midwinter  has  jnxt  sent  in  to  me. 
Here  it  is  i— 

*"DeAR  Mm, — I  am  too  biny  to  come  to-day.  Get  on  with  your 
vrorfc,  fcr  hfaven's  sake!  Ihc  new  sailing-master  ia  a  man  of  ten 
iboawuid.  Hi^  h.-L«  got  nn  l^jigliibnum  whom  ht>  knows,  to  eeiye  na  mate 
on  hoani  already  ;  and  he  i.i  jioniti  vply  certain  of  getting  the  crew  together 
in  three  or  four  days'  time,  t  sm  dyinf^  for  a  whiff  of  the  lea,  and  «o  are 
you.  or  you  nru  tm  Kiilmr.  The  rigging  is  set  up,  the  stores  are  coning  oa 
boanl,  and  wc  isliidl  bend  the  saiia  lo-mom'W  er  nest  day.  I  never  was 
in  sudi  spiriia  in  my  life.  ICemomber  mo  to  your  wife,  and  tell  her  Av 
will  be  doing  me  a  favour  if  she  will  come  at  once,  and  order  erviythioj 
aJie  wants  in  this  lady's  cabin. — Yours -iffeclionately,  A.  A.' 

"  Under  this  was  written  in  Midwinter's  hand,— '  Heme mber  what  I 
told  you.  Wi'ito  (it  wilt  break  it  Co  him  more  gently  in  that  way),  an-.l 
hog  him  to  accept  your  spologies,  and  to  excuse  you  from  sailing  ob  tho 
trial  cruise.' 

"  I  have  written  Without  a  moment's  loss  of  lime.  The  sooner  Maani:! 
knows  (which  hi;  is  certain  lo  do  through  Armndale)  thnt  the  promina  not 
ro  sail  in  the  yacht  is  performed  already,  b»  far  as  [  dm  oonccmed,  the 
ji.iftr  1  »!inlt  feel. 

"  Chillier  27(A. — A  letter  from  Armadale, — in  an.iwcr  to  mine.  Itc 
is  full  of  ceremonious  regret  af.  the  loss  of  my  company  oti  the  cnuse; 
and  he  politely  hopes  that  Midwinter  may  ycl  induce  me  to  alter  my 
mind.  Wait  a  little,  Till  he  findj  that  Midwinter  won't  sail  wltli  him 
dillier !     .    .    .    . 


ARMADALE.  459 

"  October  SOtk. — NotLiug  new  to  record,  until  to-daj'.  To^aj,  the 
cbaQge  in  our  lives  here  has  come  at  last ! 

"  Armadale  presented  himself  this  morning,  in  his  noisiest  high  epirita, 
to  announce  that  the  yacht  was  ready  for  sea,  and  to  ask  when  Midwinter 
would  be  able  to  go  on  board.  I  told  him  to  make  the  inquiry  himself  in 
Midwinter's  room.  Ue  left  me,  with  a  lost  request  that  I  would  re- 
consider  my  refusal  to  sail  with  him.  I  answered  by  a  last  apology  for 
persisting  in  my  resolution ;  and  then  took  a  cliair  alone  at  the  window, 
to  wait  the  event  of  the  interview  in  the  next  room. 

"  My  whole  future  depended,  now,  on  what  passed  between  Midwinter 
and  his  friend  I  Everything  hud  gooe  smoothly  up  to  this  time.  The 
one  danger  to  dread  was  the  danger  of  Midwinter's  resolution,  or  rather 
of  Midwinter's  fatalism,  giving  way  at  the  lost  moment.  IS  he  allowed 
himself  to  be  persuaded  into  accompanying  Armadale  on  the  cruise, 
Manuel's  exasperation  against  me  would  hesitate  at  nothing — ho  would 
remember  that  I  had  answered  to  him  for  Armadale's  sailing  from  Naples 
ftlone ;  and  he  would  be  capable  of  exposing  my  whole  past  lite  to 
Midwinter  before  the  vessel  left  the  port.  As  I  thought  of  this,  and  as 
the  slow  minutes  followed  each  other,  and  nothing  reached  my  eais  but  the 
hum  of  voices  in  the  next  room,  my  suspense  became  almost  unendurable. 
It  was  vain  to  try  and  fix  my  attention  on  what  was  going  on  in  the  strecL 
I  sat  looking  mechanically  out  of  the  window,  and  seeing  nothing. 

"  Suddenly — I  can't  say  in  how  long,  or  how  short  a  time — the  hum 
of  voict-s  ceased ;  the  door  opened  ;  and  Armadale  showed  himself  on  the 
threshold,  alone. 

"  '  I  wish  you  good-by,"  he  said  roughly.  '  And  I  hope,  when  I  am 
married,  my  wife  may  never  cause  Midwinter  the  disappointment  that 
Midwinter's  wife  has  caused  me  ! ' 

"  He  gave  me  .an  angry  look,  and  made  me  an  angry  bow — and,  turning 
iharply,  left  the  room. 

"  I  saw  the  people  in  the  street  again  !  I  saw  the  calm  sea,  and  the 
masts  of  the  sliipping  in  the  harbour  where  the  yacht  lay !  I  could 
think,  I  could  breathe  freely  once  more !  The  words  that  saved  me 
frcm  Maiincl — the  words  that  might  be  Armadale's  sentence  of  death — 
hiid  been  spoken.  The  yacht  was  to  sail  without  Midwinter,  as  well  as 
without  3Ic  1 

"  My  first  feeling  of  exultation  was  almost  maddening.  But  it  was  the 
feeling  of  a  moment  only.  My  heart  sank  in  me  again,  when  I  thought  of 
Midwinter  alone  in  the  next  room. 

"  I  went  out  into  the  passage  to  listen,  and  heard  nothing.  I  tapped 
gently  at  his  door,  and  got  no  answer.  I  opened  the  door,  and  looked  in. 
He  was  sitting  at  the  table,  with  his  face  hidden  in  his  hands.  I  looked 
at  him  in  silence — and  saw  the  glistening  of  the  tears,  as  they  trickled 
ihruugh  hia  fingerp. 

"  'Leave  me,'  he  naid,  without  moving  his  hands.  'I  must  get  over  it 
by  myself.' 


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ARWADAZR. 


•*  I  went  bit«lc  into  the  sieting-rcKiitn.  Who  esa  iiaJanlaml  vmnea  f — 
we  doii'l  vv«a  iindiiiiUiKl  mmeliret.  His  «eiiduig  m»  am^  from  bim  in 
tiiKt  numner  out  me  to  the  tiecrt.  I  don^t  beltere  the  tnoiit  hnrmlras  and 
natx  ^oile  vomnn  tiling  canid  have  Telt  it  more  acutely  than  I  felt  It 
Aod  this.  atUiT  what  I  hare  bec-n  doing  I  tliia,  after  whntlnBi  thinkisf  of, 
tlic  mmn«nt  before  I  ««nt  into  hia  roomi  Who  <axt  accoont  tot  ill 
Nobody— I,  leafltofulll 

'^Ilalf  an  faonr  later,  hitidoor  opened,  and  I  beard  him  humring^doWD 
tlifi  itUur*.  I  run  out  «ilh«at  waiting  to  think,  and  a^ed  if  1  nuglrt  ga 
with  him.  He  neithn-  slopped  noranswered.  I  wrat  back  to  th«  window, 
mi  am  hira  ])«sti,  walking  ni|ndlj  awaj^,  with  hia  back  turned  on  Naplfi 
and  ifaaaea. 

"1  ou  undcratand  now,  that  ho  tnig^it  not  bare  beard  me.  At  tim 
timp,  T  thought  him  incxtftisahly  nnd  hrutnlty  unkind  to  rs^.  T  put  on  wif 
hoimet,  in  n  (reazy  of  rage  with  him ;  I  Bcnt  out  for  a  carriage,  and  told 
the  nan  to  tak«  me  whttro  he  liked,  lie  took  in<^,  ax  he  Uxk  other 
slrangera,  lo  the  Mowam  to  «ee  the  tliituea  nnd  tho  picturas.  I  flounoid 
from  room  lo  room,  with  my  face  in  a  llnmc,  nod  the  peo^  lU  staling  il 
me.  I  came  to  nywif  again.  1  don't  know  how.  I  retumod  to  th^ 
carriage,  and  made  the  man  drire  mc  back  in  a  violent  biirry,  I  dcm't  ksow 
why.  I  tossed  off  my  tsioak  and  boonct,  and  rnt  down  onco  more  at  the 
window.  The  nght  of  the  mw  conled  nic.  I  forgot  Midwinter,  and 
thought  of  AniuidaJe  nnd  his  yacht.  There  wann't  a  breath  of  wind; 
there  wasn't  a  cloud  in  the  sky — the  wide  watera  of  tlic  Bay  wore  a> 
amooth  lu  tlic  mirfiicc  of  a  gliits- 

"  The  Bun  eank  ;  the  abort  twilight  cnmc,  nod  went.  I  had  aome  lea, 
and  sat  at  the  table  tliinkinf;  and  dreaming  aver  it.  When  I  ronsed  tb^mV 
Bad  went  buck  to  the  trindow,  the  moon  waa  itp — ^but  tho  qnit:C  sea  wai 
as  qniet  aa  erer. 

*'  I  was  still  looking  out,  wht-n  I  anw  Midwinter  in  the  sCre«t  belo*, 
coming  back.  1  was  composed  enough  by  thiilime  loicmcmber  htsbnbhs, 
and  to  gue.°e  tliat  be  had  been  trying  to  reliere  the  oppreeaoa  on  liinmiad 
by  one  of  bia  long  solitary  walks,  \nien  I  heard  him  fco  into  Iiii  on 
room,  ]  wiu  tco  prudent  to  dintiirb  him  agnia — J  waited  Lis  (deaawti 
where  i  waa. 

"  Bclbre  long,  I  heard  hi«  window  opened,  and  I  klw  him,  frotn  mf 
window,  etcp  into  the  balcony,  and  aA«r  a  look  at  the  sea,  bold  np  his  hiuid 
lo  the  air.  I  wu  too  sitipld,  for  the  moment,  to  remember  that  be  bad 
once  been  a  sailor,  a»d  to  know  what  tliia  meant.  lwiuted,aiid  woodcrad 
what  would  happen  next. 

"lie  wcnL  in  again  ;  and,  aJlcr  .in  inicTTsl,  camo  out  once  more,  and 
hehl  up  his  hatv)  as  before,  to  the  air.  This  time,  he  waited,  lenaing^  on 
the  balcony  nul,  aod  looking  out  steadily,  with  all  hia  attentioa  abaorbed 
by  the  KB. 

"  For  a  long,  long  time,  he  never  moved.  Then,  on  a  aadden,  T  ww 
him  start.     The  ne:(t  moment,  he  sank  on  his  kntcs,  with  hii  claa^icd 


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ASMADALB.  461 

liandfi  resting  on  tlie  balcony  riiil.     '  God  Almighty  bleas  and  keep  you, 
Allan  I '  he  said  fervently.     '  Good-by  for  ever  1 ' 

.  "  I  looked  oat  to  the  sea.  A  soU  uteady  breeze  was  blowing,  and  the 
rippled  Burfkct:  of  the  water  was  aparlding  in  the  quiet  nioooliglit.  I 
looked  again — and  there  passed  slowly,  between  me  and  the  track  of  the 
moon,  a  long  black  vesael  with  tall  shadowy  ghost-like  sails,  gliding  smooth 
and  noiselesu  through  the  water,  like  a  snake. 

"  The  wind  had  come  &ir,  with  the  night;  and  Armadale's  yooht  had 
Buled  on  the  trial  cruise. 


CHAPTER    III. 

The  Duet  Bbokek  Off. 

'^London,  November  lHh. — I  am  alone  again  in  the  Great  City  ;  alonet 
for  the  first  time,  since  our  marriage.  Nearly  a  week  since,  I  started  on 
my  homeward  journey  ;  leaving  Midwinter  behind  me  at  Turin. 

"  The  days  have  been  so  full  of  events  mace  the  month  b^an,  and  I 
have  been  so  harassed,  in  mind  and  body  both,  for  the  greater  part  of  the 
time,  that  my  Diary  has  been  wretchedly  neglected.  A  few  notes,  written 
in  auch  hurry  and  confusion  that  I  can  hardly  understand  them  myself, 
are  oil  that  I  possess  to  remind  me  of  what  has  happened,  since  the  night 
when  Armadale's  yacht  IgU  Naples.  Let  me  try  if  I  can  set  this  right, 
without  more  loss  of  time — let  me  try  if  I  can  recall  the  circumstances  in 
their  order  as  they  liave  followed  each  other,  &om  the  beginning  of  tho 
mouth. 

"  On  the  iliird  of  November — being  then  still  at  Naples — Uidwinter 
received  a  hui-riud  letter  from  Armadale,  dated  '  Messina.'  '  The  weather,' 
he  £aid,  '  had  been  lovtly,  and  the  yacht  had  made  one  of  the  quickest 
passages  on  record.  The  crew  were  rather  a  rough  set  to  look  at ;  hut 
Caj>Caiu  Manuul,  aud  his  English  mate,'  (the  latter  described  as  '  the  best 
of  good  fallows,')  'managed  them  admirably.'  Afler  this  proBperoua 
beginning,  Armadale  had  arranged,  as  a  mutter  of  course,  to  prolong  the 
cruiiie  ;  and,  at  the  sailing-muster's  suggestion,  he  had  decided  to  visit  some 
of  the  porta  in  the  Adriatic,  which  the  captain  had  described  us  full  of 
tliaracter,  and  well  worth  seeing. 

"  A  postscript  followed,  cx]ilaining  that  Armadale  had  written  in  n 
liurry  to  catch  the  steamer  to  Naples,  and  that  lie  hod  opi3iied  his  letter 
;i^aiu,  before  sending  it  off,  to  add  something  tltat  he  had  forgotten.  Ua 
the  day  before  the  yacht  sailed,  he  had  been  at  the  banker's  to  get  '  a  few 
hundreds  in  gold,'  aud  he  believed  he  hud  lefl  his  cigar-case  there.  It 
Wiis  an  old  friend  of  his,  and  he  begged  that  Midwinter  would  oblige 
liiia  by  endeavouring  to  recover  it,  and  keeping  it  for  him  till  they 
met  again. 


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Ruliatnnct:  of  ili 

"1  tliDUgiit  ovvr  il  curvfully  \tli<.-u  Mldwioler  tuul  lell  me  nlooe 
again,  after  n^nding  it.  My  idea  vias  then  (and  t<  still)  that  Manuel  Itul 
not  pcrauaded  Armudiili:;  lo  cruise  in  »  s«a  IJkc  thu  Adriatic,  ao  much  Um 
fi'i;t|iicntcd  by  nhipii  than  the  Miyiit«rmneikn,  fur  notliin^.  The  teruM,  toe, 
in  which  the  trifling  Iom  nf  thn  cigar-caie  was  tneniioned,  Ktmck  me.  m 
K-ing  gquoUy  euggcsllvc  «f  what  was  coming.  1  concltid'C^l  tliat  Armft- 
i]n1e's  nrcular  not^-s  liatl  not  been  Iruitafortued  into  ilio»e  *  fvw  liufxJrudt 
IR  gold)'  tlirougli  aiiv  (ufelliouglit  or  busiceea-knowWgc  of  Wit  omt. 
Manuel's  intliiMice,  I  suspoctcd,  had  Wen  cxcrtod  in  this  matter  alao— *nd 
oiicc  moTV  not  vritlioul.  reason.  At  inlrrvnU,  ihrougb  tiia  wak«^  night, 
tbtiti;  c(ii»idi.-rutious  tame  buck  uguiu  and  again  to  ni^ ;  und  Uoic  aJicr 
lime  theypointjid  obaiinately  (so  lir  as  my  next  movementB  were  oon- 
oeraed)  in  one  and  ilie  mmt!  way — the  way  hack  to  England. 

"  How  to  get  iberc,  and  especially  how  to  got  there  imaceompAitwd 
liy  Mtdwintt^r,  was  inort-  lliati  1  liad  wit  enough  to  tliicover,  thiit  night. 
1  irivd,  and  tried,  tu  meet  the  dilScully,  and  fvU  aalccp  cxhiiu>l«<l  towards 
the  morning,  witlioui  liaving  met  it. 

"  Bonic  Iioun  l»Lcr,  uit  wxiri  u-s  I  was  drewcd,  Midwinter  came  in,  with 
news  received  by  titat  morning's  poai  from  his  employers  in  London.  The 
propri'etorB  of  the  newspaper  liad  received  from  the  editor  so  Javoomble  a 
report  of  his  corrcepotidcncc  irooi  Naples,  that  they  liod  dctcnuiofid  m 
advancing  him  to  n  plneu  of  greater  rcNpoDubiliiy  and  greater  ftmolaaiat 
lit  Turin.  H)&  iriatructiona  were  enclosed  in  tlic  loiter  ;  aud  !ie  m  h 
ro^nenled  to  lose  no  time  in  leaving  Naples  for  his  nciT  po*t,  f 

"On  bearing  thiit,!  rvlivTcd  bin  mind,  before  be  could  put  Uiu  ijuestion, 
of  all  nnxicly  obout  my  wiLIingiivu  to  rumovc.  Turin  bad  Urn  gnat 
nttriiction,  in  my  eyea,  of  being  on  the  road  to  Knglnnd.  I  a^^urcd  hbi 
al  once  tliat  I  wna  ready  to  travel  as  iwon  be  be  pleased. 

"  lie  thanked  me  for  euiting  myself  to  his  plana,  with  mom  of  hit  oM 
gentlenes  and  kindness  than  I  had  >ven  in  him  for  Mine  tiinu  pHst.  The 
good  news  from  Armadiile  on  the  iirevioiis  day  seemed  lo  Imre  roused  Mn 
n  little  from  the  dull  despair  in  which  he  bad  been  sunk  aince  tho  aailiag 
of  the  yacht.  And  now,  the  prospect  of  advancement  in  hja  proleaikw, 
and,  more  than  that,  llic  prospect  of  I«iving  the  fatal  place  in  wlii«lt  the 
third  Vision  of  llie  Dreum  hnd  conic  true,  hnd  (»>  he  owned  Iiinself)  ■ 
nrlditioniilly  chei-rcd  and  relieved  biin.  He  aaked,  bclere  he  went  away  to 
iiLike  the  arriingemcnts  for  otir  journey,  whether  i  expected  to  hear  fixwn 
my  •  family  '  in  England,  and  whether  he  should  give  inslniciiona  for  the 
Ibrwardiiij^  of  my  letters  with  his  own  to  tbu  paste  rtatiinte  nt  Turin.  1 
instantly  thanked  him.  mid  accepted  theofler.  Hispropoul  hod  miggested 
to  me,  the  monient  lie  made  it,  that  my  fictitioiia  '  family  circumstanca 
might  be  ttimcfl  to  fiood  account  once  more,  as  a  reason  for  anex{i«c(elljr 
laminoning  iin*  from  Italy  to  Kiighnd. 

"  On  the  uiatli  of  the  month  wa  were  installed  at  Taria. 

"On  thg   thirlecDtli,  Midwinter^bcimir   then  very  btuy— «riced  il 


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ARUADALE.  468 

I  iroald  Bare  lum  a  loas  of  time  by  applying  for  any  letters  whioh 
might  have  followed  ub  from  Naples.  I  had  been  waiting  for  the  oppor- 
tunity he  DOW  offered  me;  and  I  determined  to  anatcb  at  it,  without 
allowing  myself  time  to  hesitate.  There  were  no  letters  at  the  poaU 
ratauU  for  either  of  us.  But,  when  he  put  the  question  on  ray  return,  I 
told  him  that  there  had  been  a  letter  for  me,  with  alarming  news  from 
'  home.'  My  '  mother '  was  dangerously  ill ;  and  I  waa  entreated  to  lose 
no  time  in  hurrying  back  to  England  to  see  her. 

"  It  aeema  quite  unaccountable — now  that  I  am  away  from  him^but  it 
is  none  the  less  true,  that  I  could  not,  oven  yet,  tell  him  a  downright  pre- 
meditated falsehood,  without  a  sense  of  shrinking  and  shame,  which  other 
people  would  think,  and  which  I  think  myself,  utterly  inconsistent  with  such 
a  character  as  mine.  Inconsistent  or  not,  I  felt  it.  And  what  is  stranger 
— perhaps,  I  ought  to  aay,  madder — still,  if  he  had  persisted  in  his  first 
resolution  to  accompany  me  himself  to  England,  rather  than  allow  me  to 
travel  nlonc,  I  firmly  believe  I  should  have  turned  my  back  on  tempta- 
tion for  the  second  time,  and  liave  lulled  myself  to  rest  once  more  in 
the  old  dream  of  living  out  my  life  happy  and  harmless  in  my  husband's 
love. 

"  Am  I  deceiving  myself  in  this  J  It  doesn't  matter — I  daresay  I  am. 
Never  mind  what  might  have  happened.  What  did  happen  is  the  only 
thing  of  any  importance  now. 

"  It  ended  in  Midwinter's  letting  me  persuade  him  that  I  was  old 
enough  to  take  care  of  myself  on  the  journey  to  England,  and  that  he  owed 
it  to  the  newspaper  people,  who  had  trusted  their  interests  in  his  hands, 
not  to  leave  Turin  just  as  lie  was  established  there.  Ha  didn't  suffer  at 
taking  leave  of  me  aa  he  Buffered  when  he  saw  tlie  last  of  his  friend.  I 
saw  that,  and  set  down  the  anxiety  he  expressed  that  I  eliould  ^vrtte  to 
him,  at  its  proper  value.  I  have  quite  got  over  my  weakness  for  him  at 
last.  No  man  who  really  loved  me  would  have  put  what  he  owed  to  a 
pick  of  newspaper  people  before  what  he  owed  to  his  wife.  I  hate  him 
for  letting  me  convince  him !  I  believe  he  wiis  glad  to  get  rid  of  me.  I 
believe  he  has  seen  some  woman  whom  lie  likes  at  Turin.  Well,  let  him 
lulliiw  his  new  fancy,  if  he  ])leaBes  1  I  shall  be  the  widow  of  Mr.  Armadale 
el"  Thoi-pe-AmbroBC,  before  long — and  what  will  his  likes  or  dislikes  matter 
to  me  then? 

"  The  events  on  the  journey  were  not  worth  mentioning,  and  my 
arrival  in  London  (itands  recorded  already  on  the  top  of  the  new  page. 

"  As  for  to-day,  the  one  thing  of  any  importance  that  I  have  done,  since 
1  got  to  the  chciip  and  quiet  hotel  at  which  I  am  now  staying,  has  been  to 
Kind  fur  the  ]:ui<]lord,  and  a»k  him  to  help  me  to  a  fight  of  the  back  numbers 
of  7'he  Times  newspaper,  He  has  politely  offered  to  accompany  mo  him- 
nelf  to-morrow  morning  to  some  place  in  the  City  where  all  the  [lupera  are 
kept,  aa  he  calls  it,  in  file.  Til!  to-nionow,  then,  I  must  control  my 
imjiaticncc  for  news  of  Armadale  as  well  as  I  can.  And  so  good-night  to 
the  pretty  rcllcction  of  myself  that  appears  in  these  pjiges  1 


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ABMADALS. 


A'«Em£«r20lJl.<-^Notawor<]«}riu«nij«t,eiiber  ia  the  bbituvy  ooL 
or  in  any  other  ftut  o(  the  fA^.  I  looked  cttreftilljr  tbrougfa  each  muDboF 
in  mccession,  (ktuig  from  the  cUy  when  AxhumUIc'*  letter  was  written  at 
Ucuioo,  to  this  pTMoat  20th  of  the  moutli — aad  l  am  ccatoin,  whatertit 
may  iittvc  lutpj>cn(>d,  ihat  oothing  i«  known  in  England  aa  jol.  PatJ4>nBeI 
Ths  Qcwapacer  ia  to  meet  me  at  tli«  break&at-table  Aery  ntonunf  till 
riuih«r  notice — aatl  any  day  dow  may  »how  me  wliat  1  nost  want  to  aee. 

"  ^ovetnier  2lat. — So  news  again.  I  wi:«t«  to  JUidvrintor  to-day,  to 
keep  up  apptarnnceM. 

"  ^Vhen  tlic  lc,-lt«r  van  done,  I  Ml  ioCo  wrvtcliedly  low  apirita — 1  oan'l 
iningvic  wliy^ — and  fi.-lt  Much  a  longing  for  a  little  oompany,  that,  in  despair 
of  knowing  wh«ro  else  to  go,  1  actual!)'  went  to  PIidHcd,  on  the  chance  ttial 
Mother  Olderahaw  uiigUt  haTO  returned  to  h«r  old  tjoortcra. 

"  Th«re  were  changos  sinco  I  had  awn  the  plaeo  daring  my  former  wuy 
in  London.  Doctor  Dciwnwittd'sfliileof  tliehuiioewaA  stillenp^.  Battbe 
(hop  woA  buing  brightened  up  for  ihc  occupation  of  a  auUiaer  aod  dres»- 
□laker.  The  people',  when  I  went  in  to  inako  inquiries,  were  all  atnngen 
to  Die.  They  showed,  liowcvcr,  no  hesitation  in  giving  lue  Mrtt.  Oldcx- 
Uiaw's  addnatu,  when  t  aftkod  for  it — from  whioh  I  inter  that  the  Htlle 
'  diiEcuUy  *  which  forced  her  to  be  in  hiding  in  Aogust  laat,  is  at  an  end, 
tf  fnr  a!i  th^  is  concerned.  As  for  thu  doctor,  the  peoplo  nt  the  abop 
eltlior  were,  or  pret<.-iiilud  to  be,  quite  luablo  to  tell  tne  what  had  btMOo* 
of  l)im. 

"  I  don*t  know  nholher  it  was  llie  sight  of  the  place  at  Pimlico  that 
ckened  me,  or  whether  it  was  my  own  pcrvereity,  or  what.  BiU  now 
bat  I  luid  got  Mn.  Oldcrahaw'a  addreai,  I  felt  na  if  tim  w&s  ibe  very  lail 
person  in  tlie  world  that  1  wanted  to  see.  I  took  a  cab,  oud  told  the  laas 
lu  drive  to  the  street  she  lived  io,  and  then  told  him  to  drire  back  Co 
the  hotel.  I  hoidly  know  what  ia  the  matter  with  me— unless  it  ia  tliat  i 
am  getting  more  itnpiiijtrit  every  hour  for  infurmution  about  Armadale, 
Whiffl  will  the  fuluix-  Iwk  a  lilUe  leu  dark,  I  wonder?  'If>-motToir  i* 
S-iturday.     Will  lo-morrow's  newspaper  lift  the  veil ! 

ffovmler  22w<i. — Saturdoj"«  ncwtpopcr  has  lifted  the  reil  I  Wonfa 
ate  vain  to  cTpreHB  the  panic  of  aitoniMhoienc  in  whicli  I  write.  1  oerei 
once  anticipated  it — I  can't  believe  it  or  rcalixo  it  now  it  hiis  happened. 
Tlie  winds  and  wnvov  thomxclvm  have  tumnl  my  acoompliee*  I  Th' 
^acht  lias  fdiiridered  at  sea,  mid  every  »ouI  on  board  has  perished  I 

"  llcrc  18  tho  sccouitt  cut  out  of  lhi«  tnomluga  acwspopet : — 

"'XhajiSTait  at  Siu — Iiitiplli|^n<?»  hMrrschsd  (he  Bo.tsI  Vaeht  Sqattdfonsiid 
Ihe  ifintrcrt,  which  IcaTva  no  teasocaUe  6quIa,  wc  rcf^t  to  Mjt  "f  the  lutal  loM,  m 
iIht  ftrtJi  of  the  preaent  numtb,  of  (be  judit  J^tdCAm,  Hth  DTC17  cool  on  bond.  Th« 
Torticolon  arc  as  follow . — At  iliiylight,  gn  the  monting  of  the  uuh.  th«  Italian  hrfE 
Spf/ania,  bound  from  Venice  Io  Mnrula  for  orJer*.  eucoantered  aooio  floating  otgerti 
"A  Cafe  Sfsnivcato  (at  Ibe  uutlienmiuat  tKtmnitjr  of  Italj)  wUdi  attnetecl  tfcs 
«in«alijr  of  the  people  of  Uie  brig.    Tlu  pcvrioBS  day  hsd  lev onritad  I7 one  oTIlH 


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ahmaiialg. 


4DS 


tmtn  ef  the  ndilai  anil  r!uIpni[gt'')nm,|ieculliutot1)«MKmtheniieftji,  wlildi  hat 
innwmfcarad  for  yum.  Tlic  Sprmma  licrMK  hailn^  t)««n  la  ilAiigvr  while  thi: 
'  l«ii«il,  ibe  mftuia  aoil  <nw  iM^cciuili  J  lliitt  tlirj  vrciv  An  iltti  tTnet'*  of  •  ivretk, 
nail  n  tuBt  wiu  laworcil  fur  ll;c  p>ir]"i<c  t'f  rxniniufpi'  llie  ul-joria  in  tlic  nntci'.  A 
iKDc-onp,  >0(n«  lirokcn  >pni».  ntiil  (rnumcnb  of  »h«tti;r?i|  fUnk  were  ihc  Tirtt  (i  iilcacw 
diKMitttil  (if  the  IciriUf  (Um^Uc  lliat  liuil  li>i]>pCTicil.  Romr  i>f  tlii?  lichlcr  artirlrs  nt 
lubin  (umiliirr.  UTrtirhcd  «ri'l  ■hnltrrcii,  nrrc  fnuiiil  next.  Ami.  Iditly.  n  Tiicnif  iilu 
ti(  laelanciiolv  interest  inrncil  up.  in  the  fhnpe  of  n  lirutiLoy,  witti  u  cmktil  liHttlc 
tlUcliP'l  to  it.  The'-e  Inltvr  iibjiil*.  rtitli  the  tfVK%  nf  cnbin.fiimiturp.  wct»  brought 
AD  bnml  the  Sprranra.  On  ilii-  Iiimv  the  »am«  of  th»  vc«i«l  wat  painted  u  fi'llnwi:— 
*  Dsralhea,  B.Y.9.'  (iTironiiia  It^vnl  YacJit  S-iiiailmn).  The  batlle,  all  lH;ir>)!  iiiioirlisd, 
nmuiinnl  a  »lioci  of  noic-pniicr,  im  wliich  the  follLiwinit  Unci  nrrc  liumcdlr  inicril  in 
pencil:— '  (Iff  C«ii«  SpuTtivciiIo ;  LW0(ln>4  0Ul  (rum  Mftiinn,  Nov.  5ib.  4  l-.M.' (bcina 
the  hour  al  whiili  tlio  I'^K  nf  ilic  Ilnlian  farii:  ahoucrl  ibc  •tnrm  to  hiive  Ix'pn  at  Uh 
lwi);hl).  '  Itiib  our  br^U  are  store  In  bv  ilic  it&.  Tim  milder  li  ^'ti'^,  and  nu  hii<u 
rfTani*  a  Icsl;  Mtem  wliirh  ia  mnro  tbnn  <r«  nun  cinp.  The  I^nl  hrlp  n*  all— trn  ara 
■falUnir.  (Sipicil)  Ji>hn  Milfhendcii,  mnii).*  t>n  rvaobinx  Mnr»n!ii,lho  cnT>tiiin  o( 
the  bris  tniulc  bin  rtrjwrt  lu  tJiO  I3riti>h  luuduI,  uuJ  Ult  tlio  ol-jccut  ill.xcuvcroit  in  that 
CruUrmiui'a  rhari^f.  Inii'iiry  nt  MCMIIia ihowrLl  ihnt  llir  ill-fulcii  ixawl  hud  nrrivnl 
ibwi"  fmm  Nopli'iL  At  the  tilliT  (mrt  it  wai  (uiiriauuil  lliut  iliu  Dan/Chea  hml  I)ceii 
hlwl  from  i!\e  ownct'a  iiptiil,  t-y  an  KngliEli  pptitlpmnn,  Mr.  Annwlalp,  if  Thnrp^ 
AmlmMc,  Norfrtlk.  '^V■heth^^  Mr.  Arrnndnle  hnd  nnj  frknd*  on  bonrd  with  bint  !m« 
not  bMn  ctfnri? 'liKcovcrcd,  Itut  lh«re  [■)  imhappily  no  il<.iiilil  that  the  ill-fntcJ  ffvii- 
tlmu)  blnuclf  inllcJ  in  the  Micht  from  Nupl««.  *iud  tUat  be  wai  alao  on  lioiinl  at  (ba 
TDwri  when  ilic  tcfl  McMrtia." 


"  Such  is  iTif  siory  of  ilie  wreck,  ai  ilie  ncwajuppr  IpIU  it  in  ihe 
plainr«t  iiii'l  f-^Wf-st  -wtiH*.  My  heml  m  in  n  whirl ;  my  confwion  it  so 
grrat  tlinl  1  lliiiik  nf  fifty  Oiflereiil  tilings,  in  trying  to  ihiiik  of  ono,  1 
mii»t  witit — a  (tiiy  mnrc  nr  leu  in  of  nn  conicquencc  nr>w— I  mitst  ivnic 
till  T  can  facK  my  new  posilion,  without  feeling  bewildered  by  it. 


"  Xorimbtr  SSit/,  Eijhl  vt  tfi«  Morninj.  —1  rc^c  an  hour  iigo,  nod  c&w 
ny  way  cUnrly  to  lliQ  fint  Itv]!  tltnt  1  uiuiit  takv,  ander  prettnt  circum- 
WancM. 

"  It  ia  of  tVe  Ulmoet  tTn|Mi1nnce  in  mo  tn  Itnow  whnt  in  eloitt;*  At 
Thorpe- Ambrose ;  fin<)  it  ^votilil  he  t)»'  hi-iglit  uf  rntlitit^tx,  u-hil«  I  am 
<|uiia  in  ibc  lUrk  in  (liii  mntlrr,  to  venture  tlu-rc  tnycelf.  The  r<nly  oilier 
nlicrnntiro  ii  tn  wrile  to  trimi'h<^ly  c-n  1)is  fpct  for  news  ;  nml  the  niily 
perioti  I  can  write  to  U — BaaliwiMxl. 

"  I  liavv  juit  finii)lK-<l  the  Uuvr.  It  U  ho:)<]c<l '  [uirate  aad  coaGJeulialt' 
and  iiigne<l  '  Lvdia  Amindale.'  'I'herD  is  nothing  in  it  to  comfiromiM  m^, 
if  the  old  Ibol  is  mortolly  offenilcd  by  my  treatment  of  him,  and  if  lie  spite- 
fully show*  toy  letter  to  otJ)?T  people.  Bui  I  don't  beliovc  h«  will  do  tliM. 
A  maD  ftt  his  age  forgiven  a  wotnan  nnylhiug.  if  thi'  woman  only  cuooumgoi 
hiiD.  I  hnrc  rrtini.'^tcd  him,  m  n  jivntnuA  liivour,  to  keep  our  oorrc- 
apondmet  f"T  Ihs  prrsrnt  atiictly  privxto.  I  hare  hinted  that  my 
mtnifld  life  with  niy  dwi^x-d  hutband  liiu  not  be#n  a  bsppy  one  ;  and 
Ibal  I  f<?cl  \hv  tiijuilicinutncM  vC  having  married  &  i/ouutf  luitii.  In  iho 
poatiieMpt  I  go  Ihrth^r  Btill,  and  TCntut^  boldly  on  there  comforting  word*^ — 

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ATaiAT>ALfS. 


'I  can  explain,  dcftT  Mr.  BftBhwood,  wlwit  may  haTe  eeoaed  ftlsB 
ileceilful  in  mjr  conilucl  towiinJii  yon,  wbea  you  girc  mc  a  penoool 
opportuaitj,'  If  ho  mis  on  tbe  right  aide  of  tixty  I  alioiild  fed  doBbtfal 
or  rc«iiltii.  Rut  he  in  on  th<>  n-rotig  stdo  of  s'lxly^  and  I  believe  be  ttill 
give  ma  my  iiersonad  opjiortiinity. 

"  Ten  o^chci. — I  liarc  been  ]«cliing  over  the  copy  of  my  marnag/t- 
ccrli S<.':iU>,  with  which  I  ttxjlc  c-iiru  lo  pruviilu  inyiciroii  the  wvddiDg-iIiiy ; 
ntiiJ  I  hiiYc  dt«:uvii>.'il,  i«  my  tni-xpix-ssiMi;  iliaiiiny,  an  ointtacle  to  my 
iipptnnmcu  in  the  clmrnctcr  of  Annad;ilf'e  ividow,  which  I  now  «ee  for  ll* 
first  Ihue. 

"Thi!  dca<ripliitn  of  Midwinter  (iiniltr  Li3  own  iianic)  whicli  ilie 
eertilicate  presenta,  answH;is  in  every  important  pfirlicniar,  to  what  voul'l 
hare  hoen  ihfl  description  of  ArmaduJe  of  Thorpe- Ainbioae,  if  I  had  really 
maTiiurl  hint.  '  Nninc  and  Sarnaine' — Allan  Annndalc  *  Age '  twenty- 
one,  initcad  nf  twenty-two,  which  might  easily  pass  for  a  mintAle. 
'  Condition ' — Bachelor,  '  Ilnnk  or  Profcaaion ' — Gcntlemao.  '  BesideDoe 
at  ihc  time  of  Mnn-inj^o ' — Frant'n  Hotel,  Dnrlcy- street.  '  Fnth«r'«  Niunc 
and  Siirnanae  " — Altun  Amiadnli'.  'R.-iiilc  or  Proftwion  of  Fntlier' — 
Gciitlcmnn.  Every  ptirtiuular  (except  the  year's  dilTvruiuc  in  tlicn-ttro 
•P"*)  which  nnitwera  for  the  onr,  answers  for  llic  other.  But,  nippcsc 
when  I  pividiice  my  copy  of  lh«  cprtlficate,  that  some  rainldlesonie  lawyer 
insists  en  loukiug  ct  the  oiigiiial  register.'  Midwintor's  writing  i>  « 
diffiTent  as  pc'SKiMg  from  the  writing  of  his  iload  friend.  The  bMoi 
in  which  he  hnit  wrillen  '  Allnn  Armndnlo  '  in  the  book,  hut  not  a  clmneG 
of  passing  for  the  hand  in  which  Amindnlc  of  Thorpe -Ambrose  w* 
accuitonied  to  Kign  his  name. 

"  Cnn  I  move  lafcly  in  the  matter,  with  such  a  jiitMl  as  I  sec  bcr«, 
open  iindtT  nij  ftiet  7  How  can  I  ibII  ?  Where  can  1  find  an  «xperi«n«eJ 
jiertKin  to  inform  nie?     I  must  ehiit  up  my  diary,  and  think. 

"  SgvfR  o'docL: — lly  pi'o»pcct«  havo  changed  again  since  I  made  my 
last  cntiy.  1  have  received  a  w.%rniiig  to  be  careful  in  tho  future,  wkidi 
1  fihall  not  Tipglect ;  nnd  I  have  (i  bt-ticvo)  succeeded  in  providing  mytdf 
with  the  advice  ami  assistance  of  which  I  sland  in  need. 

"  After  vainly  trying  to  think  ft  some  Letter  person  to  apply  to  In  tin 
difficulty  which  emiiarraased  nae,  I  luudo  a  virtiia  of  noeetrity,  and  wt 
forth  to  Burprisc  Mrs.  Olderahaw  by  a  viiiit  from  her  darling  Lydia  !  It 
ia  aliDMit  ncodlcCT  to  adit  that  I  determined  to  sound  her  carefully,  ttai 
not  lo  let  any  spcrcl  of  importance  out  of  uiy  own  p'luoraion. 

"  A  «oi)r  and  eolenin  old  uiaiJ-itvrvatit  aOtuittcd  me  into  the  booK- 
lA'lien  I  asked  Jbr  licr  misireiis,  I  was  reminded  with  the  bittercct  einphasis, 
that  I  had  committed  the  impropriety  of  calling  on  a  Sunday.  Mr*.  Older- 
thaw  vtas  at  home,  solely  in  consct^ucncc  of  being  too  tmwell  to  go  to 
church  1  The  uervmit  tlionght  it  vtry  nnlikely  (hat  she  would  teem*- 
I  tboiiglil  it  hijjiily  probnbJej  on  the  conlrnry,  that  she  would  bononr 


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with  an  lUltTview  in  Ucr  own  intfiviiU,  if  I  wtiit  in  my  nnmo  m'Mim 
Gwilt,' — aiitl  tlio  eroDl  prortcl  th;il  I  w:i«  right.  Aftt-r  V-ing  kept  irnitins 
Hmx!  nkiniitcs  1  vas  Eliovrn  into  the  drH^ving-rouin. 

"  Tht!!*  »at  motlifr  J«el>el,  with  the  air  of  n  womiin  nwting  on  Lho 
liigH-rcntd  to  h«im-n,  ilrofweil  in  n  nktw-colonred  gtnvn,  with  groy  mittens 
on  licr  ]ianJ:<,  a  ivverdy  »ii»p1c  cap  on  hei-  IicaJ,  aii<i  u  rvhime  ul'a«naona 
oa  liiT  Up.  She  turned  up  tho  whitcH  of  hvr  ej-cs  devouily  at  the  ugliE 
of  nif,  anJ  the  first  yivida  oho  said  were — '  Oh,  LyAia  I  Lydia  I  why  nre 
jroa  not  at  church  1 ' 

"  If  1  hnd  bovn  Iok  nnxiouE,  tJic  radden  pr(>EciilAtioii  of  Alra.  Older- 
nhaw,  in  jin  cnlirclr  new  chn!"act*r,  might  have  amused  ine.  But  I  wns 
m  no  liiunouv  for  laUK'iiigi  *U'I  i^ny  notcs-of-haad  being  ail  [laid),  I  wcii 
undrr  no  ohiigatinn  to  rcistmiii  my  natural  rn?(.>doni  of  Epi>m;h.  'Stuff 
and  nOEsencf  1 '  I  sfiid.  'Put  your  Sunday  fncc  in  your  poclcci,  I  have 
got  nomp  nfiws  for  yo«,  %\ac<i  I  Inxt  wrote  frnm  Thorpo-Atnliiosc' 

"'i'he  iiinl:int  I  iiicnlidni'd  'Thar[ii;-Ajiibro«^,'  thv  whites  of  tho  old 
hypocrite's  cyw  ohowc-cl  thcinsclvci  ngatn,  nnJ  alii-  llolty  rcfu«fcl  to  hcor  n 
word  more  Irom  me  on  ihc  subject  of  my  pmci-cdingH  iti  Korfolte.  I 
insisted — but  it  waB  quite  uselcsa.  Mother  Oldcrahnrr  only  ahoofc  her 
bead  and  groaned,  and  infomicd  me  that  hi-r  c^nnvdion  with  Ihe  pooipn 
and  vaniiicB  of  tho  world  waa  nt  an  eud  for  e^'cr.  'I  have  Leon  born 
agnin,  Lydia,'  nnld  the  brucn  old  u-rvtdi,  wiping  litr  tycs.  'N'oUiing 
will  induce  tnc  to  return  to  th«  mhjcct  of  tbnt  wickod  npocnUlion  of 
j«itra  on  tJic  folly  of  n  rich  yonng  uian.' 

"  After  heiuin^  this,  I  slionlJ  hnvo  l«ft  her  on  the  ^1,  bul  for  otio 
conAidcrnticn  which  delayed  mo  n  moment  longer. 

"  It  was  ensy  to  »ee,  by  this  lime,  that  tlie  circumElnncea  (whatever 
llioy  might  haro  bcci))  which  had  obliged  Mother  Oldemliaw  to  keep  in 
liiding,  on  lli«  ocensjon  tif  my  fi'rnier  visit  to  London,  had  been  KUllicienlly 
■erious  to  forcL-  her  into  giving  up,  or  njipcnriiig  to  g^ive  up,  her  old 
buiocts.  And  it  was  hardly  leu  plain  that  ohe  hnd  tbund  it  to  ]icr 
■dvantsgc — everybody  in  Eoglnnd  finds  it  to  thtir  ndvnntagti,  in  annic 
way— to  crver  the  onttr  sido  of  her  eharacter  carefully  vilh  n  aincotli 
vantUh  of  Cant,  This  was,  howevei-,  no  buKiness  of  niino ;  and  I  should 
have  made  these  reflections  outside,  instead  of  inside  ihe  houac,  if  my 
iutercsla  liad  not  been  inrolvcd  in  putting  tlic  sincerity  of  Mother 
Oldershaw's  reformation  to  the  lP*t— .«>  fir  n%  it  affected  hor  past  con- 
nection with  inyM'If.  At  thi^  Unie  whun  nhc  Iiad  fitted  me  out  for  our 
mlcfpHic,  I  K'ni«ml>cri-d  signing  a  cctliiiu  Vasincss-docimieat  M'hich  gave 
licr  a  bandMinie  pcciiniury  interest  in  my  sneeeas,  if  I  b«eninu  Mrs.  Arma- 
dale of  'niorpe-Anibrosc.  The  clinnce  of  turning  litis  miscliiAvons  morsel 
ef  paper  to  gnodaecnnnt,  in  the  capacity  cf  A  toiichnt-me,  wns  too  t«ropcing 
to  b*  nnitcd.  I  aAeit  my  devout  friend's  perm  ivii ion  to  say  cue  but 
word,  bdbrc  I  Icfl  the  house. 

" '  Aa  yon  hnro   no  further  interest   in  my  wicked   HjicrtilHtioii    at 
Thcwpe-AmbroK-,*  I  saiil,  '  perliaiM  you  will  give  nw  back  the  wrillea 


[nMAI>,M.1!. 


^pcr  thnt  [  nigticd,  wlicn  you  wcie  not  qiiilc  Ricli  nn  6xem]tl!iry 
u»  )'oii  nn  now .' ' 

"  Tbo  slinniclcss  oM\  hyjtooTilR  iiiiilanllf  iliiit  ber  eyes  an<l  slmiJdfm]. 

"  '  Doca  lltat  mean  Vm,  or  No  ?'  I  ukiHl. 

"  '  On  tncral  nnd  religious  froanda,  I.yJia,'  ntd  Mn.  01i]«nluvr,  'it 
nirnns  NV.' 

"  ■  On  wi<.'t:«i  and  vorldly  gnnadi,'  I  njainci),  *  I  beg  to  tlmalt  ^cv 
fcir  »liowing  mc  your  linnil.' 

'•  Tli««i  cduIJ,  in(ii.'i-<I,  'So  no  doubt,  new,  ubout  the  ol.j«t  kha 
rvnlly  liitti  iii  view.  She  waiild  run  no  meru  rides  md  lonrl  no  mnra 
iDonay — bIic  woitM  Ictiw  ine  to  win  or  Iom,  Kinslc-li^ncleJ.  If  I  tost,  the 
vonld  not  bo  coniproin]S(>t1.  It  I  won,  eho  wculd  produce  the  pnpcr  1  lii4l 
Bi)^cd,  nnd  profit  by  it  willionl  remorse  In  my  presRot  situation  it  w» 
mere  wnste  of  lime  ami  wonls  to  pi-oioiiK  tlie  tn&tter  l>y  nny  h^Hcm 
tvcriminniion  on  my  sidp.  I  put  tlie  vnrning  avay  privntxltr  in  piy 
tncmory  for  future  uw,  find  got  up  to  go. 

"At  the  moment  wlicn  I  left  my  cbur,  there  iru  a  ahtrp  Ae/aMk 
fcnicV  lit  t)i<>  «trovt-d«or.  Mm.  Oldendiavr  «vid(>ntJy  rcmgniiied  it.  fill* 
tvfKi  in  fi  Yicilntt  liurr^'  »nd  rung  the  bell.  '  I  am  Ion  unvrcll  tn  are 
nuybody,'  itlie  said,  wben  llie  servant  sppear«<l.  '  Wait  a  moment,  if  you 
please,'  bUo  ndded,  lurning  ibxrply  od  m?,  vlicn  the  wornun  ha<l  \«(tm 
to  antvrcr  the  cloor. 

"  It  w;iii  smnll,  vit^-  sinrll,  tpilrruliiMX  on  my  p»rt,  I  know — but  iKc 
mlislitclion  uf  tlnviuiing  IVIollicr  Jfxebel,  even  in  a  trifle,  \na  not  tolx 
reaiiited.  '  I  can't  wait,'  I  aaid  ;  'you  rotnindod  mo  juxt  now  thot  I  on^tt 
to  be  at  cliurch.'     Ri-forK  alte  cuuld  ansircr,  I  waa  out  of  the  room. 

"As  1  put  niy  foot  on  the  first  slair  llic  Mn-ct-door  ■was  opened ;  mrl 
a  nuin'fi  voici)  inquired  vlielber  Mm.  Ohiei'sIiaYr  wax  at  Imme. 

"  J  !n«lflntty  recrgniicd  tbc  voice.  Ditctor  Downward  I 


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an^  .^tndg  of  ffdlic  ^itfmdire. 


TAirr  11. 

I  SAID  ibut  a  Rociptiu  ]ik«  Mr.  timh,  hy  dtnioltDliiiig  ibe  rubbisli  of  t1i6 
Cvllic  mitiquam-s,  mighl  oiicn  give  Liiiucir  tlm  Hppciimiico  of  having  won 
n  coinp9«t«  victtirj-,  l>ut  tl)4t  &  votnpk-tc  victtfi-y  Ito  IimU,  in  Irulh,  by  uo 
nieaaKiraii.    lit-  lius  ckaiiil  mudi  niljbl&lt  unuy,  but  tlm  is  no  tuch  vnry 

cult  feat,  nnd  requires  mainly  coiumou-iK-rm-  ;  lo  lie  nure,  WcWi  nix\m' 
ISI«  Apt  to  lOM  tlioil'  COinmOII-tl'd^-,  IrUt  Ut  lllOIUQllta  wlit-n  lli«^  urt 
in  paoetMtiit  of  it,  tbey  can  (!a  itie  iDJia|)enHik!e,  uvgHlivi;  it.irt  of  oriiidsiii, 
lict,  indwt],  «>  briskly  or  dtvwly  ua  Jlr.  Nusb,  but  iitill  wtll  caoiigli. 
£-Jward  l>iivi«6,  tor  Ibstaiieo,  hns  ijuilu  i-U-ndy  tci;4i  ilml  t!io  iill(4|;u<l  rvnutiiis 
uf  old  Wdili  literature  arc  iiut  lu  be  titk<.*n  fiT  g^niiinv  jit^l  m  llivy 
eland: — "Souio  petty  tiuij  tiieaJicftut  biiuatrc),  wl)0  only  cliiiun1i»l  it  wi 
uu  old  toiig,  ba«  Ifickril  on"  (liv  iuiy<  of  ii  ^Lxitii  lie  is  discnssing)  "Iheao 
iifit:»i  in  u  glylc  niid  uicneurc  lul'illy  diflVrvtit  fram  llio  jircccdiog  wrscs: 
'  Mny  ibc  Triuity  grant  lu  not-cy  in  the  day  of  jiiduniciit :  a  liborul 
donation,  qcknI  gLiitluuea  I ' "  Tlierc,  fifty  yrora  keforu' Me.  Niuh,  it  ■ 
Givaraiice  voiy  like  cuo  uf  Mr.  Kintiru,  But  tbd  difSciiIt  lent  in  tbU 
matter  is  llio  ftrnt  uf  coiwlruclion ;  to  <lL-l«i'LuiDu  wh«E  oue  Iuib  clesirtMl 
nway  all  tliat  ii  to  be  clcurcd  awny,  wbut  is  tliu  aigniScuncc  of  tbiit 
tvliicb  in  ieii ;  Attd  hvTv,  1  coiifvMt,  I  ihink  Mr.  Nnitb  nud  bit  rcllow-»c«plk-«, 
who  Hiy  Uuii  ttuxt  lo  nuibiiig  in  hit,  und  ^ui;  tli«  ugtiiSeikiice  of  whatever 
la  left  is  next  to  nutbiiig,  diBwiliafy  tUe  gi.-iiiuiie  critic  orm  luui-e  lliui 
Edward  Daviea  nud  his  brother  onthuaia^a,  vho  bnvc  a  eoiisc  iKkI  eoiuc* 
tbing  firimiiivc,  aiigutt,  and  intorciiting  is  tlitrr,  though  (ley  tJul  to  extract 
il,  di»»ati»fy  luni.  Tbcrc  is  ■  vtry  edifying  riory  tuld  by  O'Curiy  of  lbs 
cfl«ct  jiitKiuiTil  on  Moorv,  llio  [loM,  wbi»  biid  itndertaicen  to  writa  Uic 
bicKijy  orinhinil  (a  task  for  wliidi  be  wiis  qniie  nnflt),  by  ihc  coalempla- 
tion  of  on  old  Iri»h  tnanuacripl.  Ulcere  had,  wilbout  knowing  anything 
abaiil  tbuiu,  spoken  sliglitingly  of  iliu  value  to  llie  liiatorian  of  Ireland  of 
the  inaicriala  uilijrdod  by  such  inanu)>cripls;  but,  wya  O'Curry, — > 

"In  ihc  yvar  183^,  during;  ono  of  hi)t  luot  viulR  lo  tlic  land  of  bis 
lirtli,  bo,  in  coiiip.-iny  witb  liii  oid  and  ntbtchcd  fri^iid  Dr.  Pctrip, 
JaToun-d  luc  vrilh  nn  uticxjH^clcd  vitiit  iil  the  Koyal  Irish  Aondriny.  I 
wiuat  lltnt  puriod  employed  un  the  Ordnance  Survey  of  Ireland,  uhI  ul 
the  linic  of  Iti*  vinit  happened  to  have  Wfore  nio  on  my  denk  tliu  Soois 
vj  2iallyii»!i  and  A«vjim,  'I'fie  SjxdM  Hook,  Ifn  Annali  of  th«  J-'our 
Matlfft,  nud  many  oUiu'  unctunt  bodkn,  Ibr  bi&torical  research  nnd 
ivftTetKC.  1  bad  never  before  leen  Uoorci  nud  VkVivx  a  brief  introduction 
ud  cxplniialioa  of  llic  uaturo  of  my  oconiMtion  by  Dr.  Petrii^,  and  Kcing 


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TUB  STUDY  Oy  CELTIC  UTERATIJKE. 


ibo  fonnidaljle  array  of  no  ninnj'  ikrlc  iind  titnc-wom  rolumea  hy  whicli 
I  WM  surroundvil,  Ijc  luokod  k  little  ili?eoucertvJ,  biitnftcr  iiw!iUopliiclnKl 
-up  couruga  lo  open  ilie  Jiook  of  JtallipiioU  and  atk  wiiat  it  was.  Dr. 
Potrte  and  siywlf  linen  cnttricJ  into  a  ihotl  expliuiiidiii  of  the  hisloiy 
find  clinraclcr  of  tliu  bodkn  then  preft<.ikt  a«  well  »»  of  4in«i«nt  Gncdl>elic 
clocuDtent*  in  gcrtcrnl.  Moore  liHwied  witli  gri-at  utU'iition,  ultcrnal«ly 
icniining  the  lix  kit  mid  niyKlf,  and  thcu  vkcJ  mc,  in  a  M.Tions  loao.  if 
I  UDdvntood  llieni,  »nd  how  1  hncl  Icnrntd  to  do  no.  Having  rarifficd 
him  upon  these  poiiilB,  he  liirnod  to  Dr.  Pvtm  and  aaid  :  '  P«tric,  tliete 
huge  t«nieH  could  oot  hare  hnn  writti-n  t>y  fuuls  cr  For  any  roolish  pitrpow. 
1  nwtt  knew  ii»ytl>i"g  t>l)Otit  thrm  before,  and  I  hod  nc  right  to  lane 
UaderiAktii  the  Jfhtorii  of  IreUiml.'  " 

And  from  tbnt  day  Moore,  it  is  enid,  lost  all  lieort  (or  going  on  wltli 
hi«  History  of  Ireland,  and  it  wne  Aiily  lliu  ini|>oi'tiintty  of  ibo  piibliih«ra 
which  ioduccd  him  bo  bring  out  thi;  rt-nminiDg  volume. 

CouUi  not  have  hcen  uritlen  btj/i>oli,  ar  for  tintj  fooihh purpott.  That 
is,  I  am  ennvinco-d,  n  Liilo  pri^iien linicnt  to  hare  in  one's  mind  nbtn  «m 
looks  at  Iri^i  doc^iiiienla  like  the  Book  cf  JJaUgmottj  or  Wi-lah  docuinrols 
like  the  Jifd  JtMi'  cf  JUr^fct.  In  eoino  rivpeuts,  nt  any  r.tto,  ihcec  doeo- 
mcnlH  nrc  vrhut  they  clnim  to  ho,  tlicy  \\iAA  what  thry  prt-teiid  to  hold,  tbay 
touch  ihiit  primitive  wprld  of  which  they  profoMlo  be  the  voice.  The  true 
critic  i»  hf  who  can  d<-u-ct  lliispiceioiiH  mid  gi^niiine  pnrt  in  Ihcni,  and 
employ  ir.  for  lh>!  elucidation  ol'  tho  Ci-lt'it  geiiitin  niid  hi.^lory,  and  for  any 
(rtlicr  fniitfnl  p«rpcFP«  lo  whioli  it  cnn  bo  applied.  Merely  to  peint  eiit 
Ww  mixture  of  whuc  in  lat»  und  npuriouH  in  tliL'in,  is  lo  touch  hut  the 
fringe*  of  lli«  iiiitlter.  lu  reliance  upon  the  diecovery  of  Ibis  mbctiireof 
vrhfti  ii  late  and  tipurious  in  ilivin,  to  pouh-pooh  ihnii  nliogi-ihtn*,  to  trort 
llieni  OS  a  hinp  of  niblnisli,  a  niaiw  of  miJdlt-nge  forgc-iits,  u  to  fall  inlo 
iho'gTOateM  pmxiblc  crrr>r.  Criintcd  llmt  nil  th«  inAnuncripIs  of  Wllth 
poetry  (to  lake  tluit  hnnich  of  CVliic  liiErntui-e  which  has  \aA,  la 
Hr.  Nuh,  the  ttbii-ct  diaparsgn-),  grontcd  that  all  fnidi  mnnoKripU 
that  wn  pcfRC."9  are,  with  the  most  inwptiificnnl  Px»i>lion,  not  ^Att 
than  liio  Hvelfili  century  j  ginnled  thiil  ili<.Mwi-lfih  and  thirteenth  tm- 
tnricB  weiM  a  time  of  gicat  pc«ticul  nclivily  in  Wnles,  a  lime  wU-a 
a  mcdiicvu]  litcrsture  flotirished  thcro,  as  it  nourished  ia  England, 
France,  and  other  countries;  giuiited  that  a  geat  i!en!  of  what  WeNh 
enthusiasts  havw  attrihutod  lo  tlicir  grcwl  ti-adillonal  i>ovt!(  of  the  eixih 
century  bcl'inf^  l»  this  later  epoih, — what  then?  Doca  that  grt  rid 
of  the  grcdt  tradiiidiial  poets, — the  Cynveirdd  ov  old  banls,  Ancnrin, 
Tiilicin,  l-lywort;h  Hen,  aad  Ihoir  coniptCT*, — docs  that  gtt  rid  of  ihs 
great  pei-tic;il  tiadiiion  nf  the  sixth  c^iitiiiy  aIiogi>tlier ;  ifocs  it  merge  the 
whdie  lilciary  anli'jaiiiy  of  Wah-s  in  her  miiliaivol  literary  iintiquity,  or, 
nt  least,  reduce  all  oilier  thnn  this  !,»  iimigtiilicnnce  ?  Mr.  Nash  say»it 
does  ;  all  liis  efTurtn  are  directed  to  show  how  much  of  tb«  to-called  sixth- 
cenlury  pieces  itiuy  be  resolved  into  mcdiRV.nl,  InrllUi-crnlitry  worit  t  his 
grand  thtsis  is  that  thac  is  nothing  ptjukiiive  and  pre-Christian  Ja  tJtfl 


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•zUoit  W«t)^  lituralurv,  uo  traces  of  llie  Dniiilniii  mA  P^^iUm  ever/ 
one  aowoiatcs  ulth  Celtic  Ktiliijuity;  all  tliJM,  lie  euyn,  vra*  cxtijigui^iod 
bj  Pnitliaiw  in  a.d.  59,  mid  ru;vuv  n--ftt*ciuitQd,  "  At  tliu  tiino  the 
UnbiDpt(Ioa  itiid  t!ic  'I'aJiuun  hiilkj^  wtiv  cnmpowil,  ito  tixdition  or 
popular  i-i.-culluuUoii  of  l!ie  JJruUv  or  lliu  UmiJivnl  mytliolit^y  cxul(.-J  iu 
Wale*.  The  \Veihh  bni'ds  kuQw  of  no  older  myau'.iy,  nor  of  iiiiy  iny>ti<i 
crwii,  unltiio^ni  lo  tlio  rest  ofthg  Cliiistian  wcirlil."  Ami  Mr,  Na*ti  com- 
phiuts  tbat  "  the  old  opiniun  th»t  th«  Welsh  pomua  coiitniu  notiws  vT  Druid 
or  Pagan  supcrstilioruL  of  a  reinora  origin  "  slioutd  Btill  tiod  promulgator! ; 
vhat  \\c  find  iit  ilicni  is  only,  he  my*,  whnt  was  circtilatiiij^  iu  Walaa 
in  llio  twollih  cei\t«iy,  and  "  ono  pwat  mi«ialc3  in  the?o  invosti^niioii^  has 
the  iiupposiiijj  tliJt  iho  WoUh  of  ihe  twdfth,  or  «rctn  of  the  sixtli 
ilury,  ytvrc  nlitcr  n»  tvuH  04  more  I'iignii  tlian  their  ni^igliboiin)." 

Whj,  wli.1t  a  won<li.-rittI  thing  is  tliisi  W«  have,  in  ihc  linit  pliut, 
tlie  must  ivpiyhiy  and  explicit  lesliiuony — Strobo'a,  C^eaiir'a,  Lucan's— 
that  liiis  mtx  once  poxsi-Mcd  n  special)  pioroiinil,  iipiritual  <jiAc!pliuG,  thnt 
thc^  were,  to  uiu  Mr.  Niish's  wonlx,  "  witur  th.ia  their  noighbours."" 
Locin'a  words  an;  miiguliirly  clear  and  nlron^',  nnd  uKrrc  'well  to  stnad  »9 
«  Inndin&ric  in  thU  controvc-rcy,  in  which  one  i«  soniotimcs  i^mb.-irmiwed 
by  hearing  auihoriiii^  i)not«d  on  this  sida  or  cliiit,  when  one  doM  not  Teel 
sum  preui«Iy  what  thi;y  o-ty — how  much  or  bovT  liitic ;  Imcau,  adJrc^a,^ 
lliose  liithcrto  imdcr  the;  prcEaiirc  oC  Kumt.',  but  now  l«il  by  the  lioman 
civil  vntr  to  their  own  dm'icLS,  snys  :^ 

"  Yo  too,  yc  luarda,  who  by  ytur  iirniaca  iicrjiolmile  tbo  iwcmury  of  the 
fallen  biavc,  wiUioiil  liiudiimcu  [inuiod  forth  your  strains.  And  yc,  yo 
Dmidd,  iiuw  ihiit  the  nword  wna  ruinovc!!,  bi^ii  once  mars  your  barbario 
ritM  and  weird  eolcmtiitt«s.  To  you  &nly  i^  given  knowledge  or  ignonutco 
(whichever  it  be)  of  tho  god*  «ni!  the  powers  of  hcavfii ;  your  <i welling 
ia  ia  tlic  lone  heart  uf  the  titoit.  From  you  wo  luirn,  that  thi;  hoitrnu  of 
iniin'ti  gho»t  l«  not  the  $«n>('li^4»  g'^^'^'i  ""'  'ho  pale  n-nUn  of  thu  monaich 
boloiv ;  in  anotlivr  worhl  his  Kpiiit  Nurviru*  still ;— dcntli,  if  your  lore  be 
ini*-,  i»  but  tl)tf  passage  to  endnring  life." 

There  is  lh«  tcsiimoay  of  nn  edueated  Koraan,  fifty  years  afVer  ChrUr, 
t«  the  Celtic  nico  bfing  then  "  wiser  tlinn  their  neighbours ;"  testimony 
all  tha  iiioTo  retn^trkablu  becauso  ctvilixc-il  nnlion«,  tlioiK^h  very  prone  to 
ascribe  to  biirlxinjiis  people  an  idt.il  purity  anil  nimiilioiiy  vt  til%  and 
inaniicrg,  arc  liy  no  means  nutiirnlly  i;ic)invd  to  lucribe  lo  thent  high 
atljiinniCflt  in  )ntcll>.-ct(ial  and  «{)iftiiutl  ihings.  And  now,  along  with  this 
t«>tiinony  of  Luciiu'r,  one  hw  lo  c»n-y  in  mind  Ciusar'a  remark,  dint  tho 
Druida,  partly  from  a  religions  tf-TUjilL*.  partly  from  a  deaira  to  di«cip!ini: 
iko  memory  of  iheir  pupil.*,  conimiitcd  nothing  to  wntinj.  IVclI,  llion 
comfit  (he  cruktiing  dcfi-ac  of  t)io  Ccliic  rncL>  in  Briluin,  and  tlic  Itomnn 
conquoit;  but  ihu  Celtic  race  suhttittcd  horc  »cill,ftnd  any  one  e»a  sea  that 
wliilc  the  raee  subsisted,  tho  traditions  of  a  diKiplinft  atich  aa  that  of 
which  Lucan  hna  drawn  the  picture,  ivere  net  likely  lo  bfi  m>  roryRpecdily 
"  eztiu2uiBli<»l."     I1i«  withdrawal  of  the  Eomana,  the  rcaoverod  iad«|)«ii< 


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Tai£  STUDT  OV  CELTIC  UTKitATORe. 

dvncc  'of  tlitf  Dative  tnce  hen,  lli«  Saxoa  tarwiou,  I)m  Blniggla  wtlh  tbfl 
tvixotu,  wero  jiut  tln!  ground  for  ou»  of  thtae  banit  o(  «itng«llo  imUviuI 
Ufc  anil  ftetf-consck'iuiK-sK,  ukkli  fioil  »  Toioc  in  r  bunt  of  pocte  wid 
poetry.  Aoconlingly,  to  thin  tiir.f,  bi  tlto  Mxlli  eenUiry,  the  uniiieinl 
Wvkb  tnditioo  Kliaclioi  llie  great  group  of  BrltiiJi  pcvtm,  Talitwn  noil  hm 
^Iow(.  Ib  till:  twrlitlt  cculur^  tlurre  'bvgta  fw  WnUa,  along  villi  xnotbor 
Wnt  of  calionnl  Itfo,  anr>t)icr  burit  of  foetiy  ;  aad  tiik  burst  HUraij 
in  the  kUictcr  acoM!  of  llie  won] — a  buret  nkicb  kil,  (br  the  fir»t  time, 
wriltcu  tecorJ).  It  wivt«  tli«  tcmpU  t4  its  proiie<>.-««o»,  u  well  aa  of 
ilM^ir,  and  t]i«Tclui«  Mr.  Jiiuli  uouU  to  ni.il:<i  it  ibc  rc:tl  autbor  of  iho  fl 
nbole  poetry,  (kiu  niny  ray,  of  llic  sixtb  cviiliiryi  b>  well  as  it«  avia.  Nu 
JMlbt  oiic  canuot  pioiluct;  ibu  tex.lt  ct  tliti  pntry  of  ibu  usth  CUUCUI7; 
no  doubt  we  bave  tlib  only  as  lli«  [vrclfib  aiid  aucccB^ing  centuriva  vnite 
it  d^nvD  i  DO  duubt  tb«y  uibccd  atid  cliaiiged  it  a  grent  deal  in  writing  it 
down.  But,  aiiiv9  a  coiitiuuoiw  ntKain  d' teuiiuoiiy  diaws  th«  enduring 
(txiUcuoc  and  iuflucniX'  among  ihc  kindred  Cvlta  of  Wain  and  Brittany, 
fmia  Ibv  tixlh  ct;atury  lo  ib«  inelftb,  «f  an  old  tuiiionul  liicrnluK,  il  seeoii 
ciTiniu  tbut  much  of  lliis  must  be  traoeuble  in  liic  ducunienu  of  ihc 
twellili  Miiliiry,  and  tbo  iulereMiQ^  ibiiig  ii  (o  tiacu  iu  It  cjinnot  be 
iIi'Ditid  tliat  tiicro  li  such  n  continuous  stream  of  lostimony;  tbcn  i> 
Gildus  in  1I1R  Hixth  century.  N\»iiiuB  in  the  eigbth,  ilio  lawn  of  tlonel  in 
the  IcntI)  i  in  titv  dBTcntli,  tAx-nty  or  tiiirly  y<»n  bvfurv  tlii:  new  literary 
i-pocb  bcgAD,  we  hear  of  Ithys  ap  Tudor  having  "  brougbt  witb  bin  Aroiu 
Brillany,  tlio  eystcui  «f  tlio  lEuund  Tuble,  nliiL-li  at  bonie  Lad  become 
quite  furgoilun,  atid  he  rMtori^  it  nt  it  i«,  wiib  n^nrd  to  minttrels  And 
bards,  :u  ic  Itiid  but »  at  Cai;r]>.uii-n[iu[i-C*k,  uiid«x  ibe  Emperor  Arthor,  in 
ibc  titnu  cf  tliv  suvi-r^igiity  i/f  lUv  ruc«  of  tbv  C^mry  ovvr  Uic  isktid  ol 
Uiituiii  :iu<l  il)  adjunttit  i»]aud«."  Mr.  Nunb'd own conmival  on  tbta  u:  *'Vic 
lictc  scv  tbv  iiilJ'uduvtiuu  vf  titc  Aitlitiri^ii  rontanct:  from  Brittany,  prc- 
C4-diiig  by  nearly  one  gi:Jicr;iiii»i,  llit-  icvit-til  «f  idumc  &ud  poetry  to  Morlk 
Wales,"  uiid  yet  be  dots  not  itet^iii  tu  [frci'ivu  wliat  u  leMimoiiy  is  btnc 
to  tlic  reality,  fuUicna,  and  miljaisteuui  uf  tliat  jiriiuilive  literaluic  about  _ 
ubich  hv  ii  to  sceplieiil.  Tlic-n  in  the  twelfth  century  leatimony  to  ihU  I 
pritiiiliro  litcialuic  abauhit^-ly  Hbouiiilii;  one  coii  ()ul>Io  none  bt^itcr  Ibnu 
tlial  of  Gtraldus  du  Bani,  «i  Ciiraldus  C'ainbi\-u&iit.  aa  be  ia  usually  oilkil. 
(liruldus  ifi  an  exixllmit  auUioiiiy,  uiio  kiii-w  vi>\l  wlint  Ito  was  writing 
nbotil,  uud  be  tpcalLs  of  tlm  ^Yulsll  InitU  ami  rbai'SodJsls  of  bis  lioie  u 
biiviug  in  tUeir  poucsMon  "aiicitut  .iiid  iiuth«nti«  boolu"  ia  lb«  Vi'tLtk 
Ltiiguuge.  llic  a[i[)ai'aLua  uf  tecliaicid  terms  of  pocti^',  ag;iiu,  and  the 
L-Iaborale  poolical  oiganizutiun  whik;li  we  SuJ,  bi>l]i  in  Walrs  aud  Inrlaod, 
cxiMiog  from  llio  wry  cotnmKnccnmit  of  llio  nieditevol  literaiy  paiod  ia  ■ 
each,  and  to  wbicli  no  oHier  uiediieval  litcratuie,  so  fur  as  1  know,  abows 
at  its  liiat  Uginiiiiig!!  KJiyUiio^  nniilnr,  JiiJicittK  au rely,  in  tbeae  Cellio 
ji('Oplv)i,  the  clu^ii'  au<l  [jcieidlcal.  Uatlilioii  of  mi  oIiltT  poetical  period  <it 
gru^it  duvtilupiiii;iit,  aud  sliiioti  iireei&tilily  cuiiHCk:!^  ilaelf  in  one's  oiiod 
with  Ui4  cluborule  Druidio  diiK;i|>iiiie  wtiicb  CnuAi'  ucolioiu. 


.tp%  tilt)  bem  viaj  to  get  a  liill  eense  of  lli«  til^ihed  anti([uii)r, 
rurmiiig  sa  it  were  Ui«  buckgn-aiKl  to  iltose  tnodinral  dociiinetits,  vliicb  in 
Mr.  Nuii'ii  oyM  jirattjr  tmioli  in-gin  imd  uiid  with  llitTiKH'K-eo,  ia  to  take, 
nlmoQt  lit  raiiilom,  .1  paHiumte  i'mm  xucb  a  Uilc  :ut  fiUhteth  and  Oltetv,  ia 
tJiu  ^a^inoyiot — tiiat  clruniiios  culk-vtiuri,  fur  nliidi  wu  vwc  kucU  s 
debt  or  grutiti]<!i}  to  Lndy  CiiurWtu*  truest  (to  call  ber  siill  hy  the  iinnM 
kho  borv  wIk'U  nlie  hiiliIa  lu-r  hiippy  entry  inbu  tfic  world  of  kltera), 
iiud  which  eke  so  tiukiadly  suireni  to  reniuiu  out  of  print.  Almctt  werj 
[Age  of  tliia  tale  points  to  traditions  and  petxnimgt^  of  tin;  incut  rumota 
onliijuily,  mid  is  instinct  with  tlic  very  biL-jttli  uf  t)i«  primitive  wurltl. 
•SeHruii  i*  iiiailo  for  Miiboit,  tliu  non  of  Modron,  who  wns  t^kca  when  thrco 
nights  old  from  bt-twcvii  Lis  luolhor  nnd  lltu  wall.  The  se«kt;Ts  go  first  to 
the  Oiu<:l  of  Cilgwri  :  the  Ousel  hud  lived  long  ftiiouj;li  lo  p«ck  a  eniilb'H 
iinvil  down  to  tb«  siie  of  :i  nut,  but  he  liaJ  nttvur  lietird  of  MHbuii.  "  But 
tbei'e  U  a  race  C4' animals  who  were  forcufd  before  mo,  uiul  1  will  h«  your 
giiidu  lu  them."  So  tbo  OumI  giiidi^s  them  to  the  Stag  ofUedyavre.  Tlie 
StJ^  bad  loeu  &a  oiik  sapling,  in  the  wood  where  be  lived,  grow  up  to  be 
no  P«k  with  a,  hundrod  bi-iincbi.-s,  nud  tb«D  slowly  decay  dowa  to  u 
withvrud  ittump,  yet  hu  had  nf^rer  he.-ird  of  Jrlnboii.  "  Kut  1  will  bo  yotir 
guide  lo  the  placi;  where  tbiTc  is  an  <iniTuaJ  which  was  formed  before  I 
was ;"  and  hr  guidos  tbera  to  the  Owl  of  Cwn  Cawlwyd.     "  "Wbeu  lirsl  1 

raiue  )iUh«T,"  uiys  ibo  Owl,  "  th«  widv  viilloy  you  kou  was  a  wooded  g)m. 
Lid  a  ruce  f>f  men  came  tuid  rooted  it  up.  And  there  grrir  a  second 
VOOdl  and  tliis  wood  is  ilie  third.  My  wings,  are  tbey  not  withvrvd 
alamjM?"  Yet  the  Owl,  in  spile  of  bis  great  iig«,  Iiad  iivvvr  ht.iard  of 
Mabon ;  but  lie  olTiTvd  lo  be  guide  ''  to  wlicro  is  the  oldest  aiiimal  in  ibo 
world,  and  ibe  ono  lliat  has  travsllod  rrmsl,  the  Eagle  cT  Gwern  Abwy." 
The  Eagle  was  so  old,  ihut  a  rock,  from  ihu  top  of  which  bo  jircked  st  the 
•tan  (.-rory  tn'vning,  wils  now  not  so  muob  as  n  opnii  high.  Hu  knw 
nothing  of  Mabitii ;  but  tlit^re  WM  a  monster  »aJinoii,  into  whom  hi!  once 
ktruck  hJM  cliivtj)  in  Llyu  Llyw,  who  nii((ht,  perhaps,  telt  tlieni  something 
of  biin.  Aitd  nt  Inst  tho  .Silnion  of  LEyn  L1yw  told  Uinn  of  Mabon. 
"  With  every  tidu  I  go  .iloiig  ih<t  river  upward*,  tiniil  I  oonia  near  to 
the  wolbof  GloucL-ttcr,  and  there  huve  I  fniiud  such  wtviig  lu  1  ocvcr 
found  clMwhero."  And  the  Sivljnoa  took  Arthur'u  mesnengera  on  bia 
>bouldvis  up  lo  llic  wall  of  the  prison  in  Gluuc^aler,  and  tbcy  dflivercd 
Mabon. 

Nothing  rcnJd  better  give  that  Bcnse  of  primitive  and  pre-in«di«val 
I  anli(|uity  which  Uj  Uic  observer  with  any  tact  for  these  ihiDgi  is,  I  think, 
(ik-nrly  percvptiblo  ia  tlio«B  remains,  at  whatever  time  tli<-y  may  have 
been  written,  or  l>ett«r  srrvc  to  check  loo  absoiiite  an  aetM^ptance  of 
Mr.  Naslt's  dicltinc-  in  noiiii!  rM|>i'iH*  very  *jvltit:iry — "ilint  the  oomnion 
aavutDption  uf  ifiicli  rcnmins  of  tbe  date  of  tb«  sisth  centuty,  ha*  betio 
made  u]iod  rerj'  uiutaliafiictnry  grounds."  It  ia  true  it  lias ;  it  ia  true,  too, 
that,  OS  he  goca  on  lo  Niy,  ''  wtilcTi  who  claim  fur  productions  uutually 
txistiog  only  in  manuaci-ipta  of  the  twelfth,  an  origin  ia  ihu  biath  oeniury, 


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TUE  6TUDV  OP  CELTIC  UTKRATUnr, 

aro  c«l!ptl  ujioii  lo  dtfrnonslnile  tluj  links  of  pvkJcnce,  litWr  mtemiil  or 
extcraal,  nhich  bri<];;i.>  over  this  grcut  iotorrcDing  period  of  «t  It-aiit  fire 
hundr«d  yeauv."  Then  Mr.  NuHti  mtiiimica;  ^'This  exteraAl  evidence  ti 
*](ogctber  vrantiitg."  Nut  itltogi^ilur,  lu  wv  liarc  svcn  ;  tLat  asscriion  u 
ft  liille  too  rtrong.  But  I  niti  conlvnt  to  let  it  |M9>,  bccanvc  it  is  tror, 
that  urithoul  iutemnl  cvidtmce  in  l!iis  matter  the  c-ttomfil  ovitVnco  would 
be  of  nu  momeQ^  But  whcu  Mr.  Nnsh  continuca  itiriber:  "And  tha 
iat«rual  ovId«nco  ev«n  of  tlie  »e-catlt4  tiiMono  pooms  tli«tns«lTe«,  u,  is 
some  inslniices  nt  Iraxt,  o[^>oaeil  to  ibrir  chinis  to  an  origin  in  the  vtxiK 
century,"  and  k-nvcs  tlic  mailer  iIh-tv,  nnd  Itaiflica  liUcliapler,  I  snjr  timt 
i*  nn  tininiisliiclor)'  tum  to  give  to  tlic  matter,  And  a  Unio  nnd  impotent 
ooii<:Iu»icn  lo  liis  clinpter;  t>ecaiiae  the  cne  into  rest  iny,  IhiitAd  (juenioti 
here  in,  not  id  wli^t  iiislaiteca  tlw  inCcmal  CTidvuco  op^Mca  thq  olaims  of 
theas  poems  to  a  sixtli-oeiiturjr  origin,  but  in  what  instniicot  it  mif-poMs 
them,  and  what  ihcuo  (ixlli-ccmtn-y  remains,  tlum  csiubn«hf?d,  cigiiir^. 

So  ogaiu  witli  lb*  <mc*tion  ns  to  tlie  laytbologicar  import  of  tltcau 
poeuu.     Mr.  Nn«li  lecina  to  nic  lo  hare  dealt  vitli  tliis,  loo,  rather  In  tbe 
Kpint  of  a  sturdy  cneaiy  of  tlio  Cdta  and  llieir  pralenuona, — often  roong'li 
ebimerioO, — than  in  tLo  epirit  of  a  disintereated  man  of  Kii>nc«.     "  We 
tind  in  llic  oldest  com^ioailioni  in  tiic  Welsh  langnage  no  (rnre*,"*  be  says, 
"  of  the  Dmida,  or  of  a  pngnn  mjtbclogy."     He  will  not  hear  of  tixn 
being,  tiir  itiitta!ici>,   In  tlime  compmitioCM^  traces  of  lliu  doctrine  of  the      ■ 
iranfliiiignttion  of  (khiIh,  altribuied  to  tlie  Dniids  in  snch  cleiir  wordi  by      I 
Ctcenr.     He  i»  very  severe  upon  a  German  Bcholnr,  long  arid  favourably 
known   in  lhi«   country,   who   has    already   fiiriuubnl   vnliinblti    contri- 
butlona  to  our   knowle'lgc  of  the   Celtic  race,  and   of  whoee  laboara      I 
tli«    innin    fiuit  l»a»,    I  believe,   not  yet   lieen   giren  va — Str.  Stvyer. 
He    i.i    Tery    »everc    ujion    Illr.    Meyt-r,   for    finding    in    one    of   llio 
pocins  nftcrihcd  to  Tnlii'dn,  "a  sncnficiitl  hymn  addresacd  to   the  god 
Pryd,  in   his  character  of  god  of  ihc  Sun."     It  is  not  for  me  lo  pro*      _ 
nounce  for  or  agnioRt  this  notion  of  .Mr.  Miner's.      I  lisrve  not  tlio     I 
IcDcwlodfw  whieli  i»  reeded  in  order  lo   make   one's   aulTn^  in  these 
luattera  of  any  Tnliio  ;  »ij>csl:iiig  meroly  ns  one  of  iho  nnWmed  p«b!ie,  I 
will  confcKf  thai  nllcgory  w-tina  lo  ini-;  to  pl.ny,  in  Mr.  Meyer's  iheorief,  i     ■ 
acunMrliat  exeiiwive  purt;  Arihnriind  liiaTwtlvs  [?)Knigl)laof  the  Bound 
Tabic  wgnil)'ing  scWy  the  ycnr  niih  ila  iwelTc  raotitlts;  Peieiral  nnd  tlia 
iliiler  eipiifyitif;  vMy  steil  and  iho  grindatune ;  Stonclicngc  anil  the  GoAf 
din  pill  to  purely  rakndarisd  purposes ;   the  XiMimyfn,  the  ifahcihonta, 
and  tlie  limil,  finully  following  the  fulc  of  the  Godwlin;  all  this  appean  to 
me,  !  will  ccnfi^M,  a  little   premnlnrely  grasped,  a  lidlo  nnsiibatanlinl. 
But  that  any  eve  who  knows  the  wi  of  modem  my tbol<v;ica|  {«ionce 
towurda  aatioiiomical  and  K>hr  my  1 1  in,  n  «ct  which   Ima  aln-itdy  justified 
itself  in  many  rcepecis  eo  vletoriougly,  and  which  is  so  irrosistibk  that      _ 
one  can  Itardly  now  look  up  at  the  sun  wlthont  having  the  feoMtions  ef  a     | 
niolh;  thai  any  otio  wlio  knowa  thif,  abould  fud  in  the  Wel-ih  rriualos  tK> 
Uaeesofmjtholc^,  b  riuila  astounding.  15' by,  the  heroes  ac*d  beroiaea  of 


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Cj'mric  woilil  aro  nil  in  the  sky  as  ^\^M  as  in  Wcluli  Hoiy; 
Aiiliur  U  iliu  Grent  He.ir,  his  harp  is  llio  c(>n»I<rl)utic[t  I.yrn;  Ciiuiopirla'i 
cbair  is  Llya  Don,  Doa'a  Court ;  the  tisvghter  of  D«a  vrna  AriAai-c>d,  aad 
the  Nonliura  Croira  is  Caer  Ananrcd ;  Gu-ydion  wjis  Don's  son,  and  tlie 
Milky  Wnj  in  Cucr  Gnydioii.  With  Onydifn  is  Math,  (he  eoij  of  Ma- 
tbonwy,  ihi*  "nmn  of  illiiKion  mid  phntilnwy;"  uiul  the  niomc-nt  ono  goes 
below  rlic surface — almcwt  lieforc  onegowlKlow  the  am-facc — xll  is  illuBion 
and  plmatasy,  donUIe-meanio^,  nnd  fiii^rMcIiitig  mytbulogical  import,  in 
tho  world  which  all  those  perscnngei  inlmhit.  WHiat  nre  llio  threa  liun. 
dred  rarcna  of  Oivcn,  Jiiid  iht  nine  sorccreasca  of  I't-redur,  and  ilie  tloga  of 
Annwn,  the  W?kh  Undo?,  and  tho  biids  &f  Wliifitmon,  wbiMo  eong  was  to 
Bw«ct  t1i»t  wunjoci)  Temiiinorl  Rpc-ll-bottnd  for  t'igbly  yunra  togvtlloi'  lixtvii- 
ipg  to  them?  Wliat  ia  llic  Avnnc,  tho  vsl ur-monntur,  ol*  whom  cr^ry 
luke-udc  in  \Vj»Im,  iuhI  lici*  pi-overhinl  Bi*('<'cb,  and  hur  immio,  to  thii  cbiy 
preserve  ibo  Iradilion  ?  AVluii  is  fiwyn  (]i«  sun  of  Nujd,  kiii^  of  ritlrti*, 
Uio  rulor  of  tho  Tyhvyth  Teg,  cr  lUmily  uf  beauty,  vho  till  ihu  d»y  of 
doom  lights  ou  every  lirnt  Cay  of  Mny — tho  great  re:iat  of  the  aim  amon^ 
ihc  Celtic  pcoplcfl — with  Gwythyr  for  the  fnir  Cordt-liii,  the  ijiingbtcr  of 
Ltnr?  Wlmt  is  tlio  woniloi-rul  nmrc  of  'IVirnyon,  vhich  on  tho  night  of 
evrry  first  of  Mny  foaled,  n«d  iio  on«  cwr  knttvr  wlmt  lieciiiuo  of  lh«  colt? 
Who  in  the  niY^tii:  Aravii,  thu  king  of  Animii,  wbo  changed  Beniblnnco 
for  a  year  with  Pwyll,  prince  of  Dyvod,  and  reigned  in  hia  place?  These 
are  no  iiiedin!Viil  personngea;  ihcy  belong  to  an  oIJlt,  pflgaii,  mythological 
world.  TliG  v<Ty  first  thing  that  etiikca  out-,  in  reading  tb<^  Mabino^ioji, 
is  bov  ovidDnlly  the  HK^diiitriil  elory-tollcr  is  pillnging  iin  and/giiity  ol' 
vliicli  he  docs  not  fiiHy  poiwcss  the  sccn-t;  he  is  Hko  n  peaaant  buliding 
hi»  but  on  iho  tite  of  nnlicnrnatMii  or  Ephcuut;  lie  huihiM,  but  what  bo 
buildn  is  full  of  inntori:il»  of  which  he  known  not  ihu  hiKtmy,  or  knows  by 
a  glinimeriitg  tmdition  merely; — slones  "  not  of  llii^  building,"  liiil  of  an 
oM<r  architecture,  greater,  cunningcr,  more  ninjcelical.  In  the  Eciediteval 
stories  of  do  Lalin  or  Teutonic  p«oplv  docs  this  strike  one  as  in  thosa  of 
t(i(!  Wf-'lah.  Kilhwch,  in  tho  story  nlrcady  tjiiotcd  *>f  JCHfiuxh  artii  Oltntn, 
nrVn  \iv\p  nt  the  linnd  of  Arthtii's  warriors;  «,  Hat  of  Xhosv  ivanion  is 
given,  which  filb  I  knoiv  not  how  many  page*  of  Lady  Chnrlolte  Cticst'a 
book ;  thU  hit  is  n  perfect  treasuro-hourte  of  mystMiouB  niins : — 

"  Tciibi  lien,  the  eon  of  Gwynhan — (his  domiiinji  were  swallowtJ  up 
by  tho  sea,  and  lie  bimeell'  hardly  eEcapctl,  nnd  he  cnmc  to  Arthur,  and  hin 
knife  hfl<i  ihis  pecnliai-ily,  that  from  tho  time  thnt  he  came  tboro  no  baft 
would  eT«T  remain  ii]^on  it,  and  owing  to  (his  a  uckneuicanK-  over  biin 
and  he  pined  nway  during  the  rcniAinder  of  hia  lifo,  and  of  this  he  diod). 

"  lJn:*m,  Iba  «on  of  Drpmidyd — (when  the  gnat  aroE«<  tu  the  moniing- 
with  llie  »u»,  I>n  m  could  kc  it  from  Gelli  Wio  in  Cornwall,  as  fer  off  ns 
FcQ  Bbtlhaon  in  Xortb  Britain). 

"  Kynyr  K(.-invarTa»c>— (when  h«  was  told  he  lad  a  son  bbrii,  be  nUI 
til  hi*  wife  :  Daniecl,  if  thy  eon  be  mine,  hio  bcitrt  will  be  idways  colcli 
ijnd  tltcre  will  be  no  wamilh  in  his  bands).'' 


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the  eJ^htnvM  of  lh« 


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DgBin,  la  the  eJ^htnvM  oi  lh«  nsmlor's 
Twrdi-Trwylli  aiid  bin  airange  klory  I  How  iiianifc«l  iho  mixture  of  knnu  n 
nod  unknown,  nhadowy  nod  clear,  of  diflercnt  Uyera  and  orden  of  tradilion 
jntnbled  togctlier,  in  tho  •1017  of  Bnin  tUe  Blvmcd,  n  ttcrf  whose  ptmn- 
Agea  touch  a  comparatiTcljr  Inle  aud  hixtoric  time.  Brnn  inrades  Ir^nd, 
ta  avciigc  cue  of  "the  Uircu  unhappy  hluw*  of  tlilt  iabutd."  tlw  diutjr 
Htriktog  of  Braniren  by  her  hnsbend  Mniholvcli,  king  of  Ireland.  Rnia 
is  mortallj'  wounded  hy  a  puiwned.  dart,  and  only  senm  men  of  Briciin. 
"  the  Ulnnd  of  tbu  Uighty,''  escape,  amoog  then  T&liosin. 

"And  Uran  contnuuid^  them  ihnl  thvy  stiould  out  oft  bis  bead. 
And  take  you  my  head,  aniil  ho,  and  bear  it  cvni  uiiio  llie  White  Mount  in 
London,  and  bury  it  there  with  the  face  towards  France.  And  a  long  time 
wUI  you  be  upou  the  road,  In  Ilarli-cb  you  will  he  fa«tiii|:t  aeren  yean» 
the  birds  of  Hliiannoa  eincing  unto  you  the  while.  And  all  that  tiitke  the 
head  uiU  be  to  you  an  plt-aMint  cotnpany  m  it  ever  was  when  on  my  body. 
And  St  GwbIl-s  in  Pi-nvro  you  will  be  fourscore  ymiv,  and  you  iiuiy 
remain  (Li'r«,  and  lh«  hend  with  you  uocorrupied,  until  you  op«n  the 
door  that  looks  townrda  Aber  llenveleu  and  lowardt  Comirall.  Aud  after 
you  have  opened  that  door,  there  you  may  no  longer  tarry  ;  aetihnh  ibea 
to  London  to  bury  the  htail,  and  ^<  ntraij^ht  forwurd. 

"So  lliey  cut  ofT  hia  head,  and  thoM  »cv<:ii  went  forw.'U'd  therewith. 
And  Bntnwcn  waa  tlie  eighth  vrith  then,  and  they  camu  to  land  at  Abcr 
Alaw  in  Anglesey,  and  they  mte  down  to  rcM.  And  Bmnwen  kiokcd 
tdwords  Irchmd  and  towards  the  Island  of  the  Mighty,  to  sec  if  site  could 
descry  them.  '  Aln*,'  luud  nhf,  '  \\<n:  ic  nic  l)inl  I  wan  ever  horn  ;  two 
ialnnda  h:»'e  been  deitroyed  Ucaiue  ol'  tne.'  Then  *l>e  uii«t«l  a  loud 
groan,  and  there  1>i«kc  her  hcurt.  And  they  niotl*  her  a  four-ndcd 
grave,  and  buried  her  upon  the  bmnks  of  the  Alaw. 

"  Thru  they  went  uu  to  Hitrl«ch,  and  sntc  down  to  least  and  to  drink 
there ;  and  th«TC  rame  three  birds  and  began  aioging,  and  all  the  songs  they 
bad  ever  heard  were  huriJi  ramparcd  thereto;  and  at  this  feiui  they  oun* 
timjcd  tcA-en  yeara.  I'hua  they  went  to  Uwaica  ia  Pcnvro,  and  there  they 
Jbund  a  liiir  und  regnl  sjiol  vTorlwikinji  the  ocnui,  and  a  tpaciniia  hall  «u 
therein.  And  tlii-y  wi.-nt  iiUo  tin'  Imli,  atul  two  of  its  doon  were  open, 
but  the  thiiii  dovi'  vtun  donud,  tlml  which  looked  towards  Corawoll.  'See 
yonder,'  said  Manawyddan,  '  ii  the  dci»r  thai  «c  may  not  open,'  And 
that  night  ilicy  ['e(;aled  Uiemaelvt«  jind  were  joyful.  And  therv  tlwy 
remained  foursccre  years,  nor  did  tjiey  think  they  had  erer  »peitt  a  lime 
more  joyous  and  mirthful.  And  they  were  not  more  weary  lluui  wben 
first  Uicy  came,  neitlicr  did  tht-y,  uiy  of  tlicm,  know  the  time  they  Imd 
been  tht-re.  And  it  was  as  pleiuant  to  tUem  liaring  the  h&ul  with  them 
HA  if  I3ran  had  been  with  them  liiniMell' 

"  But  one  dfty  wiid  Jlciiyn,  the  son  of  Gwyn  :  '  Evil  beiide  me  if  I 
do  not  cpeu  the  d'»r  to  know  it'  that  ii>  ttw  whidi  is  said  concerning  it.' 
So  he  opiwed  tlit;  door  aud  lookcil  towards  ConiwuU  and  Aber  Ileoveleu. 
And  whm  tlicy  had  looked,  they  were  as  conKiuua  of  all  tlie  erila  ikw 


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ImuI  «vor  raitiita«<1,  flnd  oT  all  llic  rriendf  nnd  companion*  llicr  liAtl  lost, 
and  of  all  th«  intMrj  tlmt  hud  ber^lkn  tliein,  u  it'  all  htid  Imppcuvtl  in 
that  very  spot ;  and  wpocially  of  tli«  fats  of  tlieir  lord.  And  bcauae  of 
tlicir  psrturbaiion,  thcj  c«ul<i  net  rwt,  bat  jourrejed  fot-Lli  with  tl)«  head 
lowxnla  London.     And  thoy  btirtei]  ilie  hnul  in  thir  Wliit«  Mount." 

Axttiur  aflcrwurds,  in  )iU  pntlc  and  aclf-ODnlidence,  Jiointcrrcd  tho 
Imd,  and  ihia  was  one  of  •'  thu  tlii%e  uuliappy  diaolosurea  of  ibe  island 
oTBriuifi." 

Tliera  i«  e%'ideDtlj  mixed  here,  with  lliu  ntrwcr  legend,  a  Jtlrilvt,  m 
Ihfl gcolo^iats  would  mv.  of  aomciliing  far  older;  and  tlio  s^wret  of  Wait* 
nod  iu  gt-nius  is  n-it  ti-uly  roacliei!  until  this  delrilat,  initc.id  of  being 
ealUd  recent  bceanao  it  is  found  in  contact  willi  whnt  is  i'ei>Qnl,  is  di^ 
aogagod,  and  i»  nindv  to  l«ll  it«  own  (tory. 

Rat  when  wc  >huw  liim  tilings  of  ihis  luiid  in  ihc  Welsh  rcmauii, 
Mr.  Naili  has  an  nnRnr<^r  for  lu.  "Oh,"  ho  anpi,  "all  tliJit  ix  tiieralj' a 
tnaelilDery  of  ne<^romniiceni  ^nd  nugic,  audi  ha  hai  [ivobaMy  ticen  ]M>t- 
■Mted  by  all  pcoplo  in  all  ngva,  more  or  Icaa  aimiidantly.  Il<tw  aimiliir 
an  the  crvationa  of  the  human  mind  id  limeg  and  places  the  ino^t  reiuoie  I 
We  KC  in  this  ■imilarity  only  an  widmoc  of  thi:  vxistmcr  of  a  camtnoa 
•lock  of  idcn«,  vnriflimly  dcv^lapcd  according  to  tho  formDiivG  pH*nirt  of 
rxlema!  cireumjtliinoe!'.  Th«  iimt<>riiil«  of  tliMa  laW  are  not  iifiiullur  to 
the  Wdnli."  And  then  Mr.  NhhIi  points  out,  with  much  Itamiug;  and 
ing»niiity,  how  certain  incidents  of  th«e  ules  have  their  eounterport*  in 
Iriab,  in  Scandinavian,  in  Oriental  rtmutDce.  Uc  nays,  fairly  onoiigh,  that 
th«  aanrtions  of  Taliutin,  in  the  famous  Ilanea  'J'aUetin  or  lIi»toyy  nf 
TaJiesiit,  that  hr.  win  )i]'L-»ojit  with  Noali  in  iho  Ark,  nt  thit  'lowor  i>f 
Babel,  and  with  AlexaniW  of  Macedon,  "we  may  ajtcril^e  to  the  [lociic 
(iincy  of  the  (.Ihrirtian  piiust  of  the  Ihirleenth  c«ntury,  Vfho  brought 
Ihis  romance  into  it*  preoeiit  torui.  We  mny  compare  these  atalonients  of 
the  unirersal  pre«encc  of  iha  wondcr-wo iking  ningician  with  those  c^f  the 
gleeman  who  rvcitcn  the  AJiRlo-Saxon  mviricnl  lale  enllttd  Iha  lyaveller's 
Song,"  No  doubt  hinds  the  moM  di.^tatit  can  be  ahown  to  have  a  ooinraou 
property  in  many  marrellous  stories.  This  is  one  of  the  most  interealing 
diaeOTWiea  of  modern  science  ;  but  modem  scitncc  i«tcqniilly  intei'ested  in 
IcDOwing  bow  the  (;enius  of  each  people  hoa  diiftTcnliated,  so  to  tpcok,  thia 
eounioo  property  of  theirs  ;  in  tr&4>kiag  ont,  in  each  ease,  llint  specia] 
"Tariety  of  dewlopmt-ul,"  wliidi,  to  use  Mr.  Nasli's  own  words,  "Ih* 
fonoalive  prcssuTC  of  t-?i1crn.-il  cjrcumslttnces''  lias  occononed  ;  and  net 
Ibc  lormatiirtt  prcnure  from  without  c-uty,  but  also  the  Ibrmuttve  preiaurc 
fnoi  within.  It  ia  this  which  ho  wlio  dmla  with  the  Wdi>h  remains  in  a 
philosophic  apitil  wants  to  know.  When  is  the  Ibtce,  for  scientiGa  pur- 
|iow%  of  telling  ub  that  oerlain  inchlenta  by  which  Welsh  poetry  has  b«eo 
■itppoaed'lo  indicate  nnurTiviDg  iriidiiion  of  tliedoctiine  ortraticniigiMKni, 
an  found  in  Irish  poetry  also,  when  Irish  poetry  has,  like  Welsh,  iia  root* 
hi  that  Cellisin  whidt  is  said  to  have  held  this  doctrine  of  trat^niignUtoo 
10  strongly?     Whcco  is  creo  the  great  force,  for  acicotilia  puiposea,of 


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TUi^  STUDY  OF  CELTIC  UTEtUTl'BB. 

prarin^,  ir  U  wrre  poauble  to  prove,  Uiat  the  ezunt  retDitiiw  of  VTcUi 
porirjr  oontnln  not  of»  ptiua  ilecUmtioR  of  Drnidtcal,  pagan,  prfr-Cliri«to»a 
doctrine,  if  one  luu  in  tho  extant  roniikiiu  of  Breton  poetry  such  texts  lui 
|]iU  from  tiK!  pn^bny  of  Gvrenclilan  :  "lluec  tiiiiei  mtwt  wc  uU  die, 
lielbre  we  cowie  to  our  final  repose?  "  or  bi  tbo  cry  of  liie  eagles,  in  the 
esaae  poem,  of  fierce  tliimt  lor  Chrioiiiin  blood,  n  cry  in  which  llie  poet 
CTtdt-ntly  gives  rent  to  hii  own  hnirod  ?  nince  the  solubiniy,  to  ii*e  tlat 
cvuvcnii'nl  I'rcnch  word,  of  Brclvu  nod  WcUh  pt-etry  ia  fto  complete, 
ilint  the  idem  of  iho  one  nuiy  be  almofit  certainly  BEKumcd  not  to  liare 
been  vanung  to  those  of  ilie  otbcr.  The  qucaUon  ic,  irbca  TalicuQ 
tayft,  in  iho  Batllt  of  iJit  Trte», — 

"  I  have  been  in  many  siliiipt-ii  before  I  :tttjtiiied  a  oot^jeninl  Ibnn.  I 
h.irc  been  ii  narrow  blade  v{  a  cword,  I  have  In-cn  a  drop  in  the  air)  ] 
bivc  bc^Q  n  ahiaing  star,  I  have  been  a  word  in  a  book,  i  have  be«n  a 
IkioIc  in  ibc  begiontnj;,  1  have  1>eeD  n  light  in  n  lantern  n  year  and  a  half, 
1  have  bu-u  a  bridge  for  piuting  over  thi«e-acoro  rivers ;  I  Imre  jour- 
neyed m  an  eagle,  I  hxvu  boen  a  boat  on  tb«  son,  1  hiivo  been  a  director 
in  battle,  I  have  bci-n  »  sn-cn]  in  the  liaiid,  I  Ihto  been  n  ahield  in  S^l, 
1  hnrc  becii  the  >ti-in^  of  n  hnrp;  1  have  been  cnetianted  for  d  year 
in  the  ffani  of  wnlcr.  Thcic  la  nothing  in  which  I  bare  not  been.  .  .  ," 
tlio  question  Js,  have  tbcao  "itnlemenla  of  the  uaivu-ml  presence  ol 
the  wend  IT' working  inngician"  not  hiog  which  diiliiigttiiOiet  tbcm  from 
"siniiUr  creikliona  of  ihe  huntan  miud  in  ttiu<a  ntid  placus  the  moot 
retDOto  ;"  Jibvc  tb*-y  not  an  inwardness,  a  geverity  of  form,  a  tolcmtiity  of 
tone,  which  indicate!  the  still  reTeTberntingcchoofa  profound  doctrine  and 
discipline,  siich  as  ivns  Dniidi&m  ?  Suppose  v.e  coin^Kiro  Taliesin,  as  Ur. 
Nfwh  tiiviicn  nit,  wiili  tiie  gleem:ui  of  the  Anglo-Saxon  TrawUfr's  SiHtg. 
Tfikc  tlic  ipecimeu  of  this  song  which  Hr.  Nash  himwlf  quotes :  "Ifam 
been  wilh  the  linitlilOH  and  with  iho  Estyringi,  with  iho  Uebimra  and 
with  tlic  Itiitians  nml  with  tho  I'^gypiiana;  I  have  been  with  the  UedM 
and  with  (he  PrrainnH  and  with  the  Myrginga."  It  is  very  well  to  M 
pornJlcl  witlt  tliis  vxtract  Tahvsin'i  "I  carried  tbo  banner  before  Ales-  ■ 
oikUt;  I  wna  in  Cniinnn  wbvn  AbKiIom  wnj  doin;  I  wu  on  tbe  bone's 
crupper  of  FA'itu\  and  Enoch  ;  I  wtut  on  llie  high  crovs  of  Uto  merciful  Sju 
of  Ood ;  I  was  the  chief  overeocv  ai  llie  building  of  tl«  tower  of  Niraiod  ; 
I  was  wuli  my  King  in  the  iminger  of  the  an;  I  supported  Moses  llinw^ 
the  waters  of  Jordan;  I  liiive  bcvn  in  tho  bnttci-y  in  the  [and  of  the 
Trinity ;  it  is  not  known  wiiat  is  the  nature  of  iu  meat  and  its  fish."  It 
is  very  well  to  »ay  thiit  ihcse  aAsenioua  *'we  inny  f:iir]y  ascribe  to  tbt 
poetic  funcy  of  a  C-briitian  priest  of  ihe  thirtcealb  ccntuiy."  Certainly  wo 
may  ;  tlie  iast  ot  Tidiesin'a  fiFtaertiona  more  cBpecially  ;  though  one  ntut 
rtnmrk  at  Uic  name  lime  Ibiit  the  WclBhmnn  shows  much  more  fro  awl 
imn^nation  than  the  ADg]o-S:ixon.  But  Talicsin  adils,  after  his  "J  wax 
in  Caimrtn  when  Absalom  was  ahiin,"  "  /  rnu  in  the  hall  i-f  Don  br/ort 
Qwjdivn  Kat  horn;"  he  adds,  alter  "1  was  the  cliicf  ovcrtccr  at  tbe 
building  of  the  lower  of  Nimrod,"  "I  have  beta  tUrte  thtti  rttidtnt  n  tJi$ 


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0^  Arianrod ; "  lie  adilx,  nflcr  "  I  was  al  tlic  crcm  witli  Mary 
jdalrnc,"  "  /  obtained  Mg  tiupiratioa  /i-otn  the  eauUIron  of  Ctridtfftny 
And  Gnallj',  after  ilie  meiliicTul  IoucIl  qI*  i)ie  vuit  Co  tiie  biittcr)-  in  the 
laod  of  Uie  Trinity,  ha  goes  olT  ut  score  :  "  I  lutvu  liecii  itibiructcil  in  lliu 
wliole  tij»tcm  o(  ilio  iinironxi ;  I  shall  be  itU  tbi!  d»y  ct'  juiigmont  on  llie 
face  of  ihc  carl h.  1  Iiavc  Ijwh  in  nii  uinriiny  clmir  itbove  Ciiur  Sidiii,  and 
tJi«  wliiilin^  round  witlioiit  moli«n  bc-dvcca  IlifL-e  clcmi-uU.  I*  it  not 
tJift  wonder  of  tho  world  tbat  cannot  be  diocovered  ?"  And  so  lie  ends  tlie 
poem.  But  here  is  tlio  CVLiic,  the  essential  part  of  the  pocn  :  il  ia  h«io 
that  tho  "  formntive  prc«niri' "  Ivas  been  really  in  operntioti ;  mid  hvro  nurvly 
in  pHganism  nud  mylltulo^  ciioiigli,  irhidi  tlie  CHrlstian  piivst  uf  lliu  lliir- 
teentli  a<:nttiry  cua  have  hod  nothing  to  do  with.  It  is  tinnciuitiJic,  uu 
doubt,  to  intcrprft  this  purl  ntt  Kdwnrd  Dnvieit  mid  Mr.  Hcrlvrt  do  ;  but 
it  IB  imscir.ntific  uUo  to  ^ct  ilA  of  it  m  ^fr,  Na»h  doL-t.  WiilrM  mid  ttie 
WeUh  gcniiifl  ai-e  net  to  bo  known  without  thin  pait ;  and  the  true  crilio 
in  h«  who  c'tn  beet  disengage  its  real  Bignificaiice. 

1  eny,  theu,  whnt  wo  nont  is  to  tmow  the  CV-lt  nnd  his  geaiiis  ;  not  tu 
exalt  him  or  to  ab&sc  him,  hut  to  know  him.  And  for  this  a  diain- 
tcrrsted,  poHiiIve,  nnd  comtli-ucLive  criticism  la  needed.  Nvither  his 
frieadfl  nor  his  enemies  Ikuvu  yet  given  us  much  of  this.  His  rriends  Imve 
pivpu  Its  materials  for  criticiani,  and  for  thvee  we  ought  lo  be  grateful ', 
Uis  cncinii-a  hare  given  iia  nvgnliro  criticism,  and  for  this,  too,  up  to  a 
certain  point,  we  inny  be  grateful ;  but  the  criticism  vte  really  w.nnt  npitbcr 
of  thcni  ban  yet  given  u.i.  Pliilulogy,  that  acJence  which  in  our  time 
ku  liatl  tn  nnny  hucceisvjt,  hm  niit  been  sbandoued  by  liur  good  fortune 
in  touching  the  C*'ll ;  philoloffy  haa  brought,  almost  for  the  first  time  in 
their  lives,  the  Celt  nnd  sound  criiiciim  together.  The  Celtic  grammar  of 
Zeum,  whose  death  is  so  grievous  a  loss  to  science,  oGcn  it  splondid 
«in-ciini'ncif  that  i»itiprit,di«uieri'iiteil  wiiy  of  tn'iiiing  ulijectK  of  knowli-dgi', 
nJiicli  is  llie  best  nnd  most  iitlniciivt:  vliiinicCerintii;  of  (j<:rinaiiy.  Zeuita 
piwecdi  ntither  ns  ft  Celt-lover  nor  as  b  Celt-hater;  not  the  slightert 
ince  of  a  wish  to  glorily  Toutonism  or  to  abEise  CcUioii,  appeara  in  his 
hooJc.  'I'lie  only  tUvire  apparent  there,  ia  the  dcviro  to  linow  U'la  object, 
the  langii.ige  of  tho  Celtic  [x^dplRs,  a*  it  really  in.  In  ihia  he  ttiuids  n»  it 
model  to  Celltc  students  ;  and  il  has  been  given  to  him,  aa  a  ivwaid  for 
bis  sound  method,  to  tMtttblish  certain  points  which  ara  henceforth  cardinal 
points^  laniinarki,  in  all  the  discussion  of  Celtic  matter*,  nnd  which 
no  OitC  had  BO  eatahliahed  before.  People  talked  tA  rniuloin  of  Celtic 
nriliitgs  of  this  or  ihiit  age ;  Zoum  has  definitely  lixcJ  the  age  of  what  wo 
notiially  have  of  fheae  wriiings.  To  take  ihe  Cymric  group  of  lAiigufiges: 
our  cailicst  Comith  document  lit  a  vocabulary  of  th«  bhirleeuth  century; 
our  OJirltrst  Breton  dooiiment  iii  a  short  do«cription  of  nti  estate  in  a  deed 
of  ilic  nintli  century  ;  our  eurlicni .Wd»h  doentnenlji  are  Welsh  glossca  of 
tiK  eighth  century  to  EutychuiS  the  ]j;raiiimi»riun,  wid  Ovid'n  ^trt  af  Zoif, 
and  the  ventea  found  by  Kdward  Llniyd  in  the  Jvi^ncvs  muniiKcript  »t 
Ouabridge.     The  mention  of  tltia  Juvtncus  frugment,  by  the  by,  suggeata 


4S0  lilB  S-rUDY  OF  CliLTlC  UTEUATi;BB. 

ilie  difl«roDeo  iliere  j*  brtirccn  a  wmai  and  itn  iinmiiiid  eriu«*l  itiibib 
Mr.  N'lwh  dMtlfl  witli  thk  risgnicDt ;  but,  in  sptw  of  all  bi«  grt^  acutcnoM 
uid  Icarciipg,  bsc&tisc  hg  liiui  a  biaa,  licoraae  be  doca  not  bring  lo  ibcM 
nuu[«r9  ihe  diunicTf«tc<l  spirit  tliey  nctd,  he  U  capable  of  gf.'tUng  rid, 
({iiile  imvr)trmiibib]y,  uf  a  parllculni'  word  in  tlia  fra^eut  vrbivli  do«*  tici 
Miit  him  ;  bb  deniiag  vith  Ibo  rsnts  is  lUi  advocft(«4  dwbng,  VA  • 
critic' t.     Of  this  soi-t  of  Ihing  Zhuw  is  incapalilfl. 

'Xlia  leit  which  Zeuu  oocd  for  t-stablisbing  the  i^c  of  tbcao  dootmenU 
IS  ft  (cicniific  ttwt,  the  tc«t  of  orthography  and  c(  decI«asioiiiU  and 
Kynincticsil  Iflitn*.  TiieM  nmltnrt  nre  far  out  of  my  province,  bot  wbat  is 
clear,  touad,  nnd  dimple,  baa  a  nntnral  attroolion  fur  ua  all,  and  cna 
ieels  a  plvaaure  in  rop«atinc;  it.  It  is  the  grand  si^a  of  ngp,  Zeuaa  myn, 
in  WrUitsnd  Irith  worde,  when  wliat  the  grnmniuriana  call  cbe  "deathiuio 
ifDuium"  bua  nut  vet  txkcn  piaoci  vrhcntbcrbarpcoutonaitUbarc  not  ytt 
been  clumgi^l  iiiUi  tint,  p  or  t  into  b  t>T  it;  wlion,  for  inttanoe,  fiap,  a<on, 
hiM  not  yc^t  btfcoiiii;  iifili ;  cott,  n  vrood,  coed ;  ocet,  a  harrow,  O0ed.  litia 
ia  ft  cleAr,  Boieolitic  l«n  to  nppi)-,  and  a  leot  of  which  ibe  iicouncy  can  be 
veritied ;  1  do  not  tuy  that  Znvm  was  the  lirat  pt^rson  who  kaev  of  thii 
teat  or  applied  it,  htit  [  hij  that  be  iatlic  Jirst  pcnoa  who  in  dnliug  wrtb 
Celtic  itiAtters  hnq  invuriiibly  pru<^ecdvd  by  niuina  uf  thi«  niid  simihur 
Mricantic  texts  ;  ibv  first  person,  therefure,  the  body  of  whoae  work  Iia*  n 
Kivntitic,  Dtiiblc  {.liamoter}  wd  eo  be  aiaiuls  at  »  uodu  to  «U  Cvliji: 
jnijiiirert, 

Uis  itiHucnco  haa  a]nady  been  most  happy ;  and  as  I  bare  vnbiigcd  on 
a  eertain  £>iltim  in  criticinm  of  Kugcnc  O'Cnrry'is — whoae  bti«)D«aa^  afUr 
all,  waD  the  d«-ftcripiJoa  and  dauiflcation  of  malerials  miher  than  criii- 
ciein, — let  me  sliow,  by  another  eucamplv  from  EugeiK  O'Curry,  this  goud 
influence  of  Zetias  upon  Celtic  studies.  Kugcne  O'Curry  wants  to  ealabliah 
that  componitioni  of  nii  older  dnic  than  tlie  twe-Ulh  century  exbied  in  Irdand 
ill  (he  twi'Kih  cr-iitury,  imd  thus  hv  proceeds.  He  tukea  o«c  of  ibe  fraH 
cjctant  Irinh  jn;(niiBcriptJ«,  tlw  Ltabhiir  vn  h'Uidhrt ;  or,  Jtoot  of  the  Dim 
Cote.  1'hc  irumpiler  of  thia  book  won,  he  any^  n  certain  Madmuiri,  ■ 
ineniber  of  Uis  rcligioui  haute  of  CluainmocnoLi.  This  he  cKabUabva  frMi 
a  paaaage  in  iJie  manuscript  itiielt':  "ThiH  it  a.  trial  of  lits  jwn  here,  by 
Madmuiri,  eon  of  Ibe  eon  of  Conu  na  ui'IjulIiI."  The  date  uf  Mailnaiii 
lie  csiablisliM  from  n  piiMftg?  in  the  Anwih  of  tAt  four  Mattfrt,  under 
the  year  llOfi  :  "Alnelmuiri,  eon  of  fclic  mm  of  Conn  n«  tu'Bochi,  woa 
killed  in  tlie  middle  of  the  grtiat  Btone  church  uf  CluuinmiKaoiv,  by  a 
party  of  rolibtnt"  Thiia  he  gets  the  date  of  (be  Hook  «/  tin  Duh  Cow. 
Thii  book  contains  an  ckgj  en  the  death  of  St.  Coluiiib.  Kow,  tnii 
bclore  1  lOG,  the  hiti{nuigc  of  ibis  el<^  was  so  old  as  to  reqnira  a  gloM  lo 
iiiuko  it  intelligible,  iw  It  in  mcoitipanivd  by  a  glon  wrilteu  Itvtmvti  iba 
linei.  Iliia  gli,«a  <|uoCch,  for  the  cxplnnatioa  of  obsolete  words,  a  number 
of  more  ancient  compodiiona;  and  tliiri«  coin pcoit ions,  therefure,  tnnst,  at 
the  beginning  of  the  twclftJi  cvniury,  h»vc  bwa  still  in  exiatences.  Nothing 
can  be  sounder ;  every  step  is  proved,  and  fairly  proved,  na  «w  gOM 


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O'Curry  thus  nft'onlB  n  go'A  »ji<?citi)eD  of  Uio  fA"0  luodo  «f  )in>- 
liiAag  DO  Riiicli  wniitcJ  ia  C'ltio  rcsciirclica,  iind  m  liiclv  |>iacii>rd  by 
Edward  Dutiu  xui  liu  brtthrcn ;  and  to  Tvuiid  tiiis  ^anc  iik«tlic<:l,  Zhxm, 
liy  tltu  cxa)»[tk-  lie  ii<;U  in  liis  uitii  tleixiritueiit  of  jjlilktlugy,  lius  tualiily 
cuiitribuU'il. 

Scii-tice's  iL-cuiiciUiig  i>uwfr,  loc,  oit  wLL-h  1  bave  aln^Jy  touotivd, 
[iltiloliipy,  in  hvt  Cirliic  rciuarclieit,  ugiiia  and  again  iiliulrato.  II«oen 
Aud  laDgiitigvs  hare  been  abeuidiy  joined,  nud  uuily  bus  b«cn  oftcu 
nwiily  nwuuicxi  at  kIji^cs  whci-u  unu  was  Ciir,  very  fur,  froiii  Imviiijj 
yvt  ixally  iL-uL-itt^J  iiiiliy.  SciviKt!  Wi  :ii]J  Mill  loti^  have  to  bu  ii 
dividci'  oud  a  tcpirutiit,  brcukiiig  nrlilrary  aiiU  f^imitiil  ootiiict.'tiviit| 
niid  dimicitin^  drL-ntuM  ul'  il  |}t'ctiiiittire  uud  impoiwiblu  unity.  iJtUI,  Boiencu 
— irufi  wicuct: — n:cii);iii;ei'a  in  lliu  tioKuiit  uf  livr  k>uI  a  law  of  ulliiiuilo 
ftuioii,  of  condliulioii.  To  rtiwh  liii»,  l-iit  \o  rcacli  it  UgitiiiiBti-ly,  the 
tends.  She  di.iw»,  fur  innuiuct;,  towaids  the  sumv  id«i  wliicii  tills  Iter 
L-ltlcr  utid  divine  tislvr,  fioeiiy — the  idea  of  tlio  aubatiuitiBl  unity  of  nian ; 
lliougb  eli«  drntvs  towiu-dfl  il  by  ro-tda  of  hev  oivn.  But  continiutljf 
»li«  i<  sliuwing  m  affinity  wIil-ii;  nu  ituiigiiicil  xhvra  yen*  uolaliun. 
Wlint  *<:)iuul-boy  of  us  liiia  uul  ruaiiiuij;i.nl  bin  Gi'vi:li  diclivnary  iu 
inin  for  a  mitiiliiviury  iioccnitit  uf  Uiat  old  name  for  llic  Fulo[ioiiiu->t,  lb« 
AjNOM  Lawif  and  wiilu'n  tlw  liiiiib  of  Greek  iuull*  tlieiv  u  none.  Butllw 
biojiLiau  iiunic  Iwr  caitli,  "apia,"  uvferyt  xvater-ittut^l,  meaning  first  UU 
iiitd  liien  Uiiiii — ibis  uaoiL',  vliich  wo  Iind  in  "nvin,"  Scaiidinarta,  and  iw 
"«y"  fur  ialitnd,  Aldcme^.  not  onlv  tocpliiin*  tbe  Ajtioit  Land  c{  iii>p]nic\es 
for  UK,  but  poiutii  il>c  vrny  to  n  tvbolc  norld  of  r«luli<'nii]ii[<d  of  wlLidi  wo 
kiii-w  liolliitig.  'iliu  Scytbiiinn  liicniKlvM  Agniu,— obwiiro,  fiir-Bepanilvd 
Mungoliun  pcopluaa  tliiry  ii»«d  (Qa]>j>i.-iir  utua, — vlicn>vo  find  tbat  tbiy  urn 
vuFtiliaUy  Teiiionic  and  Iiido-Kurup«-iin,  (licir  \ciy  name  llt«  latuc  word 
M  tlie  couimou  Latin  nord  "  Kutuin,"  ilie  afiichled  [xoiiie,  v[):it  a  KiirpriM 
iWy  give  mil  And  ilic-ii,  bclV're  we  buve  i-cc»vcruil  fiom  ibia  surjirise, 
w«  lt:nrn  ibac  tlm  mmiv  uf  Ilidr  falbu-  and  ^ikJ,  Tnrgiiuv uh,  cun-ira  ua  1 
know  nvt  liovr  iniicli  funbt-r  inlu  litmiliar  (;Dni{iaby.  Tliiei  diviiiily,  Shiuinff 
tcith  ihe  Uirge,  iLe  tii-eck  Heiciilta,  the  Smi,  contJiinB  in  llic  Bccond  iHUfof 
tiis  name,  tavus,  "Rliiuing,"  a  irondn-rul  cement  to  bald  limta  and  nalJcna 
togttlicr.  3*»'Hf,  "ebiniug,"  IVcu  "  tavu," — iu  Sansait,  asMvlliisSc)'tbiaii, 
"  to  bum"  or  "tliini'," — n  Dh'ui,  i/i'is,  Hevf,  Qii^,  Dirti,  tiiid  1  know  not 
liuw  ntucb  more;  nnd  Taviti,  tbu  bri^ltt  nnd  burnt,  firt-,  llic  pbci.'  of  fire, 
tbu  bvurlli,  liic  MnUc  cl'  Ihe  liuiiily,  bcv^'iuca  the  family  itavlf,  jtut  im  our 
vtaA  Jamily,  tbc  Latin  /ufiiHia,  ia  fitim  ih^meli,  tlie  tncrcd  centre  of  fira 
Tbe  Lcarib  cuuics  to  mean  boniu.  Iluo  from  hoiiio  il  ccmics  to  nican  llm 
group  of  hrrncH,  the  tribe;  from  ihc  tribe  iLe  entire  nntibo;  and  iu  tlii« 
Mtue  of  natiuii  or  ptoplf,  ibc  v.oid  ajiwarg  iu  Gutliic,  NofM-,  OUic,  iiud 
IVninn,  as  veil  as  in  Scytliiau ;  ibu  TUtvthitka,  I>cutic]icn,  'J'iii]e«]m-ii, are 
tlio  men  nf  onu  ihruth,  nation,  or  peoplu;  aud  of  lbi«  «itr  naaie  Gfitnana 
{t>i'Ui«,  pi-Tlispf,  only  tbc  Kuuiiin  tiiin»Iiiti<>ii,muinitig  the  men  of  onp  ftrrm 
or  itock.  Tbv  Cvltio  divinity,  Tcutalo)^  Ims  bis  njime  fioin  Uk  Celtic  IruUi^ 


pcopli; ;  tavili,  Are,  iippeuriii^  here  io  its  scooiiilury  and  dcrlvetl  aeoM 
peojitt,  just  na  it  dot!  in  its  own  Scytliiaa  langiutg«  id  Turgilaviu'a  second 
name,  Tarit-pamt,  Tevtaro$,  lliG  pivloctor  of  rlic  (iwple.  Anptlii-r  C«]tie 
diriiiity,  lli«:  Unm  of  I.ucmh,  fimU  Iiin  hrmher  in  llie  G.ii*o«i,  llic  sword, 
R^rebciliziag  lltu  ^jj  t>f  batlk-a  of  lL«  Tl-uIohIc  ScytliLuis.  And  a(tcr 
pliilulcigy  lias  thus  related  la  ench  ether  the  Celt  nml  the  Teuton,  tJie 
lakM  miotlicr  hniU'^h  of  ihc  Idtio-Kuropcnn  fiiinily,  the  ScUvcs,  ond  abovn 
UHth«m  lulinvingihc  mme  tULinc  with  llifiG^rmnn  Siiovi,  the »olar  [)«)pt«; 
the  comiiioii  giouiid  here,  too,  being  tlmt  grxud  jxiiiit  of  union,  tin  san, 
firc.  So,  uinD,  \re  find  Mr.  ili-ycr,  whose  Critic  studiva  1  jiut  now  tnon* 
tioned,  hnrplng  ngnJn  and  iigniii  on  tl)o  conii(;cl ion  cvici  in  Ktiro{M-,  if  yon 
go  back  fur  cuougli,  bctn-ccn  Celt  and  German.  8«,  nfU-r  all  wc  haro 
heard,  and  tvnly  h^anl,  of  t)i«  dircraity  bctiv«en  nil  thingi  Scmitio  and  all 
things  Iiida-Kiiru[ii'Bii,  llicre  in  now  nil  luilinn  pliilolc^st  at  uorlc  ujioa 
tlio  rcliXioUBLip  bHvrecii  SuiimijiL  :iijJ  IIdUcw. 

Both  in  BiurJl  nnd  greut  tilings,  i>liili)l<>):y,  dealing  with  Celtic  iniitl«n, 
hiis  cxetnplilied  this  lending  of  scieacu  towards  unity.  Who  lias  not 
been  puzzled  by  Lltv  rclutioos  of  tliu  Scots  «vilh  Ii<cInnd^tlKtt  vetts 
el  mnjar  Scotio,  ««  Colgan  calls  it?  WIio  does  not  fwl  what  plco&urc 
Zcuaa  hr!i)f:i  lis  when  lie  eiiggcals  that  Ga<i,  the  D^ir.ci  Tor  the  Irisb 
t,  and  Seot,  ai-e  at  bottom  llm  euine  word,  botJi  having  iltcif 
igin  in  a  woi-d  nit-aning  windy  atid  Tioih  Bignit)'ing  the  violent,  ttonaif 
people  ?  AViiD  (IvcA  nut  TloI  his  utind  agrcmbly  ck-oivd  about  our  Jricndt 
Lhu  FftiiatiA,  vhcii  lie  k-iiiiis  tliiit  tlio  root  of  tlieir  name*,  fta,  "  whiio^" 
uppc.ir:*  til  iho  liero  Flngat;  in  (iwyEKxld,  the  Welsh  name  for  Korili 
Wales;  iu  tli«  Itomnii  Vunodolin;  iu  Viiiiues  in  ItntUiiy  j  iu  Vtbiecl 
'J'he  very  afinu-  of  Ireland,  some  Kiy,  comes  from  iho  famoaii  Snnscrit 
iiiord  yli'//fi.  the  land  (fthc  Aryans,  or  noble  men  :  nhhcugh  the  wciglitof 
ftjiininn  seem*  lo  be  in  l:\i-oui'  of  contwcting  it  rathiT  witli  aoolli^r 
.Sdimcrii  word,  amm,  occidcnial,  ihu  xrcsteru  land  or  lAv  of  the  w«t. 
llut,  at  nny  rate,  who  lliiit  liii»  b(K-n  brought  up  lo  tliiiik  the  Celts  utter 
aliens  from  iib  and  our  culture,  ean  c*me  witliout  -a  Bfcirt  of  sympathy 
upon  swell  word*  ns  heol  (soH,  or  iitaiit  (fuirti)  ?  or  Upon  such  a  aeiitence 
as  Ibis,  '^  Pfrh  Duw  t/wi  /u«,t«r»«"  ("  Gt"!  prepari>il  two  It-untaiHa")? 
Or  when  Mr.  Wliiiley  Stt^uu,  ono  of  ihc  abltwl  adtolai-s  runne^l  in  Zoum's 
B^ioul,  a  born  philologist — h«  now  occupies,  alas  I  a  pcMt  under  tho 
Gorsmment  of  India,  instead  of  a  chair  of  pliilolojty  at  h»uii',  and  makes 
one  think  mournfully  of  ^^oIltcs^^uil■u'a  aayiiig,  that  Imd  )w  bcvn  aa 
Eiiglialiniiui  he  rliculd  never  hnvc  produced  bis  (treat  work,  but  hove 
cntigbt  the  contagion  of  praclieal  Ul'o,  and  dovolcd  liimwlf  (o  irhat  u 
eiiUcd  "rising  in  the  world" — vlieii  Mr.  Whitley  Slnkr;!,  in  liis  rdition 
of  Corvtfiti't  Gloifanri;,  huld^  up  the  Ii-ieh  word  Iriath,  tho  era,  and 
maVes  ua  remark  ihiit,  ilioii]:1i  ilm  names  Tt-iion,  AtitjihilriU,  mtd  thoic 
of  corresponding  ludiiin  and  Zend  divinitifr,  point  to  the  mcaniqg  mb, 
yet  it  is  only  Irifh  which  ncluully  cnj.plit's  iht^  vociihiv,  hotr  delightfully 
thtit  brings  Irebind  into  the  ludo-Eitrapcnn  concotl    What  a  wtiolc* 


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soiDQ  buffet  it  gircs  to  Luitl  Lyndliimt'K  :i]i<fn;iii»i]  (locCrines.  To 
go  3,  liltlii  furtlier  :  of  tlie  two  f{reat  Celtiu  (JivtBLooci  of  hngangc, 
ihe  tiaelic  and  tlie  Cymric,  iha  GaoUo,  say  the  pliiluiogiBis,  i*  wore 
icblcd  lo  ihe  yoiuigtr,  iiioie  syntlictic  grcmp  oi"  iangiingca,  SniiBcrit, 
ljri'«k,  ZcuJ,  Latin,  iiiiU  Teulciiic  ;  iIjo  Cymric  to  llio  olJcr,  more 
iiniilylic  X'linniuii  group.  Of  the  iiior<]  iiyntlielia  Aryiin  giuiip,  iigiiin, 
Zviid  mill  Ti.-iil(ii]ic  an:,  Iii  tlicir  tuia,  Ivo^ci'  «ii<l  moiu  iiiuilytiu  lli.tu 
Sauat-rit  and  Grcdt,  more  in  symiailiy  wUh  ilia  TurJiiiiuii  group  nnd 
with  C*]iic.  WliaC  fjoaaiijiliiiea  of  afliuily  and  influence  arc  here  liintcd 
ot;  what  lines  of  inquiry,  worth,  exploring,  at  auy  rate,  sugguitt  thcra- 
wltre*  to  oiiun  tuiud.  B^  tlio  furtiiH  uf  it«  i;uigiuigu  a  iiittiun  ttxprcaseg 
iiH  Tcry  siclf.  Our  laiij^uitge  is  llic  lotMirst,  tlic  iiu^wt  nniilytic,  cf  all 
European  langaagc^.  And  ivo,  then,  what  rre  we  7  whnt  is  Bnglnad  ? 
I  will  not  answer,  A  vast  obfWJiire  Cyinric  basis  ivilli  a  vast  i-i»ibla 
Tcutouic  BUpci'ainicturc  ;  but  I  will  Bay  that  ihat  uniwcr  sonic-Lijueti  aug- 
gt-stit  il«.'!f,  nt  any  raty, — Bomelinics  Jtnocts  nt  our  niiiiirti  door  for  ndtniA- 
Hon;  and  wc  begin  tci  cast  about  nnJ  K-u  whether  it  In  to  he  let  hi. 

But  the  formt  of  itH  loiiguugc  are  Dot  our  only  key  lo  a  j^eople ;  what 
itenys  in  ils  langiui;?Q,  its  literatm-e,  ia  the  great  key,  and  we  mutt  get 
hack  to  lileraturo.  The  litenuure  of  the  Celtic  pcnpica  has  not  yet  had 
ii«  i^tuw,  and  greatly  it  wontji  him.  Wc  need  a  Zotins  to  apply  lo  Critic 
literature,  to  till  itn  vexud  ijuwtk'ns  of  dale«,  nutln-ntleiiy,  and  xignifieniice, 
Die  criticism,  the  vane  mclhod,  Ihu  (iiMiiiterc.-<tcd  ctideavour  to  gvt  at  lliu 
real  fnctA,  which  Zeuas  has  ahotvn  in  douUiig  with  Celtic  language.  Soienoo 
15  good  iu  iteclf,  and  thcrcloTe  Celtic  Hlcrutiire— Mr.  Nash  luid  ilic  Cclt- 
hatcr«  having  tailed  to  prove  it  a  bubble — Celtic  hteraturu  is  ixitcrotling, 
iJiL-rely  u*  an  object  of  k nuivlcdj^tt.  lint  it  nniiforol'ii  and  rcduiiklcx  our 
inEerL-et  in  Celtic  lilcnilure  if  nc  lind  that  hero,  lo»,  mcicncu  cxciciaea  Ihe 
reconciling,  Ihe  uniting  inilitcncc  oi  wliich  I  have  laid  u  much;  if  wo 
find  here,  more  than  anywhere  cIm',  Ir.iceit  uf  kintihip,  and  the  niont 
erscaliul  aott  of  kiiiahiif,  itjiiriuial  kiii«Jiip,  between  uu  and  the  Celt, 
of  which  Ko  hiid  ni-ver  drtaiiKil.  I  stitlo  nutbiiiir,  ■'uiid  can  M-ttto 
notliing ;  1  huvc  not  the  B£>cciut  liuowledgc  needed  for  ttuit.  I  hav«  no 
pretension  l«  do  more  thiin  lo  try  and  awaken  iniercst ;  to  seiie  on 
hinta,  to  point  out  indicutions,  which,  to  any  one  with  a  feeling  for  Iltc- 
ratiirr,  HUggcst  themselves  ;  to  stimuUto  olher  iniiuireis.  I  must  tiurcly 
be  witliout  iho  hi.vi  ivhioh  hiu  ho  oDen  rendered  AVclsh  and  Iritli  students 
cxirAvognnt ;  why,  my  very  name  exprt-wts  that  pcenltar  Sruiiticc- Saxon 
mixturo  which  umkea  Ihe  typicnl  Eugltiihman ;  I  can  huvc  no  eudu  to 
BcrvB  iu  finding  in  Oillie  liternmro  inoro  than  ia  iht-re.  Whal  is  there,  h 
fbr  wc  the  only  q^uestjun.     Dut  this  qm-tlioa  mtut  bo  for  another  time. 


MAITUEW  AUKOLD. 


Old  fm-ad.  «t  last,  at  kit  after  ytun  otrMXai,  lUOog  JMin. 

Yi>ii  lira  lilting  clostt  fcesiie  tua  onua  more  La  l!ie  IIIci:arinE[  liglU  of  inr  flrn. 

And  tlio  Bheen  oryour  true  aad  kin4l,v  raaa  is  the  same  a<  vrer  sUII. 

Tho'  deeply  alLered,  I  vresa.  IsllalfaM.blaocUsl  Uiaa  wd  mvt,  fii<i:i<]  \\*tll. 

Itri;,'lit,  V  itb  tlic  bivUtaoi  of^ontb,  arc  llio  eyes  rvt  nUKrousd  tbv  moath 

'rendftrij  grave,  not  stern,  the  liuea  loll  of  the  vaniilieJ  yoalh. 

And  tbo  8ta(«ly  (unn  u  klij^hlly  bt>iit  IhnC  I  kncn-  w  stnuj^til  ami  firm. 

Like  the  gnuid  m^eatio  rocli  ihnt  U\i;;tis  de6ance  to  1>eat  of  »Lorm. 

And  tIwTi'*v-ea  ofc«TO  haw  wupt  o'er  your  Iteul,  oad  IvTi  ju>(  Itcro  and  then 

A  light  faint  attcak  of  their  silvery  fmui  on  th«  s«a  vt,'od  broM-n  of  your  hair. 

Uii  jxitir  Inco  tbttl  tweeUii'iis  ig  seltted  duviu  tlia:  oTl  is  wriui^  o:it  by  psxia 

From  dtiturca  losa  noblo  than  yoan.  &s  tho  juice  is  crusltcl  anny  from  the  cane. 

iioOi  <d  M*,  Will,  haw  Ivvcd ;  «a«li  oougbt,  iu  thu  aivuvl  b|M-lut;  tiio  ot  hi*  life. 

For  tliu  vmldii);  joy  uf  hi!i  k'eviA  droain,  iii  tho  love  iiiil  truth  uf  u  viTe. 

Vuur  ilreuD.  at  lon&t  \m  veaiitei,  in  the  deplhi  of  suul-fuU  t'yes. 

Aud  a  teudcr  shaJony  cahn,  tiinl  liniis  like  the  dunk  of  Italian  tkioa 

iJvcr  tlie  gnae  of  h^r  movomontf)  lijjht;  a  voice  ns  soft  as  Ibo  Bigh 

Of  a  wind  aiiionj*  IStuimier  n  full  -Icavod  Irew :  ftlie  wat  vary  fclr  to  dk*. 

But  I  think.  Hiich  snefttiiusa  mm  on  hor  hroiv,  mioh  pureneai  on  hei  taague. 

She  una  lo\-cd  ^viih  Ibt^  in.yfitlc  iitiianrtnt  love  tlmt  vn  Itnoir  b  death  to  tba 

young. 
Will,  old  fticiid.  yoii  i-dmcuibor  full  well  the  still  September  mom, 
'^^1leIL  itie  only  nouiid  was  the  niitlbig.  liko  v.-inil,  of  elclclM  imfiliiRt  the  cm ; 
Tliat  wu  mode  fur  your  dove,  her  lost  cQrth-ncst.  under  tho  li^ht  lousa  turf. 
Whcro  the  beiidmf;  f(taii»  ehotild  nevor  hi  Hlitred  by  llic  wind  tlut  Lad  loariKl 

on  the  Rurf. 
Sfloa  nfi«r  thot  wc  parted.  Will ;  you  "cm  Cu  the  *  luoniing  laiiil," 
Wlierv  N&ture  Ajircads  a  d^Iy  feast  uf  tliu  bi-iuitiful  uid  grand, 
WMlu  her  Rpiiit  wntohcd  ovnr  rAit,aiidkcptllic  chorda  of  y«urlifvw«ll-alrui^ 
Klxo  \iiycv,  while  nliiur  hearts  niL'  so  nld.  can  ymiiN  lie  iui  frosli  aud  vouiig? 
It  in  stnuij^'e  tliat  tin.'  bniid  uf  I'iitir  slioiiM  iiii-llow  la  Autama  coltn,  each  ttsce 
Of  Uwlntnung  joy  of  a  fioul-Siiniiiicir,  lit  by  the  Sou  of  a  beautiful  fiicti. 
Yot  w«  ktiuw  tliiit  HO  it  U.  aiid  iny  heart  is  free  from  the  olijhlest  nlurl 
Of  passion  :  aiul  quii'lly  nnw  enough  E  can  tliiuk  and  speak  of  a  girl, 
Rich  in  all  iiculpliira-lovclinesa.  nitli  a  forehead  smooth  and  sqnur. 
Tlutt  gldAWi-A  nrg<nt-wiiil«  ugoinst  the  laoss  of  her  nclfuloui  lioir. 


I 


Tor,n  nr  toe  firkmcut. 


43; 


And  n  cliocV  a*  pitio  nnd  ns  pn«ttiiin-fn>n  lUt  cvi>r  tlui  iiiiiTl>lf>  i«. 

Ami  u  mmlli  wIiom  canring  seemed  »11  too  Arm  Tor  ■  lover's  fsltriiiig  kias. 

Wilb  llio  diinincil  oyc-cigbt  «f  ono  who  i;r«i>-;a  iji  n  kiiid  of  spirit-glvoniiiig, 

I  took  II  mnrUlo  slnluP  (o  tio  n  livlii}^  ntnl  luvUif;  uomnti, 

j\j]<l  hpt-  filill  chIid  presence,  mcioii-liko,  ni-ought  sach  a  dcsjicmlc  tide  in  tiij- 
brroft 

Of  F.(ftrmj  fire,  I  dituicd  llial  Lov«  trn*  Itit  &  ii;iino  fw  unrest. 

And  it  chafed  my  boiiI  ihnt  Uip  etAUly  lip*,  wlmin-vvr  on  iiw  »ha  smih-J, 

Should  cMTve  to  the  pltymg.  passiotjess  srailo  wc  cost  on  n  irayward  clilM. 

lliit  al  loiit  I  druvil  to  Kjntiik  my  iiibid,  I  loiild  JiO'U  in  I'tlciK^e  do  im^rcr 

Tha  tonvnt  of  bnming  wonl.-i,  utui  I  .ipjko  bs  I  iiov^  liml  iip.ikoii  Wfoiw ; 

.\nil  alko  Hloixi  lUtoiiing.  pidlid  niul  i-iiliti.  n-illi  tlmt  dreniny  loulc  in  licr  ojraa 

Of  one  who  t^^xcs  back  lo  the  I^i.it.  and  its  iuaci?a  aud  mynltiric.i ; 

Aliil,  wli^u  I  pau>ed,  shi;  drvwvpi'il  ln'r  eye*,  tiud  tlie  few  short  W'ird«  ithe  »nitL 

Wcro  intirmiirrd  «(» l«w,  E  only  <-aii|;;ht  ihf  kdiiiuI  of  tliP  Iiutt  one — "  l>pail 

"Dcod!"  f  «chocd.  "nay,  Denth  and  I»)ro  nvu  miiidrouUy  far  npau : 

For  Poath  itself  nukj  not  touch  tlic  hloma  tJiul  Love  creates  on  the  licorL" 

Tbcn  ^10  liiid  bar  linad  on  my  ana,  nnd  with  llio  mute  soft  (^aoo 

( tr  u  iiilrin)^  tjoidnntct^  lyiii^  lilti'  i;hai]i!  on  Uio  beautiful  ciu-vi^n  furo, 

Hhb  told  me  (hnt  what  I  coveted  nnotlipr  Unifi  tiiice  had  giunril. 

That  toy  nccuir  nf  lore  wah  lirimtnGil  up  hiuli,  but  linra  linil  boeo  dM|iIy' 

drained. 
SoRietJiing  of  poverty— ptLTtin ft — flud  then  th«  atrufiylc  for  dntly  WmiI 
la  «  rirtuigei  land,  nad  nt  last  tJiP  new«  that  bad  cru«tiod  h^r  hup^,  he  vras  deMl;' 
And  she  atood  in  tlie  c:nrlaiitod  niiidow,  iiitb  her  face  ro  pale  nnd  i<ut^. 
Like  some  enintod  Iniy  of  olduu  days,  who  vets  prviud  and  strong  to  endure. 
Would  Ood  [bill  iiu'  luvn  hii<l  dicil  d'twn  thtin  to  Hnmitbtrif;  ivhil(<r  uod  faint<^r. 
Ak  the  lambeiit  lire  of  him  wtio  ai^nre:i  the  pictiirclove  of  painter : 
That  I  never  had  uHi'rud  tb*  words  of  (ire  tiinl  I  «iI'Uy  uttci-cd  now. 
Wlien  I  cuiight  her  linaJ  in  mine,  and.  prcaaed  my  lips  on  its  relnc'd  «now. 
"  HrU  me."  I  madly  cried.  "  if  yon  will,  w  you  let  me  kneel  nnd  adnrs 
The  light  iliat  t.liall  be  my  Kuiding;  star  for  over  and  *vennore ! " 
Then  in  a  voice  on  whoso  clear  full  touu  not  ft  Iroee  of  omotion  wbi  ftbcd. 
"  f  nevpf  can  lovo  nfi^iii,  but  if  you  will,  no  lo  it :  "  she  Mid. 
And  I  caught  licr  c.U»i>  to  my  pniitln^!  heart,  and  murmured.  "  Oh.  Ixirt,  ttv 

ever  I  '■ 
Awl  »h«  n«iUior  slirwiU  from  n^r  cbiny  m  me,  Un  only  pmycd  mo  to  l«AVc  ht 
Jn«t  for  a  little  whilo ;  she  would  Urive  to  do  all  tho  duly  of  woman : 
She  knew  me  well,  the  said ;  trusted  nic.  railed  mo  a  bmve  and  true  man : 
Knew  that  I  Iov«d  her;  but  all  woo  to  Btii^ti^c,  so  new :  and  tlio  niystic  crii 
Uf  Li£t  \v*i  upon  her  now,  uid  dark  t)i4  i'vltirc  stood  veiled  ite  his. 
And.  I  loolttd  ill  vain,  in  nun.  for  tha  crimson  beacon  of  Lave  on  her  ehock, 
Aa  B  watcher  looks  with  yeaminfceyea  for  the  Kastem  moming-atreak. 


486 


TOLD  IW  THE  FraEtrCHT. 


So  w«  pniteil.  but  ah  my  ht*it.  villi  l  oi^lilnure's  mtifjlil  of  loftd 

It  lay,  uid  li«itBted  nu  vitliaut  ceaee,  bU  night,  that  one  nxad  "  Dead' 


Tlia  (laja  pa^suJ  un.  ouJ  a  kind  or  calm  tbat  came  iuetMul  of  penco 
Broodod,  olnuil-blic,  0T(<riny  hrairt,  nnd  lioile  iUmtid  throbtun^  ombc. 
Yet,  Bamptiiuo>i.  despite,  n  lonjpng  would  rise  for  &  lastc  of  tlis  Aery  bliss 
Of  hort  u  heart,  and  soul  to  fkiid,  breallied  oat  in  a  loaj;  lora-hjes ; 
A  i}Q<Miclilc«  desire  for  UTc  and  beat,  a  fmtliotnksi  yeorniag,  I  wc«a. 
For  a  crcntaro  of  hiimitn  w(?akni?ns  nnd  etron;<th,  instead  of  a  Ihtvord  Qnpon : 
For  UiQ  delicate  b^artli-fire  to  clicrish  and  tend,  instead  of  the  clear  pale  star: 
For  Lhobcnm  of  the  lesser  Hglit  close  hy,  inRtcad  of  Uicgrmlcrafar. 


I  aakud  bcr  when  cJiould  mv  liopc  bn  cr<mnod.  and  aUc  pnyod  mo  for  a  jrcar, 

AnA  hnr  vcAet,  with  a  tnittHpd,  lunrliMU  b(>at,  fcU  dull  npon  my  ear. 

And  I  knew  that  slie  ssked  me  for  tliat  year,  that  tho  waleri  of  Time  miglit  | 

nwcrp 
Letlic-llkc  over  linr  noul,  and  Jri>wn  all  pftin  in  a  'wakdcss  eloep, 
Sa  wc  aeltled  to  purt  f^r  that  one  year,  oiid  I  left  my  nntii-o  sfaoM, 
Not  to  soo  her  agfiln,  until  I  never  should  part  from  hnr  morp. 
But  a  sha/lrtw  full  with  ihc.  last  rrthl  toiicli  of  her  hand  nn  niino.  iJns! 
And  a  whixper  rfing  without  cease  in  my  car,  "  Omain  Vanitat." 


L'udor  the  sajipbiie  aky  of  tlio  land,  wUo*o  p<ii).i  luid  tnan-ela  of  Art 

Gleam  In  a  conntioKs  tnultitiiiU,  I  vandnrod  with  reMleM  heart 

For  Uic  rich  clear  lifrht  on  tlie  myrtle  bloom  only  made  my  spirit  ftiU 

Of  the  yoarmng.  Like  pnlu,  for  tbe  Sunof  Lovc.oathoFIorv-ei-of  tbeBeauttfii]. 


Tha  year  waa  over  and  pane,  at  laat,  and  both  of  tu  bonnd  for  home, 

I  anil  anotlier— an  artidl •friend  I  hati  niailc  whilo  I  fttjiyml  at  Itaiiie. 

A  kindly,  open-hcarifd  man,  who  was  coming  home  to  claim 

Tho  rifiht  to  cirelo  a  finder  with  poM.  i<iid  Mend  a  ufLni«  with  his  nanu: 

Ho  tohl  Ilia  Klnry  frankly  to  mo.  that,  livis  hwif^  wnrs  ago, 

lie  nnd  his  love  had  met  and  parted  in  bitter  tears  and  woe. 

luiowinj:  nnt  wlivn  \\\*'y  niij^lit  roei-t  Bpiin.  but  Ntronj;  In  the  Iot«  nnd  truth 

Tbftt  keep  the  Uowers  of  the  soul  so  frp*h  in  the  dew  and  beauty  of  youtK 

Tfaoy  tmstcd  eaeli  other  fully,  and  bo  knew  ho  Khould  find  h^r  the  some 

In  li«art  auil  lonl,  fta  the  la«t  ewevt  lime  he  )iad  hearil  lier  utter  hb  name. 


TOLD  IN  THE  rmELTGm. 


487 


llud  ttrogglod  liant  on  liis  vmy  in  life,  lie  bad  Iiiiggod  with  ft  miser's  gmf^ 
ISiB  gold  that  bmught  him ,  rvprv  tiny,  oeiiTf r  tlic  d>'»thlef>.«  cK^p 
Of  liorTir^bAad,  aud  the  teudirnluw  ofbor  lu^lroits  fiiU-prpy  eje. 
For  oTifnaore  aiwl  tor  cvtrraon.  it  wn«  wonderful,  qiii>ncli!c!M  joy. 
And  lit'  piuTL'd  the  long  deck  to  (iiirl  fro.  looking  so  blest  and  frond 

Ilia  liivft  oud  tnutt.  that  T  titow  nut  liow  1  utt«rc(I  ray  tlionuht  aloud 
VTiih  n  touch  uf  c>-nicijnD.  that  now  I  tiaak  of,  old  bicud,  i\itli  pom, 
I  eaid,  "  Uow  could  j-ou  bt^ar  to  lose  where  yon  only  tlitnk  to  gnin  ?  " 
And  he  itt^jipcd  hi»  wnllc,  mul  (jiuod  at  inc.  witli  a  look  ofiKtrfitet  eulni. 
Like  the  peace  of  a  bouI  tliat  is  fully  timed  to  llio  pitch  of  the  infiaile  psnUn 
Of  1/OTl'.     "  I  liuvi:  llioii^'ht  L>f  iltal  hvivio:  aha  uitiy  be  dcul  and  iK"»v, 
Mn-y  ho  Ijin^  with  violets  on  her  broast — God'a  holy  will  bo  done — 
Or  else  nha  may  hnro  tlmughl  mo  dt-iiil.  and  hav«  given  hurtelf  to  nun 
Moru  worthy  Limn  I  conld  be  of  her;  'twere  hard  ti  slide  a  moan 
For  that  intcasity  of  pain,     lu  tlio  buttrt's  ckep  buak  I  have  read 
That  Griof  iamnra  for  th«  living  tost,  tlwn  pvor  it  in  for  the  dniul. 
But  [  drrnd  it  iiot,  I  fe^l  ai)  strong  in  thi.'  infinite  love  and  Inist, 
And  1  Itnri^F  that  Tnid  will  never  h?i  my  fi;!l  hqii^  cnimble  to  diiHt. 
Sb«  cannnt  eltts  biv  lont :  I  Icnon-  tbcro'gi  a  cfinl  that  Hoeicty  ujca 
■ft'hen  a  frivolous  girl  pJays  with  a  heart  as  long  as  Iter  fiuiey  cboosos. 
Thi?n  rasm  thn  pnor  phiytlii uk  away  for  i>then>  to  toy  with.  iinluKs.  indeoi!. 
It  ho  too  much  broken  for  that.,  und  carcanot  and  lakes  not  the  Glighlcstlieotl — 
And  tfacy  call  it '  only  flirting : '  but  ithc  it  to  pnrv  and  boly  and  high. 
As  mucb  abovd  that  unwomanly  ehaTac  as  fi  elar  in  itjs  depth  of  sky. 
Ami  all  of  tlie  lofty  and  Lwaiilifnl.  ivith  h^r  innnnRt  naliirc,  iK  blent : 
My  trcasuTo  perhaps  mny  bo  lost  to  mc,  but  it  cumot  bavo  thus  been,  spcat." 


I  bad  noB  Iter  ohm  more,  my  platue-lovo  :  abe  bad  met  me  wiili  no  otiior 
FftCi'i'TO  01  firo,  Ibftn  a  prl  inij^ht  givo  to  tlin  Iota  of  a  father  or  broilter. 
Bnt  her  fiu:o  WM  nion<  »wiiot  and  wft  tlmrt  of  yore,  and  I  thought.  "  She  has 

Icftmcd  to  forffet 
.All  other  pierforhet  bat  trtm-lovf,  ojitl  sho  tfUI  lovo  mo  yot." 
"Wfl  WCTO  aiitini!  tofjotlior  oqo  oto  nlonc,  her  hand  lay  light  in  mijte — 
The  ^oiet  hand  Uiat  I  neror  yet  liad  starred  ^th  a  loTor  ngn. 
She  was  rending  aloud  n  Dtranga  uld  mug,  tlmt  Imd  picaaed  hi^r  fimcy  mnvh, 
^Vh«n  Ko  heard  a  fuokitop,  ui  «FCii«d  dcror.  tiud  elio  dr<«-  hci  hand  Irom  my 

toneb; 
Tboo  aha  liflod  her  (iUl-tadi«d  oyes.  luid  tntli  a  cry.  that  mng 
Ai  a  joy-lidl  Tings  on  *  doom'd  man's  enr,  viih  a  doPT'likv  IhniinJ  sbo  Hjironic. 
And  aa  eagomoaa  that  qoivcind  and  bc«t  tbiough  every  doivv  in  Iter  frani«. 
To  ber  homo  on  hii  bsc<iL3t  for  crcmoTC,  and  ho  kitwd  bor,  and  nanicd  bn 

Bam«. 


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TOT.D  is  TflT.  nnnLiGiiT. 


Jnct  a  mnmem  Inciter  lliiry  Mooil.  tt>rt!@Uin|j  all  bat  Ibr  jiiy 

Of  a  larr  nlioao  mfinilo  nrectnK8«nd  Rtmigtb  nor  tUnt;  uor  «j>aM  ooali  tkMfojr. 

Tb^n  shosbtrtod  back  &om  htn  ama,  vith  the  hrh,  Inll  kmitii^  gtAir, 

FlaKblng.  biiiinor-Ukp,  orrr  farr  IWe.  from  her  chin  In  litr  broad,  fnll  brotr, 

AndatrsmuloDssircclim^ctpu'Bs  tltoli^^htof  thcrlouiUessaonof  iLc  Soatht 

S!ione  in  iha  deplhs  of  the  iilurioiu  erc-l  ani  parlud  the  chiselled  OKMtth : 

And  all  the  laarUe  lnr«1in«t«  triu  lit  with  the  light  of  n  humna 

And  pocrionatfi  love,  until  it  n^  vtotf^l  to  the  furrat  bonuty  of  woumu. 

My  beaii  sent  fortli  il  d(«|>rrat«  ay,  as  ffonllMS  I  jnaBed  tmm  the  Atwr, 

Like  (he  last  long  mil  of  a  nuirincr  droiroml  in  aght  t>f  tbt  iliip  and  1h«  ab 


ThcTti  is  llio  end,  nld  SAquA.    Diiht  c\a*ct:  I  tliink  tlutrvc Kiacthuig grand 

III  ibe  Hmi  nod  full  Bod  steadfast  grusf  of  a.  slraiig-kiut  msscukr  hand. 

Tht!  hand  nfa  man  IHtf  yoii,  Will,  it  never  vill  ^i\e  tlie  slip, 

And  it  comes  k>  swtct  lo  the  heart  lliat  Ims  lost  the  joy  of  a  tnic-Ior^'a  lip. 

But  1  call  it  tmsting  reproach,  old  imxiil,  on  Ciod  aniL  Ilia  iu(itul«  plan, 

W)in  gBv«  LliG  lo\-«  of  man  to  wumnn  and  llui  low  of  wtmnan  U>  man, 

'Whf!)  tbii^p  iibo  huTii  l<Mt  that  blias.  or  tbo^c  to  whran  that  blias  la  drnit^, 

Unmr  b1  the  holy  naiu«  of  Love,  nsd  i>ini<Lli(-T,  with  ectfiffa  pride, 

'Hie  seed  of  pain,  that,  if  watered  woll,  mifiht  bcmr  sneh  blessed  frnit 

Ofpnrc  and  ttnilcr  thought,  nnd  raakollie  ciy  of  SelfiHlmess  mill.- 

And  Life  hiia  autitmn  nnd  wiiilf-r  joj-k  left  yet;  nitd  I  love  to  seti 

Her  Lililo  fhildivn  <lhnt  I  hnd  hoped  should  be  mlii?)  around  my  kneo^ 

And  Ihe  ^adni^ns  of  other  lovo  I  have :  for  we  read  ef  oue  tender  and  tme  maa. 

(Like  yoii)  ivho  jptvo  lo  Ids  friend  «  love  "'  rnwing  the  Iov«  of  TCOmftn." 


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^  fetter  from  n  (Toiifiri  in  ^luiitnlin  k  a  Urothcr 
in  (ffitgliiiiii.* 


Mr  Dear  Biiotiii:!!, — 

Y»li  aiv  {iiubtibl}'  R)C(lit;tling,  or  ore  nclunlly  cngngetl  in  n 
breach  of  ttic  ]uw.  I  do  not  know  roiir  civciini«tfln<!c«,  nor  the  inl)u«nc«ra 
to  which  yon  are  exposed.  Bui  I  know  thai  you  are  in  Jiinger,  mhI  I 
llicrefore  take  up  my  pfii  to  set  Mnrc  you  tho  future  which  in  nliuost 
**i-iainly  in  itore  for  you,  if  yem  yitnint  in  ymir  present  cowmo.  Law- 
brralcing  is  not  your  prolbwitm,  it  in  not  wllh  you  &  liiiw  of  Irmlipj  to 
^liicli  you  have  bound  youi-sclf  with  nil  im  danffcrB,  iis  worlli  tho  viak  ; 
but  you  have  pc-t  into  a  current  vhioh  nttiy  carry  you  r.n  ■hoilii  and 
quickfliAntls  nhkh  yon  kmitv  imt  liow  lo  nvoiil ;  nnd  thoujjh  you  ure 
cotiiKicuf  of  its  JaugtTS,  anJ  mh  froin  tame  lo  lime  thi-ovrii  into  th«  mo«t 
dreadful  alarm,  you  aiill,  unwillingly  yet  despcralely,  hold  on.  You 
DouM  «tca.pe-^jinrti.illy  csi-ajn-  nt  IciwI — Iiut  it  wwiU  n(-ed  nii  nmouni 
of  eiH-rsy  and  itudsioti  vhlch  you,  pei-ha])?,  do  iiol  [wsse^s  :  btill,  you 
can  scarcely  he  ranked  among  the  inourablcR,  nnd  whnt  I  aiy  may  not 
be  wiUitiut  im  rlTcct :  in  any  cii.>ie  it  may  be  ot  use  to  lessen  yaui-  juficring'i 
if  not  lo  ward  it  off. 

Let  niR  hcqin  your  olory.  I  will  GomiiK-nGe  with  your  niTesL  Tlii* 
nill  most  prolahly  hiippen  ju*t  when  yon  are  doubting  whetJier  you 
should  not  lly.  You  will  have  been  wanied — warned,  ]>erhnp8,  by  aomc- 
tJiing  very  trilling — noiliing  more  thnn  Bomething  odd  in  the  mnnner  of 
your  e]n|i]oyor,  or  in  the  look*  or  movcmenid  of  those  about  you;  but 
wemecl  you  will  have  been.  Thi»  seems  to  b<  a  uniTcrul  Uw.  And 
you  will  have  felt  the  warning-,  ind  been  nneasv,  but  jo«  will  not  hav*- 
hid  deoiaion  enoiig-h,  or  haro  nuidc  mfficicnt  prcp&ntion,  to  lly  initantly, 
MRi  y«i  are  Inken.  1  know  your  iifltur«,  and  tlio  whole  history  of  your 
difliciilty.  You  are  not  a  deliberate  pliun3(.Ti;r,  who  Iihh  made  up  his 
mind,  to  enrich  hirnwlf  by  one  griind  coup  and  retire — if  you  were, 
yoD  would  be  in  IitiIo|  dungor ;  you  hnvo  allowcil  ycurmlf  in  smbcxzlo- 
Rienli  or  forgericx  to  meet  HOtno  prMning  einerp^ncy,  lioping  to  replace 
vluti  you  fa&vo  1aki-n  before  you  are  found  out.  You  arc  a  poor  potteritijt. 
bungling  nmnlr^ir,  and  are  unprepared  what  to  do  nt  the  moment  of 
deciiive  action,  nnd  will  be  ULken.  And  now  you  learn  for  the  fintt 
time  how  locirty  d(«l»  witli  Ihueo  who   oS'end  a^ainrt  hi-r.     You   aro 


*  [it  Bt»j  1>o  nnocctiMarT  lo  auto  ihu  tbii  Letter  is  rnillj  tht  pmditction  of  n 
(onvici,  now  in  An«tralia.  We,  of  conr»,  hold  oarMtna  letpotisible  oelUier  fbr  it» 
■laientnU  nor  ie»  Hntimcnti.] — £o, 

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nrresled,  carried  svay  between  two  silent  mpn — MlsDin  a* 
— to  a  [>olice-aiatioii.     If  in  London,  where  wc  will  nippoae  jimt  arrest 
La  tuke  place,  70U  ore  "  cemorcd  "  ia  tL«  old  fiuDili«r  cab.    It  is  a  dumat 
ride     Ai  you  rido  tlirough  tlio  ittreels,  yoa  cannot  bdp  fuQling  ibat  ibe 
vorld  u  i>:L<»4ng  xwa^  fK>ui  ^ on. 

Airirvd  at  Uie  pollce-slatioa  (vre  will  luppose  (be  atAtion  to  he  Bow 
Street  ukI  ibe  litne  night),  you  aru  searched  and  deprived  of  your  kml« 
or  anytbing  yoa  may  bare  about  yoa  vitb  which  yon  can  do  yourwlf  or  ■ 
olJier*  bodily  injury,  and  led  ioto  on«  of  a  eci  of  rooms  »iUi  a  5xed  beneb 
on  three  sidtia  of  it,  aod  a  door  on  the  fourth.  TImr  rooms  or  cells,  almost 
dark  by  day,  oro  quiie  bo  by  otglit.  Whether  you  will  b«  alona  depenla  ■ 
on  (bo  mitnbtrr  and  Icind  of  tdow  waiting  G^r  oxaminalioD.  But,  as  yoo  ^ 
•re  a  "rwpectablo"  man,  the  policeman  in  cliarge  «f  you,  belonging,  ■• 
he  will  probably  do,  to  the  uppri-  grodei  of  thu  ai-nrioe,  will  no  doaht 
hAV«  tho  good  tatto  to  ■'  treat  you  sb  a  gcntktoan,"  and  you  will  not  be 
tlirust  in  among  lliu  rougbl.  1  myaeir,  od  each  of  the  dnya  I  waa  at  Dow  ■ 
Street,  had  one,  and  only  one,  companion.  The  lirvt  liinu  it  was  a  fiul 
mnn  who  wax  taken  up  bcoauftn  he  wn*  drunic  un<\  incapiibic,  ai^  who 
inKuited  on  taking  oflT  evnytlung  but  hia  aliirt,  iiud  lying  down  ud  the 
bard  boardi.  The  second  wna  u  gviitleoian  who  had  b«co  to  unlucky 
aa  to  upect  "  a  can  or  thing*  that  lookcil  like  plan,  wad  which  he  after- 
warda  ondanlood  to  bu  diamouds ; "  and  ihv  third  wan  a  paetmaa — a 
hnndDome  yoiing  fellow,  who  tried  in  vain  to  eliecr  IiimwJf  by  tlie  liope 
of  a  nio()entt«  nenloncc  and  n  lifo  in  tlie  backwoods  of  America  when  if 
WHS  fiiiialied.  Htit:  ulioi^ver  ni.iy  be  your  inimvdiate  companiooB,  theae 
An  terrible  hi>ut».  Wiihuut,  dniuki-n  wotnca  dragged  along  the  panage 
to  the  celia  like  Backti  of  poliHorui— mothiTs,  entreating  tlial  a  ine<i^|e 
Dioy  lie  sent  to  ihcir  Lome  in  aoine  intricate  alley  where  their  little 
children  are  waiting  for  thciu ;  girla  from  the  streota  tming  iheir 
now  restricted  powers  of  bliindishLni^nt  to  fiat  "  Sir  Kobcrt "  to  do  this  or 
iJiat  tor  theni,  or  telling  Turn  vr  Bill  in  the  next  call  "  to  olieer  up,  for 
•be  wUl  pay  hi*  fine  iW  hiui ;  "  and  within,  nn  iadcsuribitblo  tuixtnre  of 
Jeeiinga  arising  at  oiico  frciti  drrjid  of  tlio  eceno  in  wliich  you  are  about 
to  fipppur,  the  iliuuglit  of  ihi'  miHi-ry  of  ihoM  lliut  luve  you,  and  your 
altnoBt  oompleto  isolstivn  from  yoiit  iricnds  ut  tho  luctncnt  when  n  ntush 
hna  to  be  said  and  done.  Tha  lint  fow  hours  of  your  incarceration  on,  of 
conrw,  the  wont  during  this  ptissc  of  your  story.  You  fear  almoat— «> 
long  in  he  in  coming — that  you  may  rnit  havo  the  lusistancv  of  your 
Bntioitor  ;  Iml  he  comes  ut  InKt,  nud  ho  does  the  hciiring  buforo  the  court. 
It  is  a  quiet  lltilu  court— ^It  is  so  at  leut  at  Bow  Sireet'-^nd  oa  ootniag 
into  it  you  feci  momentarily  reticvod.  Aud  now  Mr.  SuuUllry,  of  the 
firm  of  Smallfry  und  Hunter,  or  the  representative  of  some  other  firm  of 
proaeouting  celebrity,  drawn  a  delaik'd  and  most  unwarrantable  account  of 
your  delinE]UGncy.  Vou  stnnd  ft(;!iaKt  at  tho  picture  of  your  gnilt  as  ihcy 
paint  it  However,  no  one  else  present  seoma  to  be  diBmnycd.  Yoit 
rescTTO  jroui:  defence,  and  you  find  yon rselT remanded  or  committed. 


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TO  A  BitO-rilKR  IJ*   ENGLAND. 


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Your  first  exAiiiinntion  ^fore  the  magistrate  ovtr,  you  a»  hoy  tflkcn 
tn  p-i«an.     If  in  r^mlon,  jrou  will  hn  tnktn  inort   probsililj'  in  lli«  flrrt 
inxance,  and  nliilc  yon  arc  iimlcr  rcini»ii1,  to  Clfrrki-tiwoll,  mid  iiCtejviada,i 
when  fully  ccmniillvd,  to  Ncivgntc,  tbovg;h  it  is  poasibJo  you  may  b«  tA 
K«wgate  all  along. 

Ami  now  licgin  In  ikivn  on  you  iTta  ImmitiatioriH  nnJ  reitrictloni  ofj 
in-ison  life.  Taken  nway  from  tlio  l>olioe-^la^il«l,  no  lunger  in  the  old* 
fumilinr  oih,  bi)t  in  n  smali  dark  eoinpartnient  of  &  long  benvee-likc 
yeiiiule,  miidi  reiii>Ribling  t})B  Poa[-OfIic«  Tans,  yon  nro  received  at  the 
piinon,  not  inilttf]  n.t  n  cni)viote<l  i»»n,  but  quite  nit  a  guilty  one.  Look- 
ing hack  to  my  firnt  intiftdiiction  to  Clorkenwoll,  I  Imve  inme  dilTiciiUy, 
r^nrdlng  jtimli  thingi  m  I  now  (la^  in  recognising  it  itn  ncconipiinied  by 
any  linixlnliip  or  wen  Iiumiliation  ^vorlh  cnring  itboiit,  nor  cnn  I  nt  nil 
milize  tlio  terrible  suffmng  whieh  it  nccnsieni'd  me,  1  rpmomlidr  I  funnd 
inywir  rtinki.ll  up  in  linf  witli  .a  »lninge  medii-y  nf  men,  cliivlly  fnni  the 
luwMt  ]-ank>,  und  lliat  I  was  bid  to  "  nglit  fic«,"  nnd  bad  to  lunrcL  with 
Ilti*m  ft*  nnc  nt*  iliGm^-lTCJ^  snd  had  my  cl'rtbcn  and  enrpoUbn^  iu-nrclifd, 
and  was  liii.-it)y  Itickod  up  in  n  ci^ll  wliicli  whs  coiuinly  n  TCJy  diffirt-iit 
place  lo  tbu  cunifoHnbIc  roi^nis  to  wbidi  1  buJ  bcni  all  iny  lite  acciiH- 
tomis].  lint  wlml  was  llicru  in  ull  lliis?  Nolbiiig,  tin  fur  aa  I  eiin  n»w 
M(%  to  cauKe  IQB  snytbtng  more  tbnii  a  feeling  of  annoyance  at  iMvlnf^  got 
into  a  nea.  The  uarilei-  of  my  cell  was,  I  well  rcmi-nibcr,  ri-udy  to 
make  me  as  o^mforlable  as  he  could,  took  iiiy  ordera  for  dinner,  and  e\'cn 
fbnnd  me  books  for  amusenient.  Tben.  if  my  cell  na?  not  etjnal  to  my 
own  library,  it  was  at  Icjiat  clean  nnd  qui^t,  and  hud  a  good  jet  of  gaa  in 
ii,  and  a  roomy  hammock,  and  I  could  sleep,  cr  ri»ad  or  write.  Truly, 
I  huro  never  been  in  inch  gooij,  or  nt  lenxt  in  at  easy,  <]iiarlera  ainc^ 
though  1  have  been  no^r  some  lime  lU  my  liberty. 

Ilut  th«  world  liAfi  toon  to  lose  im  power,  nnd  the  prison  e«]l  ita  terrom, 
Toa  will  indeed  ii«vcr  wiflVr  in  this  wny  but  twicD  arterw.-ird»,  via.  oncfl 
ithen  you  firft  find  yours<.-lf  in  Ncvrgiile,  and  ngsin,  vrben  you  ore  oon- ' 
viet*d.  You  may  suffer  a  good  drni  on  changing  yonr  prwons,  imd  aluo 
on  sming  your  frit-ndi  (or  tliu  lii-Kt  time  idler  eiinvlction,  but  only  oi]  thu 
two  oocwions  I  buvc  mctitioncd  util  you  miffcr  n»  on  llie  firtt  night  in 
priwn. 

You  dliould  make  nrmn^menta  fur  your  defence  whtFe  iindor  mnand, 
•lid,  if  nrrvatcd  to  London,  do  m>  while  you  nro  at  Clerhenwtil).  This  I 
adriM  becaUM'  yoii  will  never  again  have  audi  fncititiet  for  m.ikinf;  ikott). 
The  mtiictioDS  imptsed  on  you  i*vi>n  nt  Clerkenwel]  ni-e  not  such  as 
nliould  be  impuM-d  on  one  who  ia  in  the  eye  of  tlie  law  re^^rdcdiH^ 
Itineeuit,  aud  wh«e  whole  future  welfai-e  may  depend  on  the  arranje- 
nienta  be  may  make  At  bi«  defence,  tie  ought  to  be  nble  to  aee  bia 
fri<:ndii  at  any  reamuiblo  hoiu-,  and  to  bare  his  correspondence  secara, 
fn.m  official  or  other  supervirion.  Tbia,  I  regret  to  B»y,  ia  not  the  eawu 
Ite  cnn  indeed  aoe  hia  solicit«r  at  any  time,  but  other  fncndi)  Ur  can  only 
Mc  fVoni  half-past  eleven  to  one  o'clock  In  llie  day,  ftod  Ida  corrMi{M<A- 


CDce  is  all  reuL  by  one  of  tli«  principal  ofGctra  of  (lie  iifiaoa  :  mean- 
while,  tlie  prosecutor  Ja  left  uuiinpfilcd  lo  nka  up  or  sapprcts  evid«tK«, 
and  place  himself  in  the  best  jio^siblc  ]in>iili<>i).  Siill,  Clt-rlioiiwcll  prewuis 
fncilitiei  for  Arranging  }-aur  a^airs  which  jom  will  not  poseu  after  leaving 
it.  Yoiii'  rricnd.i  can  talk  with  yon  tlirou^h  a  iietforatvtt  [^ato  id  your 
door,  and  your  conversation  i)  private.  You  can  moreovei-  see  them  evi-py 
day  for  hnlf  nn  hour.  nv!iid(>s  tliid,  yrnt  can  oblnia  from  the  prison 
aulhoriliui  r\  list  of  the  atlurnien  practiAiiig  iii  llic  criminal  court,  and  any 
inforniallon  itb'Ait  ihem  you  may  require.  An*l  of  thii,  let  mo  tdt  yon, 
you  will  do  well  to  iivail  your««ir  if  you  lave  not  (as  you  ought  to  haxi 
dono)  iIctL-nnluL-d  on  your  mun  loiifr  before  your  arrc-.-A. 

Having  engaged  the  U'giil  ndviKr  nioAt  (a  your  liking,  pro«»  on  the 
immediate  prepiiration  of  your  vMv,  At  Clerkcnvrcll,  and  wIuIe-  you  nru 
Btill  under  n-ninnd  and  can  we  your  fricmlH,  you  cwi  force  fbiwnrd  your 
solicitor  with  much  lew  difHctilty  than  whidi  you  coino  to  be  iindor 
alrtoter  regulation*,  as  nt  Nuwgnlc  ;  nnd  your  trinl,  moreover,  Khnild, 
nnder  CHrdinaiy  circamatnncos,  lie  brought  ou.  ns  quickly  an  pDRsible.  Th« 
proMculiou  has  less  opportunity  lo  rake  vp  evidence,  and,  for  yourselfj 
thfi  sooner  the  thing  is  settled  ihe  belter.  At  Clerkenwell  too,  Bup- 
poaiiig  th:it  you  nrc  EUrc  to  ho  committed  fcir  trial,  tranffcr  your 
property.  In  (hort,  complct*  your  arrangements  while  you  ar«  »lil3 
under  remand. 

The  prosecution,  having  brought  up  nil  the  evidence  they  believe 
themselves  able  to  find,  no  more  remands  are  applied  for,  and  yoq  are 
finally  committed,  and  are  £>iid  to  he  no  longer  inorciy  nndcr  dtrientioii. 
bnt  in  prison ;  and  tJie  dismnl,  hearne-ltke  veliiole  in  which  you  are 
takt-n  to  and  from  the  police-court,  depo«iti«  yen  at  that  pine*  of  tcrribte 
nssocintitms — Iv'eivgate,  This  will  be  ono  of  the  very  painful  ppocbs  in 
your  imprison  mint.  The  entnuirce  to  the  ])riN>u,  which  finnis  part  of  the 
old  building  and  ia  in  the  dnng^^n  Mylc  of  bygone  days,  with  ntawivc 
burs  s.ni  >i(ige  iron  ring«  and  thick  Rttilcil  doors,  causes  a  very  unplensa&t 
scnitttiun  when  you  are  lintt  inlroduced  to  it.  The  inl(.-nor  of  the  prifon 
is  new  and  in  the  light  mid  airy  jrlylc,  but  the  complete  siknee — th«  Yc»y 
word  "dlencfl"  written  in  largo  cliarauters  in  Iho  centre  of  tliefjanl 
staircase — the  long  linen  of  duned  doors,  tier  above  tier — fiill  perhaps  more 
heavily  on  the  hinrl  tlifin  even  tlie  dungeon  entrance.  It  eccms  aa  if  ywir 
prifion  wera  gradually  clocirg  armuid  you.  I  have  Eeoa  nv  prison  vrhicb 
pressed  on  me  so  painfully  at  first  sight  as  Kcngate.  Here,  after  balhtnSi 
you  End  yourself  taken,  not  to  any  of  the  compartments  op<>uing  out  en 
the  light  iron  gsllcriea  ubove  you,  but  to  a  cell  under  grcunt).  And  now 
you  I'tnlize  that  yon  are  in  Ntwgatc.  IIcw  terrible  that  undcrgrouud  ceil 
w*3  lo  roe  in  the  multitudinous  miscmble  thoughts  it  hicughl  into  my 
mind  I  cannot  icLl  you.  But  it  is  only  for  a  night ;  the  next  day  you 
aaoend,  and  are  put  into  a  li^ht  cell,  just  such  ns  you  liavo  seen  in  motlei 
priaons — a.  L-ell  about  10  feet  by  C  feet,  with  a  black  Hoor,  while  walll, 
a  miall  table,  a  corner  waahsland,  a  wiodow  of  corrugated  glan,  n  luun> 


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tnocV  and  bedclothM,  plate,  spoon,  Ac.  Tii«  U  comfortable  enough, 
except  ihnt  in  consequence  of  llie  wiiiJow  liaving  a  very  wniill  opeoing, 
pne>  foolings  for  some  time  afict  being  shut  up  »  tliflt  of  being  suSbeated. 
t  wtfl)  remwinlier  that  the  greatest  luxury  that  could  havR  bocn  afforded 
me  woiili  have  been  to  htivc  hat!  my  door  ojn-n.  I  aei'inntl  lo  want  room 
to  broiiihe,  IliO  tame  t«eling  follows  ana  in  every  port  of  llii«  prison, 
i  u^  tiuite  to  long  fur  chiipcil  limo,  becALisu  I  gcncnilly  stt  i)i>ar  an 
open  window. 

Aaotlier  o1<jcctionitblc  f«nttirc  lo  (ha  discipline  of  Kcwgnio  in  tb« 
obliging  a  prisoner — who  in  yirt,  oiiwrvo,  regnnlcil  tH  an  innocent  man 
—to  palish  his  flour,  Icccp  up  thv  lustre  of  his  bra^  Ixisin,  scrub  the 
tabl«,  ami  fold  up  his  linmniock  kni  b'-dclothi-s,  nnd  nrnitigo  the  nnAlIe^t 
articles  of  his  oell  furniture  in  ooc  precisu  way.  It  is  no  ^o»t  h;iri)«liip 
indeed,  when  yon  get  used  to  it,  but  if  yon  have  never  dune  such  work, 
and  have,  besides,  n  eoro  heart — and  if,  ahovtr  all,  you  iirc  bu»y  preparing 
for  yonr  trial — it  will  seem  very  hard,  ^specialty  n«  nothing  short  of  the 
nuat  fibtiolnte  precision  wilt  siirtici,-.  Aiiolht-r  moat  objcotionable  thing  at 
thm  prison,  mid  one  which  ou  ninuy  ncconnta  choiild  h«  nIterMi,  is  the  place 
in  which  piisiont-rs  m-e  alone  allowed  to  see  their  frieuda.  Except  in  some 
ape«al  cases,  vUiliire  are  placed  '  eu  maaso '  literally  iu  rin  iron  cage,  with 
ft  dotiblt)  row  of  bars,  so  tlint,  being  at  a  distance  of  some  two  fe>^'t  from  tho 
prifoner,  atiJ  all  talking  tegether,  it  is  powilively  mo&t  ditlicuU  for  thoin  to 
make  ihtmsflveji  heard.  It  ia  a  perfect  Babel — an  arrnngenient  altogether 
niMt  pniiifnl  nnd  unseemly.  Tbero  ii,  moreoror,  no  exuuw  for  it,  aa  it 
would  Iw  just  aapnay  for  visitors  to  swa  prisoner  through  the  wire-covered 
aperlure  in  hiii  cell  door  hero,  aa  it  was  for  them  to  do  eo  in  Clerkenwell ; 
nor  nr<i  lh<!r«  nny  objfctiona  in  the  one  case  which  would  not  hold  good 
in  the  other. 

It  tartmis  rnther  hnrd,  moreover,  in  the  case  of  a  man  wltoni  the  Ian- 
Mill  regnrds  oa  innocont,  to  roilrict  the  vitits  of  frienda  to  throe  days 
in  the  week,  na  Ik  the  present  pracltci;.  But,  witli  the  exception  of 
tlie  above  puinfiil  and  rather  uiiiviirraiitnbic  nrrangenicnts,  Newgate  i»  an 
adminblyordercd  prison — antodclpriMnofitalcind.  The  food — 9uppo»ng 
the  necfissitk-a  of  ibone  at  home  roquiro  you  to  throw  yourself  on  priaon 
die^— is  clean,  good,  nnd  wt-ll  cooked,  and,  except  for  hungiy  coujilryiueii, 
anffieieiit  in  quantily.  It  consirts  of  stirabout  niortiiog  and  night — the  only 
■kill^lly  made  stirabont  you  will  meet  with  in  your  pi'ixoa  coursw— and 
•rap  nnd  inrat  on  oltematc  days,  the  soup,  iignin,  beinj;  tho  best  concocted 
of  prison  KOTips.  I  should  tay  thot  at  Newgale  the  art  of  cooking  ekilfully 
and  e<!onoini(sdty  i«  underslood  as  it  is  seurc^ly  undcmtood  in  nny  priaoii 
wc  have.  The  other  hygionic  iirrangements,  for  inind  nnd  body,  are 
ef|iinlly  creditable.  In  the  way  of  c.^trciw,  medical  attendance,  religious 
adricCr  every  effort  is  made  to  me^'t  the  wants  of  the  pri«oui>r  in  hia  new 
nnd  painfnl  condition,  and  mode  with  judgment.  Strict  in  carrying  out  ^ 
•11  the  rultM  of  on«  of  the  Hriotest  pri»oii>  iu  England,  tlio  wnrdcra  yet  ^ 
behave  thoroughly  well  to  the  rcaJ   sufferers  with  whom  tb«'^  otmsA  Vn. 


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oOotttOti  Vtiu  will  meet  wiih  no  boJ^  of  vrardora  wIki  can  fae  cooif 
10  tlMu,  exc«|)i  ai  PeuluiiviUe.  It  iaiiowetonie  jeare  since  1  left  N«irgate, 
anil  I  Iiava  paiaed  througli  icrGrnl  prisons  in  wbioh  I  enjoyed  mnre  light 
ukI  air,  luid  general  comfort,  hai  I  siJll  Teuieubcr  llie  oilicere  uf  Kcn^aiv 
ttitii  nspcct  auJ  gr^tiLuLlti, 

So  Riach  Tor  Newgale.  The  next  Uiing  is  iIm  IriaL  Ytm  Mill  not 
fiod  thu  ao  terrible  «ii  iiflair  as  you  perhapa  anticipMc.  The  position 
ia  trbich  yoo  wiU  be  placed,  and  ^vIuc1l  it  now  wvms  to  joix  muat  b«  ao 
•xquiaitely  painful,  will  at  llic  tiinu  hv  n!in«»t  loHt  liglit  of  tn  Uio  importance 
of  tilt  issue.  But,  on  the  utlier  Iiantl,  yuu  will  fitid  much  to  causa  you, 
rvy  great  oiutiety,  OTer  and  above  tlio  tncrita  of  tha  case.  It*  ibo  coait, 
for  instance,  is  prcascd  for  time,  L'illior  on  nccount  of  the  nuinbi^r  of 
priioMts  to  be  iritd,  or  because  the  jiidgn  have  to  be  olT  ahnott  iiome- 
diatvly  to  the  Assizes,  you  will  linvo  llic  satisfiictioa  of  learaing  that, 
unlets  yuu  chovse  tu  have  your  cnsa  put  off  to  the  nest  nssiona,  it  may 
not  he  posHible  (o  ohtnin  a  £ur  trial  ;  or  should  you  he  lucky  enough 
to  staiid  foz  trial  when  the  couit  hua  no  suuh  preuure  on  it,  you  may 
luiu-n  lliiit  ibo  juJge  nlio  will  try  you  in  extremuly  "testy,"  or  "pr«- 
judiceJ,"  or  ia  a  "apccial  pltuder,"'  or  is  fond  of  ''culting  down"  cuai-s, 
or  ia  "  fearfully  severe,"  ^c.  Uut  it  cannot  be  helped,  and  the  beet  thing 
is  lo  press  on. 

£xccpt  it  be  to  avuid  a  noloiiuiuly  scvcte  judge,  iln  not  allow  your 
trial  to  be  put  *>S  a  siugle  aessioti  after  your  cim  ia  or  can  he  prepftred. 
What  vrili  be  the  leading  feaiurrs  of  your  trial,  when  it  ia  onlled  on  for 
bearing.  I  cannot  tell.  All  I  can  furetcil  ia  that  the  perjuries  of  witnesses, 
the  exfljigeraliona  of  couom-I,  the  excluuoa  of  (:vidtu(;e  whicb  ought  lo 
be  admitted,  (he  admission  of  evidence  which  onght  lo  be  excluded,  the 
miscoDBt ruction  of  nctd  llie  most  ititioccut,  the  cmixMon  of  tilings  you 
dceadod,  the  singuUr  conoluMone  «f  icdividunl  jur^-nien,  will  be  such 
as  to  moke  you  feel  how  helpleos  you  an*,  and  oaugo  ycu  to  reaigii 
your«eIf  tu  yotu*  fate— thankful  thut  you  have  an  ahlo  counsel,  cool, 
collected,  nnd  experienced,  to  light  your  battle.  The  trial  iticlf  will  net 
torture  you  much  ;  it  will  bring  little  to  lii^Ut  Unit  is  not  known — lor 
you  hare  bei'ii  alreudy  torn  lo  pieces  in  your  examinsliou  belbra  lira 
mngiatrate.  Uut  you  nitl  KulfLr  in  iJie  ttniblc  bulf-hour  of  suspoan 
while  tho  jury  are  ccnsultiug — *iinl  wiien  they  pronounue  you  "  Guilty." 
The  fittal  blow  lian  fallen,  and  wliat  else  is  uuid  or  dune  you  ft-at  to  be 
immatcnnl.  But  your  stale  «f  unconsciouaucsi  Intls  not  lonj; ;  yon  revive, 
and  time  ipiichly  ;  and  lerrible  indeed  :iro  the  iirst  liours  afterwards. 

Ifi  tlic  journey  from,  Newgnte  to  Millbank  you  will  probably  for  ibo 
lii'iit  lime  iind  yoUTicIf  iu  UDintvrrnptcd  intercourfo  niih  those  who  an 
Bufienng  witli  you.  Aa  ilio  medo  of  oonreyance  will  moat  Ulculy  ba  an 
omnibus,  you  will  prob-ihly  form  pare  of  a  line  of  piisonen  connected  by 
a  chain — a  type  of  tiiu  olvfc  compuiuonthip  you  are  presently  to  bold 
with  them.  You  shudder  at  them  now;  but  wlt^n  yon  actually  moot 
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kdiovkI,  and  when,  linked  bind  in  hand  with  thcuii  you  n<lu  itmt  alrango 
ti<Ia  tbrougli  LoadoHj  you  will  luvivly  fwl  towar^lii  thcnt  as  mea  moro 
or  leu  good-natoted,  who  ara  in  tlio  Mmu  coniJitbn  an  ynureelf,  In  vUiiT 
reapccu  dint  ride  to  Millbaiilt  lit  not  uuplrasont.  Moincntar;r  as  il  U,  tbc 
pcisaiag  out  vi  ttiti  g[>winy  ]:)ii4t;it  into  tLo  grMt  elnam  ot'  biitnaa  lidi 
uad  the  brood  light  of  day,  and  the  being  able  to  talk  freely  with  oihvr 
enotuna  of  oae'a  kind,  liu  more  of  plc^uie  ihaa  of  puin.  The  ekuin  «ul 
the  handcufHt  gi-ate  liftr»bly  on  you  at  first,  but  by  ttiis  tiine  yea  will  hun 
got  pretty  jihiiojophicnl. 

Airircd  at  MUlliauk,  you  will  be  far  n  few  Iiours  pluced  widi  some 
r»tir  or  live  olhon  ia  a  i^ell  Ic  wait  tliv  exuAjiiiiitiou  of  Die  warders  and 
aurgeoD.  The  examination  by  t)ie  jaltur  ix  well  eitoiigh,  but  Utat  by  the 
wardant,  wliich  talcea  place  wliea  you  nre  atri|>{ied  Ait  ti&lliiogi  ia  of  tlie 
ntort  duifualing  dosci-iplioii.  It  need  iiut  be  so,  nor  ia  it  perbapd  it:itead(.-<l 
by  HtB  autltorilies  to  be  wbaL  it  is  ;  but  tin)  subordinate  oflioers  of  Miii- 
baiilc  aecm,  unlike  thou  of  Newgate,  1o  have  been  clioeen  lor  tlicir 
roughneM  and  buirittboesi.  They  ure  uuqnestionubly  nmottg  the  lowest, 
if  tJtey  nre  not  the  vvty  lowoat,  of  tlicse  of  any  prison  LiirougU  which  I  have 
pniecJ.  Uiit  MillLiiink  is  altogctbur  a  rough  style  df  prinan,  both  in  lltu 
way  of  carrying  out  pruoa  dinclplinQ  a&d  ia  tlmt  of  prison  arran^mGiitL 
All  ia  loud,  ijidcccnt,  rough.*  In  othar  recpcets  you  will  find  ilieoliange 
to  Milltwik  grateful  to  you.  Tlic  cells — intitiitely  tlit:  best  of  any  I  haro 
Men  (or  even  beard  of^  with  Uio  oxci;|>tion  of  iiiom  M  Woking,  an  invalid 
■lation)  are  weloomo  Iwyuiui  coiici)|Hi()ti  for  thoir  windows  alone.  Tiieao 
are  n  good  t)t2<^,  wilh  cluar  gloss,  nnd  open,  wide,  bo  that  you  can  wo  lite 
reul  light  ot'dny,  and  frvely  bieatbo  nnd  feL-l  the  iVcsli  nir.  How  delight* 
ful  to  ine  was  the  lirxt  KoiiNtLiDti.  aRurdod  by  tbess  wide-oii'iiiug,  deir 
glnss  windows,  I  cannoL  deaa-ibc.  An  the  light  sireomi-d  down  ou  lui',  Uiid 
the  nir  blew  fresh  into  the  eoll,  I  rcrcUed  iu  them. 

At  MillboDk  the  lilenc  ayatcm  is  enforced,  but  not  vary  [ivTft>ctljr^ 
and  you  will  get  (juiie  ns  niiicli  coiivetsalion  iitt  you  nre  likely  to  deoireii^ 
Thett  the  d»y  is  broken  by  chapel  and   oxct<is«,  and  tlio  we«k   by  a 
(lay  at  aohool,  anil  perli&iw  by  a  visit   li-oin  a  script  ure -render  or  on& 
of  the  diaplaina.     Your  food  is,  in  the  morning,  cocoa,  with  beef  (rerj 
bardj  for  dinner,  nnd  very  badly  mads  gruel  for  eupper.     The  materials 
■re  good,  but  the  cooking  bad.     The  bread  is  exeeltent,  the  best  you  ivill' 
get  iu  prison.     The  hammocko,  whidi  are  original  In  structure,  vitb  a 
diviition  in  the  centre,  do  not  appear  to  bo  intended  to  sleep  u)  so  much 
as  to  exereiiie  your  powei~s  as  an  aoi'obat,  but  with  core  yon  may  get  iaio 
them  and  nluep  in  otic  of  lliclr  two  dlvivons.     The  chnpcl  ts  Inige,  the 
chsptaint  popular,  nnd  the  singing  tolembly  goad.     Your  c:tei'oisa  eoniiiita 
of  a  walk  in  one  of  the  yar<l«, — vlFicers  iu  centre,  tnen  walking  round  at 
inlerTab  of  five  or  »x  yanl:*, — nnd  a  turn  nt  u  inany-hnndlGd  pump  by 
whieh  water  k  nused  to  tlte  cella.     Beyond  llits  I  have  nothing  to  remark 


49fi  A  LETTER  FROM  A  COSVICT  IN  AUSTRAUA 

of  MiUhnnlc,  except  that  tJte  •ubordinale  olIIcGri,  nn  iiniitual  nnmlier 
i)-hon)  apficar  to  be  tailors.  Are  vepeoUlly  fund  of  afTcc-tin^-  ■  military 
demeanour,  and  making  an  ostentalious  display  of  :heir  stnvca.  How  long 
yon  will  Ktay  nC  Millbaiik  is  quite  unccrtniii.  Vou  may  sui/  l}ier«  tlirce 
wcckit,  or  you  may  lemaiu  nin«  niOQllis,  but  protalily  nfVer  a  fuw  wmIu 
you  will  be  I'emovG^i  to  PtiUonville. 

The  journey  Jrom  Millbank  to  Pentonvillc,  like  tliul  from  Xewg»le  Iw 
Miltbank,  will  moat  likely  be  porrorm^d  in  an  onmibus.  Yoa  vill  ratlicr 
enjoy  the  ride.  It  U  pleasanter  tlinD  the  first  prison  ride ;  you  arc  gHliag 
umkI  io  the  Rituation.  You  will,  morcoTcr,  hnvc  beard  a  good  report  of 
tlie  plncc  to  wliit^h  you  ora  goinfj,  Tho  lir*t  sight  of  I*eot«uvillo  i», 
not witlis  landing,  (at  from  encouraging.  Ton  see  that  yoa  have  loat  your 
light  and  air-giving  window.  But  tlie  import  is  correct  on  the  whole. 
E»copt  as  regorda  tJie  window,  y^'Ui-  con'iitlon  is  in  every  reepoct  improved. 
The  cgIIr,  though  not  so  largo  ae  ihou-  of  M ill bji tile,  are  carefully  arranged 
lor  <]ccency  and  cle&nllneaa,  and  the  pervading  spirit  of  the  jn-iwn  i.i  thslt 
of  <iiuelness,  regularity,  and  good  ecK^e.  It  is  a  stria  prison,  bat  all  is 
done  kindly,  Bonsibly,  and  well;  and  (which  is  no  little  matter  u>  a  primner) 
vfiii  have  e.x'iily  aocewiblt^  counsel  and  assistance,  aiul  such  as  you  feel  yoM 
can  rely  on  aa  coming  fi'om  poreons  experienced  and  well-judging,  and 


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ready  to  consider  your  difficulties  carefully.     At  Pentonville  yon  bare  llie  I 

^^^L     mme  high  [ji-niln  of  ofliccrs  and  w&rdcrs  as  at  Newgate,  with  a  longer  I 

^^V     period  in  which  to  make  their   kiadiit>gs  folt.     As  n-^rds  the  dietary  1 

arranoementa.  these  are  conducted  with  a  cnre  oiilv  eatialled.  ns  I  harit 


arrangements,  these  are  conducted  with  a  cnre  only  ecjnalled,  ns  I  hare 
heard,  iu  one  Gorciiimcnt  prison — thxit  of  Portland.  Tho  contracton  ■ 
am  obliged  to  feiihfiilly  fnllil  their  contracia,  and  nil  ia  well  eooked.  I  I 
remember  on  one  occasion,  when  w>ine  of  the  mittton  was  i-ather  yelloir, 
uad.  suspected  of  Dot  being  what  it  should  be,  a  prifoiier  who  imit  by 
trade  a  butcher  was  brought  down  to  examine  it.  He  pronounced  it  of 
excelleiit  quality  throiighout.  Thin  incident  shows  the  care  used.  The 
ptison  itflclf  is  built  wilh  a  view  to  ciiE<y  luuuiigcnjcnl,  and  to  accustom 
tike  prisoners  to  die  valiio  of  cli'aiiliiicts  nml  prnpriirty.  Pentonville  is 
rsonrded  as  the  represenljuivc  of  the  modi;!  prison  on  the  scpnrate  ayatein, 
nnd  it  represents  the  xyBteui  m  fnithjlilly  uni  fiiToiiribbly  m  could  be 
desired. 

Atier  liaviog  been  from  nine  to  twelve  months  in  separate  confine- 
ment, you  leave  Pcntouvillc  for  the  "public  works,"  as  they  are  oalled» 
and  nre  attached  lo  Chatham,  PorWiuonlli ,  Portland,  or  Dartmoor  priaoa; 
or,  if  n  confinnctl  invidid,  you  are  sent  to  Woking.  Of  their  rehilive  mvrita  I 
confess  myjclf  nnablc  (o  apeak  posilircly,  for  1  have  no  means  of  judging, 
«xcepc  hy  compnTing  statements  almost  nil  more  or  less  at  variance  with 
each  other.  But,  as  far  as  I  can  judge,  all  tlic  first  four  stations  arc  pretty 
mud)  en  a  pnv— oil  about  eqvinlly  dusngnreablc,  and  poaaeasiug,  if  nut  the 
S3B1P,  erjuivalent  ndvnntnges  mid  disadvantnges.  I  shall  thereforo  speak 
only  of  Port-^mouili,  tlii;  station  lo  whidi  I  >vna  myself  sent.  The  journey 
from  Pentonville  is  pcrlormcd  hy  omnibus  to  llio  South  WcKlcro  Icr- 


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atlaoi,  and  llicncc  by  rail.  Liko  tho  other  journoya  of  ttie  kind  in 
whltA  you  hnvo  uiken  pnrt,  it  is  on  the  whole  plaa^nl.  There  ia  one  dis- 
agrveublv  iL-iitiu'c  in  it,  no  doubt.  You  fiud  joiireclf  standing  chained  on 
the  nuiwety  iilatfonu  in  \ha  mld^i  of  tlioae  uuchnmed  ones  nitii  yrhom  you 
tuiire  DO  part ;  but  )*nu  wilt  have  ceasfd  to  earc  much  about  such  little 
colHiions  by  this  lituo,  and  if  tlio  wentlicr  is  fine,  or  ludced  If  it  ia  nut, 
you  vrili  be  fully  Ecasiblc  of  (he  plvastiru  of  breutbiag  the  (ivth  country 
sir,  and  looking  ovjr  green  fields.  You  are  kept  ia  h  airriage  devoteil 
exclusively  to  the  convfjanue  of  yoiii-  parly,  but  you  am  otherwise  little 
oonstrfliocd  1:1  this  transfer  of  youraeir.  Yon  IcH  the  separate  eytUcni 
behiud  you  in  pfts«ing  out  of  Pviitoiivillc,  and  tin;  oIGcl'l^  who  accompany 
you  trcut  yon  nf  men  passed  ialo  a  coiniwrntivc  etiitc  of  frcudom. 

Airircd  at  lli9  "puMio  work*"'  priion  at  Forteraoulh,  you  see  that  you 
hnvo  como  undpr  a  eyitteiij,  not  only  clifl(/n>DT.  from  that  to  which  you  have 
bftco  hitherto  Bubjccttd,  but  directly  opposed  to  it.  Evcrytliin^  you  have 
•oen  in  '*»fp!initc*  "  you  now  find  completely  rcvcrsoii.  ^o  two  syolfliiiB 
onuld  bo  inorB  atriltingly  nnifigonisiic.  In  *' eeparittes,"  you  liave  cella 
suf&ctcntly  roomy,  and  have  light  iirid  atr,  and  arc  tncou raged  and  aaaialcd 
to  torm  hriliitfl  ol'  clcanlincsn  and  dcooocy  ;  at  tli«  Biunc  linio  you  ar« 
carvfiilly  kept  from  tho  evil  iiiflutiice  of  otiier  prisoners,  and  are  brought 
into  frequent  coatact  with  persons  whose  influence  must  be  good, — «s  that 
of  the  chiiplnin  nnd  scnpluro -readers.  At  the  "publlo  works,"' the  opposite 
iiystetii  is  tried.  The  cells  consiit  of  tiera  of  iron  boxea  (^1  can  give  them 
no  otlicr  name),  7  feet  by  i  feet,  and  i»tlicr  more  thnn  6  feet  high,  or  as 
nurly  M  possible  the  »izo  of  one  compai-tntent  of  a  railway  carriage.  As 
for  wiodoirt,  rnutiy  of  the  celts  havo  none,  except  in  the  door,  nnd  <he 
bat  have  only  11  darkened  pane  of  glass  about  12  inchcfl  by  4  inches. 
Rod  thetl^  eorntgntcd  iron  sides  are  painted  a  dork  diwnjil  drab  or  iron 
colour. 

Anything  more  dreadful  thou  these  places  when  you  ara  fir^t  enclosed 
in  thom  cannnt  he  ci-incrivcd.  Many  a  man  when  ^mt  shtit  up  in 
them  fveU  as  If  he  nnuit  go  out  xf  hii  mind.  Chei-r  fill -looking  places 
10  the  riJiitnr  who  sees  them  through  their  vpun  dvois  when  the  light 
slTtoms  into  them  from  tlio  hall,  they  we  ainiply  Iiorrible  to  the  man 
who  is  abut  up  10  thent.  These  constimtu  ilie  firet  evil  of  "  public 
works.''  The  next  is,  that  even  in  thcsi.-,  bad  as  thuy  are,  you  nre 
not  allowed  n  moment's  rest  or  security.  lu  "SQ[)arates"  it  was  thought 
well  to  allow  time  for  re;idiiig,  thought,  prayer.  Hen/  not  «  gioment  is 
allowed  for  anythmg  but  noise  and  work.  Mnttvia  are  so  airanged  that 
from  the  riiieing  of  tlio  fin>t  hell  in  ihu  morning  till  you  go  out  to  work, 
all  is  hurry,  noise,  dirt,  buatle.  In  a  cell  in  which  you  can  bsrely  turn, 
and  ia  which  you  haYO  crerytking  to  do  in  almott  perfect  darkness,  and 
whick  is  so  ill  provided  with  vessel*  and  other  ineana  of  cleatilineBS  that 
to  get  through  yoiu-  ctll -cleaning  at  all  is  hke  working  a  Chinese  puule, 
aod  requires  the  itioit  adroit  management,  you  have  to  work  rapidly  and 
eeaaetenly  (svraUowiug  your  cup  of  cocoa  in  sweat  and  dirt)  till  ^ati.^^A 


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498  A  LLTTER  FDOU  A  CONVICT  IN  AVBTILVUA 

chapel.     Then  comes  a  few  miontca'  rait ;  then — 1  ahndder  while  I  write 
it— the  grand  Kramhle  for  the  cloieta.     It  it  impokkibU:  la  tleaciiha  tliin 
scene — it  is  too  ahoclung.     Chapel  a»d  the  grand  Krarablu  over,  you 
go  to  work  in  Ihe   dockj-ard,  and  ytm   will   tind  it  reallj*  hard  work. 
You  do  liitle  oi'  no  good.     All  the  priaooera  together — let  thcrii  be  nx 
huodred — do  no  mere  than  fifty  regnlar  workmeD,  who  knew  iheir  bn«- 
aeu  and  bad  proper  apptianc«9,  would  do  with  eaae.     Then,   again,  a 
gnat  part  of  tlio  work   done  draa  not  want  doing.     Blocka  of  ivou  and 
pieoes  of  timber  aro  mored  badcwarda  and  Curwards  for  the  mere  pnrposu 
of  giving  something  to  do.    Thosa  who  have  lo  point  oat  the  day's  work 
have  odeii  quite  a  difScuIly  in  devising  a  job.     Bat  thia  ia  all  one  to  yea. 
Your  only  care  will  be,  aller  you  Iiut*  been  on  ihe  wwka  a  ivvr  weeks,  to 
get  into  OUG  of  iho  caaier  pariiea  and  with  one  of  the  better  cIoah  of 
bJEcera.     The  auboidinate  olliwra  at  Portanioacli  are,  or  were,  at  leant,  iii 
my  tim«,  a  very  inferitr  flans  of  men  as  a  body,  bat  Ihi^re  were  good  meii 
among  them.     The  pri^nen  injurQ  each  other  greatly,  fur  all  intercourae 
bctweeD  them  iit  a  oomtnuiiiutlton  of  vlciou*  reminiaocncna  anil  designs, 
but  with  you  they  will  not  interfere.     Ultey  will  oven  reapect  you,  if  you       ■ 
d«cer\-e  it ;  and  toiue  will  g.-iiu  your  rcitpect  jn  rviunt.    After  dragging 
obeut  wood  or  iron,  cloiiiing  the  ^•ivt  ol'  vcitt:lis  cleaning  out  dvck^t 
^Biding,   or  expending  your  unnkillcd  labour,  and   running  luurbreaddt 
■mpea  of  loaiug  a  fin^vr,  or  leg,  i>r  arm— fur  few  cacajw  jiiaiming  •ooorr 
at  liter— you   return  to  dinner.     Thia  Eonnieita  cf  ploiji  builud  beef  or 
mutton,  with  soinu  kind  of  vogotable,  ami,  t]K>u<;h  mixed  up  Ingetbor  in 
Teiy  dirty  tiua,  ia  sutlicieut  lor  lieullh.     Y'oii  h^ve  now  iin  hour's  riMt^ 
your  one  quiet  hour  in  the  day.     Thia  ended,  comw  m  few  mituitca' 
Irfledom  in  llie  yni-d,  where  the  scramble  uf  ihci  moining  ia  rc-acled  in  a 
leaa  violent  fcnn  ;  llien  paiiiile,  and  the  wiU'cliing  uf  tliv  pcrton,  sad  iho 
6liafi  oH  to  work. 

Th«  aftcriiuon'a  ivork  ^iiideil,  yvu  are  again  maiehcd  lo  tbo  priaou,  and 
after  another  aeaxching  of  iho  peraon  are  diaufaaiged  to  your  cell,  to  change 
your  amock  and  hoota  fur  n  jacket  iind  allocs  before  going  to  chapel. 
Then  cornea  another  grand  parade  before  the  cell  doors,  then  filing  off 
to  chapel,  Uien  a  weary  service,  in  wbicb  a  weary  chaplain  praya  at>d 
prcacbca  before  weoiy  mL>n,  with  luward  grotvliugs  and  unquiet  alunibcn 
lor  the  reauh,  Men  who  have  been  hard  »l  work  during  thu  day  are  iu 
no  condition,  mental  or  physical,  for  joining  in  a  holy  service. 

Aitar  cliaiiet  yim  go  tu  your  cell  and  yout  aiipper  of  grnel,  but 
not  to  rest.  The  !i;i]f  hour  allotted  for  suppn-  ended,  tiiere  ariaea  aoch 
n  Babel  of  souitda— of  warders  alioutiiig  and  sweariiiji,  and  feel  rusliing, 
luid  brublies  eunibbing — thai  you  begin  to  think  your^ielf  iu  a  Noilb. 
country  weaving  lueloi-y.  You  may  not  tukv  jiart  ia  the  work  every 
night,  but  you  will  iiftd  your  turn  coiuo  pretty  ofkeo,  aad  may  bavo 
to  work  va  in  aNv«ut  and  tioisc  till  ten  minutes  te  bed-time,  Tbcn  at 
length  you  aro  hurried  to  huA,  with  (carco  time  to  put  up  your  hanuiioclt 
(irhicl)  .mtut  not  be  touclied  befur«),  and  nre  l«fi  tlirougb  ibe  mMM  of 


BROTHRR  XS  W 

Iho  night  10  ecok  a  ril/'iil  ehfip.  Il  reqiiirea  long  nse  to  deep  soundly. 
All  ihrougli  the  great  tier  of  iron  boxm  wbicli  aervo  as  cell)),  you  h«xf 
«T«rrtliiiig  tbat  IB  done  by  your  n«igbbmira;  and  wliat  wiLh  tbe  Boise 
vt'  the  wardert,  and  rowA  in  one  oi-  other  part  of  tjip  resonnnt  Wildinj^, 
your  sleep  will  be  broken  Ibr  mnny  weekit ;  wbtle  you  gruw  giWiiaUy 
Moaible,  as  tlie  momiiig  di-uwit  on,  tlmt  you  uri!  in  the  midst  of  %  gre 
ceMpol.     I  speak  strongly,  but  wiih  tmili. 

Such  ia  the  ftyslem  of  "  public  works  "  in  Knglaod  ;  in  the  day  U  is 
cndksa  pamUe,  uiid  k«t:ping  at«p,  anJ  iniaappUetl  iubuur ;  nod  n(  ntglit 
broken  rest  in  n  moat  loul  utmoBphcrc.  A  more  iriitntiog  ditcipline 
I  hare  nerer  aecii  put  in  prnctioe,  «nd  it  was  ttsloni«hiug  to  see  how 
thoroughly  reckless  it  mode  Ilie  pL-iaoniuii  tiubjoctvd  to  it :  I  ncrcr  eaw 
liny  discipliDc  slfeot  men  mors  lutravouritbly.  The  ofltoent  iniglit  not  aoo 
it ;  the  authorittea  mi^lit  know  little  or  noihing  of  it,  cxoopt  a<  it  gnrs 
y'ao  occaaioiiuliy  lo  partial  outbreaki  ;  Lmt  J,  vrho  Jived  in  the  under* 
otirrent,  uw  it  olearly.  '  lo  make  thin^  worse,  just  as  I  ieit,  the  mun 
were  deprived  of  iheii'  Sunday.  The  reloxaciou  of  pnradeon  this  one  day 
had  hitherto  been  a  Kiving  point  in  ihia  tuoet  wrvtoheJ  system.  Hitherto 
the  prisoncn,  though  surrounded  by  olHcet^  and  kept  in  a  small  oircle  like 
poopls  at  a  fair,  could  eelocl  their  companions  and  even  ail  duwn  on  llio 
ground  by  the  prison  aide  nnd  rent.  But  a  few  8undnyB  before  1  left  tli« 
prison  even  this  one  comfort  wns  talien  mvay,  iind  tlio  "day  of  rest" 
wad  divided  b«liri;i-n  parading  liir  cbopcl,  Editing  in  chapel,  and  being 
marclied  round  and.  round  the  yard.  Vou  luust  look  forward  to  a  trying 
time  at  publio  uorki.  And  yet,  so  pleasant  ia  it  to  be  out  of  doors 
nnil  drJiik  die  A-eah  air,  that  ^int  would  not  willingly  go  back  to  ibe 
"  sopanicc- system  "  priaoD. 

I  have  apokeii  of  llie  "  public-works  "  aysioui  us  it  will  appear  to  you 
or  any  who  have  occujiicd  a  rccpcclnbEe  position,  fiut,  mistake  mc  not,  by 
the  mnat  of  prieoiicrs  nisny  of  the  ovils  of  the  ayrtvni  nrc  hardly  porccivod, 
eveo  though  insensibly  irritalLd  by  tlicm.  The  ouo  gn'at  tiling  tiith  ihem 
is  to  havu  free  intercourse  with  tnch  other,  and  ao  long  aa  ihtty  have 
this,  and  can  got  cncu(>h  to  cat  and  obtaia  an  oecosionol  chew  of  tobaoeo, 
other  annoyances,  ev«n  while  rh«y  irritaC4>,  da  not  tToubht  tliem  grectly. 
Again,  yon  yourwlf  will  sHfTir  less  ^ler  a  whik-.  Tliiiigj  will  become 
more  und  wore  toieiable  eveiy  day.  Tho  Ciiine««  puaale  of  the  cell 
will  bo  solved,  xind  you  will  actually  be  able  to  get  a  little  time  to 
youneif ;  and  to  the  noiue  and  scolding,  and  dnrkLiied  light,  and  nightly 
odour,  you  will  become  ulmoet  indilK-rant.  Voii  will  deteriorate.  1  my- 
self was  sfttifilied  that  if  1  stayed  at  Port« month,  I  ahould  lose  all  power  of 
Abatnetion,  together  with  all  mtnbd  linbits  of  any  uso  lo  me,  and  that  1 
sliookl  bocomc  aa  oompletoly  bnibiHxcd  as  it  wan  possible  for  an  edncatod, 
It-iijpemtft  man  to  be.  One  thing  I  ought  to  add.  Tlipre  i*  every  dis- 
poaition  on  the  part  of  the  govomor  and  principal  aaaistiints  in  the  phaoa 
to  act  fairly  and  kindly,  nor  arc  they  reaponaible  for  tbo  evils  of  the  pLaoet 
They  M«  there  lo  carry  out  a  nystem  clwrly  deAoed^  ■wuVvwA  yy«w  vi 


A  IKTTKR  PROM  A  COHTKiT  IS  AUSTttALK 

iiiO'^if)'  it.    The  evils  I  liavc  puintei  out  belong  in  part  to  Hia  form 
building  ndfpleii  fjr  the  prison,  in  part  to  the  syBtcro  itav\(. 

And  now  oue  more  alagp — Wt-atem  Aiistralifl — mid  I  bovc  done.  The 
lime  you  will  h»ve  to  aerve  in  Englaiitl  lins,  1  understand,  be«n  greedy 
nnd  very  injudicioiiBly  extended,  but  if  (as  I  suppose  to  bo  tliu  case)  you 
are  a  long-eciitecicc  nntii,  »nd  Auatralin  in  a  pi?nnl  settlancnt  lu  your  liiuo, 
to  Australia  yon  will  evt-iituallj  oome.  He  tlmotfiil  ihat  it  is  «n.  The 
pAssage  may  look  alarming,  the  idea  oriieing  Dooped  up  between  d(-c\s  fi>r 
tbreo  months  wicli  the  worst  of  the  cI-ism  yon  see  liel'ure  yon,  may  bu  abliorrcnt 
to  yon ;  but  llie  wry  voy«g«  ilaelf  wliich  xkiha  bo  dr^aJlnl  will  he  b«tler 
than  public  wdiIcb.  To  be  oooped  up  with  the  cbaractera  yon  see  before  you 
— oven  tlioii(;h  )-ou  are  bo  only  at  nipht — la  indocd  bad  j  wor»c,  fat  worse  iu 
Home  ways  than  you  can  have  any  idoa  of  la  ilioso  hours  during  which 
yo\t  urc  shutdown  bt-Iow — hours  in  which  no  oiUt«r  diirf  nhow  hij  facL— 
ibc  ntnioipbcn;  ia  fcr  foul  tonvcrBatjon  »  littlt  hrll.  You  then  see  huraaa 
nnliire,  not  in  its  hi;!;hfst  fomi  of  di>v*lopino»t,  wholly  unreslniincd  in 
word  or  thought.  What  the  henrt  sug^sts  is  K[«)lii.'ii  out  without  tbatne 
or  hc«)tnticu.  Them  ia  nc  savuKcnou  or  bmlaUly — nothing  of  tlio  luad  ; 
hut  filthinegs  boyond  heliel'.  'Tha  gfid  of  lh«  profcarinnal  thief  is  not 
Snlan,  but  Btelzcbub  ;  not  the  god  of  hale  luid  pride,  hut  of  ten-dona 
»nd  dirt. 

In  the  uliip  in  which  I  o«nio  out,  the  bc^hi!  on  ChristniHH  night,  a 
night  of  8Hj>rciii«  upioiiriousnoBs,  gnve  mu  a  more  fearful  idea  of  hell  than 
any  I  oould  hare  ever  ccDOcired,  and  yet  all  was  good-humour  anil  jollity. 
It  wofl  a  dispbiy  of  unresliaised  thought  exhibited  in  uurestrnined  Ian- 
gUBga.  It  vas  iioniljle.  1  leniemhor  a  Jn-Ht-claaa  thief  of  the  I'rt-ach 
Kcliool  siiyiiig  to  111(1  that  coiilil  ho  have  tvpr  realised  boinj;  prcivnl  hc 
»uoh  a  eceiiL'  it  would  haro  cured  him  of  thieving.  A  hardened  profe** 
piouu!,  uud  by  no  mcan&  nico,  evi^u  he  felt  it  id  be  ''liorriblc"  Bat 
your  lift'  on  bonrd  the  coni'ict  chip  i#,  wiih  tlii»  one  drawback,  ■  stop  for- 
wanl.  Whilo  on  bosud  you  are  pi-aotically  fi-ee.  I'ou  are  shut  doivn  at 
night,  bi»  ia  the  dity  you  arc  your  own  niaaler  in  the  forcpext  of  the 
ship,  and  cvoi  nt  night  ore  undiiWarbed  hy  offioors.  A  eoaviol  aJiip,  from 
tlic  nioint^t  she  is  out  of  sight  of  laud,  »  practically  in  the  bnnd^  of  the 
three  hundred  n>cii  ^llo  is  transporting.  Tlicre  is  h  gunrd  of  pentiicnerd, 
it  ia  true,  and  precnutiona  at-c  taken  to  meet  any  outbreak,  but  the  power 
U  with  ihc  tlirco  liundi'ed  young  able  diuperatea,  nnd  Uiiere  are  ho  uiaii/ 
tvOTAJBona  when  ilic  puai-d  might  be  taken  uuprupsiri-d  that  the  aaftty  of 
the  vossi-l  rtally  dcjiouik  on  tlio  temper  of  the  men.  It  is  therefore  nn 
objeut  of  priniiiry  importaiite  to  avoid  any|]iiiig  cAlcnlaled  to  give  uii- 
nvoessary  irritation,  ilic  gitai  ihin^  is  to  kt-i-p  Ihi-  roc»  contented  nnd 
carclesK,  and  this  is  bent  eflocwd  by  leaving  them  to  therosflves.  So  left, 
allowed  to  luun^  about  and  i-cad  aud  talk  and  Aoioke  (alwiTe  deck)  aa 
they  please,  and  obliged  only  lo  ktup  their  part  vf  tlie  ship  oltan, 
and  do  what  ia  necoieary  jbr  h«nlch  and  oleanlinoa — tbey  gire  uo 
trouble.    Easily,  v«ry  easily  uritutcd,  they  yet  desire  a  laTe:,  tjuiet  voyage. 


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fest  of  them  men  who  hnvc  wan  a  grcnt  dcnl  of  Hfo  nnd  weil  nh\e  to 
raleutau  oons.-qucncejs  'l"*/  *oe  no  good  to  be  gained  ovi-ti  by  n  succcsrftil 
MJiare  of  the  vcmcI,  and  if  li-ffc  to  tlo  pretty  much  ns  thoy  picntir,  will  be 
as  ordi-rly  ni  ordinnry  piwictiffora.  The  surgeon  wlio  Iin*  cliaigo  of  thotn 
vithiT  know*  this  ihim  hi*  own  fiperiunce,  or  is  carefully  wariidil  of  it, 
ani  io:ivi-3  the  mtn  lo  thc-iiisvlvvA  nccordtngly.  How  far  the  knuivltiJi^u 
ihat  th^-y  iiro  to  receive  no  r^nditionnl  pardotis  inoy  op^rnlft  on  long- 
Heniniici:  mi-ii  in  fiitiiru  r[>yugt!S  it  is  impossible  to  mv.  Hut  I  nppn-hcni] 
it  will  inalcv  little  (IifiVrt.'ncc,  iia  ni'^sC  wouU  think  it  beat  to  wait  till  lliey 
gtft  to  Ainlralia,  nm!  o.iMpfi  thimco  in  sonio  qtiiPt  way.  Buf,  in  nay  cam-., 
it  must  nlwnyn  be  th«  policy  of  those  in  chnrgv  to  allow  nil  reasonnhlu 
liberty  on  bowil  »hip.  Tiiia  you  will  find  very  jrnik'ful.  Tiic  ordt-r  of 
things  will  vnry  in  mnny  dittnils  tvcry  Biicfi'iMivi.'  trip,  liiit  tiio  loailiiig 
fi-jiturej  will  he  much  t)io  B,-inie  in  all.  You  wi!l  be  nttw-ttothcd  fi>r  thu 
voyage,  will  huw  a  doiiblo  suit  tii  uiidcr-clotiiin;^,  will  h-ivc  nn  idW  day 
or  two  of  proiwiration,  will  undergo  sundry  suri^icitl  rxaniinntiont,  and  x 
Mimoii  at  ch)i|>c'l  »pi-ciitlly  adnpltKl  to  the  occHnion,  utid  will  be  nddrCK««d 
hy  It  diiector  vn  Ihu  iiiiproii-tinvtit  ycu  may  citpcct  in  your  couclitiou,  hy 
your  tran^portatibii  to  n  colony  wh^ru  th<>re  iu  plenty  ot  f^niplnynicnt  atid 
high  wages,  and  on  the  special  iidvuntii^t-a  which  will  nccrtiv  to  ymi  ns 
pritoiicra  if  you  &!«  vvcil  oonduutcd  during  thu  voyugc.  At  iiny  rMv  such  na 
luldiYiSii  unod  tohc  tnudi-,  nndtlicri  it  wot  to  iict'rlmn  extent  tiiir;  for  tliotigli 
only  11  Ysry  few  priacnent,  those,  iiamdy,  who  held  hilktsin  the  ship  orwho 
a«l«d  m  iiifortnerj,  received  any  rvmiirion  of  tL«ir  Kot«DC«  in  ooutcqaniot; 
of  tlieir  good  conduot  on  hourd,  tliwy  did  receivo  scnnethlng  ooiisidi;rAb!p, 
ii.x,  iwelrc,  ami  I'vcii  tigliU-cn  mouths  hiding  utruclc  from  »  prohirtion  ;  but 
now  ihii  is  all  done  awny  wiih.  Let  tbv  mii^jcoo  who  bikes  the  men  out 
do  hi*  host  tt)  oUuiii  r>itii(Minii  Ibr  diiwnrinjjiiK-n,  liu  ouii  tmly  obtnin  three 
weelw  or  a  motiih. 

The  oddrcis  orci",  you  niiiroh  to  the  wntfrnidcj  whifiict  you  nru 
conveyed  by  boat  op  8U-iiin<.'r  to  ihp  imnKpoii ,  yoiii-  Inli;  i;oTii)>.inians  on 
«horo  ohcering  lieortilyi  and  your  own  felluvrs  cheering  bnck.  Tuld  off 
OD  botird  «htp,  iho  liriit  thing  your  eompitnioni  do  is  to  ruah  and 
clanibtv  over  thv  hnnku,  soclcing  luMcciutes  from  whom  ilioy  huve  been 
tcnporartly  R|inrnli-il,  niid  the  lirat  limu'  is  Inkiru  iip  in  greutingn  nnd 
i|Qesiioiis,  All  lire  jolly  ;  singing  breok<  out  from  ull  sidi,-ji.  Thiii  lasts 
ths  lirst  day.  Next  day  ilia  Ringing  C[>Dtinuo«,  but  in  knot*  jvM  ma  you 
hc-tr  it  in  n  fair.  AIUt  a  fL-w  dny^  n  centmlixatinn  prindptc  prL-vni!ts  iind 
ihe  MUginff  becoinm  limited  to  public  ftrformmee*  in  the  hatchway  in  iho 
evcniiij*.  TliiH,  :ilti>rnn.iing  with  tlcp-dunciTig,  lui  t'xhibilidn  whit-h  givn 
great  delight,  contiimca  for  Mimic  WLi-ks.     Then  it  partially  Iokim  ila  inte- 

r»i,  and  diea  out,  and  carda  take  poaacanion  of  the  ship,  ntaiutnining  their 
lucendnm^y  to  thu  clone  uf  llie  voynge.  By  day  there  ai'o  l^iiit  nitempui 
oa  the  port  of  the  scripture- reader  tu  carry  on  n  achoul,  but  ttiey  conui 
tn  nothing.  The  greater  port  of  the  day  ia  divided  between  cloaning-tlie 
bcriba  and  deckn,  wiuhing  and  cooking,  tniokiag  acA  itsittAxui^.    'VWt« 


503  A    M-rtTEit  FKOM  A  CONVICT  IN   AU8TRAU& 

vrill  l>c  »  Cvir  TigLu.  Thcec  bt^in  «hortl;  after  Uie  mea  are  put  on 
Mit  ratioiin,  aud  coaUoua  at  intoiTftU  UiKUghout  th«  voyage.  TU«y 
AID  •eldom  inlerAuvd  wiib,  it  being  thought  best  to  let  the  taen  ••ttle 
itivir  (iiurrelB  aiiicrug  llicuiBf-ivn  ia  their  own  wa/.  Tli«  nuions  ui  wiittd 
nud  good — good  poik,  good  peaae-wup,  good  "  plum-dougli ; "  but  you  will 
do  wflH  to  lm7c  yoiir»4tlf  provided  viiUi  monoy  (wliicb  can  be  Mai  la  you 
u(W  }'oii  uix!  vinburlccil  aiid  before  you  boU),  and  ^ould  koap  «  Bervant. 
Vou  will  liad  pivnty  able  and  willing  to  cater  aod  cook  for  you,  and  do 
all  llifi  jiuiibing  iind  rough  woik,  nut]  take  cnre  of  your  oloihn,  for  th« 
aiikt  of  the  betu-r  tabic  your  ^Rrvicc  will  affotU  litem.  Monvy  and  a 
iiiun  Hill  be  the  grenteet  coinloit  to  you — do  hm  forget  ihia.  It  11111 
Hike  nn'ny  the  cbiuf  dtscomfaru  peouliaD  to  a  voyage  of  the  sort,  and 
leave  you  little  to  do  but  takv  your  ease.  Avoid  nocopljng  any  ofScc  or 
"  hill«t."  A  billet  ifl  very  hnrassing,  att«ndQd  with  Bums  re^^iuibiliiy 
and  not  a  few  annoyances  ccoincoted  with  the  men,  without  any  adeqimle 
cotnpcnsatiou.  h  was  all  very  well  wIipq  it  vaa  rcwnrdctl  witb  tvrdru 
months'  remia»ion,  but  the  three  or  fotir  weeks  now  given  are  realty 
not  worth  thinking  about  in  Austnilia  to  a  long-sentence  man,  and  wbat- 
i-Tor  tile  awgeon-supcrintcndeat  may  tell  you,  he  can  Rct  you  do  more 
You  abouJd  also  get  a  berth  amidships.     If  yon  are  not  idloUed 

,  j«u  can  exobange  into  one  for  a  few  sliillings  at  the  oontmenceineat 
<  voyage.  Yon  will  find  tliin  |iart  of  tlie  «hip  better  for  sleeping  and 
ftw  your  meals.  There  is  more  air,  more  room,  more  quiet  than  in  the 
other  ])Btta  of  the  vessel.  You  luve  every  proipect  of  srriTing  at  your 
dniination  safely  and  even  quiokly.  The  veuuls  taken  up  for  this  sciricv 
are  nli  firet-class  bnau  of  DOO  or  1,000  tons,  and  are  selected  earerully. 
On  the  other  hand,  as  the  object  of  the  surgecm  in  charge  is  not  ao  much 
a  swift  voyage  as  a  eafc  one,  yuu  wiil  esciipu  the  w«t  bertliaand  critical 
aituatioiiB  of  crack  liners  on  other  stations. 

The  first  you  see  of  the  land  of  your  exile  is  a  ratlior  low  coast>litie, 
broken  by  two  rocky  iiilaiids,  which  ritie  out  of  a  loii^  l»w  reet'  of  asnd 
9nd  rock,  and  usiist  in  formiug  a  niodfiately  R&fe  roQtlHtead.  As  you 
round  the  norllieminost  of  tlic^e,  ^nd  approuch  the  hind  more  cloaely,  you 
see  it  to  be  ouvrrvii  with  a  wild  heathery  acrub,  out  of  which  riac  here 
nnd  llicra  wild-lool:ing  trees,  scantily  leaved  and  of  no  great  beauty.  The 
town  of  Freemantle,  bel'ore  which  you  will  anchor,  ia  not  unlike  some  of 
the  small  iwuriude  Wdtenng-plocea  in  l^igland,  and  looks  pretty  and 
cheerful.  The  etone  of  which  the  houses  are  built  ia  vary  whitf*,  and  the 
place  looks  new  nnd  Kubatantial.  Conspicuous  al>ore  all  riiMa  the  prisou, 
or,aaitiih«recaltcJ,  tlic  " «utahlinhnLeiit.''  To  this  you  will  bocoareyod 
iu  detachmenta  in  the  courxe  of  a  day  or  two  nftcr  anchoring,  merely 
accompanied  by  a  couple  of  oflicen,  and  without  purada  or  ostentation. 
Your  £iKt  impression,  on  finding  younwif  within  the  gates,  is  a  mixed 
one.  The  courtyard  is  vorj'  <iuiui— not  unlike  that  of  a  large  deserted 
country  inn,  and  the  inspection  you  undergo  before  going  to  the  baths  is 
«  ^urct  aflitir,  conducted  without  fiisa  or  nonsense,  and  only  carried  just 


TO  A  BnOTOBR  IH  liNGLAND. 


soa 


KB  fa  lu  is  ticceafarj'.  So  fur  ao  good.  But  the  wituiowii  of  the 
bitilJiag  btifure  yuu,  hcian  all  of  a  lliick  gicjrgluss,  imprcse  you 
unplcnfaiiily.  You  will,  however,  lind  tbem  all  light — juat  what  the}' 
dliould  he.  They'tu-e  iienii-triLruparcnt;  hiil  the  Ei^ht  does  not  camo  in 
dvlbruiMl,  A[iU  thtir  opacity  ia  uot  uioro  tiiau  i»  nttesaary  lur  tlm  'Blroug 
liglit  of  Iho  cliiiiati'.  AlWr  infipeGti(>a  on  ciitiiuiGi!  you  gci  to  tho  hMh 
snd  now  ia  ihe  time  for  you  to  aeciire  «ny  numey  yon  iimy  h»vft 
with  you.  Bat  if  you  will  b«  advUttd  by  m«,  you  wilt  ctth«r  get 
■oma  ono  of  the  warclera  whom  you  have  made  a  friend  of  durini 
the  Yoyng^  ta  lake  charge  of  ir,  or  cLie  intnisl  it  to  your  Bliiji-iei 
vuit  or  ptber  profcwiogal  whom  you  ciin  lru*t.  Fi-oiu  the  halln,  tvhivh 
are  Rctiubly  and  conveniently  contrivc«l,  you  pats  inta  a  ^rcat  yard 
to  bcahavMl  and  liitvc  your  hair  out,  hotli  which  ojieriiljonfl,  lot  inu  lell 
yoM,  will  be  irerformcd  most  tflwlually.  Every  jmrtiolv  of  whi»kvr,  every 
hair  of  yoiu*  LvikI  whii^li  can  be  luiide  to  poax  Lhrvii^h  &  tlat  couib,  is  t»kvii 
oO*  uiupariDgly.  They  cut  the  hnir  pretty  clono  in  EiigliiDil,  hut  wliol 
tbcy  JctiTc  ou  theii;  is  a  "  Uixtn-innt  growth"  compared  with  what  thvy 
k'lLvo  oQ  in  Auitinlio.  It  will,  howerer,  be  a  mutter  of  little  montont  to 
you,  nod  you  will  nets  ihat  your  position  in  nil  Biibttantial  points  In  iiii- 
{>roved  tuiuimtvly.  Acfinaintod  only  with  th»  Eogllfh  prisoiu  whero  you, 
muat  inarch  in  closely-dunnrii  lini>8  and  have  an  olEcer  looking  aharpl 
aAer  you  at  every  cormn-,  luiii  have  doura  liero  and  bar*  there,  aad  where 
there  are  riagiog  votcvs  of  coatnuind  on  every  side  of  you,  you  sl-uih  n-tl 
to  be  in  iviBon  at  nil.  Vou  find  yourwif  confined,  indeed,  to  the  yard, 
but  you  BLo  no  cflicer,  except  peiliupa  oiie  at  the  door,  and  find  that 
you  can  wulk  about  au<1  talk  with  your  frii^nda  at  you  pl«u»o.  So  long 
M  there  t*  r.n  dj^tuiiiance  lliero  is  uo  iat^it't-Fence.  The  officer  on 
duty  is  to  lite  prieouci'a  ia  Uielr  cxcrcisc-yardi  what  the  policviiian  is  to 
the  public  ftt  a  lair  or  flowcr-Mhow.  Ho  i*  thcro  for  the  preservation  of 
ordur,  or  to  hold  the  entrance  to  Moino  furitidilvri  avenue.  The  Auilra- 
Uki  system  alma  at  being  aa  iHr  as  possible  self-acting.  Order  la  niughl 
to  bo  obtained,  not  by  an  incessant  display  of  force,  and  by  making  th« 
praamoe  and  power  of  authonty  felt  every  minute  of  the  day,  but  by 
an  appeal  to  the  good  sense  of  the  men  (faomaclves,  ami  by  calling  on  a 
eerlaiu  portion  of  tbem  to  naaixt  in  all  those  duties  where  a  pud  «fficar  ia 
not  aalHiiliy  nceeMaiy.  These  men  arc  denomiaated  conHtablea,and  harsa 
cartain  remia^n  lor  llieir  acrvicca,  and  are  probably  really  more  useful 
in  kecpUijt  tbfl  men  oonlented  and  oi-d«rly  thsn  any  officers  could  be.  At 
all  eveiila  tha  fyaloni,  as  &ir  as  tlie  prefler\'atiDn  of  order  and  regulaiily 
is  ceneeined,  ia  perfectly  suoceaa^L  N<i  I'^glish  priivu  is  half  na  « 
Trom  emeules,  na,  nor  as  orderly,  as  the  ettablLsliineat  ut  Freemantl«. 
The  men,  who  know  their  U-ing  left  in  a  great  mwiaiire  to  curry  out  iba 
diactpline  of  the  prison  thcavelvua  dopooda  oa  Uiere  being  no  call  for 
a  more  etriugent  syatem,  fall  into  thtir  dutitt  quietly  and  logulaily, 
and,  of  thix-e  or  four  hundred  meu  within  or  about  the  priaora,  it  ia  rare 
tliat  any  one  i»  not   in  his  place.      'Iliia  offiira  a  ^leuaio^  ttn>.\nA  to 


A  LETTER  FROM  A  CONVICT  IS  AUSTRALIA 


iliw  English  pnlilic-works  prlaonn,  where  the  men,  ■wbcD  not  actually  at 
woilc,  ate  in  a  (onitnot  *inte  of  drill  iind  irrtutinti,  nnd  where,  wtUi 
un  otlicpr  tit  every  comer,  them  ii  no  ftocurity  xgniiiit  na  ^ineaM  at  anjr 
iQumuut.  This  AiutnUiiui  pian  of  kcvpiog  tlit:  red  mg  out  ol'  njglit  will 
iifibrcl  you  a  leUef  you  canuot  tmvt  cvtiniace.  Puaing  frora  the  yard 
to  your  cell,  yoii  find  fresdi  caiwc  for  Nitial'iicticni.  In  niic,  tha  cel!«  horn 
lire  liill*:  larger  Llinii  the  Imu  cn^ca  at  FurtiinotiUi ;  but  tlicy  nru  built 
at  tione,  have  a  good  wiiidovr,  are  of  (;ood  height,  and  nre  plut«r<d  nnd 
vhlifirajthttJ,  hnvK  a  lirm  lahh-  nad  sufticient  conYcniepceit,  uiid  nre 
really  cljrtrrul,  itiiy  lillic  duim.  Wlmt  is  mure,  ynii  an  iiot  ehnt  up  in 
thciii.  Voii  hnri',  when  not  nt  work,  full  libtrly  of  <>otry  nnd  «-grp«. 
For  iitxnit  ten  minuli-t  at  brodkliiHt-ltini',  and  thi'  wiiiie  M  (linm-r  and 
ten,  you  mult  bo  iu  them  ;  but  cvoii  tliro  thv  dogi'fl  «ru  left  oyva.  AH 
iho  roAt  of  the  (hiy  «nt  of  woiliiiig  hours  you  cnn  go  dovm  to  tho  yard  or 
stay  ill  your  ctll— us  yon  [>]cns(-.  'Hic  ucvoit  are  clovud  only  nt  night. 
Tbif,  iigaia,  ia  good. 

S^iould  you  be  retained  nt  tlie  cittiKliithmont  at  Kn^emantU',  it  will 
be  thtt  gr<Ki[i>«l  couifoit  tu  you.  Its  liuiiinaiaiiig  iind  quieting  effect 
on  llie  minds  of  tlic  in-iBDUurs  in  luoat  marked.  It  is  pDaiibl«,  faovr- 
Bvn,  that  you  may  hare  to  go  up  the  country,  or  Jnio  the  biidi,  as 
it  U  called.  Should  you  be  sent  to  a  road-parly,  j-ou  may  perhaps 
have  rcii4on  ti>  ti^rvt  this;  but  I  niyatlf  rcgnid  lh«  bciug  attached  lo 
tt  rtvtrl-pnrty,  even  as  a  siiu;)Iu  hthoiiror,  iw  bellor  tlian  anything  inside 
thi«  Willis  of  a  prison.  You  ni»y  liuvu  to  live  in  a  hot,  hut  a  hut  is 
by  00  mrana  an  uiiconifortablc  lDii};itig.  You  anociate  with  it  vret  and 
dirt  nnd  the  nMuultu  r-f  not  n  fvw  of  ihi.>  most  aiin&ying  varieties  of  (h4 
inwect  Iribu,  But.  if  you  Mifft-r  fmm  nny  nf  ilu'^c,  it  will  be  your  own 
fiiull.  A  hut  if,  in  lliifl  cftitilry,  otic  of  the  cli-aa<?st  and  tno^t  pleasaut 
hahitaiions  you  ctin  h»vv.  The  roof,  lormccl  ol  ihu  riuh  of  iliu  blaekboj 
(griiM-l ri'c),  kL'cp«  ir  cool  In  9(ii[iiin<.T  and  dry  in  winter,  while,  if  it  is 
At  nil  cold,  yoiL  can  nl>vny)!  have  a  glorious  linv  Yvur  hv-d,  uindc  ot'  tlia 
same  ruthcv.  in  Kjiriupy  mid  cUiui,  uiul,  hy  a  liltl<>  caiv,  may  be  kept 
frou  from  insects  during  evory  fsirkof  ilit;  year.  In  two-thirJ»  of  the 
bouiei  of  the  countr>'  you  nre  for  many  months  of  the  year  devoured 
with  ineci^ts  and  cannot  gut  rid  of  theui,  hut  in  a  hut  you  need  haro  none. 
And  tliicii  yuu  art*  only  required  to  do  n  fair  diiy's  work  In  piopoition 
to  your  tttrength ;  while  out  of  working  houra  you  ara  left  lo  your- 
•ulf  oiitiritly,  bluing  desired  only  to  keep  within  certain  liinitj  defiuwl  by 
the  ollioer  in  cliarge  of  the  party.  Homo  other  lltiic  advantJigi-s  there 
are  iii  road-parties  which  you  will  find  out  for  yourtelt".  But  I  Khould 
ml']  that  what  1  hnve  said  of  these  road-p.irtics  does  not  apply  so  fuUy 
to  those  close  to  Freemanllo  and  Perth.  Thcao  being  mure  suburbu 
aifiiit-a,  and  close  tmder  tli»  eye  of  the  colonial  puhlio,  are  di^lays  of 
prium  Tit^ilMNceand  seventy.  The  hot  sand  and  want  of  shade,  nioreover, 
make  the  nork  very  cppreMive.  U  is  oenuioly  better  lo  bo  in  iIk 
"«frabh>h»ii-nt "  Ibsn  at  one  of  these  parties. 


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TO  A  BROTUER  IN  ENGLAKD. 

Ba^  altlunigb  I  Imre  thoti^ht  it  ivetl  lo  notice  tlic  rMJ-porlien  ao  fur, 
yoaivillprolnbly  be  madt;  a  clufk  in  tbe  cliicT  csUttilishtiK'nt.  'She  eyatcni 
buicg  one  wbicli  ainte  nt  being  ils  fiii  p.s  possible  solf-acung,  it  is  tlia 
cuxtom  to  piU  every  priaoncr  lo  the  work  at  which  he  is  liVdy  to  be  moat 
useful.  It  )i«  ia  able  aa  a  clerk  to  do  work  lor  >Tliii;h  Govorutueut  must 
oiberwifA  pay  from  80/.  to  100/,  a  J'ear,  iia  is  not  employed,  as  in 
Sngland,  on  Mome  itliy.-iicnl  iaboui*  of  vliich  he  unrlci'stands  nothing, 
bat  be  is  placed  ftt  A  dealt  omongst  bcoka  and  acco^uats.  And  suoh 
will  hlmoiit  etTtainly  hs  jow  own  lut.  Tbe  establishment  at  Frce- 
mantle  being  the  centre  from  whicli  ail  the  convict  sLationH  or  dojii'^u 
scattered  tlirougboat  tlic  colony  rccuire  iustmotioLU  Hiid  itijiplie), 
and  through  which  nlino»t  cverytiung  connected  with  tlic  nervier 
iiltimstuly  passes^  Afforda  ocaupation  for  ii  liirgu  sUtfF,  nliioli  is  with 
diESoiilty  kept  up  to  tbu  ueccnary  Ktrcagth.  This  oauwa  crury  cduoat«d 
prisoner  to  be  pounced  on  by  one  or  other  deparimeut  as  soon  as  ho 
nrrirw.  There  ia  occasionally  n,  ftUugglc  for  hid  service  between  diiTereat 
depAilincnta.  Affiiiu,  you  may  be  ecnt  as  clerk  to  o&c  of  tho  couairy 
establiiihmenu.  This  vrill  bo  bLiU  belter.  TIki  ckrkBhips  at  lhc>)»)  "depOta," 
as  they  arc  called,  are  the  best  positions  in  the  sen-icc,  aufficienily  good 
to  compensate  for  tiicir  ono  drA^rlaak — the  loss  of  society.  This  is  a 
gnat  Ices,  as  tiie  uoiety  obtainable  in  the  Freomnntle  pri.ion,  ivhcre  there 
are  some  of  the  best  informed  and  most  »^i  ei.-Me  iiiea  of  t!ie  day,  in  ri-alty 
most  enjoyable.  But  Uiv  greater  fceedoia  and  fuperior  acconuncduUon 
jou  will  CQJoy  at  the  depQt  it  lo  moat  tncn  more  Ihan  aa  c^uiraloot.  You 
can  scarcely,  however,  hope  for  one  of  ihtae  posts  till  you  hav«  b«m  at 
the  eM^lisliment  soiac  time,  as  iht-y  arc  gcnerully  applied  for  somo  months 
b«forc  they  fall  due.  Again,  if  you  tttaku  yourself  rwvlly  iiBeful,  yon  will 
never  be  »^at  to  them,  for  it  Js  n  rule  at  iho  chief  eitnlilishtnent  never 
to  Mud  away  ila  be^t  uien.  You  got  oo  reis-ari  there  for  osefulnou — 
none.  You  might  thinlc  thai  nt  leiuit  you  would  got  some  extra  remission, 
or  tliaL  the  nutlioiilius  itiiglit  iiiten^t  tlicinselves  lo  find  you  a  cituaiioti  on 
your  diKh4u-go,  N<jthiitg  wf  (he  kind.  I  believe  I  do  injustice  lo  no  cue 
wh«n  1  say  that  there  is  not  »  head  of  any  department  ia  tk<i  ectahlishmi^iit 
who  would  Interest  blmitoll'to  Hud  you  a  situntion  on  your  discharge.  As 
for  reiwssioik,  you  jutt  get  your  ordinary  stages  as  you  would  if  you  vTero 
noMrly  tuslna.       It  t«  oliivrwiso  at  ibc  country  depdta,  but  thia  is  the  rulo  _ 

■(  the  estaulinliment.     Beware,  therefore,  of  being  too  useful.    Just  do        ■ 
what  is  re(]uired  and  notliiag  beyond.      It  i»^  pcrliaptt,  the  truu  theory  of 
oomfort  cvftywliero.     I'faced  at  work  for  whidi  you  are  tittod,  your  tiRM 
will  notr  pnu  (jtiickly,  and,  on  the  whottt,  plt'iiAintly.     You  rise  varly,         ■ 
liare  regular  cmplnymont,  good  Fooicly,  a  dirt  pliiin  and  sotnctvhat  hard,  ' 

but  wheloiomc  and  stibslanlial,  hn.re  ton  in  ploon  of  gnuO,  and  rvuMnablo 
tinifl  fur  exerctiuj  am)  eelf-irnproveniL'nt.  The  library  ia  miserably  chosen 
■ud  hodly  managed,  but  you  can  iind  some  readable  hooka  in  it. 

Tn  Aattrnlia  a  <|uiclin^,  iclf-acling,  improving  •ysteni  ia  subatituted 
for  one  whose  only  real  result,  and  whew  seeming  ohj^ch  (^(  Wkb  (^ 


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i!06  A   LBTTEB  TBOU  A  COKVICr  U(  AUSTOAUA 

uot  know  the  boU«r  spirit  b)*  wliioh  GoT«niinc»t  it  TMlly  tetiuilvd}  is, 
to  un  a  nlher  TDlgBr  but  veiy  exprcasive  phnue,  to  '*  eMiibliiJi  n  nv." 
The  AtistraJian  syslcn]  has  lo  dcnl  with  laen  vlio  most  spcodU/  ibnn  port 
of  a  largo  aad  rormiduble  clasi  in  the  counlty'ft  popuUtion,  and  matk*  V> 
ptvpare  lb«in  gradoftlly  to  act  ncniiiiily  mid  temperately.  There  tb« 
i^csring,  keeping  down,  pomding,  drilling,  grinding  EpMxn  will  not  do. 
Here,  tlie  botui  claxs  stand  in  tli«  proportioa  of  fitlljr  fire-MrvtilUa  of 
tlio  viitire  grown  male  popiiliiiion,  and  nru  perfectly  conHciotu  of  tbor 
power,  anil  only  quiel  unti  ordurlj  IwcniUR  tliey  nea  thera  u  taothiag 
to  be  gnined  by  a  contttry  cotira*.  To  keep  up  llio  irritatioo- principle, 
Lherefore,  is  out  of  the  r)UQStion.  Ar.  ^mviiU-  iiL  PcrUmouth  or  Port^od 
is  A  mere  tritle— an  nfltilr  of  %  few  liDur» — anil  ends  wlien  it  begoo. 
But  were  a  scf  ious  outbreak  to  occur  at  Freemantle^  no  one  oould  1^ 
\fheru  it  would  end. 

TliQ  Auslrslinn  prison  nod  its  stations  bavc  their  defucta,  of  coutw.  as 
hATo  ctlicr  prisonK  Tlie  ^Bt«ni  is  net  perfect,  and  sufPers,  as  do  ill 
By«tein«,  by  fmperfwt  working,  it  haa  smoDgiit  its  offieiola  diildiah  old  _ 
men,  who  are  kept  on  because  there  is  no  ozotiw  Ibr  getting  rid  of  them,  I 
olhiT  than  there  lias  bean  for  years  ;  and  ihcro  urc  lew  blackguards 
amongst  iu  subordinate  oHic^rs  who  are  kvpt  en  bconujiQ  they  ai-o  smart 
mm,  iiod  see  that  the  pots  and  pans  are  kept  up  to  the  required  brigbtnext.  ■ 
But  tlie  meniigenient  is,  ou  the  whoH  judicioos,  mmI  has  good  tesults, 
Ons  Axporiment  ii  being  now  carried  out  in  Australia  wiUi  regard  to  one 
particular  class  orpriftoners^principnlly  thcie  recommitted  for  attempting 
to  escape — wliicli  alnn<la  in  most  unhappy  contrast  with  thot  part  of  the 
iiystem  wiiich  I  have  been  describing,  It  is  called  the  "chain  gong." 
It  was  tteterniinoil  to  atop  attempts  to  escape  by  terrific  punishmeot — 
URmely,  heavy  iions  in  a  separate  un<l  dark  cell  for  frota  Qfly  lo  a 
hundred  days,  with  a  diet  of  water  and  one  pound  of  bread.  The  irooa, 
wughiog,  some  of  them,  iwenty-eigbt  pounds,  were  not  to  be  rcuiored 
day  or  night.  Now  this  piinishmi-ot  is  really  trcmpnduus.  Tho  uufor- 
tunaie  runaways  come  out  of  their  fifty  or  seventy  days'  confinement 
wesk,  sickly,  fnininu-slricken  ini-n,  looking  much  as  jierAons  do  who 
arc  in  a  con^imptiou.  In  tins  stale  thi^y  arc  ninde  to  work  in  heary  irons 
on  the  roads,  and  ore  kept  very  sCriclly  to  very  hsrd  work.  If  it  bo 
aummw  lliey  havo  the  no  slight  nddilioual  torture  of  working,  heavily 
ironed  as  th«y  are,  under  n  burning  sun.  But  this  pDnishment  is  r«ally 
ineffective,  Kine-tenths  of  the  atieinp(a  to  tacnpe  are  now  from  tlits  very 
cbain  gang.  Klcggintr,  the  necessity  for  which  tliis  punishment  was  in- 
tended lo  cbriati.',  han  been  added  tu  it,  and  added  in  rain.  The  heavy 
irons  never  olFfqr  a  nicmuit — with  them  in  the  bath,  with  lliein  in  bed, 
witb  them  painfully  at  every  turn  of  the  bofly,  slee^ung  or  waking — make 
tlie  noB  fo  dcEpftntc  that  tlic  poor  fellows  break,  in  soino  murvellous  way, 
tho  very  heaviest  ironf,  and  try  continually  to  get  away,  nt  any  risk.  The 
mcQ  who  form  tliia  gang  are  by  no  menus  the  worst  iu  tiie  prison;  but 
they  arc  under  »  mania  for  running  away,  and  the  more  hcavUy  they  iire 


TO  A  J)K0XJ1£U  IN  £fiOLAND. 


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irDn«i],  the  more  will  lli«-)'  irjr  to  get  fne.  In  Uie  uiciuil  inie,  Uie  eflVcl 
on  the  poor  follows  ii  ruinous ;  4T«ry  dny  doe*  something  towai^a  makii^ 
lliciii  bnrd,  fierc*,  lange^  firtak  ih«iii  down  you  uvver  cna.  And  vrhsa 
(hey  come  to  lliuir  Ubvity,  it  wil|,  ha  fuurnl  tliat  ihcjr  li:ive  ba^n  injtda 
very  dnnj^roiiK  iticn,  and  •oci«t]r  may  ati«  da/  tliink  iliut  ho  natural  and 
liiirni)«3  a  iliiiig  at  nn  nttimipt  to  gt-l  oiil  of  [)n»i>iii  Ciillccl  Ibr  a  iiuhIhIi- 
mcnt  somtwitut  leuBcvero  iIiuti  oac  lo  nlii<jli  ihnth  ilacll'  wtiro  k-iiieucy. 
llto  dxperiment  vat  iiot^  I  b«lievo,  UDkindly  niutnt;  it  was  thonglit  thxt 
a  very  little  oi'  bucli  a  punislimmc  wotili  pr<>du<M  the  dueiniii  olfvct,  niid 
lliat  attmipts  to  e9c:a|ia  would  be  Moppecl  aC  onoc;  but  tlii<  did  not  pror« 
to  l>«  the  c»«e,  and  eQCcesaive  Itnkn  tT«ra  odd^d  to  the  pondeiooe  chnin 
till  it  became  lite  lorritic  punishuieut  it  is.  liad  in  principle,  bad 
io  its  reoulta,  ita  conuauaiioe  ia  tJis  uoro  to  bu  rrgrctt«(l  as  it  ia  tbe 
otift  gTMt  blot  in  an  adiniaiati'atioti  that  Una  bewu,  od  tlia  wKole,  s«n«ibl< 
aud  inaDly. 

Such  ia  tlie  AiiHti-iilian  ayttviii  Itistde  tlie  piisoa.  I  wi«li  i  could  ajvcak 
n*  Jaroumbiy  of  tli«  Hyslcin  Dul«ids—th<:  ayeldiu  I'.ti.  lo  wbicli  a  man 
iMKomea  Rubji'ot  on  iiia  obtnining  bis  ticU»t-ar<leave.  It  is  as  bad  as  it  citn 
be.  Profenedly  nirnitig-  at  tnidciug  ihc  rL-K-usctl  iiinii  su  eiit-rgelic,  reapect- 
able,  ■ucMcaftit  ni«nib«r  ofthe  community,  aadattscliingliim  to  tli«  colony, 
ilanrorjralv  seems  Ibrmed  wiiliavifwut'eithvr  disabling urdi*gusUiig  liiio. 
It  Is  a  Hr«l(^ni  of  disuUlicks.  Us  first  act  on  bis  ^oing  out  u  lo  diclulc  lltu 
fl«ld  in  wJiivb  be  is  to  laboar,  and  to  deprccijitu  tbu  value  of  Itiit  £<:rrii:«-s. 
Uffora  he  ia  Klea§iad  h<-  must  find  a  master  I  OeoBsionally,  iiid««d,  a  miin 
ia  ailowed  lo  aet  up  on  liia  own  accotinC,  btit  bo  must  preTJousIy  aaUsQr 
tiM  mad&nt  inogiHirnlQ  tbut  liu  i.i  likvly  to  be  uucuetftTul  i  aiid  tbis 
ftjnetioniiry,  vhots  standing  orders  are  lo  give  nn  fvw  independidic  tickets 
■a  poMblti,  and  who  is  acldom  the  man  tilled  lo  be  a  censor  of  trades,  most 
commonly  refiises.  As  a  consequence,  many  of  the  belt  disposed  uud  ntoat 
useful  men  give  tip  nil  thought  of  duing  anything  in  iho  colony,  or  even 
Muk  inlo  diaei|iaiion  uin\  n:ckh-.sBiii9ti.  Two  ioilanceit  to  tbo  point  have 
come  tindnr  my  own  notice-.  Two  men,  cno  a  inou]d«r  and  the  Mlicr  a 
ghiss-blower,  believed  there  wna  a  pcud  opening  for  their  ruspeutiva  triidc^ 
and  wnie  mcrchnni.1  thought  ao  loo,  nnd  ulToTcd  In  ttsBtbt  llioni  with  |iliint 
and  orders.  'l'li«  men,  having  sulhcieut  capital  to  jt.irt,  applied  ior  tickets 
on  their  own  hands.  The  one  was  refused  bccmise  tb«  mngiilrata  ootild 
not  see  bow  nich  a  trade  conld  iticcced,  tbo  othsr  was  rcfuBcd  wiilioat 
nuMn  given.  Ill  both  case*  the  men  weut  and  spDtit  their  moii«y  ia 
dingiiati  And  so  It  is  ngnin  nntl  ajinin.  Men  come  out  iiitvnding  to  bo 
nbcr  and  live  rvapeclnhly,  but  are  so  disguMol  with  the  discouiageuiciits 
and  obttni<itioni  tlint  meet  them  just  when  tb«y  expect  a  helping  hiuid, 
that  lli«y  tUng  awiiy  all  llieir  gooil  ri'iioluliuns  in  de«[>«ir,  throw  down 
their  monoy  on  the  first  public-hoiue  table,  and  apcnd  it  in  a  "  glorious 
nww"  wilh  their  frimda.  'i'lic  next  disability  is  cbv  coufioing  enoli  ticket- 
man  to  a  pariioular  district,  out  of  which  be  muat  not  pan  without  the 
authorities  being  satisfied  Unit  tbo  trnnsTcr  applied  fair  w'lVl  wd.  Aenrnqp 


508  A  LETTER  PROM  A  CONVICT  IS  AUSTRALIA 

the  balance  t>{  labour,  anil  Uial  it  u  ollierirlse  d«iinibl«.     Even  vthert  a 
man  hiu  received  h  |Mj«ilive  engagement  rrora  ita  employer  in  uiother 
diairict,   he   cannot  enter   on    il    iinlil    an  oril«r  far   liin    transfer    ha 
hnn   obUiin«(],  and  ttiu  wlcloai  oosu  Jrai  than  tea  days  or  a  ibrlnigiit, 
■nd  when;  the  opplicant  is  at  n  groat  distance  fnini  hmd-quartere,  very 
much  nioro.     Attached  to  Ihia  ngnlation  requiring  prisoners  at  la^;e  Ut 
find  moitns  ia  another  highlj  iiijarioaa.     Ail  do  not  find  maaler>,  or,  at 
all  events,  do  not  succeed  in  tite  two  or  three  daja  allowed  ibom  for  the 
IRirpo»;  or  after  th«]r  have  ioimd  a  senriee  thejr  do  not  alwajs  nay  in  ii ; 
ID  either  ease  tbey  are  sent  on  pnhhc  worli  at  one  of  the  Goretnment  depute. 
These  dep^  are  hranuh  convict  catablishnieuts  in  diOerent  parts  of  tlie 
c<Jony,  ihrotigh  which  iir<>  sent  supplies  to  the  variona  rond-pani«8.    They 
nro  oontmiuariat  or  engineer  depftta,  and  are  in  the  charge  of  one  ol'  the 
Iii^et  B\ibordinnte  odicers  of  llie  Hcrvico.    They  have  hospitals  attached  to 
them  for  the  reception  arpaCiEntB  Trom  tiie  rond-pnrttes,  a  resident  tnagistcat* 
siUat  them  on  cnwR  of  breach  of  dlxtplioe,  and  cbey  have  a  radiua  ofsoae 
twnilj  miles.     All  lliin  in  very  well,  and  the  arraogemeDla  are  perbapa  sa 
good  aa  any  that  could  be  mode.     They  answer  ail  necevary  purpose^ 
and  v-ni'1c  well,      nut  to  force  men  on  tlu-ae  dcpols,  as  is  done  at  present, 
bccuusc  they  are  for  the  moment  out  of  employment,  it  rMlicAlly  bad, 
TliB  road-pnrliM  to  which  UEeniployed  licltet-holdem  arc  attached  are  in 
all   re<iM>c[a   iinilcr    the  name   regulations   as  the  convict   rond-partiusi, 
e:ic«pt  that  ihc  men  aie  not  required  to  work  so  hard,  and  that  tliey 
oecaxioiinliy  receive  pnsses  to  Beok  for  employmunt.      To  oblige  a  nan, 
tJierc-fcrc,   directly  he  is  difiohargcd  from  service  to  go  straight  tu  the 
depot,  and  if  ho  cuniiot  by  a  two  days'  pat-e  which  he  receive*  after  btijig 
there  n  day  find  a  freeh  employer,  la  send  him  on  tha  ronds,  is  really  lo 
senil  liini  back  to  prison.     This  cnnnot  be  right.     Without  going  into  the 
question  as  to  whether  it  is  well  for  a.blc-bodted  men  to  have  a  workhouse 
to  reliro  to  in  a  country  wherp,  employt'd  or  unenipioywl,  no  one  need 
stnrve,  it  cannot  be  well  to  force  (hem  into  one     The  cQcct  of\«n  ia  to 
quench  any  little  desire  ihey  may  still  have  to  bo  independent.     The  CkI 
that  they  nro  mvro  priftononi  nt  large  witliout  power  of  independent  aeiioa 
is  BO  pressed  on  tliein  thnl  too  many  of  tlicni  rcmgn  themsclres  to  tlieit 
coniliticn,  and  prcft.r  dcgnidnliou  and  a  lifu  without  eare  or  trouble  Ig 
freedom  and  ililficuiti'*!*.      Onoe  sent  on  depiit,  there  ara  many  hundreds 
who,  except  for  n  monlli  or  two  in  llie  year,  never  leave  it.     The  toad- 
party,  be  it  understood,  offers  snme  advantages  lo  a  working  man  which 
are  not  afforded  by  priviitP  service.      The  klter  is  a  state  of  freedom,  but 
there  Is  hard  work,  inrcf^ular  mcnlR,  contemptuous  treatment.     There  are 
few  jiLices  under  colonial  masters  where  the  tiekct-ofJeave  workman  is 
not  ninde  to  feel  hia  position.     At  the  rond-pmiy,  on  the  contrary,  all  ii 
rrgnl.'ir,  clennly,  decent :   the  work   moJcrate,   the   ofHcer  cuuciliniiiig ; 
and,  above  nil,  there  is  the  pIoa«Ant  parly  of  old  fricnda  silting  round  the 
great  wood  fire  in  the  evening,  and  talking  over  uhl  times.     I  know  aum 
who  }arg  beeti  on  these  parties  for  years,  and  would  not  Icavu  them  for 


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nj-  at  »ice  in  dio  colon/.  They  g«t  a  jium  occnsMmiilly  lo  look  for  work, 
but  it  Ja  ou\y  utud  lo  enablv  tk«iii  to  be  prcst-nt  'm  9q:iic  »p»c  of  wliich 
tbey  have  had  intelligence.  There  arv  itinuy  who  never  intend  lo  Ivnvn 
pcmiaDetiily  ull  thoj-  iird  due  fi-r  ihdr  coixliiiutial  fTttdon.  Aud  yd, 
ftkiit>«l  nil  tbcAv  are  iiteu  who  surrvudurcd  tlivir  TrvcUvm  ut  fimt  rcluc- 
Inntlj',  nnd  who  could  tlud  for  ihuniMclviui  a  untiifortjLblc  sutuistoiicQ, 
There  la  nu^Ii  an  ubutiduiicc  of  Aiiiiill  edihlc  ivild  giiitw,  »nd  it  u  so  ea^ij 
touted  or  cuugbl,  that  a  maa  ocod  tivTCr  be  nt  u  luas  lor  {m<1.  With 
■  dog  nml  gun  he  can  iitwnvK  Iioi?]i  hiin>ulf  well.  TImre  is  sah  for 
the  fiivh  of  SOUK.',  and  li>r  tlic  *\\an  or  fwre  of  evcrythinj  thjit  riitis. 
Again,  the  wild  protlacts  of  Iho  furust,  os  maiiun,  goui,  pu!m  coltvn, 
nnd  burl:,  nflbrd  auoihcr  raeiuu  by  whicli  a  man  free  lo  iaavi>  about 
nnd  SL-ck  tbem  may  gel  n  UTiti^.  Ag&in,  if  a  tickct-nutn  la  ever  Imid 
up,  tbo  hand  of  every  one  of  his  cioea  is  open  to  him.  Starvation 
in  a  country  liko  this  is  imposBiWe,  BXCPi't  to  tlie  niuo  who  1l-w  his 
hnndi  Ucd. 

Another  givat  inJstiike  of  oiir  dUaliility  By«t«in  is  tLu  not  allowing 
tbc  rvleastd  [irisoncr  the  protoclion  of  tho  law.  From  llie  titue  of  hid 
leaving  prison  lo  that  of  his  rcceivioR  bis  condiiionnl  pardon  he  is  unJrr 
arbilrary  poww,  and  for  an  offtnca  of  thfl  woet  IrJvial  uutnic  may,  at  tLe 
disereltoii  ef  the  fitting  magistrate,  be  Eimteuced  lo  M-veral  ymvs'  impri- 
sooment.  Two  men  were  recently  condcniricJ,  the  one  lo  five  jeara* 
itnprisoBDietit  for  being  »iisj>ected  of  dropping  iome  tobacco  nt  a  toai- 
pnrty,  and  the  other  to  throe  years'  imprjaoanieat  for  boiuj  suspocted 
of  lutving  Borae  Epiriis  iit  a  rond-piirly,  I  ray  suspected,  for  the  whole 
cvid«nc«  iu  the  latter  ca»e  was  ihitt  of  a  gentleuiAo  who  saw  tlie  piix>nor 
"  trnlLing  in  the  ucigiibourhood  of  tho  party.''  On  this  last  point  I  can 
spvuk  moet  poeitively,  cib  an  intimate  frii:nd  uf  my  own  kub  present  during 
tlie  M>-«)lIed  trial,  and  related  the  particulars  lo  mo  immediately  al^or- 
ward«.  I  do  not  pny  that  such  jiidgmenla  are  given  frequently,  or  that  tlw 
niagislrntfN  as  a  hixly  arc.  either  cruel  or  unjn&t.  Hut  such  judgmenla 
do  occur,  and  tliis  creates  in  tlie  mind  of  the  liok«t-of-leaT«  holder  n 
feeling  vi  insiMnirity.  I'ufortunaUly^  too,  it  seeniE  rather  n  point  with 
the  ■LUthoriti'^3  to  preu  cu  the  tickct-holdei  this  lact  of  his  miut  of 
Mcuiity  in  the  moat  wUl-nwivc  way.  !jo  particular  are  ihoy  in  OMertiRg 
their  irresponsibility  and  abjioIutiH,m  that  onu  reude  notices  in  the  public 
prints  that  Midi  and  »uch  a  ticket-of-leare  holder  linn  been  "  aoat  back 
lo  lli«  (Ntul^liihmc-iil  (prison)  at  the  r<4o>nmfnfhlion  of  the  resident 
mngiclrate,'  wirhuiit  iiuuition  uf  any  oUVnce. 

Again:  yon  cnntiut  nioTc  without  reporting  yourself  here  and  roport- 
iog  youm.'!!'  there,  and  oblainiug  passes,  getting  passed  risded,  pflssen 
extended,  &e.  You  have  a  journey  of  Cive  miles  lo  take,  and  you  must 
go  perbaps  Iweaty  to  obtain  a  pass,  and  a^'sin  go  tHcnty  jniles  to  report 
yourself  on  your  return; — or  you  irant  lo  Itavc  a  town  on  urgent  busi- 
tUM,  and  yon  must  wait  lUl  next  day  bcouise  it  i*  now  putt  auoiT,  nnd 
the  maginlmtc  hus  done  sitting.     In  any  cute  you  miul  to«a  tv&l  «.  ^'^ 


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no  A  LETTEH  FROM  A  C0N\*1CT  IN   AUSTIIAWA 

liangiDg  altiiut.  Oii;  co'irl.  We  may  he  in  a  wiidemtM  dihI  c«c«pe  mnn^ 
ofwli.it  Hiitnboltit  UTm»"ttie  erroni  of  a  long  oirtltntton,"  bntwekavu 
nH  lopc  en«ugh  for  tbc  «l(Ic«t  gormiBX'&t  iu  lh«  irorM.  Tbo  ditoottrag*- 
mont  whicti  Bucli  n  i^tcni  ofl'erA  1o  lh«  tiekct-liolder  mnil  Im  svideiit. 
Bnt  th(TC  is  one  circumslanM  which  may  not  occiirto  j'oa  in  EogLsod 
which  makes  this  «;etcni  apociull)'  injurivuH  h«ro.  There  is  in  AiLslrulin, 
iude  by  side  with  llie  ^r«flt  bend  olau,  n  em&M  frve  cIsm.  Thiit  oinn,  fju- 
in^ior  in  notnheni  to  the  c)n.iji  beside  it,  as  far  s9  the  ndult  population 
id  oonvci'Dcd,  is  infurior  alao  in  energy  and  iiitulligftice.  Hgikh:  ttn*et 
between  the  two  olaaaesthe  billerest  hntred.  Tlie  free  cUsa,  jealoia  of  the 
snpcriority  of  ihe  bondsmen  in  all  e^tcnciala,  yet  affects  to  look  down  on 
it,  and  withdrtitra  wtthin  itself,  only  strikinfc  some  aide-blow  at  it  through 
the  press  when  it  ha<  an  ojiportuiiily.  The  bond  class,  on  the  other 
hand,  hitc  the  free,  ivhom  ihi-y  ic;;arJ  really  and  nnafr-deillT  as  almost 
Iwucath  their  contempt,  fur  their  greater  frivitegea.  Nu  otilbrenk  «rcr 
will  take  place — no  gen^ml  one,  at  least — for  the  simple  reason  t)iat  tkers 
is  nothing  1o  nwke  it  worth  while;  but  Uicy  none  the  lew  tiifwenily  or 
deeply  both  hnte  the  oolonial  And  dcMplse  him.  It  is  unrortunale,  bm 
the  Gtivcrniuent,  in  lo^inlating  for  tbu  prisoner,  hara  forgot  they  won 
Irgislaling  for  a  colony.  They  aaw  before  them  only  dutigermiit  men 
to  be  (foardvd,  not  m«n  Ut  be  encouraged  to  Mnbra««  a  i>cw  life  and 
fiirni  a  niMv  Rtatc.  The  uttachin^  exeesaire  punishmeaia  to  slight  timln, 
hs  if  diauhnrged  priannent  were  more  perfect  dian  other  men  :  the  judg- 
mfsaU  of  private  Iribunala;  the  surpeilhince  of  the  potioe,  are  lliings  wliicli 
can  nowhere  work  well.  But  to  form  nn  idea  of  the  effbct  uf  tho  dts- 
abllEty  system  here,  ywt  muni  siiiti>oftt-  nil  Ldiidon  under  lii:kci-of-Ie»T« 
law  with  the  exception,  wiy,  of  tlie  freemen  of  the  City. 

Still  you  may  greatly  modify  tlin  eviln  niiiiirnl  to  tlie  {KigttioR,  by 
tRtitug  a  jiidiciann  line.  Lire  in  the  bii»h,  titid  the  erlts  of  the  ■yiilem 
will  pre^  lightly  on  yo"-  Take  up  a  ^ttint  of  Innd  far  back  in  a  SiM} 
hurling  country,  build  a  comruilnbtr  hut  on  it,  try  to  get  a  pleaMnI 
compantoa  and  n  couple  of  good  Ao^  gtt  poi-miMion  to  carry  a  gtm,  ■ 
libit  the  town  only  when  necessary  ft>r  obtaining  huppliei>,  have  nvMAiI 
hnrsc  and  a  good  Bpring-cart,  and  kpep  away  from  every  one,  nnd  y^n 
will  be  practiMtly  aa  free  in  your  Australian  forest-home  tLt  il"  y«ii  wew 
on  the  uiilrodJcQ  bborcs  of  the  Oronoco,  and  much  more  ccmfortable. 
Tou  will  of  course  choose  a  Gne  country.  I  should  advise  you  to  be  near 
a  good  lake  You  will  have  no  difHcuIty  in  flnding  n  upot  (o  suit  yon,  as 
ycu  ooly  want  a  emal]  plot  of  land  for  a  station^  nnd  this  may  be  rented,  if 
not  bought,  Ibr  a  nocninal  sum  anywhere.  .T  ahould  not  advise  you  to  ■ 
fiinn,  bnt  you  inu^t  have  .tonic  land,  «»  the  p^ttsession  of  wh.ie  it  calteJ  a 
"station"  will  cblaia  you  a  freedom  and  immunttiea  which  yon  wvnM 
not  othorwifc  have.  Having  once  got  what  you  want,  ke^p  out  of  sight 
nnd  out  of  mind.  Vou  miiat,  of  conne,  have  money,  but  that  I  snppocc 
you  to  have — enough,  at  least,  to  do  what  I  hax-c  ndrEscd.  Much  is  not 
jjMMssry.     Tlie  forest  will  supply  yoti  with  meat.    Kangaroo,  exactly 


K 


TO  A   UnOTUED   IX  £NaLA>'U.  SU 

like  fiim  beef ;  c^waauni,  likcrnlibU;  kangnroo-rat,  like  clitrkcn  ;  handi-* 
tocAc,  like  p:Lrlridg«;    th<«c,   with   pig«on»,  parruU,  euiu,  wiU  turtce^'tj 
and  otlier  of  your  f<>atLei-Gd  neighbours,  will  lenvo  little  to  be  desiredi 
in  tlie  vfay  of  niiitual  foixJ,  ihoii^li  yun  mnjr  ndil  lam<r  iWI  iC  you  wi»li. 
.  Yotir  Like  will   supply  you  n1>im<]untly  with   the  iiactt  fiili,  uad  ycur 
garden  with  iilmost  vvtry  kinil  df  vogclubli;  you  can  ili«ire,  anJ  of  fniiE, 
too,  if  you  ooiiUI  vriiit  for  it.     As  it  is,  it  ivili  yield  you  gf.'i]^^ivs  in  two 
jreaw,  nnd  houio  other  fruits  in  ono.      To  bo  supplied  with  milk  and 
batter,  you  have  only  to  k«op  tliroo  or  ftiur  gnats,  fttul  IT  yoit  keu^  a  smiiU 
filggery  you  cui  even  indiilgo  in  pork.     Wttli  ii  goad  wIuctloFi  of  booki, , 
dnd,  if  yoH  arc  a  smoker,  a  lupply  of  good  tobacco,  what  can  you  wantJ 
mora?     8ool«ty,  my  you?     No  doubt;   unA  ninny  of  the  oiher  good 
iMogii  Umt  belong'  to  older  countritx;  but  yuu  have  here  n  life  whicb  U] 
not  only  prnctiully  free,  but  with  wkicU  you  may  be  well  content  for  n 
few  ycRi>. 

tjuch  lA  onr  prcartut  priaon  ^stein,  and  auch  are  the  opportuoiilee  and 
JKHutioa  of  the  ticket-bolder  in  Ao&lralia,  as  tliey  have  pi-eaented  tKem- 
Mlvea  10  ne.  The  prison  systmn  now  in  operiitioD  in  Kn^Innd  seoms  to 
be  pArt  good,  part  very  biu3.  The  fccparate  system  I  regard  ai  most 
aae^ — m  Uiwtul  as  any  prison  syatem  could  be.  The  eSuct  of  being 
■Imeit  almys  nlone,  mid  brouglit  in  contoet  oniy  with  good  bouke  and 
good  men,  leads  to  rellection  anil  regret,  if  not  to  penitence.  I  rrnientbor, 
w  probably  does  ertry  one  else,  being  greutJy  amused  at  the  scene  in 
Daoid  Ceppetjield,  whero  the  two  arch-seoundrula  Litlimer  and  HlmYi  <"''> 
repTMentod  ns  deticribing  the  happy  effuct  of  the  di'tcipliiie  of  ihu  itftpmatc 
sysleoi  on  theiotulvc:!.  The  dvsciiption  is  sotncwliat  lijghly-colourcd,  but 
I  can  (luite  coiKH-ivn  ihnt  such  Rcvnce  have  not  only  really  tukim  pken, 
but  that  the  [K-nilvnts  who  may  have  Hgiired  in  tliem  may  liiivc  sjioken  in 
good  fuitU.  The  f^l^uc  of  mind  into  which  a  wan  i»  brought  by  the 
sepnrale  syKteni  (nx  curried  on  at  Peiitonville — tlio  only  prison  of  ihe  kind 
of  which  I  Iwve  hiwl  any  liMgtIiened  experience)  is,  to  say  the  Icnst,  one 
of  MrtoiiM  thought  and  good  reiolvcv.  I  should  not  think  it  would  be 
•nfileiciilly  powerful  to  support  a  profviuiutial  tiiief  ngningt  the  alliiromenls 
of  his  alil  Inide,  ereu  if  he  were  kept  andor  this  discipline  during  tli«  i 
whole  term  of  hie  sentence.  But  the  cITcct  of  this  di9ci[)liiie  on  the  nitndJ 
is  undoubtedly  good.  For  thnt  portion  of  the  prixoncn  which  does  sot 
oonMsl  of  profeBsional  tliievcs,  nnd  which  comes  not  from  tlic  dnnjjeroiin 
l>ut  from  the  working  chiHCfi,  it  is  all  that  is  required,  and  the  only  part 
of  our  »y«u-iu  to  which  they  idwuld  be  subjected. 

We  baTC  no  right  to  throw  these  nica  into  a  muss  of  crime  nnd  comip-  ] 
lion,  whatcTor  right  wo  may  hare  to  punish  them  physically.  Tbi«  is  rceog-^ 
nizcd  in  the  American  system,  which  does  not  nUow  them  to  be  even  aeen| 
by  those  who  might  Bubsecjucutly  prove  an  unnoyancc  nod  injur}',  much 
less  subject  Iheni  to  a  close  commiwication  witli  men  of  the  fonkwt  conver- 
sation.    This  is  an  act  of  justice  and  economy  which  may  bo  well  copieil. 
The  thief  who  hsa  plundered  society  systematically  oil  lii,»\M«,KTA  w'Vtia 


I 


A  LKTTEll  FKOil  A  COKVICT  IS  AUSTRALIA. 

naLui-al  ojiiii  encmy^  is  indulged  bj  bting  DtsocUted  wit1i  liU  old  friends 
iiud  iiiiti  or  liie  uwn  tastes  hikI  hnbiu.  The  norking  mitn  vrliu  luu  Ik«u 
ltd  into  some  one  crime,  is  nado  to  lire  Willi  uilicrs  who,  CORsilcmlfi  m 
\hiiy  muy  1>e  to  bis  personal  feelings  itbea  addressing  or  tpenking  clow 
to  liiin,  are  tomxnntly  filling  }iia  mind  Willi  iiaagea  of  wliich  bo  inny 
ntivcr  rid  liimoelt' nil  bis  life.  Betides,  it  i*  nbffurd  to  talk  about  nfonn- 
itig  criminais  vrlien  yvu  nillilroaly  corruj.t  t\iose  wiih  itbom  lies  your 
»nl/  chance.  For  cliotilj's  eake  tbfse  men,  at  Ic-ast,  sliouid  bo  kept  "in 
M>p.nrnics,"  or  only  uioointe  uith  each  otlicr.  Fct  proleesioiutl  tliioTcii 
1  cuDceive  the  brat  s^iteni  would  be  llie  u-pnite  for  a  short  reateuM, 
tianaportnlion  for  a  long  one.  I  seo  no  U£c  in  applying  two  qrctcus  lo 
any  one  si-ntcncc.  Jf  it  ia  a  fint  ofipsce,  tho  Kopariitu  plao  tnighl,  and 
1  lliink  ifliould,  be  followed  for  the  n-holc  Iwni  of  imiirisoiimcni.  In  the 
cnsc  of  a  fcccnd  oUVnrr,  or  a  long  amlvnce,  I  would  tiAUtpoit  lUc  offender 
at  oticc,  'Jhcro  is  no  reformation  (proper)  to  be  expi-cled  from  Uans- 
purlatioa,  nor  pciliapa  from  any  otliur  aj-atein,  but  it  fiiTCB  a  chance  (o  ■ 
a  man  tu  lake  up  n  luipccublu  life  nnd  to  keep'williin  the  law.  But  it 
is  quite  u«ctIc4M  lo  malte  men  "good"  in  RcpanteH  and  thc^a  "bad"  liy 
bringing  tlii'iii  tdgethvr.  An  lo  llio  bmt  mode  of  carrying  out  traiuH 
portalioii,  or  lltu  bist  plncv  tu  tninrpurt  criiuiaals  to  ia  fature,  it  is 
not  for  me  to  tay;  hut  ihc  hhorter  lite  lime  the  men  ore  together, 
nod  the  Booitfr  lhi>  LiAtD-poilttl  criminal  mitrgea  into  the  exile,  tlic 
bcllcT.  The  lui-u  »Jiou!d,  nicrcovi-r,  be  euit  to  tome  country  Vfli«re 
tliry  can  mnke  thbuidi-eii  a  home,  and  which  tlicy  may  hope  eventually 
to  make  prfisperouf.  Western  Aiulr.ilia  would  have  been  an  fxccJlniL 
place,  bad  ll  not  hwn  tor  the  ntiuugc  tancy  of  itiakiag  a  ayirti'm  of  pruMB 
rcgtibtioDB  the  \u\v  of  a  propV,  iinJ  trnnitriiriiii iig  a  whole  couiilry  into 
a  convict  eilahlinliuK-nt,  and  virtually  working  the-  finctt  pitrt  of  tlie 
popnlatioti  in  irou^. 


I 


THE 


COKNHILL    I^IAGAZINE. 


MAY,    IbtiG. 


®In|    €Iac(i rings. 


CUAPTFJt    X. 
FlX)RKKCB  BCR'roX  AT  THE  ReCTOBY. 

AKRY    CLAVERING  went  down 

to   Sti-»ltoi),  slept  DUG   Diglit   at 

old  Mr.  Burton'shousL',  uii]  drove 

Florenoa   over    M    Clftrcring, — . 

tiventy  miJca  across  tJia  coiititry. 

— on  the  following  dajr.      This 

^  ^  ,   ,         , .       journey  together  had  been  looked 

'^^^  IbrwanI  to  witli  great  delight  by 

™/-'  bottj  of  them,  nnd  Florence,  in 

npile  of  the  snubbing  which  sho 

had  received  from  her  lover  be- 

cntiraof  her  prudence,  wm  very 

fiy^  ...^5|f^  f    happynaisbi-Eaitcd  h<rnH.-irtilong- 

'■^  - — ^^-  .. :il.«'''lrJj/     niije  of  him  in  the  vehicle  which 

had  been  sent  oTer  from  llie  rec- 
tory, and  which  li«  called  a  trap. 
ii^Leii^MMSB  ^^^  "  """^  ''"d  no  yet  been  ■aid 
H^  P-^HH^^HIB  between  them  aa  to  that  enub- 
binf;.  nor  was  Ifttrry  minded  thitt 
nuytliing  »hould  b(3  uid.  lla 
locitnt  to  carry  on  bis  m'engo 
by  being  dumb  on  thitt  aubj«et. 
But  such  was  not  Floicnoo'a  in- 
tention. She  dcairvd  not  only  to  have  her  owu  vray  in  this  nutter,  but 
^Mired  nlto  that  he  abould  aucQt  to  lier  uTYaugenieuti. 

It  wus  a  charniJnj  day  for  such  %  journey.     It  irat  cold,  but  not  cold 
you  iiir,— xo.  77,  lb. 


aoaugh  to  tnakfi  them  uacamrortable.  Th«rc  wm  a  wind,  but  not  wiad 
tauMtgh  to  Ionu«Dt  tbeiu.  Once  there  came  un  a  liulo  shower,  which  Just 
«iffio«d  tf\  give  Barry  nn  opprliinity  of  wrapping  his  ccmpaoiua)  vet7 
cloieljr,  but  he  had  hHrdi/  couiplcMsl  the  ceremony  beJura  [)i«  necenaitf 
for  it  wu  over,  'fhuy  bulb  agreed  that  this  mode  nf  tiviT«lltng  uaa 
infinitely  preferable  to  a  journey  by  railroad,  and  I  my Klfalionld  be  of  |ha 
nine  niiiiiioa  if  one  could  alwaya  nuke  one's  joiintcyf  under  the  aame 
circnmatancci.  An^  it  miint  be  understood  that  Hart^,  ihotigh  oo  dotibt 
hc!  was  still  taking  his  rorimge  on  Florfoce  by  abstaining  fton  all  allnsioD 
lu  licr  Icltcr,  wiM  not  dispoaed  to  tnaki;  himself  otherwiM  diMgrwaUo, 
He  pUyed  hia  part  of  lurer  veiy  well,  and  Florence  wtu  supremely 
happy. 

"  Itarry,"  sh«  taid,  -vrhcn  the  journey  waa  more  ihau  half  completed, 
"you  never  told  mo  whnt  you  tliought  of  my  lerter." 

"Which  letter?"  But  he  kcx-w  very  tvill  which  was  the  I«tt«r  in 
question. 

"  My  prudi^nt  letter,— written  in  anawtrr  to  yours  ihat  mta  very 
imprudent." 

"I  thought  (here  wm  nothing  more  to  be  said  about  it." 

*'  Come,  Ilariy,  don't  let  there  be  any  subject  between  us  that  we 
don't  caro  to  think  about  and  discuss.  I  know  what  you  meant  by  not 
iinswering  rn9.  You  uionnt  to  punish  me, — did  you  not,  for  huvuig  an 
ojiiiiion  diflVienl  iVom  yourfl  ?     Is  not  that  true,  Harry  ?  " 

"  Punish  you, — nn;  I  did  not  wnnt  to  puniah  you.  It  was  I  lliat  was 
punished,  I  think." 

"  But  you  know  I  wiia  riglit.     Wna  I  not  right?  " 

"  I  Uiink  you  were  wrong,  but  I  don't  wnnt  to  my  tnytliiqg  mtftt 
nbout  it  now." 

"  Ah,  hut,  Hsny,  I  want  you  to  talk  about  it.  Is  it  not  eretythlDg  lo 
me, — everything  in  this  world, — that  you  and  I  should  agree  about  thisf 
I  have  uot}iing  else  to  think  of  but  you.  I  have  nothiilg  to  hop*  for  but 
that  I  may  live  to  be  your  wife.  My  only  cure  io  tlie  world  is  my  can 
for  you  1     Come,  Harry,  don't  be  ghim  with  me." 

"I  nm  not  glum." 

"  Sp'Cak  a  nice  word  to  me.  Ttll  me  ihat  you  b«Ucvo  me  when  I  say 
that  it  is  not  of  aiynelf  I  aiu  thinking,  but  of  yoiL*' 

*'  Why  can't  you  let  me  think  for  my«ir  io  this  ?  " 

"  Because  you  have  got  to  think  for  mo." 

"And  I  think  you'd  do  very  well  on  the  income  we're  got^  If 
you'll  consent  lo  marry,  this  summer,  I  won't  be  glum,  at  you  call  il,  a 
iaomi>nt  longer." 

"  No,  Harry ;  I  must  not  do  that.  I  abguld  he  ihlae  to  my  duty  lo 
you  if  I  did." 

"  Then  it's  no  »iac  saj-ing  onythmg  more  about  it." 

"Look  here,  llury,  if  on  engitgemuit  for  tvro  yean  is  Lcdioua  to 
you *• 


THE  CLAVER1NG5.  513 

>'  or  course  it  is  tedious.  la  uot  waiting  for  anythiog  always  tecUouB  7 
Tliere's  nothing  I  hate  so  much  as  \raiting." 

"  But  ItstCQ  to  Die,"  said  she,  gravely.  "  If  it  is  (do  tedious,  if  it  is 
more  than  you  think  you  cau  bear  without  being  unhappy,  I  will  zcltiase 
you  from  your  engagement." 

"Florence!  " 

"  Hear  me  to  the  cad.  It  will  make  no  chwge  in  me  ;  and  then  if 
you  like  to  come  to  me  again  at  the  end  of  the  two  years,  you  may  be 
sure  of  the  way  in  which  I  shall  receive  you." 

"  And  what  good  would  that  do  ?  " 

"  Simply  this  good,  that  yoii  would  not  be  bound  in  a  manner  that 
makes  you  unhappy.     If  you  did  not  intend  that  when  you  asked  me  to 

be  your  wife Oh,  Harry,  all  I  want  is  to  make  you  happy.     That 

is  all  that  I  cnre  for,  all  that  I  think  about  1 " 

Harry  swore  to  her  with  ton  thousand  oaths  that  he  would  not  release 
hi!r  from  any  part  of  her  engagement  with  him,  tliat  he  would  give  hex 
no  loophole  of  escape  irom  him,  that  he  intended  to  huld  her  so  iirmly 
that  it'  siie  divided  herself  from  him,  she  should  be  accounted  among 
women  n  paragon  of  falseness.  He  was  ready,  he  said,  to  marry  her  to- 
uionoiv.  That  was  his  wish,  his  idea  of  what  would  be  best  for  both  of 
thcni ; — and  after  that,  if  not  to-morrow,  then  on  the  next  day,  and  so  on 
till  the  day  should  come  on  which  she  should  consent  to  becoiue  his  wife. 
He  went  on  also  to  say  that  he  should  continue  to  torment  her  on  the 
subject  about  once  a  weak  till  he  had  induced  her  to  give  way ;  and  then 
he  quoted  a  Latin  line  to  show  that  a  constant  dropping  of  water  will 
hollow  a  stone.  This  wus  somewhat  at  variance  with  a  declaration  he 
had  made  to  Mis.  Burton,  in  Onslow  Crescent,  to  the  effl-ct  that  he  would 
never  speak  to  Florence  again  upon  the  subject;  but  tlieu  men  do 
oucauionally  ch.ingc  their  minds,  and  Harry  Clavering  was  a  man  who 
ullcn  changed  his. 

Florence,  as  he  made  the  declaration  above  described,  thought  that  he 
l^laycd  his  part  of  lover  very  well,  and  drew  herself  a  little  closer  to  him 
as  ivht!  thanked  him  lor  his  warmth.  "  Dear  Harry,  you  are  so  good  and 
Ko  kind,  and  I  do  love  you  so  truly  I  "  In  this  way  the  journey  was 
made  very  pleasantly,  and  when  Florence  was  driven  up  t«  the  rectoty 
dour  she  was  quite  contented  with  her  coachman. 

Harry  Claveiing,  who  is  the  hero  of  our  storj',  will  not,  I  fear,  have 
hitherto  presented  himself  to  the  reader  as  having  much  of  the  heroic 
ii.iturc  in  his  character.  It  will,  perhaps,  be  complained  of  him  that  he 
is  fiekic,  vain,  easily  led,  and  almost  as  easily  led  to  evil  as  to  good.  But 
it  should  be  remembered  that  hitherto  he  has  been  rather  hardly  dealt  with 
ill  these  pngcs,  and  tltat  bis  faults  and  weaknesses  have  been  exposed 
;il:iiost  unfairly.  That  he  had  such  faults  and  was  subject  to  such  weak- 
m.^stis  may  be  believed  of  him  ;  but  there  may  be  a  question  whether  as 
much  evil  would  not  bo  known  of  most  men,  let  them  be  heroes  or  not  be 
heroes,  if  their  characters  were,  so  to  say,  turned  inside  out  before  our  eyes. 


BIG 


THE  CLAVERISCS. 


ItsTTj  Clavtring,  fellcw  of  h!i  coltfgi?,  six  feet  high,  with  haodsoine 
U)d  person,  nnd  wiiti  plenty  to  ay  for  himHcIf  ou  all  enHjectM,  was  ealepinrd 
highly  and  ivgardH  much  hy  those-  who  Icnuw  him,  in  uptco  of  those  little 
fcibles  which  mnrred  his  character;  ami  t  ini»i  heg  (ha  reader  to  lake 
the  woHd'x  opinion  nb»ut  him,  ami  not  to  estimate  bim  loo  meanly  tbos 
Fftxty  in  thia  hiatory  of  hin  adventmrs. 

IT  this  tale  iii«uld  ever  be  read  hy  any  lady  who,  in  the  counc  of  her 
MT«ar,  has  enlered  a  house  nnder  cireuni stances  Bimilnr  Ut  thoM  which 
hitd  broHglit  Flounce  Biirron  to  ClsTeiinH  reciory,  she  will  luidersUnd 
how  nnxtoiu  muit  have  been  that  yoiins  lady  wbco  she  encountereJ  the 
w1ioV>  Clnvcring  liimily  ia  thn  hall.  Sh«  hud  bivn  blown  about  by  ihu 
wind,  anil  her  cloaks  and  shawla  were  heavy  on  li«r,  and  her  hat  na»  n 
littlu  out  of  iihn[>n, — from  tomit  fnult  on  the  part  of  Hnrry,  an  I  believe, — 
and  »\k  felt  hcnw-lf  to  be  a  dowdy  oh  ulie  appeared  among  ihnn.  What 
would  tliey  think  cf  Irt,  and  whtit  would  they  thipk  of  Harry  in  that 
be  had  choBen  such  an  one  to  be  liia  wife  ?  Mrs.  Clavcring  had  kianed 
her  before  elie  hiid  Hcen  that  lady's  face;  and  Mary  and  Fanny  had 
kined  h«r  'Man  ahe  knew  which  waa  which;  and  then  a  atoul,  cldricnl 
gentleman  hiMM]  hur  who,  no  doubt, "  was  Mr.  Glaveriiig,  siiiier. 
Afier  that,  anulhtr  dericnl  gciitk-uian,  very  mitirh  jounger  and  very 
much  Blighter,  sliook  hands  uitli  licr.  llu  might  have  kixsed  her,  too^ 
had  he  been  eo  minded,  for  Fltircncc  was  li:o  confuu-d  lo  be  capable  of 
molcing  any  exact  reclcnntnj;  in  the  matter.  lie  might  have  done  K> 
^tliat  i(,  as  (ur  M  Florencfl  was  concerned.  It  may  be  a  tjuution 
whcthrr  Mary  Clavering  wuuld  not  have  objected;  for  this  clerical  gentle- 
man waa  the  liev.  Kdward  Fielding  u-ho  waa  to  bccnno  her  liUBband  in 
three  daya'  time.  , 

"{vow,  I-Iorcnce,"  mid  Fanny,  "corao  upMtaiia  into  mamma'a  room 
and  hnvij  sonn!  tea,  and  wi'"ll  look  at  you.  Hai-ry,  you  n«-c«)n't  eonio. 
You'to  had  her  to  yourself  for  a  long  lime,  nnd  can  hfive  her  ngttirt  in  the 
oveuing." 

Florence,  in  thit  way,  wns  taken  tipat^irn  nnd  found  bersoif  aeatu]  by 
a  fire,  while  three  pairn  of  hands  were  taking  from  her  her  rhnvrla  and  hat 
nnd  elonk,  almost  before  she  knew  wliero  she  irax. 

"It  ia  so  odd  to  have  you  liem,"  luid  Fanny.  "  IVe  have  only  one 
brother,  aO|  of  coarse,  we  ahnll  make  rery  iniieli  of  you.  Im^t  aho 
nice,  mamma  ? " 

"  I'm  «ure  she  la;  very  nice.  But  I  sbouldo't  have  told  her  so  bcJbi-e 
her  face,  if  you  hadn't  a^ked  Iho  qucfltion." 

"  That's  nonfvnse,  mHmma.  You  mtialn't  br^liero  laamm*  when  the 
pretetKis  to  l>c  grand  and  sententious.  It's  only  put  on  aa  a  aoti  of 
company  nir,  but  we  don't  mean  to  make  company  of  you." 

'■  Pray  don't,"  said  Florence. 

"Vai  eo  glad  you  ar«  come  jiirt  at  this  time,"  Mid  Maiy.  "1  think 
BO  much  of  having  Harry's  fliUire  wife  at  niy  wedding.  !  wish  we  were 
both  going  to  bo  married  the  same  day." 


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"But  we  are  not  going  to  be  married  for  ever  so  long.  Two  ycnra 
IiGoce  has  been  the  shortest  time  named." 

"  Don't  be  sure  of  that,  Florence,"  eaid  Fanny.  "  We  have  all  of  tu 
received  a  special  commiitaion  from  Harry  to  talk  you  oat  of  that  heresy ; 
have  we  not,  mamma  7 " 

"  I  think  you  had  better  not  tease  Florence  about  that  immediately  oa 
her  arrivai.  It's  hardly  fair."  Then,  when  thoy  had  drunk  their  tea, 
Florence  was  taken  away  to  her  own  room,  and  before  she  was  allowed  to 
go  downstairs  she  was  intimate  with  both  the  girls,  and  had  so  far  over- 
come her  awe  of  Harry's  mother  as  to  be  able  to  answer  her  without 
confusion. 

"  Well,  sir,  what  do  you  think  of  her  7 "  said  Ilariy  to  hia  father,  as 
soon  !is  they  were  alone. 

"  I  have  not  had  time  to  think  much  of  her  yet.  She  seems  to  be 
very  pretty.     She -isn't  so  tall  as  I  thought  she  would  be." 

"  No;  she's  not  tall,"  said  Harry,  in  a  voice  of  disappointment. 

"  I've  no  doubt  we  shall  like  her  very  much.  What  money  is  she  to 
have  7 " 

"  A  hundred  a  year  while  her  father  lives." 

"  That's  not  much." 

"  Much  or  little,  it  made  no  difference  with  me.  I  should  never  have 
thought  of  marrying  a  girl  for  her  money.  It's  a  kind  of  thing  that  I 
hate.     I  almost  wish  she  was  to  have  nothing." 

"  I  shouldn't  refuse  it  if  I  were  you." 

"  Of  course,  I  shan't  refuse  it ;  but  what  I  mean  is  that  I  never 
thought  about  it  when  I  asked  her  to  have  me ;  and  I  shouldn't  have  been 
a  bit  more  likely  to  ask  her  if  she  had  ten  times  as  much." 

"  A  fortune  with  one's  wife  isn't  a  bad  thing  for  a  jwor  man,  Harry." 

"  But  a  poor  man  must  be  pour  in  more  senses  than  one  when  lie 
looks  about  to  get  a  fortune  in  that  way." 

'■  I  suppose  you  won't  marry  just  yet,"  said  the  father.  "  Including 
ever}'thing,  you  would  not  have  five  hundred  a  year,  and  that  would  be 
vi-ry  clo.io  work  in  London." 

"  It's  not  quite  decided  yet,  sir.  As  fur  as  I  am  myself  concerned,  I 
think  that  people  arc  a  great  deal  too  prudc-ut  about  money.  I  believe  I 
could  live  as  a  married  man  on  a  hundred  a  year,  if  I  had  no  more ;  and 
as  for  London,  I  don't  see  why  London  should  be  nioie  expensive  thim 
any  other  place.  You  can  get  exactly  what  you  want  in  London,  and 
make  your  halfpence  go  liirther  there  than  anywhere  else." 

"  And  your  sovereigna  go  quicker,"  said  the  rector. 

"All  that  is  wanted,"  said  Harry,  "is  the  will  to  hve  on  your  income, 
and  a  little  firmness  in  carrying  out  your  plans." 

The  rector  of  Claveiing,  as  he  heard  all  this  wisdom  fall  from  his  son's 
lipa,  looked  at  Harry's  expensive  clothes,  at  the  ring  on  hia  finger,  at  the 
gold  chain  on  his  waistcoat,  at  the  studs  in  his  shirt,  and  smiled  gently. 
lie  was  by  uo  means  so  clever  a  moo  as  his  son,  but  he  knew  something 


tiUPK  «f  the  iforid,  and  tboogh  not  inncTi  gtrpn  to  g<raeral  reading, 
rend  hia  aoti'a  dmractcr.  "  A  grwt  dral  et  Rtmana  and  nt  Ibrtrtoile  aim 
fo  want«d  fof  ihitt  kiml  Af  lifr,'*  h«  ndd.  "  There  tin  mm  who  ua  g« 
Ihronjh  it  without  siiflVuing,  bnL  I  wonld  ntrt  ■dritip  nny  joiiog  nura  to 
commcaoo  it  in  «  buny.  If  I  wcr«  jrou  I  tlMuld  wait  &  yoir  or  fro. 
Come,  lft'«  hiiTc  a  walk ;  thiit  ia,  if  job  can  (car  yanneH  awnjr  from  roar 
ladjr-loTft  fitr  ait  lioiir.  If  there  ia  not  Saul  coming  up  ll>e  aveuat  t  l^dco 
yoar  Ii»t,  Mam',  and  wc"H  p-t  ntit  the  oth*r  nsy.  He  onlj-  wants  to  «e 
the  girlii  ibcput  ih<*  ■cliool,  Imt  if  he  catchM  tu  h«"Il  k«vp  m  for  an  hnrr.** 
Then  Hany  ask«:d  iiftcr  Mr.  B.-rai'a  lorc'affiura.  *'  I'tc  not  henn)  noe 
■ingle  vord  about  it  ainee  jon  w«it  awny,"  mid  ibe  nctor.  **II  amns 
to  have  paaicd  off  like  a  dream.  Ue  and  Fatmjr  !^  on  the  aami*  a«  ever, 
and  I  fuppoee  h«  knows  that  he  made  a  fool  of  himMir."  fint  in  iiii 
mnltcr  the  lechir  of  CtaYorfng  w»  miMa'kri).  >fr.  S«iil  did  not  hy  wijr 
1UUU13  think  that  hu  hnd  made  a  fool  of  }iim«-)f. 

"  He  hiK  nercr  spoken  a  word  to  me  ance,"  said  Fanny  to  h«r  lirothcr 
lliat  evmiog ;  "  that  ii,  not  a  word  as  to  what  occurred  then.  Of  couisc 
it  wna  very  eiubamusing  at  iint,  tboagh  I  doo'l  think  be  minded  it  nncb. 
He  came  after  a  dav  or  two  juat  the  fsimv  ax  crcr,  and  he  nimoat  made  mo 
think  that  hv  h«d  forgotten  it." 

*'  And  he  wwn't  coofnMd  f  " 

"  Not  at  all-     H<?  nerer  ia.     The  only  dtflbrence  Ji  that  I  think 
tcolda  me  more  than  he  iiwd  to  di>." 

"Scold  you  !'■ 

"  Oh  dear,  yea;  lie  iilwars  acnidrf  mn  if  he  thonght  there  was  any- 
Ihing  wrong,  wpecinlly  nbont  giving  ll,i>  cUIdren  holiday*.  But  he  dow 
it  now  more  than  ever." 

"  And  how  da  you  bear  It  ?" 

"In  a  half-and-half  sort  of  way.  1  langh  nt  him,  and  then  do  as  Tin 
bid.  Tic  makca  everybody  do  what  he  hid«  ihftrn  at  Clni-ering, — extrpt 
pnpn,  someiimes.  But  he  ecolds  him.  too.  1  );faTd  hitn  the  other  dty  in 
the  library." 

*'  And  (Hd  my  finhcr  liiko  it  from  him  ?" 

**  He  did,  in  a  aoit  of  s  way.  I  don't  think  papa  likes  him ;  bnt  tlten 
h«  knows,  and  we  all  know,  that  he  t*  so  good.  He  nevrr  spares  himself 
in  anything.  He  has  nclhine  hnt  hU  cnmcy,  and  wh.it  he  gives  away  is 
wonderful." 

"  I  hope  he  won't  take  to  soflditig  me,"  said  Harry,  |>roiidly. 

"  Aa  you  dcn't  concem  yourself  about  the  pariah,  I  should  say  that 
you're  Haft'.  I  Biippmw  he  tliinka  tnnmma  dnes  ererylhing  riglil,  f<.r  he 
never  fcold*  her." 

"  There  ia  no  tulk  of  hia  going  awny." 

<'  None  at  at).  1  think  wo  should  all  be  sorry,  became  he  do«(  so 
much  gwd." 

P!«rcnee  reij^cd  sapreme  in  llie  eslImflUon  of  itic  rectory  family  all 
Ihe  evening  of  her  arrival  and  till  after  breakfast  the  next  mominp,  bsl 


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THE  CLAVERESGS.  619 

tlien  the  bride  elect  was  restored  to  her  natural  preeminence.  This, 
however,  Iiistcd  only  for  two  days,  after  ivliich  the  bride  waa  taliea  away. 
The  wedding  was  very  nice,  and  pretty,  and  comfortable ;  and  the  people 
of  Cl.-ivering  were  much  better  satisfied  with  it  than  they  had  been  with 
that  other  marrii^e  which  has  been  mentioned  as  having  been  celebrated 
in  Ciavering  Church.  The  rectory  family  waa  generally  popular,  and 
everybody  wished  well  to  the  daughter  who  was  being  given  away. 
When  they  were  gone  there  waa  a  breakfast  at  the  rectory,  and  speeches 
were  made  with  much  volubility.  On  such  an  occasion  the  rector  was  a 
great  man,  and  Harry  also  alionc  in  conspicuous  rivalry  with  his  father. 
But  Mr.  Saul's  spirit  was  not  so  well  tuned  to  the  occasion  as  that  of  the 
rector  or  his  son,  and  when  he  got  upon  his  l^s,  and  mournfully  cxpresEcd 
n  hope  that  his  friend  Mr.  Fielding  might  be  enabled  to  bear  the  trials  of 
this  life  with  fortitude,  it  was  felt  by  them  all  that  the  speaking  had  better 
be  brought  to  an  end. 

"  You  shouldn't  laugh  at  him,  Harry,"  Fanny  said  to  her  brother 
afterwards,  almost  seriously.  "  One  man  can  do  one  thing  and  one 
another.  You  can  make  a  speech  better  than  he  can,  but  I  don't  think 
you  could  preach  bo  good  a  sermon." 

"  I  declare  I  thinit  you're  getting  fond  of  him  after  all,"  said  Harry. 
Upon  hearing  this  Fanny  turned  away  with  a  look  of  great  olTencc.  "  No 
one  but  n  brother,"  said  she,  "would  say  such  a  thing  as  that  to  me, 
because  I  don't  like  to  hear  the  poor  man  ridiculed  without  cause."  That 
evening,  wlien  they  were  alone,  Fanny  told  Florence  the  whole  story  about 
Air.  Saul.  "  I  tell  you,  you  know,  because  you're  like  one  of  ourselves 
now.      It  has  never  been  mentioned  to  any  one  out  of  the  family." 

Florence  declared  that  the  story  would  be  sacred  with  her. 

"  I'm  siire  of  that,  dear,  and  therefore  I  like  you  to  know  it.  Of  course 
snch  a  thing  was  quite  out  of  the  question.  The  poor  fellow  has  no  means 
at  all. — literally  none.     And  then,  independently  of  that " 

"  I  don't  think  I  should  ever  bring  myself  to  think  of  that  as  the  first 
thing,"  said  Florence. 

"  Xo,  nor  would  I.  If  I  really  were  attached  to  a  man,  I  tliink  I  would 
tell  him  so,  and  agree  to  wait,  either  with  hope  or  without  it." 

"Just  so,  Fanny." 

"  But  there  was  nothing  of  that  kind ;  and,  indeed,  he's  the  nort  of 
man  that  no  girl  would  think  of  being  in  love  with, — isn't  he  7  You  see 
he  will  hardly  take  the  trouble  to  diess  himself  decently." 

"I  have  only  si'cn  him  at  a  wedding,  you  know." 

"  And  for  him  he  was  quite  bright.  But  you  will  see  plenty  of  him 
if  you  will  go  to  the  schools  with  me.  And  indeed  he  comes  here  a  great 
deal,  quite  as  much  as  he  did  before  that  happened.  He  is  so  good, 
Florence  I  " 

"  Poor  man  !  " 

"  I  can't  ill  l!u'  least  make  out  from  his  manner  whether  he  has  given 
up  tliinking  about  it.      I  auppofe  he  has.      Indeed,  of  course  hx.  \ml^ 


THB  CLAVIiBIS 

fcecauKc  he  miut  know  l}iat  it  vrouU  be  of  no  ^311  of  use.  Bat  be  at  OM 
of  tlio«e  men  of  i^'liotn  yon  aiD  oercr  su^  writcllier  they  are  hap^ry  or  not ; 
anti  yott  aerer  can  Ixi  iiuiU;  uurc  Vrliat  may  be  in  Via  miad." 

"Ho  ia  not  bound  to  tlie  place  at  all, — iici  like  your  falbvr?  " 
"Ch,  tio,"  nid   Funt)}',  thinking  ptrhafitt  thai  Mr.  Saul  iniglit  fiml 
liuntdf  to  ha  Iwund  to  the  place,  tKctugh  not  exnctlj  with  bondB  Bimilar 
to  tliOM  wUidi  kept  lier  futkcr  ilicri!. 

"  If  li«  luund  Uimself  to  W  ualiAppy,  lie  ouuit!  go,"  luid  Floreace. 
"  Oh,  jes  ;   he  could  g«  if  he  were  unhappy,"  niil  Fanny.     '*  That  h, 
he  could  go  if  lie  pleased." 

Lady  ClaTcriag  had  come  to  the  wedding  ;  but  no  one  eUc  had  been 
present  from  lliu  griuit  hoiue.  Sir  Hugh,  indeed,  was  nut  at  hotue  ;  hut, 
OS  the  rector  Inily  oltsrrTtd,  he  might  hnve  been  nt  home  if  he  hod  bu 
plotwed.  "But  hu  i»  a.  niiin,"  Hud  ite  fuliier  to  the  wn,  "  who  always 
docs  a  rude  thing  if  it  be  in  his  power.  For  myself,  1  care  notliing  for 
htm,  aa  lie  Icnuws.  But  he  thinks  fhnt  Mary  would  have  Itked  to  have 
seen  him  as  tlie  head  of  t1i<<  thmily,  and  thirclbrc  he  docs  not  come.  lie 
has  greater  sliill  in  making  liiiiiacU  otlioim  thun  any  man  1  ever  kuew. 
As  for  her,  they  say  he's  leadiug  hei'  a  Ivrriblu  life.  And  he's  bccoauog 
K>  Mingy  about  money,  loo  !  " 

"  I  hear  tb»t  Archie  U  very  heavy  od  hioa." 

"  I  don't  helltivo  that  he  would  allow  any  man  to  bo  Iieavy  oo  hiiu,  as 
you  call  il.  .iVrchic  liivi  means  of  his  own,  and  I  suppose  baa  oot  run 
through  them  yet.  If  Hugh  has  advanced  him  money,  you  mny  be  sure 
that  he  has  security.  As  fur  Archie,  he  nil)  come  to  an  end  very  soon, 
if  what  I  hear  is  true.  They  tell  me  he  is  always  at  Newmarket,  and  that 
he  nlwaya  !ow?b." 

Ilui  though  Sir  Hugh  was  tlma  uneourtcous  lo  the  rector  and  to  the 
rector's  dniigluer,  he  won  no  fiLt  prepared  to  be  civU  to  his  coiudn  Ilarry, 
that  he  allowed  his  wife  to  aiU  nil  th«  rectory  family  lo  dine  up  at  the 
house,  in  honour  of  Harry's  sweetheart.  Florouce  Burton  was  specially 
invited  witlt  Lndy  Claveriuga  swecti-nL  Miiik-.  Florence,  uf  courae, 
refeiTed  the  matter  to  her  hoeteas,  but  it  was  decided  that  they  should 
all  accept  the  invilaiiott.  It  yrns  given,  personally,  aHat  the  breakfast,  and 
il  is  net  always  ca»y  to  decline  iiivilncioas  no  given.  It  may,  I  thiak,  be 
doubted  whelliE^r  nny  man  or  woman  has  a  right  to  givo  an  invitution  in 
this  u'ity,  and  whether  all  i:ivilattc>ns  so  j^iveu  shbLtld  mn  be  null  und  void, 
froTLi  iho  JAct  of  the  unfAir  advantage  that  bus  been  t^iheu.  The  man  who 
fires  at  n  silting  bird  is  known  lo  be  no  sportsman.  Now,  the  dinner- 
giver  who  wttehes  his  guest  in  an  unguiirdcd  moment,  and  hngs  Lim  when 
he  has  had  no  clinnce  to  rise  upon  bis  wing,  docs  fire  at  a  MttJng  bird.  In 
this  inslnnce,  however,  Lndy  CluTcring'a  litlJc  t^ceclies  were  mode  only  to 
Mi-s.  Clavcring  and  to  Florence.  Slie  miid  nothing  perwnnlly  to  the  rector, 
and  he  therefore  might  h.ive  escaped.  But  his  wile  i:dlced  him  over. 
"  I  think  yuu  should  go  fur  Harry's  sake,"  said  Mr«.  ClaverJng. 
"I don't  Bee  whnt  good  it  wUI  do  Harry." 


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THE  CLAVEBINGS.  621 

"  It  will  bIiow  lliat  you  approve  of  the  match." 

"  I  don't  approve  oi  disapprove  of  it.     IIu'b  bis  own  muatui-." 

"  But  you  do  approve,  you  know,  as  you  countenance  it ;  and  there 
cannot  possibly  be  u  aweeter  girl  than  Florence  Burton.  We  all  like  her, 
and  I'm  sure  you  seem  to  take  to  her  thoroughly," 

"Take  to  her  ;  yes,  I  tuke  to  her  very  well.  She'a  ladylike,  and 
though  Bhe'a  no  beauty,  she  looks  pretty,  and  ia  spirited.  And  1  daresay 
she'a  clever." 

"And  80  good." 

"  If  she'H  good,  that's  better  than  all.  Only  I  dou't  see  wliat  they're 
to  live  on." 

"  But  as  she  U  here,  you  will  go  with  us  to  the  great  house  7  " 

Mrs.  Clavering  never  asked  her  husband  anything  iu  vaiu,  and  the 
rector  agreed  to  go.  He  apologized  for  this  aflerwards  to  his  son  by 
explaining  that  he  did  it  as  a  duty.  "It  vrill  serve  for  six  months,"  ho 
said.  "  If  I  did  not  go  there  about  once  in  six  montlis,  there  would  be 
supposed  to  be  a  family  quarrel,  and  that  would  be  bad  for  the  parish." 

Harry  was  to  remain  only  a  week  at  Clavering,  and  the  dinner  was  to 
tuke  place  the  evening  before  he  went  away.  On  that  morning  he  walked 
all  round  the  park  with  Florence, — as  he  Lad  before  often  walked  with 
Julia, — and  took  that  occasion  of  giving  her  a  full  history  of  the  Clavering 
fiimily.  "  We  none  of  us  like  niy  cousin  Hugh,"  he  had  said.  "  But  she 
is  at  least  harmless,  and  she  means  to  be  good-natured.  She  is  very 
unlike  her  sister,  Lady  Ongar." 

"  So  I  should  suppose,  from  what  you  hare  told  me." 

"  Altogether  an  inferior  being." 

"  And  she  has  only  one  child." 

"Only  one, — a  boy  now  two  years  old.  They  s-iy  he's  anything  but 
strong," 

"  And  Sir  Hugh  has  one  brother," 

"  Yes  ;  Archie  Clnvering,  I  think  Archie  is  a  worse  fellow  oven  than 
Hugh.  He  makes  more  attempts  to  be  agreeable,  but  there  is  something 
in  liis  eye  which  I  always  distrust.  And  then  lie  is  a  man  who  does  no 
good  in  the  world  to  anybody." 

"He's  not  married  7" 

"  No  ;  he's  not  mairled,  and  I  dou't  suppose  he  ever  will  marry.     It's 

on  the  cards,  Florence,  that  the  future  baronet  may  be "     Then  she 

frowned  on  him,  walked  on  quickly,  and  changed  the  conversation. 


CHAPTER  XI. 

Hm  Huan  and  uis  Brothkb  Akc"ii!- 

TiiHiib  was  a  numerous  gathering  of  Clawringa  in  the  drawing-room  of 
the  Great  House  when  the  family  from  the  i-ectory  arrived  comprising 
three  generatioiu  j  for  the  nurse  was  in  the  room  holding  the  l\<e.\i  m\uec 


te^ 


THE  CI.AV1IBWG8. 


nniis.  Jrr*.  CTnTMing  mid  Fnnny  of  warm  iBf<p*ct«d  llie  child  nt  one*, 
tts  i)i«y  tTcre  honml  tn  dn,  vrliile  tjfttl^  CUveiiiig  wetcoiiKril  Flr<iTiic« 
BtiH«n,  Arcliie  ^poVe  ft  irord  or  Iwro  lo  liis  tlncl«»  Aod  Sir  H(^b  To«ch- 
*bM  to  give  one  fingnr  to  hia  coii»in  Harry  by  yny  of  shalcitig  lianHi 
witK  liitn.  Then  llicr«  came  k  TmUu  ^qtiuak  from  tho  inraot,  and  tticre 
WM  ft  citiud  at  oncn  upon  Sir  Huji^i'*  brow.  *'  ir«rinlonp-,"  hs  laid,  "  I 
wJBh  yon  voulJa'i  hum  Oie  child  in  hen.  Ii'ii  noi  the  place  fcr  him. 
]|«'e  Always  cross,  I've  said  a  dozen  times  1  vrouldn'l  hnvti  him  down 
\wtv  just  before  dinner."  Then  a  sign  was  mode  to  the  nnrw,  and  *he 
walked  off  with  her  btin3cD.  It  was  a  poor,  ncko;y,  oniilluriDgc  bairn, 
iHil  it  wa*  nil  thul  T-ady  C!a\*cring  hi»d,  nnd  *ho  would  fiiin  hare  b«en 
«I!iiiTpd  to  !>1iow  it  to  her  reiitllves,  in  oihrr  inolhen  are  allowwl  to  do. 

"  iliif;b,''  said  his  wile,  "  »hatl  I  intrmiuci.-  ymi  to  MiS  Burton  ?  " 

Then  Sir  Kugh  came  fonrnrd  and  iliciok  lutiidt  vv  iih  hit  new  gtiest,  with 
lomc  »ort  of  iipology  Tor  his  ixniisxncsB,  while  Ilnrrj'  stood  by,  plnwertng 
nt  liim,  with  oflVitM  in  hii  ey«.  "Uy  fnllier  in  right,"  he  Jmd  nud  to 
liiniN-tf  whi.-Ti  hiR  coiuin  ftiil*d  to  notion  Florenev  on  liop  limt  ontranoe  into 
ilie  Kiorn ;  "he  i»  iitiiiei-tinrtit  as  well  n«  iHMgr<«ihIe.  I  don'l  aire  fi-r 
qunrre-*  in  the  parish,  and  ao  I  ahnll  lei  him  know." 

"■  Upon  luy  word  she's  a  doosed  good-looking  litile  thing,"  ttSA 
Archie,  cirning  tip  lo  btm,  after  hnrinR  also  shaken  hiindi  with  her  t — 
'•doo«d  gooti-lookisijr,  1  ciU  hop." 

"  I'm  glad  joii  think  911,"  raid  Ilntry,  drily. 

"Let's  eee;  where  waa  it  yon  picked  her  apt  1  did  hmr,  Vtit  I 
forget." 

"  I  picked  her  up,  as  you  call  it,  at  .StrBtton,  where  her  fkther  Ctw." 

"Oh,  yes;  1  know.  He'a  the  fellow  ihac  onaehod  you  in  tout  new 
btuineBfl,  im'l  he?  By-tbe-by,  Harry,  I  think  you're  in»dp  a  men  of 
it  in  chniiging  ynur  Bao.  I'd  have  stuck  to  my  goremor'»  nliop  if  Fd 
been  yoii,  Ymi'd  got  t}iruug)t  till  the  d — d  liig  of  it,  and  there't  the 
living  that  has  alwnys  btrlonged  to  a  Clan^riug." 

"  What  wonld  your  brother  have  said  if  I  had  ndted  him  to  give  it 
totnel  " 

('He  vronldo't  hare  giivcn  it  of  course.  Nobixly  does  gire  nDytfaing 
to  nuybcdy  iic<n--a-Jit^ s.  Livings  are  a  sort  of  thing  thai  [teople  bny. 
But  you'd  hiiirc  gol  it  under  favourable  cSrcumslaneea." 

"The  fact  is,  Aieht*,  Vn  not  my  frtul  of  the  rhwteh,  ns  11  pro- 
futsicn." 

"I  should  have  thought  it  easy  work.  Look  nt  your  father.  ]{o 
kei'pg  ft  curate  and  docm't  taku  any  tmuVilo  himself,  t'pon  my  word, 
if  I'd  knnnii  oa  much  then  as  I  do  now,  I'd  hare  had  n  shy  6>t  it  niyaelT 
Hugh  couliiu't  have  refused  it  (o  im'." 

"  But  Hugh  ain't  give  it  while  his  uncle  hold*  it," 

"  Tlint  would  bare  been  ogoinst  me  to  be  sure,  and  your  govenxir's 
liff  !«  pretty  nearly  a>  good  a*  niin-».  I  shouldn't  have  liked  waiting  ;  lO 
1  mtppoM  it's  M  w«U  as  it  is." 


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TIIR  CLAVERINGS.  523 

* 

There  may  perbnpn  have  been  other  reasons  why  Arcliie  Clavering'a 
regrets  that  he  did  not  take  holy  orders  were  needless.  He  had  never 
succeeded  in  learning  anything  that  any  master  had  ever  attempted  to 
teach  him,  although  he  had  shown  considerable  aptiCnde  in  picking  up 
acquirements  for  which  no  regular  masters  arc  appointed.  He  knew  the 
fathers  and  mothers, — sires  and  dams  I  ought  perhaps  to  say, — and 
graudfatliers  and  grandmothers,  and  so  back  for  some  generations,  of  all 
the  horses  of  note  living  in  his  day.  He  knew  also  the  circumstances  of 
all  races, — what  horsea  would  run  at  them,  and  at  what  agee,  what  were 
the  stakes,  the  periods  of  running,  and  the  special  interests  of  each  aSair, 
But  not,  on  that  account,  should  it  be  thought  that  the  turf  had  been 
profitable  to  him.  Tliat  it  might  became  profitable  at  some  future  time, 
was  possible;  but  Captain  Archibald  OhLvering  had  not  yet  reached  the 
profitable  stage  in  the  career  of  a  betting  man,  though  perhaps  he  was 
beginning  to  qualify  himself  for  it.  He  was  not  bad-looking,  though  his 
face  was  unprepossesdng  to  a  judge  of  character.  He  was  slight  and  well 
made,  about  five  feet  nine  in  height,  with  light  brown  hair,  which  had 
already  left  the  top  of  his  head  bald,  with  slight  whiskers,  and  a  well- 
formed  moustache.  But  the  pecnliarity  of  his  Jaue  was  in  his  eyes.  His 
eyebrows  were  light-coloured  and  very  slight,  and  this  was  made  more 
apparent  by  the  skin  above  the  eyes,  which  wai  loose  and  hung  down 
over  the  outside  comers  of  them,  giving  him  a  look  of  cunning  which  was 
disagreeable.  He  seemed  always  to  be  specukting,  counting  up  the  odds, 
and  calculating  whether  anything  could  be  done  with  the  events  then 
present  before  him.  And  he  was  always  ready  to  make  a' bet,  being  ever 
provided  with  a  book  for  that  purpose.  He  would  take  the  odds  that  the 
sun  did  not  rise  on  the  morrow,  and  would  either  win  the  bet  or  wrangle 
in  the  losing  of  it.  He  would  wrangle,  but  would  do  bo  noiselessly,  never 
on  such  occasions  damaging  hia  cause  by  a  loud  voice.  He  was  now 
about  thirty-three  years  of  age,  and  was  two  years  younger  than  the 
baronet.  Sir  Hugh  was  not  a,  gambler  like  his  brother,  Ijut  I  do  not  know 
that  he  was  therefore  a  more  estimable  man.  He  was  greedy  and  nnxious 
to  increase  his  store,  never  willing  to  lose  that  which  he  possessed,  fond 
of  pleasure,  but  very  careful  of  himself  in  the  enjoyment  of  it,  hand- 
some, every  inch  an  English  gentleman  in  appearance,  and  therefore 
popular  with  men  and  women  of  his  own  class  who  were  not  near  enough 
to  him  to  know  him  well,  given  to  but  few  words,  proud  of  his  name, 
and  rank,  and  place,  well  versed  in  the  business  of  the  world,  a  match 
for  most  men  in  money  matters,  not  ignorant,  though  he  rarely  opened 
a  book,  selfish,  and  utterly  regardless  of  the  feelings  of  all  tliose  with 
whom  he  came  in  contact.  Such  were  Sir  Hugh  Clavering,  and  his 
brother  the  captain. 

Sir  Hugh  took  Florence  in  to  dinner,  and  when  the  soup  had  been 
eaten  made  an  attempt  to  talk  to  her.  "  How  long  have  you  been  hers, 
Miss  Burton  7 " 

"  Nearly  a  week,"  said  Florence. 


C2i  ^^^^         TDK  CLA,VJil(IS<i8. 

''  All ;— }'ou  came  to  llic  veclding ;  I  «a«  aotry  1  cotilda't  be  Itere. 
wenl.  efl'  rtry  wdl,  I  suppOK  T  " 

"  Very  well  indeed,  I  tliinlt." 

"Tbey'n  tiresome  things  ia  general, — wcdJUiss.  Dod'i  vou  iliiiik 
■0?" 

"  Oh  dvar,  no, — except  that  lome  poreoo  one  loves  ib  always  being 

"  You'll  bo  tbc  next  person  to  he  ta.kcn  nwny  yourself,  1  siippoae?" 

"I  tuii&t  be  the  next  peraon  at  lionic,  becuuM  1  am  th«  i^Mt  llint  ii 
Idl.     All  aiy  aiiinn  art  married." 

"And  how  maBy  we  lliero  T " 

"TTiere.  arc  five  matriod." 

•'  Good  heavona — FiT*  I " 

"And  tliey  are  all  luarited  La  niuii  in  llit  aame  profenion  oa  Harfy." 

"  Quite  a,  lamily  oGair,"  coid  Sit-  Hugh.  llanT',  who  waa  alltiug  oq 
tliQ  otlicr  Bido  of  Florcnco,  board  thiit,  nnd  would  hare  prercn-cd  that 
Florence  should  liavu  said  nothiug  about  ht-r  siilvn.  ''li^Hiy,  Uarry," 
toiii  the  bttrvuet,  "ifyou  will  go  into  partQcrship  with  your  father-in-law 
and  till  your  brothera-iu-Jaw  you  could  Btaad  Qgoinst  ihe  world." 

"  You  might  add  my  tour  bTothcn,"  aaid  Florence,  who  law  no  ahaiaQ 
in  the  lact  that  they  W4ro  all  engaged  in  the  tame  busineai. 

"  Guod  huivcQ  ! "  exdbumed  Sir  Hugh,  and  allcr  that  be  did  not  my 
niuuh  luore  to  i'loreuoe. 

I'lio  r«ctor  liad  token  Lady  Clavcring  inio  dinn«r,  and  tbey  two  did 
Rtiin.-igu  to  carry  on  bcitnvcn  tliL-m  bouii;  vunversation  reqiccUng  the  pari>li 
fliikira.  Lady  ClaveriDf;  was  not  active  among  the  poor, — nor  wiia  tI*o 
rector  hlmsclt^  and  pcrliaps  neither  ortbeni  knew  how  Utile  the  other  did; 
but  they  could  talk  CUvcriog  talk,  and  the  paiGon  nus  willing  to  lake  for 
granted  hU  neiglibuur'n  good  will  to  iniiLe  hcnolf  ogrccablo.  But  Mn. 
Ctavcriag,  who  tuit  Wtweeu  Sir  ILiigb  and  Aidiie,  had  u  very  bad  time 
of  it.  Sir  Hugh  epoko  t«  her  once  during  the  dinner,  saying  that  ho  hoped 
she  was  aatialicd  with  h«r  daughter's  marriage;  but  cren  tlu»  he  said  ia  a 
tone  tiiat  seemed  to  imply  that  any  lucU  Butittfaotion  muit  rat  oa 
%'pry  poor  grounds.  "  Thorviughly  jjiiislled,"  said  Mia.  Ciaveriiig,  drawing 
heiHcU  up  aiid  Wkiiig  yery  unlike  the  u»ial  Mrs.  Clavcring  of  the  rectory. 
After  that  there  was  no  further  cotrrortntion  between  her  and  Sir  Hng^ 
"  The  worst  of  him  to  me  is  always  'this,"  thif  laid  tlial  ereoiitg  to  Iwf 
husband,  "  that  lie  puts  me  m>  much  out  of  coucut  wilh  mywlf.  If 
1  wt'tc  with  him  long  I  *Iiou.ld  begin  to  find  niyaeir  the  moit  disagree- 
able woman  in  England  i "  **  Then  pray  don't  bo  with  biin  long,"  Bsid 
the  rector. 

But  Archie  made  coaircrsation  throughout  ditmer,  and  added  gready 
to  Mm.  ClavciingN  troubles  by  doing  so.  Tlicre  was  nothing  ia  conmoa 
bctweeu  them,  hut  slill  Archie  went  on  InburicuHly  with  Im  worfc.  It 
wns  a  duty  wlitch  he  recogni^ced,  and  at  which  he  would  work  liard. 
^Vhen  lie  had  uKvd  up  Mnry'a  marriage,  a  Bubjcct  which  lie  economiaed 


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THE  CLAVEKINGS.  625 

cirufiilly,  eo  that  1il'  brought  it  down  to  the  roaut  saddle  of  mutton,  he 
htgiin  ui>oii  Hurry's  match.  WJien  waa  it  to  be  ?  'Where  were  they  to 
live?  Wfifi  there  any  money  7  What  manner  of  people  were  the  Burtons? 
I'crLaiia  ho  might  get  over  it  ?  This  he  whispered  very  lowly,  and  it  wus 
tlic  quesltoa  next  in  Bequence  to  that  about  the  money.  When,  in  answer 
to  this,  Mrs.  Clavering  with  coDsideruble  energy  declared  that  anything  of 
tiiat  kind  would  be  a  misfortune  of  which  there  seemed  to  be  no  chance 
whatever,  he  recovered  himself  as  he  thought  very  skilfully.  "  Oh,  yes ; 
of  course;  tliat'a  just  what  I  meant ; — a  doosed  nice  girl  I  think  her; — a 
dooacd  uii^e  girl,  all  round."  Archie's  questions  were  very  laborious  to  hia 
fellow-iabonrer  in  his  conversation  because  he  never  allowed  one  of  them 
to  [lass  without  an  answer.  He  always  recognized  the  fact  that  he  was 
working  hard  on  behalf  of  society,  and,  as  he  used  to  say  himself,  that  he 
had  no  iUe.i  of  pulling  all  the  coach  up  the  hill  by  his  own  shoulders. 
Whenever  therefore  he  hud  m:ide  his  effort  he  waited  fur  his  companion's, 
looking  closely  into  her  face,  cunningly  driving  her  on,  bo  that  slie  also 
should  pull  her  share  of  the  coach.  Before  dinner  was  over  Mrs. 
Ciaveriug  found  the  hill  to  be  very  steep,  and  the  coach  to  be  veiy  heavy. 
"  I'll  bet  you  seven  to  one,"  said  he, — and  this  was  hia  parting  speech  as 
Mrs.  Clavering  rose  up  at  Lady  Clavering's  nod, — "I'll  bet  jou  seven  to  one, 
lliat  ihe  whole  box  and  dice  of  ihem  are  married  before  me, — or  at  any 
rate  as  soon  ;  and  I  don't  mean  to  remain  single  much  longer,  I  can  tell 
you."  The  "  box  and  diceof  thoni"  was  supposed  to  comprise  Harry, 
Florence,  Fanny,  and  Lady  Ongar,  of  all  of  whom  mention  had  been 
made,  and  tliat  saving  clause, — "  at  any  rate  as  soon," — was  cunningly  put 
in,  as  it  had  occurred  to  Archie  that  he  perhaps  might  be  married  on  tlie 
Biime  day  as  one  of  those  other  persons.  But  Mrs.  Clavering  was  not 
cuitipelkd  either  to  accept  or  reject  the  bet,  as  slie  was  already  moving 
before  the  teriiis  had  been  fully  explained  to  her. 

L:idy  Clavering  as  she  went  out  of  the  room  stopped  a  moment  behind 
Harry's  chair  and  whispered  a  word  to  him.  "I  want  to  speak  to  you 
beibro  you  go  to-night."     Then  she  passed  on. 

"  Wlmt's  that  llermione  was  saying  ? "  asked  Sir  Hugh,  when  he  had 
alnit  (lie  door. 

"  She  only  told  me  that  she  wanted  to  speak  tu  me." 

"  .She  has  always  got  some  cursed  secret,"  said  Sir  Hugh.  "If  there 
is  anything  I  hate,  it's  a  secret."  Now  this  Wiia  hardly  fair,  fur  Sir  Hugh 
was  a  man  very  secret  in  his  own  alTairs,  never  telling  his  wife  anytliiug 
about  ihom.  Uc  kept  two  banker's  accounts  so  that  no  banker's  clerk 
nii<;ht  know  iiow  he  stood  as  regarded  ready  money,  and  hardly  treated 
even  his  lawyer  with  confidence. 

He  did  not  move  from  his  own  chair,  so  that,  after  dinner,  his  uncie 
was  not  next  to  him.  The  places  left  by  tlic  ladies  were  not  closed  up, 
and  the  table  won  very  uncomJbr table. 

."  I  see  tlity're  going  to  have  another  week  after  this  with  the  Pytch- 
Icy,"  s:iid  Sir  Hugh  to  his  brother. 


I  «i^ipe«  iittff  «{D, — or  ten  AijraL    TMogi  lint  mj  ftulf 


y«r. 


bant  fceie 


"  I  Uitak  I  ikitll  fo  dovtt.    It's  arrcr  nay  nut  trring  to 
Btm  tlw  middle  oC  Manh." 

**  You're  ratluT  shcn  cT  ft>!res  are  jrcn  n«t  T  "  «tid  tlie  teeter,  wi^iaf 
an.  uu»mpt  ta  join  tke  c«nT«Tuti«9, 

**  npoa  Bijr  word  i  doa't  know  anyUilag  ahtnt  is,"  nid  Sir  Ilojt. 

"  Tb«tc  an  foxes  at  Cisverinj,"  ibkI  Archie,  reoonuMeaeiait  h^  duly. 
"  Th«  boondi  will  bo  Hen  on  Satimk^,  iinti  I'll  bet  ittcr*  to  on*  I  find  « 
fiw  before  tirc1v«  o'ckielt,  or,  mj-,  baV-pMl  twelve,— UiU  b,  if  tbejr'll  dnir 
jiTinciaally  and  let  mc  do  u  ]  like  with  Ibc  pMk.  I'll  b«l  agrnac*  ve 
lind,  and  a  gaisea  wo  nin,  and  a  guinea  we  kill ;  that  il,  vua  know,  it 
they'll  rwlly  look  for  a  fox." 

Tfc*  wctor  bad  been  willing  lo  ftll  into  a  littl*  btititing  talk  (br  the 
eal:e  rf  socii-tj,  but  lie  wn  not  pre[)crrd  to  go  the  Ifn^  thai  Ajehie 
proposed  to  take  him,  and  thenfbn  the  snbj»4  dropped. 

"  At  any  rat«  I  chfia't  tuy  h^re  Kfl«r  to-merroir,''  Bald  Sir  Hugh,  allll 
adflmnlng  hlnwdf  t*  liU  brother.  "  Part  the  wine,  wUI  y^  Ilany ;  «hii 
in,  if  joDr  liitbeT  u  dnnking  aay." 

*'  No  more  wine  (br  m*,"  tnid-tlie  rector,  almoft  angrily. 

"  Lilwnly  Hall,"  said  Sir  Hugh ;  "  ererybody  doea  aa  thej  like  abont 
tfint  I  RV'nn  to  hnre  anolhM-  bottle  of  claret.  Areliie,  ring  tha  ball,  will 
jFoaf  Ciptain  CluTering,  tho»g;h  he  ww  IVitthcr  ftxsm  the  bril  ilian  hii 
elder  fcrotljcr,  got  «[>  and  did  ns  he  wns bid.  TIh;  ilmret  Came,  and  was dnok 
nlniou  in  lilence.  Tbe  rector,  though  he  liiul  n  high  opinioa  of  the  cellar 
of  ihe  rrt-at  hottw,  would  take  none  of  ihe  new  bottle,  became  he  wat 
angry.  I-Iarry  filled  hix  glan,  and  attempted  to  say  somc-lhing.  Sir  Hugh 
antweri'd  liini  bya  monooiyltablii,  and  Archie  offimd  tolH-t  him  two  tooae 
tliat  he  VM  nimiig. 

•*  I'll  go  into  the  drawing-room,"  tnid  the  r«elar,  getting  np. 

"  All  right,"  iwid  Sir  Hut;h  ;  "  yon'll  fmd  coffee  there,  I  darmy. 
your  iittber  given  up  vrine  7  "  he  aBked,  as  soon  ai  dko  ilow  was  eloaed. 

■'  Not  that  1  know  of,"  sLtd  Harry. 

"  Ho  111^  to  take  a>  good  a  wlinck  uv  luiy  man  I  know.  The  biflic? 
hniin't  put  bis  embai]go  on  that  an  well  a*  the  hunting,  I  hope  T"  To  ihit 
Hnrr/  made  no  answer. 

**  Hc'a  in  the  blues,  I  tbink,"  esid  Aix^ic.  "  Ti  there  anyttung  the 
ntntlftr  with  him,  Hni-ry  !" 

"  Nothing  as  far  oa  I  know." 

"If  I  vrvte  left  al  Cbvuring  nil  the  ytnr,  wltli  nothing  to  do,  as  be  is,  I 
think  I  should  dniik  s  good  den!  of  wine,"^  raid  Sir  Hugh.  "  I  don't  know 
what  it  is,—  EonicthmK  in  the  air,  I  nupposc, — but  everybody  always  a^ctns 
to  m«  lo  l»  drcntilully  dal!  iM-tfi.  You  ftin't  taking  any  wine  cither. 
Don't  >tn|)  lu're  out  of  ceremony,  yon  know,  if  you  wont  to  go  after 
Barton."  Harry  louk  liim  at  his  Word,  nod  went  nRer  Min 
leaving  tho  brothers  together  over  their  dnret. 


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TUP.  CTAVERINC.S.  627 

Tlio  two  brotliprfl  rpinainecl  drinking  their  wine,  but  tliey  drank  it  in 
an  imcomforlfiblfi  flisliion,  not  saying  much  to  cneh  other  for  the  fimt  ten 
minutes  after  the  other  Ciavenngs  were  gone.  Archie  was  in  some  degree 
afraid  of  his  brother,  and  never  offcrrl  to  make  any  bets  with  him. 
Hngh  had  once  put  a  stop  to  this  altogether.  "Archie,"  he  had  paid, 
"  pray  understand  ilint  there  is  no  money  to  be  made  out  of  nic,  at  any  rate 
not  by  you.  If  you  lost  money  to  me,  yoii  wouldn't  think  it  necessary  to 
]^ay  ;  and  I  certainly  fhall  lose  none  to  you."  The  habit  of  proposing  to 
liet  had  become  with  Areliie  so  inueh  a  matter  of  coume,  that  he  did  not 
generally  intend  any  real  speculation  by  his  offers ;  but  with  his  brother 
he  had  dropped  even  the  habit.  And  he  seldom  began  any  conversation 
with  HngU  unless  he  had  some  point  to  gain, — an  advance  of  money  to 
ask,  or  some  favour  to  beg  in  the  way  of  shooting,  or  the  loan  of  a  horse. 
On  such  occasions  he  would  commence  the  negotiation  with  Ma  usual 
diplomacy,  not  knowing  any  other  mode  of  expressing  his  wishes ;  but  he 
was  awiire  tliat  his  brother  would  always  detect  his  manoeuTres,  and  expose 
them  before  he  had  got  through  his  first  preface ;  and,  therefore,  aa  I  have 
said,  he  was  afraid  of  Hugh. 

"  I  don't  know  what's  come  to  my  uncle  of  late,"  said  Hugh,  after  a 
while.     "  I  think  I  shaSl  have  to  drop  thoni  at  the  rectory  altogether." 

"  He  never  had  much  to  say  for  himself." 

"  But  he  has  a  mode  of  expressing  himself  without  speaking,  which  I 
do  not  choose  to  put  up  with  at  my  table.  The  fact  is  they  are  going  to 
the  mischief  at  the  rectory.     Ilis  eldest  girl  has  just  married  a  curate." 

"  Fielding  has  got  a  living." 

"  It's  Hometliing  very  small  then,  and  T  suppose  Fanny  will  marry  thnt 
prig  they  have  here.  My  uncle  himself  never  does  any  of  his  own  work, 
and  now  IlaiTy  is  going  to  make  a  fool  of  himself.  I  used  to  think  he 
would  fjill  Ml  his  K'^s." 

"  III;  is  a  clever  fellow," 

"  Tlipn  why  is  he  such  a  fool  as  to  marry  such  a  girl  as  this,  wiihont 
money,  good  looks,  or  breeding  7  It's  well  for  you  he  is  sucli  a  fool,  or 
else  you  wouldn't  have  a  chance." 

"  I  don't  see  that  at  all,"  said  Archie. 

"  Juli;i  always  had  a  sneaking  fondness  for  Harry,  and  if  he  had 
waited  would  liavc  taken  him  noiv.  She  was  very  near  making  a  fool  of 
herself  with  him  once,  before  Lord  Ongar  turned  up." 

To  this  Archie  said  nothing,  but  ho  changed  colour,  and  it  may 
almost  be  said  of  him  that  he  blushed.  Vi'hy  he  was  afi'ected  in  so 
Biiigular  a  manner  by  his  brother's  words  will  bo  best  cxphiincd  by  n 
eliitement  of  what  took  place  in  the  back  drawing-room  n  little  later  in 
the  evening. 

When  Harry  reached  (ho  drawing-room  he  went  up  to  Lady  Clavering, 
but  she  Ktid  nothing  to  him  then  of  efpecial  notice.  She  was  talking  to 
Sirs.  Clavering  while  the  rector  was  reading, — or  pretending  to  read, — a 
review,  and  the  two  girls  were  chattering  together  in  another  part  of  tha 


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ronni.     Tlion  tlicy  ha>l  ctifTM!,  and  aiier  awbtle  tlio  t*ro  ottwr  men 
in  froin  llieir  wine.     I^dy  Clavctin^  Jid  not  mbvc  at  once,  but  she  uel 
the  Arst  opportunilj  of  doing  u,  Yvbcii  Sir  Hugh  caiuc  up  lu  Mra.  Cbnp- 
ing  and  spoke  a.  word  to  htr.     A  iVw  miuuiva  nftirr  Uiat  IlAtry  fou 
btnwdf  doMtcd  witb  Livdj  CUvvrii^,  in  a,  lilllt;  tuotn  dvlAched  from  tJi 
oth(^n,  Uiough  the  ikior*  bctvreen  the  two  were  open. 

*'  Do  you  know,"  said  Lady  Glarcrin^,  "  llml  Sir  Hugh  liui  ukol 
Julift  to  eom«  hen  ?  "  Rarty  pnused  a  moment,  and  tb«n  iiokn&w]«d2«d 
thM  b«  did  koow  it. 

"  I  hope  joa  did  not  ndviae  li«r  to  refuse," 

*'  I  ftdvise  b«r  I  Oh  doir,  no.  She  did  not  ash  me  anj-tUng 
about  it" 

•'  But  the  hu  nfite^.     Deu't  you  think  «ho  hw  beeo  rery  wrosg !  " 

"  II  u  hud  to  ny,"  xaid  Harry.  "  You  koon  1  thought  it  very  erurl 
tltut  Uiigh  did  not  receive  her  iuiuiediatdy  on  hci  return,  if  I  had  bccu 
him  I  thould  hkve  gone  to  P«rlt  to  mcit  har." 

"  It'*  uo  good  udktiig  of  thut  uoir,  Harry.  Hugh  ia  h«rd,  and  we  all 
know  that.  \\'hc  fvcla  it  meet,  do  you  thiuk ;  Julia  or  I  f  But  u  he  ku 
coin«  round,  what  can  she  gain  by  slaudiag  oC?  Will  it  not  be  the  beU 
thing  for  her  to  come  here  ?  " 

'*  I  don't  know  ihut  «he  1ms  much  to  gaiu  by  it," 

"Harry, — do  you  know  thai  we  have  a  pUn?"  ''Who  is  we?" 
Uiirry  a»keil  ;  but  Blie'W«nt  on  without  noticing  bi«  ()uo*lion.  "  i  tell 
"jou,  becaiu«  I  belivvc  you  cjiw  helj)  iia  more  tliiin  ai.y  one,  if  you  will. 
Oiily  for  your  vngugumcnl  wiili  Mias  Ilurton  I  should  not  tueutjon  it  to 
you;  ond,  but  for  that,  the  pUn  would,  I  dnrciuy,  be  of  no  use." 

"  What  ij  tho  jibn!"  ft;iid  Hurry,  very  gravely.  A  vogue  ideaof  wbjit 
the  plan  mi^ht  le  Lad  ovme  aciosa  Uuriy's  niiud  durtiig  Lady  Clav«riiig^ 
la  it  Bp^&ah. 

"  Would  it  not  bo  a  ^ood  thing  if  Julia  and  Archie  were  to  be 
miiiried  1 "  Sli?  auUpd  tho  (jutelion  in  a  (juick,  hotititing  voice,  lootdag  at 
Fini  ciigerly  up  into  hit  fncv,  uiid  llicn  tuniiiig  aw^ty  hir  cyea,  iis  though 
she  wtre  afraid  of  the  auHwer  she  might  read  tlifrc.  "Of  course  1  know 
tluil  you  were  fond  of  her,  buC  all  that  can  be  nothing  now." 

"  No,"  Kitid  Hcirry,  "  thnl  can  be  nothing  oon.*' 

"Then  why  sliouldn't  Archie  bnvc  her!  It  would  mako  us  all  W 
much  mure  coinfuiiablc  logeiher.  I  told  Archie  thiil  I  slioutd  tpeklc  to 
you,  bcoauxe  1  know  that  you  have  more  weight  with  hix  tlian  any  ofui; 
but  Hugh  doi'sn't  know  tliMt  I  niL'an  it." 

"  Doc«  Sir  Hugh  know  of  the,— tlic  plan  ?" 

"  It  truf  he  who  proposed  it.  Arcbiu  will  be  very  badly  off  when  hn 
hai  tetlled  with  Hugh  about  all  tlieir  uioucy  dvalingt.  Of  ooorse  Juli»*9 
money  would  Uo  K-fl  in  her  own  hiuidb  j  thtri;  would  be  do  intention  to 
int«tf«;rc  with  ihsiu  But  tho  position  would  be  ao  good  for  him  ;  and  it 
woidd,  you  know,  put  him  on  hia  logs." 

"  Yos,"  MiJ  Harry,  "  it  would  put  him  on  hia  Uge,  1  daresay." 


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"  And  why  shouliln't  it  be  so  7  She  can't  live  alone  by  heraelf  always. 
Of  course  she  never  could  have  really  loved  Loi-d  Ongar." 

"  Never,  I  uhoUld  think,"  said  Harry. 

"  And  Archie  is  good-uatured,  and  good-tempered,  and — and — and— 
good-looking.  Don't  you  think  so  7  I  think  it  would  just  do  for  her. 
She'd  have  her  own  way,  for  lie's  not  a  bit  like  Hugh,  you  know.  He'a 
not  80  clever  as  Hugh,  but  be  is  much  more  good-natured.  Don't  you 
think  it  would  be  a  good  arrangement,  Harry  7  "  Then  again  she  looked 
up  into  his  face  anxiously. 

Nothing  in  the  whole  matter  surprised  him  more  than  her  eagerness 
in  advocating  the  proposal.  'Why  should  she  desire  that  her  sister 
Rliould  be  sacrificed  in  this  way?  But  in  so  thinking  of  it  he  forgot 
lier  own  position,  and  the  need  that  there  was  to  her  fur  some  friend 
to  be  near  to  her, — for  some  comfort  and  aBsistance.  She  had  spoken 
truly  in  saying  that  the  plan  bad  originated  with  her  husband ;  but 
since  it  had  been  suggested  to  ]icr,  she  had  not  ceased  to  think  of  it,  and 
to  wish  for  it. 

"  Well,  Harry,  what  do  you  say  7"  she  asked. 

"  I  don't  see  that  I  have  anything  to  say." 

'■  But  I  know  you  can  help  us.  When  I  was  with  her  the  last  time 
sliu  declared  that  you  were  the  only  ouo  of  us  she  ever  wished  to  see 
ngain.  She  meant  to  include  me  then  especially,  but  of  course  she  was 
not  thinking  of  Archie.     I  know  you  can  help  us  if  you  will." 

"Am  I  to  ask  her  to  marry  him  7" 

"  Xot  exactly  tliat ;  I  don't  think  that  would  do  any  good.  But  you 
might  persuade  her  to  come  here.  I  think  she  woiUd  come  if  you  advised 
hur  ;  and  then,  afler  a  bit,  you  might  s.iy  a  good  word  for  Archie." 

"  Upon  my  word  I  could  not." 

"Why  not,  Harry?" 

"  Because  I  know  ho  would  not  make  hur  happy.  What  good  would 
Kuch  a  marriage  do  her  7 " 

"  Think  uf  her  position.  No  one  will  visit  her  unless  she  is  first 
riccived  here,  or  at  any  rate  unless  site  comes  to  us  in  town.  And  tlicii 
it  would  be  up-hill  work.  Do  you  know  Lord  Ongar  liod  absolutely 
detormined  at  one  time  to — to  get  a  divorce  7 " 

"  And  do  you  believe  that  shl  was  guilty  7 " 

"  I  don't  say  that.  No  ;  why  should  I  believe  anything  against  my 
own  fislcr  when  notliiiig  is  proved.  But  that  makes  no  difference,  if  the 
world  believes  it.  They  Riy  now  that  if  he  had  lived  three  months  longer 
she  never  would  have  got  the  money," 

"  Then  they  wiy  lies.  Who  is  it  saya  so  7  A  parcel  of  old  women 
who  delight  in  liaving  some  one  to  run  down  and  backbite.  It  is  all  fiJsc, 
Lady  Cliivering." 

"  But  what  does  it  signify,  Harry  7  There  she  is,  and  you  know  how 
pfKii'le  arc  talking.  Of  course  it  would  be  heat  for  her  to  marry  again ; 
and  if  she  would  take  Arcliie, — Sir  Hugh's  brother,  my  brother-in-law. 


Pftjliinj  further  wonM  be  said.     SH«  raiplit  po  »nywhcw 
Hster,  1  fuel  sure  ihst  it  i%  the  best  ihin;  tlio  could  rk)." 

Hnrry's  brow  bccuni*  clouded,  aod  Uicre  wni  n  look  oTanj^r  on  liiir  lace 
RB  lie  BtiiiwcreJ  fa^r. 

"  lad^  ClaTering,**  he  aai3,  "  yonr  sister  will  ncrer  marry  my  con<i*l 
Areliif.     I  look  lifOti  Oiff  tMni;  ai  irajiooniblc." 

«  Perhftju  it  It.  Hnrry,  tlmt  rna, — jrou  yoHTwlf  wwnJd  not  witii  i(." 

"Whjbhoitldlwialiii?" 

*'  He  ia  your  own  courin." 

"Cottsin  indeed  I     Wlij  nliould  I  trisb  it,  or  why  ahoald  I  not  «i«h1 
it?     Thi-y  ore  ncitbw  of  them  nnytlung  to  in«." 

"  Shp  ought  not  to  he  snylhiiij^  to  you." 

"  And  she  is  nothing.     She  may  many  Archie,  if  sbe  pteuM,  for  me 
1  lliAll  not  set  her  ngnintt  liicn,     Biit^  Lndy  Olnrcrin^,  you  mt^ii  as  ^velt 
Ml  him  to  grt  one  of  t!ii>  Man.     I  don't  ihink  you  can  know  yuitr  oner 
when  yr>n  anppfae  ancli  a  match  to  tie  poswihlo." 

"Hermione  ! '■  elioul«^l  Sir  Hugh, — aad  the  xhcut  was  uttered  ia  * 
voice  that  always  caiwtJ  Lndy  Clavering  to  tremblp. 

"  I  am  cominp,"  she  mid,  ri«ng  from  her  chfiir.     "  TVm't  set  ynane 
ngainst  it,  Harry,"  and  tlitn,  vrithottt  mailing  tn  henr  Mm  Airlher,  ihi 
obeyed  her  huHhund*)!  BUTnnionB.   "  WhatUiamiscliief  l:e«ps  you  in  lh»r«? 
he  anid.    Tt  eecmcd  Ihiit  things  had  not  been  going  well  in  (he  Inrgcr  nutet, 
The  rcclor  Imd  Muck  to  hi)  rcvipw,  taking  no  natioe  of  Sip  Hu^h  wh 
he  entered.     "  Yoii  deem  tn  lie  rory  foni  of  your  bock,  nil  of  a  hhUco," 
Bir  Hugh  hftfl  Kniil,  aflor  Standing  ntlent  on  the  rug  for  a  few  minittnii. 

"  Ten,  1  nm,"  eiiiil  thf  rccior, — "  jiist  at  preserl,'* 

"  It'»  quite  nCiv  with  you,  then,"  lald  Sir  Hugh,  "or  elae  you're  iriy 
ranch  belied," 

"  Hugh,"  Bat  J  Mr.  Clavcrtng,  rising  nlowly  from  hi«  chair,  "  I  d«D'lH 
often  come  into  my  lallier's  hoiiae,  bnt  wh«n  I  do,  I  -n-isli  to  be  tmlcd  with  ™ 
respect.    Ycu  are  the  only  peraon  in  this  [lariBh  ihal  ever  oraitu  to  do  w.*" 

"Bosh!"  siiid  Rirlluph. 

The  two  gills  Hat  cowering  in  their  Mat*,  «nel  poor  Flormce  siuit  liaw 
hegno  to  entertain  nn  anGorafoTtahlH  idea  of  her  Aihire  connexions.  Aretm 
matic  n  fiantic  attempt  to  raise  some  conrcrsatioa  with  Mrs.  Clavering 
about  the  wcnthci-.  Mr«.  Clarwing,  paying  no  attpntion  to  Archi«  wliat- 
ever,  looked  at  lierlmaband  \villiT>fwec!iingify("«.  "  Henry/' rfie  said,  "tjo 
not  allow  yourself  to  be  nngry  ;  pniy  d«  not.     What  In  the  Mte?" 

"None  on  earth,"  he  saiij,  renirring  to  his  book.  "No  uw  m 
earth  ; — ajid  worse  than  nouu  in  showing  il." 

Then  it  wna  that  Sir  Hugh  hnd  mmle   a  direridon  bj  CMllihg  to  hU 
wife.     "  I  wiah  yon'd  stay  with  ua,  and  not  go  off  alone  with  on*  pcnwn 
in  pititiculiir,  in  thM  wtiy."     Lady  Clarering  looked  round  and  iin»«-  ^— 
dtalely  «iw  that  (hinge  were  iinplea<>ant.     "  Arohie,"  pbe  eni*],  *'  will  you  fl 
ring  (br  tm?  "     And  Archie  did  ring.     The  te»  was  bronght,  and  a  cnp 
mis  taken  all  round,  alcnoat  in  idlenci*. 


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Iljirry  in  tlie  meantime  reinnincd  hy  liimsclf  tLinking  of  what  lie  had 
heard  from  i^ady  Clavering.  Archie  Clavering  marry  Lady  Ongar,^ 
marry  his  Julhi !  Jt  was  inipossihle.  He  could  not  bring  himself  CTcn 
to  think  of  such  an  arrangement  with  equanimity.  He  was  almtist  frantic 
with  anger  as  he  thought  of  this  proposition  to  restore  Liidy  Ongar  to  the 
ppsiticn  in  the  world's  repnte  which  riie  had  a  right  to  claim,  by  such  a 
marriiige  as  that.  "  She  would  indeed  be  disgraced  then,"  wiid  Harry  to 
liimstilf.  But  he  knew  that  it  was  impossible.  He  could  see  what  would 
bo  the  nature  of  Julia's  countenance  if  Archie  should  eT(?r  get  near 
enough  to  her  to  make  hia  proposal  !  Archie  indeed  I  There  was  no 
one  for  whom,  at  that  moment,  he  entertained  so  thorough  h  contempt  as 
he  did  for  his  cousin,  Archie  Clavering. 

Let  Its  hope  that  he  was  no  dog  in  the  manger  ; — that  the  feelings 
which  he  now  entertained  for  poor  Archie  would  not  have  been  roused 
against  any  other  possibte  suitor  who  might  have  been  named  as  a  fitting 
husband  for  Lady  Ongar.     Lady  Ongar  could  be  nothing  to  him  ! 

Bnt  I  fear  that  he  was  a  dog  in  the  manger,  and  that  any  marriage 
contemplated  for  Lady  Ongar,  either  by  herself  or  hy  others  for  her, 
would  have  been  distasteful  to  him,- — unnaturally  distasteful.  He  knew 
that  Lady  Ongar  could  be  nothing  to  him  ;  and  yet,  as  he  came  out  of 
the  sniali  room  into  the  larger  room,  there  was  something  Rire  about  Iiis 
licart,  and  the  soreness  was  occnnioncd  by  the  thought  that  any  nccond 
marriage  should  be  thought  possible  for  Lady  Ongar.  Florence  smiled 
on  him  as  he  went  up  to  iicr,  but  I  doubt  whether  she  would  have  smiled 
had  Hhc  known  all  his  he.irt. 

Soon  after  that  Mrs.  Clavcring  rose  to  return  home,  having  swal- 
lowed a  peace-offering  in  the  shape  of  a  cup  of  tea.  But  though  the  tea 
had  quieted  the  storm  then  on  the  waters,  there  was  no  true  peace  in  the 
rector's  breast.  He  phook  hands  cordially  with  Lady  Clavcring,  without 
animoKity  wilh  Archie,  and  then  held  out  three  fingers  to  the  baronet. 
The  baronet  held  out  one  finger.  Each  nodded  at  the  other,  and  so  they 
parted.  Harry,  who  knyw  nothing  of  what  had  happened,  and  who  was 
ulill  thinking  of  L.idy  Ongar,  busied  himself  wilh  Florence,  and  they 
were  sonn  out  of  the  hoiisc,  walking  down  tho  broad  road  from  the 
front  door. 

'■  I  will  never  enter  that  liouse  again,  when  I  know  that  Hugh 
ClavcTing  is  in  it,"  .^aid  the  rector. 

"  Don't  make  rash  assertions,  Henrj-,"  said  hia  wife. 

"  I  liopc  it  is  not  rash,  but  I  make  that  ajaertion,"  he  said.  "  I 
will  never  ag;iin  enter  that  house  aa  my  nephew's  gnest.  I  have  borne 
a  great  deal  for  the  sake  of  peace,  but  there  are  things  wliich  a  man 
cannot  birai'."' 

Then,  as  tln-y  walked  home,  the  two  girls  explained  to  Hnriy  what 
Imd  occurred  in  the  larger  room,  while  he  was  talking  to  Lady  Ctavering 
in  tho  smaller  one.  Hut  he  said  nothing  to  them  of  the  subject  of  thai 
conversation. 


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THE  CLATEBINOS. 


CHAJTEK  XII. 

LaDI  OXOIU  TAJtKl  PuSSKBSIOrf. 

I  vc  wA  know  that  tlioi-e  it  in  Eeglaad  a  luvre  oompWtv  gcntlcnnn'a 
rnjdi-iice  tliiii  Ongiir  Pxil:,  nor  cuuld  tlicro  bo  one  in  boticr  repair,  at 
store  fii  for  imnieJinte  liabiiatidu  Uiaa  vtra  that  boiuc  wliea  it  came  iiii 
the  bunds  of  the  young  widow.  I'lie  park  was  not  largv,  eonuinW 
nLuut  sixly  or  acrcntj  acrct.  But  there  was  a  home-farm  atuu:h«^d  to 
pl&cc,  which  abo  n«vr  belonged  to  Lndy  Oitgar  Tot  her  life,  and  n 
gnve  to  the  park  itselT  on  app^armce  or  extent  vbic!t  it  uould  oUiorvifa 
hare  wanted.  'Die  Iiouac,  n;giiiU«l  a.i  a  nublcman's  uuuuiun,  was  mode- 
rate in  Rixc,  but  it  was  ample  Cor  the  rcquiremenls  o(  niij  ordttwhly 
wealth;  &mily.  'j^oiiiniag-ruom,  library,  drawir^-roomj,  and  br«ak&i^ 
room,  were  all  laigc  and  well-iirrangod.  The  hall  Koa  kaudaome  and 
apuciouK,  and  lti«  bed-rooms  vrete  sufticiviiily  unmeroiu  to  maka  an 
auvlioneer'a  moutli  water.  But  tlie  great  chnrtii  of  Ongar  Purk  lay  in  the 
ground!  immedialely  round  tbu  house,  which  doped  dawn  from  the  tenact 
before  the  windows  to  a  fusl-ninniiig  stream  which  was  almost  hidden, 
— hut  viM  not  liiddou, — by  the  shrubs  on  ica  bank.  Tiiough  the  domaiu 
iijcelf  was  »uia]l,  Uic  bhrubbcrits  and  walks  were  exlen&ive.  It  was  a  plans 
cuitly  to  tnuiuiain  in  its  proscat  perfect  conditioa,  but  when  that  was  taJd 
against  it,  all  waa  said  ngiuiisi  it  which  its  l»tteruit  cneiuies  could  aileg«. 

But  Liidy  Oti^nr,  with  her  Inrgc  joIuturr>,  and  with  no  ejclenial 
expcutfca  whatuvur,  could  ftlToid  this  delight  without  ttuprudvncc,  every- 
thing iu  and  about  thu  phcu  w.-u  her  own,  and  idic  might  live  tbeiu  happily, 
ovGU  in  the  luce  of  thu  wurid'a  Iruwns,  if  aim  could  Icuch  herself  to  ftail 
hnppinetis  in  rural  luxuries.  On  her  immediate  return  to  Engkad,  her 
latvycT  biid  told  hti  that  he  fuuud  there  would  be  oppoaltioii  to  her  daiia, 
and  that  an  attcjLipt  would  bc  ULad«  to  keop  thu  houae  out  vf  ber  haodt. 
Lord  Oiignr's  pcoplu  would,  he  luid,  tfiibc  licr  to  submit  to  tiiu  by  im- 
mediate acquiescence  a»  to  her  income.  Itul  she  luid  dccloivrd  that  she 
would  not  submit, — that  lihe  wouIJ  have  hoDse  and  income  and  all ;  and 
ahc  liad  been  Kucce:^ut.  "  Why  should  I  auiruoder  what  ia  my  owuT" 
alio  had  said,  luokitjg  the  luwyer  full  in  the  face.  The  lawyer  bad  a«l 
dared  loteU  her  that  her  oppoiieiii»,^Lord  OiigarMieirs, — had  calculated 
on  her  anxiety  touvwid  cx|ioHure;  hut  she  knew  that  titut  was  meant.  "I 
hiivc  nutiiiui;  to  feiLr  fromtl>em,"  she  said,  "and  mean  to  claiia  wbatU  mj 
owu  by  my  wltlenii-nt."  There  liad,  ia  truth,  been  no  ground  fur  dbpui- 
itig  her  rijjiit,  and  the  jilace  woe  given  up  to  her  berotc  ahe  hiid  hecu  Ihrcs 
nioutlia  in  £cgta»d.  Slie  at  once  went  down  and  took  posscstaion,  and 
there  she  was,  alvnc,  when  her  sister  waa  coaimunicattng  to  Itarty 
Clnvvring  her  piou  about  Captain  Archie. 

aim  had  never  eocu  the  pUce  till  she  reached  it  en  this  oecadon  ;  nor 
had  xlie  erer  seen,  nor  would  she  now  probably  ercr  uc,  L<ird  Oojar'a 
huger  house,  Courioa  Cattle-    She  htid  gone  abroad  wtlh  him  immediately 


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Tire  CtATETdSOS. 


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00  tbdr  mftrriagc,  and  now  the  had  returned  a  widnir  fo  (altc  pnaanston 
of  Ilia  houw.  TUno  tdio  wiiii  in  po««pwi<in  of  it  all.  The  furniture  in 
the  rooiiw,  thfi  book)  in  tlic  easw,  tlie  gildiid  docks  and  grand  mirront 
ahont  the  honso,  all  th«  implem^nto  of  we^itl)))!-  ciro  itVinut  llii;  gardcmi, 
the  com  in  the  grannrips  and  Utt  rickH  in  the  hay-yan],  the  horftei  in  tho 
aliiMii,  luid  tlic  cgwj  lowing  in  tLe  fields, — Oivy  wcro  nil  licrii.  She  }uul 
perfcnned  her  jwirt  of  ihe  barj^ain,  nnd  now  ili*  price  wa«  piiid  to  h«r  into 
ber  handa,  When  the  arrived  ahc  did  not  know  what  was  the  extent 
of  li€T  rich«a  in  this  world's  go«d*;  nor,  in  tmth,  had  slio  at  once  Ulc 
courage  to  aslt  questitiDS  on  tlie  subject.  She  >nw  cowk,  and  iriu  tiild  of 
hones;  and  words  came  to  htr  grndually  of  shwp  and  oxen,  of  [loultrjr, 
pig«.  and  growing  ralvcm.  It  was  m  tliowgli  a  new  world  had  opened  itself 
before  her  e^'e^i  full  of  interest,  ^nd  aa  though  nil  that  worlil  were  her  own. 
Bhe  looked  at  it,  and  kn*w  thiit  it  was  the  price  of  her  biirgiiin,  Upon 
Uie  whole  she  had  been  rerj-  hick/.  fAia  had,  indoed,  faaed  throu^di  a 
sliarp  ugony, — on  agony  vharp  nloiost  to  duith ;  but  the  sgon)r  had  been 
ahert,  and  the  price  waa  in  her  hand. 

A  close  carrUge  bad  met  her  nb  the  Btation,  and  taken  her  with  her 
niatd  lo  iho  hon«c.  She  hnd  so  nrrangcd  that  aho  liad  reachctl  the  itatioa 
after  dark,  ami  even  then  hail  fi>lt  that  tho  cyrs  of  many  were  upon  her 
US  ahc  wrut  out  to  her  carriage,  with  her  fnce  covrrcd  by  a  TeU.  She 
vaa  all  nlune,  and  there  would  be  no  one  at  the  hoii*c  to  whom  ahe  couM 
•penk ; — but  the  knowledge  that  the  carriage  wan  h^^r  own  perhaps coni»1(tii) 
her.  The  liousekcepor  who  received  her  waa  a  sloiil,  cldcriy,  comfortable 
body,  to  whom  aho  couM  [KrhnfM  uy  a  few  words  beyond  thora  which 
might  be  Rpoken  to  an  ordinarj-  aerrant;  but  she  fimded  at  ones  that  the 
konaekeeper  was  cold  to  hpr,  and  wlemn  in  her  dcmcanotir.  "  1  hope 
you  have  good  fires.  Mrs.  Bdltou."  "  Ye«,  my  lady."  "  I  think  I  will 
hare  wmc  lea;  1  don't  want  anything  cIbc  to-nighl."  "Vvry  well,  my 
ly."  Mm.  Button,  raaintnining  n  aolnmu  eounienanee.  would  not  c« 
d  this;  and  yel  Airs.  Button  looked  like  a  woman  who  could  have 
enjoyed  a  goiMp,  Ijid  the  Indy  Ix-en  a  lady  lo  her  mind.  Perhap*  Mra. 
Button  did  not  like  serving  a  lady  an  to  whom  such  sad  iiToriea  were  told. 
Lady  Ongar,  aa  she  ihouglit  of  thi»,  drew  herself  up  unconBciouily,  and 
•ent  Mra.  Btitf^n  away  from  her. 

Th«  next  morning,  after  an  early  breakfast,  Lady  Ongar  went  out. 
She  wna  dottrmined  that  die  would  work  hard  ;  that  she  would  ttodcr* 
atatvd  Ihn  fann ;  that  she  would  know  the  lahotirora ;  that  ehe  would 
oanA  ihe  poor ;  (hat  aho  would  have  a  aohool ;  and,  above  all,  that  slie 
wo^ild  make  all  the  pririlegeB  of  ownership  her  own.  Was  not  tho  price 
ia  her  band,  and  would  ihe  not  uae  it  J  ^he  frit  that  it  was  very  good 
that  Hmething  of  tho  prica  bad  come  to  her  thua  in  the  shape  of  land,  and 
bccTea,  and  wide,  hmvy  onlaide  gamiturr.  l-Vom  them  sh«  would  pluck 
an  intemt  which  mere  money  could  not  Iiajc  given  her.  She  was  out 
early,  therefore,  that  ihe  might  look  round  upon  Ihe  thinga  tliat  were 
ber  own. 


szi 


THK  CLAVBRUiOa. 


Aiti]  lline  canie  upoii  hw  >  ftviiiig  UmI  slie  woiitit  iiuc  Ptnptj 
Rwect  cup  ttt  «a«  dniuglit,  lliat  obti  w«uld  Uxlly  Mmewb»t  witli  tbc  licb 
huiquet  that  iras  Gpread  for  ber.  She  bad  oiatijr  griefs  to  ovcraoia^ 
ruucli  Eorrow  to  conquer,  perhaps  a  king  period  of  dewlutioii  to  Mxougt, 
ftud  slic  would  not  b«  pT«di(;a]  ol'  her  irc«<>iir«e«.  As  she  iwkud  «n>iUid 
bcr  wbUe  the  walked,  altnoil  fuiiiTclyf  Itdt  snm«  gardener  iks  he  Kjued  iiw 
night  guen  her  ibbtighbi  und  tcU  bow  ni}'  lady  woa  rcvL-Uiiig  in  bcr  prida 
of  pcfiscuion, — it  appeared  to  ber  that  those  uovellies  in  which  she  vra  xo 
Itad  htrr  nvw  interest  were  witliout  end.  There  was  not  a  tree  there,  ttdt 
»  ■hrub,  not  0.  turn  iu  ili«  wslkti,  which  ibuuld  not  bttcome  b«r  friend. 
Sht!  did  nol  go  fat  front  iha  houic,  not  eves  down  to  tiiu  wntur.  Shu  was 
husbanding  bor  roAourcea.  Hue  yet  khe  loot  liersell'  wuidtit  the  {xitlis,  uid 
triud  to  find  a  joy  in  f*w1iii(c  thst  alio  had  done  bo.  It  was  all  bcr  owa. 
Il  WHS  tli«  pric«  of  what  sha  h.-vl  done  ;  and  the  price  waa  ciTea  now  tpeia^ 
paid  into  her  Land, — paid  willi  ciu-r«it  coia  and  of  full  wngbl. 

Aa»lii!  Rat  down  alutic  to  hi>r  brcukrHit,  nhu  declared  to  heradf  that 
tliis  aliould  he.  enough  for  her, — that  ii  should  Niii*!)'  Iii^.  Shu  ha«l  loada 
her  hargjiin  with  her  eye*  op«o,  and  would  not  now  a«k  for  thiuga  which 
hxd  not  hiN-n  HlijiulntKi]  iu  tliii  uonlmct.  Slii-.  va«  alonx,  and  all  the  wcriil 
wiu  Uiruiiig  i(i>  Lack  on  her.  The  rvlulivca  of  hur  latv  hiubaud  would,  w 
a  iDiittcr  of  cooNe,  bo  hor  eneniies.  Them  the  had  never  seen,  and  that 
tliey  should  spcalc  evil  of  her  necmcd  ta  bo  only  natural.  But  h«r  oiro 
rciutivct  nvi'C  romovcd  from  her  by  a  gulf  ticftrly  cqiudly  ntdv.  Of 
Bimliuxoii  coimiuii  ^e  had  iiiiutf  nearer  th^n  the  iliiid  or  fouuh  degreeof 
uuuiuiibhip,  and  of  tht-ia  she  had  aavcr  taken  he«d,  and  ux[it:clei  no  heed 
fi'oni  ihvai.  ilur  wfl  of  fni'iiiU  would  n:ttundly  luivo  been  the  untc  u 
her  sitter's,  and  would  have  liceii  iniidr  u;>  of  those  shv  had  known  irh«a 
iih«  wtuoue  of  Sir  liogh'e  family.  But  from  ijir  H^gli  ehu  wnsdiTidtd 
now  as  wititiy  as  frBOi  the  Ongir  people,  and, — for  any  purposca  of  Kociely, 
— from  her  eiitcr  alsa  Sir  Hugh  had  allowed  bis  wilu  to  iuvtlc  hot  lo 
CliLi-oring,  hut  to  this  sho  would  not  vubmit  niter  Sir  Hugh's  trealntcnt  la 
lier  «Ji  liei-  rvluin.  Though  ahe  hnd  KulTered  much,  her  vpirit  was  oo* 
broken.  &U'  Uugb  waa,  in  truth,  rcaj/onoible  foe  her  reception  ia  England. 
Und  lie  coine  f'urw-ard  hke  a  broChvi',  nil  might  hare  been  well.  But  it 
wua  too  laic  now  for  Bir  Hugh  Clnveriiig  to  ri-inudy  tiiu  evil  be  had  dtnx, 
niid  he  should  be  luade  to  undei'stand  that  Lady  Ongar  would  not  b«c«ne 
n  (uppliaiiL  to  hiui  for  lueicy.  She  waa  &triviug  to  think  bow  *'nuh  alia 
was  Ui  liors«6,  how  rich  in  broidiired  garinvnia  aud  iu  gold,"  oa  the  cat 
Military  over  her  hicakfuNl;  but  h?r  mind  woidd  run  off  to  other  ihisj^ 
cuinbmog  itst;[l  witii  uqucccMitry  iniseriea  and  luelcw  indignatioo.  Had 
she  not  hor  prioc  iu  htr  bond  t 

Would  ahu  Mu  tlie  Htcward  that  mciiuiugT  Ko, — not  tliat  morning. 
Things  DUtaide  could  gu  uu  for  a  wiiilu  in  tliur  course  aa  heretofore.  Sixt 
luari-d  to  Bueni  ti>  lake  poueaaion  with  pride,  and  then  thert  was  that 
conTiciiou  that  it  would  be  well  to  husband  her  leuiurces.  So  ahc  eenl 
for  Mrf.  Rutton,  aod  iuk«d  Ura.  Button  to  wnlk  through  lite  roooia  with 


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her.  Mm.  Button  catnc,  but  again  declined  to  accept  her  lady's  condeAceQ- 
sion.  Eveiy  spot  about  the  liouse,  every  room,  closet,  and  wardrobe,  she 
was  ready  to  open  with  zeal ;  the  furniture  she  was  pre|>ared  to  describe^ 
if  Lady  Ongar  would  listen  to  her  ;  but  every  word  was  spoken  in  a 
Bulenin  voice,  very  far  removed  Irom  gossiping.  Only  once  was  Mrs. 
Button  moved  to  betray  any  emotion.  "  That,  my  lady,  was  my  lord's 
niotlier'a  room,  after  my  lord  died, — my  lord's  lather  that  was ;  may  God 
ble^  her."  Then  Lady  Ongar  reflected  that  from  her  husband  she  hud 
never  beard  a  word  either  of  his  iather  or  his  mother.  She  wished  that 
elie  could  seat  herself  with  that  woman  ia  some  small  upstairs  room,  and 
then  ask  question  after  question  about  the  famtiy.  But  she  did  not  dare 
to  make  the  attempt  She  could  not  bring  herself  to  explain  to  Mn. 
Button  that  she  had  never  known  anything  of  the  belongings  of  her  own 
husband. 

When  she  had  sees  the  upper  part  of  the  house,  Mrs.  Button  offered 
to  convoy  her  through  the  kitchens  and  servants'  apartments,  but  she 
declined  tliis  for  the  present.  She  had  done  enough  for  the  day.  So  she 
dismissed  Mrs.  Button,  and  took  herself  to  the  library.  How  oflen  had 
she  heard  that  books  afforded  the  surest  consolation  to  the  desolate.  She 
would  take  to  reading  ;  not  on  this  special  day,  but  as  the  resource  for 
many  days  and  months,  and  years  to  come.  But  this  idea  had  faded  and 
liecome  faint,  before  she  had.  left  the  gloomy,  damp-feeling,  chill  room, 
ill  which  »Qm%  former  Lord  Ongar  had  stored  the  musty  volumes  which 
he  had  thought  fit  to  purchase.  The  library  gave  her  no  ease,  bo  she 
went  out  again  among  the  lawns  and  shrubs.  For  some  time  to  come  her 
best  resources  must  be  those  which  she  could  find  outside  the  house. 

Peering  about,  she  made  her  way  behind  the  stabk's,  wliich  were 
attached  to  the  house,  to  a  farmyard  gate,  through  which  the  way  led  to 
the  head-quarters  of  the  live-stock.  She  did  not  go  throngh,  i)Ut  she 
looked  over  the  gate,  telling  herself  that  those  barns  and  Gliedx,  that 
wealth  of  straw-yard,  those  sleeping  pigs  and  idle  dreaming  calves,  were 
all  her  own.  As  she  did  so,  her  eye  fell  upon  an  old  labourer,  who  was 
utting  claw  to  her,  on  a  felled  tree,  under  the  shelter  of  a  paling,  eating 
hia  dinner.  A  little  girl,  some  six  years  old,  who  had  brouglit  him  his  meal 
tied  up  in  a  handkerchief,  was  crouching  near  his  feet.  They  had  bolh 
setn  her  before  she  had  seen  them,  and  when  she  noticed  them,  were 
Blaring  at  her  with  all  their  eyes.  She  and  they  were  on  the  same  aide  of 
the  farmyard  paling,  and  so  she  could  reach  llicni  and  speak  to  tliem 
without  difficulty.  There  was  apparently  no  other  person  near  enough  to 
listen,  and  it  occurred  to  her  that  she  might  at  any  riiEo  make  a  friend  of 
this  old  man.  His  name,  he  said,  was  Enoch  Gubby,  and  the  girl  was  his 
grandchild.  Her  name  was  Patty  Gubby.  Then  Patty  got  up  and  had  her 
head  patted  by  her  liidyship  and  received  sixpcnco.  They  iitilher  of  them, 
however,  knew  who  her  ladyship  was,  and,  as  far  na  Lady  Ongar  cuuld 
ascertain  without  a  question  too  direct  to  be  asked,  had  never  heai'd  of 
her.     Enoch  Gubby  said  he  worked  for  Mr.  Giles,  the  steward, — that  was 


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for  my  ]ar^,  and  ni  In*  ww  oW  mid  iiiff  witli  tliMimniiirtn  he  on 
•ighl  Khilling*  a  wfrele.     Ke  had  a  duughlpr,  tlie  molhi-r  of  Puil^, 
worlcrd  in  the  fields,  itnd  got  six  shillings  n  yittk.    T.yeryihing  abont  Um 
poor  GwWjj-h  wcraed  to  be  very  wreldied  and  miHiniblo. 
lie  could  hai-ill^  drag  liinwcif  about,  lie  was  so  bad  with  tlie  rhi 
Then  rhc  thniight  tbnt  «h«  would  inAk«  one  pcnon  haj^py,  and  toM  him 
ih»t  hi*  ^^vlg(»  ii}innld   be  mivcd  to  ten  shilling  n  vcelc.      No   ttiAtter 
whether  lie  eainwl  il  or  not,  or  what  Mr.  Giles  might  eaj,  he  should  hare 
t«n  sliiliingB  n  vetln.     Enoch  (iiibh^  bowpd,  nnd  nibbed  his  hntd,  and 
iiared,  and  \riui  in  truth  thanlfiil  brcftuiv  of  (lie  ntxpmcc  in  readjr  nMioej ; 
bat  be  bcltcvrd  nothing  about  llic  ten  thilling«.     He  did  not  (vpcciAUr 
diubflipvp,  but  simply  fi-lt  confident  thnt  lie  undfrstood  nothing  that  wa* 
Bdid  to  him.     Tlint  kindness  was  intended,  and  that  tho  eixpenoe  ma 
there,  he  did  understand. 

But  Enoch  GuTihy  got  hi»  wpekly  ten  .%!ulliIlg^  though  Lady  Ongar 
hardly  realised  thi;  plrafiirv  that  »hc  had  cxp^-ctcd  from  the  traniactMn. 
Slip  JiiMit  tlint  Bftcrnnrn  for  Wr.  Gil***,  tlie  alewaid,  and  told  him  what 
ftlio  liiid  done.  l^Ir.  Giles  did  not  n.t  nil  approTO,  and  npoke  liis  ilUap> 
proval  rery  plaiuly,  tlion^li  lie  garnished  his  rebuke  with  a  great  nuay 
"my  lady's."  Tlii?  nid  mun  waa  a  banger-im  about  the  plac^,  and  Sir 
years  had  roct^ve^l  eight  (hillings  a  iveek,  whiuli  he  h.id  not  half  carno). 
"Now  he  will  hnrc  Inn,  that  ii  all,"  said  Lndy  On^ar.  Mr  Giles  ookaow- 
ledged  tlint  if  her  ladysliip  pleased.  Enoch  Gubby  miut  have  tot  tea 
shillings,  but  diolarcd  that  the  biuiocaa  cunld  not  bo  carried  on  in  tluil 
way.  Evwyboily  nhont  the  jilace  would  expect  on  ailditinn,  and  tbofe 
people  who  ilid  earn  what  ihfry  received,  would  think  tbcmsi-lvca  onielly 
used  in  being  wnrso  treated  than  Enoch  Gubhy,  who,  necnrding  to 
Mr,  Giles,  -a-aB  by  no  means  tiifl  most  wortJiy  old  man  in  the  piiriah. 
And  na  for  bis  (daughter — oli  1  Mr.  Giles  could  not  trust  himnelf  (o  talk 
about  the  dnnghtci'  tn  her  ladyship.  B&fcrg  ho  left  her,  Lady  Ongar  was 
convinced  th:it  iho  had  mndo  a  inUlako.  Not  «vvn  from  chanty  will 
plcacure  come,  if  chnrity  be  taken  up  simply  to  appi/aw  reniorac.  ^ 

Tlie  price  wnsi  in  her  hnnd.  For  a  forlnight  the  idea  clung  to  her,  that  '| 
pradtifillysliewonldTenlizetlio  joys  of  possession  ;  but  there  was  no  momeDl 
in  which  she  could  lell  heradf  that  the  joy  was  hem.  Sho  wan  now  mistr«M 
of  the  geogrnphy  of  the  pl.ice.  There  wai  no  more  losing  herself  amidst  the 
(shnibb(.-ric»,  no  thought  of  etonomiaing  her  resources.  Of  Mr.  Giles  and 
hi*  doings  she  still  knew  very  little,  but  tho  doslro  of  knowing  mnch  had 
fudcd.  The  ownership  of  tlic  h-iystHcks  had  become  a  ibini;  tmne  lo  her, 
and  ths  great  cart-horses,  as  to  ercry  one  tf  which  sli«  had  inte»d«d  to  feel 
mi  interest,  were  matlern  of  IndiflVfrriicc  lo  her,  Shw  obserred  that  sine* 
htr  (uriTnl  n  new  iiiiiii«  in  new  puini, — her  own  nonip, — was  attached  to 
the  CAfts,  and  thai  Ihe  letters  were  big  and  glaring.  She  wished  that 
this  had  not  been  done,  or,  at  any  rate,  that  the  letters  had  been  snulkr. 
Then  slie  began  to  think  that  it  might  be  well  fur  her  to  kt  tha  &rm  to 
a  tenant;  not  that  she  might  tints  get  more  money,  but  bccvtue  aho  li^t 


TIIK  CLAVEmSGS.  637 

Unit  iho  fann  would  be  b  trouble.     The  npplea  had  indeed  quickly  turned 
to  asbea  between  her  teeth  I 

On  the  first  Sunday  that  slie  was  at  Ongar  Park  she  ivent  to  the 
l)arisli  church.  She  had  resolved  strongly  that  she  would  do  this,  and 
phe  did  it  ;  but  when  the  moment  for  starting  cnme,  her  courage  almost 
failed  her.  The  church  was  but  a  few  yards  from  her  own  gate,  and  she 
walked  there  without  any  attendant.  She  had,  ho^Tever,  sent  word  to  the 
Boxlou  to  say  that  she  would  be  there,  and  the  old  man  was  ready  to  show 
her  into  the  family  pew.  She  wore  a  thick  veil,  and  was  dressed,  of 
course,  in  all  the  deep  ceremonious  woe  of  widowhood.  As  she  walked 
up  tbc  centre  of  the  church  she  thought  of  her  dress,  and  told  herself  that 
all  there  would  know  how  it  had  been  between  her  and  her  husband. 
She  w;i3  pretending  to  mourn  for  the  man  to  whom  she  had  sold  herself  ; 
for  the  man  who  through  happy  chance  had  died  bo  quickly,  leaving  her 
with  the  price  in  her  hand  !  All  of  course  knew  that,  and  all  thought 
that  they  knew,  moreover,  that  she  had  been  foully  false  to  her  bargain, 
and  had  not  earned  the  price  I  That,  also,  she  told  herself.  But  she 
went  through  it,  and  walked  out  of  the  cliurcli  among  the  village  crowd 
with  her  head  on  high. 

Three  days  afterwards  she  wrote  to  the  clergyman,  asking  him  to  call 
on  her.  Site  h.id  come,  she  said,  to  live  in  tlie  parish,  and  hoped  to  be 
able,  wiih  his  assistance,  to  be  of  sonio  use  among  the  people.  She  would 
hardly  know  how  to  act  without  some  counsel  from  him.  The  schools 
micht  he  all  that  waa  excellent,  but  if  there  was  anything  required  she 
hoped  he  would  tell  her.  On  the  following  morring  the  clergyman  called, 
and,  wilh  many  tlinnks  for  her  generosity,  listened  to  her  plana,  and 
accepted  her  subsidies.  But  he  was  a  married  man,  and  he  said  nothing 
of  his  wife,  nor  during  the  next  week  did  his  wife  come  to  c;ill  on  her.  Sho 
was  to  be  lefi  desolate  by  all,  because  men  had  told  lies  of  her  t 

She  had  the  price  in  her  hnnds,  but  slic  felt  herself  tempted  to  do  as 
Judas  did, — to  go  out  and  hang  herself. 


VOL.   Xltt. — HO.   77.  ^^. 


Wb  hftve  ccon  h<rv  philology  carries  ua  totvar^s  id«as  of  Affinity  of  mm 
which  are  new  im  ut.     But  it  is  isvidrut  that  thi«  iiiliiiily,  wfa  it'  proved, 
can  be  no  vcrjr  iMtciit  ui&ur,  uiilcra  it  goes  beyond  the  stiigc  at  which  we 
huvo  hitherto  ahuimi  it.    AiKiiily  hijtwc-cn  rac«««ill,K>  Ut  tftrnk,  in  ibvir 
mothtr's  wutuh,  ooud1«  lor  witiiething,  iutlued,  but  coiitwl  count  lur  r«ry 
inuoli.     So  long  m  Celt  luul  Ttulou  are  in  thvJr  ciuhryo  niJiiiitfulary 
i>lalo,  or,  at  least,  no  auoh  great  while  out  of  their  cradlv,  atill  eog^ed  m 
llicir  wanileringa,  chants  of  pince  itnd  struggle  for  derdopiDent,  so  lo&g 
M  tlioy  hav«  not  yet  i^y»tilli2<sl  into  u>li<l  niititint,  thuy  mny  touch  aai 
mix  ill  pauing,  bdiI  y«l  vury  liitlu  ooinc  of  it.     It  14  wbuii  ihv  imbryo  bu 
gronii  mill  oolidifitil  itilo  n  diaCitict  niitioii,  into  llio  Gatil  or  (JcnnuD  of 
hittory,  nh^a  tt  biu  finiklly  aoqiiiri^d  the  churacti»-«  which  male*  th«  Qtiul 
bf  liiHtury  vrbul  he  li,  th«  (ierman  of  bistory  wbat  ha  t>r  ^*^  contuu  siul 
tiiixiurv  ari:!  iinporUjit,  uiil  may  h»ve  ft  long  bain  of  oSeota ;  for  Celt  au«i 
Teuton  by  thia  lime   have  their  tbrnied,  narked,  national,  ine&ecabU 
(|uaUtie>  to  oppose  or  to  commiuiicalc.     The  contact  of  the  Oerinati  of  tbt 
Contiaent  with  tJie  CVli  was  ia  the  pre-hiMoric  times,  aa4  ibe   defiiuM 
Gwnian  typo,  as  wrt  kiiow  it,  vias  fixvA  later,  and  from  th«  lime  when  it 
booame  tix*^]  miit  not   injliieiiDud  by  the  Celtic  type.     Hut  htrc  io  our 
c>>untry,  iu  Iwtorio  times,  loi^  aft«r  tiie  Celtie  onibiyo  bad  cryslalltacd 
iiiio  the  Celt  proper,  long  aWcr  the  Oeruanio  etnbryu  bad  cryntalliaad 
into  UiQ  German  proper,  there  wtu  an  important  contacC  holweeD  the  two 
ptHipWs ;  the  8tixons  iiivudtiil  tlio  Bricooii  and  avtllec]  ih«uu»lv«8  in  tha 
BritouR*  country.    Wtrll,  tiii*»,  hiri-  wii»  n  c"ni:ict  which  one  might  expect 
would  leave  it*  tracui ;  if  ihv  Bukoiih  got  the  up|>cr  himd,  ns  trc  all  ki»w 
t)i«y  did,  and  tnadu  our  country  be  Euglund  tind  ut  ha  Kegliiih,  there  miut 
yet,  one  WDuM  tliink,  be  wtme  trace  of  the  Snxun  having  mi'l  thv  Briton; 
1)1  CIV  must  be  eome  C*Ili''  vein  oi-  other  r uniting  ihttiMghuB.    Many  p««pls 
My  there  is  nothing  hi  nil  of  the  kind,  absolutely  nothiiig ;   the  Stilurday 
Jievtcw  tri-Ats  these  mattms  of  vtlinology  witli  groat  power  and  I«sniit)g, 
and  tbo  SaUirdefi  Review  Bays  we  are  "a  nation  into  which  a  Norman 
eli-riKnt,  like  a   innch  (•inallirr  Orliic  vienicnt,  w.m  m  completely  nbwibed 
ihnt  it  if  t'Ain  tu  ivek  niter  Nonunti  or  C<']tic  cleiuenls  ta  nuy  modern 
Eiiglisihman."     And   the  Dtlier  d:ty  »t   Zurich  I  read  a  long  eBany  on 
KnglibU  literature  by  one  of  the  prolcsioni  th«rc,  in  which  tbe  writer 
c)bstn'e<I,  as  n  i-cmarkntile  thtag,  tbnt  while  other  countrir*  ci>n<ft)ei«(]  by 
the  Gcrman.t.-^Fr&Qce,  for  instnnot!,  and  Iialy.^luid  ouMiil  all  Uvimaa 
influence  frtaa  their  geiiiua  and  lit«raliire,  llivre  were  Iwo  oountrie^  noC 


I 


TUE  STUDY  01?  CELTIC  LITERATUBE.  539 

origino]!;  Germanic,  but  conquered  hy  the  Germans,  England  and  German 
Switzerland,  of  whicli  the  g(>niu3  and  the  literatura  were  purely  and 
inimixeUly  German;  and  this  he  laid  down  as  a  position  which  nobody 
ivoiild  dream  of  challenging. 

I  Edj  it  in  strange  thiit  this  should  be  so,  and  we  in  particular  have 
reason  lor  inquiring  whether  it  really  is  so ;  because  though,  aa  I  have  said, 
tVLUiia  a  matter  of  ncience  the  Cttlt  has  a  claim  to  be  known,  and  we  have 
ail  interest  in  knowing  him,  yet  tliis  interest  is  wonderfully  cnlianced  if 
we  find  him  to  have  actually  a  part  in  us.  The  question  is  to  be  tried  by 
external  and  by  internal  ovidencc  j  the  language  and  the  physical  type  of 
our  race  afford  certain  data  for  trying  it,  and  other  data  are  afforded  by 
our  literature,  geniuK,  and  spiritual  production  generally.  Data  of  this 
second  kind  belong  to  the  province  of  the  literary  critic ;  data  of  the  first 
kind  to  the  province  of  the  philologist  and  of  tho  physiologist. 

The  province  of  the  philologist  and  of  the  physiologist  is  not  niine ; 
but  this  whole  question  as  to  the  mixture  of  Celt  with  Saxon  in  us  has 
been  so  little  explored,  people  have  been  so  prone  to  settle  it  off-hand 
according  to  their  prepossessions,  that  even  on  the  philological  and  physio- 
logical side  of  it  I  must  say  a  few  words  in  passing.  Surely  it  must  strike 
with  surprise  any  one  who  thinks  of  it,  to  find  that  without  any  immense 
inpouring  of  a  whole  people,  that  by  mere  expeditions  of  invaders  having 
to  come  over  the  sea  and  in  no  greater  numbera  tlian  the  Saxons,  so  for 
us  we  can  make  out,  actually  came,  the  old  occupants  of  this  island,  tho 
Celtic  Britons,  should  have  been  completely  annihilated,  or  eveu  so 
completely  absorbed  tliat  it  is  vain  to  seek  alter  Celtic  elements  in  the 
existing  English  race.  Of  delilierate  wholesale  extermination  of  the 
Celtic  race,  all  of  them  who  could  not  fly  to  Wales  or  Scotland,  we  hear 
nothing ;  and  without  some  such  extermination  one  would  suppose  that  a 
gn.-at  mass  of  them  must  have  remained  in  the  country,  their  lot  the  obscure 
and,  BO  to  speak,  underground  lot  of  a  subject  race,  but  yet  insensibly 
getting  mixed  with  their  conquerors,  and  their  blood  entering  into  the  com- 
position of  a  new  people,  in  whicli  the  stock  of  the  conquerors  counts  for 
Rioit,  but  the  stock  of  the  conquered,  too,  counts  for  something.  How  little 
the  triumph  of  the  conquerors'  laws,  manners,  and  language,  proves  the 
extinction  of  the  old  race,  we  may  see  by  looking  at  France ;  Gaul  was 
latinized  in  language,  mauners,  and  laws,  and  yet  her  people  remained 
essentially  Celtic.  The  Gerniaiiization  of  Britain  went  far  deeper  than  the 
Laliuization  of  France,  and  not  only  laws,  manners,  and  language,  but  the 
main  current  of  the  blood,  became  Germanic ;  but  how,  without  some 
process  of  radical  extirpation,  of  which,  as  I  say,  there  is  do  evidence,  can 
there  have  failed  to  subsist  in  Britain,  as  in  Gaul,  a  Celtic  current  too  7 
The  indications  of  this  in  our  language  have  never  yet  been  thoroughly 
searehed  out ;  the  Celtic  names  of  places  prove  nothing,  of  course,  as 
to  the  point  here  in  qiitxtion;  they  come  from  the  pre-historlc  times, 
till!  times  before  the  nutioiiti,  Germanic  or  Celtic,  had  crystallized,  and 
thi-y  are  everywhere,  as  the  impetuous  Celt  was  formerly  everywhere, — 

26— a 


MO 


Till!  STUDY  or  CELTIC  UTUHATCRR. 


I 


ia  llie  Alp,  tlm  Apeiinine*,  t)w  Cevcnnw,  tlie  Rliinc,  tho  Po,  as  w" 
in  tljc  Tliatnfn,  lh«   llumber,  Cumbcrlami,  London.     Uut  it  u  i«id  tlwl 
words  of  Celtic  crigin  for  lliinga  Kiving  to  do  wif.h  pvery-day  peaeefnt  lifiv' 
— the  life  of  a  tL-ttlccl  nation,— woriit  like  h'ulet  (to  uilcc  *n  JDitanco  wbick 
nil  llio  world  knows)  form  n  much  larger  boJy  in  our  liuiguagc  tbn  is 
i.'oiiimonly<Ufipafted;  itH.ciiid  ihat  nnuiiibcr  ^fDur  mcia*!,  moat  idinnintic, 
popular  worda — forcxiuiiplc,  6(im,  jCW,  ifhop,  IwatMle,  j'atlijt,  kilth,  m«^, 
— nro  Celtic     Thcso  afMHion*  rer^iiire  tA  be  circftilly  es-'unined,  mkI  itfl 
by  no  nicaiiH  (bllowa  ihiit  becauw  an  KiigliKh  word  is  ff>»rd  ta  Celtic,  thert- 
(on  ^vv  get  it  (ivin  tlii'iiGC ;  Ixit  tbiy  have  not  yet  hnd  the  Dltcutlcn  vrhicJi^ 
at  ilhiHtratlng  through  language  this  matter  of  (he  stibsiiit^nse  anil  lotcT' 
mingling  in  our  nation  of  a  Celtic  part,  they  merll. 

iior  hav«  the  physiological  data  which  illuf(rat«  thia  matter  liad  iDiiok' 
more  aticJilioa  fhim  hk  in  Knjjlund.  Ittit  in  France,  a  phyaician, 
Engliah  by  blood,  iltougli  a  I'^ii-nchinan  by  home  hikI  language,  Monsi 
W.  ]■'.  Edwards,  brother  to  Monsieur  Mi!ne-Ed wards,  (he  woll-known 
zoologidt,  published  in  1830  a  lettei-  lo  ^lonueur  Am«d^  TLierry  wilk 
this  lilk  ;  Dee  Caj-actirts  Physhlogiqttta  da  Sactt  Jhmainea  contUMt 
dttjts  ieurt  Btipporla  nveo  riiiMoire.  The  Iclicr  iitiractod  great  atteoliaa 
on  the  Oiintinfitil ;  it  fdta  noi  much  more  than  a  hundred  page*,  "oi 
they  nrc  a  hun'lred  ptij^oe  which  well  dofl«rv«  rending  and  rv -rcndii^. 
UoiiHiettr  Thierry  in  liis  Hixtoirt  ilet  Giniloir  lind  divided  tiie  pojiol&lioa 
of  Gaul  inio  cerCaiD  groupn,  uud  the  object  of  JMoiuicur  Kdirarda  was  li> 
try  thin  division  by  physiology.  Groiijis  of  men  have,  he  aaya,  tbctr 
pbyiicuL  type  which  distinguishes  ihcni,  na  well  a&  their  language;  ikft, 
trace*  of  lliia  phyiioal  Iyp6  ondurc  tut  tho  traces  of  Innguftge  «adun>,  aad' 
pbytiolngy  ia  cnahled  to  veriiy  history  by  them.  Aoconlingly,  be  deter- 
mines the  phyticol  type  of  each  of  the  two  great  Celtic  ianiiliai,  the  Gada 
nnd  the  CyiiiH*,  wlio  nn«  wiid  to  have  been  diatribmcd  in  n  certain  order 
ihrougli  C'iiul,  anil  then  ho  inuds  thi.-!<e  lypea  in  the  populalioa  of  Fiance 
nt  the  prciientday,  and  aov^Bea  the  alleged  originnl  ordor  of  diatribuiioD. 
Id  doing  thin,  he  niaken  excursions  into  Deighbouriog  couulrira  wbcru  iha 
(Saeta  and  the  C^miiii  have  been,  and  he  dtclarea  that  in  Kagland  he  &iidi 
abniidant  tiiictft  of  the  jibyHicul  typt-  uhicli  ho  has  cstabhsbed  aa  Hit 
Cymric,  elill  aubKikling  in  our  [loptiiation,  and  having  descended  from  Ui« 
old  BritiHb  po«et)soT«  of  our  aoil  before  tlie  Saxon  oonqunt.  Bat  if «« 
are  to  believe  the  current  English  opinion,  aaya  Moniueur  Edwarda,  tlie 
stock  of  these  old  British  possessors  ia  dean  gone.  On  Ibia  opimou  be 
makes  the  following  comment : — 

"  In  tho  territory  occupied  by  the  Saxoni>,  the  Brilona  w«re  do  loDgeF 
fill  indopvndent  nation,  nor  creii  a  p<eople  with  any  civil  vxistcnoc  at  all. 
I'or  history,  therefore,  they  were  dead,  above  all  for  history  aa  it  waa  then 
writlen;  but  ihi^y  had  not  pcrinhed;  they  siill  lived  on,  and  undoubtedly 
in  Mich  nnraboi's  as  the  icniains  of  n  gi-cat  nation,  in  epite  of  ita  diuaten, 
niight  Ktill  bu  expectiKJ  to  kwp.  That  tbo  Itritona  were  destroyed  or  ex- 
I'clled  from  Euglaud,  properly  no  cabled,  in,  aa  I  Imrc  eziid,  a  popular  opbiui 


I 


THE  STUDY  OF  CELTIC  LITERATURE.  541 

in  tliat  country.  It  is  founded  on  the  exaggeration  of  tlie  wri(er8  of  his- 
tory ;  but  in  tlieso  very  writers,  when  we  come  to  loolc  closely  at  what 
tliey  say,  wc  find  the  confession  that  the  remains  of  this  people  were  re- 
(liicei:!  to  s  state  of  strict  servitude.  Attached  to  the  soil,  tlicy  will  have 
shared  in  tlint  emancipation  which  during  the  course  of  the  middle  nges 
gradually  restored  to  political  life  the  mass  of  the  population  in  the  coun- 
tries of  Western  Europe ;  recovering  by  alow  degrees  their  rights  without 
rcHuming  their  name,  and  rising  gradually  with  the  rise  of  industry,  tliey 
■will  have  got  spread  through  all  ranks  of  society.  The  gradualnesa  of  this 
movement,  and  the  obscurity  which  enwrapped  itu  beginningtt,  allowed  the 
contempt  of  the  conqueror  and  the  shame  of  the  conquered  to  become 
fixed  feelings ;  and  so  it  turns  out,  that  an  Englisliman  who  now  thinks 
himself  spnmg  from  the  Sa.tons  or  the  Normans,  ia  often  in  reality  the 
descendant  of  the  Britons." 

So  physiology,  as  well  as  language,  iucomplcte  though  the  application 
of  their  tests  to  this  matter  has  hitherto  been,  may  lead  us  to  hesitate 
bcforv  accepting  the  round  assertion  that  it  is  vain  to  pearcli  fcr  Celtic 
eleriK'ntM  in  any  modern  EnglisJiinaD,  But  it  is  not  only  by  the  testa  of 
physidlngy  and  hinguiigo  that  we  can  try  this  matter.  As  there  are  fur 
physioluay  phynioal  marks,  such  as  the  square  head  of  the  German,  the 
round  lieud  of  the  Gael,  the  oval  head  of  the  Cymri,  wiiich  di-teniiiiiu 
tlic  type  of  a  people,  so  for  criticism  there  are  spiritual  marks  which 
determine  the  type,  and  make  us  speak  of  the  Greek  genius,  the  Teutonic 
genius,  the  Celtic  genius,  and  so  on.  Here  is  another  test  at  our  service; 
and  this  test,  too,  has  never  yet  been  thoroughly  employed.  Foreign 
critics  have  indeed  occasionally  hazarded  the  idea  that  in  Englisli  poetry 
there  is  a  Celtic  element  traceable ;  and  Mr.  Morley,  in  hia  very  readable 
as  well  OS  vcr)'  useful  book  on  the  English  writers  before  Chaucer,  has  a 
sentence  which  struck  my  attention  when  I  read  it,  because  it  e.f  presses 
an  opinion  which  I,  too,  have  long  held.  Mr.  Morley  says : — "  The  main 
current  of  English  literature  cannot  be  disconnected  from  the  lively 
Celtic  wit  in  which  it  has  one  of  its  sources.  The  Celts  do  not  form  an 
utterly  distinct  part  of  our  mixed  population.  Rut  for  early,  frequent, 
and  various  contact  with  the  race  that  in  its  ha  If- barbarous  days  invented 
Osfian's  dialogues  with  St,  PutricW,  and  that  quickened  afterwards  the 
Northmen's  blood  in  France,  Germanic  England  would  not  have  pro- 
duced B  Shakspcare."  But  there  Mr.  Morley  leaves  the  matter.  Ho 
indicates  this  Celtic  element  and  inllucncc,  but  he  does  not  show  us, — it 
did  not  come  within  the  scope  of  his  work  to  show  us, — how  this  influence 
has  declared  itself.  Unlike  the  physiological  test,  or  the  linguistic  teat, 
this  literary,  spiritual  test  is  one  which  I  may  perhaps  be  allowed  to  try 
my  hand  at  applying.  I  say  that  there  is  a  Celtic  clement  in  the  Euglish 
nature,  as  well  as  a  Germanic  clement,  and  that  this  element  manitcsta 
itself  in  our  apirit  and  literature.  But  before  I  try  to  point  out  how  it 
manifests  itself,  it  may  be  as  well  to  get  a  clear  notion  of  what  we  mean 
by  a  Celtic  element,  n  Germanic  element ;  what  character*,  tliat  is,  deter- 


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mine  l^ir  iis  the  Celtic  geiiiiie,  tha  Qermnntc  gcnioi,  oa  wo  commontj 
conixtra  the  tivo. 

Let  me  rep«3t  irfait  T  hnre  cA«n  m!<1  of  llio  cbnnictn-isUcs  irhkli| 
tnark  the  Ena)tflli  ipirit,  lh«  Engii.->h  gimin*.  Tliit  epirit,  tbii  geatu^ 
judged,  to  be  sure,  i-aL]ior  from  a  (Heiid'a  tlmn  an  cneniy'd  point  of  viwr, 
yot  juigod  on  tlio  Vfliole  fnirljr,  la  clinrucicriied,  [  Inve  repeiitwHjr  hjiJ, 
by  energy  vsilh  hi>ntH>/.  Tnlift  nway  uoreio  of  the  cnM^y  wlltch  comes  to 
□^  as  I  believe,  in  p«rt  rroiii  Celtic  pud  Roman  wurcei' ;  tivtuil  of  coersy, 
■ay  ratber  tUadinta) ;  aad  you  hnvc  the  tiermanic  gvniiu :  itmdintfs  wili 
honesty.  It  IB  eriJEfiit  bow  nearly  the  two  characti* millions  approach  ono 
another ;  and  yet  they  Icnrc,  as  ve  dialt  see,  a  grtat  deal  of  mom  for 
dilTcrrnc?.  Stendinera  witli  lioncsty  ;;  tlie  danger  for  a  natioaiil  spirit 
thus  ci^in{io<,fMl  is  tbo  humdrum,  tlio  plain  ami  ugly,  the  ignoblp :  in  a 
word,  citis  G<tnt!ne,  tlie  Gnncinheit,  iJiiit  ciinfc  of  Gcrniuny,  against  whi<^ 
Ooetlie  vsji  all  his  life  fighting.  The  cxcellenec  of  a  national  spirit  thus 
composed  ia  freedom  from  vrliim,  fliglitincas,  perrerseiKss  ;  palieui  fidclitjr 
to  Nature, — in  a  word,  icienct, — leading  it  at  last,  thongb  slowly,  and 
not  hy  tXw  itjiisi  brilliant  yiiad,  cut  ofihc  bondn^  of  iho  hiimdnim  and 
Bommon,  into  ilie  beltw  life.  Tin;  univcrwil  dind-locl  of  [il.iinn<-?»  and 
bomolineas,  t^io  lack  of  all  beauty  and  distinction  in  form  and  feature,  Ibe 
slowness  and  cJumBinen  of  the  laagiisge,  the  eternal  beer,  aauMgea,  and 
bad  tobacco,  tlie  blank  commonness  rrerywhere,  presdia^  at  last  like  a 
ifeight  on  the  spirits  of  the  trnrcllcr  in  Northeni  Germany,  aod  ntakiDg 
him  impiiticnt  to  be  gone— ibis  is  the  weak  side;  the  industry,  the  well- 
doing, the  i>atie«t  steady  elaboration  of  thingv,  thu  idea  of  science  goTcrn- 
ing  all  dL*partmenla  of  Imnuin  activity — this  is  the  strong  side ;  and 
tlirougli  tilts  side  of  her  gcnins,  Germany  baa  already  obtained  escdlent 
ivBiiIH,  and  ia  dostinnd,  we  may  depend  upon  it,  however  her  pe^anti^, 
her  slownes*,  her  fbnihling,  her  ineffeclircneifs,  Iicr  bad  goremmeDt,  may 
at  ^mea  make  ue  cry  out,  to  an  immcnao  dcTt'opment. 

For  duheis,  tht  erefptnjj  SnTf>n» — says  an  old  Iruh  poem,  assigning 
llie  chamcteristics  for  which  diffi'rent  rintion)  ore  celebrated  :— 

For  >pulctie>i  anil  valotir,  tjio  Gi'mIc^, 

For  exctMiTe  ivitic,  the  Raraaiia, 

Pot  ddlness.  tko  rrt'pplni;  Saxons; 

FtiT  hesnt;  and  ntnoroamcss,  clio  Gaetllill*. 

We  hftTe  Men  in  what  sense,  and  with  what  explanation,  this  charade 
tion  of  ibe  German  may  he  nlluwed  to  stand;  now  let  us  come  to 
beautiful  and  nmorous  Gaudliil.  Or  rather,  let  lis  Hnd  a  definition 
wkich  may  suit  bot.h  branches  of  the  Celtic  family,  t!ie  Cymri  av  well  as  i 
the  Gael.  It  is  clear  ihnt  special  clicuiustanccs  may  have  dcTclopal  some 
one  eide  in  llio  naiionnl  chnrnolcr  r>f  Cymri  or  Gael,  Wolnhman  or  Irittt- 
mnn,  so  thai  the  oWrver's  notice  aIiuII  l>e  readily  caught  by  llii<  side,  an<l 
yut  it  Jiiay  be  inipCBMblc  to  adopt  il  its  cliaroeterifttic  of  lIis  CV-llic  nature 
generally.  For  inslancc,  in  liis  U'sullful  i^^eoay  on  the  poetry  of  the  CtJtic 
races,  M.  Rcnan,  wirJi  hie  eyes  fixed  on  the  BreloQS  and  the  Welsh,  is  at 


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iviih  the  timidity,  tlic  ehyness,  tlie  delicacy  of  tlie  Celtic  nature,  lu  prefer- 
ence for  a  retired  life,  its  embarrassment  at  having  to  deal  with  the  great 
world,  lie  talks  of  his  douce  petite  race  natureUaneni  ckretienne,  his  racejiere 
et  timide,  a  Vext^rieur  gauche  et  emhan'oss^.  But  it  is  evident  that  this  de- 
scription, however  noil  it  may  do  for  the  Cymri,  will  never  do  for  the  Gael, 
never  do  for  the  typical  Irishman  of  Donnybrook  fair.  Again,  M.  Renan's 
infime  delicatesae  de  sentiment  qui  caractMse  la  race  Cettigue,  how  little 
that  accords  with  the  popular  conception  of  an  Irishman  who  wants  to 
borrow  money  I  Sentiment  is,  however,  the  word  which  maifa  where 
the  Celtic  races  really  touch  and  are  one ;  sentimental,  if  the  Celtic  nature 
is  to  be  characterized  by  a  single  term,  is  the  best  term  to  take.  An 
organization  quick  to  feel  impressions,  and  feeling  them  very  strongly ;  a 
lively  personality  therefore,  keenly  sensitive  to  joy  and  to  wrrow ;  this  is 
the  main  point.  If  the  downs  of  life  too  much  outnumber  the  ups,  this 
temperament,  just  because  it  is  so  quickly  and  nearly  conscioos  of  all 
impreEsions,  may  no  dou))t  be  seen  shy  and  wounded  ;  it  may  be  seen  in 
wistful  regret,  it  may  be  wen  in  passionate,  penetrating  melancholy  j  hot 
its  essence  is  to  aspire  ardently  after  life,  light,  and  emotion,  to  be  expansive, 
adventurous,  and  gay.  Our  word  gai;,  it  is  said,  is  i (self  Celtic.  It  is  not 
from  i/audium,  but  from  the  Celtic  gair,  to  laugh  ;  and  the  impresBionable 
Celt,  soon  up  and  soon  down,  is  the  move  down  because  it'is  so  his  nature 
to  be  up^to  be  sociable,  hospitable,  eloquent,  admired,  figuring  away 
brilliantiy.  He  loves  bright  coloun,  be  easily  becomes  audacious,  over- 
crowing, full  of  fanfaronade.  The  German,  say  the  physiologists,  has  the 
larger  volume  of  intestines  (and  who  that  has  ever  seen  a  German  at  a 
table-d'hOtc  will  not  readily  believe  this  7),  the  Frenchman  has  the  more 
developed  organs  of  respiration.  That  is  jtist  the  c^cpansive,  enger  Celtic 
nature :  the  head  in  the  air,  snuffing  and  snorting ;  a  proud  look  and  a 
high  stitmacli,  as  the  Psalmist  snys,  but  without  any  such  settled  savage 
temper  as  the  Psalmist  seems  to  impute  by  those  words.  For  good  and 
for  bad,  the  Celtic  genius  is  more  airy  and  unsubstantial,  goes  less  near  the 
ground,  than  the  German.  The  Celt  is  often  called  sensual  ;  but  it  is 
not  BO  much  the  vulgar  satisfactions  of  sunse  that  attract  him  ns  emotion 
and  excitement ;  he  is  truly,  as  I  began  by  saying,  sentimental. 

Sentimental — abcat/s  ready  to  react  figalnst  the  despotitm  of  fact :  tliat 
is  the  description  a  great  friend  of  the  Celt  gives  of  him  ;  and  it  is  not  a 
bad  description  of  the  sentimental  temperament,  it  lets  us  into  the  secret 
of  ita  dangers  and  of  its  habitual  want  of  success.  Balance,  measure,  and 
patience,  these  arc  the  cttrnal  conditions,  even  Hupjiosing  the  happiest 
temperament  to  sl:irt  with,  of  high  succesa;  and  balance,  measure,  and 
patience  are  just  what  the  Celt  has  ucvlt  had,  Kvi-n  in  the  world  of 
spiritual  creation,  he  has  neverj  in  spite  of  his  adiiiirnblc  gifts  of  quick 
■  perception  and  warm  emotion,  aucceciled  perfectly,  because  he  never  has 
had  steadiness,  patience,  sanity  enough  to  comply  with  the  conditions 
tinder  which  alone  can  expression  be  perfectly  given  to  the  finest  percep- 
tiona  and  emotions.     The  Greek  has  the  same  perceptive,  emotional  tem> 


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TUK  STUDY  or  C£LT10  LITBKATURB. 


|)<-7ttni(>nt  as  tlifl  Cvit;  but  ]i«  niltU  (o  iIiM  lonipcramont  Uio  s««)t«  at 
vKaran ;  hence  liis  ftilmiiablft  kuccvm  in  tUv  jilmttic  tatA,  in  which  tht^ 
Celtic  gcniuf,  with  its  chafing  aguioat  Uiti  dettpoUoia  of  fiict,  its  pcrpcloil 
iitraining  nfter  mere  emotion,  liu  nccompliulied  noUiing.  \a  the  comjwn- 
tireljr  petty  &rt  of  oriiiiiuenlation,  in  riogi,  brooches,  crozii'tv,  relic-cuo, 
and  BO  on,  lie  lias  done  just  euouph  to  sUowIuh  (icIic«c;crta&lo,  hii  hsppj 
lemperatupnt ;  bat  tho  gniid  ditli unities  of  {lainling  niid  sculplarc,  the 
prolonged  dealings  of  ojirit  with  matter,  hu  hnsncvvr  hud  poltenee  for. 
Tftke  lb«  Diofo  (fii'itual  arts  ofmiuio  nnd  poetry.  Atl  ilmt  emotion  alone 
can  do  in  muuc  the  Celt  has  done ;  the  very  iioul  of  eitinliun  breaibiHi  in 
tlic  Scotch  HDil  Irinlt  uin;  but  with  all  this  jiowvr  of  musical  lixliug,  wliat 
hna  tlic  Cult,  bo  enger  Tor  emotion  tlial  he  lias  not  patienci^  for  8<i«ucv, 
rfTcded  in  music,  to  he  cotnpari^L  villi  what  the  less  emotional  Gunnnn, 
Rt<-^Jily  ilerclopiuf;  hiamusiaJ  f^■UiQgwith  tlio science  of  k  Sebostinn  Bicli 
cr  a  Beethoven,  has  vfli-ntL'd  7  In  poetry, sgxin,  pociiy  which  the  C«1t  hu«o 
pauionat^'Iy,  sn  no^ily  IvveJ;  |)oelry  vrherv  cmutitin  counts  tor  so  mndi, 
but  wlicrv  rCttson  too,  r«tiBon,  mea^ur;,  sanity,  also  count  for  m>  much, 
the  Celt  Jiiifl  tihown  genius,  indeed,  splendid  ^liiis ;  but  evcji  hem  hw 
fiiulis  hnvc  clung  to  him,  and  hindered  him  (tqui  producing  great  woH:*, 
such  tti  oih«r  nntions  wilh  a.  ^i-iiiuit  ftir  jHXilry — the  Gre4.-ii»,  «iy,  or  the 
IralifinB — haveiirviluci'd.  Tlii-  Colt  h;Ls  ti<;l  ptuduced  giviit  [MM'tiail  worl^ 
iic  hiis  only  produced  pweVry  with  nu  air  of  grealaCM  investing  ii  all,  anJ 
gomotimes  giving,  moreover,  to  short  pieces,  or  to  passigea,  lincs^  and 
snatches  of  long  pieces,  singular  hcanty  nnJ  power.  And  yet  hu  loved 
poelty  80  much  ll>;it  he  grudgwl  no  piiin»  lo  it ;  but  iJic  true  tut,  tlie 
orehitti-toniet  wliich  shajji-s  gir:il  worlwi  such  ns  llie  Ji/nmeMiufn  OV  llrt 
Divine  C<m<dij,  conies  only  aficc  ii  uteady,  dc(p-*carchiiig  sun-cy,  a  Ann 
««nc«ption  of  tlie  facts  of  huuiaa  life,  vrhicli  tho  Celt  hns  not  pntience  fur. 
Su  he  runs  off  into  techuic,  where  lie  employs  the  iilmo«t  elnWnttiun,  anil 
atlaiua  atitouiehiugakill;  hut  in  tlic  contents  of  hia  poetry  you  Liirc  unlyao 
much  iotci-prelation  of  tha  woilil  aft  the  first  dash  of  a  (piiclt,  strong  per- 
ocptioD,  and  tlun  luntimfnt,  inGnilo  seulunent,  cin  biinic  you.  Here,  too, 
Ills  wattt  of  sanity  and  fleadlattnon  kna  kept  tho  Celt  tuck  fiotu  tlM 
liigh<-j>t  tticctfsa. 

If  liln  rebellion  agninit  fiict  lias  thus  luracd  ilie  Celt  even  !d  spiriuul 
'Work,  liow  much  more  must  it  have  lamed  liim  in  tlie  world  of  biuincw 
and  iwliiics?  The  skilful  and  resolute  appliance  of  uicnnA  to  end*  whicli 
ii  needed  both  to  make  pi-ogrces  in  laateiial  civilization,  and  ahiu  to  l«nn 
jiowcrful  iiL'it4'.t,  is  jii!<t  what  ilia  Celt  has  least  tuni  for.  lie  is  sennuil,  as 
i  hnvc  eatil,  or  at  least  &cnsuoiiA;  loves  bright  colours,  comiuiny,  and 
plensure ;  and  here  lie  is  like  the  Greek  and  LatJn  raac«;  but  compure 
The  talent  tha  Gret-It  and  Latin  (or  Lotintzed)  liices  hnvo  ehown  ibr 
grntifving  ihclr  stnsis,  for  procuiing  an  outwaid  life  rich,  luxnrtooi, 
Kpk'iulid,  with  thii  Celt's  liiiiuro  to  reach  any  material  civilixabiou  (ound 
uiiii  Mitinfying,  and  nut  out  at  elbuwH,  [loor,  slovenly,  and  half-bmrbAJUO*. 
The  Mnsuousnenof  tlie  Greek  mrMJe  Sybans  and  Coriath,  the  scomoiuieBi 


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of  ihe  Latin  made  Home  anJ  Biuic,  tho  scnBiiotisncas  of  iLe  Lntiiiized  Frtncli- 
inan  makes  Paris  ;  tlic  eeiiHuouaness  of  the  Celt  proper  has  mode  Ireland. 
Even  ill  his  ideal  heroic  times,  his  gay  and  Gensuous  nature  cannot  carry 
him,  in  llie  appliances  of  his  favourite  Ufe  of  sociability  and  pleasure, 
beyond  the  gross  and  creeping  S.ixon  whom  be  despises ;  the  regent 
Breoa,  we  are  told  in  tlie  Datlie  of  Moytura  of  the  Fomorxans,  became 
unpopular  becauee  "  the  knives  of  his  people  were  not  greased  at  his 
tabic,  nor  did  their  breath  smell  of  ale  at  the  banquet."  In  its  grossiesii 
and  barbarousness  is  not  that  Saxoa,  as  Saxon  as  it  can  be  7  just  what 
the  Latinized  Norman,  sensuous  and  sociable  like  tlie  Celt,  but  with  the 
talent  to  make  this  bent  of  his  serve  to  a  practical  embellishment  of  his 
mode  ol'  living,  found  so  disgusting  in  the  Saxon. 

And  aa  in  material  cirilization  he  has  been  ineffectual,  so  has  the  Celt 
been  ineffectual  in  politics.  This  colossal,  impetuous,  adventurous  wan- 
derer, the  Titan  of  the  early  world,  who  in  primitive  times  fills  go  large 
a  place  on  earth's  scene,  dwindles  and  dwindles  as  history  goes  on,  and 
at  last  is  shrunk  to  what  we  now  see  him.  For  ages  ond  ages  the  world 
lias  been  constantly  slipping,  ever  more  and  more,  out  of  the  Celt's 
griisp.  "  They  went  forth  to  the  war,"  Ossian  says  moat  truly,  "  but  they 
alicaffs  fell." 

And  yet,  if  one  sets  about  constituting  an  ideal  genius,  what  a  great  deal 
of  the  Celt  does  one  find  oneself  drawn  to  put  into  it !  Of  an  ideal  genius 
one  does  not  want  the  elements,  any  of  them,  to  be  in  a  state  of  weakness ; 
on  the  contrary,  one  wants  all  of  them  to  bo  in  the  highest  state  of  power ; 
but  with  a  law  of  measure,  of  harmony,  presiding  over  tlie  whole.  So  the 
Eensibility  of  the  Colt,  if  everytliing  else  were  not  sacrificed  to  it,  is  r 
beautiful  and  admirable  force.  For  sensibility,  the  power  of  quick  and 
strong  perception  and  emotion,  is  one  of  tlie  very  prime  constituents  of 
genius,  perhaps  its  most  positive  constituent;  it  is  to  the  soul  what  good 
senses  are  to  the  body,  the  grand  natural  condition  of  successful  activity. 
Sensibility  gives  genius  its  materials;  one  cannot  have  too  much  of  it,  if 
one  can  but  keep  its  master  and  not  be  its  slave.  Do  not  let  us  wish  that 
the  Celt  had  had  less  sensibility,  but  that  he  had  been  more  master  of  it. 
Even  ns  it  is,  if  his  sendbility  has  been  a  source  of  weakness  to  him,  it 
lias  been  a  source  of  power  too,  and  a  source  of  linppiness.  Some  people 
have  found  iu  the  Celtic  nature  and  its  sensibility  the  main  root  out  of 
which  chivalry  and  romance  and  the  glorification  of  a  feminine  ideal  spring ; 
this  is  a  great  question  with  which  I  cannot  deal  here.  Let  me  notice  in 
passing,  however,  that  there  is,  in  truth,  a  Celtic  air  about  the  extrava- 
gance of  chivalry,  its  reaction  ogaiaat  the  despotism  of  fact,  its  straining 
human  nature  further  than  it  will  stand.  But  putting  all  this  question  of 
chivalry  and  its  origin  on  one  side,  no  doubt  the  sensibility  of  tho  Celtic 
nature,  its  nervous  exaltation,  have  something  feminine  in  them,  and  the 
Celt  is  thus  peculiarly  disposed  to  feel  the  spell  of  the  feminine  idiosyncrasy, 
he  has  an  affinity  to  it,  he  is  not  far  from  its  secret  Again,  fais  sensibility 
gives  him   a  peculiarly   near  and   inUmnte   feeling  of  nature  and  tlb^^ 


llfi*  of  TOttatt ;  tltn,  too,  he  wwmr  is  ■  «;m)i9l  wnjr  mtnclMl  bjr  dw 
secret  heforr  liirn,  ilic  wcrd  of  naiuml  beanty  citiiI  cilurnl  imi^c,  *ni  lo  tn 
cIrM«  to  i>,  to  iiAir-dtvine  ii.  tn  the  [iro<iiietk<n4  cf  lite  Cc-ltic  gruinf,  tiftlilD;. 
[witiapSr  i*  >o  intnwtjng  »n  tlie  evidnices  of  this  pov^r  :  I  Hhftll  han 
oooBnon  to  girc  Fpn:iincnii  of  thrm  I'T-aml-hr.  Tlie  nmti  neoiibilitj 
mitAf  ihc  Colt*  ftill  of  rcr^wtipc  «tnl  i:fltJin«ia«in  fur  £(mi!ii(,  IcArain^,  aod 
the  things  of  the  mind ;  tf  If.  a  fiimf,  /rtrd  a  mmw — llml  is  n  chanotoisUit 
Itroke  vf  thU  gtavtouit  uid  eiioobling  otdour  of  th^.irf,  whivfa  do  nea 
bu  era'  showti  more  >tToiigl]r.  Kvi-n  the  pxtntvitgati(.-«  and  eMtifgvrmitm 
vf  th<?  Bcntimcoliil  Celtic  futtarc  has  cflrn  soincthmR  rotnnotii!  aM.l  aiino 
llrs.  *lw>ij|  fi,  »r>m?rh{nf>  whi«h  Kim  ■  sort  of  gmttfk  of  TniWii^-tcxI  ^oodt 
The  VaAi  iimliic-ipliiiitMo,  nnnrcliiml,  and  mrbiilrni  hy  niitiirv,  but  ont  tt 
■ffVctiun  nnil  ntlmimltnn  giring  hinwclf  hotly  oiid  until  tp  mnc  kadrr, 
tbst  it  not  a  promising  political  tomp^-Tainvnt,  it  ia  jost  thv  oppont«  of  dM 
Angln-SKxon  i«mpenin)Pnt,  discipliual>lc  nnd  stexdity  obpdi'mt  vrilhia 
eettein  lintila,  bnt  relainm^  an  inaliviiablo  yiui  of  frenk'ni  nnd  arlf- 
d«pendence  ;  bat  it  ts  a  leinpcrsimpiit  for  which  one  hsa  s  kind  of  sympatlij 
Dot%f'ithfltiiDdingt  And  Tcnr  ollirn  for  the  gty  dcHtnnt  reaction  ngatntt  lict 
of  th«  lively  Celtic  nnlurc  one  hoo  more  ilinn  ftympalh}' ;  one  forlti,  in  rpibi 
nf  tha  (!Xtrnviigaiic(>,  in  spite  of  good  senae  dimppi-oviiig,  mngwlizod  nnd 
vxhtUratcd  hy  it.  The  GauUhad  a  rule  infliclinga  fine  on  errrj  irarnur 
who,  when  h«  appeared  on  parade,  was  fbtind  to  aliek  out  too  modi  in 
ftoiit— to  1>o  corpulent.  In  short.  Sncli  a  rule  ia  lorolj  the  iruuUen 
article  of  war  crer  framed,  niid  to  people  to  vrhona  nnturo  haa  aaeigned  a 
largo  volume  of  inieatineB,  mutt  appeni*,  tio  doubt,  horrible;  1<ul  jtt  haa 
it  nol  nn  nudaciona,  i^ arkling,  immutcrial  manner  with  it,  which  lifts  one 
ont  of  rcuiino,  and  acta  on«'fl  f^iriia  in  a  glow  T 

All  tendencies  of  human  nature  nre  in  tJtemaelre*,  ihm,  vital  and 
profiliible  i  irhen  they  nre  blamed,  they  arc  only  to  be  Manicd  mlutivelyt 
not  abaoluloly.  Thia  bolda  true  of  thi-  Soxon'a  pbli>gm  aa  mil  m  of  the 
Celt's  mnlimont.  Out  of  ihe  steady  hiitndtum  habit  of  the  creeping 
Saxon,  aa  the  Celt  calls  him,— otit  of  hia  way  of  goinf;  near  the  ground, — 
has  come,  nodoubi,  l'bilii>tinism,  Ihnt  plautof  eaaentinlly  i.tenuanio  growth, 
flourisliing  trith  ita  ^nuinc  marks  only  in  tho  Germnn  fothcrlaDd,  Great 
Britain  and  hnr  colonies,  and  the  United  Stat«a  of  Anierien ;  but  vhat  a 
txtul  ofgoorlneMt  there  is  in  Pbiltatinism  itself  I  and  iliis  soul  of  goodnoNi  I, 
who  nm  oflcn  aiippoeed  to  bo  Pfailtstiiueiii's  mortal  enemy  merely  bemuue  I 
do  not  WTft])  it  to  have  thing*  .tli  its  own  wny,  ch<^rif  h  na  much  na  Anybody. 
Tliii  ateady-going  habit  lends  at  Inst,  iis  I  linro  said,  up  to  nience,  op  to 
the  iwmprohcnsion  nnd  interpretation  of  the  world.  With  iu  Jo  (jrwl 
Britain,  it  ia  true,  it  does  not  seem  lo  lead  ao  (!ir  na  that ;  il  is  in  Gvnamay, 
where  the  habit  is  cuorc  unmixed,  that  it  ceu  k-ad  to  sciotice.  Here  with 
US  it  socras  at  a  certain  [niiitt  to  meet  with  »  conDieting  Ibroe^  whi^  cl>ecks 
it  and  prevents  its  pnsbing  on  to  science;  hut  before  reaching  thia  point 
what  ODn<;iui-st)  has  it  not  woo !  and  all  the  more,  pcrliaps,  for  irtoppiag 
short  lit  Lhifl  poiDl,  for  spending  tl«  rxertioua  withtn  ft  bounded  field,  tli« 


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field  of  plain  fcnsc,  of  direct  practical  utility.  How  it  Las  nugmented 
llrc  comforts  and  conveniences  of  life  for  us !  Doors  that  open,  windoirs 
that  sliiit,  locks  that  turn,  rnzors  tliat  aiiave,  coats  that  wear,  ivatclies 
thiit  go,  and  a  thousand  more  Euch  good  things,  are  the  invention  of  the 
PhiliNtines. 

Here,  then,  if  commingling  there  is  in  oar  race,  are  two  very  tinlike 
elements  to  commingle  j  the  steady-going  Saxon  tcmpersmeiit  and  the 
sentimcntnl  Celtic  temperament.  But  before  wo  go  on  to  try  and  verify, 
in  our  life  and  literature,  the  alleged  fact  of  this  commingling,  we  have  yet 
another  clement  to  take  into  account,  the  Norman  element.  The  critic  in 
the  Saturday  Hevitw,  whom  I  have  already  quoted,  says  tlint  in  looking 
for  traces  of  Nonnanisni  in  our  national  genius,  aa  in  looking  for  traces  of 
Celtism  in  it,  wo  do  but  lose  our  labour ;  he  aays,  indeed,  that  there  went 
to  the  original  making  of  our  nation  a  very  great  deal  more  of  a  NormaD 
elenicut  than  of  a  Celtic  element,  but  he  asserts  that  both  elements  have 
now  BO  completely  dis:ippeared,  that  it  is  vain  to  look  for  any  trace  of 
cither  of  iheni  in  the  modem  Englishman.  But  this  sort  of  assertion  I  do 
not  like  to  admit  without  trying  it  a  little.  I  want,  therefore,  to  get  sumo 
plain  notion  of  the  Norman  habit  and  genius,  as  I  have  sought  to  get 
Fome  plain  notion  of  ibe  Saxon  and  Celtic.  Some  people  will  Bay  that  the 
Normans  arc  Teutonic,  and  that  therefore  the  distinguishing  characters  of 
the  German  genius  must  be  thoae  of  their  genius  also  ;  but  the  matter 
cannot  be  settled  in  this  speedy  fashion.  No  doubt  the  basis  of  the 
Norman  race  is  Teutonic ;  but  the  governing  point  in  the  history  of  the 
Norman  race — so  far,  at  least,  as  we  Engli»<h  liave  to  do  with  it — is  not  its 
Teutonic  origin,  but  its  Latin  civilization.  The  French  people  have,  as 
I  have  already  remarked,  an  undoubtedly  Celtic  basis,  yet  so  decisive  ia 
its  effect  upon  a  nation's  habit  ami  eharncler  can  be  the  contact  with  a 
stronger  civilization,  that  Gaul,  without  changing  the  ba&is  of  her  blood, 
became,  for  all  practical  intents  and  purposes,  a  Latin  country,  France 
and  not  Ireland,  through  the  Homnn  conquest.  Latinism  conquered 
CeltiNm  in  her,  as  it  also  conquered  the  Germanism  imported  by  the 
Frankish  and  other  invasions ;  Ccllism  is,  however,  I  need  not  say,  every- 
where manifest  Btill  in  llic  French  nation  ;  even  Geimanisni  ia  distinctly 
traceable  in  it  as  any  one  who  attentively  compares  the  French  with 
other  Latin  r.ices  will  pcq.  No  one  can  look  carefully  at  the  French 
troops  in  Jlonic,  anionj^'st  the  Italian  population,  and  not  perceive  this 
trace  of  Germanism;  I  do  not  mean  in  the  Alsatian  eoldiera  only,  but 
in  the  soldiers  of  genuine  France.  But  the  governing  character  of 
France,  as  a  power  in  the  woild,  is  Latin  ;  such  was  tlio  force  of 
Greek  and  Koman  civilization  upon  n  race  whwe  whole  mass  remained 
Celtic,  and  where  the  Celtic  language  lingered  on,  they  say,  among 
the  common  people,  for  some  five  or  six  centuries  ufier  the  Hotnan 
conquest.  But  the  Nominna  in  Neustria  lost  their  old  Teutonic  lan- 
guage in  a  wonderfully  short  time  ;  when  they  conquered  England 
they  were  already  Lntinize<1 ;  with  them  were  a  number  of  Frenchmen. 


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hj  TAWf  ni«n  frooi  Anjou  an<I  Pvitoa,  bo  tlie/  bi'onjlit  into  England 
moie  non-Ttnilonic  blood,  becidtit  irliat  ihej^  IiacI  tlie[usi>lT«  gut  l>y 
inlcmianriage,  than  i>  coniTnonlj-  EU]i]>i>M'd  ;  tlic  grcAt  ]>oii)l,  however,  ii^ 
that  by  civiIizntloQt]ii«vigoroTurac<>,~wh<!n  it  Caok  pcMX-Ntion  lyf  Englund, 
— wai  Liitiii.  Tlii'je  Nonitatis,  vrho  in  Nt;usLria  lu-id  Iiml  tlioir  old  Teulontc 
toi^e  BO  rapidly,  kept  in  Kngland  ihtii  n«w  Latin  toogue  fur  tome  tliice 
cvnhirira.  It  is  eaid  to  hare  l)«i'n  Edivard  the  Ttiird's  reif^n  before  English 
cjtinc  bo  be  spoken  at  court.  Vthy  this  (lifilrcncc?  Both  in  NeUEtria  and 
in  EngLtnJ  th«  Kornmnsf  were  x  hAiidlul  ;  but  ia  Ko.uttria,  as  Tcntont, 
thejr  wi>re  iti  contact  wuh  a  mora  ndvanced  civilizntinn  than  lliuir  own  ; 
in  Kngl.vul,  na  Lntins,  with  n  Iei9  ndvoiict-d.  The  Latiincrd  NormuiB 
in  Englimd  hnd  the  dimibc  for  fad,  w]ii<:h  the  Celts  had  not ;  nnd  t]t«  love 
of  KU'enuousn^sR,  cleamees,  uad  rapidity,  llie  high  Latin  cjitri!,  whidi 
the  Saxons  hiid  doL  Thc^'  batcj  tliQ  alowneas  and  dulncAS  of  the  fl 
crtt-ping  Saxon  ;  it  ofibnded  their  cWat,  fitrcnuotis  tnUnt  for  afliiirs,  aa  it 
olTandud  ihc  Ct-U'i  quick  mi<I  ddioutu  pi-rccptitm.  Thv  Normans  bud  the 
Uom&n  tiJeut  for  uOnim,  tlio  Koiiinii  dcciAirencia  in  enicrgvncii-fi.  Thvy 
have  been  called  prosaic,  but  thii  ia  not  a  right  word  for  i})cni;  they 
were  neither  eenlimen.tal,  nori  etrictly  epoaking,  pocliual.  They  had  more 
sonso  ff>r  rhetoric  than  for  put-try,  liko  thu  Roinana;  but,  like  iho  Romans, 
th^  had  tuo  high  a  npirit  nut  to  like  a  im)Ak  intdlectaal  btiiniilus  of  Kimo 
kind,  and  thus  they  wen;  mrrlcd  out  uf  the  region  of  the  merely  prMoic. 
Their  fditilc — the  bad  e.xccss  of  their  characterising  quality  of  etrenuooft- 
ueea — was  not  proaaic  Ihilncss.  it  was  harducNi  and  iosoluncc. 

I  hav(>  been  oMignd  to  fetch  n  very  wide  circwit,  but  nt  last  I  have  got 
what  I  wrni  to  »?ek.  I  have  got  si  rough,  but,  1  hojic,  clear  notion  of 
thctiu  Uircc  AirccA,  the  Geniiaiiic  giniufl,  the  Celtic  gciiiiia,  Ihc  Nonnoa 
genius.  The  Germanic  geniita  has  steadinesn  aa  its  main  bitsis,  with  eom- 
monnesH  and  humdrum  for  its  defect,  fi«Ie1ity  to  nature  for  ita  exoellenoe. 
The  Uellic  geoiu",  scntioicnt  Da  it«  niun  basis,  with  love  of  benuty,  charm, 
and  spirituality  for  its  «xcolknoe,  inofructiialncta  and  teU'-will  fur  it* 
delect.  Tht^  Korman  genius,  tjilrut  for  aSain  as  itji  main  Weis,  with 
strenuousicas  and  clear  inpidily  for  ita  excellence,  hnrdn<>3e  and  ituoleooe 
tor  ita  defect.  And  now  to  try  »ud  trace  tiiese  in  the  (xiuposile  £oglisfa 
genius. 

To  begin  vith  what  is  more  external.  If  vi»  Are  tto  wholly  Aaglo- 
Siixon  and  Germanic  as  people  auy,  how  co3i«s  it  that  tho  habits  and  gait 
of  the  Gertuao  laaguoge  are  >o  exceedingly  uulike  oun  7  Why  while  TUt 
Timta  talks  in  this  fashion  :— '*  At  noon  a  long  line  of  carriages  extended 
A^m  Pall  Mull  to  the  Peer^*  entrance  of  the  Put3(;c  of  Weetminater,"  does 
th«  Cfiloyne  Cautle  talk  in  this  other  fashion  : — "  Naehdcin  die  Vorijerei- 
Utngen  z\i  dtrm  auf  dem  GUrzeuich-SiuIe  zu  Ehran  der  Abgoordovten  8latt 
findeii  totU'uden  Baiiketui  bcnita  volUt^dig  gctroficn  woinilcD  waren,  flmd 
heoto  vormiltng  anf  polixciliche  Anordnung  die  SchUewung  summtlleher 
Zu^nge  2um  Gilrcenidi  Stall?"  Surety  the  mental  habit  of  people  who 
cxprces  their  Iboughta  iu  co  very  diflercnt  a  auiiiner,  the  one  nipidj  tLo 


TDK  STUDY  Olf  CKLTIC  LITIillATUJiE.  549 

other  slow,  the  one  plain,  the  other  cmbarrtisaed,  the  one  tmiling,  the 
other  striding,  catiuot  be  essentially  the  eainc.  Tlie  English  Inngtinge, 
Btrange  compound  as  it  is,  with  its  want  of  inflexionE,  and  with  nil  the 
dilBcuitiea  which  this  want  of  inflexions  brings  upon  it,  has  yet  made 
itHcIf  capable  of  being,  in  good  hands,  a  buainess-instrumeut  as  ready, 
direct,  and  clear,  as  French  or  Latin.  Again:  perhaps  no  nation,  aller 
the  Greeks  and  Romans,  has  so  clearly  felt  in  what  true  rhetoric,  rhetoric 
of  the  best  kind,  consists,  and  reached  so  high  a  pitch  of  excellence  in  this, 
as  the  English.  Our  sense  for  rhetoric  has  in  BOine  ways  done  harm  to  us 
in  our  cultivation  of  literature,  harm  to  ua  still  more,  in  our  cultivation  of 
science;  but  in  the  true  sphere  of  rhetoric,  in  public  speaking,  thiu  eciisc 
has  given  us  orators  whom  1  do  think  we  may,  without  fear  of  being  con- 
tradicted and  accused  of  blind  national  vanity,  assert  to  have  inherited  the 
great  Greek  and  Homan  oratorical  tradition  more  than  the  orators  of  any 
other  country.  Strafford,  Bolingbroke,  the  two  Pitts,  Fox — to  cite  no 
Other  names — I  imagine  few  would  dispute  that  these  call  up  the  notion 
of  an  oratory  in  kind,  in  e.^tent,  in  power,  coming  nearer  than  any  other 
body  of  modern  oratory  to  the  omtury  of  Greece  and  Rome.  And  the 
affinity  of  spirit  in  our  bfst  public  life  and  greatest  public  men  to  those 
of  Rome,  has  o(\en  struck  observeis,  foreign  an  well  as  English.  Now,  not 
only  have  the  Germans  shown  no  eminent  aptitude  for  rhutoric  such  as 
the  English  have  shown  ; — that  was  not  to  be  expected,  since  our  public 
life  has  done  so  much  to  develope  nn  aptitude  of  this  kind,  and  the  public 
life  of  the  Germans  has  done  so  little ; — but  they  seem  in  a  aingtilar  degree 
devoid  of  any  aptitude  at  all  for  rhetoric.  Take  a  speech  from  the  throne 
in  Prussia,  and  compare  it  with  a  speech  from  the  throne  in  England. 
Assuredly  it  is  not  in  speechea  from  the  .throne  that  Engliah  rhetoric  or 
any  rhetoric  shows  its  best  side; — they  are  often  cavilled  at,  often  jusily 
cavilled  at; — no  wonder,  for  this  form  of  composition  is  beset  with  very 
trying  difficulties.  Bnt  what  is  to  bo  remarked  is  this, — a  speech  from 
the  throne  falls  essentially  within  the  sphere  of  rhetoric  ;  it  is  one's  sense 
of  rhetoric  which  has  to  fix  its  tone  and  style,  so  as  to  keep  a  certain  note 
always  sounding  in  it;  in  an  Englisli  apeech  from  the  throne,  whatever  its 
faults,  this  rhetorical  note  is  always  struck  and  kept  to  ;  in  a  Prussian 
ppcech  from  tho  throne,  never.  An  English  speech  from  the  throne  is 
rlietoric ;  a  Pnissian  speech  is  half  talk, — heavy  talk, — and  half  effusion. 
This  is  one  instance,  it  m.iybc  said;  true,  but  in  one  instance  of  this  kind 
the  presence  or  the  absence  of  an  aptitude  for  rhetoric  is  decisively  shown. 
AVeli,  then,  why  am  I  not  to  say  that  we  Englltth  get  our  rhetorical  sense 
from  the  Norman  element  in  us,  our  turn  for  this  strenuous,  direct,  high- 
ppirited  talent  of  oratory,  from  the  influence  of  the  strenuous,  direct, 
high-spirited  Normans  7  Modes  of  life,  institutions,  government,  and 
other  such  cauHcs,  are  aufBcient,  I  shall  be  told,  to  account  for  English 
omlory.  Modes  of  life,  institutions,  govcrnnient,  cUmnte,  and  bo  forth 
— let  me  say  it  once  for  all — will  further  or  hinder  the  development  of 
an  ftptitade,  but  they  will,  not  by  tliemielTce  create  the  aptitude  en 


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TIIR  STUDY  OF  CELTIC  LITRSATORr- 


Iiow 
nuti 


cx|itaiD  it.    On  tlie  othrr  hnnd,  a  profiled  balitt  mil  comptpxiun  of  Militi 
go  Ikr  10  determine  its  modes  of  life,  insttmtiona  and  goreraoivtit,  i 
enn  to  prescribo  the  iimiu  within  trliich  tlie  inltueticiM  of  c)iinal«  ' 
tell  npou  it. 

Hnwpvpr,  it  i«  nnt  my  intention,  in  ihcM  rRoailiK,  to  Iny  it  Hotrn  (1*1 
nrtain  llint  lliio  or  that  lotil  ol  our  powtrk,  thorlatmings,  bikI  tK'havioniM 
ia  dm  lo  n  CcHIc,  GenOBii,  or  Nonnwi  ctcnicnt  in  ui.  To  establish  tlu>  ] 
•hmtd  seed  niucU  wldor  Umitu,  nnd  a  knonrl('iIgi>,  too,  far  bt^ood  wb 
I  [xiMNi ;  all  I  fuiqxwc  ')!*  lo  point  out  certain  cortcapoodenccB.  noi 
pcrliitp^,  •■tinicicniljr  obien-ed  and  ultendetl  lo,  \v1iicli  ae«Ri  to  lead  towaiJa 
oenain  ccncluaians.  1'lic  following  up  tlH>  inquii^  till  Toll  jiroof  is  reael»<^ 
— or  perhaps,  nil!  disproof, — i«  what  I  wont  to  raggMt  to  more  corDpebtrt 
poTMna.  Pt«ini»iiij[;  thin,  I  now  go  on  to  n  socoad  matter,  •om«whal  uonr 
deticat«  and  inwaixi  than  that  with  which  I  bi-gan.  Every  one  knowt  how 
wdl  the  OrcL'k  and  Latin  niixa,  with  their  direct  scacc  (ur  the  ri!iibl(^'| 
palpAbl*  world,  Imre  aucoeci^cd  In  tho  pliuiic  arts.  The  aheer  Gemai] 
moca,  too,  wii3i  tlieir  honest  love  of  lad,  nnd  ilmr  fttvaiy  ptimiit  of  it,, 
their  fidelity  to  nuturcin  uliorf, — have  atUuui:il  »  Uigh  dcgrt'cornuccrmui 
these  artJt;  fcw  peopin  will  deny  iliat  Albert  Diirer  nntl  RiiN'nii,  for  ex- 
tiniple,  aru  to  be  called  maat«ra  in  painting,  and  in  the  high  land  of  ptitrt- 
iag.  Thu  Ct;1tio  r»cc«,  on  the  ether  hand,  hnve  shown  a  lingular  inaptl- 
tudo  for  the  phiHtic  art)  ;  the  abstract,  Mrore  churacltfr  of  the  Dniidlcal 
religion,  itn  di-nling  with  tho  tyc  of  llit  mind  rntlicr  than  the  eye  of  thai 
body,  ita  having  no  okbomto  icmplts  nnd  honntinil  idoli,  all  point  th!l 
way  from  the  l^rsl ;  its  if«nlinient  cannot  nallidj-  {t«eir,  cnniiot  even  find  i 
rc*»iag-pla&c  for  it«ir,  in  colour  and  k'tta ;  it  presMs  on  to  the  impdc 
tho  Idonl.  Th«  fumi  of  trees  nnd  the  forest  of  rocka,  not  hewn  ^mt 
and  can'cd  stnncA,  auil-  its  naptnitions  fur  aomcthiog  not  to  be  bounded  ce| 
expr«a3«d.  With  this  tendency,  lli«  Celtic  mccs  have,  as  I  r«tuarkvd  I 
fbre,  been  neccaarily  altnoat  impotent  in  tho  hrghor  branches  of  the  phud^ 
aria.  Ireland,  lliut  has  produced  no  ni;ifiy  powerful  spirits,  bos  produc 
no  great  sciilptora  or  paintera.  Cross  into  England.  TIio  fbaptttode  ft*J 
thu  plastic  art  atrikingly  diminishca,  lu  soon  aa  ihe  Gfrman,  not  the  CtlC 
dement,  prcpoudorntca  in  the  tacc.  And  yet  in  Knglnnd,  too,  !n 
English  raep,  ihprc  U  uimething  which  scemi  lo  pre^'snt  our  rcscbing 
mastership  in  the  p!;i«ic  nrt»,  as  the  more  unmixed  Oermnn  rncea  haf 
reached  it.  Itcyaolds  nnd  Turner  arc  paint«ra  of  genius,  who  can  donhi^ 
It?  but  tako  a  Europ«nn  jury, tho  only  eumjKt^^nt  jury  in  these  eoair*,  and 
aee  if  you  can  get  a  verdict  giriog  them  tlie  rank  of  ciasl«n^  »a  tliit  raokj 
is  g!v«n  to  ItaphA«l  and  Corrv^io,  or  to  Albert  Durrr  and  liubesfk^ 
And  observe  in  \*liat  points  our  Engliah  jair  succeed,  and  in  what  thtf 
fall  fhort.  'llicy  foil  shoi-t  in  archUfctoruce,  in  the  htg1u-.it  powvr  of 
compocition  by  which  painting  nceotnpliHhcs  the  very  itlt«rmost  which 
It  JA  glvrai  to  painting  to  accomplish ;  the  highest  sort  of  compo^* 
tion,  tl)6  highest  application  of  the  nit  cf  pniutiug,  they  cither  do 
■ttempt,  or  they  RU  in  it.     Their  dcf^«t,  therefore,   ia  oa  the  aide  of 


THE  STtlDT  01'  CELTIC  LITERATOHB.  551 

nrt,  of  plastic  art.  And  they  aueoeed  in  mngic,  in  beautj-,  in  grace,  in 
espreasing  almost  the  inexpressilile  :  here  is  the  charm  of  Reynoids'a 
children  and  Turner's  seas  ;  the  impulse  to  express  the  iricxpreasible 
cnrjies  Turner  so  far,  tliat  at  last  it  carries  him  away,  and  even  long 
bufoie  he  is  quite  carried  away,  even  in  works  that  are  justly  extolled, 
one  can  see  the  comer,  as  the  French  say,  of  insanity.  The  excellence, 
therefore,  the  success,  is  on  the  side  of  spirit.  Does  not  this  look  as  if  a 
Celtic  stream  met  the  main  Grerman  current  in  us,  and  gave  it  a  some- 
what different  course  from  that  which  it  takes  naturally?  we  have 
Germanism  enough  in  us,  enough  patient  love  for  fact  and  matter,  to  be 
led  to  attempt  the  plastic  arts,  and  we  make  much  more  way  in  them 
than  the  pure  C«ltic  races  make ;  bnt  at  a  certain  point  our  Celtism 
comes  in,  with  its  love  of  emotion,  sentiment,  the  inexpressible,  and  gives 
our  b«st  painters  a  bias.  And  the  point  at  which  it  comes  in  is  just 
that  critical  point  where  the  flowering  of  art  into  its  perfection  com- 
niences ;  we  have  plenty  of  painters  who  never  reach  this  point  at  all, 
but  remain  always  mere  journeymen,  in  bondage  to  matter ;  but  those 
who  do  reach  it,  instead  of  going  on  to  the  true  consummation  of  the 
roasters  in  painting,  are  a  little  overbalanced  by  soul  and  feeling,  work 
too  directly  for  these,  and  so  do  not  get  out  of  their  art  all  that  may  bo 
got  out  of  it. 

The  same  modification  of  our  Germanism  by  another  force  which  seems 
Celtic,  is  visible  in  our  religion.  Here,  too,  we  may  trace  a  gradation 
between  Celt,  Englishman,  and  German,  the  difference  which  distinguishes 
Englishmen  from  German  appearing  attributable  to  a  Celtic  element  in  us. 
Germany  is  the  land  of  exef^eais,  England  is  the  land  of  Puritanism. 
The  religion  of  Wales  is  more  emotional  and  sentimental  than  English 
Puritanism  ;  Romanism  has  indeed  given  way  to  Calvinism  among  the 
Welsh,  the  one  superstition  has  supplanted  the  other,  but  the  Celtic  sen- 
timent which  made  the  Welsh  such  devout  Catholics,  remains,  and  pves 
unction  to  their  Methodism  :  theirs  is  not  tho  controversial,  rationalistic, 
intellectual  side  of  Protestantism,  but  the  devout,  emodonal,  religious 
side.  Among  the  Gcnsans,  Protestantism  has  been  carried  on  into 
rationalism  and  science.  The  English  hold  a  middle  place  between  the 
Germans  and  the  Welsh ;  their  religion  has  the  exterior  forms  and  appa- 
ratus of  a  rationalism,  so  far  their  Germanic  nature  carries  them ;  but  long 
before  they  get  to  science,  their  feeling,  their  Celtic  elemcgt  catches  them, 
and  turns  their  religion  all  towards  piety  and  unclion.  So  English  Pro- 
testantism has  the  outiiide  appearance  of  an  intellectual  ^^stcm,  and  the 
inside  reality  of  an  emotional  system  :  this  gives  it  its  tenacity  and  force, 
for  what  is  held  with  the  ardent  attachment  of  feeling  is  believed  to  have 
at  the  same  time  the  BcientiHc  proof  of  reason.  The  English  Puritan, 
therefore  (and  Puritanism  is  the  characteristic  form  of  English  Protest- 
antism) stands  between  the  German  Protestant  and  the  Celtic  Methodist ; 
his  real  affinity,  indeod,  at  present,  being  ratlier  with  his  Welsh  kinsman, 
if  kinsman  he  may  be  called,  than  with  his  German.  , 


663 


THK  STtlDV   OF  CKLTiC  LITKltATURB. 


Souitftimni  un«  it  left  in  doubt  froiu  wlieace  tie  dtcck  Aud  Umit  In 
ncrmaiiism  in  us  proceed*,  nliciliiT  ftoiii  n  Critic  Rotim*  or  from  x  N 
inun  sniiice.  Of  ibe  tnir  tlciidy-|,'cing  Grrrunii  niilure  tlic  bane  i\  a» 
tvuMrkvA,  H^kl  comm^ninrM :  titt^.ra  mtaam  no  tnd  U>  it4  cnpnvitj'  f( 
p)iiliMi<lu  ;  ic  ]i;u  neither  thft  quick  pirrceptiun  of  llitt  Celt  (o  &uv«  it 
platiludc,  Dor  lliu  ^t^cnuu^BIK«9  of  lliu  Nortiiiut  ;  it  in  oixly  raieod  gniduall; 
out  of  it  h}-  science,  but  it  jags  (liTough  almoet  iuteruiinable  plfttitndtt 
fint.  Tiie  Kcgltili  nature  is  not  raised  to  science,  but  noDietliiiig  ia  ui, 
wLctlier  OJlic  or  Noritmn,  seems  lo  >ct  a  bound  to  our  advance  id  {lati- 
tude, to  tnako  vjt  eitlicr  ahy  rif  pIiiiUii<)(>,  nr  iiitpatii,*iit  of  it  I  open  an 
Kngliili  rend i II g> book  for  diildreii,  nml  I  Grid  th««c  two  cbnracterbtic 
Mt>ri««  in  it,  one  of  tlicm  of  Kn^tiah  growCli,  tho  oth«r  of  Gcrmtui.  Taltt 
ibfi  Ktiglitih  Rioij"  firit : — 

"  A  little  b«y  nccoiupaniod  .I'tb  elder  si»tGr  vliila  ahe  busted  hendf 
with  tiie  Jnbotirs  of  tbe  Inrm,  AKlting  inc«lions  nt  evtry  st«p,  And  Icamiiif 
th«  leBSona  of  life  vriLhuiit  bi-ing  Kwnrc  <>f  il. 

'"Wliy,  dear  Jane,'  he  said,  'do  you  MHtt«r  good  grain  oo  &» 
ground ;  woulil  it  not  be  butler  to  make  good  bread  of  it  tlmn  lo  tbrow  it 
lo  the  greiidy  cliiclcciib  ? ' 

"'Ju  lime,'  leptipd  Jani*,  '  lb(i  cliickens  xvill  gvow  big,  und  cacb 
tbeiu  will  fetch  moiu-j  lit  tliu  nini'](i.-t.  Oito  miixt  tliink  on  the  vnH  lo 
attained  vritbout  counting  Iroublu,  nud  Imra  to  wait.* 

"Pfweiving  ft  colt,  tvliicb  looked  ciigrrljr  nt  him,  llio  little  bfV 
out :  '  June,  why  is  the  colt  not  in  (lie  fitlda  wiili  [be  btbourers  helping 
draw  tbo  cnrtii?' 

"*The  coU  ia  young,'  iftplifid   June,  'mid   by  must  lift  idle  till 
gfilfi  tlie  Dccesaory  rireugth  ;    one  mum  nut  nncrilicc   llic  fature  (u 
present.' " 

The  reader  will  eay  that  u  most  meua  nnd  Iriml  itufl*.  tltc 
English  nature  in  full  forc« ;  just  tucb  food  u  the  Pliilirtine  would 
naturally  provide  for  bis  young.  Hn  will  B.-iy  be  oua  sew  llie  boy  M 
upon  it  growing  up  to  be  like  bin  fnther,  to  be  all  for  biuinen,  to  dtaptM 
ciiltnT>.',  to  £0  through  bis  dull  d.tyn.  and  to  die  without  having  ever  lind. 
Tliul  nmy  b(i  ho  ;  but  now  take  tbe  German  slory  (one  of  Kmnimaeber'aj 
nnd  Kce  ilie  diOcrcnco: — 

*'  There  lived  at  tho  cnurt  (if  Kinj;  lIpTod   a  iieb  man  wlio  was 
king's  cbanibLTluIn.    Jle  dotlied  binmirlf  in  purple  nud  fine  liuen,  and 
like  the  king  hiniHclf. 

"  Once  a  fiitmd  of  liis  youth,  ivhom  iie  had  not  ecen  for  many  year^' 
came  from  a  dietant  land  to  pay  Lim  a  visit.  Thcu  ibc  cbaui1>eTlaiii 
inrited  all  bis  fricndn  and  mnJn  a  fe^ast  in  honour  of  tho  stranger. 

"  Tlio  tablex  were  CDTcriil  with  choiee  food  placed  on  disbea  of  oold 
nnd  Eilvcr,  nnd  lUc  Bntst  Vrincs  «f  all  kliida.  The  rich  man  aoteatlhe 
bend  of  ilic  tabic,  gltid  to  do  the  honours  to  bit  friend  wbo  was  sealed  ff 
bis  right  band.     So  tbey  me  nnd  drunk,  and  were  merry. 

"  Ulien  tlie  eti-nuger  tuid  to  the  dtauiU-rbin  of  King  Herod :  'BicliM 


TUB  STUDY  OF  CKIjTIC  MTERATUIiR.  553 

and  sijiciidour  like  tliine  nre  nowlicrd  to  he  found  iit  my  cotintry.'     And 
Iiu  pi-ais^id  liis  greatness,  mid  cuUcd  Iiini  liappy  abovt;  iill  men  on  cmtli. 

"  Well,  the  rich  man  took  an  apple  from  a  golden  vessel.  The  apple 
was  large,  und  red,  and  pleuMiit  to  the  eye.  Then  a.iid  lie  :  '  Behold,  this 
apple  lialli  rested  on  gold,  and  its  form  is  veiy  beautiful.'  And  lie  pro- 
tifiited  it  to  tlie  Ktranger,  the  friend  of  liis  youth.  The  atrauger  cut  the 
apple  in  tAvo;   and  behold,  in  the  middle  of  it  there  w&a  a  worm  I 

"  Then  the  stranger  looked  at  the  cliambcrlain ;  and  the  chamberlain 
bent  his  eyes  on  the  ground,  and  sighed. " 

Tlicre  it  ends.  Now  I  suy,  one  sees  there  an  abyss  of  platitude  open, 
and  the  German  nature  eivimming  calmly  about  In  it,  -which  Reeius  in 
some  way  or  other  to  have  its  entry  screened  off  for  the  English  nature. 
Tiie  English  story  leads  with  a  direct  ia^ue  into  practical  life  :  a  narrow 
and  dry  practical  life,  certainly,  but  yet  enough  to  supply  a  plain  motive 
for  the  slory ;  the  German  Blory  leads  simply  nowhere  except  into 
batlivs.  Slmll  we  say  that  the  Norman  talent  for  aifaii-s  saves  us  here, 
or  the  Celtic  perceptive  instinct?  one  of  them  it  niiist  be,  fiiircly.  Tlie 
Xornian  turn  seems  most  germane  to  the  matter  here  iinmcdiiitely  in  hand ; 
on  the  other  hand,  the  Celtic  turn,  or  some  degree  of  it,  some  di'grce  of 
its  (juick  perceptive  instinct,  seems  necessary  lo  account  lur  the  full 
dilRrence  between  the  German  nature  nnd  ours.  Even  in  (icrmaiia  of 
pciiius  or  taleut  the  want  of  quick  light  tact,  of  instinciivc  perception  of 
the  impropriety  or  impossibility  of  certain  things,  is  singularly  romaik- 
alitc.  Ilerr  Geninus's  prodigious  discovery  alxiut  Handel  being  an 
Englishniiin  and  Shaksptare  a  German,  the  incredible  mare's-nest  Goethe 
ITnds  in  looking  fur  the  origin  of  Byron's  Man/red — these  are  things  from 
which  no  deliberate  care  or  reflection  can  save  a  man,  only  an  instinct 
c';in  pave  him  from  them,  an  instinct  that  they  are  absurd  ;  who  can 
inwgino  Charles  Lamb  making  Ilerr  Gerviiius's  blunder,  or  Shakspcai-o 
making  Goethe's?  but  from  the  sheer  German  nature  this  intuitive  tact 
Ketnis  something  so  alien,  that  even  genius  fails  lo  give  it.  And  yet  just 
whiit  constitutes  special  power  and  genius  in  a  man  seems  often  to  be  his 
blending  with  the  basis  of  his  national  temperament,  some  additional  gift 
or  grace  not  proper  to  that  temperament ;  Shaks]ieare's  greatness  is  thus 
in  hi.H  blending  an  openness  and  flexibility  of  spirit,  not  Englisli,  with  the 
English  basis  ;  Addison's,  in  his  blending  a  moderation  and  delicacy,  not 
English,  with  the  English  baHJs;  Burke's,  in  his  blending  a  largeness  of 
view  and  richness  of  thought,  not  English,  with  the  English  basis.  In 
Geimany  itseUJ  in  the  tame  way,  the  greatness  of  their  great  Frederic  lies 
in  his  blending  a  rapidity  and  clearness,  not  German,  with  the  German 
l)a.«is ;  the  greatness  of  Goethe  in  his  blending  a  love  6f  fornt,  nobility, 
and  dignity, — the  grand  style, — with  the  German  basis.  Hut  the  quiek, 
sure,  instinctive  perception  of  the  incongruous  and  absurd  not  even  genius 
stems  to  give  in  Germany ;  nt  least,  I  am  think  of  only  one  German  of 
gcniuit,  I^essing  (for  Heine  was  a  Jew,  and  the  Jewish  temperament  is  quite 
nnolhcr  thing  from  the  German),  who  shows  it  in  on  eminent  degree. 


6U 


nrnm 


or  ckIjTic  i.r 


i 


if  wo  ftttcnd  cloatly  (o  Ibo  leriiis  by  wliiuli  rcrcigHers  wck  to  hit  tf 
t)i«  iiniimtion  which  -we  nod  (he  tiermans  moke  upnn  them,  wt  ibkU  ^ 
detect  in  thcso  tema  a  ilillbrcacc  wliieb  makes,  I  think,  in  ftvour  o^fl 
the  notion  I  am  pmpoiitiriing.  NMions  in  hitting  off  ooe  aaotber't 
cbarsctrn  ar«  apt,  wl*  all  knnwr,  to  mizv  thu  unflattering  side  rather  thu 
ihti  llHtteriiig  ;  ihe  warn  of  rnAiikind  alwxys  do  this,  aiid  iui]«cd  thoj  ntiUj 
aw  whikt  ia  nijvU,  and  not  their  own,  in  x  dioiiguring  light  Tbtu  rtc  tMf- 
eelv-n.  Tor  ioiUnce,  popuhirly  my  *'  the  phlrgmatic  Duttliman"  rather  than. 
*'  tlw  Knsiblc  DuUhinui,^'  or  "  the  grimacing  Frenchrnso"  raUier  than  "Iht 
polilu  Frenchman."  Thererore  neither  tre  nor  llic  Uermans  ehould  exHilj 
ncci-pt  thcdcKripticm'tttron^CTa  girp  of  u.%  hiil  it  in  enough  for  my  pttT^iBM 
thut  ilrangen,  in  chnntcterieing  us  with  &  Mrtun  shade  of  difFor^nce,  dd 
8t  any  rate  make  it  clear  that  there  oppeantbia  shade  cf  ditTerenre,  Ihoogh 
the  ch&mctcr  ilecIT,  nhich  they  giro  ua  both,  may  be  it  caricature  ntber 
than  n  rnithful  pictnre  of  m.  Now  it  ia  to  ba  noticed  that  those  chorp 
cbaerrera,  the  French^whc  hitTc  a  double  Inm  for  ihnrp  obierralion, 
tlicy  hsTg  both  the  quiet  perception  of  the  Celt  and  the  Latja's  gift 
eioiniug  plump  n\Ktn  ibi;  foct, — it  i^  lo  be  noliewl,  I  nay,  llinl  lliu  Frenc 
put  A  curioiw  iliiitinclion  in  ihrir  popnlur,  depreciating,  we  will  hope 
inndeqiiate.Tvayef  hitting  off  us  and  the  Gprmam,  While  lliey  talk  of  iLe 
"Mfiw  allemaode,"  they  talk  of  the  "gauchrrie  angWae;"  while  iheyj 
laJk  of  the  "  Mlemimd  batottrd,"  they  talk  of  tlio  "  AngUii  OHpftr/i'l 
wliilii  they  rail  the  German  "niai»,"  they  call  the  EngitahmAU  **M/7a« 
coii^ie."  The  difTfreiice  between  the  epithela  Jn/owrrf  and 
exactly  gires  the  difturvnce  in  character  I  wiah  lo  leiiie;  ialonrd  tnt 
heary  and  dull,  ^m^^rv  means  hamiiervd  and  embarrassed.  Tbia  points 
to  n  certain  mixture  and  strife  of  clDuienti  in  the  Englishman ;  to  the 
clfwliing  of  a  Celtic  quickneu  of  perci^ptinn  with  a  Gcimnnic  instinct  for 
going  ateadily  along  close  lo  ihe  gmimd.  The  Celt,  as  we  hare  mm, 
hss  not  nt  all,  in  »pit«  of  his  quick  perception,  Ihc  Latin  talent  for  dealing 
with  the  fact,  derterously  managing  it  and  making  himaelf  maatcr  of  itj 
Latin  or  Lniiniied  penplc  hare  felt  ccntompl  fur  him  on  this  account, !»»» 
treated  him  us  a  poor  creslurw,  jueta«  the  Oeriuon,  who  arrivca  at 
in  n  dSflVrcnt  way  from  the  Latins,  but  ivho  arrivca  at  it,  kaa  trratecl  him;] 
the  couplet  of  Cbiesticn  of  Troyes  about  tlio  Welsh : — 

.  .  .  Qalloif  Hont  iijia,  par  nstore, 
riim  fata  qne  Mtts  cs  [Atun — 

Is  well   known,   and  expressea  the  genuine  verdict  of  the  Latin  mmttJ 
on  ihe  Ctills.     But  the  perccpiivo  instinct  of  the  Celt  fwla  and  aaticip4t«s| 
though  lie  han  that  in  him  U'liidi  cuta  him  off  from  command  of  ^h^ 
world  of  fact ;  he  sees  nhnt  li  vrantin^  to  him  welt  enough,  hia  mere  Cje 
is  not  leas  8hBrp,n»y,it  is  sharper,  than  the  Lnliu'a.    He  is  n  quick  geaiu3|| 
oheckmal'-d  f^r  w;int  of  rtrennousness  or  eli«  patience.      The  Gennai 
Itns  not  tlie  Latin's  sbarp  precise  glance  on  tlia  world  of  iaci,  an<l  dex^ 
tcrouii  behaviour  in  it ;  he  fiuablM  with  it  much  and  l-ng,  but  his  honeslj 
and  ]>nticiice  give  liim  the  rule  of  it  in  the  long  nm — %  surer  rule,  ion 


THE  STUDY  OP  CELTIC  LITERATUIIE,  555 

of  us  think,  tlian  the  Tjitm  gets ; — &till,  his  behaviour  in  it  is  not  quick 
and  dexterous.  The  Englishman,  in  bo  far  as  ho  is  German, — and  he 
ia  mainly  German, — proceeds  in  the  Btea(ly-going  German  fashion;  if  he 
were  nil  German  he  would  proceed  tliua  for  ever  without  self- consciousness 
or  embarrassment ;  hut,  in  so  Jar  as  lie  is  Celtic,  he  has  snatches  of  quick 
instinct  which  often  make  him  feel  he  is  fumbling,  show  him  visions  of  an 
easier,  more  dexterous  beliavionr,  disconcert  him  and  fill  Iiim  with  mis- 
giving. No  people,  therefore,  are  so  shy,  bo  self-conscious,  so  embarrassed 
as  the  English,  because  two  natures  are  mixed  in  thetn,  and  naturea 
which  pull  them  such  diStTent  ways.  The  Germanic  part,  indeed, 
triumphs  in  us,  we  are  a  Germanic  people ;  but  not  so  wholly  as  to 
exclude  hauntinga  of  Celtism,  which  clash  with  our  Germanism,  producing, 
as  I  be!ie^■e,  our  hitmour,  neither  Gorman  nor  Celtic,  and  so  affect  us 
that  we  strike  people  as  odd  and  singular,  not  to  be  referred  to  any 
known  type,  and  like  nothing  but  ourselves.  "Nearly  every  English- 
man," Rays  on  excellent  and  by  no  means  unfriendly  observer,  George 
Sand,  "  Nearly  every  Englishman,  however  good-looking  he  may  be, 
has  always  something  singular  about  him  which  easily  comes  to  seem 
comic — a  sort  of  typical  awkwardness  {gaucherie  ti/piqiie)  in  his  looks 
vT  appearnnce,  whicli  liardly  ever  wears  out."  I  say  this  strangeness 
is  accounted  for  by  the  English  nature  being  mixed  as  we  have  seen, 
while  the  Latin  nature  is  all  of  a  piece,  and  so  is  the  German  nature, 
and  the  Celtic  nature. 

It  is  impossible  to  go  very  fast  when  the  matter  with  which  one  has  to 
deal,  besides  being  new  and  little  explored,  is  also  by  its  nature  so  subtle, 
eluding  one's  grasp  unless  one  handles  it  with  all  possible  delicacy  and 
care.  It  is  in  our  poetry  that  the  Celtic  part  In  us  has  left  its  trace 
cle.nrest,  and  in  our  poetry  I  must  follow  it  before  I  have  done.  So  much 
has  had  to  be  said  by  way  of  preparation,  and  of  enabling  ourselves  to  lay 
the  finger,  with  some  certainty,  upon  what  is  Celtic  and  what  is  not,  that 
I  have  reached  my  limits  without  accomplishing  all  I  intended,  and  shall 
have  to  return  to  the  subject  yet  once  more,  in  order  at  last  to  finish 
with  it. 

■ 

MATTHEW  AHXOLl). 


I 


A  KiKP  fiiiuliiiiili-cta  one  Uny  (lut  iiilo  mjr  liituJ  a  m^'itic  volumo  prvUilj' 
letlered  and  bound  in  green,  saying,  "  1  nin  so  foiiJ  of  lliia  book.  It  lui 
nil  ihi:  d«ar  olJ  ruiry  laks  in  ii ;  om-  nevur  lires  of  tlicm.     Do  tokc  il." 

1  curried  tbu  littli;  book  avtay  witii  mc,  and  »puiil  u  vvrj  pleasant  qniet 

uv^ning  nt  lictinc  by  ilie  fin',  with  H.  at  tlie  uppoaiie  coriutr,  and  otlier  old 

frirndi,  wlium  I  fi-k  I  liad  somewlinl  neglected  o(  Jate.     Jack  and  tbc 

Bi;ansis!k,  Vasa  in  Bcoia,  th«  gnllant  and  <iuixotic  Giant-kilUr,  and 

dear(<!4t  Cindeiella,  wlium  we  erery  on«  of  ws  must  have  loved,  I  ahouU 

lliiiik  i.vcr  since  wo  first  kimw  her  in  Icr  litlle  brown  piuarotc  :  I  woo- 

dor«(!,as  I  ultiit  iK«m  all  «p  for  lh(-  nicUi  hviwe«^  ttifir  gracn  board*,  whit 

it  niM  iliiit  mHdv  lliwe  ■forir«  no  frrnEi  aud  m  vivid,     \Vliy  did  tiol  tiicy 

I'litl  lo  pi-cM,  vunikIi,  rsi>lod«,  dijDpfM-iir,  Uku  so  many  of  tlicir  conl«'iniK>- 

ruri  1^91  and  ili^cendjinu  f     And  yut  I'ur  from  being  Uirgoiien  and  |uis«iig 

uiivny,  it  would  eceni  ai  if  cncli  generation   in   turn  na  it  cntnc  into  live 

world  lochs  to  be  dclighh'il  Mill  by  tiiR  lirilliiint  ]uig«nnt,  ond  novor  lirea 

or  w<-ui  it'll  of  it.     And  on  tli4;ii'  lude  tlie  jirinci'i  and  priuccuen  iievvr  weia 

lo  gM)W  uny  uldtr ;   iho  casllea  and  tbc  lovely  giirdena  flourtirh  wtUicut 

iiCQil  of  repair  or  vhiiDWiish,  or  phimbera  or  glasivi-s.     The  priiiceesn' 

gowns  loo — Him,  moon,  and  Htar-coloiir— do  not  wear  out  or  pcua  out  of 

laaliioii  or  require  altering.   Kvcn  the  »cv  mi  •leagued  boot*  da  not  npfxiar  lo 

be  ttc  worse  for  wear.    Kiintbers  of  lealisLic  stovies  for  tliildien  have  pajaed 

nwny,     Liltl«  Henry  uud  bin  Hviult,  I'lxir  llniiy  and  Lucy,  have  ray 

nearly  given  up  their  littl«  artless  gliosta  and  prattle,  and  ceawd  Dialing 

their  own  beds  for  the  inalmction  of  \czs  excellently  br«uglit-iip  litltn  \iojn 

and  giita,  and  nptwitlEUnding  a  very  inU-mling  article  in  the  Sattard^ 

Jteview,  il  miiKt  bu  owned  Umt  Harry  Sniidfurd  and  Tommy  Mertoo  ai* 

not  familiar  playfellows  in  our  uurdorica  and  scliookooinn,  am)  have  paaad 

Bomcwhat  out  of  date.     But  not  so  all  these  centenarians — Prinoo  Kiqtwt, 

Carabas,  Littli?  R«d  Riding-bood,  Bluebciird  nnd  otli«ft.     Tliej  seea  M 

il  they  would  never  grow  uld.     Tiiey  pluy  with  the  cliildmi,  they  aiuiW 

tiio  ^Idt^^nt,  tiicrc  Kotnii*  no  eadlo  ihcir  fund  ofapiritit  and  perennial  yonth. 

II.,  to  whum  I  made  litis  remark,  anid  froin  tlie  o[>pocutc  chiinDey-comeri 

"No  wonder;  llm  Btories  are  only  bistoriea  of  real  liring  p<-raons  turned 

into  fairy  princes  nnd  princttai-s,    FnJry  Glories  are  evt-rywliCTO  and  every- 

day.     We  aro  nil  prince.-^  luid  princesses  In  dingui*e,  or  t^ren  or  wicked 

dwarfti.     All  thmc  hintoriu  arc  the  bi.<tark>3  of  bumnn  n.iturc,  which  dou 

not  EMin  to  cbiuigu  very  much  in  a  tliousand  years  or  no,  «[>d  we  don't  h 

gvt  tired  vf  tbo  fuiricD  becniiae  they  arc  m  true  to  it."  H 

After  tliis  little  ^uech  of  11.'*,   w»  cp«nt  nn  unprofitable  halT-liour 


THE  BLEEVISG   BEAUTY  IS  THE  WOOD.  557 

reviewing  our  acquaiDtiuice,  and  cln«Bing  them  under  their  real  characters 
and  qualitien.  We  had  dined  with  I^rd  Carabas  only  the  day  before  and  met 
Puss  in  Boots — Beauty  and  the  Beast  were  also  there ;  we  uncharitably 
counted  up,  I  am  ushamed  to  aay,  no  less  than  six  Bluebeards.  Jack  and 
the  Beiinstalk  we  had  met  just  Btaniog  on  his  climb.  A  Ked  Riding-hood ; 
a  girl  with  toads  dropping  from  her  mouth :  we  knew  three  or  four  of  each. 
Cinderellas — alas !  who  does  not  know  more  than  one  dear,  poor,  pretty 
Cinderella ;  and,  as  for  sleeping  Princesses  in  the  woods,  how  many  one 
can  reckon  up  1     Young,  old,  ugly,  pretty,  awakening,  sleeping  still. 

"  Do  you  remember  Cecilia  Lulworth,"  said  H.,  "and  Dorlicote?  Poor 
Cecilia  I "  Some  lives  are  couUur  de  rose,  people  say  ;  others  seem  to 
be,  if  not  coultur  de  rose  all  through,  yet  full  of  bright,  beautiful  tints, 
blues,  pinks,  little  bits  of  harmonious  cheerfulness.  Other  lives,  if  not 
BO  brilliant,  nnd  seeming  more  or  less  grey  at  times,  are  very  sweet  and 
gentle  in  tone,  with  faint  gleams  of  gold  or  lilac  to  brighten  them.  And 
thi'n  again  others,  alas !  are  black  and  hopeless  from  the  beginning. 
BebidcB  theite,  there  are  some  which  have  always  appeared  to  me  aa 
if  they  were  of  a  dark,  dull  hue ;  a  dingy,  heavy  brown,  which  no 
bnppiness,  or  interest,  or  bright  colour  could  ever  enliven.  Blues  turn 
sickly,  roses  seem  laded,  and  yellow  lilacs  look  red  and  ugly  upon  these 
lieavy  backgrounds.  Poor  Cecilia,  as  II.  called  her, — hers  hod  Always 
seemed  to  me  one  of  these  latter  existences,  unutterably  dull,  common- 
place, respectable,  stinted,  ugly,  and  useless. 

Lulworth  Hail,  with  the  great  dark  park  bounded  by  limestone  walls, 
with  iron  gates  hero  and  there,  looked  like  a  blot  upon  the  bright  and 
lovely  landscape.  The  place  from  a  distance,  compared  with  the  surround- 
iog  country,  was  a  blur  and  a  blemish  as  it  were,  sad,  dient,  solitary. 

'Jravellers  passing  by  sometimes  asked  if  the  place  was  uninhabited, 
and  were  told,  "  No,  shure — the  fam'ly  lives  thear  all  the  yeaurr  round." 
Some  charitable  souls  might  wonder  what  life  could  be  like  behind  those 
dull  gates.  One  day  a  young  fellow  riding  by  saw  rather  n  sweet  woman's 
face  gazing  for  an  instant  through  the  bars,  and  he  went  on  hu  way  with 
a  momentary  thrill  of  pity.  Need  I  say  that  it  was  poor  CeciUa  who 
looked  out  vacantly  to  see  who  was  passing  along  the  liigh-road.  She  was 
surrounded  by  hideous  moreen,  oil-cloth,  punctuality,  narrow-mindedness, 
horsehair,  and  mahc^ny.  Loud  bells  rang  at  intervals,  regular,  mono- 
tonous. Surly  but  devoted  attendants  waited  upon  her.  She  was  rarely 
alone  ;  her  mother  did  not  think  it  right  that  a  girl  in  Cecilia's  position 
should  "race"  about  the  grounds  unattended;  us  for  going  outside  the  walls 
it  was  not  to  be  thought  of.  When  Cecilia  went  out  with  her  gloves  on, 
nnd  her  goloshes,  her  mothers  companion.  Miss  Bowley,  walked  beside  her 
up  and  down  the  dark  laurel  walk  at  the  back  of  the  house, — up  and  down, 
down  and  up,  up  and  down.  "  I  think  I  am  getting  tired,  Maria,"  Miss 
Lulworth  would  say  at  last.  "  If  so  we  had  better  return  to  the  hall," 
Marin  would  reply,  "although  it  is  before  our  time."  And  then  they 
would  walk  home  in  silence,  between  the  iron  railings  and  laurel-boshes. 


I 


As  Cecilia   wallccJ   erectly  hy  Hub  Bonley'i  nde,  tbe  robk 
.f  billing  over  tlieir  heails,  ibe  slogf  orcpt  sioopiiy  along  the  patli  under 
the  ahadow  oC  tixe  gnus  and  the  wcr(3i ;  thrjr  bcwd  no  HmndB  cxm{« 
tlie  cawing  of  the  birdi,  nad  tba  distwit  uonototious  badting  aolao  cf  tlu 
gaidcticr  ftnd  bis  boj  digging  in  tho  kiiclitft-guxleii. 

Ccdlik,  pc«ping  into  (lie  lung  ilnib  d  rawing -toodi  on  brr  rctiini,  migbt 
[iviliups  »««  bvr  nioUier,  er«ot  and  dignilied,  at  ber  open  tivdk,  compouiiga 
wriungr  orocnng,  re-readiog,  sn  andleos  letter  to  an  iDditTereat  ooiuin  ia 
In-laud,  with  a  single  caodle  and  a  imall  piece  of  blotting-paper,  aod  m  b 
pen-wipor  mada  of  rarvlliDgv,  all  spravl  oui  bofore  bar.  H 

**  You  have  com«  bonifl  earljr,  Ci'cU,"  tuya  ih«  btdy,  witttout  looking 
up.  "  Tdu  had  better  muk«  the  invat  of  your  time,  and  practise  till  tbi 
draviDg-bdl  ringi.     Maria  will  kitidly  take  up  your  things."  fl 

And  then  in  tlie  abili  twilight  Cecilia  in»  doivn  to  tlie  jangling  iuslni- 
maul,  uitb  the  worn  sillc  llalingt.  A  IWdeil  rack  it  i*  g[)c>u  wUcb  bcr 
fiii^era  bad  been  dlAtended  CTer  qroo  she  can  remember.  A  great  inany 
pcuple  iliink  there  ia  nothing  id  the  world  so  good  for  children  aa  acoldingi, 
whippioga,  dark  cnpbc«rd«,  and  dry  bread  and  wnt«r,  upon  wbioh  thef 
expect  tbeiu  tn  gmw  tip  itilu  tail,  fat,  oheerful,  ainiabl*  mm  and  women, 
and  a  great  maay  pooplc  think  that  for  grown-up  young  p«ople  the  aileooe, 
tbo  cbilbioM,  thft  monotony  and  Kidnees  t>f  llieir  own  fading  twilight  days 
is  all  that  ia  required,  lira.  Lulworlb  and  Maria  Dowley  hi;r  oompantoa, 
Cecilia^a late  govcratMs  were  quit«  of  thin  opinion,  llioy  ihemiciveiy  w)mii< 
they  were  little  gii'li,  had  been  aUpped,  Kiabbfd,  locked  up  in  eltwctx, 
thnut  into  bed  ut  all  corlH  of  boura,  ilailcnei]  out  on  iNickboarda,  ttt  on 
higb  aluoli  (o  piny  the  piano  for  days  together,  made  to  hem  frilla  Cre  or 
fix  weeks  long,  and  to  learn  immeiuc  piucm  of  porlr^',  hd  Unit  ihcy  had  to 
tiCop  at  home  all  the  aiWtiDoo.  And  tlioagh  Mrs,  Lu!wui-ih  luid  gmwu 
itji  sttipiii,  luspidoot,  narrow -minded,  Boumd,  ami  orerbearing,  an>)  iL-kd 
niitrritd  for  an  MUbLisliinenl,  and  Mi»  Bowlcy,  her  goremeaa'a  djiughl«r, 
hud  lur&ed  out  uervouM,  undecided,  mdanchcly,  und  anxtoua,  and  had 
norer  married  at  all,  yet  they  determined  to  bring  tip  Cceilia  lu  they 
tbuniselvra  had  been  brought  up,  und  iiincerely  thought  (bey  eonld  not  dio 
bctC4-r.  fl 

WliKii  Mm.  Lnlwortii  married,  hIih  aaid  to  Maria,  ■*  You  mint  ooms  and  ' 
lire  with  ine,  and  hvlp  to  educate  my  childron  some  day,  Mariik     Pur  the 
preeent  1  aball  not  luvo  a,  hunio  oK  my  own;  w«  are  going  to  reaidi)  with 
my  iitisband'a  annt,  Mn.   Dormer.     She  is  &  vpry  wMllhy  port*<n,  (or 
iidvaiiccd  ill  year*,     bhe  i^  grcutly  nttnoycd  with  Mr.  and   Mm.  John 
Lttlworth'a  vagaries,  and  the  baa  luked  luc  and  my  hufband  to  take  their 
T^mxf  at  IXirlicote  Hall."     At  the  end  of  u-n  yeara  Mm,  Lulwortb  wnrte 
agua;— "We  are  now  petmaneniiy  eatabliahed  in  our  aunt's  bouse.     L  A 
hear  you  are  ia  want  of  a  tituaiion ;  pray  come  and   Kuptuint'^d   the  S 
fiiucatinn  of  my  only  child  Cecilia  (ibe  ia  nnni^d  al^cr  her  godmothert 
Mrs.  Dormer),     She  >■  now  nearly  ihre«  yeara  eld,  and  I  Am'I  Dut  ah* 
begins  to  require  aoine  diwipiine." 


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THE  6LBEPING  BEAUTY   IH   THE  WOOD.  559 

Tbia  letter  was  writteo  at  that  same  desk  twenty-two  ycaia  before 
Ct^cilia  began  her  practising,  that  aulumn  evening.  She  was  twenty-five 
years  old  now,  but  like  a  child  in  inexperience,  in  ignorance,  in  placidity ; 
u  fortunate  stolidity  and  slowness  of  temperament  had  eaviid  her  from 
being  crushed  and  nipped  in  the  bud,  as  it  were.  She  waa  not  bored 
because  she  had  never  known  any  other  life.  It  seenied  to  her  only  natural 
that  all  days  should  be  alike,  rung  in  and  out  by  the  jangling  breakfast, 
lunch,  dinner,  and  prayer  belts,  Mr.  Dormer — a  little  chip  of  a  man — 
read  prayers  suitable  for  every  day  in  the  week  ;  the  servants  filed  in, 
maids  first,  then  the  men.  Once  Cecilia  saw  one  of  the  maids  blush  and 
look  down  smiling  as  she  marched  out  after  the  others.  IMiss  Dormer 
wondered  a  little,  and  thought  she  would  ask  Susan  why  she  looked  so 
strangely,  but  Susan  married  the  groom  soon  alter,  and  went  away,  and 
Cecilia  never  had  an  opportunity  of  speaking  to  her. 

Night  after  night  Mr.  Dormer  replaced  his  spectacles  with  a  click,  and 
pulled  up  his  shirt-collar  when  the  service  was  ended.  I^ight  after  night 
old  Mrs.  Dormer  coughed  a  little  moaning  cough.  If  she  spoke,  it  was 
generally  to  make  some  little  bitter  remark.  Every  night  she  shook  hands 
with  her  nephew  and  niece,  kissed  Cecilia's  blooming  cheek,  and  patted 
out  of  the  room.  She  was  a  little  woman  with  starhng  eyes.  She  had 
never  got  over  her  husband's  death.  She  did  not  always  know  when  she 
moaned.  She  dressed  in  black,  and  lived  alone  in  her  turret,  where  she 
had  various  old-lash ioned  occupations — tatting,  camphor-boxes  to  sort,  a 
re:d  old  spinning-wheel  and  distaff  among  other  things,  at  which  Cecilia, 
wlicn  she  was  a  child,  had  pricked  her  fingers  trying  to  make  it  whirr 
us  her  aunt  did.  Spinning-wheels  have  quite  gone  out,  but  I  know  of 
one  or  two  old  ladii-s  who  siill  use  them,  Mrs.  Dormer  would  go  nowhere, 
and  would  see  no  one.  So  at  k'ast  her  niece,  the  master-cpirit,  decluri'd, 
and  the  old  lady  got  to  believe  it  at  laut.  I  don't  know  bow  much  the  fear 
of  the  obnoxious  John  and  his  wife  and  children  may  have  bad  to 
do  with  this  arrangement. 

^Vben  her  great-aunt  was  gone  it  was  Cecilia's  turn  to  gather  her 
work  together  at  a  warning  sign  from  her  mother,  and  walk  away  through 
the  long  chilly  passages  lo  her  slumbers  in  tlie  great  green  four-post  bed. 
And  flo  time  passed.  Cecilia  grew  up.  She  had  neither  friends  nor 
lovers.  She  was  not  happy  nor  unhappy.  She  could  read,  but  she 
never  cared  to  open  a  book.  She  was  quite  contented;  for  she  thought 
Liilworth  Hall  the  finest  place,  and  its  inmates  the  most  important  people 
in  the  world.  She  worked  a  great  deal,  embroidering  interminable 
quilts  and  braided  toilet-covers  and  fiah-nnpkina.  She  never  thought  of 
anything  but  the  utterest  commonplaces  and  platitudes.  She  considered 
that  being  respectable  and  decorous,  and  a  little  pompous  and  overbearing, 
was  the  duty  of  every  well-brought-up  lady  and  gentleman.  To-night 
she  banged  away  very  placidly  at  lihodes'  air,  for  the  twentieth  time 
breaking  down  in  the  same  passage  and  making  the  same  mistake,  until 
the  dressing-bell  rang,  and  Cecilia,  feehng  she  had  done  her  dnty,  then 


560 


TUB  SLBBFING  BIUU  rr  IS  TilC  WOOD. 


'hi3| 


cxtii^ixbed  hw  C3it<ll«,  ami  went  upRtaira  ncrou  tKe  grcnl  dilll  luU,  up 
the  bare  oil-dotb  gnllcnr,  to  bor  room. 

Most  joung  womca  luve  aonie  pkasare,  trbntevOT  tlieir  troubles  vaj 
be,  in  drctxing,  niid  prclly  uiaketo  and  beitcU  ftnd  ribbons  and  n«cl(bcca.  _ 
Alt  uncottKioua  lore  of  arc  aad  iatuilion  lead*  iodk  of  tbum,  «ren  pUi^| 
onev,  to  iidom  ibenwelrpa.     Tiie  ooloure  and  riW>on  eni!«  brigliirn  bciglit 
raco,  cnlivea  dull  ones,  dedc  what  is  alnwly  lovcibli'-,  or,  ni  nil  rrtnti,^ 
mA«  Ui«  moA  of  wbnt  mnurinU  tli«rc  arc.     Eren  a  in:^jpole,  crawi 
and  (lowered  and  tatlily  ribbcned,  i*  n  plvaaiiig  object.     And,  indeed, 
art  of  doconition  scvnis  lu  niu  a  chiirniin^  natnrid  inetiiicl,  and  one  «hl( 
U  n^t  SMrly  cnotigb  encaiim^,  nnd  a  gift  nliicb  every  woman  nhonlA 
trj  lo  aoitiire.     Some  girla,  Ulce  birds,  know  bow  lo  wearc,  ont  of  ends  of 
ngv,  of  ibtvada  and  inoroels  anA  Mmw*,  a  Iwaiitifiil  whole,  a  irork  of  nal 
geuiaa  (or  tlieir  hn^iitalion.     Fiivoliile*,  my  «oiiir>;   waUo  of  tintr,  MJ 
ot here,— expense,  vnniiy.    TIic  »trong-miiidcd  dowi»gei-3  »1ia);c  tlicirbcaJa 
at  it  all — Mrs.  Xulworib  flnion^  them ;   only  wby  bad  Xature  [xunte 
Cftcilia'a  cbcvka  of  brigbt«Rt  pink,  instead  of  bilioiu  orange,  like 
Maria  Bowk-y'e?  nliy  was  bcr  ha'is  all  ciiej)  and  curiy?  and  were  hfl 
vhite  even  leeth,  and  her  dear  gr«j  eyes,  vanity  and  friroltty  too  T    Ocili 
WBi  iAt3icr  too  stout  for  ber  age;  abc  had  not  miicli  erprcwion  in 
/ncc.     And  no  wonder.     Tbcrc  waa  not  much  In  he  c^pruwire  about  ifl 
Iter  poor  litlte  ■tinted   life.     She  could  not  go  into  raptures  over  tli 
innl)cig«Dy  aideboard,  the  carnphinc  lamp  in  tie  drewiog-room,  the  fimr- 
poHt  lii'dn  iiidnoni,  tlio  kurc]-bu>i}t<)u  wiibout,  ilin  ^[anrikli  temple  u-iih 
yellow  gUsa  ^iiiidoHii,  or  tbe  wigwam  aumuicr-liouie,  which  vrvn  tlit_ 
alternate  boiiodarics  of  bvr  diuly  walks. 

Ceciliii  w:is  not  ultonod  a  fire  to  dress  Iiereelf  by  ;  a  grim  maid, 
erer,  nttuided,  and  I  snp|>OK«  t>hc  was  siuTouiidfxI,  o»  people  aay,  by 
coniftiri.  'I'hcre  wai  a  boraeholr  wfii,  cvwythtng  wn«  Iftrgi*,  solifi,  brr>« 
ns  I  have  said,  glim,  and  in  iLa  place.  Tbe  rooina  at  Lulwortli  Hall  Hi 
Dot  take  the  impnes  of  their  tnaiate,  tlic  inuinle  whs  moulded  by 
room.  There  were  In  CV-cJIia'a  no  young  lady-tike  triflea  lying  here  i 
there;  upon  ibe  climt  rjf  dran-i-rs  tlien*  Miied  ii  inaliognuy  woiU 
bqu.ire,  witb  a  key — that  wu  the  only  »tleti)]>t  tit  feminine  eVgnnoe — t 
liltlo  liided  chenille,  1  believe,  wiis  to  be  wen  round  tbe  clock  on  ihc 
cbi movy- piece,  nnd  a  black  oad  white  chvd(  drc«Mng-gown  andaasgly 
licile  pair  of  iilt;>porii  woi'e  set  out  hei'ore  the  toilet-table.  Oti  tlie  h<^ 
Cecilia's  dinner  costume  was  lying — a  rdckly  green  dre»,  irimiBed  with 
Uavk — and  a  while  tlovfer  for  ber  bnir.  On  the  toiIet<tablc  an  old- 
Cisliiotiei]  JMspei-  terpen t-iieckliico  and  »  net  of  ameihysts  were  di« 
fer  ber  to  chooxe  lioni,  id>u  iniltcns  and  o  couple  of  bair-btnceleta. 
girl  wns  quite  content,  and  *lie  would  go  flown  gravely  lo  dinner,  snootliic 
out  bci-  liideoua  tojigery. 

Sirs.  Dormer  never  c«me  down  before  dinner.   All  day  loi^  abe  stayed 
up  in  her  looin,  dozing  and  trying  remedicn,  and  occaiionally  looking  oT 
old  ji-ain»!s  and  K-tlers  ntitil  it  waa  lime  lo  come  duwnstain. 


an  old- 

>.    TIB 

aootliiifl 


TaB  SLEBi'ING  BEAUTY  IX  TriR  WOOP. 


lo  lee  Cocilia'n  prett/  face  nt  one  side  of  lh«  tabic,  ivliili;  lic-r  ucphnw  cncvcd, 
nud  Mrs.  Lulworth  recounted  any  of  the  Blirring  etc-niB  of  idc  day.  Slto 
was  used  to  the  lifc^-shc  was  sixty  wlien  tlie/  came  to  her,  alie  wa»  long 
{lut  dgbt^-  Qow — (he  lust  twvBty  year*  hod  been  like  a  long  sleep,  witli  the 
drenm  of  wlmt  happen*!  when  *Ji«  wae  alive  Rtnl  in  t-lic  worM  conlinually 
IMaaiDg  before  her. 

VUita  lb«  Lulworlha  first  «aino  to  hn-  slie  had  been  in  n  low  nnd 
nerrons  Btate,  only  Btipiilaled  for  ([uiet  :tad  pr^ci',  and  lh.it  nn  one  vrtm  to 
come  lo  hcT  hoiuc  of  moiuTiing.  The  John  Lulworlhs,  a  cheery  couplf, 
bcok*  down  nt  Iho  em!  of  a.  month  or  two,  ninl  pn-fvmjd  giving  up  all 
chance  of  thc-ir  iiunl':;  great  iulicrltanw  to  living  in  such  uttor  silence 
and  Mclusion.  Upon  Cliarles,  tho  younger  brother  and  his  ivifv,  the  habit 
tnd  grown,  until  now  anything  clw  would  have  b«n  toil  and  ntisciy  lo 
them.  Except  the  old  rector  from  the  village,  ihc  doctor  now  aod  then, 
no  other  hiimnn  ercAture  ever  crosxed  the  tiireshold.  For  Ct'ciliftV  sake 
Min  Bowl^y  once  yenturcd  lo  hiot,— 

"  C«cilin  with  her  expectations  hns  the  wliolc  world  before  her." 
*'  Maria  I "  said  Mrs.  Lulworth  severely ;  aiiil  iJidecd  to  this  fboliet  woman 
it  Meroed  as  if  money  would  add  more  to  her  daughter's  hnppincrss  tlian  tlio 
delights,  the  wonders,  the  interests,  the  glamours  of  youth.  Charlen  Lul- 
vorth,  shrivelled,  solfiali.  dull,  worn-out,  did  not  trouble  hia  head  about 
Cecilia's  happiness,  and  lut  liis  wife  do  u  she  liked  with  the  giH. 

This  especial  night  when  Cecilia  eame  dona  in  her  ugly  green  drcsa, 
it  seemed  to  her  ns  if  soinethiog  nausual  had  heen  going  on.  The  old 
lady's  eyes  liwkcd  bright  and  glittering,  her  father  seemed  more  aniniakd 
tban  ustud,  her  mother  looked  mysterians  and  put  out.  It  might  have 
been  fancy,  but  Cedlia  thought  they  nil  stopped  talking  as  the  came  into 
the  room;  but  then  dinner  was  announced,  nnd  her  father  oflp red  Mr«. 
Poraicr  hia  ana  immediately,  nnd  they  went  into  the  dining-room. 

It  must  have  been  fancy.  Everything  wds  as  u«uai.  "I'hey  have  put 
up  a  few  hurdles  in  Dalron's  field,  I  see,"  said  Mrs.  Lulworth.  "  Charl«s, 
yoa  ought  to  give  orders  for  repairing  the  lock  of  the  hamcse-room." 

*' Jlavc  th.'y  seen  to  the  punip-liandic?"  said  Mr.  Lulworth. 

"1  think  itot."     And  then  there  was  a  dead  silence. 

"Pdntoea,**  said  Cecilia  to  the  footman.  "Mamma,  we  saw  ever  so 
many  aluga  in  the  Isurd  walk,  Mai-in  and  I, — didn't  we,  Maria  7  I  ihiok 
tlicre  are  a  great  many  slugs  in  our  place." 

Old  Mrs.  Dormer  l«ok«d  up  wldlc  Cceiliu  wns  apeaking,  and  suddenly 
interrupted  her  in  thn  middle  of  her  sentence.  "How  old  arc  you,  child  T" 
aha  Kid ;  "  are  you  seventeen  or  eighteen?" 

"Eighteen  1  aunt  Cecilia.    I  atn  live-and-twenty,"  said  Cecilia,  staring. 

"  Good  gracious !  is  it  possible'? "  said  her  fatlier,  lurprined. 

"  Cecil  is  n  woman  now,"  said  her  mother. 

"  Kive-and-twenty,"  wiid  thw  old  lady,  (juile  eroBsiy,  '•  I  had  no  idea 
time  went  no  fast,  She  ought  to  have  been  married  laag  ago ;  that  is,  it' 
abo  nMSi  lo  marry  at  alh" 

VOL.  xiti. — KO.  77.  S7. 


•nil?  sr,EE!'fso  BeATTTT  w  TfH)  T?wro. 


*> Pt*j,  my  d«'ir  mint,  do  not  [ut  mch  m1<mu— "  Mn.  Lnlfrortli  IjegtBil 

"  1  <kiu't  ii)laufl  tu  iiiarrj,"  «aid  OcUi»,  pouting  un  onmgv,  nod  qtPWj 
lunnoveil,  aad  itlie  ilowly  onrleJ  tbe  rind  of  her  maogt  in  llie  frfr.  "Il 
tkink  people  are  rcrj  sliiptd  u>  nutiiy.  Look  At  poor  Jane  liiiiwiinlj  j 
ber  biufaarKl  btmls  her  ;  Jntics  vaw  lior." 

"S«  j-ftu  don't  intend  to  mnrry  7 "  Boid  the  old  lady,  with  nn  tM\ 
Inflection  in  bar  Toice.  "  Ycung  ladi«a  wers  ool  to  wisely  bruugliMip  m 
tny  fiarljr  day*,"  anil  ahv  gnw  m  grest  tigb.  "  I  vJta  rending  an  old 
hi\it  ihiB  nioi-niog  from  Tour  poor  Gitber  Charlea — ail  about  liappiiMi^ 
»)d  ioTe  in  n  cot,  aad  iko  litilc  ourl^-bouled  boja — Jnck,  you  know,  and 
yourself.     I  Rhould  rnth«r  liki-  to  aee  Jolin  again." 

"  TVhal,  my  dtar  aunt,  after  his  unparalleled  aadxeicy  ?  I  i3uda»  tin 
tbouglil  of  Ilia  impudent  Utter  sudcea  mj  blood  boil/'  excJumcd  Mn 
Lulworili. 

"UoM  ill"  euid  tbe  old  Udy.     "C'toilia,  my  dcnr,  yoa  must  kaoir 
that  your  Tiaoic  ima  difcorered  that  the  eiiuii  wm  not  cut  oflT  from  a 
certain  property  wbich  my  father  Ivll  me,  and  wliicli  I  broaght  to  my 
busbaad.     lie  liaa  tliorcforc  wHttea  mo  n  very  fcuMiicw-iikc  IttbBw,  inj 
whiuh  ho  says  ha  wixlua  fur  no  alc«i-iitioi)  at  prcwnt,  bni  b^^ga  ifaat,  ia  lltM 
cvmt  of  my  making  my  wiU,  I  ahuuld  remember  this,  nd  not  ccmpGoM^ 
luatlera  by  Itaving  il  to  youraelT,  as  had  beoo  my  intontiofl.    I  «ee  nodsig 
to  olfend  in  the  rei]ueit.     Your  mother  thinks  diCorenlly." 

G«cilin  wai  n  ansMd  at  bein^  told  anything  that  aba  only  dartd 
sgoio,  Hnd  opening  a  nida  inouili,  popp«^  into  it  actth  m  great  pitei  of 
orange  that  nbo  could  not  njicak  for  eonic  nkiiiiites. 

"  Ceoilia  hm  oertaiiiiy  ttltain^  y«ua  of  discrdton,*'  enad  ber  gm*- 
aunt ;  "  ahe  does  not  compiwniae  herself  by  giving  any  opinien  oa  : 
flbe  does  not  uiider£tuo<l." 

KotwithHtanding  her  outwapd  imperturbabiliiy,  Ccdita  wan 
itirrcd  and  intcrcalcd  by  this  history,  and  by  tke  little  conTcrauiion 
hod  preceded  it.  Uor  mothw  was  ntting  upright  m  ber  ehair 
netting  with  Tigorgns  action.  Her  large  foot  onlatietefacd,  bor  •tiff  hmf 
hands  working  nod  Jerking  monotonoUAly.  Her  father  wn  doriog  In  tit 
ann-chair  ;  old  Mrm.  Dormer,  too,  wa«  noddini;  in  htr  eorncf.  Ths 
inonotonoiia  Mints  wn  siitchiag  in  the  Janiplight.  Grey  and  bhci 
■liodowa  loomed  all  rotud  bor.  The  far  «Dd  of  th«  room  waa  quite  dack; 
the  grcjil  vurtainn  swept  from  their  ancient  eomioes.  Cecilia,  for  the  fint 
time  in  all  hvt  life,  wondered  whether  she  ahould  ever  lira  all  ber  liK;  to 
Ibja  cpot,  ever  go  away  ?  It  eeomod  impouible,  nnnatunl,  that  •b«  ahould 
«vei  do  Eo.  Hilent,  dull  oa  it  wns,  she  waa  used  to  it,  and  did  not  knew 
what  wna  auiaa 

Young  Frank  Luiworth,  tb«  lawyer  of  llio  family — Jobs  Lolwonh'a^ 
eldest  ma — it  via  who  hnd  found  it  all  out.     Hi*  Ikther  wreto  ibii  niilli 
Un.  £k>rojer'a  pcrmitwvu  he  propcted  coming  down  in  a  dny  or  two 
ahow  her  tho  papers,  and  to  explain  to  her  poMonally  liow  the 
Blood.     "  My  son  end  V'  said  Jclin  Luhvortli,  "  botb  Ad  tbat  tbia  wo 


T  gr«B»- 

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in  wbiti'S 


THE  SLUBPIKO  DSAUTT  IN  THE  WOOD. 


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fiif  more  agr««nt>)«  to  our  fwlings,  and  p«rh&ps  to  yours,  than  likving 
urs«  to  the  usual  jirofeesioniU  iiitcrrention,  for  wc  h&rc  no  denra  to 
prcM  WT  claimR  for  the  prtwnt,  nnd  we  only  with  thiit  in  the  ultimHlc 
dinpOMl  of  your  yroii^rty  you  »houM  be  nwire  licw  llio  luniler  rcnlly 
•uuifla.  Wb  hikvc  alwayti  bci-n  led  to  stippuw  tliat  tlie  f^lnlo  nctiudly  iu 
qncfttAD  hM  bven  lon^  desiinrd  liy  you  for  your  grnntl-nkcp,  C«cilja 
LutKonli.  I  hear  JVom  our  old  friend  Dr.  Hickii,  th«t  she  is  rL-marknbly 
pnliy  «sd  rtry  ominblp.  Perl)nfi«  «ich  vague  pMuiilnlitlc4  n«  b««t 
unnieDtiaaed,  btil  il  bu  ocenrrerl  lo  ntc  tlint  in  tlie  ev«iit  of  a  inulual 
ttndctsUnding  »jiiiiiging  up  bftweeti  tlie  young  full<f>, — my  eon  anil 
your  griw(l-ni«c^, — the  connGOtiac  mii^lit  bo  flgrvcablu  to  ii4  all,  nnd  It-ad  (o 
M  ronevTul  of  tbst  faroily  iutcrcourw  which  hnii  been,  to  my  great  regret, 
aui^)cnd«l  for  ictnc  time  pAiiL." 

Old  Mn.  Bonuer,  In  lior  liaiky  Itnlian  hasdwrlllug,  umrprrcl  Itvr 
ncpltcw's  letter  by  rvturn  of  port  : 

"Mr  tiKiB  Nininw,— 1  mini  arknonlMlf^  Iha  receipt  of  yoor  e(.utlQ  of  Uio  laifi 
iaitAat.  Bv  nil  lucnas  iuv itc  ju<tt  ttxk  to  pay  n>  h'a  pn))<cM<l  vuit,  We  mo  Uirai 
tklk  0101  bniiinin*  niadCTii  st  onr  Itimn^  vtA  jamc  Fnuida  ran  Ih^  iotrodnra)  tu  lala 
nklivN.  AUhi)Ui;li  ft  louts  time  luu  elapKd  stoce  we  hat  met.  liulLeve  nir,  my  deu 
nepbew,  not  cnmiiiilAil  of  brgoiia  naixAt^cnii,  titiii  yonn  very  tmlT  kIo-u/d. 

"C.   DOMtKl." 

The  letter  wta  in  tbe  postniaDs  bag  nlien  old  Mrs.  Dormer  infuruiMl 
Mrfl.  Clinrlca  of  wlint  abe  bad  done, 

Frank  LtilworlJi  thotighi  that  in  nil  hia  lift  ho  had  never  bmb  anylliing 
dinoa],  HD  ciletit,  *o  neglected,  as  DorIicol«  Park,  vihea  bo  diovo  up 
fvw  day«t  aflpr,  through  tbo  iron  gatc«  am)  along  tbo  blnclc  laurel 
wildeTncnt  -whLcli  1*^  to  iho  hoiLw,  Tlio  laarel  hrnncbeB,  all  unpnined, 
untrained,  wcri;  twisting  mTagcIy  in  and  out,  irreatbing  and  int«rlacing 
one  Bnolhcr,  clulcbing  tender  (liooiinga,  wrc*iling  with  the  young  ook- 
treea  and  the  limeft.  lie  passed  by  black  and  iiombr«  arcnues  leading  to 
zaooldy  temples,  to  cmmbling  Hummer-housoA ;  lie  t»vt  wliat  had  oiic« 
b««n  a  flower-gnnJcn,  now  all  nin  to  seed — wt]il,  Rlrnggling,  forJom;  n 
brokm-down  bvndi,  ii  bcaip  of  liui-dlea  lying  on  tlie  groiini),  n  fit-ld-nionfv 
darting  iCTMa  the  road,  a  d<3solnt«  autiiran  sun  fining  upnn  all  this 
nouldering  oroamcnt  and  confuitirn.  It  K-cmcd  more  fbrlora  and  melan- 
choly by  conUvt,  tomchow,  ooining  as  he  did  out  of  tlie  lovelifKt  wuntry 
sad  natural  ivraptncaa  into  the  du'k  and  tangled  wUdomma  within  the*c 
llmeatone  walla  nf  DorlicoLe. 

The  pamh  of  Dorlicote-cnm-Rockinglen  lot^lca  prettier  in  ihea&tiioiu 
tliaQ  at  arty-  other  time.  A  hundred  criap  tints,  jenellcd  rays — grey% 
browns,  purplcn,  glinting  guldd,  and  ulvcra,  ru«tlo  nnd  sparkle  upon  the 
braoches  of  the  Diit<treG6,  of  the  hushes  and  tbiclcefs.  Scfi  blite  mists  and 
purple  tints  rest  upon  the  diatant  hilla ;  scarlet  bcri-ies  glow  auioag  the 
brown  leaves  of  the  hc^gr «  ;  lovely  mUta  &11  aa<l  vanish  suddenly,  rcresl- 
ini;  bright  and  sw««t  ntilutnnal  alghtl ;  blackberries,  stacks  of  corn,  brown 
leoTca  crisping  apoa  the  turf,  gieat  pears  hanging  sweplcoliig  in  tb«  sua 
ar^  the  ooltage  lintel*,  cvvrs  grating  and  vbisking  their  t/>iJx,  blue  smoke 

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THE  SL£E1'D>'G  SEAUT7  IM  TUE  WOOD. 


CTtrling  fiona  Cbe  UU  (ana  cliimoejm :  all  is  peaceful,  pnisperoiu,  gol 
You  cui  ace  Uw  «c»  oa  clear  tlxja  ln>m  ccrtiuD  kudls  and  hiUockB.  . 

Oat  of  all  UieM  pleawit  sighu  joong  Lolwcrtli  came  into  iha  dnaxj 
splendour,  lie  beard  no  soanda  of  lite — he  saw  no  one.  lIi*  ooachnun 
Itad  opened  tli«  iron  gate.  "  Tbey  donn't  l:cep  no  ooe  to  moiud  the  gate," 
■aid  llie  dnver,  "  only  tradeaiDcn  cuornit  to  Oi'uitse."  Eren  llio  gardeoeF 
and  Ilia  boy  were  oat  of  lh«  waj;  and  wlien  tliej  got  s^ht  of  the  house  at 
tail,  mnay  of  ibe  blinds  veto  down  and  Bbutters  ^ut,  and  only  two  ehiio- 
nc^'B  were  BinokiDg.  Tbcre  waa  some  one  living  in  the  place,  howerer,  for 
a  watch-dog  who  was  Ijrios  asleep  in  hit  k«DDc!  woke  up  and  gave  a 
heart-rending  howl  when  I'rank  got  out  and  rang  at  the  bell. 

lie  bad  to  wait  ao  immense  time  bcibrc  anybody  answered,  oltliough  a 
little  page  in  buttons  come  and  atared  at  him  in  blank  amaaement  fnva  ou 
of  the  baoGtaent  windows,  and  nercT  moved.  Hirough  tiie  same  window 
FVank  could  we  into  the  kitchen,  and  he  was  anrased  when  a  td>;cpy  (at 
eook  came  up  beliind  tlie  little  pag«  and  Languidly  boxed  his  ear^  aad 
eeaaed  to  ordez  him  off  the  premiaes. 

The  butler,  who  at  last  answered  the  door,  seemed  utterly  taken  abod: 
— nobody  had  cont'd  for  months  past,  and  here  waa  a  perfect  atningor 
tflking  out  hi*  citd,  and  atking  for  Mrg.  Dormer  as  if  it  was  the  niMl, 
natunil  tliitig  iti  tlic  world.  The  undcr-butler  was  half-aaleop 
pantry,  and  had  not  heard  the  door- hell.  I'lte  p>g« — the  very  eame  w1 
caro  bad  been  boxGd^-cnme  wondering  to  the  door,  and  went  to  ascertain 
whether  Mi3.  nnriiiiT  would  see  the  gentleman  or  aM. 

"  Wbitt  a  vault,  what  A  catacomb,  what  an  ugly  old  i^Ace  t "  thot^bt 
Frank,  as  he  waited.  lie  heard  steps  far,  far  away:  then  came  a  loog 
ulence,  and  then  a  heavy  tread  >Iowly  approaching,  and  the  old  bader 
bedkonod  to  him  to  follow — ihrongh  a  cobweb-colour  roAin,  through  a 
brown  room,  through  a  grey  room,  into  a  great  dim  drab  drawing-room, 
whcro  the  qH  lady  wM  titling  alooe.  She  had  come  down  her  back  staira 
to  receive  him ;  it  was  yeiim  since  alie  had  left  her  room  before  dinner. 

KvvR  old  ladiee  luok  kindly  upon  a  tall,  well-built,  good-lookiagi 
good-humoured  young  man.  Frank's  nose  was  a  little  too  long,  Us 
nimith  a  little  toe  atmight;  but  he  was  a  bandjwme  young  fellow  wili 
a  charming  munncr.  Only  as  he  came  up  he  was  somewhat  ^j  aad 
tindceidrd — ha  did  not  know  exactly  how  to  aildic^K  tlic  uld  lady,  lids 
WAS  hia  great-aunt.  lit!  knew  nothing  whatever  alteut  her,  but  she 
was  very  rich ;  ebc  hud  invited  him  to  come,  and  the  had  a  kind  fSM,  bo 
thought :  should  he,  — ought  ho  to  embrace  her— perhaps  be  ought,  and 
he  mode  the  slightest  pouible  movcEneot  in  this  direction,  lire.  DorakCr, 
divining  his  object,  piiahed  him  weakly  away.  "  How  do  you  do  7  No 
cmbracea,  thank  you.  I  don't  care  for  kissing  at  my  age.  Sit  down— 
Iherc^  in  thnt  ohnir  npposile — nnd  now  t&H  mo  about  your  &th«r,  ud 
all  the  family,  and  about  this  ridiculous  discovery  of  yours.  I  den^ 
believe  a.  word  of  it." 

The  interview  between  tlicin  wns  long  and  satidfactory  on  the  whole 


I 

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The  unoon.'cious  Cecilia  Bn<l  Misj  Bowleg  rcturaed  that  nflcrnoon  from 
their  uiual  Atring,  nttil  na  it  happcn<,'<]T  Ccnitin  nid,  "01i,M.irin  !  I  left  my 
mitums  in  the  (Irawing-rooin,  lut  iiiglit.  I  wilt  go  ant]  fvtch  tlicin."  Aiii] 
litllo  thinkJDg  of  what  waa  awuitiug  Iicr,  hlte  ilang  open  t]te  door  noJ 
marched  in  through  tlio  anto-room — mushroom  hat  ami  brown  voil, 
goloetiea  atid  ilowily  gown,  ^<i  usual.  ''WItat  b  this?"  tKouglit  youn^ 
Lulivorth  ;  "  wliy,  who  would  have  aiip[>oseJ  it  wiw  such  a  jirftty  girl?" 
for  tuddenly  the  figure  alopped  ahorl,  and  a  lovely  fresh  liice  looked  iip  ia 
uller  amnzomcnt  out  of  tlio  hideous  {Usfpiisc!. 

"Thri*,  don't  Btare,  chiW,"  «aid  thd  old  lady.  «  Thi«  U  FrnncU  Liil- 
worlli,  a  very  intelligent  ;oiiDg  man,  «-1io  has  got  IioM  of  yoiu  fortune 
aod  ruiii<^  all  your  chdnccs,  my  dt^ar.  lie  waiitfd  to  oinbracc  mv  juMt 
DOW.  Francis,  yotk  nmy  as  wt'll  salute  your  couEia  instead  :  Bhe  la  much 
mora  of  nil  age  for  such  com jilini cuts,"  said  Mrs.  Dormer,  waring  her  hand. 
The  iiBpasaivo  Cecilia,  perfectly  bewildered  and  not  in  tho  least  undor- 
Kmding,  only  tamed  her  great  aleepy  astonLtlied  vy«a  upon  her  cousin, 
anil  itood  perfectly  still  as  ifsho  was  one  of  thoso  bcauli{\il  wax-dolls  one 
tecs  Hliick  up  to  be  starod  at.  If  she  had  been  surprised  before,  utter 
con>ccrnnlioR  can  scarcely  convey  Iilt  stale  of  mind  when  young  Liihvortli 
stepped  forward  and  obeyed  her  aunt's  behest.  And,  indeed,  asli-ongor- 
minded  person  than  Cecilia  might  have  been  taken  nbock,  who  had  comn 
into  the  drawing-room  to  foloh  bor  mittciis,  and  was  met  in  auoh  an 
astounding  fashinii.  Frank,  hairimighing,  half  kindly,  seeing  that  Cecilia 
t  Blood  quite  still  and  atarcil  at  liim,  supptui^d  it  wua  expected  aad  did  as 
I      he  wofl  told. 

I  Tha  poor  girl  gave  one  gasp  ofborroi*,  and  blnnlicd  for  tho  first  time, 

'      I  bolieT«,  io  the  courso  of  her  whok  ealstejice.     Bowley,  fixed  and  oitea- 
moathedfrom  iho  inner  room,  suddenly  ilcJ  with  a  scream,  which  recalled 
I      Cecilia  to  a  somte  t>(  outragoil  propriety  :  for  blushing  and  blinking  moro 
)      deeply,  she  at  last  gave  three  little  sobs,  and  then,  O  horror  1  burrt  into 
UanI 

"  lUghty-trghty ;  what  a  much  ado  about  nothing  I "  Kiid  iho  old  lady, 
loeing  lier  temper  aud  feeling  not  a  liltlo  guilty,  and  much  alarmed  a«  to 
what  her  niece  Mrs.  Lulworth  might  say  were  she  to  come  on  tlie  aom». 

"  I  beg  your  pardon.  I  am  so  very,  very  sorry,"  suid  ths  young  man, 
qnileDonfasedtind  puzzled.  "I  ought  to  have  known  belter.  I  frighteiied 
yoa.  I  am  your  coiuiiit  you  know,  and  really — pray,  pray  excuse  my 
idity,"  he  Raid,  looking  anxiously  into  the  liur  placid  faco  along  which 
tears  were  cooniDg  ia  two  streams,  like  a  child's. 
"Such  a  thing  Devcr  happened  in  all  my  lifo  h^oK,"  uld  Cecilia. 

*'  I  know  it  tH  wrong  to  cry,  but  «wdly — really " 

"I,.fave  off  crying  directly,  tniss,"  said  her  aunt,  testily,  "  and  let  ui 
have  ao  more  of  this  nonsense."  The  old  lady  dreaded  tho  mothcr'a 
nrrival  every  instant.  Prank,  half  laughing,  but  ({uite  unlinppy  at  the 
poor  girl's  disticao,  had  taken  up  his  hat  to  go  that  minute,  not  knowing 
what  dse  to  do. 


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THE  CT-EEPTNG  BEAUTT  IS  riTK  WOOD. 


"Ah  1  yoa'n  going,"  eaya  old  Mi-s.  Donner;  "no  wonder.  CectJl^ 
j'cxii  bare  driren  your  cotuia  niray  by  your  nxJODou." 

"  Fm  not  rude."  M>1)b«d  Cccilin.     "  I  can't  h»\p  cryLng.** 

"  The  girl  U  a  grialcr  idiot  iImh  I  tonk  her  for,"  «t*it^  lh«  old  Wy. 
"  Slio  bsa  been  kept  h^ie  lucked  up,  outil  ihe  has  not  a  siqglo  idett  leftia 
livr  ally  noddle.  No  manofBcnse  oiuld  andurc  bet:  iov  lire  aiuiut«i>  Yoa 
Trisli  to  lenvc  the  ptiu;«,  I  mw,  nnil  no  wonder  f " 

"  t  really  think,"  said  Frn&lc,  ''  that  under  lh«  cirauaulancea  h  »  lb* 
l)cst  thing  I  cnn  do.     Ittiss  Lnluorth,  I  nm  sure,  would  v'uh  tae  to  go." 

*'  Certainly,"  said  Ocilia.  "  Go  stray,  pray  go  away.  Ob,  how  ml\j 
lam." 

FT«rc  vraa  a  catulroplio  I 

Tho  poor  old  fitlry  was  nil  puxxlM  nud  bewildered :  bar  art«  w«ra 
powerieu  in  tbU  emergency!  Tli«  princ«aB  bad  awakened,  but  in  tnn. 
Tlie  prince  atiU  stood  hy,  dislreaBed  and  oonounipd,  feeling  horribly  guil^, 
and  ycl  scarcely  able  to  help  lauEliiag.  Poor  Cealia  !  her  nunt'a  rcpmadies 
liad  cnly  bewildered  her  m»r«  end  morv;  and  for  ihu  first  tino  in  her  li& 
aha  wns  bowild^rod,  disuompowd,  furgotAi!  of  hoitrt.  h  Kan  tlio  hoar  of 
CAli>theiiici  ;  but  lAit»  Lulworcb  forgot  eirerytfaiii;;  iliai  might  bare  been 
expecled  from  n  young  lady  of  h«r  admimble  bringing-np. 

Fairy  talea  are  never  v«ry  long,  and  tbia  on«  ought  to  come  to  an  end. 
Tbo  prinoeae  was  awake  now,  and  htt  aimplioity  and  boanty  touolied  U» 
young  prini-«,  who  did  not,  I  think,  rcjilly  iutcnd  to  go,  tlioo|^  ha  lack 
up  liix  liat. 

Ccrlftlnly  tlic  story  would  not  have  been  worth  the  telling  if  Ihoy  had 
not  been  married  50«a  after,  and  livod  happily  all  Uie  rest  of  tbi»r  livo. 

It  id  not  in  fiury  taks  only  that  thinga  full  out  m  one  oouM  wish,  awl 
indeed,  il.  and  T.  agreed  the  other  night  that  fairies,  allhoogh  iavinbl^ 
had  not  entirely  vanished  out  of  the  land. 

It  is  cci'i:iinly  like  a  fair^'  tin  ii  £  form  nt  ion  to  eca  Cecilia  now-a-daya  hi 
Wr  own  home  with  li«r  children  and  Iiuthaiii)  about  her.  Bright,  neny, 
full  of  sympathy  and  interest,  Khc  arrins  to  grow  prettier  ercry  minute. 

When  Frank  fi^l  in  lore  with  hor  nnd  proposed,  old  iin.  Donner 
iiaiated  upon  instantly  giving  tip  tltc  Dorlicoio  Fiirm  for  the  youag 
people  to  live  in.  3Ir.  and  Mrs.  Prank  Lulworth  are  ohli^  to  lirfl  h 
London,  hut  they  go  thpr«  erery  (nimm&rwith  their  children  ;  nnd  for  mam 
yean  hIW  her  marriago,  Cecilia's  godmother,  who  took  the  opporiuiuiy 
of  the  wedding  to  break  through  many  of  her  recluM  hahilti,  twcd  to  oonrt 
and  see  her  erery  day  in  n  nasgnificent  yellow  chariot. 

Some  day  I  may  porhapa  tell  yoa  more  about  tha  lairiea  and  enchatit 
ing  prinoesses  of  my  acqufiintanc^ 


I 

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m 


S^houolit  »m\  JCitiigiiajg^. 


VvU.  hait  s  century  ngo,  Dogald  Steuart,  in  his  Philosophical  Essayn, 
r^mkiDg  of  an  act  of  the  Immoa  iindcrBtan^ng  manifcatod  iu  lan^ua^e, 
calla  il  «  myaUiry  yot  U>  be  cxphinvd.  Ho  wa«  quite  coDviactid  that  the 
existing  c'xi'IaTiatiims  wi-re  onlirtly  wiile  of  llio  inRrk^that  the  meaning  of 
A  aet)l<L'nc«  was  neither  the  iiggreguU  uf  the  moaoiags  or  tbe  sertral  parUi 
oTspeecb,  nor  tbo  remit  or  a  comparison  bt>twcen  two  of  the  pacU  eoding 
in  the  nffimi&tioa  or  denial  of  their  agrcctncnt  by  mcaoa  of  a  verW  copula. 
But  whUc  he  sppnkn  coiitcmpluo'wly  of  those  cxpln.natif>ii«,  he  givM  none 
ofbli  owQ^ie  f^ejiiA  to  tiilak  thct  oxplnnnlion  i  in[)ot»!l>lc.  Is  it  io7  Of 
course,  io  ihitt,  lis  ui  ru<Nit  wtltcr  iiiiialcie»,  ve  coaie  at  last  to  grovind  tlint 
ire  oumot  penetrate ;  but  so  far  as  tb«  phcDomenoo  can  be  explained,  it  i» 
ibe  purpoae  of  this  paper  to  aliow  that  ahice  bis  time  it  lias  been  expbiiueil. 
And  if  tho  cxpUnntioo  hM  not  been  iccetvcd  to  as  to  be  built  upcu 
UDivcmally  In  works  of  oOucaUon,  it  id  not  ihnt  ila  truth  hiu  htS'u  or  cnn 
be  Aucceal'iilly  qucstioacij,  but  that,  ioaBcnucli  aa  it  would  interfere  with 
and  set  awdo  all  Ibut  hibt  been  hitliorlo  docnicd  fiindainenlal  in  these 
worl!,%  there  rniwl  arise,  a.i  a  prepartilioii  for  ilie  change,  an  apparcnl 
DccCMity  for  it,  vprlngiug  from  progress  in  ether  dopnrtmcnts  of  Ictimtng. 
Kow,  it  luny  be  safely  affirmed  that  there  is  very  vide  evidence  of 
such  progicfiti,  aud  the  pagei  of  this  Mngnzinc  bear  wiLacsH  to  it.  Two 
tirticies  nwy  bo  e«p«eially  referred  to, — ono  in  thn  number  for  May,  18C2j 
which  dcKribej  aome  ciu'ious  experiuienta  by  Dr.  Katmiufiul  cf  Krlangeiii 
1»  aaci'Ttain  the  inner  lifo  of  new-born  inluiitM;  tho  oUior  in  the  naiiil>eT 
for  September,  1860,  on  "Imluclion  anil  Dediir^ion,"  nignwl,  Juxtus  Von 
Liebig.  AdoctriDu  whldi  liiey  eubslnnlinle,  tlioiif^h  they  do  mil  expri^ssly 
rof«r  to  itf  miut  be  menUonc>d  as  a  truth  whicli  tlicy  include,  aanely, 
wliai  has  l!ten  culled  the  rcUttvlUj  of  liumtin  knowk-Jgc,  in  contradistinc- 
tion to  iMliiidiec  knowledge,  which  la.>t  ia  given  to  brutes,  nnd  (with  an 
exception  li>  bo  jirew.'utly  noUecd)  to  brutei  only;  eilhiT  with  lifv  origi- 
nnUy,  or  with  the  development  of  their  sentetiun-t.  Aa  to  man,  the 
doctrine  of  the  relativity  of  his  knowleilgo  i»  ft  point  on  which  philosopltcrs 
in  thin  country  are  nt  cmo,  however  it  may  hxru  to  make  ila  va^  among 
th«  i)n|iiiilu9upliical  inullittiJu  ivilh  wliosc  attongeet  prepoBBeaatana  it  ia  at 
war.  Bay  to  any  ordinary'  thinker  tlint  a  man  born  blind  can  never  know 
what  light  il,  and  you  lay  whaJ  is  at  once  admitted ;  but  aay  tliut  neither 
can  be  know,  that  ii,  be  cou»oiou»  or  nware  of  ttaikaoM,  and  you  arc  tnot 
by  a  atarc  of  wondering  incredulity.  What !  not  know  darkness  wlien, 
wfatther  he  opena  his  eyelids  or  keepa  them  nhut,  darkneeaia  before  him 
noil  Btouod  him  V     That  ia  prcciaely  tlie  rcoton  that  he  cnnnol  kpOT  it — 


5M  THOUGHl'  A3SD  TJtSQU&OS. 

canoot  know  the  thing  ilacli,  ihougli  tic  am  clau  it  witb  tbi&gfl  whicl 
docR  knew,  snd  tallc  nlioui  il  uitli  as  nmcli  rationality  as  lua  dear-seeng 
uctgliboiira.  For  clarkiiess  is  tlic  privation  of  light ;  sai  though  it  Lb  his 
peculiar  position  to  be  nnablo  to  <>xpmenec  tha  privation  of  wlut  he 
never  bad,  yet  be  koovrs  tlie  relation  absttsctly  from  lli«  things  WcaoK 
he  knows  cxpcrimcntnll^-  other  things  that  stand  rclutcd  in  tlic  same  way 
— nlfiDCe,  for  example,  nn  ihc  privatipn  of  sound  ;  omptjr  ffpaeo  as  the 
priva^oQ  of  that  which  fiWud  Jt  or  cim  Jill  it;  tcciitlenntu  as  ihe  priratiw 
or  absence  of  tceut.  Ami  tki^,  univcraally,  iti  the  nature  and  oharacter  t^ 
hntnan  ksovkdge.  Wv  know  nothing  as  of  itself,  but  onljr  as  it  atands 
out  in  Eomc  relation  lo  iinotht^r  thing;  in  otiivr  wordit,  th«  htuiuin  u&dcr^ 
standing  muat  have  premisea  before  it,  or  it  does  not  act — it  is  dormant  till 
appointed  or  adctjuKtu  premises  aiisv.  In  only  one  particular  does  the 
huniEia  crcaturg  receive  knt'wkdge,  in  lh«  earlj'  ftogc  of  liia  existence, 
imniodtutcly  with  tenHBtion,  as  irrational  creatures  rIwbj^s  receivo  it,  l^ai 
waaaaid  above,  not  at  once  will)  life,  yet  aa  their  sensntionH  rip<^.  Itms 
oMertained  by  the  experiments  reported  in  the  former  of  the  two  pspen 
to  which  allusion  has  biK-n  made,  lliat  while  the  new*boTn  btbo  seeks  its 
first  food  instinctively,  and  lins  kiiowli^go  of  it  Inimedintely  through  the 
Cleans  of  taaU>,  yet  as  to  its  other  ecusntions,  ihcrv  was  no  evidence  to  show 
thut  any  knowledge  sccomponicd  them.  Of  man,  tlit^,  it  may  be  aud  that 
wlien  newly  bom,  bo  hag  cvcrj-thing  to  learn  but  Ihe  perception  of  hii 
lirst  food  ;  and  witliout  that  p^^rceplion  he  would  perish  almost  aa  aoon  as 
he  exi^te. 

But  Horuo  ruimidnblo  (lue^tiona  arise  if  wo  ndniit  this  atalemeot  If 
man's  earliest  existence  is  sensalionnl  only,1iow  does  it  become  intellectual 
also  7  And  having  become  intellectust  aa  well  ns  eenaaticnal,  how  is  it 
thai  our  liirly-soqiiired  knowledge  is  not  separable  at  will  from  our  sensa- 
tions, but  has  the  character  and  cOcct  of  being  iosttnctiTe,  aa  perceptian 
in  irrational  creatures  ahvnys  is?  These  questions  physiology,  in  its 
pTi>jient  advanced  Mate,  ia  quite  able  to  solve.  Tlie  solution  ctuinot  be 
entered  upon  here,  but  it  amounts  to  this  :  that  our  direct  or  real  iCBsa- 
tiona — tliose,  to  wit,  which  are  prcvduced  by  outward  chueos — byrepclltian 
in  series,  generate  from  within  unreal  or  ideal  ciTccts,  and  thc«c  take  place 
of  tlie  real  when  the  latter  fall  away  from  the  aeries,  so  Ibnt  the  real  and 
the  unreal,  the  substantial  and  the  ideal,  now  stand  forth  in  contrast,  and 
the  one  is  known  because  the  other  is  known.  Dnt  the  act  of  the  und<T- 
«tanding  whiuh  yiuldii  tliLs  knovrledgo  having  Tulfilkil  its  end,  needs  no 
repetition,  any  more  than  a  syllogiMu  needa  repetition  at  full  when  its 
conclusion  is  establiihed.  The  real  or  the  ideal  sensation  then  by  ila  mere 
presence  brings  up  the  acquired  knowledge,  and  thenceforward  nun's 
being  is  iiitellcclual  as  well  as  ecnsational ;  that  is  to  Kiy,  ho  now  knows 
the  outward  world  (listiiictly  frnin  himself,  and  in  prepared  lo  acquire  bjr 
degrees  the  further  knowledge  of  it  whieli  awiiii<i  the  occasions,  and  these 
come  in  hia  way  sometimes  eo  that  he  cannot  escape  ihera,  sometimes  m 
that  be  has  to  choose  bis  premises,  Eometimes  by  a  chance  that  fiillB  app>- 


I 


I 


TROUGUT  AND  LASGUAOE:  flfi& 

reotl;  (o  him  iitcin«,  sometlnKJi  hj  wiUI  p<i«ticnl  eurmiac,  of  whicli  kind  of 
Bartniic  tliA  philoiopliy  of  PUlo  .ifTuri]!  t}io  inwtt  splendid  «XAnipIe  in  Uie 
histoiy  of  liuiiian  tliouglit ;  aaJ  in  oiii-  day,  we  bounl  tliat  they  nre  some* 
timcx  nctnincil  by  sQit^ntlfio  proceai,  tbat  in,  by  the  surmiw  of  n  previously 
ducipliiii:d  miud,  followed  and  catablisltcd,  if  eslnbliftlieil,  hy  Baconian 
rci«arcb.  , 

Tlint  wliKt  phyiitolog^  iii  lliim  nblu  to  tniuv  lo  its  b«gintuiig  in  ibe  Inio 
cxpUmttion  wc  have  ground  in  two  dircclioas  to  assert  :  flral,  tx-caiiM 
miluu  man  from  the  beginning  obtained  hia  Icnowlcdgo  diffcrentlj  from, 
brutes,  be  would  not  be  the  only  creature  capuble  of  rattonnl  Inngnago; 
and  aacondly,  bccnuic,  while  the  knowledge  wliii;h  u  girca  with  tht  girt  of 
\i(a  to  other  crentarea  is  at  once  adi^uate  to  the  vntU  of  their  being,  ta 
tlint  ibfy  are  never  nbic  of  tlicmselvcs  to  alter  or  increiiKc  it,  the  know- 
ledge which  miin  gcta  ho  gets  by  degrees,  nnd  nlwaya  under  the  liut>ility 
to  error.  Wh-it,  iiideetl,  liii*  heeii  ihe  pmgresn  of  knowledge  up  (o  llie 
prcMnt  lime  but  the  cvrteclion  of  uiiauiidttmtuadiiigti  uriiing  out  of  unwor- 
nuUsble  aasumptionf  of  pr(?miB?«,  k'Hving  us  in  this  condition — t}iat  how- 
ever good  may  seem  our  pn-ecnt  ground  («iid  the  goodncas  i»  attested  by 
the  fruit — the  practicnl  bon4:fiu  it  yields),  yet  wc  ««  never  niic  that  a 
future  geut^ration  will  nut  nee,  under  other  relalionx  than  we  oce,  those 
vui-y  tliiiigs  voiicorniug  wliidi  wc  arc  at  present  nioKt  atetircd  ?  Tliiit  ix  to 
aiMrt,  in  other  wonU,  that  although,  in  the  proceia  of  Deduction,  or 
giving  of  our  knowledge  forth  or  out,  wc  cannot  err  with  relation  to  the 
premi«ea  wc  count  on  having  attained,  yet  in  tiie  previous  proccm  of 
iMDCCHOKjOr  drawing  of  our  knowledge  in,  we  are  always  liable  to  ern^r. 

Thus  fur  wc  hvk\e  led  the  reader  on  ground  catablialivd  by  viewa 
already  opened  in  the  pages  of  thia  Magazine.  It  remaina  to  shovr  thai  die 
actual  niiniHtry  of  language  to  thought  aocords  with  these  views,  and  fii-4t 
to  aaseit — ^wliat  indeed  is  never  denied — that  Uaguagc  is  used  for  t)ie 
two  purposes  n&mi-d,  that  is  to  say,  for  iNtlMction  and  for  de^iuctwn.  Jt  is 
when  used  for  the  JatU-r  purpose  thai  we  kIuiII  have  lo  discredit  the 
existing  modes  of  cxplnaaliun,  and  to  substitute  quo  that  shall  adapt  itself 
to  ibv  vxigcney. 

Wh«n  we  deduce  (tliat  it,  bring  foiUi)  wliat  we  kiww  and  wish  lo  be 
known,  we  put  paits  of  speech  together  in  order  to  make  the  whole 
speech  by  which  it  shall  be  signified.  Now  tliti  knowledge  or  meaning 
we  wiaL  to  convey  is  one  and  singular — why,  then,  in  trying  to  OHivey  lE, 
do  we  tiae  aa  expression  made  up  of  parts  7  Not  certainly  by  prcfcrencej 
for  suppose  the  metinJng  to  IkC  alri-ady  provided  with  some  one  indivisible 
expreaadon,  there  m  no  doubt  that  llic  oue  single  cxprenion  would  bo  uacJ. 
A  Roman  of  old  said  tMrio  when  the  occasion  to  say  so  arose ;  on  the 
occasian  arising  to  an  KngUaliman,  be  puts  lliTee  parts  of  ^ech  together 
and  aays  /  cifn  Aunyry.  But  in  the  latter  case,  is  not  the  meaning  as  much 
oneandindiviiiibleasin  the  other?  No,  will  bu  the  common  answer;  for  each 
|nrt  of  speech  has  its  ncparatc  meaning,  and  it  is  by  putting  these  meanings 
togetlier  tlutt  we  gel  the  whole  mcaniug.     A  very  little  ccnsidcmtion  will 

•i1— I. 


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TBOnonT  ASD  LANCrAGE. 


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■how  thnt  this  cxpluntion  cannot  Mnnd.  It  U  tme  that  /,  nod  tm,  Bsd 
bungri/,  baTfi  eadi  a  aqianite  nieftninfc,  btil  neb  word,  by  lU  vny  grun- 
nutical  cbaracler  aa  a  part  of  apeecb,  and  not  tho  irboto  speech,  foroei  u 
to  vait  the  result.  Lot  the  tpc«l:pr  atop  at  /,  and  tiio  baaror  asks,  Well, 
wlat  alioul  I  ?  Let  him  atop  at  /  etm,  and  a  sinitar  quratioa  a  paL 
And  when  the  whole  speech  is  formed,  baa  lh«re  been,  in  corrnrpoitdaao; 
with  the  addition  of  parts,  an  aildilion  of  the  meaning  nr  iho  parUl 
Quits  the  coDtrarj — the  effect  baa  becD  Bubtractton,  not  additioo.  TUl 
/  is  joiiioil  to  am,  and  am  to  /,  the  term  /  hns  no  mMning  vhieh  corr»- 
■ponda  to  anjlliing  tbat  is  Itnown  or  can  Iw  kiiowu  in  the  whole  oonpaa 
of  nature  as  oatiire  t-xi*t«  for  tw,  iDiutmuch  as  there  is  no  audi  Uiiag  ati 
ponoa  who  is  not  an  individual,  while  /,  in  Uia  ahatntot,  ia  gnNtil  «r 
univenal  in  meanin^t-  So  am  stands  lor  exiiit«nce  abalracled  from  arajr- 
tbiag  «xit>litig  in  particular;  an  abstraction  having  nothing  oomaponditlg 
to  it  in  nature.  'Dicse  abstract  terms,  then,  with  Ib^  abstract  meaninga, 
havo  no  \»]uc  in  thv  dcductin:  procoaa  but  sa  premises  oat  of  which 
■paeial  meaning*  sliall  nriac,  and  whtn  that  meaning  ia  yielded,  tbe 
pretniaes  cease  to  have  aeparat«  meanings.  The  renaining  part  of  speech, 
hungry,  aignifieB  being  Hungry  ubBtractcd  from  every  one  that  httngen; 
but  iu  joining  it  to  /•am,  wo  take  ita  atistraot  meaning  awny;  and  anr 
tlie  tliri^e  parts  of  spoecb  are  one  expieeaion  w!l1i  onf:  ineatiing,  whoM 
partft  are  eepnrately  uicaniuglcas.  In  point  of  fact,  witb  regard  to  tbis 
particulnr  example  (imd  the  example  u  nnythlng  but  aingular),  custmn 
baa  rendered  ns  inattentive  la  thi;  meanings  of  iho  ecpaiate  portai,  so  thai 
tho  English  cucprrasion  is,  to  nil  intents  nni  pnrpoaaa,  na  nacb  a  word  oF  ^ 
four  unmeaning  syllables  as  is  tbe  I.ialin  nn«.  f 

Now,  tbo  cfivct  bera  aawiTted  as  to  the  junction  of  the  parts  of  Ape«cfa 
in  this  iDstan«4<,  is  the  effect  cnivebsau-t  of  such  JnnctioD.  Whcnenr 
we  put  two  parta  of  apeecb  together  which  are  fit,  as  we  aay,  (o  mab 
aeitM,  this  aenee  is  on«,  ond  the  expree«i«n  i«  rne : — if  you  divid< 
tbo  expression,  J' oil  do  not  divide  the  meaning;  meaning  haa  no  partt; 
you  do  but  go  hnek  to  the  meanings  out  of  which  the  special  meaniag 
has  Bprnng.  If  I  put  together  the  two  parts  of  f>p<«oh,  blaek  and  hirJ, 
to  form  the  one  name  for  the  one  thing,  hiacb  no  longer  ^[diIIm  anyihtag 
that  ia  black,  and  bir^  no  longer  aignifics  any  bird ;  what  waa  geneml  in  tba 
meaning  of  oauli  part  has  flown  off;  hlack  rectricts^irf/to  the  special  toeoiun^ 
and  &in/rcstric[a£rai'iE:^aDd  wcbnvoone  nnmooftwosyliableaoatJie effect.* 

*  lltia  frtrt  nilmils  of  the  fnllontng  i11u6tntli»ti : — 


T«t  Dit  two  circles  rcprcwat  IHo  obstraet  meaninp  of  two  parts  nf  npcrch.  Sa 
they  are  not  titled  (o  mi^  tense,  the}'  ciu  bat  stand  sldo  bf  Bi(l(>.  ai  tc  tbe  flnt 
of  plaeing  then)  i  but  if  tbejr  have  thnt  pntioni  AtnMS  it  will  be  beoaaae  each  i 


Tiioncnr  a»d  lanocaoi:. 


Bat  see  Trbat  is  the  consequence  of  the  nndRTiiable  (act.  If  parts  of  speech 
M  fiiist  u  th^  arc  put  togetlier  jk'IJ  meaning  more  and  more  specinl,  nnd 
ilifit  upecinl  mcnning  U  always  one,  then  n  Iodj;  diecoiirsp,  if  iu  ptirUt  nro 
logicilljr  AS  wvll  us  grammaiically  put  togetlifir,  will  be  but  ax  one  wont 
lor  the  one  ^vcini  abttc  of  tliouglit  aUalncd.  hat  \ia  sec  liow  tliin  applies  - 
to  a  syUopsaa  ibrraallj  ilrnwu  oaL  £iw^  won  is  a  iro/Aer.  Bj  out 
doctrine  tliia  propaiitian  is  oas  exprenlon  far  the  one  Bpecial  meaning 
flllAincd  from  gcoonl  piremiac«i  onii  tbc  foUowiag  ia  another  auoli  «xpre8- 
sion :— f'liw^  ne^Tro  is  a  man.  But  tho  tnomont  of  uadorttanding  tlioso 
special  ntcatiiiigB  relatively  is  tlic  moment  of  undi-TBtaiKliiig  a  «liil  nioru 
■peciitl  meaning  out  of  thctn,  nnd  whnllifr  wn  e?;prc»i  thia  result  in  a  third 
pix>position  or  not,  the  result— thai  in  Uiq  knowledge  attained — ^remaltu, 
niuDel}',  tliut  every  negro  ia  a  brollier.  Obserre  liow  the  effect  woiiJd  fail 
if,  after  saving,  Every  msin  is  a  brotlier,  w«  were  to  wy,  Eeeiy  vfffro  ig 
wooUg-headed,  Wull  aixl  good,  vruuld  be  the  obaervation  cf  our  respon- 
dent, but  what  then  7  There  ia  no  result,  no  one  truth  included  in  tho 
two,  and  we  leave  the  froposilions  granimatically,  as  ibey  arc  logically, 
distinct. 

Wo  have  nothing  difU;n.'nt  in  cfficl  when,  ii«teail  of  logically  rehited 
propoaitions,  wv  put  fgtthvr  loglcul!/  rijbtecl  pnrlsof  eLoiplei-  grammnduil 
characlt-r  :  for  inilturicc,  largi  ciroUi.  Here  the  two  parts  yield  one 
special  meaniDg— conoluaioD,  if  we  chooe"-  to  call  it  bo— what  vnw  general 
in  tbc  meaning  of  each  being  sunk  by  tlic  mutunl  restriction.  But  now, 
Attctqpc  to  put  toguthcr  ttptnre  and  driUa ;  and  iliisi,  in  msny  ianguagai, 
yoQ  can  <)o  efTcciually,  a*  fur  ««  grammar  in  cotic«r»c<l,  by  making  the 
iidjeclire  sgrw  with  the  aubatunlive  in  uumber,  gondttr,  and  cmc;  but  is 
Ui«u  any  logical  result  7  The  two  parts  retain  their  separate  meanings, 
just  as  do  tbc  two  propositionfl  in  the  preriotu  example 

■one  of  the  tiling  meant  hj  tba  odicr,  and  the  pustng  of  tme  cirrlo  portinll^  over  tlie 
oUmt  k)  a>  Io  cxwte  a  t\tuce  wtiidi  tlic^  tioUi  LncIuiR,  wliite  «tut  luinniTu  of  «wh 
drola  falls  awa^  and  l<  jut,  will  ^omuipcind  to  tbo  proccM  iatondad  to  be  illaitWed. 
When,  Iioircvur,  one  oT  iho  two  juirt*  lus  a  prirftiive  looatiiBR.  «Qcb  m  v«  And 
to  no,  nol,  dii,  tfn,  in,  k*^,  tli«  illiiiilrntion  iiiusl  be  moilirivd  n  tillli;.  Tliu  i»n«  circk 
taut  thai  go,  not  partially,  bac  qnitu  over  tLc  other,  >o  ai  to  obliterate  it.  Still 
we  |[ct  ihii  efFcet— a  tpedivl  nieiiubg  out  of  Iwti  prevlotui  mcoulngf  :  for  ihu  meiininK 
obliuratHl,  nocrthitlct*,  rrKtrifls  llist  irhirli  nblitcrntca  it,  and  m  from  no  imtt  bodg 
m  gel  aohody;  fruni  no  nnd  thing,  ni'lhin-j ;  fmin  <run  ntiH  mm,  rannnt,  fnim  (/it  and 
Jain,  Mtjoimt  frnm  an  nnd  happy,  wihappi):  frnm  in  mid  ffIori«U»,  mytorieiut  from 
yHmif  an<l  k*t,/rienillei*. 

In  the  iiulancts  hvm  i;i*«n  llirrc  is  this  pccniiirity,  tlint  th«  pramieM  of  tlia 
aprcul  traniiins  nro  not  nrilicn  prpiuttt«lf ,  but  arc  j^iinud  «»  aa  to  ricld  at  onee  tli< 
one  upreaiion  for  tlia  ow  meaning.  This  may  be  done  vbtn  the  mcaiiiaff  hu  to 
often  otfCBfTpd  chat  we  no  Innenr  niwd  tbe  premiaaa  huulinit  to  it ;  hot  wbrtbor  it  tw 
done  or  not,  the  firinciple  of  inch  Junction  ncconipantM  tvtrj  act  cf  Io|;iAai  devvlop- 
nent.     Fat  inttum'^,  rr>ni  n't  and  man  we  f^t  the  part  of  irp?Ci?h  nt-miani  ffoni  r/niti 

I        nnd  Sappy,  the   pail  of    «|icrrli  jniti-kappjn   tram   U  luid  jvite-ttappj/,  tho  part  of 
sjicccb  iM-quitt-lmppg ;  nnd  fniiii  nri-rxoa  and  U'^ite^appy,  [liu  compklcd  spwch. 

I        BdI  tiva  cbiR  completed  ipnrh  bccomu  a  part  of  ipcccli  if  followed  ot  precvtlcd  bj 

L       ft  pari  that  makcx  «]uc  witU  it. 


THOUOI 


It  kppcaiit  cltnr,  tli«>,  Utal  lli«  t>ro«css  or  putting  i>Art8  of  sp 
tr>gcl)icr  ill  onlcr  to  rea<^  n  meaning  is  not  a  proccea  in  which  we 
meaiitiig  to  meaning,  1101  tlic  xtry  reverse.  There  b,  Lowcvcr,  anodicr 
wny  oraccounliitg  for  what  lake*  phtcc,  noi  ttiis  wo  kavc  to  ^SAmino;  for 
wliich  end  wc  will  go  b:iek  to  our  lirct  example,  /  am  hia^ry.  I  Wtv,  it  tc 
wid,  /  in  ihc  Kubjitct,  lianfjiy  lh«  predicate,  and  am  Ifac  copula.  Hy  using 
llicic  lu  inatramenlii  in  tltc  opci-ation,wc  arc  enid  to  institute  a  ooiupu-iKm 
between  the  sahject  and  the  prgposed  predicate,  and,  nfler  due  oonndera- 
lion,  we  alGmi  their  ngroenient  by  means  of  tlie  copula.  If  ttiia  U  a  lm« 
dofcriplion  of  tha  process,  of  course  ours  is  erroneous;  and  lliat  it 
CKMntiatly  diHcrs  from  curv,  in  njipiircnt  front  ihtis  tlint  by  tlic  vrry 
nature  of  the  aaaertcd  proccRs,  the  parts  of  ■p<-ech  are  kept  in  their 
iinfuscd  abstract  nlate ;  and  when  they  join,  it  ia  not  to  yield  somctliiiig 
dlfTcrcnt  in  meaning  lo  the  prcvioiis  parU,  ns  iu  cbcWcal  conibiuatioa 
we  get  a  new  xiibsianuc  out  of  tliu  combining  vk'inentit,  hut  the  junction  la 
purely  mechatiiciil,  the  pigments  rcn»imng  precLtely  what  thoy  were. 

But  heru  the  ijueirtion  ari.-ws — Is  a  part  of  speech  of  no  vatue  or  use 
while  it  remains  separate  ?  'ITie  nnRwer  is,  that  in  the  I'nrfiirtion  of  know- . 
l«(igc  it  IB  ft  incalculable  use  and  valu€,  although  in  the  deduction  ila  tue 
is  no  other  Uiun  lifix  been  Hhown,  It  i«  by  tlio  ««si«tance  of  («rii»  at  fim 
special— St  first  fignificant  of  tho  indi-vidunl  things,  real  and  unreal,  lliat 
muko  up  thii  outnard  au<l  inward  worlds  in  which  lor  the  present  we  lire, 
uuc!  mopc,  and  have  our  being— it  is  'hy  thcsG  th:il  we  assembtu  and  group 
the  parliciiUr!),  mid  entertain  the  rclationn  in  which  thtry  stund  to  each 
other  abttruelly  from  the  things  thcinsch-en,  though  the  tilings  auggcat  the 
ahM factions.  On  this  point  wc  hare  notliing  new  in  doctrine  to  offer:-— 
succinctly  wc  may  btalc  that  as  the  busiuesa  of  deduction  is  Bpeclalizalioo, 
ihat  of  induction  is  gencnilizntion,  nnd  gene  rail  iiatian  always  incluilos 
abstraction — the  abstrnctiiig  of  what  is  comuioa  to  nil  the  individuals  of 
tho  8pccic»s  genus,  or  elms,  And  it  may  pcrhap*  fitartlc  some  perscni 
to  ducliu-e  tliat  tliow  abttmctions  can  never  carry  ««  beyond  tlie  wcrldi 
of  fancy  und  reality  from  which  tlicy  spring,  nnd  to  which,  when  properly 
used,  lh(>y  atwAvi  return  ;  m  that  any  alte^mpt  to  transcend,  by  Ihesr 
tneuns,  our  prOK'nt  Mpliero  of  action  and  of  thought  must  end,  if  it  end 
lit  all,  in  an  enormous  ddusion. 


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CKAPTEH   m.— «Bftjiu«/. 

The   DiAiiT   Bbokkn   Off. 

|IIE  (lactor  repented  Die  «ervniit'ii 
message  ina  tonefrliidi  bctraycJ 
uniDistakable  irritation  at  find- 
ing liimseir  admitted  no  farther 
thna  tlic  door. 

"'Y«ur  miBtrcsa  i%  not  well 

cnongh  to  Bee  viaitora  ?      Give 

licr  that  aird,'  sftid  the  doeCor, 

'  Olid  Kiy  r  expect  her,  the  next 

~^  time  1  Will,  to  hii  vrcU  euoiigli  to 

"  if  his  TQicc  liad  not  told  me 
[lainly  that  he  Wt  in  no  fmudljr 
:iiDOil  towards  Mrs.  Oldcraliaw,  I 
ItruMiy  I  should  faavo  let  him 
o -without  claiming  his  acquaint- 
lice.  But,  as  things  vtvie,  I  f«lt 
■in  impiilfc  to  speak  to  him  or 
''"^-  lo  anybody  who  had  a  grudge 
n^iut  Hothn-  Jczebt:!.  There  iv.ii  more  of  my  Btnoll  Npittfulncss  la 
thb,  I  suppose.  AajVRy,  I  slipped  downstairs  ;  and,  following  lh«  doctor 
out  quietly,  OTcrtook  him  in  the  Htnct. 

**  I  hail  rccogiii!!L<d  hi)  voice,  and  I  rMOgnlzod  his  back  as  I  walltcil 
Wiind  liiiti.  Rut  when  I  called  Iiiin  by  liitt  name,  and  whtu  he  turned 
r«uad  Willi  a  atart  und  confronted  mc,  I  fallowed  his  example,  and  started 
OD  my  ade.  The  doctor's  f&oe  was  transformed  into  the  bee  of  a  perfect 
ttaatger  t  Ilis  baldncu  bad  hidden  itself  under  an  artfuUjr  gnxzlod  wig. 
B«  bMl  allovrod  hia  whinkcn  to  grow,  and  had  dy«d  them  lo  malch  his 
Beir.h«nd  of  hair.  Hideous  circular  spectacles  beMroJe  hin  nose  in  place 
of  tb«  neat  double  eyeglass  tliat  be  used  t«  carry  ia  Lis  hand ;  oad  a  bisek 
neckerchief,  BUimounled  by  inunense  shiit-oollara,  appeared  as  the  un- 
worthy successor  of  the  clerical  white  oraTat  of  former  tini«i.  tfotluag 
inod  of  the  man  [  oace  ka«iv  but  the  comfortable  plumpneas  of  Ui& 


nmainod  of  the  v 


figure,  ftnil  ibe  oonfidentUI  conrteqr  and  maootliacu  of  bia  manatr 
liii  vwoc. 

" '  Charmed  to  see  jca  agab/  nid  the  ductor,  luokmg  abcml  }iim 
a  UttU  ■OBOualj,  and  prodacing  Iii<  cardnidse  in  a  Tety  prMipitiU 
nanaer.  *  But  my  citnr  Mim  Gwilt,  permk  tnc  to  reotily  a  slight  miitaLg 
on  yaar  pat  DoMnr  DownTrard  oTPimUco  u  dead  nnd  buried ;  and  j«ti 
will  iufiaitelj  oblige  me  if  jon  will  never,  «n  nny  ooniidcnition,  mentios 
bini  again !  * 

"I  took  tlic  card  Le  oflVrcd  mc,  and  JiacoTcred  tlut  I  htwi  cowl 
RippOMd  to  bo  iipealcing  to  '  Doctor  Lc  Uoax,  of  the  Soiuttorium,  Fiur-| 
weather  Vale,  lUmpMead  I ' 

"  '  Ton  Mom  to  bav«  ibnnd  it  neoeagfiTy,*  I  «aid,  '  lo  diange  a 
many  ibinga  dnce  I  Iu«[  anw  you  7  Your  namo,  jour  residency 
penonal  appearance, ? ' 

" '  And  my  lirnnck  of  praeticci*  inteqnaed  tlic  doctor.  '  I  hm 
purchaKd  of  tlic  original  pOMCssor  (a  pcrsoD  of  fiMble  cnlcqn'Ue  and  no 
rcfourcoi)  a  niuue,  a  diploma,  and  a  partially  Completed  aanalorittn  far 
the  reception  of  Dervoua  invalids.  We  ara  open  already  to  tho  iiu{>eedai 
of  a  lew  priviU^od  friends — came  and  eee  xCa,  An  you  walking  ror 
way  7  Pray  tako  my  arm,  and  toll  mn  to  what  happy  chance 
indi-btcd  (ar  tli«  p1«aaure  of  iw«lng  you  again?* 

"I  tfrld  him  the  ciroumsiancea  exactly  as  they  had  Itappcnf 
I  added  (with  a  riew  to  making  mrc  of  bis  rektiona  with  hid  fonMr 
ally  at  Pimlico)  that  I  had  been  greatly  Borpriaed  lo  he»r  Mn.  OUn- 
shaw'a  door  shut  on  Btioh  an  old  (mnd  aa  himaulf.  Caulioiu  as  ho 
was,  the  doctor's  manoer  of  receiving  my  remark  nallsfiod  me  at  oaoe 
that  my  giwpiciona  of  nn  tittrangeiucnt  iiver«  well  foondud.  lh»  WiJ* 
vanisliod,  and  he  nettled  h\n  liidooua  qwctaelea  irritably  oa  tha  bn^go 
of  his  none. 

"  '  Pardon  me  if  I  learc  you  to  dtaw  yonr  own  concluuottt/  he  ttU- 
'Tha  subject  of  Mrs.  Oldersbaw  ia,  I  rcgrot  to  say,  liir  from  agntntblef 
me  under  exialing  circumatnscca.  A  biiainuss  difGoulty  oonoeotcd  villi 
oar  labt  partnohthip  at  Pimlico,  entirely  without  interest  for  a  young  isJ 
brilliant  woman  lika  yourarlf.  Tell  raa  your  ncwsl  Havoyou  Irfiyoor 
aituatton  At  Thorpe- Anibroso ?  Ara  you  rtoidtng  in  London?  It  that 
Bnyliiing,  profeasionnl  or  otherwise,  that  1  can  do  for  you  ?  ' 

"  That  last  qucation  vraa  a  taorc  important  one  than  he  aappoced. 
Before  I  nnswcred  it,  1  felt  the  neceasity  of  pai-ling  oomfany  with  boa 
nnd  of  ^citing  a  little  time  to  think. 

"  '  You  bnvo  kindly  nuked  me,  doctor,  to  pay  jon  aTiait,'  I  aaid.  'Ia 
your  quitt  hoiiao  nl  llauipttend,  I  may  possibly  have  aamethii^  lo  «J 
to  yoii  vtliicti  ]  onn'l  say  in  this  noisy  ati^t.  Wlicn  aro  you  at  biMC 
at  ih't  Sunatoiium  7     Should  1  And  yen  there  later  in  the  day  7  ' 

"Tke  doctor  assured  me  llial  he  was  then  on  bta  way  hack,  and 
begged  thai  1  would  name  my  own  hour.  I  said,  '  Towanla  the  aihr- 
BOba;'  and,  pleading  an  engagement,  bailed  the  first  omnibua  iimt 


iw.     '  Don't  Cirgct  (he  nddrora,'  said  the  doctor,  u  lii!  linndtdtno  tii.     '  I 
liare  got  your  mrd,'  I  ansvrLT«i] — and  ao  wc  piirtcd. 

"  I  rettimed  to  th<^  hotel,  aa<I  vimt  up  into  m/  jwm,  and  tliougU 
over  it  very  at  ixioudjr. 

*<11ie  Berions' obMAcIe  of  tlic  ni^ntwa  on  tbe  marriAge  rvgiMAr 
nill  stood  in  my  vay  as  nnmanjigr'jihly  as  over.  ATI  bopti  of  getting 
ftssiataoco  Itotq  IIm.  Oidcishav  was  at  an  cdcI.  1  could  only  regaid  her 
benci^tbrth  siMiix  natmy  hidden  iii  tJic  dark— the  (.■nemy,  be^cind  all  doabt 
DOW,  who  hxd  hnd  me  followed  and  vrs:<^ed  wb«a  I  waa  lut  in  London. 
To  wbttt  oth«r  counsellor  could  I  turn  for  the  advioe  which  my  unlucky 
igliunuice  of  In  v  nnd  1>a>iE)«aB  obliged  mc  to  seek-  1*i-om  some  one  more 
expcfiftaecd  thno  myselfT  Could  1  go  to  the  hyrycr  whom  1  consulicd 
when  I  wa«  nUn  lit  to  marry  Midirintcr  in  my  iniudcn  ntirnij  ?  Iwiwsublc ! 
To  aajr  nothing  >of  lita  cold  rec«]ition  nf  me  whea  I  had  Inst  t>«<.ii  iiiin,  die 
advice  I  vranlfid  this  (im(>,  related  (diflg:aiie  the  faots  rb  I  might)  to  tho 
conmisiion  of  a  Fraud — a  fraud  of  the  sort  that  no  prosjieroas  Uwyer 
would  couecEit  tc-  n»>ist,  if  he  had  n  clininctcr  to  lose.  Wob  there  any 
other  competent  J  >onu>ii  I  ct^uld  tliicik  of?  There  wu  one,  and  eiie  only 
— tlie  doctor  wlm  had  died  at  PJmliw,  aud  had  terired  agnin  at 
Hampttcad. 

"I  knew  him  to  be  entirely  without serDpIes  ;  to  hare  the  busiiiesa 
experience  that  1 1  vautcd  myself  ;  and  to  be  oa  cunnin;;,  as  clever,  and  as 
ritr'«vcing[  a  ninn  a  i  could  be  found  in  all  London.  Dnyond  tliis,  I  hod 
miwlc  two  importaa  t  diacoYeries  in  connection  willi  liim  that  moniing.  In 
the  fint  place,  kg  1  rm  on  bad  tennu  with  Mrs.  Uldcnhaw, — which  would 
protect  mo  flrom  all  danger  or  the  two  leaguing  togoiher  ngainst  me,  if  I 
trusted  him.  la  Vm  iccond  place,  ujcumalanccs  still  obliged  him  to 
ttMp  his  identity  ea.  refuliy  dinguiscd, — which  gave  me  a  hold  over  kira 
in  no  reapMt  inferio  r  to  any  hold  that  /  might  give  him  over  me.  In 
UTcry  way  he  was  ihc  right  man,  the  only  man,  fur  my  purpraQ  ;  and 
yet  I  Itedilatcd  at  g  otng  to  him^hesilated  ibr  a  full  hour  nod  more, 
without  knowing  whj  1 

**Itwai  two  o'ck  =k  bcfora  I  finally  decided  on  paying  the  doctor  a 
vl«it.  FTaring,  after  thi!i,  occupied  nearly  nrtother  hoiur  in  determining  to 
n  liair'a  breadth  bow  i  »r  1  ahould  take  him  into  my  conSdcuoc,  I  sent  for 
a  eab  at  last,  and  set  oi  T  towards  three  in  t]ic  oftemoon  for  llaiupstead. 

"  I  found  the  SanatC  rium  with  some  little  difficulty. 

"  Foirwonlber  Yale  \  proved  to  bv  a  new  tieightiourhood,  litualpd  below 
die  high  ground  of  Ham  petvad,  on  tlie  soulheni  »ide.  The  day  viuy  over- 
oaat,  and  the  place  IooIcm  I  vei)-  dreary.  'We  approached  it  by  a  ninr  road 
roosing  between  trt>n,  w.  hich  might  onco  have  been  the  park-avenue  of  a 
oonntiy  bouse.  At  the  cm  I  wc  cnmc  upon  a  wildcmcu  of  open  ground,  witli 
hair-linished  rilJas  dotted  almut,  and  a  hidfuiut  Ittler  of  boards,  whecl- 
Bj  and  building  mft  ^crinU  of  nil  Borta  scattered  in  every  direction. 


JMTOWB,  « 


ADUADAtE. 

At  one  corner  of  lliis  locne  of  ilnoUtion  AooA  a  grc&t  orergrowo  Simail 
hoxae,  jiiaiet*d  vriih  inb-etAfaiti  itacco,  snd  nuroaaded  by  a.  luked  «!• 
finiahed  gxrdeii,  witboat  a  ihrub  or  a  flower  ia  it — fnghtAiI  to  bdiold.  On 
the  open  iron  gate  that  led  into  Ibis  enclosure  was  a  ikw  brwi  plata^  mth 
'Saaatoriuin*  inscribed  oo  it  in  great  blade  lellcra.  Tha  bdJ,  -wfavn  tkc 
cabman  rang  it,  pealed  lliitHigh  lli«  empty  liouae  Iik«  a  ka«^l ;  and  tke 
ji&Ilid  nitiiered  old  tDanscrrant  in  black,  who  answered  the  door,Iook«d  at 
if  ha  had  stepped  up  oat  of  bis  grave  to  pGribnn  that  serrice.  He  let  oal 
on  Die  a  nodi  op  damp  piaster  nad  new  Tuniiili;  and  tie  let  ia  witli  nw  a 
chilling  drnnght  of  the  damp  Norcmbcr  ur.  I  didn't  noticA  it  attiu 
time — but  writing  of  it  now,  I  remember  that  I  shiTcrcd  as  I  crotsed  tlte 
tbreabold.  * 

"  I  gave  my  name  to  tlie  serrant  aa  'Mrs.  Arniadale,*  and  was  abon 
into  tbo  waiting-room.  Tbe  rerjr  Crc  ilMlf  ww  djing  of  damp  in  tlic 
grate  Tbo  only  books  on  the  table  wore  lb«  doctor's  Works,  in  sober 
drab  corers;  and  tlie  only  object  that  onuitneuted  the  walls  was  tkc 
fon-ign  Tliplonia  (liaiidrtomely  framed  and  glaied),  of  whicli  the  doctor  luii 
poaseiiBed  liintaelf  by  purchase,  along  witli  the  foreign  nanie. 

"Aflcra  moment  or  two,  the  proprietor  of  the  Sanatorium  eanuin. 
and  held  up  his  hands  in  cheerful  aitooiibnicnt  at  the  ai(;bt  of  m«. 

"  ■]  hailti't  an  idcit  who  "  Mrs.  Ajroadale"  wait'  lif:  taid.  'Mydi-ar 
liiily,  have  ijoii  changi;d  your  name,  loo?  IIow  sly  of  you  not  to  idl  me 
when  we  met  thia  morning!  Come  into  my  private  enoggery. — I  cast 
ihink  of  keeping  an  old  atid  denr  friend  liko  you  in  tLc>  patienia'  wwlinj- 
room.' 

"  The  doctor's  pivate  snuggciy  n-as  at  (be  bock  uf  the  house,  looking 
r>uL  on  fields  and  irccn,  doomed  but  not  yet  deatro^  ed  by  tbe  baildcr. 
Horrible  ohjccts  in  bmss  and  le.ilhei-  «iid  glaw,  twisted  and  turned  ssiT 
ihL'y  wera  sentient  things  writhing  in  agonies  of  puin,  filled  up  one  eod  of 
tlie  room.  A  great  book-caiio  with  gloss  doors  cxt<:ndi.d  over  the  whole  cf 
the  cpponitc  wuli,  iitid  exhibited  on  its  Bbclvea  long  rows  of  glass  jars,  ts 
nliidi  idmpeteu  dead  creatures  of  a  dull  white  colour  floated  in  ycUov 
lifjuid.  Above  the  ILrcplnco  Luujj  a  colloclioa  of  pltolographlo  pottraib 
of  men  and  women,  Gndoscil  in  two  largi;  frames  .lianging  side  by  ride 
with  a  cpaco  between  tlium.  The  Icf\ -liiiitd  frame  iLluslratcd  the  efTectsoT 
nervous  Euflenng  as  seen  in  the  Rice;  the  right-hand  fronio  exhibited 
tlic  ravages  of  insanity  from  the  snjne  point  of  v^iew ;  wfatio  tlie  space 
between  was  occupied  bynn  elegant  ly-il  J  umiaated  acioU,  bearing  inacribcd 
01)  it  the  liiiic-hunourcd  motto,  TnivoDtiou  is  bi'ttcr  than  Cure.' 

'"Here  1  iim,  with  my  galviinic  apparatus,  a;ad  my  preserved  )peci> 
mena,  and  all  the  rest  of  it,'  said  the  doctor,  placing  mc  in  a  chair  by  tJM 
fireside.  'And  there  is  my  System  mtilely  nddrcning  ycu  just  abort 
your  hcaJ,  under  a  Ibrm  of  exposition  which  I  venture  to  describe  as 
frankni'itii  itsiftlf.  This  i»  no  madhoufio,  my  doiir  lady.  Lot  eth«  m«n 
treat  inaanity,  if  they  like — /  slop  it !  No  patioita  iu  the  house  ai  yet. 
But  wo  Itvo  in  an  age  whcu  ncnoud  dcraiigGiii cnt  (parent  of  iiinnity)ti 


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stpnilily  00  tic  increase;  and  in  due  time  the  suffcrcrj  will  come.  I  can 
wait  aa  Ilnrvcy  wuitcJ,  ns  Jcniicx  vrnilcd.  And  now,  do  put  your  feet  up 
on  ihfl  fender,  ami  iclt  menlKjut  yoiirjulf.  You  are  nijirricd,  of  eourne? 
And  what  n  pretty  name  1  Acct-pt  my  best  and  most  }ieartfelt  congratu- 
latioEiB.  YflU  liave  the  two  greatest  blesmngB  that  can  fall  to  a  woman's 
lot;  ilie  two  capital  H's,  aa  I  call  tliem — Husband  nud  Home," 

"  I  interrupted  tlio  genial  flow  of  the  doctor's  ooogratulatio&a  at  the 
first  opportunity. 

"  '  I  nm  morried ;  btu  tbe  circumstances  arc  by  no  means  nf  t}ic  crdi- 
nary  kind,'  I  saiit  tcriotiHly,  '  My  prea«nt  position  includca  not]«  of  tlie 
blesaingfl  that  are  astiaily  supposed  to  &I1  to  a  woman's  lot.  I  am  alrcadjr 
iB  a  lituAtion  of  Tcry  acrioua  difHcuIty — and  bdbr^Iong  I  may  bo  in  a 
sitnation  of  very  serioim  danger  na  wclL' 

"Tlie  doctor  drew  Ins  cliuir  a  liltlc  nearer  to  me,  and  full  at  onc«  Into 
his  old  profoMtotuil  manner  and  liis  old  coniidenlial  tone. 

** '  If  jott  wish  to  consiUt  m*,'  he  said  softly,  '  you  know  lliat  I  have 
kept  »mo  dangerous  secrets  in  oiy  time,  and  you  also  know  that  I  possess 
IwoTaluaMe  qunlitie*  ns  an  adviter.  I  am  not  cm-'ity  shocked;  and  I  can 
be  iinpltcllly  trasted.' 

"I  bouUitcd  even  now,  at  the  eltTenlli  hour,  sitting  alone  with  hitn  in 
hia  own  room.  It  was  go  atmnge  to  me  to  be  trusting  to  anybody  but 
myself !  And  yet .  how  could  I  help  tnuiting  imothcr  person,  in  a  diffictilcy 
which  turnt-ii  on  a  matter  of  law? 

"  '  Ju8t  na  yoti  pleaat;,  you  know,'  add«d  the  doctor.  '  1  never  invite 
confidenccH.     I  mcrtly  rcccire  them.' 

"  There  was  no  help  for  it ;  I  had  come  tlicre  not  to  hcsiUilc,  but  to 
ijMik.     I  rinkcd  it,  and  apc>ke. 

"  '  Tbe  mutter  on  which  1  wi»h  lo  consult  yoM,*  I  snid,  *  Is  not  (as  yoO 
H«m  to  think)  witJiin  your  eic]ic-i  icnco  as  a  proressioaal  man.  But  I 
bcHcvo  you  may  bo  of  aaeislance  to  me,  If  I  trust  myself  to  your  larger 
experience  as  n  man  of  the  world.  I  warn  jau,  beforehand,  tlint  I  aholl 
certainly  mupriw^  ami  pdwihly  nlanii  you  hefiirc  I  hnTO  done.' 

"  With  that  prciace,  I  eutered  on  my  story,  tdling  him  what  I  hod 
•etUed  to  tell  him — and  no  more. 

"  I  made  no  Bccret,  at  the  outset,  of  my  intention  to  personate  Arma- 
dale'a  widow ;  and  I  mentioned  without  rewrre  (knowing  that  tlie  doctor 
conld  go  to  the  olliet*  and  examine  the  will  lor  himself)  the  handaome 
income  that  would  be  tcttled  on  itic  in  the  c^'cnt  of  my  success.  Some 
of  the  cireumatnnccs  that  followed  next  in  succcshod,  I  thought  it  desirable 
to  alter  or  conceal.  I  showed  him  the  newspaper  account  of  the  loss  of 
the  yacht— but  I  said  nothing  about  eventa  at  Napln.  I  informed  him  of 
tbe  exact  similarity  of  thu  two  names  ;  leaving  him  to  imogino  that  it  was 
accidental.  I  told  him,  aa  an  important  element  in  tbe  matter,  that  my 
hosbaod  had  kept  bin  real  name  a  profonod  secret  from  everybody  but 
mystif;  but  (to  prevent  any  communication  between  them)  I  carefully 
coocealcd  from  the  doctor  what  ibv  aeaunK-d  uauie  under  which  Midwinter 


ASUADAtS. 


had  Jirnt  all  Ui  liic  tttily  lr«.  I  ockoowlcd^  tint  1  h»d  ]«fk  1117 ' 
tttod  bebtiwl  ma  oa  the  Co&litient ;  but  wlicn  ih«  doctor  pat  i 
I  KOomd  bim  to  coodade — I  coalda't  wilb  «11  my  renlotioa  tell  him  posi- 
ttr«If  ! — Ih&t  MiiJwint«r  kaeir  ct  tba  ooeUflDpUt«d  Fratidl,  and  Vaat  Va 
wu  ttxyiag  ivny  {larpiiwly  m  u  not  to  owcproraiie  nin  li^  hi!  pTwgiei. 
TUia  dii&cultjr  nnouUitt]  grcr — or,  m  I  fevi  it  avw,  tbia  Immikw  mm- 
niltijcl, — t  reverlctl  to  mjsclf,  and  canw  bock  agaia  to  the  Irtitli.  Om 
Bft«r  aQctb(^r,  I  mcntioDecl  all  ibe  drenmstaDces  coon^tod  irith  jaj  jiri- 
Tate  marriage,  aod  witb  tli«  movvnwiHa  of  Amadala  nxkd  34tiIwiDUr, 
wbicb  rendered  nay  disooniy  of  th«  GUm  ponoitation  (thronjih  the  cvi- 
denc*  of  other  poopW)  a  dowarigfat  iupombilii/.  '  So  mucli,'  I  nii 
in  cnnelasi«n,  *Sor  the  ol-)ect  in  vien.  The  n«xt  thing  ia  to  tell 
pUiiil;  of  a  very  acrioui  obstacle  that  Btands  in  my  vrmy' 

"The  doctor,  who  had   Jittcoad   lliua  fur  vritbout  intcrmpling  mc, 
begged  pcrmiaHioQ  her*  to  uj  a  ftw  words  on  bit  nde  lM>rare  I  went  on. 

*'  The  '  ftiir  vroidfl '  proved  to  Iw  all  qaestkono — clever,  searching,  fiu- 
pid«Tu  qucstiona, — which  1  waa,  however,  able  to  answer  with  little 
or  no  rcsorvG,  for  the;  related^  in  altncnt  wery  inntanc*,  to  the  circaoi- 
■tanccs  nndcr  which  I  had  been  manicd,  and  to  titc  ehanoea  ibr  and 
agaitHt  ny  lawful  buihand  if  he  ehoaa  to  onert  bin  ctium  to  me  at 
fuiuvc  lime. 

"My  replies  informed  the  doctor,  in  tha  lint  plaeei  thai  I 
mnrLigcil  mnttcni  at  Thorpo-Ambrow  n«  to  produce  a  general  iinpresaiMi 
tlifit  ^VtiiukUIq  intended  to  marry  lac  i  in  lh«  Mcuad  place,  that  my 
busbnnd'B  cnrly  life  had  not  b«en  of  a  kind  to  exhibit  bim  ftvoilN 
ably  In  the  eyea  of  the  world;  In  tiio  third  pUoe,  that  we  had  been 
married  without  any  uitnaaaes  pnrwtit  «ho  knew  ui,  nt  a  largo  paaA 
church  in  which  two  ether  couples  h^  i:>een  mnriied  the  mmo  momh^ 
to  Hay  notbiog  of  iho  doicua  ca  doscoa  of  olher  cooplea  (uonfoMng  t& 
romcmbiADOx)  of  ntt  in  tho  nindt  of  tlic  oflieiaiing  people)  who  had  beat 
mjirricil  Hincc.  WliAn  I  had  put  \he  doctor  in  poan^oo  of  ihera  £ic(3 — 
and  when  he  had  further  atcertain^d  tliat  Midwinter  and  I  bnd  gout 
abrond  uraorig  Btrangers  tmnjedtately  after  leaving  the  church;  and  that 
iho  men  employed  gn  boHrd  the  ytivht  in  which  Armadale  had  aailt^ 
from  Si>n«TSCt«Kire  {before  my  marriage)  were  now  away  in  Aip* 
Toynging  to  thu  other  eitd  of  tho  world — bis  conSJenee  in  mv  proipecli) 
B!!;cn'e<l  itself  plainly  in  hi«  liico.  *  So  fnr  a»  ]  can  Me,'  he  nid,  'you 
hiihbflTi'I'ii  chiim  Id  you  (nftor  ^-ou  li/i<i-u  utepped  into  tho  pUec  of  the 
dead  Mr.  Amiudnle'A  widow)  would  rest  on  nothing  but  hia  own  bate 
asaertion.  And  that  I  think  yoii  may  Bnfdy  eet  at  defisttoe.  £x<:nM 
my  nppni-ent  distrust  of  the  gcntkiniiii.  Rut  there  might  be  a  iniitaiKltT' 
^tandintf  between  you  in  tho  future,  and  it  in  highly  (iciirablc  to  aeoertMi' 
''Ibcforehutitl  exat^tly  uhat  he  could  or  could  iir>t  do  under  thcwe  dreuiu* 
alAnces.  And  now  that  wc  bare  done  wilh  tljcmoin  obdacle  that  latt 
In  the  way  of  your  sucoeiw,  let  at  by  ali  ineniii  conio  to  Iba  obstacle  ihal 
jwii  Bcc  next  I  * 


for  and 

presaienfl 

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"  i  was  wiiltDg  enougli  to  come  to  it  The  loan  in  whivh  be  gpcltB  of 
Midwinter,  Utougli  I  myself  was  rtw|Kiiuihl«  f-yr  it,  Jiirn.-tl  on  me  horribljr, 
nod  rousad  fat  Um  noroent  BOnie  «f  the  old  folly  of  f««litig  whtcb  I  faocied 
I  liad  laid  as!wp  for  ever.  1  riuhed  at  tlie  cbanca  of  diiinging  t1i«  auI)Jt.'Ct, 
and  raeattoncd  t)ic  (liscrcpmncj  in  the  rc-gixter  bt-t*reen  tlic  Iiand  in  wliich 
MJdviDttr  Imi  Mgned  Uit  nimio  of  Allan  Amudal^,  anil  tho  hnnd  in  n'ii  icli 
ArmmlKle  of  Ttiorpe-Ambroee  liad  been  ocautoiiNd  to  write  hiB  nnine, 
wiUi  wi  cagcmon  wliicb  it  quite  dircrtod  tho  doctor  to  see. 
'  "'Is  tbat  all?'  lie  aslteil,  to  my  JnCiiilu  Ktirpriw  mid  relief,  irbpn  t 
bid  done.  '  My  dear  ludy,  pray  sd  your  mind  at  eove!  If  llie  lul« 
Mr.  Amnfidiilc'ii  I*wy«r«  want  »  proof  of  j»ar  narria^,  they  won't  g«  to 
the  cburdi-regiKtsr  for  it,  I  can  [iromtMi  ycni  I ' 

"*  Whair  I  exokiiD«d  ia  aatonialimmit ;  'do  you  mean  to  say  lliat 
the  entry  ia  lbs  nfpKn  ia  not  it  proof  of  tny  marriage  t ' 

" '  II  i3  a  ppoafj'  eaid  the  doctor,  '  that  you  Iwyc  bwn  married  to 
MDkebody.  Btit  it  is  no  proof  that  you  iiiwe  been  married  to  Mr.  Arma- 
daloof  Thorpe-Aiiihrow.  Jack  N"o!n;«  pr  Torn  Styles  (gscmbi!  llio  liomeli- 
BBBof  tlie  iUuatratioal)  might  have  got  the  Liceiioe,  and  gone  to  the  church 
to  be  married  to  you  undw  Mr.  Armadalf^'s  nnnw; — and  the  reg^istcr  (how 
coald  it  do  otlicrwiM  7)  must  in  that  citsc  have  itinooently  nsnated  the 
deoeptioa.  1  aeo  I  aurpriw  ycu.  i^Iy  dmr  madnm,  when  you  ofcccd  thJa 
interfiling  boslBeM  you  RurpriKcd  me-~l  iiiny  own  it  now— by  Inytng  >o 
miidi  atreas  on  the  curiotiB  similarity  between  The  two  namea.  Yon 
mi^ht  hav«  eiit*>r«<i  on  the  very  dating  and  romantic  enterprise  in  which 
you  are  now  vngaged,  without  nec^mwily  marrying  yotir  present  husband. 
Any  otbar  man  voald  have  doao  just  as  wvll,  provided  he  wm  wiUing  to 
talcfl  Mr.  Armadale'a  name  fur  the  purpow.' 

"  I  foh  my  temper  p>ing  at  this.  '  Any  otlier  man  would  not  hare 
dMM  jtut  as  wel!,'  I  rcjoini^d  ioHnntly.  '  But  for  the  similarity  of  iHo 
nomea,  I  ahotild  never  Imve  thoi>ght  of  tha  CDt«tpri»o  at  nil,' 

"  The  doctor  admitted  that  he  had  apolcen  too  hastily,  *That  pmonal 
Ttnref  iho  aubjcct  had,  1  onnTcat,  otoiped  nie,'  ho  uiid.  ■  However,  lee 
tta  gat  back  to  the  matter  in  liand.  In  the  coniw  of  what  I  may  term  an 
ailvtratuiottt  medical  life,  1  h«vv  born  brought  more  than  onee  iuto  «ontn«t 
with  the  gentlemen  of  tfae  kar,  and  have  had  upporlunitiea  of  ob»crving 
their  procf  edin^  !n  casta  of,  let  iu  iiny,  DomcRtie  Juririprudence.  I  am 
(loitc  sure  I  am  corrt^ct  in  informinf;  ycu  th.tt  the  proof  which  will  bo 
Inquired  hy  Mr,  Armridnln's  i«pre«eniniive3  will  bo  the  evidenoa  of  m 
witDeMi  prvient  nt  the  mHrriagc,  who  can  epcak  to  the  itknllty  of  tho 
Vid*  end  l>rld.-groo»n  from  his  own  personal  knowhidgp.' 

" '  But  t  hare  already  told  yon,'  I  snid, '  that  tltere  waa  no  such  peiaim 
preucnt.' 

"'PreeiM^ly,'  rejoined  tlw  doctor.  *In  that  oae,  what  you  now 
Wml,  he&m  yoo  can  »fely  »iir  n  (clfp  in  the  matter,  i« — if  yon  will 
jMirdon  m«  Uio  expr«kion~4  niKly-iiiade  witnew,  pnaiM»M>d  of  rare  moral 
and   jwieonat    rewuMw,  who  caa  Ik   traxt^   to  assume  ibe  neceanry 


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cliancl«r,  ftsd  to  make  tb«  owawmiy  Ceclsrttion  before 

ikcd  tbe  doctcT, 
DM  with  the  Qtmoat 


Do  70a  ItDOW  of  any  such  iwtwia ' 
back  in  hia  dmir,  Rod  looking  1 


thivwiiig 


mnooenoe. 


I  only  know  You,'  I  nJd. 


"  Tbe  doctor  Uugbcd  softly.  '  So  tike  a  woman  I '  be  remarked,  villi 
the  BWit  «xa<porBtiRg  good-bumoor.  *  Hit  nomoit  ibe  ases  her  object, 
A0  daabea  at  it  lioadkmg  tbe  neaxett  way.    Ob,  tbe  aex  I  tbe  acx  I  * 

"* Never  mind  tbe  Bex  I'  I  bickc  oat  impatieotly.  'I  want  aaetioui 
answer — Yo  or  No  ? ' 

"Tbo  doctor  TOK,  and  waved  lita  band  with  great  gmvity  anil 
dignity  all  round  ibc  room.  '  Yon  am  ihia  Tnst  ertabbiihingiit,'  ka 
bf^a  i  '  you  can  possibly  nUmate  to  some  extent  the  imnMsiae  atafcc  I 
have  ia  tta  prosperity  and  sucoesi.  Tour  exooUvat  natnral  aenae  will 
tctl  you  that  the  Principal  of  tbia  Sanatorituo  mttal  be  a  mao  of  tbe  neat 
nnbltmUbed  cliuracter ' 

"  *  Wliy  vute  Bo  many  worda,*  [  aaid,  *  when  one  word  will  do  f 
Yon  iiica.a  No  I ' 

"  The  Principal  of  the  Saoatorinm  suddenly  relapsed  into  tbe  ofaarMltf 
of  my  oonfidiriitiki  friend. 

" '  My  dear  ludy,'  he  amd,  '  it  isn't  Yen,  and  it  un  t  No,  at  »  momtDt'a 
notice.  Give  me  till  to-morrow  ailerooun.  By  lliat  tinw,  I  engage  to 
be  ready  to  do  one  of  two  tilings — either  to  withdraw  myself  fran  this 
bttrineaa  at  once,  or  to  go  into  it  with  you  heart  nnd  soul.  Do  yoQ  ngrev 
to  that?  Very  good — wo  may  ilrop  tlm  nulyfct  iben  till  to-mormr.^ 
Where  cui  1  cull  an  you  when  I  have  decided  what  to  do  f  *  fl 

*'  There  was  no  objoction  to  my  trusting  him  with  my  addrMa  at  the 
botcl.  I  had  taken  cure  to  prc-ticnt  myself  tlitrc  as  'Mra.  Armadale;* 
and  I  hud  given  Midwinter  an  addreiw  at  the  neighbouring  poet-offioe  lo 
write  to,  when  be  ncBnered  my  letters.  Vfe  settled  the  bour  at  which 
tlie  daclor  was  to  coll  on  mo  ;  and,  tiiat  niatler  arranged,  I  rote  to  go, 
TotiikliDg  all  ofTers  of  rofrealimont,  and  alt  proposals  to  show  me  over  the 
hoiiKtj.  Iliit  tnnoolh  pcTsiKti-nce  in  keeping  up  appearances  aft«r  wo  had 
thoroughly  understood  each  oilier,  diaguatcd  me.  1  got  away  Iruni  him  as 
■0011  ast  1  could,  and  c^ime  back  to  my  diary  nnd  my  own  room. 

"  We  shall  bgc  bow  it  ends  to-morrow.  My  own  idea  is  ibal  my 
confidontjal  fvicnd  will  sny  Yen.  fl 

"Xoventltr  2ith. — The  doctor  has  aaid  Ye*,  na  I  supptMicd — but  on 
'^hUpU  whidi  1  never  antidpntud.     Tlic  condition  on  uluch  I  have  seeiired 
lib  services  amounta  to  uotliiiig  less  tbiin  ilic  pnyment  to  him,  on  my* 
stepping  into  the  plnee  of  Armadal<:'itwidow,of  half  my  first  year's  ioooia? 
—in  otiicr  wordx,  six  hundred  poundx  I 

"1  protested  against  this  e^ttorlionatc  demand  in  ereiy  wny  I  cotdil 
thiuk  of.  All  lo  no  pnrpost?.  The  doctor  met  ine  with  thu  most  enga^ag 
fninkncM,  Nothing,  ho  said,  but  the  accidental  cmbarrajwtnunt  of  Us 
petition  nt  the  present  lime  would  liave  induced  bim  to  mix  biionlf  tiji 


ARMADALE. 


581 


In  tne  matter  at  dU.  Ua  would  honestlj  confesa  that  Tie  bad  ejcliau>ti'^ 
hU  own  rcnonrow,  nnd  th«  reMUi:i»»  of  other  person*  whom  he  doaciiljcd 
AB  Ilia  'hackera,'  in  the  purcJiiM!  sliiJ  cornjiletion  of  the  SHii.itorium. 
Usdcr  tbusG  ciroiinistanc«e,  fux  humlrod  po\mds  in  pron|x.-ct  u:as  nn 
objwt  to  him.  For  that  siim  he  would  run  the  eeriouB  risk  of  ndviung 
and  assisting  mc.  U»l  a  Jhnhiii^  Icsa  would  tempt  him — and  iherc  he 
left  it,  willi  hii  but  und  fricDdlicat  withes,  in  mjr  haads  1 

■*  It  ended  in  the  only  way  in  which  it  could  end.  I  hsil  no  choice 
but  ta  accept  the  tciTiis,  and  to  let  the  doctor  ecttle  thinga  on  the  nput  its 
b«  pluacd.  Tho  nrrangement  onci  made  hctwoim  iix,  I  must  do  him  tho 
jiistioc  lo  ttiy  that  lie  >how«d  uo  diipoiiilion  to  h.'t  llio  graii»  grow  iindrr 
his  feet.  Ue  called  hri&kly  Tor  pen,  ink,  and  paper,  aud  suggested  opciiiiig 
the  campaign  at  Thorpo-AmbroMti  by  to-night's  post. 

"  We  ngrtod  on  a  lorm  of  letter  which  I  wrote,  and  which  he  crpied 
en  the  Rpot.  I  entered  into  no  particulars  at  starting.  I  itmply  niu^rtcd 
that  I  was  the  widow  of  the  deceased  Mr.  Armadale  ;  that  I  had  been 
privately  mnrried  to  him;  that  I  had  returned  to  Eagland  on  hia  aoiling 
in  th«  yacht  fVom  Naples;  and  that  t  begged  to  enclose  a  copy  of  my 
t  uferriage-certificate,  aa  a  matter  of  form  with  which  I  presumed  it  was 
l^nitomary  to  comply.  The  lettiT  wiw  addressed  to  'The  rflprpsentnlivw 
of  tha  late  Allan  Armmlale,  V.»q,,  TliorpcAmhroM,  Norfolk.'  And  the 
doctor  liimwit'  carried  it  away,  and  put  it  in  tho  port, 

"I  am  not  so  excited  and  to  iinpatiant  for  results  aa  I  expected  to  be, 
novrtbat  tho  first  step  ia  talcen.  The  thought  of  Ididwintcr  haunts  mc 
like  a  ghotit.  I  have  been  imting  to  him  again — aa  before:,  to  beop  up 
.ippcnrancea.  It  will  be  my  last  letter,  I  tliink.  My  courage  fee!* 
abukvo,  my  apirita  get  dopreued,  nhea  my  thoughts  go  back  to  Turin.  J 
un  no  more  capable  of  facing  tlie  conaidcralion  of  Midwinter  at  this 
moment  than  t  was  in  the  bygone  lime.  The  day  of  reckoning  with 
him,  once  distant  and  doubtful,  ia  a  day  thnt  may  come  to  ma  now,  J 
knew  not  how  sooa.  And  here  I  am,  trusting  myself  blindly  (o  the 
cbaptor  of  Accidents  still ! 

"Novtmtier  2ith. — Ac  two  o'clock  to-day  tho  doctor  caJlod  again  hy 
app<nnline»t.  Ho  haa  betin  to  his  lawyers  (of  courao  without  taking 
ibem  into  our  coofideace)  to  put  the  casv  simply  of  proving  my  manioge. 
The  result  conBrma  what  ho  has  already  told  me.  The  pivot  va  which 
tltv  wliiili,'  mucbtr  will  turn,  if  my  claim  is  disputed,  will  be  the  qaeslion 
of  identity;  and  it  may  be  noccsanry  lor  the  witness  to  make  his  Dccla- 
ralion  in  tho  magietrale*'  presence  before  tho  week  is  out. 

"  In  this  position  of  aiTairs,  the  doctor  thinks  it  important  that  we 
idiouU  be  within  easy  reach  of  each  other,  and  proposes  to  Bod  a  quiet 
lodging  for  mo  in  hia  neighbourhood.  I  nm  quilts  willing  to  go  anywhere 
—for,  among  the  other  strange  fancies  that  have  got  |ios.<ienKion  of  me,  I 
have  an  idea  that  I  nha!!  feci  more  completely  lost  to  Midwinter  if  I  move 
out  of  tlia  ociglihourhood  to  which  his  letters  are  addreswd  to  me.     I  was 


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ARMADALE. 


airak«  and  Ihiokini;  of  bim  ngna  Iwt  nigUt.       Thii   m?rning   I 
fimlly  dccideil  to  writu  tu  him  uo  i»on>. 

"  After  ttayia^  hiilfas  hour,  the  doctor  loft  me— having  llret  ioqiitrvdl 
nbether  I  would  like  to  acooropiuiy  him  Ui  llninpHieail  to  lock  fori 
lodgtngB.  I  inTtirnwd  him  lh«t  I  had  some  btisiocu  of  mjr  own  vrliidLl 
would  kc^p  tuo  in  I»oJaa.  Ha  in({uiTed  what  the  busiaeM  WM.  '  YcU] 
will  M-i','  I  said,  Mo-iiiorrav  or  next  day.' 

"  I  had  a  moineul'e  itervoiuj  tnnubling  wbea  I  was  bj  myself 
My  buaiD6is  in  London,  liesiilm  hutng  a  eeTunu  hiuinctg  in  it  womui'i 
cy»,  took  my  miiid  Inck  to  Uiitwirit«T  in  epite  of  ntu.     Tho  pr 
of  removiug  to  uy  nvw  lodging  had  rumioded  me  of  the  nuccnity  < 
dreMing  in  my  new  dnnoter.     'i'lie  tiiau  had  come  now  for  getting 
widow's  weedf. 

"  Uy  fine  proceeding,  nfler  {vnitiag  my  boonet  on,  wa*  to  provids 
myielf  with  money.  I  got  wliat  1  waai«d  to  fit  me  out  for  the  characiv 
of  ArBkadalo's  widvw,  by  nothing  lees  thao  tlie  eole  of  AnmUak^  oini 
pronit  to  me  on  my  morringv^the  ruby  ring  I  It  proved  to  ho  a  mora 
Talimblo  jewel  than  I  had  suppoaed.  I  am  likely  to  be  i^«rcd  uU  uoMgr 
■ikxieU«8  for  some  tiiiw  to  come. 

"On  IniTiiiK  tho  jeweller's,  I  ncnt  to  tho  great  mourning  ahop  in 
R^cnt  Street.  In  four  and  Cwcnty  honra  (if  £  can  give  them  uo  more) 
tht>y  have  engaged  to  dcesa  me  in  my  widow'*  costume  from  hund  to  foot 
I  had  another  feverish  uomGat  when  I  left  the  aliop ;  and,  by  nay  of 
ninhGr  excitement  on  thi«  nutating  day,  I  foood  a  aurpriiie  in  store  for  ut 
on  my  return  to  the  lioteh  Au  elderly  gentleman  waa  nunonnoed  to  be 
w&idng  to  M«  me.  I  opeaM  my  fitting-room  door — aod  thwe  waa  oU 
Builiwood  t 

"  He  had  gut  my  JeLler  tliat  murning,  and  bad  started  for  London  h/S 
the  next  train  to  anawcr  it  iti  person.     I  had  uxpMtcd  a  grtat  deal  bwa 
hint,  but  I  had  certaitily  Dot  expected  that.     It  llnliered  mei      For  llM 
moniect,  I  declare  it  fl&itcrtd  nic  I  M 

"  I  liM*  over  tlie  vrrelcljcd  old  creature's  rapturea  a»d  nproaohea*  aai  * 
groaiie  and  te»»,  and  weary  long  prouags  about  tlie  lonely  month*  he 
bad  paned  at  Thorpe-Ambroee,  brooding  over  my  doaertioa  of  him.  H« 
vai  c|iiita  eloquettt  at  limes — but  I  dun't  want  liis  eloquence  here.  It  it 
needteaa  to  say  thai  I  put  myaelf  right  with  him,  and  consiUtcd  bia  fediiy 
before  ^  naked  him  fur  \\\a  newa.  What  n  blMwing  n  woman's  vanity  ii 
•omolimcs  I  I  abDWt  forgot  my  ri>k>  nod  reHpoiuibilitiea,  in  my  iinxi«nr 
to  be  charaiiag.  For  a  mitiule  or  two,  I  fell  a  warm  Utjlc  flatter  of 
triumph.  And  it  Kxin  »  triumph — ev<'n  vriiU  an  old  roan  I  la  a  qoanw 
of  on  hoar,  I  bad  him  smirkiag  and  uiiiling,  iiangiog  oti  my  lightest 
words  in  an  ecrtaoy,  and  answering  all  the  qtic<tions  1  imt  to  him,  like 
a  good  little  cliild. 

"  Hero   ta   hia  account   of  aHiura  at  Tborpc-Ambroae,  aa  I 
axtracted  it  from  him  hie  by  bit: — 

"Jn  the  fiiet  place,  the  newa  of  Armadals't  draih  baa  r«aabed  Um, 


e^, 


hiui  to  (winplctiJv  cTerwhelmed  her  thttt  her  father  has  bevn 
s  reniore  her  tVoin  tlie  ikIiodI.  Slie  n  hack  at  llie  coKsgc,  and 
Uie  doctor  in  in  daily  ait«Dclancc.  Co  I  [uty  Iier  7  Yes !  1  pilj  I]«r 
exactly  aa  much  sn  *hn  once  piiic<l  nic  ! 

"  Id  the  Tic:it  jtlnett,  lh«  Hlatc  of  iifTairs  lit  tlie  greiit  hoiiK,  which  T 
•xpeoted  to  find  Bome  difficulty  in  compnehendin^,  tiirrm  out  to  lie  .[tiite 
iiitv)ligibl<>,  and  certainly  uct  <liicouragiiig  m  far.  Only  yesterday,  tha 
lairycre  on  Iratli  fidea  cnmc  to  on  iindcrvtnuding.  Ur.  Unrch  (tlic  lamily 
■oliator  cpf  the  BlftiichaTdx,  nnd  Ariiiadnlv'a  hhtcr  enemy  In  pn«t  timM) 
repr«9ciil8  the  iulcresta  ofBliis  DlancTiard,  who  ia  next  heir  to  the  vstnto, 
and  who  ha*,  it  appenr*,  bcfn  in  Lindoii  on  hti.-nnMR  of  h<'r  own  for  (tone 
lime  paal,  Till-.  Smart,  of  Norwich  (originally  *mpl(>yi.tl  to  overlook 
BBthwood  111  tie  »leward'ii  Qffi<:0),  ref rvaeula  the  deccosud  Annadnle.  And 
tliia  in  uhiit  (he  tiro  lawyers  havo  pptlicd  between  thcni. 

"  Mr.  natch,  acting  for  Miss  Blanchin'd,  hji*  clnimcd  the  posacasion  of 
th«  eitate  and  iho  light  of  receiving  the  roniB  at  the  Christmas  nudit,  in 
Iter  name.  Mr.  Smart,  on  Iiis  std«,  hss  nclmilted  th^t  there  ia  great  weight 
in  the  family  aolicitor'a  nppltaition.  He  cannot  ece  hia  -way,  ns  things  are 
BOW,  ta  contesting  the  ^neetion  of  Armudale'e  death,  and  ho  will  consent 
to  ofler  no  renatanoe  to  (lie  appliciilion,  if  Mr.  Dnrch  will  coniient,  on  Iiia 
eidc,  to  AKstinM^  tho  n-sponaibtlity  of  taking  pofsctuton  in  Mim  Vlanchard'a 
Dam«.  This  Mr.  Darch  has  already  done  ;  and  the  cslat«  in  now  viiiuiilly 
m  MiBS  BlanchiinL's  pas6«s«on. 

"  On«  Tusult  of  thi»  courne  of  ppoi^ei'ding  will  be  (hb  Bnrfiwood  thinks) 
to  put  Mr.  Dnrch  in  the  iioMlion  of  llio  pertion  who  nwlly  dtcidca  on  luy 
eltura  to  the  widow**  place  nnd  the  widow's  money.  The  income  bnnjg 
charged  on  the  eNtatc,  it  must  come  out  of  Miu  Blnnchard's  pocket ;  and 
tlie  qncstioa  of  paying  It  would  oppcar  therefore  to  be  a  ({ucstion  for  Miaa 
Blunctmrd'R  lawyer.  To-niorrow  wilt  jirohalily  decide  whether  thia  vipw 
ia  ihe  right  one — for  my  halter  to  Armada!i-'s  rppnacntaliTCa  will  haro 
been  delivered  at  the  groat  liouso  Uii<  morning. 

"  So  much  for  what  old  I{a*hwood  had  to  tell  me.  Haring  recovered 
my  iaflucncc  orcr  him,  and  posecaeed  myself  of  all  liis  inforoution  lo 
br,  tlic  next  thing  (c  consider  w:ih  tiic  right  uao  to  tuni  hini  to  in  the 
future.  He  was  entirely  nt  iny  dinpooAlr  for  liia  place  at  the  stcword'a 
O0io«  baa  been  alrcndy  token  by  Miss  Blanchard'a  mnn  ofhuiineaa,  and  he 
pleaded  hard  to  be  nllowed  to  stay  and  serve  my  iutarcsta  in  Hondon. 
There  would  not  Imre  heen  the  least  daagcr  in  letting  him  stay,  ft>r  I  had, 
M  ft  matter  of  course,  left  him  uniliwarhed  in  his  conviction  thnt  I  really 
wn  tlie  widow  of  Armudalc  of  Thorpe- Ambrose.  Hut  witli  the  doctor'a 
rcaoorce*  at  my  command,  1  wui(«d  no  nsaiMance  of  any  aort  in  London  ; 
and  it  oenorred  to  m«  that  I  mig;hl  make  Bashwood  more  useful  by  tending 
him  back  to  Norfolk  to  watch  events  there  in  my  iulcrcalv. 

"  Ho  looked  sorely  di'-ippointed  (iiiiTing  had  nn  ey«  evidently  to 
paying  hi*  cotn-t  to  mc  in  my  widowed  condition  I)  when  I  told  him  of 
the  conoltuloa  at  vUich  I  had  orriYed.    But  a  few  word)  «f  persiuaion, 


ARMADALE. 


and  ■  modutt  bint  that  he  might  chcrith  liopea  ia  ihc  future  !r  he  i 
aid  obedienilj'  in  the  preaenl,  did  >v<»)d«n  in  recoDcUiiig  hjiu  lo 
n«ee«nly  of  meeting  aiy  wiabea.  He  ukcd  b^lpU■»l]r  for  'izutrootioai' 
when  it  wm  lime  Tor  him  to  Icnvc  me  end  tnrd  back  bjr  the  (rroni^ 
tnuD.  I  oould  givo  hiu  p«««,  for  I  had  dk  idea  u  yH  of  what  the  Itgal 
{Hviple  might  or  might  not  do.  '  Dat  nippoae  umcthing  happov.'  ha 
pereiated,  '  tbnt  I  don't  anderBlanil,  what  am  1  to  do,  «o  fiut  awa/  froa 
Ton} '  I  could  only  give  him  one  aniwer.  '  Do  notliiog,'  I  Mild.  '  \Vh«l- 
«T«r  it  is,  hold  jour  tongue  ubout  it,  and  vrite,  or  cotne  up  to  Loodoa 
immediatoLy  to  conault  me.'  With  those  parting  directions,  an4  with  la 
nndonUmding  that  we  were  to  correspond  regnlarly,  I  l«t  him  kiai  mjr 
hand,  and  sent  him  off  to  the  train. 

■'Now  that  I  am  alone  again)  and  able  to  think  calmly  of  the  inter- 
Tienr  between  ma  aad  my   elderly  admirer,  I  find  myaclf  recalling  tm 
««rlata  ohaoge  ia  old  Bashwood'a  manner  which  puzzled  m«  at  the  timt^fl 
and  which  puzzles  me  still. 

"  Etcd  in  his  first  momenta  of  ngitation  at  MeiDg  me,  I  thooghl  thai 
hi«  eje*  rested  on  my  face  with  a  new  kind  of  inieteat  whil*  I  wu 
qieahing  to  him.  Besides  this,  be  dropped  a  word  or  two  afterwarfl^ 
in  Idling  me  of  his  lonely  life  At  Thorpe- Ambioae,  which  MeaMJ  la 
imply  that  he  hsd  been  smttained  in  hia  aolilude  by  a  fe^ng  of  DonSdoOi 
about  his  future  rrlaticna  witli  me  when  we  next  met.  If  ho  bad  been  a 
yoiing«r  and  a  bolder  nun  (nnd  if  any  such  diseoYcry  had  beea  poaaifali), 
I  should  almost  have  surfcdcd  him  of  having  found  ont  eotuethin-  about 
Tiiy  piul  lifu  which  hud  miide  him  privat^y  oonSdent  of  controlling  roe,  if 
1  shelved  any  disposlion  to  decvivo  and  desert  bim  again.  But  radb 
an  idea  as  this  in  oonneclipa  with  old  Basbvrovd  it  oimplj  abend 
Perhaps  I  am  over-excIt«d  by  the  Ruspciue  and  anxiety  of  my  preaeiil 
poadlion?  Perbapa  the  merest  fancies  and  suspiciotia  are  tc 
tislray  7  Let  this  be  a*  it  nay,  I  haro  at  any  rat«  more  aeriotia  i 
than  the  tubject  of  old  Bashwood  to  occupy  me  now.  To^monow't 
post  may  loll  me  whtit  Anuadate's  repreeeotativea  thiiUc  of  Uie  claim  o(j 
Armndale'a  widow. 


4 

I  _IJT 


"  Jfotmthtr  2Cf/i.— Tlic  answer  baa  arrived  thia  morning,  in  the 
(tin  Biibliwood  EUppoaed)  of  a  letter  from  Mr.  Darch.  The  crabbed  fM 
lawytr  acknowlcdgoe  my  letter  in  three  lines.  Before  he  takei  any  ttcp^ 
or  expresses  any  ojuuion  on  the  subject,  he  wants  evidence  of  idvnlity  u 
well  a*  the  evidence  of  the  certilicatu ;  and  bo  ventures  to  it^ggett  that  it 
may  be  deeirahle,  before  we  go  any  further,  to  refer  him  to  my  le^U  odvisett. 

"  Two  o'clock. — The  doctor  colled  shortly  after  twelve  to  amy  that  In 
hod  fottod  a  lodging  for  me  wiihia  twen^  minales'  walk  of  the  Sanatoiiao. 
lu  return  for  his  news,  I  sliowed  him  Mr.  Datcb'a  Utter.  H«  took  it 
away  at  once  to  his  luwjerst  and  came  buck  with  tho  neccoaty  Informa- 
tion for  my  guidance:.  I  bare  onswi'red  Iklr.  T>arob  by  Modii^  him  tbs 
addn»  of  my  legal  advisers — othcrwiee,  the  doctor's  Uwjers — wilbot*' 


■itbonfta 


ARMADALI^  585 

iii:iking  any  coninient  od  (Jie  desire  that  he  has  expressed  for  additional 
evidence  of  the  marriage.  This  is  all  that  can  be  done  to-day.  To- 
morrow will  bring  with  it  events  of  greater  interest — for  to-morrow  tho 
doctor  is  to  make  his  Declaration  before  the  magistrate,  and  to-morrow  I 
am  to  move  to  my  new  lodging  in  my  widow's  weeds, 

"  November  27(A. — Fairtoeatker  Yale  Villas. — The  Declaration  has 
been  made,  with  all  the  necessary  formalities.  And  I  have  taken  posses- 
sion,  in  my  widow's  costume,  of  my  new  rooms. 

"  I  ought  to  be  excited  by  the  opening  of  this  new  act  in  the  drama, 
and  by  the  venturesome  part  that  I  am  playing  in  it  myself.  Strange  to 
say,  I  am  quiet  and  depressed.  The  thought  of  Midwinter  has  followed 
me  to  my  new  abode,  and  ia  pressing  on  me  heavily  at  this  moment.  I 
have  no  fear  of  any  accident  happening,  in  the  interval  that  must  still 
pass  before  I  step  publicly  into  the  place  of  Armadale's  widow.  But 
when  that  time  comes,  and  when  Midwinter  finds  me  (aa  sooner  or  later 
find  me  he  must  I)  figuring  in  my  false  character,  and  settled  in  the  position 
that  I  have  usurped— (fien,  I  ask  myself.  What  will  happen  7  The  answer 
still  comes  as  it  first  came  to  me  this  morning,  when  I  put  on  my  widow's 
dcess.     Now,  as  then,  the  presentiment  is  fixed  in  my  mind  that  ho  will 

kill  me.     If  it  was  not  too  late  to  draw  back Absurd  I  I  shall  shut 

up  my  journal. 

"November  28(fi- — The  lawyers  have  heard  from  Mr.  Daren,  and  havo 
Ecnt  him  the  Declaration  by  return  of  post. 

"  When  tho  doctor  brought  me  this  news,  I  asked  him  whether  his 
lawyers  were  aware  of  my  present  address  ;  and,  finding  that  he  had  not 
yet  mentioned  it  to  them,  I  begged  that  he  would  continue  to  keep  it  a 
secret  for  the  future.  The  doctor  laughed.  '  Are  you  alhiid  of  Mr.  Darch's 
stealing  a  march  on  us*,  and  coming  to  attack  you  personally?'  he  asked, 
I  accepted  the  imputation,  as  the  easiest  way  of  making  him  comply  with 
my  request.    '  Yes,'  I  said,  '  I  am  afraid  of  Mr.  Darch.' 

"  My  spirits  have  risen  since  the  doctor  left  me.  There  is  a  pleasant 
sensation  of  security  in  feeling  that  no  strangers  arc  in  possession  of  my 
address.  I  am  easy  enough  in  my  mind  to-day  to  notice  how  wonder- 
fully well  I  look  in  my  widow's  weeds,  and  to  make  myself  agreeable  to 
the  people  of  the  house. 

"  Midwinter  disturbed  me  a  little  again  last  night ;  but  I  have  got  over 
the  ghastly  delusion  which  possessed  me  yesterday.  I  know  better  now 
than  to  dread  violence  from  him  when  he  discovers  what  I  have  done. 
And  there  is  still  less  fear  of  his  stooping  to  assert  his  chiim  to  a  womnn 
who  has  practised  on  him  such  a  deception  as  mine.  The  one  serious 
trial  that  I  shall  be  put  to  when  the  day  of  reckoning  comes,  will  be  tho 
trial  of  preserving  my  false  character  in  his  presence,  I  shall  be  safe  in 
his  loatbing  and  contempt  for  me,  after  that.  On  the  day  when  I  havo 
denied  him  to  his  face,  I  shall  have  seen  the  last  of  him  for  ever. 

VOL.  xin.— NO.  77.  'i%. 


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AttUADALB. 


"  Shall  I  U  alile  lo  denjr  Kim  to  liu  &ce  ?  ShnQ  [  be  alila  lo  Inolc 
Itiin  arid  itptsk  to  biia  an  if  lie  kail  ucver  been  wave  to  me  tlum  a  Encndl 
iJAw  ilo  I  know  till  Ui«  timo  enmea !  Was  then  eret  WMh  an  iobloated 
iijul  41 1  BID,  to  Iw  writiug  or  bim  at  all,  wbeo  writing  outjr  aDOoungai 
Bie  m  ibink  or  huH  ?  1  will  make  a  new  taolotitui.  From  llua  time 
jbnh  bis  Dane  chall  aj>pc*r  do  more  in  Hime  pogts. 

"  Mondag,  DeotmUr  !«(.— -The  U*t  moolb  of  lb«  w«ni-out  old  year, 
eightoen  hundred  and  fidy-oool  If  I  allowed  myadf  to  look  back,  wliat 
a  miserable  jrear  I  should  eae  .tddeil  to  all  the  other  tni«erabl«  yean  iliat 
are  goue  !  Itul  I  have  mad«  iny  rcsolutioa  to  look  fonranJ  oalr,  atul  I 
mean  to  keep  it. 

"  I  h«T«  notUing  to  ncord  of  iba  bat  two  daja,  eicept  ihat  oa  iba 
twentj-ninlh  I  reomabcnd  Bonhwoad,  and  wrota  to  txAX  him  of  mj  new 
address.  This  morutng  ilic  Uwjreia  heard  agaiu  Eroiti  Ut.  Dardi.  He 
ackuowledges  tlte  receipt  of  tlw  Declaration,  but  pmtponcs  ststiag  iho 
dcei«ion  at  whiob  ho  has  arrived  until  ho  has  oomniuuicutid  with  tlie  tmst«s 
UDdet  the  late  Mr.  Blanchard'a  will,  and  has  received  liis  final  instructioas 
Uota  ItU  client,  Uiss  Blanchard.  Tlio  doctor's  lawyers  decUrc  that  tUa 
last  IvtlBC  is  a  mm  d«ric«  for  gaiuiiig  liiiifr~-witii  wiuti  object  they  an 
of  course  not  id  b  jweitiaa  lo  guesa.  The  doctor  himself  nys,  &cetiQUBljr, 
it  is  the  usual  lawyer's  object  of  tnaking  a  long  bill.  My  own  idva  is 
tliHt  IStr.  Darcb  has  bis  saspidons  of  aontcthiDg  wroog,  and  that  bis  pur- 

poao  ia  tiyiog  to  gain  time 

•  ■  ■  •  ■ 

"  T«it^  at  niykl.—\  liad  wriltbu  ak  far  as  that  hat  wifinishwi 
(towards  four  is  tiio  aftctDoon)  when  I  was  stautled  by  hearing  ■  aib 
up  (o  the  door.  I  went  to  the  window,  and  got  tber«  just  in  tiino  to  aee  old 
,  Buuhwocd  getting  out  with  on  iictirity  of  which  1  sLotild  never  have  aup- 
ipoiii-d  hiui  enpiibla.  So  little  did  I  unticipatf  tlio' tremendous  diftoovoty 
tJint  WHS  goiii^  to  burft  on  iiic  ia  Another  miniit«,  that  1  turned  to  ibe 
glasa,  and  wondered  what  the  susceptible  old  gentleuian  wuuld  eay  to  idc 
in  my  widow's  cap. 

"  I'lic  inatani.  he  entcretl  llio  rcoii),  I  saw  that  eome  aerioits  diawter 
bad  iutppentM^.  Hie  eyes  were  wild,  hid  wig  was  awry.  Ue  approadwd 
me  with  a  Bttange  miztttro  of  ngerneu  and  disoiHy.  '  I've  dono  as  yoB 
told  mc,*  he  whispered  brtatblmsly.  '  I'vo  bcld  my  toagne  about  it,  and 
cooio  Htntiglit  lo  you!  '  He  caught  nie  by  the  bund  boApo  1  oonld  epeak, 
with  a  botdueat  (|iiiti^  tiew  in  my  exporicnco  of  tiim?  'Ott,  how  coo  I 
break  it  tu  you  I '  he  bural  oul.     '  I'm  beside  mytelf  when  I  think  of  it  I ' 

"  '  When  you  oan  speak,'  I  said,  putting  )iiiii  into  a  chair,  **p«ak  out. 
I  see  in  your  &ce  that  you  bring  luu  nt-ws  I  don't  look  tax  from  lliorpa- 
Ambrose.' 

"Ho  put  bis  Imiid  into  tho  breast- jxtcket  rif  his  coiil,  aiid  ilrew  out  a 
letter,  iiu  looked  at  the  luUvr,  and  looked  at  rae.  'New-ncw-news  jMt 
don't  look  lor,'  he  Btaromcred  ;  '  but  not  from  Thorpc-Ambroso 


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ARMADALB.  587 

"  '  Not  from  Thorpe-Ambrose  ! ' 

"  '  No.     From  tlie  sea  I ' 

"  The  firat  dawning  of  the  truth  broko  on  me  at  tbose  words.  I 
couldn't  speak — I  could  only  hold  out  my  hand  to  him  for  the  letter. 

"  He  Btill  Bhrauk  from  giving  it  to  me.  '  I  daren't  I  I  daren't  1 '  he 
Buid  to  himself  rqcuntly.     '  The  shock  of  it  might  be  the  death  of  her.' 

"  I  snatched  the  letter  from  him.  One  glance  at  the  writing  on  the 
address  was  enough.  My  hands  fell  on  my  lap,  with  the  letter  fast  held 
in  them.  I  Bat  petrified,  without  moving,  withoiit  speaking,  without 
hearing  a  word  of  what  Bashwood  was  saying  to  me,  and  slowly  realized 
the  terrible  truth.  The  man  whose  widow  I  had  claimed  to  be,  was  a 
living  man  to  confront  me  1  In  vain  I  had  mixed  the  drink  at  Naples — 
in  vain  I  had  betrayed  him  into  Manuel's  hands.  Twice  I  had  set  the 
deadly  snare  for  him,  and  twice  Armadale  had  escaped  me  I 

"  I  came  to  my  sense  of  outward  things  again,  and  found  Bashwood  oa 
his  knees  at  my  feet,  crying. 

"  '  You  look  angry,'  he  murmured  helplessly.  '  Are  you  angry  with 
me  ?  Oh,  if  you  only  knew  what  hopes  I  had  when  we  la^  saw  each  other, 
and  how  cruelly  that  letter  has  dashed  them  all  to  the  ground  I ' 

"  I  put  the  miserable  old  creature  back  from  me — but  very  gently, 
'  Hush  I '  I  said.  '  Don't  distress  me  now.  I  want  composure — I  want 
to  read  the  letter.' 

"  He  went  away  submissively  to  the  other  end  of  the  room.  As 
soon  as  my  eye  was  off  him,  I  heard  him  eay  to  himself,  with  impotent 
malignity,  '  If  the  sea  had  been  of  my  mind,  the  sea  would  have  drowned 
himl' 

"  One  by  one,  I  i^lowly  opened  the  folds  of  (he  letter  ;  feeling,  while 
I  did  so,  the  strangest  incapability  of  fixing  n.y  attention  on  the  very  lines 
that  I  was  burning  to  read.-  But  why  dwell  any  longer  on  sensations 
which  I  can't  describe?  It  will  be  more  to  the  purpose  if  I  place  the 
letter  itself,  for  future  reference,  on  this  page  of  my  journal. 

"  Mb.  Bashwood,  "  Kome,  Illjria,  NoTemW  iU\,  I89K 

"  The  address  I  date  from  will  surprise  you— and  you  will  be 
more  surprised  still  when  you  hear  how  it  is  that  I  come  to  write  to  you 
from  a  port  on  the  Adriatic  Sea. 

"  I  have  been  the  victim  of  a  rnacally  attempt  at  robbery  and  murder. 
The  robbery  has  succeeded;  and  it  is  only  through  the  mercy  of  God 
that  the  niuider  did  not  succeed  too. 

"  I  hired  a  yacht  rather  more  than  a  month  ago  at  Naples;  and  sailed 
(I  am  glad  to  think  now)  without  any  friend  with  me,  for  Mewtina.  From 
Messina  I  went  for  a  cruise  in  the  Adriatic.  Two  days  out,  we  were 
caught  in  a  storm.  Storms  get  up  in  a  hurry,  and  go  down  in  a  hurry, 
in  those  parts.  The  vessel  behaved  nobly — I  declare  I  feel  the  tesirs  in 
my  eyes  now,  when  I  think  of  her  at  the  bottom  of  the  sea !  Towards 
sunset  it  bc^an  to  moderate ;  and  by  midnight,  except  for  n  long  smooth 


0sa 


■well,  tlie  sea  W38  as  i^UMt  aa  need  bo.  I  went  Wlow,  a  little  tired  (bAvl 
belped  In  w-crkiiii;  the  jaclit  wliilc  the  gslv  laaled),  na<l  fell  attlrep  la  fire 
BuauteB.  About  two  hours  aflcr,  I  wns  wok«  bj'wttM'fhing  falling  mto 
my  cabin  through  n  dbm\c  of  tl)c  TPntiUlur  in  tlie  app«r  pHrt  of  tlie  ttoor. 
I  jumped  up,  and  founJ  a  bit  of  paper  wiib  a  kcj  wrappnl  in  it,  aod  mih 
vriting  on  llio  inner  fi'io,  in  a  hniid  whicli  it  was  not  vvrf  laajr  to  nmd. 

"  Up  lo  ibis  iiiii«  I  buil  not  bad  ike  ghost  of  a  iuspicwn  ihnt  I  was 
alone  ut  sea  with  a  gang  of  murdirrous  Tagaboitila  (oxe(<p4ing  «o«  coly) 
who  would  stick  at  nothing.  I  had  got  on  rer)-  wi>U  with  m^  suline- 
inast«r  (iho  norst  scoundrel  of  tba  lot),  and  bctlur  still  irith  his  Engtiib 
n)at«.  Tho  (LiilArs  b^ing  all  foreigrcM,  T  bad  Tcry  Utile  to  tay  lo.  They 
did  their  work,  ;iiid  uo  ([uarrda  and  uothing  aajJauaot  happnied.  If 
Mtj'body  had  tvid  ine,  bcfure  1  wciit  to  bed  on  tbo  night  alWr  the  ttotm, 
that  cbi>  sailing- master  niul  tho  crew  Kail  tlio  mnto  (whu  Iiiu]  bven  m 
better  tlmu  tiiL-  ri'st;  of  thcin  lit  nturting)  nvru  all  in  a  coiiHi>inic7  lo  rub 
nic  ofthu  iiioni^)'  I  hud  oi)  boned,  and  thon  to  drown  mi?  in  mj  dwd  nmA 
afttirwarda,  I  thuutil  have  laughed  in  bis  iiice.  JuHt  rvuierober  that;  aad 
then  fancy  for  youreulf  (for  Tin  EUre  I  cant  tdl  jo\i)  what  I  most  hart 
thought  when  I  opened  the  paper  round  the  kty,  and  read  irhat  I  nov 
cDp^  (from  tho  mate's  writing)  aa  Ibllows: — 

"'Sia,— Bt4j  In  forxr  bed  till  jov  twir  a  boat  khavc  ofT  from  the  •tArtxiari  fMt 
— or  ;oa  uc  adexlman.  Yonr  idodo]'  isatulea  t  and  iaiivv  nilniil«»'  timo  ifae  fatht 
wtU  bo  aeuUl«d(  and  tho  cabln-batcli  will  bo  nailed  dawn  oa  yoa.  Dead  idod  t^  iw 
taica — luicl  tlie  Milit)t^'ninal«t'«  noiitm  U  to  Icnvc  pmofa  nflunt  that  tha  vcosol  bai 
funnilcrri)  wUfi  all  on  bonnl,  It  tnu  hjs  doing  ta  t^KiD  with,  ntid  «•  mit*  aU  in  it. 
I  <:nn*t  Hull  it  in  m^  lionrt  iu>l  to  tpvo /on  achanco  for^our  lil«.  It'«  a  bad  ehaiM, 
bnt  I  run  iln  no  more  1  nhonlil  bn  monlcred  tnjvcU  i(  I  ildti't  sccm  to  go  wiih  lbs 
roit.  The  key  of  yciiir  cabin-door  is  tbrovra  batk  to  j-on,  iiuiJe  tbU.  Don't  b« 
aliu'Ricd  wbcQ  79a  Iioiir  ihc  lijiinincc  nbovc  I  tbiill  iId  it,  and  I  Bhall  bavo  tbixt  oaih 
iu  my  liattd  lui  wuU  aa  lou^;.  aud  uaa  tbu*  nliott  onu  onlf.  Wail  lUl  jtm  bear  ibi 
buLiL  wlih  ail  oC  iin  ttboTc  ntT,  and  iben  priiQ  up  tbe  cablo-liatdi  with  joor  hadt> 
Tlio  leau'l  will  Ituat  a  (|QArt«r  uf  an  Imur  nftor  the  holei  arc  bond  in  bar.  Slip  farts 
tbo  Kn  on  (lici  part  «idf.  and  kM>p  tli<v  Tcawl  bflwccn  yon  und  tho  boaL  Ton  wQI 
Hnd  plooCy  of  loose  Inmber,  •mn«lied  awuv  nn  porpoac,  drifting  abuni  to  boU  oa  bf> 
It'a  a  duo  nifbt  utid  a  amootb  ica,  nod  tbeiv's  a  cUance  thnt  n  ship  in^j  pldi  joo  Ip 
while  tlicrc'a  Ufa  left  In  jou.    I  can  ilo  no  more — Tuun  trnlv,  J.  11.' 

"  Aa  I  caine  lo  those  Wt  words,  t  heard  tho  hnmtnering  down  of  tbt 
batch  over  my  hpad.  T  don't  auppoao  I'm  rnora  of  a  coward  lluui  meat 
people— but  them  was  n  moment  wbuu  tb«  sweat  poured  down  me  like 
mill,  1  gilt  to  he.  tay  own  ttiAn  again,  bcfoic  tho  hammering  waa  doM, 
and  found  myself  tliinlcing  of  somebody  very  deor  to  wo  in  Eogtaod.  I 
said  to  myself,  '  I'll  hare  a  try  for  my  life,  for  her  sak«,  tliough  the  ehaneea 
arc  dead  against  me.' 

"  I  put  a  IcUt-r  from  that  person  I  Iinre  mentioned  into  oao  of  tlia 
aloppercd  bottles  of  my  drvaeiiig-canc — along  wiih  the  nuitc's  wiimin^  13 
cnfio  I  lived  to  aea  him  n^iun.  I  hung  this,  nod  a  tlaslc  of  whitky,  ia  > 
sling  round  my  neck— nnd,  after  fint  dressing  myaelf  iu  luy  coDrunoOf 
thought  bvlt«rof  it,  and  stripped  again,  for  avrlmniing,  to  my  shirt  aa4 


I 
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AKIUDALE.  689 

drawers.  By  the  time  I  had  done  that,  the  hammerlDg  was  over,  and 
there  was  such  a  sileoce  that  I  could  hear  the  water  bubbling  into  the 
scuttled  vesael  Bmidshipfl.  The  Dezt  noise  was  the  noise  of  the  boat  and 
the  villains  in  her  (always  excepting  my  iriend  the  mate)  shoving  off  from 
the  Htarboard  side,  I  waited  for  the  splash  of  the  oars  in  the  water,  and 
then  got  my  back  under  the  hatch.  The  mate  bad  kept  his  promise.  I 
lifted  it  easily — crept  scross  the  deck,  under  cover  of  the  bulwarks,  on  all 
fours — and  slipped  into  the  sea  on  the  port  side.  Lots  of  things  were 
floating  about.  I  took  the  first  thing  I  came  to — a  hencoop— and  swam 
away  witli  it  about  a  couple  of  hundred  yards,  keeping  the  yacht  between 
me  and  the  boat.  Uaving  got  that  distance,  I  was  sei2ed  with  a  sbirering 
fit,  and  I  stopped  (fearing  the  cramp  next)  to  take  a  pull  at  my  flask. 
When  I  had  closed  the  flask  again,  I  turned  for  a  moment  to  look  back, 
and  saw  the  yacht  in  the  act  of  sinking.  In  a  minute  more  there  waa 
nothing  between  me  and  the  boat,  but  the  pieces  of  wreck  that  had  been 
purposely  thrown  out  to  float.  The  moon  was  shining;  and,  if  they  had 
had  a  glass  in  the  boat,  I  believe  they  might  have  seen  my  head,  though  I 
carefully  kept  the  hencoop  between  me  and  them. 

"  As  it  waa,  they  laid  on  their  oars ;  and  I  heard  loud  voices  among 
tliem  disputing.  Afler  whaE  seemed  an  age  to  me,  I  discovered  what  the 
dispute  was  about.  The  boat's  head  was  suddenly  turned  my  way. 
Some  cleverer  scoundrel  than  the  rest  (the  sailing-master,  I  daresay,)  had 
evidently  persuaded  them  to  row  back  over  the  place  where  tlie  yacht  had 
gone  down,  and  make  quite  sure  that  I  had  gone  down  with  her. 

"  They  were  more  than  half  way  across  the  distance  that  separated  ua, 
and  I  bad  given  myself  up  for  lost,  when  I  heard  a  cry  from  one  of  them, 
and  saw  the  boat's  progress  suddenly  checked.  In  a  minute  or  two  more, 
the  boat's  head  was  turned  again ;  and  they  rowed  straight  away  from  me 
like  men  rowing  for  their  lives. 

"  I  looked  on  one  side,  towards  the  land,  and  saw  nothing.  I  looked 
on  the  other,  towards  the  sea,  and  discovered  what  the  boat's  crew  had 
discovered  before  mo — a  soil  in  the  distance,  growing  steadily  brighter 
and  bigger  in  the  moonlight  the  longer  I  looked  at  it.  In  a  quarter  of  an 
hour  more  the  vessel  was  within  hail  of  me,  and  the  crew  had  got  me 
on  board. 

"  They  were  all  foreigners,  and  they  quite  deafened  me  by  their 
jabber.  I  tried  signs,  but  before  I  could  make  them  understand  me,  I 
w:is  Beized  with  another  shivering  fit,  and  was  carried  below.  The  vessel 
held  on  her  course,  1  have  no  doubt,  but  I  was  in  no  condition  to  know 
anything  about  it.  Before  morning,  I  waa  in  a  fever ;  and  from  that  time  I 
can  remember  nothing  clearly  till  I  came  to  my  senses  at  this  place,  and 
found  myself  under  the  care  of  a  Hungarian  merchant,  (he  consignee  (as  they 
call  it)  of  the  coasting  vessel  that  bad  picked  me  up.  He  speaks  English 
as  well  or  better  than  1  do ;  and  he  has  treated  me  with  a  kindness  which 
I  can  find  no  words  to  praise.  'When  he  was  a  young  man  he  waa  in 
England  himself,  learning  business,  and  be  saya  he  has  remembrances  of 


ARUASALfi. 

oar  country  vhich  inal:o  liU  lieart  iinunn  tov&rdi  an  Engliiiliniiin.  lU 
liM  OLtcd  mc  Auk  -nilh  clulticn,  aad  baa  I«nt  mo  the  uoaey  to  tntTcl  with, 
as  Boon  as  tli«  doetor  nllows  me  to  Mart  for  hum?.  Suppoeini^  I  ilon't  grt 
a  reljipie,  I  sliall  be  fll  to  tmrcl  in  a  irwV'a  lime  ftom  this.  If  I  can 
catch  iho  mail  at  Trieste,  aix)  stnnd  Oic  rnligiir,  T  *>iall  Ik  huck  Rgsin  at 
Thorpe- Ambrose  in  a  nvek  or  uia  tlnjra  st  tnoit  aOnr  yoa  gA  my  letter. 
You  will  agree  with  mc  that  it  is  n  terribly  long  letter.  Bui  I  can*t  help 
llml.  1  *ecin  to  )i»tc  Iwt  my  oU  knack  at  pulling  thIngB  ihort,  and 
fluisliiag  ou  the  f\ni  piigiv  Howe\-er,  I  am  near  tlio  end  now — fiir  I 
hav«  nothing  Icfl  to  noDtioii  but  the  rcasoa  ythj  I  nritc  about  what  bu 
hnt^pcn«d  to  mm,  imtetid  of  waiting  till  1  get  liomc,  and  telling  it  all  %j 
word  of  mnuili. 

"  I  fliiic/  my  head  ii  etiU  muddled  by  my  UlacM.  At  any  rate,  it  oatf 
ittruclc  RiG  this  morning  that  llierc  ift  bar«Iy  n  chance  of  Komc  vtatel  bavtag 
juiKsed  the  place  where  the  j-acht  foundered,  nai  baring  ]ii<;k«I  up  tbe  tar- 
uiturv,  Itnd  other  thinga  WTSiched  out  of  her  and  Ii4t  to  Hoat.  Some  fUw 
t«poit  of  my  bnicg  drowned  may,  in  tliat  coso,  bare  reochoii  KngUnd. 
If  lliift  1i<ut  happened  (wliich  I  hope  to  God  may  be  an  unfi>uiidcd  fati  on 
my  piirt),  go  directly  to  Major  Mllroy  at  tlm  eoltngp.  Show  b!tn  ihu 
letter — t  have  written  it  quite  ns  niiidi  fnv  ha  eye  as  ftr  yonra — and  lh«n 
givft  liiin  the  cncloecd  note,  nnd  e»k  him  if  he  do<Mu't  think  the  circum- 
stascce  justify  inc  in  hoping  be  will  send  it  to  Mira  Milroy-  I  can't 
explain  why  I  don't  writ«  illrectJy  to  the  major,  or  to  KUm  MiIroy,in«laid 
of  to  you.  I  cftu  only  aay  there  are  coostderatioaa  t  taa  bound  in  honow 
to  renpocC,  which  oblige  me  to  act  in  this  roundabout  way. 

*'  I  don't  Auk  you  to  Miswer  this — for  I  shall  be  on  my  way  booic,! 
hrpc,  long  twfiire  your  letter  eould  reach  mo  in  this  out-of-the-way  pbce. 
Whatever  you  do,  don't  lose  a  moment  in  going  to  Major  Milpoy.  Ro,  on 
Hccond  thoughts,  whetlier  the  Io«  of  the  ja«ht  it  known  in  England  or  not 

'*  TouM  truly, 

**  Alum  Akuao^u^." 

"  I  looked  up  when  T  had  comp  to  tlie  enil  of  tlie  leltir,  and  nw,  for 
the  Arat  time,  Ihnt  BiuJmood  hail  left  hia  chair,  and  had  placed  himself 
opposite  to  me.  il»  was  intently  stmlying  niy  face,  with  the  rnqniriag 
e.tprcs£ton  of  a  man  who  waa  trying  to  read  my  thoaghu.  Hia  eyra  feD 
guiltily  when  th(y  met  mine,  and  he  ahmnk  away  to  hU  cliaEr.  Belicrisg, 
M  he  did,  that  I  was  rvally  married  to  Arma'hile,  wan  he  trying  to  db- 
corer  whether  the  new*  of  Armadale's  rescue  from  the  sea  waa  good  news 
or  bad  news,  in  my  entimttion  7  It  waa  no  time  then  for  entering  inlo 
explnoAtions  with  lilm.  The  firrt  thing  to  be  done  won  to  cominuDieate 
instantly  with  the  doctor.  I  called  Ihtshwood  back  to  mt,  and  garo  lifit 
my  hand. 

'"  Vou  have  dons  me  a  Rcnrlco,'  I  said,  'which  mnkea  iu  cloaer 
IVicnds  tlinn  ever.  T  shall  my  inorc  about  this,  and  nbotit  other  nutten 
of  some  interest  to  bolli  of  li*,  lutcr  in  the  dAr.     I  want  you  now  to  lood 


ARMADALE.  fi91 

me  Mr.  Aimadale'e  letter  (which  I  pi-omise  to  bring  back)  and  to  Vait 
h":re  till  I  return.     Will  you  do  that  for  me,  Mr.  Baahwood  ? ' 

"  He  would  do  anything  I  asked  him,  he  said.  I  went  into  the  bed- 
room, and  put  on  my  bonnet  and  shawl. 

"  '  Let  me  be  quite  aure  of  the  facts  before  I  leave  you,'  I  resttmed, 
when  I  was  ready  to  go  out.  '  You  have  not  shown  thia  letter  to  anybody 
but  me  ? ' 

"  '  Not  n  living  soul  has  seen  it  but  our  two  selves.' 
t         " '  What  have  you  done  with  the  note  enclosed  to  Miss  Milroy  7 ' 

"  He  produced  it  from  his  pocket.  I  ran  it  over  rapidly — saw  that 
there  was  nothing  in  it  of  the  slighteBt  importance — and  put  it  in  the 
fire  on  the  spot.  That  done,  I  left  Bashwood  in  the  sitting-room,  and 
went  to  the  Sanatorium,  with  Armadale's  letter  in  my  band. 

"  The  doctor  bad  gone  out ;  and  the  servant  was  unable  to  ssiy 
positively  at  what  time  he  would  be  back.  I  went  into  his  study,  and 
wrote  a  line  preparing  bim  for  the  news  I  had  brought  with  me,  which 
I  sealed  up,  with  Armadale's  letter,  in  an  envelope,  to  await  his  return. 
That  done,  I  told  the  servant  1  would  call  again  in  ad  hour,  and  left  the 
place. 

"  It  W.1S  useless  to  go  back  to  my  lodgings  and  speak  to  Baahwood, 
nntil  I  knew  first  what  the  doctor  meant  to  dd.  I  walked  about  the 
neighbourhood,  up  and  down  new  streets  and  crescents  and  squares, 
with  a  kind  of  dull,  numbed  feeling  in  me,  which  prevented,  hot  only 
all  voluntary  exercise  of  thought,  but  all  sensation  of  bodily  fetigue.  I 
remembered  the  same  feeling  overpowering  me,  years  ago,  on  the  morning 
when  the  people  of  the  prison  came  to  take  me  into  court  to  be  tried  for 
my  life.  All  that  frightful  scene  came  back  again  to  my  mind,  in  the 
strangest  manner,  as  if  it  had  been  a  scene  in  which  some  other  person 
had  figured.  Once  or  twice  I  wondered,  in  a  heavy  senseless  way,  why 
th«y  had  not  hanged  me  ! 

"When  I  went  back  to  the  Sanatorium,  I  was  informed  that  the 
doctor  bad  returned  half-an-hour  since,  and  that  he  was  in  bis  own  room 
ftDxiouely  waiting  to  see  me. 

"  I  went  into  the  study,  and  found  him  sitting  close  by  the  fire,  with 
his  head  down,  and  his  bands  ou  his  knees.  On  the  table  near  him, 
besides  Armadale's  letter  and  my  note,  I  saw,  in  the  little  circle  of  light 
thrown  by  the  reading- lamp,  an  open  railway  guide.  Was  he  meditating 
flight  1  It  was  impossible  to  tell  from  his  face,  when  he  looked  up  at  me, 
what  he  was  medit.tting,  or  how  the  shock  had  struck  him  when  he  first 
discovered  that  Armadale  was  a  living  man. 

" '  Take  a  Beat  near  the  fire,'  he  said.   '  It's  very  raw  and  cold  to-day.' 

"  I  took  a  chair  in  silence.  In  silence,  on  his  side,  the  doctor  sat 
rubbing  his  knees  before  the  fire. 

"  '  Have  you  nothing  to  say  to  me  7 '  I  asked. 

"  He  rose,  and  suddenly  removed  the  shade  from  the  readbg-lamp 
so  that  the  light  fell  on  my  fiice.  * 


6»2 


JkWADAI^ 


•^'rnimw^hMagmtB^'U^i.    •  Wlai*«  the  nutte  I ' 

"'Mj  b^  icekdisStSMl  07  eja  an  htaxjmi  bol,*  Iiq&L 
*  TIm  wMlh V,  I  wapfK&e."         ** 

''II  KM  Ma^t  bown  both  gac  £iitbcr  mi  facUier  {rav  ArtH 
YjuQjr  Uapaiteit  sal^Kt  «Udb  wc  Uii  botb  coow  IocciImx  to  dJiew  ! 

•« '  1  ihiak  ■  cap  oTUk  wooU  da  jrtm  gsod,'  reaufced  tbs  doeior. 

**  1  aceeptad  hk  wiggwtico ;  mbI  be  ocdcnd  lbs  lea.  \\  faOt  U  wit 
MMUac,  b«  miktd  vp  and  down  tb«  toooit  and  I  sd  bj  tbc  fiie— «b4  miI 
a  word  paaod  batWMB  oa  00  aitber  nda. 

"The  tcanrivod  ma;  asd  tbe  docurnatietd  a  diai^  {or  ibc  bcctcr 
in  myiux.     lIcaiddomK^poaiu  to  loeat  tbeUble,aiMlipakeotttalfaA 

■* '  If  I  bad  ten  thotHand  potukd*  at  lbs  owmtgit,*  be  began,  ■  I 
^re  the  wbola  of  it  nercr  u  bare  eotnproniaod  mjtdt  ia  joar 
fpvctiktioa  on  Hr.  Anaad&l«^»  dcatb  !  * 

"  lie  aaid  thoac  worda  wUb  an  abrnjitiicai,  abnoat  wUb  ■  t: 
wtikb  wu  itratigcly  iiacharact«fiiiljc  t/T  luj  ordinary  laaaiicr.  Was  la 
frighlcDAd  hiiuMll^  or  woa  ba  irjing  to  frightea  me  J  I  d^terniMd  to 
make  bla  czpUn  binaaelTal  tbe  ontact,  k  fiu-u  I  vac  conccTncd.  *W«I 
a  moment,  d^lar,'  I  cold.  '  Do  joa  bold  cm  napgoaiblc  ibr  wbat  iaa 
b^ipenei]?  ' 

" '  CectaJnly  not,'  be  replied,  ttiSly,  '  Ndtbcr  yon  cor  ODjbodjr  ooaU 
ban  fortMon  wbat  \im  ba|i{)«e«d.  IVben  1  Mf  1  wvnld  giro  tea  tb«Ba«ad 
pound*  (0  b«  out  of  thia  bmbcM,  I  am  bbmuDg  nobod/  but  mjaeU  Aad 
wbra  1  tctl  >cu  next,  Ihtit  I,  for  one,  wod'I  allow  Hr.  Anoadalci 
rcMUTcclion  from  tlte  sea  to  be  the  min  of  nve  vithont  a  fight  foT  it,  I  tell 
j-oa,  my  dear  madam,  one  of  the  plaineal  trallu  1  erer  told  to  mu  a 
woman.  In  tbc  whole  coqfm  of  my  lir«.  Don't  tuppo«e  I  am  iuxi&ratfy 
Mpaniing  my  )Dti>T<>tit«  frotn  yoiira,  in  the  cornmoii  danger  that  new 
tfartstan  na  bolJi.  I  simply  indicate  tlic  diflctcnoe  ia  the  risk  that  m 
li«vo  re*p«:liv<-]y  run.  You  h»vc  not  iwnk  tbc  wkoJe  of  year  reworan 
in  cslah  I  lulling  it  8:iiiaturiiim  ;  atid  jfoii  havo  not  made  u  lulws  d«c)atwtiMi 
bclnrv  u  ningialmtp.  wLicb  in  piniiiliablc  as  perjury  Ly  the  law.' 

"  )  tiik'rni[>tcd  biin  again.  JJta  lelliahneu  did  ni«  inorv  gucd  tban  hi* 
tm— it  roiiBed  niy  leRijier  <'flectuiilly.  '  SiippoHt  wv  Ipt  your  riak  and  Rif 
Tuk  alone,  and  come  to  tie  point,'  I  said.  *  'Wikat  do  you  mean  tff 
making  a  fi^ht  for  it?  I  aea  a  railway  guide  oii  your  table.  DoM 
milking  11  fight  fur  it,  mvan — running  nivuy  I ' 

"  '  llttii[iir.g  uway  ? '  r';i>talL-d  tlio  dt>ctor.  '  Yon  appnir  (o  (orgei  that 
I'vvry  IHnhing  I  have  in  tlie  world  is  ombiu-kod  iu  tbis  cstubliAbuicnt,' 

"  '  Vol!  fltop  hi'TO  tlicn  ? '  I  aiiid, 

■"  Uiiijuestionably  I ' 

" '  And  what  do  yoa  mean  to  do  when  Mr.  Arrosdale  conO  (ft 
r.ngliLD<l?' 

"  A  Bolitniy  fly,  tliQ  laat  of  bis  race  whom  Uic  winter  had  apiueil,  was 
bitxxing  feuWy  about  the  d<)cti>r'8  fncu.  Jlo  caugiil  it  before  be  anaWwwJ 
nil-,  nnd  ht-Id  it  nut  across  Uic  tnbic  in  lus  clot>ctl  hand. 


ARMADALE,  ^^^"^  fi&3 

"  '  If  tliifl  fl^'fl  name  wai  Armadale,'  lie  »i\iJ,  '  and  if  you  ImJ  got  liim 
«  I  have  got  iijm  now,  what  would  tjon  do  1 ' 

"  His  eyes,  fixed  uu  my  Tncc  up  loHbis  time,  tiinied  Ki^iiilicintly,  ix 
he  cnJrd  liU  quMtion,  to  my  widow  8  dreii.  I,  loo,  look<:<l  nt  it  when  lie 
locked.  A  thrill  of  the  old  deadly  hatred,  and  ttiQ  old  deadly  detennitia- 
ti<H),  ran  tbroiigh  me  again. 

"  '  I  thcnld  kill  hira,'  I  said. 

"  Tile  doetor  sUirLed  to  hia  feet  (with  the  fly  BtUI  in  liis  liand),  and 
looked  at  me — a  little  tvo  tbcntrically' — with  an  cJcprcHioa  of  the  utmost 
horror. 

" '  Kill  him  ! '  repeated  llie  doelor  in  a  paroxysm  of  virtuous  alarm. 
'Viokncc — murdcroua  \ioleQce — ia  My  Suiatoriuiu  1  You  toko  my 
hrvntli  nway ! ' 

"  I  caught  liis  eye,  iifhile  he  was  expressing  himself  in  this  elaboistely 
indignmit  uiunntrr,  Bciuliaizing  me  with  a  Ecarchbg  curiosity  which  irns, 
to  »ay  the  leoai  of  it,  k  litlk'  «t  vanance  wilh  thu  viilwmcnce  of  hi*  Ian- 
guage  aiid  the  warmth  of  hia  tone,  IIw  kught-d  uDwwily,  whett  our  eye« 
met,  and  recovered  his  smoothly  couGJuutinl  maaoer  in  thij  jostant  that 
cbipEed  }MiwB  he  apoke  again. 

*"  1  \ivg  a  thousand  paidona,'  he  enid.  *I  ought  to  have  known  better 
than  to  take  n  Indy  too  Htcrnlly  at  !icr  word.  I'tTmit  me  to  remind  you, 
howcrer,  that  the  circiutwtance*  are  too  ncriouii  for  .inyttiing  in  llie  natur« 
of — let  U9  Mjr,  no  exaggcratioa  or  a  jvkc.  Yoa  bhall  la-ar  what  I  propoao, 
withotit  further  preface.'  IJe  paused,  and  resumed  hia  figurativQ  use  of 
the  3y  imprisoned  in  his  hand.  '  Here  is  Mr.  Armadale.  1  can  let  bim 
out,  or  keep  him  in,  justos  I  please — and  ho  knows  it.  I  say  to  him,' 
cnntinund  tlie  doetor,  faceliouHly  addre«>iing  the  fly,  '  Give  nie  proper 
seourity,  Mr.  Armtidali',  thiil  no  proceeding  of  iiny  isort  nhull  he  liikt-u 
ngainst  either  this  lady  or  myat-If,  and  J  will  let  you  o«  of  tlie  hollow  of 
my  hand.  Hefiise — and  be  the  risk  what  it  may.  I  will  keep  you  Id.* 
Can  you  doubt,  my  dear  madam,  what  Mi-.  Armadale'*  uiawer  in,  Dooncr 
or  later,  certain  to  be  T  Can  you  doubt,"  said  the  doctor,  suiting  the 
action  (o  the  word,  and  letting  the  fly  jjo,  '  that  it  will  end  to  the  tntii-c 
Mtisfiiction  of  uU  parties,  in  this  way  ? ' 

"  *  1  won't  say  at  pri'sent,'  I  otiswered,  '  whether  I  doubt  or  not.  Let 
me  make  eurv  tliut  I  unilcratand  you  Srtt.  You  propose^  if  I  nm  not 
irii«1aken,  to  shut  the  doors  of  this  placi!  on  Mr.  Arinailnlv,  iind  not  tu  lot 
tiitn  out  again,  until  he  has  agreed  to  the  terms  which  it  is  uur  interest  to 
impow  on  him  7  Hay  I  ask,  in  that  ciisc,  how  you  mean  to  mak«  him 
walk  into  the  trap  that  you  have  set  for  him  liero? ' 

"*  I  propose,'  said  ihc  doctor,  with  bin  hand  on  the  railway  guide, 
'ascertaining  fint,  at  what  tJmo  during  every  vT«ning«f  this  month  tho 
tidal  tiaiiia  from  Duvlt  and  Folkpttone  re&ch  the  London  Bridge  tei  minus. 
And  I  |>i«po*c  next,  posting  a  person  wliom  Mr.  Ammdalo  knows,  and 
whom  you  and  I  can  trii^t,  to  wwt  the  arrival  of  the  trnina^  and  to  m^vt 
our  man  at  thu  mctncal  when  he  steps  out  of  the  railiriiy  carriage.'' 

28— a 


ZOi  ^^^  ARMAOATA 

"  *  Have  jxM  tbouglit,*  I  Inqnircd,  '  of  win  Uie  penon  b  to  t>c !' 

"  *  I  liavu  Uiouglil,'  toi-i  Uic  dncicT,  ukiug  up  Amadale'k  letter,  '•( 
Uin  (tfivoD  to  whota  this  letter  ll  iidi1r(ned.' 

"  TliG  answer  startled  rat.  Waa  it  pOBsible  tliat  Le  moA  HaJkrwii 
knew  on«  nnollif  r  J    I  jxit  ike  question  imnwdiatelj'. 

"  '  Until  (i>-<}aj',  1  never  k>  tnach  as  bcaid  cf  tLc  gcnttpman'a  mbm^* 
nid  tlie  [liiclcr.  'I  liavc  simply  purntcd  llic  inducliru  imjoeM  o( 
rMisonin^,  for  whicV  wo  ar«  itKloblctI  to  lb«  immorlnl  Bacon.  How  doei 
Uiia  Tcry  important  trltcr  come  into  jour  paaKSsionl  I  cnn't  insult  fott 
bj  euppoMog  it  to  bav«  Vocn  (tolen.  Conseqtientljr,  it  has  coma  to  jron 
with  itu)  IcfiTr  lUiil  liovtHQ  of  tb«  penon  to  whom  it  is  addreaaed.  Coo- 
•cqiieiitl^-,  tbat  pcnon  is  in  ;our  confidence.  Cooscqtientljr,  he  U  the  Gnt 
person  I  think  of.  You  eeo  the  proc«ai?  Vctjgood.  Fttnnit  ine  n  ijualtM 
or  two,  on  tho  suhjoct  of  )Ir.  Bnshwood,  befcre  ve  go  on  aay  furthCT.* 

"  The  dvctor'a  qncstioni  wrat  m  Ktnuglit  to  tho  poiut  as  unial.  Uj 
Mitwcrs  informed  him  llint  Mr.  Bsihnood  Mood  towarda  ArmiMtaie  ill  tlK 
lelntioii  of  ilewaixl — tlint  he  hiul  receired  the  letter  at  Thorpe* A tnlnaB 
that  momiug,  aud  had  brought  it  ttmight  to  me  by  the  6m  Intin — tbl 
he  hiid  net  aliown  it,  oi-  spoken  of  it  before  iMving,  to  Major  Mllror  o>  ta 
uny  one  clto — that  I  liad  not  chlain^  tLia  wrrico  at  hit  handa  b^  trusliBg 
him  witli  my  iwcn-t — that  1  hnd  oommnnicated  with  him  in  the  «ltaract«r 
of  Armadulc'a  widow — that  he  hnd  suppresaed  the  letter,  under  ibcH 
circumBtancL<a,  K>l«1y  in  ohedieuce  (o  a  general  cauti<»i  I  had  gircn  hua, 
to  keep  his  own  counsel  If  nnjitiing  strange  happened  at  Thorp*-Am!'rwn 
until  he  bad  fint  CDnaulted  mc — and  lastly,  tlint  tlic  rcasou  why  lie  hail 
dc>B«  lu  !  icld  him,  in  tliL'*  matter,  wat,  that  in  ihin  matter,  and  iu  til 
ctbeto,  Mr.  Dashicood  wa*  blindly  daroted  to  my  intrrtcts. 

"  At  that  point  in  the  interrogatory,  tlie  doctor's  eyca  hrgdn  to  look  al 
in«  diatrusl fully,  be^iind  tho  dootora  spectacles. 

"  '  What  !s  the  leciet  of  thtt  blind  devotion  ot  Ur.  Ba^wtKid'*  to  yu«r 
iuUmtit'  heaalted. 

"  I  heaitateil  for  a  Moment — in  pity  lo  Bnehwood,  not  in  pity  to  mjtelC 
'If  you  iiiuat  know,'  I  umweruil,  '  Mr.  Biuhwood  is  fn  tore  with  me.' 

"  *  Ay  !  ay  r  exclaimed  the  doctor,  with  on  air  of  relieC  •  I  bej^  (• 
underBtaad  now.    la  be  a  yowig  man  t ' 

<"  He  u  aa  old  man.' 

<*Th«  dnelor  laid  Umwtlf  back  In  hts  eltnir,  and  chuckled  toAly. 
'Better  and  better  I'  lie  aaid.  '  Here  is  tho  very  mnn  we  wanu  ^Vho 
•0  fit  nfl  Mr.  Ainuidale'tf  steward  to  rae<.-l  3[r.  Annajalo  on  hia  r^tnm  to 
London.  Aud  who  go  capable  of  inHueticii^  Mr.  Bnahwoud  in  the  projier 
way  aa  the  chortntog  object  of  Mr.  Boehwood's  ndtniration  ? ' 

"  There  could  bo  no  doubt  that  Ba«hw»od  Wft9  th«  tnfin  lo  eerre'tLe 
doctor's  purpose,  and  that  my  inflnenca  wna  lo  bo  truMed  to  make  hl« 
Bcrre  it.  The  diflicuity  was  not  here — the  difGcnlty  waa  in  the  nmtn- 
twtred  ^UGfitioa  that  I  luid  put  to  the  doctor  n  luinuts  siiioe.  I  pat  tt  M 
luin  again. 


ARMADALE.  695 

" '  Suppose  Mr.  Armadale's  Btevard  meets  his  employer  at  the  ter- 
luinus,'  I  Baid.  '  May  I  ask  once  more  how  Mr,  Armadale  is  to  be  persuaded 
to  come  here  7 ' 

"  Don't  think  me  ungallaat,'  rejoined  the  doctor  in  his  gentlest  manner, 
*  if  I  ask,  on  mj  side,  how  are  men  persnaded  to  do  nine-tenths  of  the 
foolish  acts  of  their  lives  7  They  are  persuaded  by  your  charming  aex. 
The  weak  side  of  every  man  is  the  woman's  side  of  him.  We  have  only 
to  discover  the  woman's  side  of  Mr.  Armadale — to  tickle  him  on  it  gently 
— and  to  lead  him  our  way  with  a  silken  string.  I  observe  here,'  pursued 
the  doctor,  opening  Armadale's  letter, '  s  reference  to  a  certain  young  lady, 
which  looks  promising.  Where  is  the  note  that  Mr.  Armadale  speaks  of 
as  addressed  to  Miss  Milroy?' 

"Instead  of  answering  him,  I  started,  in  a  sadden  burst  of  excitement, 
to  my  feet.  The  instant  he  mentioned  Miss  Milroy's  name,  all  that  I  had 
heard  from  Bashwood  of  her  illness,  and  of  the  cause  of  it,  rushed  back 
into  my  memory.  I  saw  the  means  of  decoying  Armadale  into  the  Sana- 
torium, as  plainly  as  I  saw  the  doctor  on  the  other  side  of  the  table, 
wondering  at  the  extraordinary  change  in  me.  What  a  luxury  it  was  to 
make  Miss  Milroy  serve  my  interests  at  last ! 

"  '  Never  mind  the  note,'  I  said.  '  It's  burnt,  for  fear  of  accidents.  I 
can  tell  you  all  (and  more)  than  the  note  could  have  told  you.  Miss 
Milroy  cuts  the  knot !  Miss  Milroy  ends  the  difficulty  !  She  is  pri- 
vately engaged  to  him.  She  has  heard  the  false  report  of  his  death ; 
and  she  has  been  seriously  ill  at  Thorpe -Ambrose  ever  since.  Wheil 
Bashwood  nieete  him  at  the  station,  the  very  first  question  he  is  certain 
to  ask ' 

"  '  I  see  1 '  exclaimed  the  doctor,  anticipating  mo.  '  Mr.  Bashwood  has 
nothing  to  do  but  to  help  the  truth  with  a  touch  of  fiction.  When  he  tells 
his  master  that  the  false  report  has  reached  Miss  Milroy,  he  has  only  to 
add  that  the  shock  has  affected  her  head,  and  that  she  is  here  under 
medical  care.  Perfect !  perfect  \  Wc  shall  have  him  at  the  Sanatorium 
as  fast  as  the  fiisteat  cab-horse  in  London  can  bring  him  to  us.  And 
mind !  no  risk — no  necessity  for  trusting  other  people.  This  is  not  a 
madhouse  ;  this  is  not  a  Licensed  Establishment — no  doctors'  certificates 
arc  necessary  hero  1  Ify  dear  lady,  I  congratulate  you  ;  I  congratulate 
myself.  Permit  me  to  hand  you  the  railway  guide,  with  my  beat  compli- 
ments to  Mr.  Bafihwood,  and  with  the  page  turned  down  for  him,  as  an 
additional  attention,  at  the  right  place.' 

"  Remembering  how  long  I  had  kept  Bashwood  waiting  for  me,  I  took 
the  book  at  once,  and  wished  the  doctor  good  evening  without  further 
ceremony.  As  he  politely  opened  the  door  for  me,  he  reverted,  without 
the  slightest  necessity  for  doing  so,  and  without  a  word  from  me  to  lead 
to  if,  to  the  outburst  of  virtuous  alarm  which  had  escaped  him  at  the 
earlier  part  of  our  interview. 

'"I  do  hope,'  he  said,  'that  you  will  kindly  forget  and  foi^ve  my 
extraordinary  want  of  tact  and  perception  when — in  short,  when  I  caught 


tb«  %.     I  poaitiircly  lilti^  ut  hit  own  utiiiiidit^  in  putting  a  litnral  f^B* 
]>ri-tJiticii  oD  a  lady'i  litlle  joke  !   Violence  in  My  H«natoriam  ! '  cxcl 
tb«  doctor,  witli  hii  ejM  ones  more  fixed  attcutivclj  en  my  fuec,  *  violaei  1 
in  Uiii  cnlightcniM]  uioelecntli  ccniiuy!     Was  there  ever  anyOitn;  «aj 
ridictitoUB?     Do  fiutco  your  clcak  before  you  go  out — it  i&  so  cold  ni* 
T»vil     Sliall  I  (tfcort  yon?     Shnll  I  send  my  KrrantT     Ah,  yoatnn 
alwityaiiKlcpciiiIoot !  nlwaya,  if  !  may  ny  so,  a  boat  in  younelft     Blcy  I 
call  to-morrow  iiiDrning,  and  lieur  wlmt  you  have  acttk-d  vritb  Mr.  Boil* 

"  I  mid  yea,  nud  got  nvty  from  litm  at  last.  In  a  qusrlcr  cf  sn  lionr 
more  I  was  back  nt  ray  lodgings,  luid  voi  inruriiic*!  by  the  scrvniit  tlMt 
'  the  elderly  gpnlloiiinii*  w«8  «lill  waiting  for  me. 

"  I  hnv*?  not  got  ihfi  liwirt,  *r  the  p&tieaoG — I  liardly  know  wlueh— to 
waste  maiiy  Claris  on  what  pBS»cd  bclwi-cn  me  and  BuJiwoutl.  It  was  v 
oa»y,  so  dcgnidingly  ca>y,  to  puU  ihc  clritig*  of  th«  poor  old  [nippct  la  Miy 
wxy  1  plfsscd  I  I  uitft  iiono  oftlic  tliirtdulck's  nliicb  I  should  huve  Iwa 
obliged  to  mcrt  i»  tli«  eate  of  a  younger  mou,  or  of  a  man  leas  idiitaaied 
with  aiJniiraticn  for  nic.  I  1(^11  llic  iillusiona  to  Miaa  SJllroy  in  Arnutdaie'i 
kiter,  wliich  bad  nntumlly  pizilcd  liiiii,  to  be  explained  at  n  juttire  titnr- 
I  nvTcr  oven  troubled  mjrvclf  I'D  icvcot  a  plausible  reason  for  wisliing  bin 
to  meet  Arriindalo  at  tlic  loroiinUH,  nnd  to  entrap  liim  by  a  Btmtsginn  into 
tLo  (loutor'a  Sajialorium.  All  tEiat  I  found  it  necessary  to  ilo  nn.t  to  rcTrr 
to  wb.it  I  hail  wriitcu  to  Mr.  Bnniiwood,  on  my  urrival  in  London,  an<l  t" 
wliat  1  luid  atlLTwiinlt  Aaid  Iv  biiii,  when  be  ctiiio  to  answer  my  Ivtl«r 
pcrMmatly  al  tlic  liclci, 

"'You  know  already,'  I  Enid,  '  ttiat  my  marriage  hna  ncl  hem  ft 
bap|iy  one.  Praw  yuiir  unii  conclusions  from  that — and  doa't  pT«» 
to  tell  you  vhc'ther  tho  news  of  Mr.  Armadale's  rrticue  from  Lho  sea  it* 
or  is  not,  tlie  welcome  uema  ibat  It  ougbt  lu  be  to  his  wife  I'  That  «u 
enough  to  put  hia  withered  old  face  in  a  glow,  aiid  to  act  bta  witlimd 
('III  hopes  growing  again.  I  bad  only  to  add, '  If  yon  will  do  what  I  ailc 
you  to  do,  no  mutter  how  iiicoiDiireliciisiblcniid  how  mysterious  my  requcM 
may  necm  to  be;  and  il'  you  will  accept  my  iisjunmc«i(  tliat  you  sbaU  ma 
no  lialc  yourself,  and  that  you  sliall  receive  the  proper  cjcplanatioiu  at  iha 
proper  time — yoxi.  wIU  baro  tucb  a  claim  on  my  gratitude  and  my  rfguA 
as  no  iiiiLiL living  bait  ever  hod  yt-tl'  I  hnd  only  to  say  those  'Words,  and 
to  potiii  ilii'tii  by  a  1oi>k  and  a  stolen  pn-wiire  of  his  hand ;  ntMJ  I  had  hiw 
At  my  feel,  blindly  eager  to  obty  «ie.  If  bo  could  have  acen  wlyit  I 
of  myself—  but  tbat  doesn't  matter :  lie  saw  notbitig. 

"Hours  have  passed  since  I  ecnt  him  iiwny  (pledged  to  secrecy, 
Hfar4  of  lits  insinictioDS,  and  provided  with  his  time-table)  to  th«  botJ 
iivar  the  lerniiiius,  at  which  he  is  to  slay  till  ArmadalQ  appcan  cot  H^ 
railway  pbttfarui.  The  cxcilL-meat  of  the  earlier  part  of  the  eveninff  ha* 
all  worn  ofi~;  and  the  dull,  numbed  sonsntiuii  hn^  got  me  again.  Ar«  my 
energies  weaiiug  out,  1  wuuder,  jiul  at  ihc  timo  wbi-u  I  must  want  ibem* 


had  hin 
!cy.po»-^ 


arm:adale.  097 

Or  is  some  foreshaiiowing  of  disaster  creeping  over  mo  which  I  don't  yet 
understand  7 

"  I  might  be  in  a  humour  to  sit  here  for  some  time  longer,  thinking 
thoughts  like  these,  and  letting  them  find  their  way  into  words  at  their 
own  will  and  pleasure — if  my  Diary  would  only  let  me.  But  ray  idle 
pen  has  been  busy  enough  to  make  its  way  to  the  end  of  the  volume.  1 
liave  reached  the  last  morsel  of  space  left  on  the  last  page  ;  and  whether 
I  like  it  or  not,  I  must  close  the  book  this  time  for  good  and  all,  when  I 
close  it  to-night. 

"  Good-by,  my  old  friend  and  compaaion  of  many  a  miserable  day  1 
Having  nothing  else  to  be  fond  of,  I  half  suspect  myself  of  having  been 
unreasonably  fond  of  ^ou. 

".What  a  fool  I  am  I " 

THE    END    OF    THE    FIFTn    BOOK. 


Book   tue   Last. 


ciiaiter  l 
At  the  Terminus. 

On  the  Bight  of  the  second  of  December,  Mr.  Bushwood  took  up  his  post 
of  observation  at  tlie  terminus  of  the  South  Eastern  Kailway  for  the  first 
time.  It  vms  an  earlier  date,  by  six  days,  than  the  date  which  Allan  had 
himself  fixed  for  his  return.  But  the  doctor,  taking  counsel  of  Iiis  medical 
experience,  had  considered  it  just  probable  that  "Mr.  Armadale  might 
be  perverse  enough,  at  his  enviable  age,  to  recover  sooner  than  his  medical 
advisers  might  have  anticipated."  For  caution's  sake,  therefore,  Mr. 
Bashwood  was  instructed  to  begin  watching  the  arrival  of  the  tidal 
trains,  on  the  day  after  he  had  received  his  employer's  letter. 

From  the  second  to  the  seventh  of  December,  the  steward  waited 
punctually  on  the  platform,  saw  the  trains  come  In,  and  satisfied  himself, 
evening  allcr  evening,  that  the  travellers  were  all  strangers  to  him.  From 
the  second  to  the  seventh  of  December,  Miss  Gwilt  (to  return  to  the 
name  under  which  she  is  best  known  in  these  pages)  received  his  daily 
report,  sometimes  delivered  personally,  sometimes  sent  by  letter.  The 
doctor,  to  whom  the  reports  were  communicated,  received  them  in  his  turn 
with  unabated  confidence  in  the  precautiuns  tliat  had  been  adopted,  up  to 
tlic  morning  of  the  eighth.  On  tliat  date,  the  irritaiion  of  continued  sus- 
pense had  produced  a  change  for  the  worse  in  Miss  Gwilt's  variable 
temper,  which  was  perceptible  to  every  one  about  her,  and  which,  strangely 
enough,  was  reflected  by  an  equally  marked  cliange  in  the  doctor's  manner 


598  AmAnxnt 

wtKs  be  aaae  U>  fay  lib  «mu1  vi«L  Bf  ■  eplachlteee  so  c^trtordiBtry. 
tl)kl  hi!  CDCmiM  nigiit  1i>t«  mpwtod  it  of  not  bdag  a  coiaeidtBee  M 
bII,  tll<^  roonus^  os  vUcb  Mtn  OwDt  kial  "Wer  |alieoee,  pnmd  to  be  ibs 
tlie  awrntiq  Qo  winch  tbff  dwtov  lotC  ha  oooSdoiee  fbr  the  6nl  titoft 

"K*  OBWB,  oT  eoaftp,"  he  Mid,  ittdgg  dawn  with   »  liaiTy 
"  TTeU  !  wril ! " 

Mm  Gwilt  l««k«<]  up  tl  him  tnilablj,  from  hn  work. 

**  Tow  nem  atnugelj  dtprewoJ  ifab  momiag,'  she  mad.    "  What  n 
jOQ  R&aul  of  oow  ?" 

^  Tb«  impntaHod  of  l)«iog  RfnU,  tiadmn,'"  •nnweiwl  Uie  doctor, 
■otemnlT-,  "  is  not  W)  hn^itttatian  ttt  ca:«  mhljr  on  nn^  iiiui>~«vti)  wIkb 
he  bclw^  to  such  aa  esMiitully  peaceful  proloHoa  as  iiuii«.  E  ks)  art 
afruid.  I  Am  (:u  jou  more  oomctljr  put  it  in  the  Gnt  inatanec)  straagrif 
d^fuened.  Mjr  natttrc  is,  u  7011  know.  natamSj  taogiune,  and  1  oolf 
M9  to-day,  what,  but  for  mj  habitoat  bopcftdnoa,  I  might  have  ttta, 
ought  to  hira  wea,  a  wedc  nnoe.'* 

Mi«    Owilt    impatioDtlj  threw    down   bcr   wotk.     "If   wotda' 
mooejr,*'  Av  odd,  "  th«  luxury  of  utking  would  btt  ruber  an 
laxofy,  in  your  case  I  " 

■*  Which  I  might  hare  a»B,  and  on^hl  to  haT«  «evQ,"  rtitcrated  tfce 
dooior,  wiiboQt  taldng  the  tligbtest  notice  or  th«  iBtemiptiDe,  "  a  wal: 
Bin».  To  pal  it  pluDlj,  I  feci  bj  00  menu  so  oeriMiD  ai  I  did,  i!uf 
Mr.  Armadolu  will  eniis#nt,  without  s  atntggle,  to  ifae  teram  which  it  a  m* 
inumt  (and  in  a  miaor  degree  youn)  to  impoM  on  him.  Otwrtre!  1 
don't  qoesiion  our  entrapping  him  uxMeMfoIl^  iato  tlie  Sanaioriom— I 
otdy  doubt  whether  he  will  prore  qnita  aa  man^gMblo  u  I  origiBaO/ 
asli«tp«ted,  when  we  I^re  got  him  ihcrv.  847,"  remarks  the  dotur, 
niiiiig  bif  (7M  for  tlio  first  time,  and  fixing  then  in  Mead/  inquiijoi 
Mifts  Gwill ;  "  saj  ihai  he  is  bold,  «bsliiiate,  what  70a  plcww ;  and  dW 
he  holds  out — hulda  oat  Tor  wccha  together,  for  luoniha  togetber,  ai  ■« 
in  similar  aituntionx  to  hit  hare  hdd  out  b«fen>  him.  What  httwif 
The  rifllt  of  keeping  him  Ibrubly  in  ciincenlmrtit— of  anppre«diig  hi«,  V 
I  may  iw  e!tpre«  myBelf-^nesreas«  at  compoiuid  intercut,  and  beaoflini 
EnorroouK !  My  liouae  is,  at  this  moment,  rittiiallj  ready  for  padcab. 
PalientH  nmy  present  ihemecivcs  in  a  week's  lime.  Ptiiicnia  may  eom- 
nunicatc  with  Mr  Armsdnlo,  or  Mr.  Ammdtilo  may  communicate  wilk 
patients.  A  note  may  l)e  smugglcil  out  of  the  house,  itnd  miy  reaeh  Ibt 
Commisatoncn  in  Lnnney.  Even  in  the  caicof  an  nnlicciuwd  eetabliib- 
ment  like  mine,  tlioac  gentlemen — no  I  those  chnnered  dMpoU  in  a  kt^ 
of  Iib<-rty — hiire  only  to  apply  to  ihe  Lord  Chancellor  for  an  order,  and  h 
enter  (by  henvena,  to  enter  My  Sanntorium  ! )  and  ttearcb  tfac  bunw  finta 
top  to  bottom  at  a  moment's  notice  1  1  don't  with  to  de«pond  i  I  do^ 
wiah  to  alarm  you ;  I  don't  pretend  to  say  tltat  the  meana  we  aiv  tatinc  to 
Hciire  cur  own  aofc-ly  are  nny  other  tlian  the  best  meanx  at  our  disptwil 
All  1  ask  you  to  d^  is  to  imagine  the  Commissioners  in  the  ho' 
th«B  lo  oottceire  ibe  coiueqni.-nct«.    The  cooKqucocea  1 "  r«peale4' 


ARMADALt:.  599 

doctor,  getting  Bternly  OQ  his  feet,  and  taking  up  his  hat  aa  if  he  meant  to 
leare  the  room. 

"  Have  you  anything  more  to  say  ?  "  asked  Miss  GwUt. 

"  Have  you  any  remarfes,"  rejoined  the  doctor,  "  to  offer  on  you* 
side  ?  " 

He  stood  hat  in  hand,  waiting.  For  a  full  minute  the  two  looked  at 
each  other  in  silence. 

Mias  Gwilt  apoke  first. 

"I  think  I  understand  you,"  she  said,  suddenly  recovering  her 
composure. 

"  I  h^  your  pardon,"  returned  the  doctor,  with  his  hand  to  his  ear. 
"  What  did  you  say  ?  " 

"  Nothing." 

"Nothing?" 

"  If  you  happened  to  catch  another  fly  this  morning,"  said  Misa  Gwilt, 
with  a  hitteriy  sarcastic  empbasis  on  the  words,  "  I  might  he  capable  of 
shocking  you  by  another  '  little  joke.' " 

The  doctor  held  up  both  hands,  in  polite  deprecation,  and  looked  as  if 
he  was  beginning  to  recover  his  good  humour  again. 

"  Hard,"  ho  murmured  gently,  "  not  to  have  forgiven  me  that  unlucky 
blunder  of  mine,  even  yet  1  " 

"  What  else  have  you  to  say  ?  I  am  waiting  for  you,"  said  Misa 
Gwilt.  She  turned  her  chair  to  the  window  scornfully,  and  took  up  her 
work  again,  as  she  spoke. 

The  doctor  came  behind  her,  and  put  his  hand  ou  the  back  of  her 
chair. 

"I  have  a  question  to  aak,  in  the  first  place,"  he  said;  "and  a 
measure  of  necessary  precaution  to  suggest  in  the  second.  If  you  will 
honour  me  with  your  attention,  I  will  put  the  question  first." 

"  I  am  listening." 

"  You  know  that  Mr.  Armadale  is  alive,"  pursued  the  doctor ;  "  and 
you  know  that  he  is  coming  back  to  England.  Why  do  you  continue  to 
wear  your  widow's  dress?  " 

She  answered  him  without  an  instant's  hesitation,  steadily  going  on 
with  her  work. 

"  Because  I  am  of  a  sanguine  disposition,  like  you.  I  mean  to  trust 
to  the  chapter  of  accidents  to  the  very  last.  Mr.  Armadale  may  die  yet, 
on  his  way  home." 

"  And  suppose  he  gets  home  alive — what  then  ?  " 

"  Then  there  is  another  chance  still  left." 

"What  is  it,  pray?" 

"  He  may  die  in  your  Sanatorium." 

"  Madam ! "  remonstrated  the  doctor  in  the  deep  bass  which  he 
reserved  for  hia  outbursts  of  virtuous  indignation.  "  Wait  1  you  spoke 
of  the  chapter  of  accidents,"  he  resumed,  gliding  back  into  his  softer 
conrersational  tones.    "  Yea  1  yee  I  of  course.    I  uuderstand  you  this  time. 


Eren  Uie  IteiJiiq;  «rt  'n  at  Hm  mercy  of  ncddentg  -tiveu  nudi  &  SmBMriMB 
B8  mine  10  liable  to  be  uirpri^  by  UeRtb.  Jtui  no !  jwt  n!"  W 
UiQ  dociOT,  conceding  tkc  qii(»tiuii  wt(L  (he  utmost  Iiiifiarl'uiUiy.  "  Tors 
is  iLc  diapter  of  iKCi<leat*,  1  lubuil — if  you  cbooM  to  trtifil  to  it.  Ului' 
I  $»y  emiiliAtieally,  1/  you  clioovc  to  trim  lo  it." 

There  WM  anoilier  momeDt  of  silence — ailcnco  so  proronml  tho:  :c- 
lliing  WM  Kudibiti  iu  the  room  but  lli«  rapid  c/ici  of  Jklica  Gwiit'«  noc^ 
Ihrough  her  work. 

"Goon,"  sheeaid;  '*  you  harea't  done  y«t." 

"True I"  KU1I  Hm  doctor.  "Havii^  put  my  qaestioi],  I  bna  n 
measare  of  precaution  to  imprcts  ou  you  uext.  You  will  kc,  my  Am 
iDDdaiD,  lliat  I  aia  not  disposed  to  tntsl  to  ihc  diapter  of  accideola  w  v} 
■Ide.  Rdlcctioa  has  coQTincrd  me  that  you  and  1  arc  not  (locally  i^au- 
Ing)  90  conveiiti-nUy  situated  as  vc  might  be,  in  ciue  of  emto^geacy.  Oh 
are,  as  yvt,  ntru  in  this  rapidly-improving  ncigbbourliocid.  I  am  twvJj 
minutes'  walk  frwn  youj  you  ar«  twenty  niiittitm'  walk  from  me.  I 
Inoiv  nctljing  of  Mr.  Arniodnli-'a  chamclcr;  you  kuow  it  wtU.  It  tasglt 
be  noeoeary ^vitally  nccceaar}' — to  appeal  to  your  ioipcrior  knowMe**' 
liitn  at  a  moment's  notice.  And  how  am  I  to  do  that  unless  we  amritUi 
taey  reach  of  each  other,  under  the  aanw  roof  7  Id  both  our  inumM  1 
beg  to  invite  you,  my  dear  m&dani,  to  beoomo  lor  a  Ituitod  petM^  at 
iiiniAtc  of  My  Sanatorium." 

Alisa  Givtit's  npid  ncc-dlu  euddenly  stopped.  "I  undentaod  T0il|"lfcf 
taid  again,  ns  ([ui^tly  na  before. 

"  I  beg  your  p.-irdnn,"  said  llie  doctor,  with  oiiotlicr  attack  of  dta&M 
and  wilb  liix  bmid  onco  more  nt  his  o&r. 

i^lie  laughed  lu  hi.-n)i-lf— n  low,  terrible  laugh,  wliicit  startled  rraAr 
doctor  iulo  lakiug  his  hand  vlFthc  Luck  uf  her  chair. 

"An  inmate  of  your  Sjinalorium?"  aim  rcpeatcti.  "Yon  <ou^ 
n^ipi'arancca  in  everytliliig  else — do  you  propote  to  oonault  appeatsnoa  0 
receLring  nie  inlo  your  bouse  ?  " 

"  Most  BRuredly  t "  replied  the  doctor,  with  ealhuxiasm.  c  I  am  aff<- 
prised  al  your  atViiig  mu  thv  question  1  Did  you  ever  koov  a  man  ofttj 
eniltience  in  my  prufvaKion  i^lio  Bctappi>ftranccaatOefi;incc?  If  ivu  Iion" 
Die  by  ecccptiii)^  my  ijirilulion,  you  enter  My  Sunutoriura  in  iIm  w* 
unimpeachable  of  oil  poaoible  chai-actere — in  the  chanotcr  of  a  Poiicst.'' 

"  When  do  ycu  want  my  aoawer  ?  " 

*'  Can  you  decide  to-day  ?  " 

"  No.'' 

"  To-niorrow  ? " 

'*  Y**.     Ilnvo  you  anything  more  to  any  7  " 

"Nolhiitg  in»rv." 

"  Lejivc  iHu  iheii.  /  don't  keep  up  appearuacea.  I  wish  to  bealH^' 
and  I  say  so.     Good  morning." 

"  Oh,  the  Bcx  ]  the  aex  !  "  tald  the  doctor,  with  his  <xcclleal  Wnf 
in  perfect  working  ordtr  mgaui.     "  80  delighlfuUy  impukive  !  w  elant- 


ARMADALE.  601 

ingly  reckless  of  what  thay  say,  or  how  they  say  it  I  '  Oh,  woman,  in 
our  hours  of  ease,  uncertain,  coy,  and  hard  to  please  I '  There  !  there  I 
there  I     Good  morning  1 " 

Miss  Gwilt  rose  and  looked  after  him  cooteniptously  from  the  window, 
■when  the  street-door  had  closed,  and  he  had  left  the  house. 

"  Armadale  himself  drove  me  to  it  the  first  time,"  she  said.  "  Manuel 
drove  me  to  it  the  second  time. — You  cowardly  scoundrel !  shall  I  let  you 
drive  me  to  it  for  the  thii'd  time  and  the  last  7 " 

She  turned  from  the  window,  and  looked  thoughtfully  at  her  widow's 
dress  in  the  gloss. 

The  hours  of  the  day  passed — and  she  decided  nothing.  The  night 
came — and  she  hesitated  still.  The  new  morning  dawned — and  the 
terrible  question  was  still  unansn'ored. 

By  the  early  post  there  came  a  letter  for  her.  It  was  Mr.  Baahwood's 
usual  report.     Again  he  had  watched  for  Allan's  arrival,  and  again  in  vain. 

"  I'll  have  more  time  ! "  she  determined  passionately.  "  No  man  alive 
fiball  hurry  me  faster  than  I  like  ! " 

At  breakfast  that  morning  (the  morning  of  tlie  ninth)  the  doctor  was 
surprised  in  his  study  by  a  visit  from  Miss  Gwilt. 

'*  I  want  another  day,"  she  said,  the  moment  the  servant  had  closed 
the  door  on  her. 

The  doctor  looked  at  her  before  he  answered,  and  saw  the  danger  of 
driving  her  to  extremities  plainly  expressed  in  her  face. 

"The  time  is  getting  on,"  ho  remonstrated  in  his  most  persuasive 
manner.  "  For  all  we  know  to  the  contrary,  Mr.  Armadale  may  be  here 
to-night." 

"  I  want  another  day  1 "  she  repeated,  loudly  and  passionately. 

"  Grantt'd  ! "  said  the  doctor,  looking  nervously  towards  the  door. 
"Don't  be  too  loud — the  servants  may  hear  you.  Mind  I"  he  added, 
"  I  depend  on  your  honour  not  to  press  me  for  any  further  delay." 

"  You  had  better  depend  on  my  despair,"  slie  said — and  left  him. 

Tlie  doctor  chipped  the  shell  of  his  ^g,  and  laughed  softly. 

"  Quite  right,  my  dear  I "  he  thought.  "  I  remember  where  your 
despair  led  you  in  past  times  ;  and  I  think  I  may  trust  it  to  lead  you 
the  same  way  now." 

At  a  quarter  to  eight  o'clock  that  night,  Mr.  Basliwood  took  up  his  post 
of  ob^rvation  as  usual  on  the  platform  of  the  terminus  at  London  Bridge. 

He  was  in  the  bifjhest  good  spirits ;  he  smiled  and  smirked  in  impres- 
sible  exultation.  The  sense  that  he  held  in  reserve  a  means  of  influence 
over  Miss  Gwilt,  in  viiluo  of  his  knowledge  of  her  past  career,  hud  had 
no  share  in  effecting  the  transformation  that  now  appeared  in  him.  It  had 
upheld  Ilia  courage  in  his  forlorn  life  at  Thorpe-Ambrose,  and  it  had 
given  him  that  increased  confidence  of  manner  which  Miss  Gwilt  herself 
liad  noticed ;  but,  from  the  moment  when  he  had  regained  his  old  place 
in  her  favour,  it  had  vanished  as  a  motive  power  in  him,  annihilated  by  the 


■heuie  ^Mck  »r  lier  hnA  wad  her  look.  Uia  vanity — lb?  tkb'Aj  a^ 
ID  BMn  at  fcia  agii  i»  «nlf  d^nr  in  Atg^m — had  now  Uft«<d  btm  m  di 
Httaifc  bcsTtn  of  tonoca  'kiniiiw  oocsmire.  B«  beUeved  ia  bsi|M 
n  be  UivTcd  to  Hm  mmaxt  nrw  viatar  Pfc«^«o«i  tkai  be  won— «li 
Wlwvtd  in  tbc  dvnqr  Btll«  cm*  (mppnftiUa  (o  Om  «fawiiiq|  imSpm  4 
bda  JB  tbor  iccni)  thu  be  flatkriifaal  in  bn  haiMl.  II*  honuaad!  lb 
wctn-eul  old  crtatero  wbo  had  wA  MUig  biic«  hu  duldbood,  kmoMd  ■ 
"ha  jaevd  ill*  pburutm  the  few  fnpnnti  be  amM  remember  of  a  ■»» 
aUeUwm^. 

Ttio  tnin  wm  due  u  fxrlj  as  eigbt  o'dodt  ibai  night.  At  in 
ndmitea  paM  the  hoar,  the  wluiUe  taaaAA  Ib  Iom  tbm  Sre  nMa 
■an^  tbe  p— ngen,  wen  feitbg  oitl  on  Ibe  pletlbmi. 

Following  tbe  bwtractkew  that  had  been  g)v«ii  to  htm,  Mr.  BiA«M< 
foade  hta  way  aa  -kAX  aa  the  mwd  weaM  Irt  him.  aloog  the  fa*  <(j 
cartUKca;  asd  ducoTciuig  no  linuliar  &cc  on  that  fint   ianat^iA^] 
joined  ihc  feawi^m  far  a  KCood  March  among  tltem  In  the 
booae  waJilng-room  noxL 

He  had  WVvd  round   Uia  iryjiii,  end  had  aattafi«d  bimnlf  tlal  IMJ 
penoM  oecupying  tL  were  all  atrangeni,  whm  he  henrd  a  ntoe  Mot 
bhn,  exdainuns,  "  Can  that  be  Ur.  Bailiwood  I  " 

U«  laroed  in  Mgn  t!xp«ctatiDn  ;  nad  round  lunuclf  (ac<  la  bee  "ni ' 
the  fant  nan  under  hcaren  wbotn  he  lied  expected  to 
Th«  nuD  waft  Mmtracm. 


aiAmni  u. 

Ix     TUE     lIotTBU. 

Ifonaxo  Mr.  Qfljdiwood's  coufiuion  (aAn-  a  momeai'a  glance  M  thednagt 
in  bis  personal  apprAmncc),  3Iidwintcr  tpoke  firat. 

"  I  aoo  I  ))&Tc  i>nq)H»(yl  ynti,"  he  uiid.  "  Yoa  wcr«  lookii^',  I  uppw. 
for  somebody  else  ?  Hare  you  heard  fh>m  AUan  f  la  lie  os  his  way  \tm 
Rgnia  ahmdy  I " 

The  ini^uifj  about  AUnn,  though  it  woold  oaturally  have  anggatwi  Mf 
to  any  one  in  Midwiater'a  poBi^on  at  that  moment.,  added  to  Ktr.  BmA- 
troodNl  wnrusion.  Not  knowing  how  ol*«  to  extricate  liimscJi'  from  lb* 
critical  position  in  which  lie  wna  placed,  he  look  rfAigc  in  aimple  dninL 

"  I  know  nothing  about  Mr.  Armndale — olidear,  no,Bir,  1  fcuownothin 
about  Mr.  ArtnnilnlA,"  be  eBaw<>red  with  ncedlma  ea^rneM  and  htat^- 
"  Wokome  hack  to  KngUui],  mr,"  Iio  n^nt  on^  changing  the  mihjf^i  ia  Va 
tterrouily  tallaiUv«  mnitntT.  "  1  iliilti'l  know  you  bod  been  nhniad.  h'i> 
M  long  aincv  wc  havo  bad  the  picnamv — since  1  have  had  tho  |tleaiuK.— 
lUvo  yon  ciijnyed  yonracEf,  sir,  in  Ibrdga  parts?  Bach  dlflVrent  mimft*" 
from  oiira — ^yee,  yes,  yc*, — inch  different  manner*  frvni  ouia  I  Do  ya* 
make  n  long  slay  In  Eiigbmt],  now  jroii  Iihto  come  bade  7  '' 

"  i  batdly  know,"  anid  Hidwintor.     "  I  haro  been  obliged  to  altr 


ASUADALE.  608 

my  plans,  and  to  coine  to  England  unexpectedly."  ■  He  hesitated  a  little  ; 
hia  manner  cbacged,  and  he  added  in  lower  tones,  "  A  BeriouB  anxiety 
baa  brought  me  back.  I  can't  eay  what  my  plans  will  be  until  that  anziety 
ia  set  at  rest." 

The  light  of  a  lamp  fell  on  his  face  while  he  apoke,  and  Mr.  Bashwood 
obserred,  for  the  first  time,  that  he  looked  sadly  worn  and  changed, 

"  Fm  sorry,  air — I'm  sure  I'm  very  sorry.  If  I  could  be  of  any 
use— 7  "  suggested  Mr.  Bashwood,  speaking  under  the  influence,  in  some 
decree  of  his  nervous  politeness,  and  in  some  degree  of  his  remembrance 
of  what  Midwinter  had  done  for  him  at  Thorpe-Ambrose  in  the  bygone 
time. 

Midwinter  thanked  him,  and  turned  away  sadly.  "  I  am  afraid  you 
can  be  of  no  use  Mr.  Bashwood — but  I  am  obliged  to  you  for  your  offfer, 
all  the  same."  He  stopped,  and  considered  a  little,  "  Suppose  she  should 
not  be  iU  ?  Suppose  some  misfortune  should  have  happened  7 "  ho 
Tesnmed,  speaking  to  htmself^  and  turning  again  towards  the  steward.  "  If 
abe  has  left  her  mother,  some  trace  of  her  might  be  found  by  inquiring 
at  Thorpe- Ambrose." 

Mr.  Bashwood's  curiosity  was  instantly  aroused.  The  whole  sex  Wiis 
interesting  to  him  now,  for  the  sake  of  Miss  Gwilt. 

"  A  lady,  sir  ?  "  he  inquired.     "  Are  you  looting  fot  a  lady  7  " 

"  I  am  looking,"  said  Midwinter  simply,  "for  my  wife." 

"  Married,  sir  I "  exclaimed  Mr.  Bashwood.     "  Married  since  I  last 

had  the  pleasure  of  seeing  you  1    Might  I  take  the  liberty  of  asking ?  " 

Midwinter's  eyes  dropped  uneasily  to  the  ground. 
"  Tou  knew  the  lady  in  former  times,"  he  said,     "  I  have  married 
Miss  Gwilt." 

The  steward  started  back,  as  he  might  have  started  back  ftom  a  loaded 
pistol,  levelled  at  his  head.  His  eyes  glared  as  if  he  had  suddenly  lost 
his  senses,  and  the  nervous  trembling  to  which  he  was  subject  shook  him 
from  head  to  foot. 

"What's  the  matter?"  asked  Midwinter.  There  was  no  answer. 
"  What  is  there  so  very  startling,"  he  went  on,  a  little  impatiently,  "  in 
Miss  Gwilt's  being  my  wife  ?  " 

"  Towr  wife?"  repeated  Mr.  Bashwood,  helplessly.  "Mrs.  Arma- 
dale  1 "     He  checked  himself  by  a  desperate  effort,  and  eaid  no  more. 

The  stupor  of  astonishment  which  possessed  the  steward  was  instantly 
reflected  in  Midwinter's  face.  The  name  in  which  he  had  secretly  married 
his  wife  had  passed  tho  lips  of  the  last  man  in  the  world  whom  he  would 
have  dreamed  of  admitting  into  his  confidence  I  He  took  Mr.  Bashwood 
by  the  arm,  and  led  him  away  to  a  quieter  part  of  the  terminus  than  the 
part  of  it  in  which  they  had  hitherto  spoken  to  each  other. 

"  You  referred  to  my  wife  just  now,"  he  said ;  "  and  you  spoke  of 
Jtfrs.  Armadale  in  the  same  breath.     What  do  you  mean  by  that  7  " 

Agiun  there  was  no  answer.  Utterly  incapable  of  understanding 
more  than  that  he  had  iuTolved  himself  in  some  Berioos  complication  which 


C04  ARMADALE. 

was  a  complete  mystery  to  him,  Mr.  Basil  wood  struggled  to  extricate  liim' 
Eelf  from  tlm  grasp  that  was  laid  oa  liim,  and  struggled  in  vain, 

MidwiDter  Gternlj  ropeated  tbo  question.  "  I  ask  you  again,"  he  saiJ, 
"  what  do  you  mean  by  it?  " 

"  Nothing,  air  1  I  give  you  my  word  of  honour  I  meant  nothing ! ' 
He  felt  the  hand  on  bis  arm  tightening  its  grasp ;  he  eaw,  even  in  the 
obscurity  of  the  remote  comer  in  which  they  stoad,  that  jUidwinter'a  finr 
temper  was  rising,  and  was  not  to  be  trifled  with.  The  extremiQr  of  bk 
danger  inspired  him  with  the  one  ready  capacity  that  a  timid  mu 
possesses  when  he  is  compelled  by  main  force  to  face  an  emergency — tht 
capacity  to  lie.  "  I  only  meant  to  say,  sir,"  he  burst  out,  with  a  deipe- 
ratc  efibrt  to  look  and  speak  confidently,  "  that  Mr.  Armadale  would  be 
surprised " 

"  You  said  Mrs.  Armadale  I  " 

"  No,  sir — on  my  word  of  honour,  on  my  sacred  word  of  honour,  yoa 
are  mistaken — you  are  indeed  !  I  said  J/r.*Armadalti — ^how  could  I  nr 
anything  else?  Please  to  let  me  go,  sir — I'm  pressed  for  time.  I  do 
assure  you  I'm  dreadfully  pressed  for  time !  " 

For  a  moment  longer  Midwinter  maintdncd  his  holdi  and  in  thit 
moment  lie  decided  what  to  do. 

He  had  accurately  stated  his  motive  for  returning  to  England  as  pro- 
ceeding from  anxiety  about  his  wife — anxiety  naturally  caused  (after  the 
regiilar  receipt  of  a  letter  from  her  every  other,  or  every  third  day)  by 
the  sudden  cessation  of  the  correspondence  between  them  on  her  aide  fca  a 
whole  week.  The  first  vaguely- terrible  suspicion  of  some  other  reason  for 
her  eilence  than  the  reason  of  accident  or  of  illness,  to  which  he  bad 
Iiitherlo  attributed  it,  had  struck  through  him  like  a  sudden  chill  the 
instant  be  heard  the  steward  associate  the  name  of  "  Mrs.  Armadale  "  widi 
the  idea  of  his  wife.  Little  irrt^larities  in  her  correspondeoce  with  bin, 
which  be  Lad  thus  far  only  thought  strange,  now  came  back  on  his  miad 
and  proclaimed  themselves  to  be  suspicious  as  well.  He  had  hitherto 
believed  the  reasons  she  had  given  for  referring  him,  when  he  answered 
her  lutters,  to  no  more  definite  address  than  an  address  at  a  post-office. 
Now  he  EUKi)ected  her  reasons  of  being  excuses,  for  the  first  time.  He 
had  hitherto  resolved,  on  reaching  London,  to  inquire  at  tbo  only  place  be 
knew  of  at  which  a  clue  to  her  could  be  found — the  address  she  had  given 
him  as  the  address  at  which  "her  mother"  lived.  Now  (with  a  motive 
which  he  was  afraid  to  define  even  to  himself,  but  which  was  strong 
enough  to  overbear  every  other  consideration  in  his  mind),  he  determined, 
before  all  things,  to  solve  the  mystery  of  Mr.  Bashwood's  familioiity 
with  a  secret,  which  was  a  marriage- secret  between  himself  and  his  wife. 
Any  direct  appeal  to  a  man  of  tlie  steward's  disposition,  in  the  atcwaid*! 
present  state  of  mind,  would  be  evidently  useless.  The  weapoo  of 
deception  was,  in  this  case,  a  weapon  literally  forced  into  Midwinto^ 
Iiands.  He  let  go  of  Mr.  Boshwood'a  arm,  and  accepted  Mr.  Bm 
explanation. 


ABMADALE.  605 

"  I  beg  your  pardon,"  he  said,  "  I  Lave  no  doubt  yon  are  right.  Pray 
attribute  my  rudeness  to  over-anxiety  and  over-faligue,  I  wish  you 
good  evening." 

The  station  was  by  this  time  almost  a  solitude  ;  the  passengers  by  the 
train  being  assembled  at  the  examination  of  tlieir  luggage  in  the  custom- 
house waiting- room.  It  was  no  easy  matter,  ostensibly  to  take  leave  of 
Mr.  Ba.abwood,  and  really  to  keep  him  in  view.  But  Midwinter's  early 
life  with  his  gipsy  master  had  been  of  a  nature  to  practise  him  in  such 
stratagems  as  he  was  now  compelled  to  adopt.  He  walked,  away  towards 
the  waiting-room  by  the  line  of  empty  carriages — opened  the  door  of  one 
of  them ,  as  if  to  look  aflcr  something  that  he  had  htt  behind — and  detected 
Mr.  Bashwood  making  for  the  cab-rank  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  plat- 
form. Id  an  instant,  Midwinter  bad  crossed,  and  had  passed  through  the 
long  row  of  vehicles,  so  as  to  skirt  it  on  the  side  farthest  from  the 
platform.  He  entered  the  second  cab  by  the  left-hand  door,  the  moment 
aAer  Mr.  Baahwood  had  entered  the  first  cab  by  tlie  right-hand  door. 
"  Double  your  tare,  whatever  it  is,"  he  said  to  the  driver,  "  if  you  keep 
the  cab  before  you  in  view,  and  follow  it  wherever  it  goes."  In  a  minute 
more  both  vehicles  were  on  their  way  out  of  the  station. 

The  clerk  sat  in  his  sentry-box  at  the  gate,  taking  down  the  destioa- 
tioDS  of  the  caba  aa  they  passed.  Midwinter  heard  the  man  who  was 
driving  him,  call  out  "  Hampstead  1 "  as  he  went  by  the  clerk's  window." 

"  Why  did  you  say  '  Hampstead  7  '  he  asked  when  they  had  left  the 
station. 

"  Because  the  man  before  me  aaid  '  Hampstead,'  sir,"  answered  the 
driver. 

Over  and  over  again,  on  the  wearisome  journey  to  the  north-western 
suburb,  Midwinter  asked  if  the  cab  was  still  in  sight.  Over  and  over 
again,  the  man  answered,  "  Bight  in  firont  of  us." 

It  was  between  nine  and  ten  o'clock,  when  the  driver  pulled  up  his 
horses  at  last.  Midwinter  got  out,  and  saw  the  cab  before  them,  waiting 
at  a  house-door.  As  soon  as  he  had  satisfied  himself  that  the  driver  was 
the  man  whom  Mr.  Bashwood  had  hired,  he  paid  the  promised  reward, 
and  dismissed  his  own  cab. 

He  took  a  turn  backwards  and  forwards  before  the  door.  The  vaguely 
terrible  suspicion  which  had  risen  in  his  mind  at  the  terminus,  had  forced 
itself  by  this  time  into  a  definite  form  which  was  abhorrent  to  him.  With- 
out the  shadow  of  an  assignable  reason  for  it,  he  found  himsvlf  blindly  dis- 
trusting his  wife's  fidelity,  and  blindly  suaptcting  Mr.  Bashwood  of  serving 
her  in  the  capacity  of  gobetween.  In  sheer  horror  of  his  own  morbid 
fancy,  he  determined  to  take  down  the  number  of  the  house,  and  the 
name  of  the  street  in  which  it  stood — and  then,  in  justice  to  his  wife,  to 
return  at  once  to  the  address  which  she  had  given  him  as  the  address  at 
which  her  mother  lived.  He  bad  taken  out  bis  pocket-book,  and  was  on 
his  way  to  the  corner  of  the  street,  when  he  observed  the  man  who  had 
driven  Mr.  Bashwood,  looking  at  him  with  an.  expreflaioa  of  inquisitive 


Hm  Urn  «t  nmiHnftiB§  Hm  «b-4rinr,  wIuIm  h»  kad  Uw  i 
t  taBii/,  iBMsatljr  OBBOPtd  to  hint.    Ut  look  ft  kalAcnmn  from  Itii  i 


■Ddpol  Untotfc*! 


<  nmij  faiod. 


**Hm  lb*  gtlwwn  vkuB  von  doM-c  ftata  l^  «iiUk>a, 
lli>tbi>tieriM>ilua. 

-  r«,  «r." 

"Did  JOB  bar  bin  ouibbc  fariajbadf  wbttn  the  door  wasiytHdM 

"  lb  Mked  for  m  ladj,  tk.     Uim. "     Tim  ntmn  bwiMed. 

mw't  a  cosEun  asmc,  kt  ;   I  iImhiIi]  ktww  il  aig«m  if  I  be«nl  it.* 

"^Wisii  'UidwistarT'" 

"Ko,  air." 

•••AriMdakV*' 

"Tbtt'a  it,  nr.    Un.  AmMU*." 

"  Are  70a  awe  a  waa '  Urn' anU  aob  '  Ur.2 '" 

**  I'm  as  sore  ai  a  ana  caa  b*  «bo  haat'l  takts  auj  pacfiaular  ' 
*.- 

Hw  doubt  iajJial  is  tbai  Uit  aaswer  «fa<idej  IGdwimw  10  aavo^- 
gUa  tba  BBtts  oa  llie  tfU.  He  aseeoded  tbe  httnn  atiM.  Aa  V 
raiaed  ha  band  le  ibe  Wl  ■(  tbe  aide  of  tba  door,  Uie  rtcleDee  at  \m 
■fitaticn  ataatered  bin  pbjuoaPj  ftw  tba  qtooMpl.  A,  cinag*  a^ada 
as  of  soni«lbuig  leapiog  up  from  his  h«att  la  bib  bnia,  ttuiwd  lu  hM 
wildljr  eidd;.  He  btJd  hy  tba  howe-nilingib  aod  kvpt  bin  &ea  lo  dti 
air,  and  »»>lut«Iy  wui«d  till  be  ina  iMacly  aeun.  Tbi--a  he  raoj  A* 
belL 

"laT"— betricdtoaakJw  "  Un.  Armadde,"  wbcQ  tbe  natdHarrat 
bad  opened  ib«  door,  but  not  even  bii  reMhttion  eould  faroa  tbc  r™*  la 
jam  hm  lip»i-^''  b  your  niLimai  as  hoatcl '  he  aaked. 

"  Y«,  air," 

Tbe  girl  ahowed  him  into  a  bad:  {arioar,  and  rmiirutaiT 
little  old  hkdjr,  vith  an  obliging  naiiDcr  and  a  bri^  [air  oTsfea, 

"  Then  ia  eome  nu«tak«,"  &«id  Uidwinier.    "  1  wiabod  vo  < 
Once  iDore  Iw  tried  to  niter  Ibe  name,  and  once  naore  he  &i]ei) 
it  to  hia  lipa. 

"  Mn.  Armadale  7  "  enggeated  tbe  little  old  ladj,  «iib  a  smite. 

"  Yee." 

"  Sbgn  tbo  gontkman  i^Uti*,  Jensj.'' 

"The  girt  led  tbe  way  to  tlie  drawiug^roouL  Boot, 

"  Any  aaavn,  at  1 " 

1'  Ho  name." 

Mr.  Baabwood  had  1)ar«ty  completed  bis  report  of  -wbat  bad 
at  tbe  lerminuB  ;  Ur.  Botbwood'a   imf>«rioue  mittrcea  was  still   riwin 

■peechleaa  under  tbe  shoclc  of  tbe  discovery  that  bad  Imnt  on  ber <rt* 

tbe  door  of  tbc  room  opened ;  and,  widioui  a  vord  of  wnmine  to  piw^ 
him,  Midirinlor  appeared  on  the  tbrcahold.  He  toeJc  one  atep  i(rte  tbt 
logm;  and  wccliaiiicaUy  pusbed  the  door  ba  behind  him.     He  ttaai  b 


■Ha 


ARMADAJLE.  607 

dead  silence,  and  confronted  hie  wife,  with  a  scrutiny  that  waa  terrible 
in  its  unnatural  Belf-posaesaion,  and  that  enveloped  her  steadily  in  one 
comprehensive  look  from  head  to  foot. 

In  dead  silence  on  her  aide,  ahe  roae  from  her  chair.  In  dead  ulence 
Bfae  stood  erect  on  the  hearth-rug,  and  faced  hec  husband  in  widow's  weeds. 

He  took  one  step  nearer  to  her  and  stopped  again.  He  UAed  his  hand 
and  pointed  with  his  lean  brown  iinger  at  her  dress. 

"  What  does  that  mean?"  he  asked,  without  losing  his  terrible  self- 
posBession,  and  without  moving  hia  outstretched  hand. 

At  the  soiind  of  hia  voice,  the  quick  rise  and  tall  of  her  bosom — which 
bad  been  the  one  outward  betrayal  thus  far  of  the  inner  agony  that  tor- 
tured her — suddenly  stopped.  She  stood  impenetrably  silent,  breathlessly 
■till — as  if  his  question  had  struck  her  dead,  and  hts  pomtiug  hand  had 
petrified  her. 

He  advanced  one  step  nearer  and  reiterated  his  words,  in  a  voice  even 
lower  and  quieter  than  the  voice  in  which  he  had  spoken  first. 

One  moment  more  of  silence,  one  moment  more  of  inaction  might  have 
been  the  salvation  of  her.  But  the  fatal  force  of  her  character  triumphed 
mt  the  crisis  of  her  destiny,  and  his.  White  and  still,  and  haggard  and 
old,  she  met  the  dreadful  emergency  with  a  dreadful  courage,  and  spoke 
the  irrevocable  words  which  renounced  him  to  his  face. 

"  Mr.  Midwinter,"  she  said,  in  tones  unnaturally  hard  and  unnaturally 
clear,  "  our  acquaintance  hardly  entitles  you  to  speak  to  me  in  that 
inanner."  Those  were  her  words.  She  never  lifted  her  eyes  from  the 
ground  while  she  spoke  them.  When  she  had  done,  the  last  &int  vestige 
of  colour  in  her  cheeks  faded  out. 

There  was  a  pause.  Still  steadily  looking  at  her,  he  set  himself  to  fix 
the  language  she  had  used  to  him  in  his  mind.  "  She  calls  me  '  Mr. 
Midwinter,"'  he  said  slowly,  in  a  whisper.  "She  speaks  of  'our 
acquaintance.'"  He  waited  a  little  and  looked  round  the  room.  Hid 
wandering  eyes  encountered  Mr.  Bashwood  for  the  first  time.  He  saw 
the  ateward  standing  near  the  fireplace,  trembling,  and  watching  him. 

"  I  once  did  you  a  service,"  he  said ;  "  and  you  once  told  me  you 
were  not  an  ungrateful  man.  Are  you  grateful  enough  to  answer  me  if  I 
ask  you  something  1 " 

He  waited  a  little  again.  Mr.  Basbwood  still  stood  trembling  at  the 
fireplace,  silently  watching  him. 

"  I  see  you  looking  at  mc,"  he  went  on.  "  Is  there  some  change  in  me 
that  I  am  not  conscious  of  myself  7  Am  I  seeing  things  that  you  don't 
see  7  Am  I  hearing  words  that  t/ou  don't  hear  7  Am  I  looking  or  speak- 
ing like  a  man  out  of  his  senses?" 

Again  he  waited,  and  again  the  silence  was  imbroken.  His  eyes  began 
u>  glitter;  and  the  savage  blood  that  he  had  inherited  from  his  mother 
rose  dark  and  slow  in  his  otihy  cheeks. 

"  Is  that  woman,"  he  asked,  "  the  woman  whom  you  once  knew,  whose 
uame  waa  Misa  Gwitt  7 " 


G08  AlUIADALE. 

Once  more  his  wife  collected  Iier  fatal  courage.  Once  more  hia  vift 
spoko  Iier  fatal  words. 

"  You  compol  me  to  repeat,"  bIic  said,  "  that  you  are  presuming  m 
our  acqu:uDtancG,  and  that  you  are  foi^tting  what  ia  due  to  mc." 

He  turned  upon  her,  with  a  savage  auddenneaa  which  forced  a  or  of 
olai-ni  from  Mr,  Rishwood's  lipa. 

"  Are  you,  or  are  you  not  My  Wife  ?  "  he  asked,  through  his  set  t«ti 

Sho  raised  her  eyea  to  his  for  the  first  time.  Her  lost  spirit  looked  it 
him,  steadily  defiant,  out  of  the  hell  of  its  own  despair. 

"  I  am  not  your  wife,"  she  said. 

He  staggered  back,  with  his  hand  groping  for  something  U*  hold  hr, 
like  the  hands  of  a.  man  in  the  dark.  He  leaned  heavily  ngainst  the  will 
of  the  room,  and  looked  at  the  woman  who  bad  slept  oa  his  bosom,  ind 
who  had  denied  him  to  his  face. 

Mr.  Bashwood  stole  panic-Btricken  to  her  wde.  "Go  in  there  I ''ke 
Avliispered,  trying  to  draw  her  towards  the  folding  doors  which  led  icU 
the  next  room.     "  For  God's  sake  be  quick  I     He'll  kill  you  I  " 

She  put  the  old  man  back  with  her  hand.  She  looked  at  him  with  a 
sudden  irradiation  of  her  blank  face.  She  answered  him  with  lij»  tha: 
struggled  slowly  into  s  frightful  amile. 

"  Zet  him  kill  me,"  she  said. 

As  the  words  passed  her  lipa,  he  sprang  forward  from  the  wall,  wiih  i 
cry  tliat  rang  through  the  house.  The  frenzy  of  a  maddened  man  fladtd 
at  her  from  his  glassy  eyes,  and  clutched  at  her  in  hia  threatening  hsadi. 
He  came  on  till  he  was  within  arm's  length  of  her — and  auddenlv  stooi 
still.  The  black  Hush  died  out  of  his  face  in  the  instant  when  he  stoppfd. 
His  eyelids  fell,  his  outstretched  handa  wavered,  and  sank  helpless.  He 
dropped,  as  the  dead  drop.  He  lay  as  the  dead  lie,  in  the  arms  of  the 
wife  who  had  denied  him. 

She  knelt  on  the  floor,  and  rested  his  head  on  her  knee.  She  csnglit 
the  arm  of  the  steward  hurrying  to  help  her,  with  a  hand  that  cloitd 
round  it  like  a  vice.  "  Go  for  a  doctor,"  she  said,  "  and  keep  the  pe<^ 
of  the  house  away  till  he  comes."  There  was  that  in  her  eye,  there  wsi 
that  in  her  voice,  which  would  have  warned  any  man  living  to  obey 
her  in  silence.  In  silence,  Mr.  Bashwood  submitted,  and  hurried  out 
of  the  room. 

The  instant  she  was  alone,  slic  ruised  him  from  her  knee.  With  both 
arms  clasped  round  him,  the  miserable  woman  liAed  hia  lifeless  face  to 
licrs,  and  rocked  him  on  her  bosom  in  an  agony  of  tenderness  beyond  all 
relief  in  tears,  in  a  passion  of  remorse  beyond  all  expression  in  words.  In 
silence  she  held  him  to  her  breast,  in  silence  she  devoured  his  forehead, 
his  cheeks,  hia  lips,  with  kisses.  Kot  a  sound  escaped  her,  till  she  beard 
the  trampling  footsteps  outside,  hurrying  up  the  stairs.  Then  a  low  mean 
burst  from  her  lips,  as  ahe  looked  her  last  at  him,  and  lowered  bis  head 
again  to  her  knee,  before  the  etrangera  came  in. 

The  landlady  and  the  steward  were  the  first  persona  whom  A 


ABUADALE..  COl) 

when  the  door  was  opened.  The  medical  man  (a  eurgeon  living  in  tlte 
titreot)  followed.  The  horror  and  the  beautj  of  her  face  as  she  loolied  up 
at  him  absorbed  the  surgeon's  attention  for  the  monieat,  to  the  exclusion 
of  everything  else.  She  had  to  beckon  to  him,  she  had  to  point  to  tlie 
eenselesa  man,  before  she  could  claim  his  attention  for  his  patient  and 
divert  it  from  herself. 

"Is  he  dead 7"  she  asked. 

The  surgeon  carried  Midwinter  to  the  bo&,  and  ordered  the  windows 
to  be  opened.     "  It  ia  a  fainting  fit,"  he  said ;  "  nothing  more." 

At  that  answer  her  strength  failed  her  for  the  first  time.  She  drew 
a  deep  breath  of  relief,  and  leaned  on  the  chimney-piece  for  support. 
Mr.  Bashwood  was  the  only  person  present  who  noticed  that  she  was 
overcome.  He  led  her  to  the  opposite  end  of  the  room,  where  there  was 
nn  easy  chair — leaving  the  landlady  to  hand  the  restoratives  to  the  surgeon 
us  they  were  wanted. 

"  Are  you  going  to  wait  here  till  he  recovers  7  "  whispered  the  steward, 
looking  towards  the  sola,  and  trembling  as  he  looked. 

The  question  roused  her  to  a  sense  of  her  position — to  a  knowledge  of 
the  merciless  necessities  which  that  position  now  forced  her  to  confront. 
With  a  heavy  sigh  she  looked  towards  the  sofu,  considered  with  herself 
for  a  moment,  and  answered  Mr.  Bashwood's  inquiry  by  a  question  on 
her  side. 

"  Is  the  cab  that  brought  yon  here  from  the  raiUvay  still  at  the  door  7  " 

"  Yes." 

"  Drive  at  once  to  the  gatee  of  the  Sanatorium,  and  wait  there  till  I 
join  you." 

Mr.  Boshwood  hesitated.  She  lifted  her  eyes  to  his,  and,  with  a  look, 
sent  bim  out  of  the  room. 

"  The  gentleman  is  coming  to,  ma'am,"  said  the  hmdlady,  as  the 
steward  closed  the  door.     "  lie  has  just  breathed  agun." 

She  bowed  in  mute  reply,  rose,  and  conudered  with  herself  once  more 
• — looked  towards  the  so&  for  the  secomi  time — then  passed  through  the 
folding-doors  inlo  her  own  room. 

AAer  a  short  lapse  of  time  the  surgeon  drew  back  &om  the  sofa,  and 
motioned  to  the  landlady  to  stand  aside.  The  bodily  recovery  of  the 
patient  wax  assured.  There  was  nothing  to  be  done  now  but  to  wait,  and 
let  his  ntind  slowly  recall  its  sense  of  what  hod  happened. 

"  Where  is  she  7"  were  the  first  words  he  said  to  the  surgeon  and  th6 
landlady  anxiously  watching  him. 

The  landlady  knocked  at  the  folding-doors,  and  received  no  answer. 
She  went  in,  and  found  the  room  empty.  A  sheet  of  note-paper  was  on 
the  dresaiog-table,  with  the  doctor's  fee  placed  on  it.  The  paper  contained 
these  lines,  evidently  written  in  great  agitation  or  in  great  haste :— "  It  is 
impossible  for  me  to  remain  here  to-night,  oAer  what  has  happened.  I 
will  return  to-morrow  to  take  away  my  luggage,  and  to  pay  what  I 
owe  you." 

VOL.  xni.— so.  77.  29. 


610  ABHADAIS. 

"Wliere  in  sheT"  Midwinter  asked  again,  iriies  die  landlady  retoiaed 
alone  to  the  diatring-rDom. 

"  Gone,  rir." 

"  I  don't  beliere  it  1" 

The  old  lady'a  coloor  tobb,  "  If  yoa  knov  her  handwriting,  air,"  she 
answered,  handing  faim  the  sheet  of  note-paper,  "  perhaps  yon  may  beliere 
thatP" 

He  looked  at  the  paper.  "  I  b^  yonr  pardon,  ma'am,"  he  said,  as  be 
handed  it  back,     "  I  beg  yonr  pardon,  with  all  my  heart." 

There  was  something  in  his  face  as  he  spoke  those  words  which  more 
than  soothed  the  old  lady's  irritation — it  tonched  her  with  a.  snddeo  pi^ 
for  the  man  who  had  ofiended  her.  "  I  am  afraid  there  is  some  dreailfiii 
trouble,  bit,  at  Uie  bottom  of  all  this,"  she  said  aimply.  "  Do  you  widi  me 
to  give  any  message  to  the  lady  when  she  comes  hack  ?  " 

Midwinter  rose,  and  steadied  himself  for  a  moment  against  the  sofik 
"  I  will  bring  my  own  message  to-morrow,"  he  said.  **  I  most  see  her 
before  she  leaves  yonr  honse." 

The  snrgeon  accompanied  his  patient  into  the  street.  "  Can  Z  see  yoa 
home  7 "  he  said,  kindly.  "  Yon  had  better  not  walk,  if  it  is  &r.  Ton 
mustn't  over-exert  yourself ;  yon  mustn't  catch  a  chill  this  oold  night." 

Midwinter  took  his  hand  and  thanked  him.  "  I  have  been  used  to 
hard  bulking  and  to  cold  nights,  sir,"  he  said ;  "  and  I  am  not  easily  won 
out,  even  when  I  look  so  broken  as  I  do  now.  If  yon  will  tell  me  the 
nearest  way  out  of  these  streets,  I  think  the  quiet  of  the  country  and  the 
quiet  of  ihe  night  will  help  me.  I  have  somethiug  serioua  to  do  to- 
morrow," he  added,  in  a  lower  tone  ;  "  and  I  can't  rest  or  sleep  till  I  hire 
thought  over  it  to-night," 

The  surgeon  understood  that  he  had  no  common  man  to  deal  with. 
He  gave  the  necessary  directions  without  any  further  remark,  and  parted 
with  his  patient  at  his  own  door. 

Left  by  himself,  Midwinter  paused  and  locked  up  at  the  heaven  in 
silence.  The  night  had  cleared,  and  the  stars  were  out — the  stars  which 
he  had  first  learnt  to  know  from  his  gipsy  master  on  the  hill-side.  For 
the  first  time  his  mind  went  back  regretfully  to  his  boyish  days.  "  Oh, 
for  the  old  life!"  be  thought,  longingly.  "I  never  knew  till  now  how 
happy  the  old  life  was ! " 

He  roused  himself  and  went  on  towards  the  open  country.  His  6oe 
darkf-ned  as  he  left  the  streets  behind  him  and  advanced  into  the  solitude 
and  obscurity  that  lay  beyond, 

"  She  has  denied  her  husband  to-night,"  he  said.  "  She  shall  know 
her  master  to-morrow." 


611 


\d    lottJIOlI. 


Tlie  glory  cpf  a  building  is  in  its  age  and  in  Qui  deep  bohm  of  TOicefnlneaa,  of 
item  watching,  of  myaterioiu  sympathy,  aaj,  eren  of  approral  or  condemDation, 
vhicb  we  ieel  in  walls  that  hare  long  been  washed  hj  the  paaaing  wares  of  homanily. 

Bdwux'b  StvemLampt. 

To  liAve  to  live  ia  a  row  of  hotues  bailt  hj  contract,  all  at  the  same  time, 
and  all  exactly  alike,  in  which  it  is  imposaible  to  tell  jaai  owo  dwelling, 
except  by  looking  at  the  Dumber  on  the  door,  has  alwaya  seemed  to  me 
one  of  the  chief  objections  to  life  in  a  town,  and  one  of  tiie  moet  pathetic 
and  aggravating  of  the  minor  troubles  of  biuoamtj.  Mr.  Fodsnap,  or  an^ 
other  type  of  the  reapectable,  may  think  me  a  monomaniac — perhaps  I  am. 

I  hold  that  bj  submitting  to,  or  worae  still,  b7  rejoicing  in,  a  tame 
uniibrmity  in  our  domiciles,  we,  of  our  own  accord,  deprire  onrselres  of 
one  of  the  highest  privil^es  of  reason,  and  d^rade  ourBelres  by  submis- 
sion to  one  of  the  necessities  under  which  instinct  labours.  Bees  build 
their  cells  by  exact  rule  and  predetermined  angle,  a  msTia^i  nest  is 
rec<^uized  as  one  all  the  world  orer,  and  probably  has  not  altered  by  one 
iota  in  its  architecture  since  time  b^an.  Kabbit-burrows  and  mole-gal- 
leries haye  gained  nothing  in  their  construetion  from  the  experience  of 
hundreds  of  generations.  To  man  alone  is  the  privilege  given  of  impressing 
not  merely  a  generic  or  specific  character,  but  a  stamp  of  individoal  pecu- 
liarity on  his  home.  If  walls  have  can,  houses  surely  may  be  allowed  to 
have  &ce8  too,  and  these  are  often  very  expressive  ones,  telling  in  many 
a  case  more  about  their  owners  than  their  own  Jaces  dare  to  tell,  some- 
times wrinkled,  now  painted  and  patched  like  any  made-up  dowager,  now 
clean  and  cared  for,  again  grimy  and  foul  as  a  drunkard's  cheek.  Houses 
die  too,  as  their  masters  do,  and  while  we  love  to  tell  the  tale  of  lives  gone 
by,  to  preserve  memorials  of  the  generations  that  leave  us  so  quickly,  and 
as  ^e  often  pause  to  see  an  old  house  tell  its  silent  story  on  the  painter's 
canvas,  may  we  not  at  times  linger  to  listen  to  the  description  of  an  old 
home  by  a  loving  pen  T  Not  one  from  an  architect's  point  of  view,  even 
were  it  as  gorgeous  and  as  lovingly  told  as  that  of  the  baronial  mansion  ia 
Gilbert  Scott's  Gothic  Architecture — not  a  glowing  picture  such  as  George 
Robins  knew  so  well  how  to  conjure  up,  when  with  melMuous  adjectives 
he  decked  out  the  country  Jot  to  be  brought  to  the  hammer.  Such  are 
prophetic  and  anticipatory  of  the  future,  not  descriptive  of  the  past. 
The  homes  I  love  to  look  l»ck  on,  and  the  houses  I  want  to  describe,  have 
had  too  long  a  past  to  hope  for  a  future.  The  auld  house  might  make 
in  time  a  picturesque  ruin,  but  could  hardly  by  any  art  be  described 
as  a  desirable  iuTestmeut  for  a  gentleman  of  fbrtone. 

29— a 


612  OLD  HOUSES. 

A  bonnie  auld  honse  it  is — not  a  castle,  not  a  prioiy ;  yon  vrould  not 
even  think  of  calling  it  i\  hall — with  four  sturdy  walla  of  grey  stone,  teim 
at  the  comers  and  lintels,  harJed  with  white  mortar  where  the  walls  are 
tough,  with  high-pitched  roof  and  over-hanging  eaves,  where  the  swallnvj 
build,  and  the  starlings  sun  themselves  and  chatter  from  April  to  October. 
It  stands  at  the  mouth  of  the  glen,  just  where  the  hillside  curres  arc 
softening  into  the  gentle  waving  of  the  strath,  and  on  its  terrace  of  match- 
less turf,  seems  to  lean  against  the  soft  bosom  of  the  hill  behind,  while  the 
slope  of  the  lawn  in  front  is  just  sufBcient  to  give  light  and  air,  and  an 
occasional  glimpse  of  the  road  through  the  valley,  and  beyond  it  the  great 
river,  and  ^11  furthnr  off,  the  sea.  The  rich  old  grass  ripples  up  to  the 
very  walls,  and  seems  to  grudge  to  the  gravelled  road  even  its  narrow  strip 
of  sand  and  pebbles  j  and  the  rough  Highland  cattle  who  have  had  it  all 
their  own  way  since  the  deer  were  killed,  rub  their  long  boms  againd 
the  stone  steps,  and  lazily  switch  their  tails  in  sleepy  noontides  before  the 
door.  But  for  the  steps  they  might  go  in,  and  now  and  then  a  lamb  don 
frisk  up  and  invade  the  hall,  for,  winter  and  summer,  from  aonrise  b> 
sunset,  the  door  stands  ever  open  :  what  though  snow  may  drift  in,  and 
inner  doors  may  slam,  and  tramps  may  peer  about,  it  is  the  custom  of  the 
house ;  and  though  tliere  are  now  no  bairns  to  toddle  in  and  out,  and  iew 
dogs  to  guard  the  hall,  the  old  laird  will  have  it  open  as  of  old.  Yes,  of  old, 
that  is  the  refrain  which  echoes  through  the  house— of  old :  all  about  it  aeemt 
to  tell  of  the  past  rather  than  of  the  future,  or  even  of  the  present.  Tfaeic 
is  nothing  new  about  Uie  place.  The  house  itself,  though  it  has  sheltered 
only  some  six  generations,  and  is  as  solid  as  when  it  was  built  (for  there 
was  no  building  by  contract  in  those  days),  is  but  the  south  front  of  a 
quadrangle  far  older  than  itself.  The  trees  are  all  old,  many  patriarchal, 
'and  have  to  pay  their  tribute  of  creaking  stiff  old  limbs,  and  Intikn 
branches,  every  windy  night.  The  iiowor-gardcn  is  old-fashioned,  with 
high  box  hedges,  and  a  sundial  which  the  ivy  has  cracked,  so  that  it  is  haK- 
an-hour  too  slow  by  railway  time,  and  stniight  formal  gravel  walks  when 
the  peacocks  used  to  strut  and  scream,  before  the  home-farm  was  givea 
up  and  the  hen-house  dismantled.  The  family  acres  have  diminished  in 
every  generation  of  late.  Farm  alter  farm  has  been  sold,  but  the  la&t  wv 
the  hardest  of  all  for  the  laird  to  part  with,  lying,  as  it  docs,  broad  and 
fair  on  an  upland  slope,  before  the  windows,  hardly  a  mile  off:  it  was 
sold,  but  not  it  all :  one  corner,  deeply  shaded  by  swaying  poplara  and 
black  firs,  holds  four  walls  and  a  heavy  iron  door.  This  is  the  Cave  of 
Machpclah,  the  one  rood  of  ground  that  must  be  kept,  though  all  else  go — 
the  burying-ground,  now  nearly  full,  just  one  comer  empty,  by  his  wile's 
grave,  the  place  they  chose  fifty  years  ago  when  their  6rst  baby  died. 

But,  says  Dives,  it  is  their  own  fault  if  they  get  poorer  every  yiw; 
why  don't  they  make  money  as  I  do,  or  if  they  are  not  clever  enough  for 
that,  why  don't  they  save,  and  at  least  live  within  their  income  ?  Baft 
bow  can  we  bUme,  though  we  may  pity  the  fitlling  house.  Aa  gHt 
&ahioued,  open-haoded  hospitality,  a  gentlCTeaa  that  cooid  not 


OLD  uonsKS.  G18 

bargain,  or  dismiss  an  old  tenant,  were  all  posaiUe  and  warrantable  wben 
wheat  waa  at  war  prices,  and  the  cont-Iawa  were  intact ;  but  low  prices, 
and  the  girk'  portions, and  the  boys'  commiaaions  gradiiollydo  their  work: 
a  few  thouaanda  to-day,  a  few  more  to-morrow — the  old  acres  must  bear 
them  ail,  and  while  bo  much  is  going  out  there  is  nothing  coming  in :  the 
boys  will  not  go  into  business,  and  will  not  look  at  the  professions,  but 
wherever  for  hundreds  of  years  their  country's  flag  baa  been  dying,  there 
they  are  to  be  found  shedding  their  blood  like  water.  At  Quebec  and 
Bunker's  Hill,  Seringapalam,  Peninsula,  Waterloo,  Crimea,  Delhi,  the 
Feiho,  the  vidon  of  the  old  house  and  the  beech  avenue  has  been  the 
last  to  pass  before  the  eyes  of  one  of  its  boys,  before  the  teeth  were  Bet 
for  the  onset,  or  when  all  else  was  &ding  from  the  dying  eyes  in  the  shock 
of  battle.  And  then  some  morning  at  breakfast  the  letter  comes,  written 
by  a  comrade  at  the  camp-fire  to  anticipate  the  Gazette  and  break  the 
news,  and  by  the  time  his  medal  and  sword  have  come  home  the  old 
house,  in  losing  a  hope,  has  gained  another  noble  memory. 

Yet,  notwithstanding  its  poverty,  is  it  not  wonderful  how  well  and  home- 
like the  old  place  looks?  The  park  has  been  divided  into  enclosures,  and 
fat  cattle  stalk  solemnly  along,  and  Cheviots  and  South-downs  nibble  the 
short  grass,  where  once  the  deer  hid  in  brushwood  and  bracken  and  the 
hare  sheltered  behind  the  tufted  bent.  Still  the  hedgerows  -are  very  lovely, 
bright  with  the  fresh  green  in  Muy,  pale  in  June  with  delicate  stars  at 
hawthorn,  blushing  with  the  "  briar  rosea  &int  and  pale  "  all  the  summer 
through,  and  even  far  on  into  the  autumn,  crested  with  the  bloom  and  rich 
red  berries  of  the  honeysuckle.  And  though  the  cattle  have  nibbled 
the  leaves  and  barked  the  twigs  as  high  as  they  can  reach,  and  thus  the 
lovely  sweep  in  which  the  lower  branches  should  stoop  to  the  grass  is 
gone,  not  one  of  the  old  beeches  has  £illen  to  the  axe.  No,  even  when  old 
Lord  Hunques  foreclosed  the  mortgage,  and  money  was  so  hard  to  get,  the 
laird  would  not  cut  a  stick  of  timber ;  just  as  soon  would  he  havo  sold 
one  of  his  children.  Thus  the  avenue  has  a  beauty  of  its  own,  lined  though 
it  be  by  rough  post-and-rail  paling,  for  the  beeches  are  two  hundred  years 
old,  and  meet  overhead  in  living  arches  of  whispering  leaves,  and  the 
cushats  coo  among  the  branches  as  if  echoing  the  re&ain  of  the  angels' 
■ong ;  and  though  the  gates  are  heavy  and  their  hinges  stiff,  the  gate- posts 
are  rich  with  sti'ange  old  carving,  and  piled  with  mosses,  and  fretted  with 
lichens  into  arabesques  of  infinite  delicacy  and  variety,  glittering  in  sun- 
light and  glowing  in  shade,  as  no  colours  of  man's  devising  do. 

Very  refreshing,  too,  is  the  contrast  between  the  coolness  and  cloister- 
shade  of  the  beeches,  and  the  sunlight  of  the  nearer  lawn,  which  bursts 
upon  ux,  sudden  and  glorious,  as  we  pass  the  great  stone  pillars  of  the 
second  gate.  For  the  oaks  and  elms  no  longer  shade  the  road,  but  stand 
apart,  now  one  giant  alone,  again  in  two's  and  three's,  leaving  long  reaches 
of  grass  between  them,  green  in  the  shade,  yellow — almost  white — in  the 
summer  sun ;  and  now  between  the  tree-trunks  we  get  a  glint  of  the  house, 
and  feel  we  are  really  at  home  :  the  post-boy  gives  a  final  chirrup  to  the 


614 


OLD  B0D8BB. 


WMr^  luuVi,  koodI  plunge  into  a  grote  of  liraei,  bear^  with  leaaiiMl 
vilirating  villi  Uie  wmgs  of  cctnitlca  bees,  a  tarwM  of  aitort  gm^  Mtk 
vilh  nrwt  white  dowr — alt  I  w«  are  at  tfie  doer,  or  nor*  oonectlj,  at  At 
Hair,  far  lb«  •ntnuMV  ball  and  mo*  of  die  publie  looins  are  oo  tba  6h 
floor,  and  before  w  rmcb  lh«  door  a  broad  fligbl  of  steps  moat  W 
climlwd.  wttb  B  wide  Oil  b-rm^e  ii  tbe  h^  oo  to  wfaioli  ibe  door  epMi. 
Thi*,  OD  qnkl  aomncr  cTcaings  whiii  the  tm  baa  pmc  round  to  ifas  wm 
and  the  ro«ks  ar«  cawing  Ikr  up  «ver  ow  boidt,  nukea  tbe  freeat,  opolnt 
drawiDg-ioom  poanble,  and  all  iha  year  rauud  ia  ihe  fiuailj  lotmge,  when 
plaiM  are  diMnncd,  weather  prognoaticatcd,  frienda  wcloomed  as  ikty 
coia^  and  vatohed  aa  tbej  drire  away.  The  entnnce  hall  is  brvftd  mi 
high,  witli  aa  oak  staircaae  fiicing  the  froeit  door,  and  wioding  round  tha 
hall  wilh  low  easy  atepa,  till  it  funas  a  corridor  abore.  Thv  haQ  ia  hmg 
with  deer-boms,  and  lined  with  cabinets  of  oak  now  OLlnuut  as  dark  la 
eboDj.  Prom  tbc  hall  vpvu  tb«  public  looms,  wainscoted  witb  oali,  ha 
lai^  and  ligbl,  Um  light  abnoat  <w  Ibe  fbmittiM  and  faoagiaga^  now  s 
eontiuy  old,  and  fiided  almoat  ahabbj ,  woe  it  not  for  tbe  ondefi^^ 
ohann  which  age  and  use  and  no&t  alcow  eaa  give,  of  chtuntcter  aad 
<H«ndlu»Ma,  aaaodations  which  the  yoong  call  glsdao^  and  tlie  old  kac^v 
to  be  regret,  yet  regret  mingled  with  aometbtng  atraagely  swcvt. 

£acb  ficacralion  has  added  its  portnata  to  tba  vatla,  and  the  neaa- 
pipoftt,  plwtognipba,  tima-bilk  and  rericwa  mttst  aooin  inoongruotia  lo  lb* 
qniee  &CC8  thai  Jamiesoo  and  Basisny  puiiie<l  in  leas  fcronali  timoa. 

Thia  old  liooae  of  oors  Rtands  in  (h«  very  heart  of  &  coontcy  fiatat^ 
loDg  milea  from  any  town,  or  «veD  Tillage;  there  are  no  oool-BeUi^w 
matala  in  the  landa,  not  a  manutactOT;  or  a  toll  cbimn^  in  the  wbele 
horison.  And  thos  while  in  tnnny  points  now  tba  aga  of  the  old 
showing  ibtoir,  and  inucli  about  it  is  tailing  into  decay,  dear 
Nature  haa  the  amoothiog  of  ibc  ptiluw  and  the  burying  of  the  dead,  aof 
even  deoay  beoomea  lorefy.  As  in  autumn  tbe  ricber  eolonra  of  iht 
dying  leaves  are  mellowed  by  nsicr  BUDBetay  and  silvered  by  din  stHM 
of  morning,  and  diamondud  by  graeerulloat  hosr-frat  till  tbe  snow  i 
with  her  p%m  mantle  U>  hide  their  graves,  lo  la  the  longer  e^dl 
bound  tlic  Ii£;  uf  tree,  or  cLurcL,orboine,the  tvodw  motfaex's  touch  growt' 
aofier  at  the  yean  run  or..  The  stem  smoolhneea  and  [nUarc4  alnagli 
of  iree-tmnk  may  be  scarred  and  cIciV,  btit  the  scars  are  *oA,— oftliaiei 
ruOdy  with  lichens  and  mosa, — tlic  n(\a  arc  filled  aad  hidden  witb 
of  ivy,  oi-  the  tpnden>r  green  ami  the  briglit  woird  borriaa  of  iha 
tliu  cTcriocd  wall  is  fni^mnt  wiili  swcctbiiar,  and  tbe  ftUen 
baa  let  the  walM«wer  take  root. 

The  ftameworlc  of  the  old  bouse  may  last  for  centoriea,  but  oaie 
the  babitable  rooma  arc  diminishing  in.  number.  The  diataat 
are  gradtially  diKpImished,  and  must  etaad  empty,  for  tf  a  eott^e ' 
twenty  Diilos  is  biiml  down,  or  an  old  scnant  wanta  a  hoine,  lbs  lajid 
would  find  an  empty  house,  and  (money  being  lo  aadiy  scarce)  would  bU 
them  funmb  it  (him  one  of  tbe  bedrooms  that  one  never  oeeded  now.    So 


OLD  HOUSES.  61S 

thus  when  the  fiist  &ost  of  the  next  bitter  winter  takes  the  old  man  home, 
aad  tbo  btiryiDg-ground  htm  been  opened  and  closed  for  the  laat  time,  the 
Ainiiture  will  not  fetch  much  at  the  sale.  The  auctioneer'a  man  will  con- 
temptuously speak  of  the  old  tables  and  chairs  as  bits  of  aticke,  and  whea 
his  old  cronies  have  each  bought  something  aa  a  remembrauce,  the  house 
trill  be  no  longer  the  house  it  has  been,  but  four  walls,  to  be  demolished 
or  restored  at  the  caprice  of  the  new  possessor  ;  in  either  case  to  be  the 
"  auld  house  "  no  more,  but  Mr.  Black  Diamond's  beautiful  new  place  in 
Perthshire,  or  Whiteseam  Castle,  the  magnificent  baronial  residence  of  Sir 
Cotton  Whiteseam,  built  on  the  aite  of,  and  containing  the  courtyard  and 
a  piece  of  the  wall  of  an  old  mansion-house. 

It  is  of^en  strange  to  watch  the  Tarioua  effects  of  age  upon  houses.  I 
do  not  mean  by  age  any  sudden  destruction  as  by  &ie  or  sword,  but  merely 
the  alow  changes  during  the  gradual  lapse  of  time.  One  of  the  gentlest, 
tendercst  ways  in  which  age  can  come  to  a  house  is  seen  when  in  a  lonely 
conntiy  district  a  house  is  simply  let  alone  :  "  So  fieet  the  works  of  men 
back  to  their  earth  ag^n."  I  know  one  which  was  bought  some  years  ago 
by  a  very  rich  nobleman,  from  the  old  race  whose  house  it  was.  He  has 
s  great  house  of  his  own  within  a  few  miles,  and  has  simply  left  the  other 
to  itself.  He  is  fond  of  Seld-sporta,  and  now  the  gardens,  park,  and  woodi 
of  the  old  house  are  a  pheasant  preserve,  do  foot  but  that  of  the  gamekeeper 
brushes  the  dew  from  the  grass-grown  avenue.  Babbits  burrow  under  the 
pear-trees  in  the  garden,  and  great  hares  lope  about  the  terraces,  where 
they  feel  so  much  at  home,  that  even  their  restless  ears  lie  still.  No 
shadows  flit  past  the  windows  of  the  deserted  rooms,  for  the  rotten  flooring 
can  support  no  footsteps  heavier  than  a  ghost's,  and  owls  and  jat^dawB 
chatter  and  bias  where  the  children  used  to  play.  The  grass  is  dank  and 
long,  and  the  unthinned  pines  cast  a  funereal  shade  even  at  midsummer ; 
Btill  the  setting  sun  reddens  its  turrets  and  high  eaves,  and  grotesque  gar- 
goyles glisten  white  in  the  moon  and  the  tree  air  of  heaven  breathes  round 
it  fragrant  with  hawthorn  in  spring,  heavy  in  summer  and  autumn  with 
the  scent  of  ungathered  roses,  even  in  winter  spiced  with  the  aroma  of  the 
pines.    How  different  in  scent  and  colour  from  other  old  houses  I  have  seen. 

On  either  side  of  the  High  Street  of  Edinburgh  are  narrow  streets  or 
lanes  which  run  at  right  angles  to  it,  as  ribs  from  a  backbone.  Many  of 
these  terminate  in,  or  are  lined  by,  tall  old  houses,  long  ago  the  residences 
of  Dobltis  and  wealthy  burghers.  They  are  now  inhabited  by  the  very 
poorest  and  most  squalid  of  the  population,  many  of  them  almost  exclu- 
sively by  Irish  immigrants;  and  there  are  few  contrasts  of  the  kind  more 
strange  and  pathetic,  than  that  afforded  by  the  glimpses  of  the  comfort  and 
magnificence  of  the  past,  seen  amid  the  wretchedness  and  squalor  of  the 
present.  Take  one  for  a  type  of  all.  A  long  passage,  about  four  feet  wide, 
on  the  level  of  the  street,  even  narrower  above,  where  the  high  walls  almost 
meet  to  shut  out  the  sky,  leads  to  a  massive  archway.  The  passage,  if 
clean  and  fresh,  would  be  a  pleasant  entrance,  cool  in  summer,  sheltered  in 
winter ;  but  the  pavement  is  broken  and  dank  ooze  stands  in  pools,  while 


616  OLD  HOUSES. 

decaying  vegetables,  fishbones,  and  other  worse  refuse,  make  the  passige 
a  peslhouse.  The  arched  doorway  discloses  a  lofty  hall  from  which  large 
rooms  open,  while  a  noble  oak  staircase  leads  to  the  upper  stories.  It  was 
once  the  town  mansion  of  one  of  our  oldest  Scottish  families,  now  every 
room  contains  a  separate  family ;  and  not  only  this,  but  the  larger  room* 
are  divided  and  subdivided — here  by  lath  and  plaster ;  here  by  brickwork 
partitiouB,  which  do  not  even  reach  to  the  roof;  here  again  only  by  a 
ragged  curtain,  or  here  in  more  carefiit  manner  by  screens  of  brown  paper 
pasted  on  cross-bars  of  wood.  Four,  even  five  families  in  one  room, 
separated  only  by  such  fiimsy  partitions ;  oaths,  brutality,  and  dronken- 
ness  making  themselves  heard  through  every  comer  of  it :  and  yet  on  inac- 
cessible niches  of  the  oak  staircase  the  shield  and  device  of  the  family  can 
still  be  seen,  and  gleams  of  sunlight  still  glint  on  shreds  of  tapestry-caired 
cornices  and  painted  roofs.  Where  the  Solemn  League  and  Covenaot  lay 
lor  signature,  fish-hawkers  wrangle  and  oi^n-grinders  count  their  ill- 
gotten  coppers ;  where  Charles  Townscnd  supped  with  the  Lord  Presadent 
of  the  Court  of  Sestdon  thieves  divide  their  spoil.  Could  these  rooms 
speak  what  tales  they  might  tell,  sad  and  strange,  of  change  and  decay— of 
one  master  slain  in  a  chance  medley  of  Scotts  and  Kera  for  the  "  crown  of 
the  causeway ; "  of  another,  the  last  of  his  race  that  the  old  honae  ever 
saw,  pining  in  solitude  and  poverty  in  a  garret  at  St.  Genuains,  watchiif 
the  fair  and  fading  white  rose,  symbol  of  his  loyalty  to  the  race  for  whom  be 
had  fought  so  vainly.  For  when  Charles  Edward  was  at  Holyrood,  the 
old  house  rang  with  merriment  and  echoed  to  the  clank  of  spun  ;  but  the 
light  of  the  hopeless  struggle  which  had  waxed  at  Prestonpana,  and  waned 
at  Falkirk,  went  down  in  blood  on  the  disastrous  eve  of  CuUoden,  and  like 
many  another,  the  house  changed  hands  when  its  master  became  a  banished 
outlaw.  Then  some  canny  Whig  lawyer  tried  to  buy  the  pictures,  and 
relics,  and  the  old  home  associations  when  he  bought  the  walla.  But  it 
will  not  do,  good  investment  as  it  was  ;  the  new  master  cannot  feel  it  is  his 
own.  Strange  shadows  lurk  in  corners,  armour  falls  with  a  clank  at 
uncanny  hours,  and  on  suggestive  anniversaries  ;  one  by  one  the  pictures 
with  their  restless  following  eyes  are  turned  to  the  wail  or  condemned  to 
the  lumber-room  ;  and  by  the  time  the  lawyer  has  prospered  enough  to 
buy  "  a'  bit  place  "  in  the  country,  he  finds  that  the  house  has  got  a  bad 
name  and  won't  let.  He  then  cuts  it  up  into  small  tenements,  leta  part  of  it 
for  an  office :  the  character  of  the  tenants  gets  worse  and  worse,  while  their 
number  increases  at  every  term  day,  till  the  quiet,  grave  home  of  a  iandly 
becomes  the  teeming  rabbit-warren  it  now  is. 

And  then  the  sooner  the  end  comes  the  better.  To  be  gutted  by  a  fire, 
condemned  by  the  Dean  of  Guild,  or  swept  away  by  a  railway  company, 
seems,  any  of  them,  a  more  merciful  fate  than  to  drag  on,  a  nest  of  fever 
and  den  of  thieves,  till  from  very  rottenness  it  crumbles  on  tho  heads  of 
its  inmates.  While  it  stands,  with  rags  for  ivy,  and  oaths  and  ribaldry 
instead  of  the  wild-bird's  song,  it  is  a  "  caput  mortuum,"  not  a  min  • 
peittlential  withoot  being  picturesque. 


617 


^  ^tranflc  ^iorg. 


Whes  tbe  criminal,  Pierre  Granger,  escorted  by  foar  geDdarmes,  was 
placed  in  the  dock  of  the  court  of  assize,  there  was  a  general  etir  nmongst 
the  crowd  which  had  assembled  from  every  quarter  to  be  present  at  bia  trial. 

Pierre  Granger  was  not  an  ordinary  culprit — not  one  of  those  poor 
wretches  whom  the  court,  as  a  matter  of  form,  furnishes  with  an  advocate, 
judges  in  the  presence  of  a  heedless  auditory,  and  sends  to  oblivion  in  the 
convict  prisons  of  the  State.  He  had  figured  at  Augtil  in  the  columns  of 
the  newspapers;  and  while  M.  L^pcrvier  had  undertaken  his  defence, 
M.  Louraugain,  the  attorney -general,  was  to  conduct  the  prosecution. 
Now,  at  the  time  of  which  I  write,  these  two  men  stood  at  the  head  of 
their  profession.  Whenever  it  was  known  that  they  were  to  be  pitted 
against  each  other  in  any  cause,  crowds  immediately  flocked  to' enjoy  their 
eloquent  sentences,  sonorous  periods,  and  phrases  as  round  and  as  polished 
as  BO  many  billiard-balls.  It  was  a  perfect  riot  of  tropes  and  figures,  a 
delicious  confusion  of  periphrases  and  metaphors.  All  the  figures  of 
rhetoric  defiled  before  the  charmed  auditory,  and  sported,  jested,  and 
struggled  with  each  other,  like  Virgil's  playful  shepherds.  There  was  a 
luxury  of  epithets,  passng  even  that  of  the  Abbi  Delille.  Every  indivi- 
dual substantive  was  as  regularly  followed  by  its  attendant  adjective,  as  the 
great  lady  of  the  last  century  by  her  train-bearing  page.  In  this  pompous 
diction  a  man  became  a  mortal,  a  horse  a  courser,  the  moon  was  styled  pale 
Diaa.  My  father  and  my  mother  were  never  called  so,  but  invariably  "  the 
authors  of  my  being ;  "  a  dream  was  a  vision,  a  glass  a  crj'stal  vase,  a  knife 
a  sword,  a  car  a  chariot,  and  a  breeze  became  a  whirlwind  :  all  of  which, 
DO  doubt,  tended  to  produce  a  style  of  exceeding  sublimity  and  beauty. 

Pierre  Granger  was  a  clumaly  built  fellow,  five  feet  ten  in'  height, 
thirty-eight  years  old,  with  foxy  hair,  a  high  colour,  and  small  cunning 
grey  eyes.  lie  was  accused  of  having  strangled  his  wife,  cut  up  the 
body  into  pieces,  and  then,  in  order  to  conceal  his  crime,  set  fire  to  the 
house,  wherein  his  three  children  perished.  Such  an  accumulation  of 
horrors  had  shed  quite  a  romantic  halo  round  their  perpetrator.  Ladies 
of  rank  and  fashion  fiocked  to  the  gaol  to  look  at  him  ;  and  his  autograph 
was  in  wonderful  request,  as  soon  as  it  became  known  that  Madame 
C<^rioe  Langetot,  the  lioness  uf  the  district,  possessed  some  words  of  his 
writing  in  her  album,  placed  between  a  ballad  by  a  professor  of  rhetoric 
and  a  problem  by  the  engincer-in-chief  of  the  department :  neither  genllo- 
man,  to  say  tlie  truth,  being  much  flattered  by  such  close  juxtaposition 
with  the  interesting  pet-prisoner.  When  Pierre  Granger,  with  his  lower- 
ing brow  and  air  of  stolid  cunning,  was  placed  in  the  dock,  the  names  of 
twelve  jurors  were  drawn  by   lot,  and  the  president  demanded  of  the 


618  A  STBAIIOB  STOBT. 

counsel  on  either  side,  whether  they  wished  to  exercise  their  light  rf 
challenge.  Both  declined  offering  any  objection  to  twelve  such  honour- 
able names;  but  tlie  attorney- general  added,  that  he  would  require  the 
drawing  of  a  supple mentary  juror.  It  was  done,  and  on  the  paper  ap- 
peared the  name  of  Major  Vernor.  At  the  sound,  a  slight  naurmur  was 
heard  amongst  the  spectators,  while  MM.  Louraugain  and  L^pervier  ex- 
changed a  rapid  glance  which  seemed  to  say : — "  Will  not  jrou  challenge 
him  7  "  But  neitlier  of  Uiem  did  so ;  an  officer  conducted  Major  Vernor 
into  his  appointed  place,  and  amid  profound  ulence  the  indictment  wm 
read.  Major  Yemor  had  lived  in  the  town  daring  the  last  tiro  jeaia. 
Every  one  gave  him  the  military  title,  yet  none  could  teU  when,  or  where, 
or  whom  he  had  served.  He  seemed  to  have  neither  family  nor  friendi ; 
and  when  any  of  his  acquaintances  ventured  to  sound  him  on  tbe  sntgcct, 
he  always  replied  in  a  manner  by  no  means  calculated  to  encoong* 
curiosity.  "  Do  /  trouble  my  head  about  your  affairs  7  "  he  iroold  ny. 
"  Your  shabby  old  town  suits  me  well  enough  as  a  residence,  but  if  yn 
don't  think  I  have  a  right  to  live  in  it,  I  shall  be  most  happy  to  connan 
you  of  thft  fact  at  daybreak  to-morrow  with  gun,  sword,  or  piatoL' 
Major  Yemor  was  precisely  the  very  man  to  keep  his  word ;  the  Sir 
persons  who  had  entered  his  lodgings  reported  that  his  bedroom  rmb- 
bled  an  armoury,  so  fully  was  it  furnished  with  aU  sorts  of  mnrdtsooi 
weapons.  Notwithstanding  this,  he  seemed  a  very  respectable  wtat  tt 
man,  regular  in  his  habits,  punctual  in  bis  payments,  and  fond  of  mioliig 
excellent  cigars,  sent  him,  he  used  to  say,  by  a  friend  in  Havannah.  Ha 
was  tall,  very  thin,  bald,  and  always  dressed  in  black  ;  his  monslaclia 
curled  to  a  point ;  and  he  invariably  wore  his  hat  cocked  over  his  right  car. 
Id  the  evenings  he  used  to  frequent  the  public  readbg-rooms  of  the  town,  but 
he  never  played  at  any  game,  or  conversed  with  the  company,  remaiuqg 
absorbed  in  his  newspaper  until  the  clock  struck  ten,  when  he  lit  hia  dgar, 
twisted  his  moustaches,  and  with  a  stiff,  silent  bow,  took  his  departure.  It 
sometimes  happened  that  one  of  the  company,  bolder  than  the  others,  mid, 
"  Good  night,  major !  "  Then  the  major  would  stop,  fix  his  grey  eye  oa 
the  speaker,  and  reply,  "Good  night,  monsieur !"  but  in  so  mde  and  angry 
a  tone  that  the  words  sounded  more  like  a  malediction  than  a  polite  aalatip 
tion.  It  was  remarked  that  whoever  thus  ventured  to  address  the  majer, 
was,  during  the  remainder  of  the  evening,  the  victim  of  some  atrauge  iU- 
luck.  He  regularly  lost  at  play,  was  sure  to  knock  hb  elbow  through  s 
handsome  lamp  or  vase,  or  in  some  way  to  get  entangled  in  a  miaadventtue. 
So  firmly  were  the  good  townsfolk  persuaded  that  the  major  possessed  aa 
evil  eye,  that  their  common  expression,  when  any  one  met  with  a  Bu^br- 
tune,  was  : — "  He  must  have  said  '  good  night '  to  the  major." 

This  myBtcrious  character  dined  every  day  at  the  ordinary  of  tht 
Crown  Hotel,  and  although  habitually  silent,  seemed  usually  coBteotsd 
with  tbe  fare.    Ons  day,  however,  after  having  eaten  some  broad  aoah  hi 
oast  his  eye  along  the  table,  frowned,  and  calling  th«  host,  nid  s-^** 
comes  it  that  the  dinner  to-day  is  mtirely  meagre  ?  " 


A  STBAHQS  STOBT,  619 

"  MonfiieuT,  ao  doubt,  forgets  that  thu  is  Good  Friday." 
"  Send  me  up  two  mutton  chops." 

"  Impossible,  major — there  is  not  an  ounce  cS  meat  to  be  hod  at  any 
butcher's  in  the  town." 

"  Let  me  have  some  fowL" 
"  That  is  not  to  be  had,  either." 

"  What  a  set  of  fools  I  "  esclaioied  the  major,  atriking  hia  clenched 
hand  on  the  table  with  such  force  that  the  bottles  reeled  and  rocked  just 
as  if  all  the  wine  in  their  bodies  had  got  into  their  heads.  Then  he 
called  the  waiter,  and  »aid,  "  Baptiste,  go  to  my  lodging,  and  bring  me 
the  inlaid  carbine  which  hangs  over  my  pillow." 

The  poor  host  trembled,  and  grew  very  pale  when  Baptiste  returned 
with  a  double-barrelled  gun,  beautifully  inlaid  with  silrer.  The  major 
ooolly  examined  the  locks,  put  on  fresh  caps,  cocked  both  barrels,  and 
walked  out,  followed  at  a  respectful  distance  by  the  guests  and  inmates  of 
the  hotel.  Not  far  off  stood  an  old  ivy-mantled  church,  whose  angular 
projections  were  haunted  by  many  ravens.  Two  large  ones  flew  out  of  a 
turret  just  as  the  major  came  up  and  took  aim  for  a  doable  shot.  Down 
tumbled  both  the  unclean  birds  at  his  ieet 

"  Sacre  bleu ! "  said  he,  picking  them  up.  "  I'm  r^pilarly  sold — 
they're  quite  lean." 

He  returned  to  the  hotel,  and,  according  to  his  express  orders,  oua 
moiety  of  his  ill-omeued  booty  was  dressed  in  a  savoury  stew,  and  the  other 
simply  roasted.  Of  both  dishes  he  partook  so  heartily  that  not  a  vestige 
of  either  remained,  and  he  declared  that  he  had  never  eaten  more  relishing 
food.  From  that  day  the  nujor  became  an  object  of  uneasiness  to  some,  of 
terror  to  others,  of  curiouty  to  all.  Whenever  ha  appeared  on  the  public 
promenade,  every  one  avoided  him  :  at  the  theatre,  his  box  was  generally 
occupied  by  himself  alone ;  and  each  old  woman  that  met  him  in  the 
street  invariably  stopped  to  cross  herself.  Major  Vemor  was  never  known 
to  enter  a  church,  or  accept  an  invitation ;  at  first  he  used  to  receive  a  good 
.many  of  these,  and  the  perfumed  billets  served  him  to  light  his  cigars. 

Such,  then,  was  the  thirteenth  juror  drawn  in  the  cause  of  Pierre 
Gnmger,  and  it  may  easily  be  understood  why  the  audience  were  moved 
at  bearing  the  name  of  Major  Yemor.  The  paper  of  accusation,  uot- 
withstanding  drawn  up  by  the  attorney-general  with  a  force  and  parti- 
cularity of  description  which  horrified  the  ladies  present,  was  read  amid 
profound  silence  broken  only  by  the  snoring  of  the  prisoner,  who  bad 
coolly  settled  himself  to  sleep.  The  gendarmes  tried  to  rouse  him  &om 
his  slumber,  but  they  merely  succeeded  in  making  him  now  and  then 
half  open  his  dull,  brutish  eyes.  When  the  clerk  had  ceased  to  read, 
Pierre  Granger  was  with  difficulty  thoroughly  awakened,  and  tlie  president 
proceeded  to  question  him.  The  interrogatory  fully  revealed,  in  all  its 
horror,  tlie  thoroughly  stupid  fiendishness  of  the  wretch.  Ue  had  killed 
hia  wife,  he  said,  because  they  couldn't  agree ;  he  had  set  his  house  on 
fixe  because  it  was  a  cold  night,  and  he  wanted  to  make  »  good  blaw 


to  wiTTD  himsolf;  w  to  bis  cliildreD,  they  were  dirty  sqnallfng  Gttle 
things — no  Iocs  to  bim  or  to  an/  one  rise  It  would  be  t«dio<u  lo 
pomie  all  the  lUtuiia  of  tlu*  diigiuttng  trial.  M.  Loaniaj;aui  aad  it. 
L^pervioT  bolh  ouda  inarvcllouiil/  clotincat  •pecclici,  but  the  latter 
dMCrred  pecoliar  cn:dtt,  havlii;;  so  very  baid  a  cauac  to  aaatuiL 
JUthoi^h  li«  w«it  kneir  that  bis  olient  waa  as  ihoroagb  a  aooQudnl 
M  erer  brotUi»<l,  and  that  his  condetnoatioo  would  be  a  blawiag  le 
Hicicty,  jct  Im  pleaded  liia  caiue  with  all  a  Lowyer'a  rnnnrirntinninrp 
l/Fhea  he  gAt  to  the  perontion,  ho  nmnt^-d  to  S(]uc«se  Irom  fais  tytt  ■ 
tevr  rare  ttbars,  the  hit  and  miM  precious,  I  imagine,  which  he  canfoDy 
rcwrvcd  for  aq  c*pcci*lly  solemn  vcctu)i«a — JMat  assoaiv  (amilica  prcsem 
n  Jew  bottle  of  line  old  wint,  to  be  drunk  at  the  marriage  of  a  daoghur 
or  die  comiDg  of  age  of  a  eoa.  At  Icagth  Uie  cass  closed,  ikad  the 
pro«ideilt  waa  going  to  sum  ii^;  bnt  an  the  h^at  in  court  was  cxccnn^ 
and  every  one  present  Mood  in  iict^  of  rerreohment,  loaru  was  girra  ftr 
the  jUTj  to  retire  for  Lulf-an-hoar,  and  the  hail  was  cleuvd  for  the  sam 
■pace  of  lime,  io  ordvr  that  it  might  nndergo  n  thorough  veDtilatiso. 
During  thin  interval,  while  twclrc  of  the  jurors  were  cooling  th«insdm 
with  ices  and  shcibut,  iJiu  thirteenth  lightod  a  cigor,  aad  reclimog'iaa 
arm-chair,  antoked  away  with  tlic  gravity  of  a  Turk. 

"  Wliat  a  capital  cigur  1 "  inghed  onv  of  il«  juron,  as  he  watdicd.  ai& 

■DOiviouseye,  the  odoriferous  little  clouds  escaping  from  tho  snokcr's  fiph 

■'  Would  you  like  lo  try  one  1 "  naked  the  major,  politely  ofierimtlB 

cigar- case. 

"  If  it  woold  not  irespasa  too  mueh  oa  yonr  kiDdneBa." 
*'  By  no  means.     You  ore  heartily  wckome.**    The  juror  toel;  al 
dgSTf  und  lightftd  it  at  that  of  his  obliging  neig^botir.     *'  Well,  Iwwdvj 
you  like  it?  "  naked  the  major. 

"  Delidout  I     It  has  an  uncoittraooly  plcasnni  aroma.     From  wheiu*  i 
■roy&u  mppliedT" 

"  From  the   Ilavannab.'*      Several  jurois  now   approacliod, 
loDging  eyes  at  Major  Vcriior'a  cigar-cosc. 

■■  Gentlemen,"  eaid  ho,  '*  I  am  really  grieved  that  I  hare  not  a 
cigar  left  to  oScr  you,  having  juat  given  the  last  to  oar  worthy  (Keol' 
To'iDorraw,  however,  1  hc<p«  to  lisvc  a  fresh  supply,  aad  shall  tbenadr^ 
yon  to  do  me  the  honour  of  nocepcing  snntu." 

At  thai  moment,  an  oiKcial  utmc  in  to  announce  that  the  court  ks3 
renmiicd  its  sitting  :   ihc  jury  hastened  to  their  box,  and  the  prcfflAosi 
begun  hia  chaq^c.     Scarcely  had  he  comraenced,  however,  when  the  jonrj 
wlio  hiid  cmokcd  the  cigar  rose  and  in  a  trembling  voice  beggedd 
miMion  lo  retire,  as  he  felt  very  ill,     InUiod,  while  in  the  act  ol't 
he   fell  backwards,  and   lay  w;n*le5»   on  the   floor.     The   ptVBident, 
course,  directed  that  he  tfaould  ho  carefully  conveyed  to  his  honie,  mi 
denred   Mtijor  Vemor  to  take  bis  place.     Six  slrokea  sounded  from  the 
nid  clock  of  tlie  town-hall  as  the  jury  retired  lo  deliberate  on  ilicir  vtriiel' 
is  the  caae  of  Pierre  Granger.      Klevea  gentlemen  exclaijued  with 


A  STRASGE  STOBT.  621 

voice,  that  the  wretched  assassin'R  guilt  was  perfectly  clear,  and  that  they 
could  not  hesitate  for  a  moment  as  to  their  deciaion.  Major  Vemor,  how- 
evpr,  stood  up,  placed  his  back  against  the  door,  asd  regarding  his 
colleagues  with  a  peculiarly  sinister  expressioD,  said  slowly, — 

"  I  shall  acquit  Pierre  Granger,  and  you  shall  all  do  the  same  ! " 

"  Sir,"  replied  the  foreman  in  a  severe  tone,  "  you  are  answerable  to 
your  conscience  for  your  own  actions,  but  I  do  not  see  what  right  yoiL 
hare  to  offer  us  a  gratuitous  insult." 

"Am  I  then  so  unfortunate  as  to  offend  you?"  asked  the  major, 
meekly, 

"  Certainly,  in  supposing  us  capable  of  breaking  the  solemn  oath 
which  we  have  taken,  to  do  impartial  justice.     I  am  a  man  of  honour — " 

*'  Bah  ! "  interrupted  the  major,  "  are  you  quite  sure  of  that  ?  " 

A  general  murmur  of  iodignatioa  arose. 

"  Do  you  know,  sir,  that  such  a  question  is  a  beak  ioauh  7  " 

"  You  are  quite  mistaken,"  sud  Major  Vemor.  "  What  I  said  was 
drawn  forth  by  a  feeling  of  the  solemn  responsibility  which  rests  with  as. 
Before  I  can  resolve  to  make  a  dead  body  of  a  living  moving  being,  I 
must  feel  satisfied  that  both  you  and  I  are  lees  guilty  than  Pierre 
Granger,  which,  after  all,  la  not  so  certain." 

An  ominous  silence  ensued  :  the  major's  words  seemed  to  stnke  home 
to  every  breast,  and  at  length  one  of  Uie  jurors  said, — "  You  seem,  sir,  to 
regard  the  question  from  a  philosophical  point  of  view." 

"  Just  so,  Monsieur  Cemeau." 

"  You  know  me,  then  7  "  said  the  juror,  in  a  trembling  voice. 

"  Not  very  intimately,  my  dear  air,  but  just  sufficiently  to  appreciate 
your  fondness  for  discounting  bills  at  what  your  enemies  might  call 
usurious  interest.  I  think  it  was  about  four  years  ago  that  an  honest 
poor  man,  the  father  of  a  large  family,  blew  out  his  brains,  in  despair, 
at  being  refused  by  you  a  short  renewal,  which  he  had  implored  on 
his  knots." 

Without  replying,  M.  Cemeau  retired  to  the  farthest  corner  of  the 
room,  and  wiped  off  the  large  drops  of  sweat  which  started  from  his  brow. 

"  What  does  this  mean  ?  "  inquired  another  juror,  impatiently.  "  Have 
we  come  hither  to  act  a  scene  from  the  Memoirs  of  the  Devil  ?  " 

"  I  don't  know  that  work,"  replied  the  major ;  "  but  may  I  advise 
you,  Mon^eur  de  Bordiue,  to  calm  your  nerves?  " 

"  Sir,  you  are  impertinent,  and  I  shall  certainly  do  myself  the  pleasure 
to  chastise  you." 

"  As  how  ?  " 

"  With  my  sword.  I  shall  do  you  the  honour  to  meet  you  to- 
morrow. 

"An  honour  which,  being  a  man  of  sense,  I  most  beg  to  decline. 
You  don't  kill  your  adversaries,  Monsieur  de  Bardine  ;  you  murder  them. 
Have  you  forgotten  your  duel  with  Monsieur  de  Lilhir,  which  took  place, 
I  am  told,  without  witnesses  ?     While  he  was  off  his  guard,  you  treache- 


A  STKANGB  8T0RT. 

roiuly  struck  liim  throngli  tbe  heut.     The  proapect  of  ■  wtiwIw  cita- 
etrophe  u  certainly  hj  do  means  enticing." 

With  so  instinctire  moTement,  M.  de  Bordine'a  nei^faboors  drew  oC 

"  I  admire  sach  Tirtaous  indignation,"  sneered  die  taajar.  **  It  cspe- 
ually  becomes  yoa,  Monmeor  Darien " 

"  What  infamy  are  700  going  to  cast  in  m/  teeth  7  "  exclaimed  ti» 
gentleman  addressed. 

"  Oh,  very  little — a  mere  trifle — simply,  that  while  Monmeor  de  Bb<- 
dine  kills  his  friends,  yon  only  dishonour  yourt.  Moasieor  Simon,  vbtK 
house,  table,  and  purse  are  yours,  has  a  pretty  wife " 

"  Major,"  cried  another  juror,  "  you're  a  rillain  1 " 

"  PardoQ  me,  my  dear  Monrieur  Cal&t,  let  us  call  things  by  thrir 
proper  names.  The  only  Tillain  amongst  us,  I  believe,  is  the  nun  wba 
himself  set  fire  to  his  house,  six  months  after  baring  inmred  it  at  tieUt 
its  value  in  four  offices,  whose  directors  were  foolish  enough  to  tw  tfct 
money  without  making  sufficient  inqoiiy." 

A  stifled  groan  escaped  &om  M.  Caliat's  lips  as  he  covered  his  fai 
with  his  hands.  "  Who  are  you  that  you  thus  dare  to  oonstitato  Tonndr 
our  judge  7  "  asked  another,  looking  fiercely  at  Yemor. 

"  Who  am  I,  Monsieur  Peron  7  simply  one  who  can  appreciate  yov 
very  rare  dexteri^  in  holding  court-cards  in  your  hand,  and  wimljjiig  the 
dice  turn  up  as  you  please." 

M.  FeroQ  gave  an  involuntary  start,  and  thenceforward  held  his  vmt 
The  scene,  aided  by  the  darkness  of  approaching  night,  bad  now  amuoA 
a  terrific  aspect.  The  voice  of  the  major  rang  in  the  eax^  of  elevn  ^t, 
trembling  men,  with  a  cold  metallic  distinctness,  as  if  each  word  inflicted 
a  blow. 

At  length  Vemor  burst  into  a  strange  sharp  hissing  laugh.  "  Wdl, 
my  honourable  coUei^ues,"  he  exclaimed,  "  does  this  poor  PiBrre  Gnu^ 
still  appear  to  you  unworthy  of  the  slightest  pity  7  I  grant  you,  he  ha 
committed  a  fault,  and  a  fault  wliich  you  would  not  have  committed  is 
his  phice.  He  has  not  had  your  cleverness  in  masking  his  turpitude  witli 
a  show  of  virtue — that  was  his  real  crime.  Now,  if  after  baring  killed 
his  wife,  he  had  paid  handsomely  for  masses  to  be  said  for  her  rcpos^- 
if  he  had  purch.-ised  a  burial-ground,  and  caused  to  be  raised  to  ha 
memory  a  beautiful  square  white  marble  monument,  with  a  JloweiT 
epitaph  on  it  in  gold  letters — wliy,  then  we  should  all  have  shed  teart  of 
ajmpathy,  and  eulo^'ized  Pierre  Granger  as  the  model  of  a  tender  husband. 
Don't  jou  agree  with  me,  Monsieur  Norbec  ?  " 

M.  Norbec  started  as  if  he  had  receivtd  an  electric  shock.  "  It  is 
false  I "  he  murmured.  "  I  did  not  poiaon  Eliza ;  she  died  of  pulmonary 
consumption." 

"  True,"  said  the  major  ;  "  you  remind  me  of  a  circumstance  which  I 
had  nearly  forgotten.  Madame  Norbec,  who  poaaessed  a  large  fortnnaiB 
her  own  right,  died  withoat  isne  five  months  afler  she  bad  mada ' 
sole  legatee." 


A  STRAfiGE  STOBT.  628 

Then  the  major  was  silent.  They  wore  now  in  total  darkness. 
Suddenly  came  the  sharp  click  of  a  pistol,  and  the  obscurity  was  fi)r 
a  momeDt  brightened  by  a  Qash,  but  there  was  no  report — the  weapon 
had  miesed  fire.  The  major  burst  into  a  long  and  load  fit  of  laughter. 
"  Charming  I  delightful !  Ah,  my  dear  sir,"  he  exclaimed,  addressing 
the  foreman,  "you  were  the  only  honest  man  of  the  party ;  and  see  how, 
to  oblige  me,  yon  hare  made  an  attempt  on  my  person  which  places  yon 
oa  an  honourable  level  with  Pierre  Granger  1 "  Then,  having  rung  the 
bell,  he  called  for  candles,  and  when  they  were  brought,  he  said,  '*  Com^ 
gentlemen,  I  suppose  you  don't  want  to  sleep  here ;  let  us  make  haste  and 
finijh  our  business." 

Ten  minutes  afUrwards  the  foreman  handed  in  the  issne  paper — a 
T«dict  of  Not  guilty — and  Pierre  Granger  was  discharged  amid  the  hisses 
and  execrations  of  the  crowd,  who  indeed  were  prevented  only  by  a 
ttrong  military  force  &om  assaulting  both  judge  and  jury.  Major  Yemor 
coolly  walked  up  to  the  dock,  and  passing  his  arm  under  that  of  Pierre 
Granger,  went  out  with  him  through  a  side-door. 

From  that  hour  neither  the  one  nor  the  other  was  ever  seen  again  in 
tlie  country.  That  night  there  was  a  terrific  thunderstorm ;  the  ripe 
harvest  was  beaten  down  by  hailstones  as  laige  as  pigeons'  eggs,  and  a 
flaah  of  lightning  striking  the  steeple  of  the  old  ivy-covered  church  tore 
down  its  gilded  cross. 

•  •■••• 

This  strange  story  was  rehited  to  me  one  day  last  year  by  a  convict  in 
the  infirmary  of  the  prison  at  Toulon.  I  have  given  it  verbatim  firom  his 
lips ;  and  as  I  was  leaving  the  building  the  sergeant  who  accompanied  me 
said,  "  So,  sir,  you  have  been  listening  to  the  wonderful  rodomontades  of 
Number  19,788  7" 

"  What  do  you  mean  ?     This  history " 

*'  Is  false  from  b^inning  to  end.  Number  19,788  is  an  atrocious 
criminal,  who  was  sent  to  the  galleys  for  life,  and  who  during  the  last 
few  months  has  given  evident  proofs  of  mental  aberration.  His  mono- 
mania consists  chiefly  in  telling  stories  to  prove  that  all  judges  and  jurors 
are  rogues  and  villains.  He  was  himself  found  guilty,  by  a  most  respect- 
able and  upright  juiy,  of  having  robbed  and  tried  to  murder  Major 
Vemor,  He  is  now  about  to  be  placed  in  a  lunatic  asylum,  so  that  you 
will  probably  be  the  last  visitor  who  will  hear  his  curious  inventions." 

"  And  who  is  Major  Vernor?" 

"  A  brave  old  half-pay  officer,  who  has  lived  at  Toulon  beloved  and 
respected  during  the  last  twelve  years.  You  will  probably  see  him 
to-day,  smoking  his  Havannah  cigar,  ailer  the  table-dlidte  dinner  at  the 
Crown  Hotel." 


6-24 


Sitij  Olit  poffi)  en  fhe  ^mn  PqiUi;  ^Iub. 


An  iXlfpaTy  »  certainly  not  Uie  moU  tempting  dUh  wliiclk  could  be  pUe^l 
upon  tlir  tiiljl«  of  tJie  modorii  liUTwry  cpiouro.  It  nGcnia  lo  be  thr 
prevalent  opinion  thitt  (wrmons  Ami  fiction  are  beat  taken  Mparateljr,  and 
thst,  the  conihinntion  oftlie  two,  caIImI  an  allogory,  U  v«ry  much  ltk4 
pliyHiv  Hilniiiiistci-cil  to  littln  bcyx,  in  which  a  oertiuQ  and  pMaily-nn 
quuntity  of  jam  deceilt'iilly  ci-inveyn  an  uncertain  proportion  of  rhul 
Jt  wntild  hft  wi^ll  for  11*  not  t&  furg^^t,  howover,  tbal  our  forcfiUbert  rvrj 
much  ddighifil  in  ihijt  spccif-s  of  liloratiire,  and  that  in  f»ct  the  gnata 
portion  of  OUT  poiMry,  from  AHnm  Datic's  Vision  to  tbc  Fcurg  Qiwm,  it 
allegorical.  From  iho  time  of  Spenser  to  tlic  prewnt  year  of  gnee,  t' 
taste  for  thiti  kind  of  production  fVcms  to  have  declined  ttcitJily ;  UDce,  ■ 
poetry,  Fletctier's  Purple  /itland.  tbc  images  of  Si'n  and  Ihritk  in  Mill 
Collins'  Otie  on  the  Pamonf,  and  in  prose  Ihe  Vilgriiiis  I'ro^reat  and 
cliannini;  liltln  .lilogorief  of  Addison  and  Johawn,  are  the  only  consploai 
and  nieritorioni"  »pe«:iinenii  of  the  class  fifiviiting  we  nrnnpeakingof 
have  bfcn  puWishcd  since  tbc  reign  of  ICIizalxth.  A»  oor  objcc*  it 
Khow  how  our  old  allegorista  have  dealt  with  the  snbjeot  whioh  standi 
tbc  bead  of  lliis  column,  we  sbatl  take  the  liberty  oT  stating  briefly 
we  consider  lobave  been  ihe  reaconfl  which  led  them  to  "  moraliAe  thur 

When  allegory  flonrished  in  England,  the  fa?ourJt«  amusemeai 
people  wcro  theati'ical  rcprrAcntalionfi  in  which  ihe  personagea  of  the 
vera  embodiments  of  abstract  r[iialiciefi.  ThU  was  not  »o  much  the 
however,  wilh  reMpect  to  the  mysterlex  or  miracle-pliiya  as  to  the  tnoralJ' 
tics  ivhich  snccccdcd  them.  Chaucer,  who  in  his  C'lnterimry  fa/fls KoslcA 
ue  a  living  nnd  moving  piclnre  of  his  timu  more  valuable  iban  the  h\ 
of  nil  tbe  Eapinjt  and  Cartes  that  ever  earned  a  name  for  laborioiu  ti 
iht.ilry,  hiiH  iticlnded  tlie  miracle- pi  ays  among  tJio  special  dirersioM 
the  jc-yoiia  Wfe  pf  Bath.  Of  iheso  miracle-pkys  it  i*  sufficient  foe  ibe 
present  to  lay  that  they  were  crude  and  oflcntimefl  Itcentioux  prodnc- 
tiom,  spiced  as  it  were  Hccordlng  to  the  palate  of  the  vnlgaTi  tint 
geimii  aviilum  rpeflaeulonim.  In  the  moralities,  however,  wbidt  wfw 
entirely  ullegoriuil,  may  be  discerned  some  indications  of  dratnittie  art. 
and  ilioy  oftcnliracA  di.iplay  jmnertt  nf  Kitire  w<irlby  of  Pope  or  Churchill. 
The  revelii  and  kIiowh  of  the  Jina-nth  and  sixteenth  centariei,  minute  de- 
RcriplioiiK  of  which  may  be  found  In  Holinahi-d,  were  the  oflVpring  of  tlw 
mystcricH  nod  iiioniliii'A,  ami  they  in  tlitir  turn  gave  birtb  to  the  ouaqR* 
wbieh  provided  such  apbndlJ  i^mpluyment  for  the  iinagiaatiT«  genim  ltd 
pregnant  fancy  of  Ben  Jonson  and  Millun.  The  masques  reached  the 
height  of  Uitiv  popularity  in  the  ri-ign  of  James  1.,  funl  "  Comus,"  which 
was  ]jrcacnted  at  Ludlow  Castle  in  lC2i,  wax  tliu  last,  of  any  prtlMttooir 


kit 

I 


THE  OLD   POETS  ON  THE  SEVEN  DEADLY  SISS.  626 

that  jre  are  able  to  call  to  mind.  The  miDda  of  the  people  being  tfana 
ftmiliarized  with  mor&i  spectacles,  we  are  not  sarprised  to  find  that 
allegoiy  formed  the  staple  of  contemporaneoiu  poetry.  Since  tbs 
Commonwealth,  maaquea,  shows,  and  pageants  have  ceased  to  be  commonly 
represented,  and  our  poets  have  sought  the  objects  of  their  strains  in 
"  fresh  woods  and  pastures  new." 

It  is  not  to  be  supposed  that  oar  old  all^orists  would  orerlook  the 
seren  deadly  sins  in  choosing  subjects  for  their  fine  moraliungs.  They 
would  be  continually  hearing  about  them  from  the  pulpit ;  they  would  see 
them  sculptured  in  the  cathedrals  and  churches;  their  libraries  would 
contain  richly-illumiuated  manuscripts,  in  which  the  deadly  sins  would  be 
tlie  subject  both  of  pen  and  pencil ;  and  they  would  also  meet  with  them 
in  the  popular  spectacles — the  mysteries,  moralities,  pageants,  revels,  or 
masques — of  their  time.  Psssing  over  Robert  de  Brunne's  traoalation  of 
the  Manvel  da  Pecke'a,  which  is  simply  a  moral  disquisition,  in  verse, 
upon  the  Decalogue  and  the  seven  deadly  sins,  we  come  to  Piers  Plough- 
man's Vision  (circa  1350).  This  allegorical  poem,  in  which  the  deadly 
sios  are  personified,  is  a  vigorous  satire  upon  the  vices  of  the  age  ;  but  its 
fiercest  denunciations  are  reserved  for  the  priests  and  tha  monstrous  super- 
Btitiona  inculcated  by  them.  This  poem  is  well  known  from  the  celebrated 
passage  in  which  the  author  foretells  the  dissolution  of  the  monasteries. 
Nether  the  discovery  among  the  Cottonian  manuscripts  of  some  "Verses 
concenung  the  Destruction  of  the  Monasteriea,"  written  before  Piera 
Pion^man's  Vision,  nor  the  generally  expressed  belief  of  the  Lollards, 
that  the  possessions  of  the  Church  would  ultimately  become  the  portion 
of  the  knights,  need  lessen  our  wonder  at  the  circumstantiality  with  which 
the  author  of  Piers  Ploughman's  Vision  foretold  what  actually  came  to 
pass.  The  same  remark  which  we  have  made  concerning  Robert  de 
Brunne's  translation  may  be  applied  to  Gower's  Con/essio  Amantis  and 
Chaucer's  Parson's  Tale.  In  the  Somaant  of  the  Rose,  in  Dunbar's  Dance, 
and  in  Skelton's  Rewards  of  a  Court,  we  shall  find  some  most  striking  imper- 
sonations of  the  deadly  sins,  while  in  Hawes'  Pastime  of  Pleasure  they  are 
merely  minor  characters.  Sackville's /nducd'on  (o  the  Complaint  of  Hvnry 
Duke  of  Buckingham  contains  some  wonderfully  vigorous  person! tications ; 
and  even  Spenser,  strong  as  he  was  in  his  own  originality,  no  doubt 
derived  much  assistance  in  his  delineation  of  the  seven  deadly  sins  from 
the  spirited  creations  of  SackviUe.  Phineas  Fletcher,  dulibed  by  the 
fantastic  Qnarles  "  the  Spenser  of  his  age,"  following  his  gre^it  original  at 
the  distance  of  half  a  century,  has  drawn  some  of  the  deadly  sins.  His 
figures  are  conceived  with  a  certain  degree  of  skill,  but  the  few  beauties 
of  the  work  {The  Purple  Island)  are  lost  amid  a  heap  of  anatomical 
rubbish  and  absurdity. 

We  suppose  that,  in  consequence  of  the  mystic  importance  which  has 
at  all  times  been  attached  to  the  number  seven,  it  was  found  neces- 
sary to  discover  seven  cardinal  and  principal  sins,  from  whiuh  might 
be  educed  the  nnmerooa  sabudiary  branches  of  human  turpitude.    We 

VOL.  xni.— HO.  77.  80. 


626 


THS  OLD  FOCTS  ON  THE  SEV£:f  SEADLT  8ISS. 


have,  mid  Uie  nonlitU,  the  Mven  wondera  of  tlic  world,  th« 
of  Homer,  tbc  nreii  heads  oT  cht  Nile,  tlic  •erca  gnua  of  TK^ea,  lb: 
■even  iuyii  of  tbe  vr««k,  aod  why,  in  tlie  nain«  of  Uic  «eren  wiaa  nun  sT 
Or«eee,  ihould  w«  not  Imve  th«  levvu  dcudljr  sin  7  Tlius  mighl  Uie  niunbar 
Iwvii  bcCD  lettlcd.  Thv  niott  oalural  onlcr  ofplrndDg  these  RproePtatarc 
vices  (Kltbough  vrosiiall  be  Binning  aliglitl^agaiii«t[Mrco(sl(.>tit  in  the  amngfr- 
atai)  Homs  to  Iw  rn<li,<>,  Wrjitli,  Envjr,  CoveMusnuai,  Gluttony,  Lust,  and 
idleness.  If  it  be  true  diAl  vice  in  but  an  cxaggCTiUMti  of  Tirtu«,  wt 
tiiink  tliAt  th«  -remark  applies  esp«cikUy  to  pride,  wlilch  twiiig  but  i«ir- 
eMMUi  ruD  nuul,  Btuids  &«Ar«Ht  to  virtue  ;  thu  tvra  qimlilics  occcpu'lag  ibe 
poMlM)D  of  the  lusst  of  tlic  vicen  «ud  the  least  of  ttie  virluee.  b  wa* 
romurlcL-d  by  tke  Uanjuu  of  iiali&UE  that  "  pride  in  on  ambiguoiu  word ; 
one  kind  of  it  is  as  much  a  virtue  as  the  otbsr  is  a  Tice :  but  w«  *k 
oaturxlly  no  upt  tu  diuoBe  the  worst  thit  it  u  become  daingiirouH  to  onn- 
mend  the  best  side  of  it."  Jl  wns  al«i  tlic  first  sin  committed,  fur  b^  it 
"  fell  tbv  angels."  Saun  liaring  heard  the  Son  of  God  proclaijiud 
Hesrijtli  Kine  ui^antcd.  cmild  not  heir 
Tkmnich  pride  that  siittit,  snal  Ifaoaiihl  himteU  imtMir'd. 

lo  Piers  Plooghnian's  Kmion,  the  deadly  wns,  headed  by  Pride, 
tepresented  aa  ooning  up  to  confuea  and  receive  ab«o!atiaa,  bavu^ 
wrought  thereto  hy  the  exhoTlaLiuni  of  Hettson.  The  author  baa  de 
Pride  as  a  womau,  and  in  tliia  aclectt»a  of  acx  he  is  lolbwed  by  Sf 
alone.  It  is  OMnmon  to  impale  this  vice  to  females  in  an  G.ipecdal  ■ 
—from  no  other  reason  tlint  vrn  know  of  than  because  they  groii 
vanity  upon  th'uiga  in  thauuclvua  nub  uf  inuob  usf  or  ewliinution, 
tlKTefare  expowd  to  observiition  and  ridicule,  aeuilg  that  pride  tskos  it* 
cliiim  to  the  world's  respect,  or  inours  llic  world's  aconi,  according  to  tbu 
quality  of  the  thing  on  which  it  in  founded.  The  pride  of  mco  gcnoiUy 
kprings  trom  Hometltiug  held  in  ei^ccm,  not,  perhaps,  ish^ntatly  gond,  ud 
the  rioe  is  tlierefore  tost  sight  of,  uilhoiigh  it  is  just  as  cgngioiia.  ToAt 
piostntei  hetwlf  to  the  earth,  and  vowa  that  she  will  for  the  futan 
practise  homiUtj,  and  mbmit  herself  to  mimtprejentalion  with  ^islifni 
Dante,  in  Ji  Pia-ifcUorio,  has  described  the  proud  as  walking  aboot  midar 
the  hurJtta  of  a  henry  stone,  and  listening  to  the  ineStblo  slnun  of  tiff 
Vftioes  whieh  sing,  "  Biened  nrc  tlio  poor  in  spiriL"  As  a  pcnauoe  (or  her 
mlwloingN,  Fridc  declaitw  thiit  she  will  fur  blie  future  wear  a  hair  shirt  not 
to  her  skin — a  practice  strictly  in  nccurdancc  with  the  religions  ^-**™— 
of  the  time.  In  thcMi  degenerate  days,  it  it  not  perhaps  so  «aBy  as  il  gsN 
was  to  appreciate  oil  the  torture  and  discomlbtt  vf  thia  pecoUar  mode  of 
Mlf-diecipliue.  Sir  Thomas  More,  even  when  be  was  ChaQocllor,  wore  s 
hair  sliirt  next  his  skio;  whipped  himself  ei'eiy  Fridajr  with  a  knotttd 
cord,  ami  nllowed  himself  only  four  or  five  hours'  reel,  with  the  grauil 
for  bis  bed  and  a  log  for  hia  pillow.  Dunbar  in  bis  Dance  o/  (As  Stva 
litadiij  Sttu,  deaeribes  himself  aa  lying  in  a  trance,  in  the  ooutae  of  wbidi 
he  bchulilt  Iwth  heaven  and  hell.  He  imagines  that  in  beJI,  MalMnnd 
d«ci«M_that  on  Fostcm's  eveu  (the  evening  picoeding  Lent — ■  xtrj  jeD? 


^ 


THE  OLD  IK>£T6  ON  TH£  SEVEN  DEADLY  SIKS. 


637 


ftativa]  in  Scotland)  ihcro  bfioalcl  he  a  dance  or  micb  as  bad  acrvr  bocoi 
ihrived,  and  that  a  TntL--<que  should  be  deTis«d  U>  introduM  l}ic  cliariioton 
in  proper  ortier.  Several  ho\y  hypncriuv  tinit,  npptur,  bnt  tliey  cauwi  no 
mtrtb  ui  Muhoimd  ;  when,  however,  n  lot  of  pricBM  with  Btiirrcn  cromiB 
oome  ferward,  tlie  infernal;  regions  r»&undwith  the  laughter  and  mocictij 
of  the  fiends.  Tfaia  poeiu  vas  written  about  sixty  y*an  btfon  the  Anal 
abolition  of  popery  iu  Scotlund  ;  ami  of  ili«  ocandnloiu  oonditioa  of  the 
Scottnh  Church  at  ihin  tiiJiL>.  IJuUiim,  siimmiu^  up  tlie  lengthy  narrative 
of  McCric,  th«3  spealLi : — "  The  Scots  church  had  been  immensely  rich; 
ita  riches  bad  l«d,  aa  cver>-wbcrcci»e,  tt>  nc^Wt  of  duties  aiid  iliiitsi>lut«R(«i 
of  life;  and  these  vioi-s  had  niH  llipir  usual  punifhmenl  in  tho  people's 
batrcd."  Tlic  idoa  vi'  making  thv  pritttts,  tta  Dunbar  has  done,  the  object 
«r  ■oortt  to  tho  Hinallett  cf  fitndi— the  \Tr}'  brovmica  oven — is  certainly 
from  the  mind  of  a  mattar  of  latire  and  tbo  grocesqiio.  After  tl)L>  priiHta 
bare  pmed,  Malioond  order*  the  naaque  to  prooeed,  upon  which  the 
Mfen  dotdly  risa  come  dancing  in.  It  ia  aaid  that  in  aomi!  parts  of  Italy 
tfaepeoi>)t  art!  still  fund  orxenng  speGtaGlet  in  vhich  tlie  deadly  sini4  dunce 
a  nmauri:  willi  the  Kvil  Oiii>.  Firslin  th«  dance  comve  Pridv,  nttvndcd  by 
a  band  or  cheating  ■coundr4^U  (inttnded,  ve  supposo,  to  rcprc^t^nt  the 
DUtncroiu  train  of  viu«t  which  follow  in  tbp  vake  of  pride),  wliu,  as  they 
iJtip  along  through  tlie  scalding  &xv,  make  tlie  place  ring  again  iritb  ikeir 
hideoM  groiins.  Pride  himself  Btallcs  in  after  the  inanaer  of  a  SpaniA 
HitUgo  of  blueitt  blood,  with  his  hair  pushed  bock  from  his  face,  with 
hia  bonnet  set  on  one  aide,  and  his  cassock  trailing  in  rumpliid  folds  nil 
about  his  hecix.  The  proud  nipcriluily  cf  dreas  which  is  here  retnariccd 
apoB,  was  more  churact«riEtic  of  the  female  attire  of  tfae  time,  tirhidi 
xealty  was  of  iiiosl  inordinatu  amplitude.  An  amimng  »tory  is  told  ia 
oa*  of  the  pGrey  Society's  publications  of  n  woman,  who,  for  excessive 
ptidc,  wore  a  very  long  while  train,  wliioh,  when  she  walkiid,  rnisod  a 
great  cloud  of  duat  h«hiutl  hur — afler  tho  mnnn«r  of  our  modem  fa«hion> 
■hlc  tsir  ones.  When  the  lady  Jiftod  ber  train,  a  cn-lain  duvil  who 
was  standing  by,  wait  obftervcd  to  laugh  heartily.  On  being  aalced 
the  eaosc  of  bis  tncrrinieQl,  be  said  that  a  brollier  deril  wm  in 
the  babit  of  uidng  tho  lady's  tnun  for  a  oorriage,  bnt  when  the 
wearer  pullet!  it  up  the  unfortunate  deril  was  roiled  in  th<!  dirt. 
SkelbMi'a  Jieu'iircU  »/  a  C^urt  is  an  allegorical  priem  or  poguant,  in 
which  the  ({tialities — the  myvtic  sewn  as  usual — most  likely  to  ftovard 
one's  (iirtunc  at  court  are  pciaoniSwl ;  and  amongst  tlto  rest  aro  iaipereo- 
oatioBSof  one  or  two  of  the  cardiiuJ  eina.  Skdton  points  Pride,  under 
the  uunc  %A  Disdain,  witli  very  gaudy  atid  ezpiinsiTe  garments  ;  and, 
oltlioogh  we  find  Ecaticred  up  and  down  in  the  works  of  all  the  old 
writers  objurgations  upon  extrarsganoc  ia  dresa,  yet  wc  most  oonfeai 
tliat  Skeltoo  was  espGciiilly  justiliDd  in  his  tefleotianx,  since  tlte  dandies  of 
Ui  tiine,  in  addition  to  other  cxpeasiw  alxurdilias,  bad  usurped  the 
■limiarlllii  and  pettiooate  of  tbe  wonun,  and  carried  vary  Urge  hats,  with 
eoonaoQs  fnUicn,  slung  over  their  backs.    Skcllon's  Pride  ia  a  firv-eating 


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THE  OLD  FOBTS  ON  TU£  SEVEN  OBADLT  SINS. 


fellow,  wlio  eridcfltly  lliinlc*  ihnt  the  world  u  onljr  jtut  lu^  cnoogh  for 
liimaelf  and  perhaps  a  iwrvnni  or  two.  Spender,  perluipa  the  hat,  ii  at 
tlie  ani«  timo  the  duvf  of  our  allrgonstSt  and  to  hiui  Dunbar  akiae  uo 
tw  ooiwidcrad  u  •  worthy  riral.  In  tite  fourth  canlo  of  the  first  book  of 
the  Fairy  QuMn  tite  poet  hxa  ikakcribtid  ihe  IIouBe  of  Pride  and  tbi 
lanutes  tbereof.  It  will  be  rctnvnibrml  that  the  Kcd  Cron  Kniglii, 
b&Ting  been  acparjlcd  from  Utia  hy  the  treaclMiry  of  Arehimago,  n 
brought  bj  Ouesu  to  the  lloune  of  Pride.  Pride  hemdf  is  seated  on  t 
rich  tfaroDc,  iviih  a  dragoa  nt  h«r  IWt,  aud  is  attended  b/  a  aomenn 
train  of  loriln  and  Indies.  She  at  attired  moat  gorgooualy,  and  altiaa  lib 
the  sun  with  gold  and  preciotM  stnoeii,  the  lu*tru  of  which,  however,  an 
nid  to  be  dimmid  bj  the  awful  blase  of  her  beauty.  ThU  deacripligB 
of  Pride  reminds  one  of  that  given  uf  Medea,  when  xhe  ia  first  aem  by 
Janm.  Diidaining  to  Ionic  upon  the  earth  aa  too  rile  for  her,  Pfuh 
exalts  her  eyea  lo  bpavcn,  only  lowi-rinff  llicm  n»w  and  then  to  Tiaw  bec- 
Klf  in  a  mirror  which  »ho  iiol<l«  In  her  h»nd.  Liktf  Xarciaaa  of  tU, 
alie  in  ruprL^«enled  lu  in  We  niih  Ittrsclf.  Queen  Lucif<'n,  aa  SaatB 
haa  named  pride,  rcfcning  ta  th«  original  «in  ul  Satan  Or  Lacifer*  ivipi 
ovi<r  a  kingdom  wlioao  sovprf-ignly  ahu  luu  ii«nrpc-d  ;  but  her  soeptn  vl&H 
of  course  be  broken,  when  we  »liiLll  enter  Lnib  ihe  full  enjoyment  oftUfl 
promil*  of  a  "  recovered  Paradine  to  utl  markind.''  Her  maxim,  will 
'nhich  thote  wlio  have  Mudicd  htiiory  will  no  doubt  bo  fumiliMr,  is  tenda 
by  policy  and  not  by  law,  and  her  cminsi'llura  are  the  remuining  ea: 
•infl.  She  is  the  dik^ighter  of  Pluto  :ind  Prof^erpine,  by  wliich  tlw  ida 
her  being  conceived  in  hell  is  iutenJrd  to  ha  conveyed ;  but  diiT<ah"''*y 
ber  high  pareiiuiiTe,  she  claims  Jove  for  her  aire,  and  would  exak  henelf 
to  a  goddess.  Of  this  latter  form  of  pride,  history  BUppltes  us  with  aaay 
exampIeB,  such  ah  that  of  Alexander,  who  bribed  ihe  priestB  of  Jvpiur 
AnimoD  to  honour  him  as  the  son  of  tJieir  deity  ;  Dumiiian,  who  CDia- 
manded  that  ha  aliould  be  called  God  in  all  the  etxte  pajxira;  Cai»ak 
who  used  to  ait  among  the  gods  and  cnuae  ucri^ces  to  be  made  to  Uk 
and  also  to  hurl  stones  towards  hejiwn  in  dolianco  of  the  thuoder^bcanis 
Jove  ;  snd  many  others.  Aa  to  the  pride  of  anceiliy,  it  ccems  tmlmli 
preach  to  men  of  the  common  origin  of  the  huni.-in  laoe,  and  lo  n  }mit 
to  fiithgr  Noah,  the  propositus  alike  «r  \\>a  tnivcUing  tinker  and  tbe  teewA 
Alcibiadot  (if  tht^  Gnitrdit;  or  to  tell  them  with  Si.  Jerome,  Stmfmt  awl 
Jimim  notiililaf,  claram  rM«  virtiiti^ui:.  There  «re  oilier  brancha  of  Prnk 
which  the  poets  wc  have  mcalioncd  have  not  dejilt  willi,  tnch  as  thai  td 
wealtl),  which  i<  found  in  its  rampant  Ibrm  among  thcee  who  have  beta 
dipped  in  the  Puctolns  of  modern  commerce,  and  have  middetily  cook  n^ 
from  the  depths  hoavy  witli  nuriftrcms  droeti.  The  pride  of  nligioa  >* 
exemplified  in  the  FhIl^i»^^o  of  tbe  pnnible  was  perhupa  hardly  capabfe^ 
introduction  into  tliv  allcgorti-s  wc  hnvv  been  considering,  but  it  iaa  lioli 
curious  that  occasion  hns  not  been  liikvn  lo  eatirise  tlie  pride  tjf  humility, 
of  which  we  ccmKider  the  life  of  Diogen«  the  oynio  to  fimurb  tbe  aw* 
Sagrant  example. 


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THX  OLD  POETS  ON  THE  SSVEH  DEADLY  SINS.         629 

Wrath  occnpies  the  position  next  to  Pride  in  our  catalogae  of  the 
deadly  siua;  for  whea  once  a  man  is  possessed  with  pride  in  some  gift 
of  grace  or  fortune  which  he  imagineB  himself  to  possess,  the  least  want  <^ 
Bympathj  with  hia  preiensioRH  is  apt  to  more  him  to  resentment.  In 
Piera  Ploughman's  Vision,  Wrath  is  represented  as  coming  np  to  the  con- 
fession invited  bj  BeaeoD.  with  his  nostrils  qnirering,  bis  eyes  wild  and 
dilated,  and  hi^  lips  tightly  compressed  between  his  teeth.  He  is  ystj 
properly  described  as  a  friar,  and  at  one  time  gardener  to  the  convent ; 
ibr  pntting  aside  the  fact  that  the  poem  was  written  by  a  Lollard,  the 
monks  and  friars  were  then,  and  had  long  been,  noted  for  their  quarrel- 
•ome  and  brawling  character.  It  was  veiy  common  for  them  to  get  up 
fights  both  with  fists  and  knives  over  their  cups,  even  when  these  latter 
vere  full  of  liquor,  showing  that  their  gluttony,  for  which  they  were 
celebrated,  was  surpassed  by  their  disposition  to  quarrel.  They  would 
give  one  another  tlie  lie,  and  swear  like  our  friend  Friar  John  of  the 
Funnels,  with  this  difference,  that,  as  he  explains,  his  oaths  were  but  the 
colours  of  a  Ciceronian  rhetoric,  and  are  among  the  class  sanctioned  by 
I<(H)giDUS.  There  were  at  this  time  bitter  feuds  between  the  begging 
frian  and  the  monks,  between  the  barons  and  yeomen];  in  fact,  society  was 
in  that  unsettled  and  seething  state,  which  is  always  the  prelude  to  great 
revolutions.  Wraih  dt^clares  that  among  the  friars  he  finds  the  readiest 
foUowen,  since  there  is  always  some  quarrel  going  on  among  them,  be  it 
about  ihriving  the  people  without  licence,  or  what  not.  He  has  two  aunts, 
one  a  onn  and  the  other  an  abbess.  He  was  for  some  time  cook  in  their 
conr&tt,  and  as  may  be  supposed,  he  does  not  neglect  bis  opportunities 
of  setting  the  dear  creatures  by  the  ears.  By  virtue  of  his  office  he 
would  have  plenty  of  chances  of  doing  this,  for  the  cook  was  a  very 
important  personage  in  the  economy  of  monastical  and  conventual  esta- 
blishments. The  office  of  chief  cook  waa  never  bestowed,  except  on 
those  who  had  made  the  art  of  Apicius  their  study,  and  Fuller  declares 
that  there  were  some  who  could  have  pleased  the  palate  of  the  archgluttoa 
himself.  From  the  description  given.  Wrath  appears  to  have  belonged  to 
an  establishment  of  the  Gilbertines,  where  it  was  the  duty  of  one  of  the 
cooks  to  serve  the  nuns  at  supper,  for  lie  says  he  served  the  monks  and 
Quns  for  many  months.  His  method  of  stirring  up  anger  and  strife 
among  the  nuns,  will  enlighten  us  as  to  tlie  tlicn  prevailing  abuses.  He 
insinuates  that  one  was  born  out  of  wedlock,  that  another  had  lost  her 
▼irtue  to  a  priest,  and  so  on.  Tliey  sit  and  dispute  over  these  things  till 
the  lie  is  given,  and  thert;upon  delicHte  nails  are  buried  in  delicate  flesh, 
the  want  of  cold  sUel  alone  preventing  its  use.  That  the  charges  in- 
sinuated by  the  poet  nguinst  the  nuna  are  not  libellous,  wo  may  assume 
from  the  account  of  the  famous  vitiitation  of  the  Bl»liop  of  Lincoln,  and 
the  means  adopted  by  him  for  eiugling  out  the  chaste  from  the  unchaste; 
and  also  from  the  discovery  in  the  nunneries  of  amulets  and  saintly 
relics,  supposed  to  be  efficacious  in  cuaes  of  pregnancy.  The  nuns  of 
Gracedieu,  for  instance,  rejoiced  in  tlie  possession  of  a  part  of  St.  Francis' 


TBS  OLD  70BTS  05  TBB  SEVWX  DEADLT  SIKS. 


ooat,  and  llion  of  St  Uirr't,  Derby,  ia  tWt  of  «  fragmont  oT  th*  ahirl 
of  St.  'rhomaa,  both  cf  which  were  R^poaed  (o  be  TMoful  lo  I 
laqBuidg  the  good  ofBcei  or  Lucina.  Nor  did  the  momwra  of  the  nvn* 
improre  with  timo,  if  w«  maj  b*Iie»«  Ldlf  the  fiery  narrBtiTe  of  ihe  good 
Biili/)p  of  QiKwy.  Moreover,  among  the  Intptirmda  area  ConvtmOtmf 
an  ihe  foUoTring  qovrics.  Ar«  tlie  inmates  apt  to  ^e  the  lie  to  euli 
(itlier  7  Aic  they  i&  the  habit  of  atriking  ooe  another  7  Not  only  in  thia 
pfiTlicular  jwrt,  hut  tliroughout  the  whole  of  Piers  Plonjlimiin'B  Viaiim, 
unil  thr  works  of  Chaucer,  there  i«  a  grenl  (^tiantity  of  inforroatioD  wbidt 
ebcdfl  a  liglil  apoD  monaaUo  and  coDTcntual  nil«,  and  photogrnpha  for  ua,  at 
it  wcrt^  the  inner  life  of  tlie  devotoos  of  the  lime.  Ice  comes  awaggering 
into  Dtmbur'a  Daitcf,  like  no  UDcirJ  bear,  in  a  inaimer  iiiteoded  to  etir 
□p  inrife.  Aa  if  10  be  ready  for  a  fny  he  goes  alwayi  mth  hu  baod 
upon  his  daggw,  whidi  at  that  time  vraa  oonaidered  a  neccaniay  part  of  tlw 
appurel  ot  a  gentleinao,  and  iraa  wore  loepciidcd  from  tli*  girdle,  togetker 
wilh  the  punm.  lie  is  a««otnf«aifd  by  a  band  of  wild  swnahbneUv 
fellow*,  booKUrt,  brnggarLo  and  vrrauglera,  nil  "  armed  to  point,"  wlio  pMi 
o&  ia  military  order,  two  and  two,  oa  if  expecting  immediate  battla 
T^eae  rude  retainers  deal  blowa  all  around  tbern  at  random,  and  aora»- 
tinea  fmiNli  by  tlc^liing  their  knives  to  (he  liuft  in  oooh  othtr.  'J'tkia  ia 
intended  to  rt-Hect  upon  tUe  nuuicroua  train  of  idle  followers  with  whick  it 
woa  the  practioe  (or  the  great  lords  to  surround  IhemstJvca. 
wae  this  the  case  with  the  Highland  chieftains,  who  troubled  thi 
little  to  restrain,  nay,  eren  encouraged,  ihe  depredalionn  i^f  ibeir 
upon  ihi;  tmfortun&tR  lowland  proprietors.  Henry  VU.  not  long- nfUrwodii 
Mt  himai'lf  called  upoa  to  deal  with  the  matter  in  England,  hy  panbg  4e 
•tMutca  reatroining  the  nobility  from  keeping  such  hosts  of  retainon,  tfm, 
u  Sir  Waller  Scott  poiiiu  out,  not  only  striking  at  the  root  of  th«  peww 
oT  the  aristooraoy,  aud  oontribating  to  the  downfall  of  the  iiuoitutioD  of 
chivalry,  but  Inying  the  foundations  of  the  subBot^uetat  freedom  of  tba 
Engliiili  people.  Iti  the  Fairy  ilasen,  Wrath,  to  whom  Spenser  gives  Ihft 
iMt  plscc  in  his  •n^teaquo  team,  is  reprenentrd  riding  on  a  lion,  which 
•Mina  lolli  to  go  Ibrivani.  The  beasts  which  Spenser  has  associated  witk 
tha  different  vioes  are  tliocie  which  the  common  estimniion  of  the  Qhan»> 
tcristica  of  the  various  ammols  would  leail  us  to  look  for.  We  an  DO* 
perbnpe  altogether  right  in  asnit^nin^  certain  vicioua  qualitiea  to  partioikr 
aonnals,  but  the  custom  hus  no  doubt  arisen  irora  the  teaching  ei  (1m 
ftUra  familiar  to  na  iu  our  youth.  Seneca  snys  that  if  he  were  eaUsd 
upon  to  dcccribo  Anger  ho  should  draw  a  tiger  bathvd  in  blood,  just  abo«l 
to  pounce  CO  liis  prey,  or:u;  the  Furioa  are  reprssonted,  with  whi[)i!i,  snakMi 
&Dd  flames.  Wrath  conica  in  liis  liaod  a  bumtng  torch  (the  torch  of 
Discord),  which  he  brandishes  about  hia  licad.  Hiseyce  flaab  ibrtb  spsHtt 
of  fire,  hit  fiue  is  livid  like  thai  of  a  corpiie,  bis  honda,  whieh  trembla 
with  the  viulciice  of  hia  passion,  clutch  an  unaheatfaed  dagger,  and  Im 
meela  ihe  regards  of  all  around  bim  with  a  ^rim  angry  atara.  Con)pan 
thia  wiib  Soneca'a  detcriptioB  of  aa  angry  man,  with  a  fierce  aud  throaBKf 


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THX  OLD  POSTS  ON  THE  SBTEfi  DBADLT  8IB&.  681 

JBg  coantenance,  ae  pale  as  oAea,  and  ia  the  Hame  moment  aa  red  as 
blood  ;  a  glaring  eje,  a  vrinkled  brow,  trembling  lipa,  a  forced  and 
sqaeaking  voice,  knocking  knees  and  Tioleot  motions  of  the  wbole  body. 
Tbe  ragged  garments  of  Wrath  are  all  atained  with  the  blood  of  thoaa 
whom  he  baa  ^ain  in  fits  of  unreflecting  passion. 

For  of  hU  bauds  he  had  no  govenomwit, 

Ke  car'd  for  blood  in  bis  aTeng^meat: 

But,  wbea  the  furioos  fit  was  overpast, 

His  cruel  &cts  he  often  wonld  repent ; 

Tet,  mlfnl  man,  he  never  woold  foreaut 

How  jnaaj  mUchiefii  Bfaonld  ensoe  his  heedlcsa  lu^ 

This  is  a  capital  picture  of  a  choleric  man,  and  might  very  well  be  takea 
for  a  portrait  of  our  own  Henry  Ylir.,  bat  that  Spenaer  wonld  take  care 
not  BO  to  paint  the  father  of  the  fiery  Elizabeth,  his  own  Gloriana  and 
"dearest-dread."  Spenser  has  devoted  a  stanza  to  the  enumeration  of  the 
followers  of  Wrath,  namely,  Bloodshed,  Strife,  "  bitter  Despite  with  Ban- 
conr's  rusty  knife,"  Grief,  and  the  rarioas  bodily  ailments  which  terre  to 
sweeten  the  tempers  of  passionate  men.  We  cannot  do  better  in  leaving 
Uiis  second  deadly  sin  than  quote  the  beautiful  sentences  of  Sir  Thomas 
Browne  on  this  subject : — "  Answer  not  the  ^ur  of  tary,  and  be  not  pro- 
digal or  prodigious  in  revenge.  Make  not  one  in  the  histaria  korribiUe ; 
slay  oot  thy  servant  for  a  broken  glass,  nor  pound  him  in  a  mortar  who 
offondcth  thee ;  aupererogate  not  in  the  worst  sense,  and  overdo  not  the 
neccBBlicB  of  evil ;  humour  not  the  injustice  of  revenge." 

Kext  in  the  allegoric  procession  limps  squinting  Envy,  whom  Piers 
Plongbmsn  represents  as  coming  up  to  ask  for  shrift,  crying  mea  culpa 
with  great  show  of  repentance,  but  at  the  same  time  secretly  cursing  his 
enemies.  His  body  seems  ready  to  burst  with  suppressed  spleen,  and 
his  lean  and  lowering  visage  has  the  paleness  of  one  in  the  palsy,  or  of  a 
Bun-dried  leek.  His  kirtle,  a  kind  of  tnnic  or  waistcoat,  and  courtepy  or 
oppermost  cloak,  the  sleeves  of  which  have  been  cut  from  the  gown  of  a 
fiiar,  are  both  old  and  worm-eaten.  It  is  hard  to  unriddle  the  meaning 
of  clothing  Envy  in  part  of  a  friar's  garb,  except  upon  the  supposition 
that  the  author  regarded  the  cowled  fraternity  as  representatives  of  all 
the  deadly  sins.  Envy,  by  his  confession,  seems  to  have  passed  hia  life 
amid  bustle  and  excitement,  for  whatever  be  knew  amiss  of  Watkin 
he  told  to  Will,  and  of  course  reported  to  Watkin  the  shortcomings  of 
Will,  embittering  thereby  the  existence  of  those  two  individuals.  Envy 
goes  on  to  declare  that  he  would  rather  ensure  the  mischance  of  his 
neighbour  than  gain  a  wey  of  Essex  cheese,  showing  thereby  that  he 
had  not  the  means  or  had  not  learnt  the  art,  common  in  our  time,  of 
combining  the  utile  with  the  dulce.  Proceeding  in  his  confession,  Envy 
■ays  that  when  he  is  in  church,  and  should  be  praying  for  palmers  and 
pilgrims,  be  finds  himself  muttering  curses ;  and  that  when^  taming  him- 
self from  the  altar,  he  sees  an  acquaintance  with  a  new  coat,  he  is  imme- 
diately seized  with  deep  pangs  of  covetousness.  He  was  present  in  a  quiet 
ooonby  cborch  on  a  much  more  reoeat  ocoasion,  if  we  are  to  trust  the 


CSS  TU£  OLD  POSTS  ON  TlUC  SSVOS  DKADLT  SQfS. 

nuTttioa  by  die  hutorian  ot  the  adrcntures  of  Tom  JoncB,  louobii^  Ui' 
dc^ruclion  ol'  the  fine  kpparul  of  poor  Molly  Seagrttn.     Like  a  liwsti 
nol>!G  of  Uie  o]i]  school,  Envy  nidlie^  erery  oue  were  ttis  aerf.     Of  ooune 
Im   lAU^its  ac  oUior  pcopLu'a  miifiTttiDC*,  uatl,  oquaUy  of  «oars«,  weef* 
•»\wn  Li8  Dcigliboiira  ri.'juiec.      Tli«  autlior  has  bore  taken  a  hint  &om 
Ovid,  who  taya  of  Envj— 

V'ixqai-  tcnrt  Incnrnoa,  qaia  nil  UoTmabUo  ecnUL 
Among  tlie  many  "full  ricli  poi-trnilar«s "  which  aro  Utnned  upoD  the 
vail  of  the  garden  of  the  Row,  an  de&cribed  by  Cliaucvr,  is  a  very  exoel- 
lent  oiie  of  Enry.  She  (t'iirldltig  hoH  ilIso  described  Envy  ua  a  HomaUt 
ant)  bna  called  her  the  a'uivr  o(  !»ilup)  liaa  »  "  full  foul  UK)g«  '*  of  iMTtf 
LjuWing  man  or  woman  aimiglit  la  the  fucc ;  she  either  giv«a  susfuciois 
tide- g Itinera,  or  half  nliiita  Uei'  eyvt  in  the  manner  of  people  who  wU 
to  «xpr«aB  a  pr«teud«d  dUdkin,  pramptcd  by  reaJ  ji-filout^  of  tbow  who 
are  good  and  woitliy,  or  who  wand  high  in  the  eatimation  of  othi>% 
exemplil^'ing  ilitreb)',  we  observe,  tlie  old  anyiiig,  Inriilia  virtutia  amut- 
Knry,  aiys  Chaucer,  ncvvr  lau;:ht.  The  full  8Jg;aific«nco  of  ihii  cx- 
prctvion  can  only  be  npprohvnded  by  reflecting  upon  ihe  part  nbich 
laughter  {ilayn  in  lliv  bunion  econiiiny.  Ccirtylt!,  in  remarking  uiioa  tk 
immortul  caohinnalion  of  TeufeUdtockh,  sayn  that  "  no  man  who  hoi 
heu-lily  and  wholly  laughed,  can  be  altogelher  irrecJaitnably  bad."  FWi 
adds  he,  art'  ahle  to  Iniigh  what  can  he  called  Uugliingt  but  ibc 
U-ho  caiiiiot  Iiiiipli  at  nil  "  is  not  only  fit  for  Ire-i.toDR,  atniljig<k«nB, 
Spoils;  but  luK  wholo  liftf  is  altrndy  a  Lrt-iiBon  niid  a  BtratagGnt."  Oti 
GcoflVe^-,  in  thus  diawing  Envy,  lins  not  only  exhilijteJ  hi»  knowloige  of 
human  niitun>,  but  hia  intiwacy  u'Jth  Uiat  philosophy  which  ha*  novt 
hcoome  associated  with  ihe  n:ime  ff  thv  divioe  Pant»grn«1.  He  t^  lU, 
moreoTcr,  tlial  the  Ihioga  wlituh  ]>leaite  Envy  tno«t,  aiid  which  bring  the 
nearest  ^proacb  to  a  sardonic  grin  into  her  fnoe,  are  tlie  misfortunu^ 
diseases,  and  divcomfilurt'it  of  ihc  good,  gn^at,  and  honourable,  evva  i> 
tfa«y  should  he  of  her  oivii  kindred  di'  fiiciiilH.  The  niarrcUous  pliilv- 
sojihy  wiih  wliich  pL-op!e>  do  bear  th«  mislbrtunes  of  their  friends — ^p«rbs|v 
neither  good,  preat,  nor  honuui'^ible— though  it  may  not  b«  attributaW* 
simply  to  envy,  haa  yet  lur  a  rery  lovg  period  beon  a  r«niurkablc  Seatun 
oi'  nioHt  human  sociuticB.  Dtinhar  hns  described  Envy  its  a  trailonoi 
fellow,  nlio  iieniblea  as  he  got^  with  accret  bale,  and  wlnw  in;ilicious  ai 
*piii;lul  tlioughtv  arc  v-lioUy  heal  on  "feud  sud  felony."  His  foUowtn 
aro  G<inipoHtd  of  oily  dissent  hit!  rs,  the  Pccksnifis  of  the  period,  lUlltft»i 
bickbitcra,  and  shindercrs.     Atast,  cricii  ihe  pnet— 

TUiii  coiirl*  of  noble  kbgs 
Of  Lhrm  riiD  ni-YLT  be  quiu 

Dunbar,  in  bis  rarious  suits  at  th«  conrt  of  James  IV.  of  ScotluMl,  Iti 
■ufiorcd  from  the  unfriendly  oflicen  of  those  whom  ho  woulti  place  in  ihc 
nbovQ  category,  and  perhaps  he  was,  as  a  result  thereof,  at  that  tine 
vndnnng  what  h«  called  "tJic  silver  sorrow."  We  think  bb  portrailBV 
of  Eavy  the  htmest  of  the  fi(>ur«s  in  bis  Dawe,  while  it  at  ibc 


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time  compares  ^Tourably  with  those  drawn  by  the  other  poets.  Some 
critics  have  taken  exception  to  Spenser's  description  of  Envj,  and  hare 
quoted  it  as  a  specimen  of  that  nnDecessary  minuteness  in  specifying  di»- 
gnsting  details,  which  is  one  of  the  very  few  faults  with  which  he  can  be 
charged.  In  this  particular  case,  however,  the  sio  is  not  so  conspicaooB 
S8  in  other  instances,  the  description  of  Duessa  for  example.  Envy  rides 
in  the  miserable  team  of  Pride  upon  a  ravenous  wolf,  which,  according 
to  the  tSBte  of  the  reader,  may  be  considered  the  best  or  the  worst  repre- 
sentative of  Envy  to  be  found  in  the  circle  of  animated  nature.  He 
chaws  between  his  cankered  teeth  a  venomous  toad,  the  poison  from  which 
runs  about  his  Jaw.  Here  the  image  is  sufficiently  disgusting,  it  most  be 
confessed,  but  it  should  be  recollected  that  the  Elizabethan  was  not 
mealy-mouthed  age,  nor  was  it  the  object  of  the  poet  to  make  the  deadly 
■ins  drawing-room  characters,  or  such  attractive  gentlemen,  that  if  one 
were  to  knock  against  them  in  the  flesh,  one's  first  impulse  would  be  to 
ask  them  to  dinner.  Envy  carries  a  snake  in  his  bosom,  and  is  clothed  in 
a  loose  silk  gown  of  various  colours  "  ypainted  full  of  eyes,",  the  vigiles 
oeuli  of  Virgil's  monster  fieport,  perhaps.  Of  his  other  characteristics  it 
is  sufficient  to  say  that  he  grudges  the  wealth  of  his  neighbours;  gnashes 
bis  teeth  for  rage  on  beholding  the  heap  of  gold  carried  by  his  neighbour 
Avarice ;  almost  expires  with  spleen  when  he  sees  any  good  thing,  but 
r^oices  at  tidings  of  evil ;  those  who  feed  the  hungry  be  accuses  of  inte- 
rested motives,  and  generally  as  it  seems  to  us,  instead  of  exalting  the 
bom  of  the  righteous,  would  with  all  his  strength  bring  it  to  confusion 
and  thame  ;  but  worse  than  all  (execrated  be  his  memory) — 

.  .  .  Tho  verse  of  funons  poet's  wit 
Ho  does  backbite  ajid  spitofDl  poison  spnes 
From  leprous  montb  on  all  that  ever  writ 

Covetousneas  or  Covetise  is,  perhaps,  one  of  the  most  striking  imper- 
Bonations  in  Piers  Ploughman's  Vision.  The  poet  begins  by  doubting  his 
own  ability  to  describe  this  character  fittingly,  and  introduces  him  as  a 
Btem  and  hungry-looking  cuitifi' — a  kind  of  le^in  Ciisaius  in  fact.  His 
beetle  brows,  blubber  lips,  bleared  eyes,  and  slobbered  beard,  are  not 
rendered  less  repulsive  by  his  shrivelled  leathern  cheeks.  A  hood,  over 
which  a  filthy  hat  is  placed,  composes  his  head-di-ess,  while  for  the  rest  he 
has  a  ragged  and  threadbare  tabard  which  has  borne  the  brunt  of  twelve 
winters' wear,  and  which  is  covered  with  those  dreaded  insects  of  which 
the  Italian  beggars  are  supposed  to  harbour  the  finest  specimens.  From 
his  confession  we  gain  information  respecting  the  principal  trade  tricks  of 
the  time,  which,  it  may  be  remarked,  bear  a  striking  resemblance  to  those 
which  our  police  courts  are  continually  bringing  to  liglit.  That  the 
manufacturers  of  wooden  nutmegs,  old  port,  Derby  champagne,  and  birch- 
broom  tea  have  much  to  learn  fiom  the  confession  of  Covetise,  we  greatly 
doubt  ;  but  it  may  at  least  possess  for  tliem  an  antiqimiian  interest,  and, 
perchance,  may  grace  the  preface  of  some  future  edition  of  The  Cheat's 
Vade-Mecam.     The   first  accomplishment  acquired   by  Covetise  in   his 


684         TilS  OLO  POETS  OH  TlIB  SEVBH  DEADLY  SDfS. 

*picDlicclwad  WM  faUJag  lies  in  tbc  way  of  trade :  at>t,  b«  it  rematfcrir 
for  thu  mere  pleasure  at  Ut«  thing,  Mko  Gaitcoa  Baii-re  fiv  instance, 
wboM  mcmoini  it  haa  Ixxn  said  thit  he  w]io  hu  not  mcl  tbon  casoot  be 
Mid  U>  know  wb»t  it  is  tg  Ite.  Tbc  next  Jcmod  CorctiM  bad  to  Icmi 
nu  to  dtcal  in  weigliing,  a  tnailor  nquiring,  ura  ihoiild  think,  conn- 
ikmbltt  boldneas  and  Ovxieritj,  consiiJmng  tli«  taiaeiy  on  the  eubject 
whicli  ia  evidenced  by  the  pcuiil  proriaiuna  of  the  Statute  of  the  PUlnj 
and  Tumbrel.  The  wifo  uT  Covctit^  bjr  name  Rom  the  Regntor,  vai, 
fit  »K  told,  a  WCBVVT  by  tndc,  and  Bccias,  amiable  creature,  to  bats 
been  in  tbc  habit  of  caiimnting  ihc  work  of  lur  sptnatcrs  by  a  ir«igbt 
repKHBting  a  poUD<],  but  n-ally  of  a,  |>oui)d  and  a  quartar.  Sb* 
also  an  alewife,  and  mixed  "penny  ah  and  pudding  ale"  tag«ll>er  Sat 
labourers  and  low  folk,  and  oUhough  we  cannot  qtute  Mmprehcnd 
peculiar  ioiijuitf  of  this  proceeding;,  it  wai  doubtleia  well  undemtood 
the  «hawbaoonB  of  the  perldd.  'Vbv  ooiiftuuon  of  Covettse  ii  tlie 
»r  the  aer^n,  and  vre  have  only  dc&It  with  the  aoIieBt  points  of  it.  Onnhtr, 
alter  St.  Paul,  apoatrophizes  covelutiftacM  na  the  root  of  oil  evil  and  ground 
of  Tice.  Ha  jjires  him  for  rullowern  in  the  Dana  a  crew  of  mlncn,  usaiai% 
ouakwotma,  and  de^icable  wretchea,  nho  >pit  out  bot  molten  gold,  lik* 
Gre-fl^tea  upon  one  another,  and  aa  aoon  a«  they  hare  diacharged  thair 
autiferoua  cargo  in  this,  ecceotrio  muaner,  l}i«  r««dy  Aeada  fill  ihcm  ancv 
Qp  to  th<i  T«ry  throttle  wiUi  coin  of  every  dvacription,  which  rcmiodl  01 
of  what  ba.ppeni.'d  to  Cnuwtit.  Tl)«  whol«  [ncture  i«  fillnd  with  ihoH 
ludicrous  and  yet  imprvsnive  toucho?  in  which  so  great  a  part  of  Dunbar 'f 
excellence  conusta.  SackTillv'ft  "gK^-dy  Cnro"  ia  a  rongh  moo,  «lie*a 
tanned  and  seamed  (le>li,  knobbed  kntirklea,  and  gi'imy  bands,  aitett  the 
violence  of  the  kbour  to  whiiiik  he  subjects  himself  for  lb«  purpoee  of  feed- 
ing bis  nmrice.  At  earliest  dawn  ho  ninR  le  bii  work,  and  even  when 
light  halh  given  place  to  darkness  lie  "  h&x\\  bis  caudles  to  prolong  hia  tcil.* 
Small  need  of  Early  Cit^sing  Associntioaa  i/lica  to  work  after  <Urk  mi 
con&idend  to  be  n  aign  of  a.varice.  Wc  nov  r«tam  to  tho  contemplaliea 
of  the.  gurgixiua  canraa  of  Sjx-nser.  Avarice,  the  fourth  in  bis  fair  bsnd, 
rid«a  upuu  a  oamel  bowed  with  his  migbty  burden  9f  gold,  wbtch  ic 
contained  in  two  iron  cofTerKL  II  may  perhaps  be  regarded  aa  byperenimlr 
but  we  cannot  liflji  n.-marktn!;  Iuth  tlmt  an  ostentatious  dii^lay  of  w«Ul^ 
such  aa  Speaker  haa  dupicied,  U  by  uo  mcaos  charactensuo  of  araaicioat 
men,  who  unuallj  rniort  to  the  most  curious  devices  in  oifier  to  coaeal 
their  ncullh.  Avarice,  acconling  to  Spenser,  ts  a  wrt-tcbed  wigU 
tormented  witb  a  grievous  goat,  and  muy  be  said  to  hare  «ac  foot  in  ike 
grave.  He  uicrificcn  very  liitle  to  the  graces  (a  somewhat  costly  fofn  ef 
wun>]it])),  AK  bis  tiireailbitre  coat  and  cobbleil  shoes  testify  ;  ho  bows  Mi  ■ 
at  tlie  shrioc  of  St.  ApiciUE,  since  be  never  ta»ted  good  moad  during  tba  ■ 
whole  of  hie  lifo.  Hia  maxim  in  Khorl  la  to  i^arc  from  hta  belly  and  liil  i 
back  to  fill  his  money-bags.  Ue  tcya  with  a  lieap  of  coin  displayed  in  hi* 
lap  (anothu'  icetonco  of  the  error  wa  have  pointed  out),  and  is  rcpreaenteJ 
as  following  Uic  trade  of  an  usurer,  a  kind  of  Kalph  ffiokkby  of  thr 


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TBB  OIJ>  FOETS  ON  THE  SEVEN  DEASLT  SISB.         685 

petiocL  Tbrongh  his  daily  ansiety  to  get  and  hia  nightly  few  to  lose,  be 
lead*  a  miserable  life,  and  according  to  the  proverb  may  be  said  to  live 
TuknowB  to  himself  aioce  he  can  liardly  be  said  to  know  what  living 
mflaos.   "  Moat  wretched  wight,"  exclaims  the  poet,— 

Whom  nothing  toighc  suffice ; 

Whose  greedy  Inst  did  lock  in  greatest  store ; 

Whose  need  hsd  end,  but  no  end  Coretiae ; 

Whose  wealth  was  want;  whose  plenty  made  him  poorj 

Who  had  enongh,  jet  vishM  ever  more. 
Under  the  name  of  Pleonectes,  Avarioe  cuts  a  rather  ludicrons  figure  in 
Fletcher's  poem.  Like  the  character  we  have  just  been  considering,  he  is 
an  old  man  with  patched  garments  and  clouted  shoon.  He  is  eqnipped 
tar  battle  as  nearly  as  possible  in  accordance  with  the  usages  of  chivalry, 
and  since  it  was  necessaiy  to  come  out  with  the  nsoal  complement  of 
sn&our,  our  venerable  fiiend  has  exercised  bis  ingenuity  in  achieving  this 
rcaolt  at  the  smallest  cost.  For  this  purpose  he  has  laid  the  kitchen 
under  contributioo  to  an  extent  which  might  fully  entitle  him  to  the 
bononrable  cognomen  of  the  Knight  of  the  Dishclout  A  helmet,  we  oon- 
oure,  could  not  under  any  circumstances  be  the  most  comfortable  of  head- 
gear, as  it  could  not  accommodate  itself  to  alt  the  nodoeitiefl  of  the  era- 
ninn,  and  must,  therefore,  while  passing  over  some  abrade  others  ;  but 
the  evil  wonld  be  wofully  aggravated  if  the  helmet  were  to  take  the  shape  of 
a  bnui  pot,  as  did  that  of  Pleonectes.  A  dripping-pan  may  be  very  well 
ad«j*ed  for  a  breastplate,  a  spit  is  a  good  substitute  for  a  spear,  aa  we 
learn  from  the  duel  at  the  inn  between  Roderick  Random  and  Captain 
Weasel,  and  there  may  be  worse  shields  than  a  large  pot-lid.  Whether 
or  no,  such  were  the  offenmve  and  defen»ve  arms  of  Pleonectes.  His 
pot-lid  shield  was  embellished  with  the  device  of  a  close-sealed  money- 
bag, under  which  was  the  motto,  "  Much  better  saved  than  spilled."  In 
this  instance,  Fletcher,  without  rising  to  the  dignity  of  his  great  master 
Spenser,  has  shown  that  he  has  a  quaint  humour  and  originality  of  his 
own,  which  it  is  to  be  regretted  were  not  more  frequently  exhibited. 
Whenever  the  subject  of  misers  comes  under  discussion,  there  always 
arioes  the  question  whether  it  is  better  for  a  man  to  be  a  miser  or  a  ^nd- 
thrift  7  Upon  this  much  has  been  said,  and  much  no  doubt  remains  to 
be  said.  That  avarice  is  not  inconsistent  with  a  certain  greatness  and 
nobili^  of  character  we  know  from  the  practice  and  fame  of  Cnsar  and 
Tespaeian;  but  with  respect  to  extravagance  and  profusion,  or,  at  all 
events,  a  lordly  carelessness  in  money  matters,  they  are  thought  to  be  not 
only  compatible  with,  but  the  almost  necessary  concomitants  of,  a  great 
mind.  A  miser  harms  himself  more  than  anybody  else,  and  he,  no  doubt, 
is  so  peculiarly  constituted,  tJiat  the  simple  hoarding  of  money  is  a  greater 
pleasure  to  him  than  anything  earthly  that  money  could  buy.  His  ex- 
ample is  to  a  certain  degree  pernicious ;  but  he  will  neither  offeud  the 
just  prejudices  of  society  by  the  practice  of  flagitious  vices,  nor  will  ha 
corrupt  nMny  by  the  subtle  influences  of  wealth.  Like  that  Cardinal 
Ang«lot  1^0  used  to  steal  the  oats  from  the  stables  of  his  horses  in  the 


636  THE  OLD  POETS  ON  THE  SEVEN  DEADLY   SINS. 

de«d  of  the  night,  he  will  cheat  himself  mostly,  and  will,  aa  we  well  know, 
be  the  greatest  luser  by  bis  own  folly.  Upon  the  aepulchte  of  Seminnm 
were  engraved  certain  words  to  this  effect,  "  What  king  Boerer  ahall  want 
money,  let  him  open  this  sepulchre  and  he  shall  find  as  much  as  be 
iieedti."  Darius  broke  open  this  sepulchre,  but  instead  of  Ending  money 
found  this  inscription :  "  £xcept  thou  wert  a  wicked  man  and  baaelj 
covetous,  thou  wouldst  not  have  broken  open  this  sepulchre." 

Gluttony,  one  of  the  carnal  eins,  next  demands  our  attention.     In 
Piers  Ploughman  we  find  him  on  his  way  to  confesnon,  but  in  a  veej 
short  time  he  is  induced  by  the  eloquence  of  his  friend  the  brewer  to  ton 
aside  and  take  a  cup  with  his  gossips  at  the  alehouse.     Entirely  forgetting 
the  object  of  his  journey  he  soon  enters  into  the  spirit  of  the  occaacn, 
and  joins  with  the  rest  in  drinking,  singing,  and  swearing.     The  descrip- 
tioa  of  the  company  at  the  alehouse  reminds  us  of  the  style  of  Cbanotr 
himself ;  and  it  umj  be  gathered  from  thence  what  were  at  that  time 
reckoned   the  dinolute   classes — the   tavern  frequenters,   brawlen,  and 
profane  swearers.     In  this  goodly  company  Sir  Glutton  remaina  until  long 
after  the  bell  has  tolled  for  vespers,  he  having  by  that  time  disposed  of  a 
gallon  and  a  gill  of  ale.     lie  gets  up  and  proceeds  as  far  as  the  door,  after 
the  manner  of  a  blind  gleeman's  dog,  tliat  is  to  say,  he  persistently  avoidi 
the  straight  line,  or  tlia  shortest  distance  between  one  place  and  anotbct. 
When  he  gets  to  the  door  he  falls  down  in  a  lethai^ic  state,  in  which  he 
remains  fur  two  days ;  and  on  awakening  he  makes  haste  to  confoiion, 
and  obtains  absolution  upon  the  faith  of  his  many  promises  of  anend- 
ment.     There  is  not  much  to  admire  in  this  person itication  of  glaltoay, 
Jbr  the  puct  has  only  dealt  with  one  phase  of  a  vice  which  has  at  all  timei 
exhibited  bo  many  refinements  and  am phfi cations.     It  is  a  little  ^gnlir, 
too,  that  beyond  the  inti-oduction  of  a  hermit  among  the  company  at  the 
alehouse,  wc  fiud  no  rejections  upon  the  religious  orders,  who  were  noto- 
rious gluttons,  insomuch  that  an  old  writer  scrupled  not  to  tell  them  that 
their  religion  was  rather  that  of  Epicurus  than  Christ ;  and  another  said, 
that  if  they  were  fed  welt,  they  cared  fur  nothing  else.     In  Dunbari 
Dance,  Gluttony  is  introduced   as   a   foul  monster  with   insatiable  and 
greedy  wanic,  who  is  followed  by  a  crowd  of  drunkards,  flourishing  cup* 
and  ciins,  from  which  they  drink  to  surfeit  and  excess,  and  also  by  a  cn'« 
of  usek'Bs  tmibelhed  gourmands.     In  reply  to  their  incessant  erica  Ibr 
drink,  the  fiends  pour  hot  lead  into  tlieir  ever-gaping  mouths,  thus  pro- 
ducing extreme  and  burning  Iieat,  the  very  reverse  of  the  punishment 
which  Dante  hiis  described  as  afQicting  the  gluttons  in  tlie  third  circle  of 
hcH.     They  are  tormented  there  by  being  compelled  to  lie  in  the  mire 
under   a   ceasek-ss   stunn  of  hail,  snow,  and   discoloured  water,   while 
Cerberus  barks  over  tliem,  preparatory  to  rending  them  in  pieces.    Spenser 
liaa  drawn  a  very  characteristic  figure  of  Gluttony — a  deformed,  loath- 
some fellow,  whose  body  is  discoloured  by  numerous  diseases,  wkoM  bd^ 
is  upblown  with  luxury,  whose  eyes  are  swollen  with  fatneaa,  and  < 
neck  ia  of  the  long  and  craae-like  descriptioD  which  ia  pecnluify  i 


THE  OLD  POETS  ON  THE  SEVEN  DEADLY  SINS.  6S7 

for  the  poipoaa  of  feastiiig.  It  is  beliered  that  these  orane-necked  people 
preserre  the  taste  of  the  delicacies  they  are  derouring  for  a  longer  period 
than  those  sot  similarlj  endowed.  Heliogabalus  was,  if  we  recollect  aright, 
one  of  the  long-necked  tribe.  Glnltonj,  who  has  a  dirty  pig  for  a  charger, 
18  clad,  after  the  manner  of  Silenns,  in  Tine-leaves,  having  upon  his  head  a 
garland  nf  ivy,  in  one  hand  a  "  boozing  can,"  and  in  the  other  sometiung  to 
eat.  His  excesses  have  entirely  unfitted  him  for  worldly  afikirs,  and  have 
BO  besotted  his  senses  that  he  seldom  knows  his  friend  from  his  foe. 

It  was  well  observed  by  Chaucer,  with  respect  to  the  two  vices  of  glut- 
tony and  lust,  that  "  these  two  sina  ben  so  nigh  cosins  that  oft  time  they 
wol  not  depart."  They  have  always  been  deemed  inseparable  by  moral- 
iflts,  and  are  foand  together  in  all  the  productions  concerning  the  deadly 
luns.  In  Piers  Ploughman's  Vision,  Lust  makes  bis  confession,  and  sues  for 
pardon  apon  condition  of  the  self-imposed  penance,  that  on  every  Saturday 
for  seven  years  he  shall  drink  pond-water  with  the  ducks,  and  have  but 
one  meal.  He  confesses  himself  guilty  both  of  the  desire  and  the  com- 
mission of  imcleaaness,  of  sinning  by  words,  by  clothing,  by  watching  of 
the  eyes,  and  by  the  arts  of  the  seducer.  The  author  has  here  again 
Delected  an  opportunity  of  rebuking  the  monks,  who  were  at  that  tinw 
notorious  for  their  excesses  in  this  respect.  Wickliff  lifled  up  his  voice 
■gsinat  them,  and  accused  them  of  studying  the  constitution  and  physiology 
of  women  for  the  purpose  of  bending  ignorant  females  to  their  desigiu ; 
and  as  to  the  state  of  things  just  before  and  at  the  time  of  the  Reformation, 
we  have  ample  information  from  Bale's  Acts  of  English  Votaries,  and  the 
"  Beports  of  Henry's  Commigaonere."  Dunbar  has  drawn  a  terribly  graphic 
pictore  of  Lust,  who,  dragging  along  his  loathsome  carcase  and  neighing 
like  a  horse,  is  led  into  the  dance  by  Idleness,  by  which  it  is  signified  that 
the  one  is  the  offspring  of  the  other.  He  has  several  companions  with 
him,  dead,  as  it  were,  in  sin,  whose  features  glow  like  the  red  fire  of  a 
burning  torch.  They  all  rush  together  into  the  dance,  holding  each  other's 
tails  and  forming,  as  it  were,  an  unbroken  line  of  satyrs.  Among  Spen- 
ser's motley  crew  Lust  comes  riding  on  a  goat,  whose  rugged  hair  and 
streaked  and  swollen  eyes  are  like  those  of  his  burden.  The  rider,  whose 
personal  peculiarities  seem  to  be  imitated  from  the  figure  of  Lust  in 
Chaucer's  "  Court  of  Love,"  is  black,  rough,  and  filthy,  and  is  dad  in  a 
green  gown,  which  hides  his  uncleanness. 

...  Id  bJB  hand  k  bamiiig  heart  ho  bore, 
Fall  of  rain  fotiitB  and  new-fanglenesa ; 
For  he  was  false  and  franght  with  fickleness ; 
And  learned  had  to  love  with  secret  looks  j 
And  well  conld  donee  and  sing  with  niefulncss 
And  fortunes  tell;  and  read  in  loving  books. 
And  thoniiand  other  ways  to  bait  his  fleshly  hook^. 

He  passes  his  Ume  in  tempting  women's  hearts  and  trying  to  lure  them  from 
their  "  loyal  loves,"  and  his  corrupt  body  and  clouded  intellect  inspire  us 
with  the  utmost  horror  and  loathing  of  the  vices  which  he  personates. 
In  Idlenen  we  have  the  last  of  the  seven  deadly  sins.    Piers  Plough- 


6S8    THE  OLD  POETS  ON  TEE   SEVEN  DEADLT  SINS. 

man's  Sloth  in  a  blear-ey^d  churl,  only  half-sroosed  from  the  (orpdi^ 
induced  by  constoiit  alecp.  lie  gets  no  Ikrdier  in  hij  confeaioD  thn 
Benedicite,  vhen  he  b^ine  to  stretch  himself,  and  forthwith  oomnaea 
snoring;  but  he  is  brought  to,  by  the  objurgationB  of  Btipenbutca,  aai 
proceeds  with  his  lecituL  Although  he  has  been  priest  and  panoa  fat 
thirty  yean,  yet  he  can  neither  sing  by  note,  nor  can  he  read  the  Uni 
of  the  Saints.  The  ignorance  of  the  monks  has  been  a  conatant  tboM 
of  reproach  with  those  who  hiLve  buued  thcmaelTes  cooceming  At 
economy  of  monasticol  establiiihmeuts.  An  old  Harleian  MS.  nyi  thit 
the  monks  were  so  ignorant  that  they  did  not  even  understand  what  «k 
read ;  that  tlie  canonical  hours  which  they  chanted  were  aa  a  sealed  hoik 
to  them  ;  and  that  in  reading  they  put  short  accents  for  long  ones,  aad 
vice  verad.  One  of  the  reascms  given  by  an  old  abbot  for  wiahing  to  reaga 
his  abbacy  wuB,  that  out  of  fifteen  monks  only  three  nnderstood  their  nk 
or  the  statute  of  their  religion ;  and  that  when  he  supplied  them  wilii 
grammars,  so  that  they  might  leani,  only  two  rotponded  to  bis  uinmBm. 
Sloth  declares  that  he  cannot  even  say  his  paternoster  after  a.  priest ;  nd 
although  be  kno^vs  nothing  that  ever  was  invented  coaceroing  our  Lad 
and  Lady — by  which  he  refers  to  the  miracle-plays  and  motmliuaa  -yst 
be  con  repeat  all  the  idle  ballads  about  Kobin  Hood  or  Handal  of  C3ieM«. 
The  Chester  mysteries  which  are  here  referred  to  were  so  popolar  villi 
the  common  people  that  they  held  equal  ground  with  the  Bobin  Hon 
ballads,  which  have  always  enjoyed  a  high  estimation.  Sloth'a  otba 
accomplishments  are  an  ability  to  turn  up  a  hare  in  a  field,  or  to  buJd  a 
court-lect  or  court-baron  for  a  knight.  We  leave  this  worthy  geatleaan 
for  Dunbar's  creation  of  Sloth.  Aller  having  been  twice  called,  be  etaei 
rolling  into  the  dance  liku  a  sow  out  of  a  s^,  accompanied  by  a  huge 
rout  of  slovens,  sluts,  and  sleepy  rascals.  Tlieae  ho  drags  along  with  a 
chain,  lest  Uiey  should  all  fall  to  the  ground  in  sleep,  while  Belial  lasbei 
them  with  a  bridle  rein ;  but  so  slow  of  feet  are  they,  in  spite  <^  the  kiaJ 
offices  of  Belial,  that  the  attendant  fiends  raise  the  temperature,  in  otie 
to  quicken  the  pace.  The  ingenious  gentleman  who  is  said  to  have  con^ 
a  gouty  patient  by  placing  him  in  a  room  without  chair  or  other  available 
interposing  medium  between  the  iron  floor  and  his  feet,  and  then  gradnal^ 
heating  the  floor  until  the  forced  capers  of  the  victim  wrought  a  cure  o: 
his  malady,  may  perhaps  have  taken  a  hint  from  this  passage  in  Dunbsr. 
Dunbar,  in  concludiug  his  poem,  represents  Maliound  as  crying  fur  a  High- 
land pageant,  whereupon  there  ensues  from  the  Highlanders  Ruch  a  terrific 
uproar  and  shouting  in  Erse,  that  the  deril  himself  was— 

So  deavcd  with  tbeir  jell 
That  ID  the  dec]>Mt  pot  of  hell 
He  Binnrit  tfacm  with  nnodi. 

This  satire  upon  the  Highlanders  is  attributable  to  the  ill-feeling  whiob 
then  existed  between  tbi-m  and  their  Lowland  noighbouia,  of 
Dunbar  was  one.     Idleness  ridea  forth  from  the  hoase  <^  Pridi  -i 
tlothfdl  an,  and  ia  clothed  in  the  black  habit  and  thin  unfeevf  •< 


THE  OLD  POETS  ON  THE  SEVEN  DEADLY  SINS.  639 

He  carries  a  worn  breriury,  in  which  he  reads  but  little,  since  he  passes 
most  of  his  days  in  sleep.  He  withdraws  himBelf  from  all  worldlj  cares 
and  manly  exercise,  and  claims  immunity  from  work  of  every  kind,  "  for 
contemplation  sake,"  instead  of  which  he  spends  all  the  time  he  can  spare 
from  sleep  in  riot  and  debauchery,  by  which  he  has  brought  upon  himself 
a  continual  fever. 

We  have  thus  passed  hastily  through  the  several  branches  of  the 
subject  which  we  proposed  to  treat,  and  have  necessarily  been  somewhat 
discursive,  but  if  any  person  should  wish  to  have  a  fit  comment  upon  the 
whole  matter,  we  recommend  him  to  look  out  a  portrait  of  the  &mou3 
Abb4  Maury,  member  of  the  Constituent  Assembly,  whose  face  is  sup- 
posed to  have  been  "  an  image  of  all  the  cardinal  ains." 


^tt  <I[a^tittit^. 


[Oiptain  Cameron,  who  has  been  so  long  imprisoned  in  AhjtKiaui,  has  sent  ns  &e 
JEoIlowing  verses,  with  an  urgent  request  that  we  shoold  public  them,  vlth 
bis  notes.] 

SKOAL  I 

TO   HEKBT   W.   LOHQFELLOW. 

I  thank  thee,  Friend,  for  this  bold  song,* 
Which  thrill'd  my  burning  veins  along, 
When,  madden'd  'neath  the  sense  of  wrong, 
I  wrung  the  cutting  gyves  and  strong. 
That  eat  these  free-bom  limbs-f 

Bleeding  at  heart,  I  work'd  each  link, 
Till  ev'n  as  spear-BtabVd  leopards  slink, 
To  cool  them  by  soft  Mareb's}  brink, 
So,  wild  and  worn,  I  tum'd  to  drink 
The  solace  of  thy  hymns. 

They  spake  like  Jesu,  "  Be  thou  whole" — 
But  lo,  the  mystic  fennel  bowl. 


*  "  The  Goblet  of  Life  "—see  Long:fclIow'g  Poems. 

I  Chains  ronnd  the  ankles  eat  the  limb  intemolly.  Tlic  sinews  shrink,  so  that 
the  ankle  becomes  a  mere  stick.  Tbe  coif,  at  tbe  same  time,  wears  away — aod  i^ra- 
doally  retires — perhaps  three  inches  higher  than  it  was  before  chaining,  and  its 
dimcnaionB  above  decrease  in  proportion. 

X  Hareb,  a  river  which,  rising  in  Abyssinia,  loees  itself  in  the  Eastern  Sarhara. 
Its  waters,  filtered  through  white  sand,  are  singulu-l;  soft  and  sweet  The  Sarhara, 
like  its  sister  Lybia,  is  "  arida  nutrix  leonnm,"— and  no  traTcllcr  can  pass  throagh 
without  an  adrentnre  either  with  lion  or  leopard. 


640  IN  CAPTIVITY. 

That  erfit  must  quaff*  the  troubled  sonl ; — 
"  UPli^''  I  ^'"^^  '*!  *"^  return  thy  Skoal,* 

From  honest  lieart  and  free, — 

"  All  scathe  to  me  is  Freedom's  gaiu — 
Then  welcome  hunger,  shame,  and  pain  ; 
Yet  sing,  mj  Friend,  a  gallant  strain — 
Afric  shall  soouer  cast  her  chain 
For  this  our  misery."  f 

ISaodxjjl  Prison,  S7(ft  December,  1863.  C.  D.  C 


*  like  Longfellow,  the  writer  has  drank  muiy  k  Skoal  in  Sweden,  bo  thai* 
affectation. 

t  Tbo  slave  trade  is  eanied  on  with  a  high  hand  in  Upper  Egypt,  and  akagAi 
west  coast  of  the  Red  Sen. 

The  writer  msy,  hereafter,  furnish  the  pnblic  wth  statistics  on  the  subject  Tte 
are  about  foorteen  hnndrcd  bIstcs  passed  through  Massowah  alono  to  CaptJa  mi 
Sjedda. 

When  the  writer  wos  at  Massowah,  s  Greek  merchant  there,  M.  Aristide,  ealff- 
tained  the  plan  of  pnrcbesing  np  a  number  of  these,  and  accompanjing  tbem  to  Av 
respective  homes.  His  object  was  not  phitanthropicol,  bat  had  in  riew  lbs  om- 
dilation  of  the  distant  Galla  tribes,  to  the  end  of  establishing  trading  stoticHU  aatcig 
them.  A  practical  nation,  like  England,  might  safely  take  the  same  view  on  a  Isip 
scale,  being  oseared  that  the  sapprcssion  of  the  slave  trade  would  necesaarily  lead  I* 
the  development  of  legitimate  commerce.  At  present,  a  hatred  of  the  white  QuvtiM 
is  Beduloosl;  inatitlcd  into  the  minds  of  the  Gallos,  by  the  slave  merdiant,  vrho  rqn- 
aents  ns  as  cannibals,  for  his  own  purposes. 

When  the  writer  was  in  the  Soodnn,  ho  stopped,  by  authority,  a  whole  tanna 
of  slaTes.  Tliey  all,  the  prls  cspecialty,  borst  into  tears,  imagining  that  ther  were  to 
bo  rooHtcd  and  eaten  fnrthwitb. 

The  slave  trade  ia  forbidden  in  Abyssinia,  though  the  law  is  sometimes  evaded, 
slaves  being  often  passed  through  to  be  sold  at  the  coast  But  there  in  no  open  tnMe 
in  human  beings  in  Abyssinia  itself, — rotten  as  the  Christianity  of  Abyssinia  is,  >I 
has,  at  least,  prodnced  this  good  effect.  But,  as  among  the  Jews,  prisoners  of  "ir 
arc  retained  as  servants,  and  after  baptism,  for  they  generally  adopt  the  rvligios  <f 
their  masters,  treated  on  tbo  same  footing  as  menials  of  the  country. 

There  are  many  hundred  Christian  slaves,  Abyssinians  by  birth,  seatteit' 
throughout  the  Soudan.    They  are  kidnapped  by  the  border  bibes. 


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*.  .. 


Clarcring,  on  returiiiog  one  even- 
ing to  bia  lodging*  in  Blooms- 
liuiy  St]Tiiir«,  iind  bt>cn  miicli 
aslonisJied  iii  flniliiig  tlifrc  tlie 
cord  of  Count  FutcrofT,  «  man 
of  Khom  lie  had  ouly  heard,  up 
to  tlinl  moment,  as  tlic  fricnil  of 
tlic  late  Lord  Ongnr.  At  first 
lie  liiid  been  very  niigry  witli 
Lady  Ongai-,  tliinkJng  tliat  abu 
and  tills  count  were  in  mma 
Iciigue  togiilier,  ftomc  league  of 
which  he  would  greatly  d'ltap- 
provu  ;  but  \\ie  luigrr  liud  girt-n 
plnco  to  B  new  intL-rnl  wlion  bo 
Iciirncd  direct  from  licraetf  ihat 
slic  Iiud  net  scon  the  couol,  nrid 
tliat  bJio  was  aiinply  aoxiouti  lliiit 
ho,  lu  her  friend,  should  hav«  an 
interview  wiilj  ihc  miui.  He 
liud  then  bi-como  rorj  eager  in 
the  matter,  ofTtring  to  (ulijcct 
hiaatif  to  Any  umouiit  of  incvttveiiicncc  ao  llint  he  might  tllcct  tlmt  niiicix 
Lad;  Ongnr  &»ked  of  him,  Uc  vraa  not,  lkOW«r«r,  colled  Upon  to  endorc 
vn.  iiii. — Ko.  78.  St. 


■ny  specinl  trouble  or  expeote,  as  1i«  hearj  a«il)ing  more  from  Count 
Paleroff  till  he  had  bwn  buck  in  Londoa  for  iwo  or  three  weeks. 

h*dy  OngBj-'H  statement  to  him  bad  been  quite  true.  It  Lad  bcca  <n'en 
more  than  true;  for  when  sh*  had  Kritt4>Q  ibc  had  aot  cron  heard  dinctly 
rrorn  tha  count.  SHie  had  learned  b/  letter  fVon  another  peraon  thai 
Count  Pat«i-uB*  waa  iu  London,  and  Lad  tlien  comuiuDJcat^d  tli«  Tact  to  her 
friend.  This  other  person  was  a  aJBtor  of  the  count's,  who  was  new  ]irii>g 
io  London,  odo  Madame  Gordcloup, — Sophio  Gordeloup, — a  lady  whoni 
Harry  had  foand  itittinf;  in  Lady  Ongftr'a  roont  when  In«t  ho  bad  men  bet 
ia  Bulton  Street.  He  liud  not  thpn  heard  ber  tu»ne;  nor  wu  he  ainire 
tht'D,  or  for  eotnc  time  aubttcqucntlyf  that  Cotist  FutcrofT  had  any  rc-latiTC 
in  London. 

L:trly  Ongnr  bad  been  a  Ibrlnight  in  the  coiiutry  before  ibe  receirrd 
Madame  (lorduloup'n  Jctttr.  in  that  letter  the  &istcr  Iiod  deoiarcd  hcnrlf  to 
be  mo«t  anxious  that  her  brutlicr  ehould  eea  Lady  Ongar.  The  letter  had 
been  in  French,  and  had  been  very  eloquent, — more  eloquent  in  ita  caiut 
tlian  ony  letter  with  the  Kimo  object  couid  hare  been  if  written  by  an 
Englishwoman  in  Englith ;  and  the  eloqucnee  wan  l^mt.  (jfTensivg  than  it 
ntight,  under  all  concurrent  circuni  stances,  have  bt«n  had  it  reached 
Lndy  Ongar  in  Knglish.  The  reader  must  not,  however,  mppoae  tiiM 
the  letter  contained  a  word  that  was  intended  Io  support  a  lorcr'i  luiL 
tt  mtd  very  far  indeed  from  that,  and  spoke  of  the  count  simply  at  a 
fri«nd ;  but  its  (>loqiienec  w«nt  to  Hbow  that  nothing  tbnt  had  pawid 
should  be  construed  by  Lndy  Ongar  as  offering  any  bar  to  a  lair  friendfbipL, 
What  the  world  euid  1 — Bah  !  Did  trot  she  ioQW, — she,  Sophie, — nod  dU 
not  her  friend  know, — her  friend  Julie, — that  the  world  was  a  great  Iiir! 
Was  it  not  cteh  now  telling  wicked  venomous  lira  about  her  friead  Jufiet 
Why  mind  what  tins  world  said,  neeing  thai  the  world  could  aot  be  bciH^ 
to  speak  one  word  of  truth  ?     The  world  indeed  I     Bah  ! 

Bu6  Lady  Ongar,  though  ahc  was  not  as  yet  norc  than  lioli*  aa 
Madame  Cordeloup,  knew  what  she  was  about  almoetas  well  aa  thai  lady 
knew  what  Sophie  Gordeloiip  was  doing.  Lady  Ongar  hod  known  the 
count's  nslcT  in  Franoc  luid  Italy,  having  $ctti  miicli  of  iter  in  ooe  of 
thoitu  Kiidtlen  Intimacies  to  whieh  English  people  nr«  subject  when 
abroitd  ;  and  »he  bad  been  glad  to  see  Madame  Ootddoup  in  Londoa.— 
much  more  glad  than  she  wuuld  bave  b«en  had  she  b«en  reccircd  tharc 
on  her  return  by  a  crowd  of  loi-inj  mtire  friends.  But'  not  on  tbsi 
account  was  fllie  prepared  to  Khiipo  her  c*induot  in  accordanoo  with  tier 
friend  Sophie's  advice,  and  e«pi'cially  not  lo  when  that  advtee  bad  rcfbr«a«e 
to  Sophie's  brother.  She  had,  iherdbre,  said  very  littlo  in  i«tura  to  the 
lody'a  eloquence,  nnowcriog  the  lt:tWr  on  that  matter  wry  vaguely  ;  bat, 
having  n  purpose  cf  her  own,  had  bpgged  that  Coant  PAtrroff  might  bt 
luked  to  c-ull  upon  TTarry  Cbvering.  CouDt  PaterofT  did  not  fwl  ItimKU 
to  care  very  mucli  about  Ilany  Clavciing,  but  wialimg  to  do  as  fae  was 
bidden,  did  leave  his  eard  in  Bloomsbury  Square. 

And  why  was  Lady  Ongar  anxious  that  the  youny  nuD  who  irai  b«r 


I 


i 


THE  CXAVEUINGS.  643 

friend  Bhonld  see  the  mnn  who  bad  been  her  huBband's  friend,  and  whose 
lutme  bad  been  mixed  with  her  own  in  so  grievouB  a  manner  7  She  had 
called  Harry  her  friend,  and  it  might  be  that  she  desired  to  give  this 
friend  every  posnible  means  of  testing  the  truth  of  that  story  which  she 
herself  had  told.  The  reader,  perhaps,  will  hardly  have  believed  in  Lady 
Ongar'a  frieDdship ; — will,  perhaps,  have  believed  neither  the  friendship 
nor  the  story.  If  so,  the  reader  will  have  done  her  wrong,  and  will  not 
have  read  her  character  aright.  The  woman  was  not  heartless  because 
she  had  once,  in  one  great  epoch  of  her  life,  betrayed  her  own  heart ;  nor 
was  she  altogether  falee  because  she  had  once  lied  ;  nor  altogether  vile, 
because  she  had  once  taught  herself  that,  for  such  an  one'aa  her,  riches 
were  a  necessity.  It  might  be  that  the  punishment  of  her  sin  could  meet 
with  no  remission  in  this  world,  but  not  on  that  account  should  it  be 
presumed  that  there  was  no  place  for  repentance  left  to  her. 

As  she  walked  alone  through  the  shrubberies  at  Ongar  Park  she 
thonght  much  of  those  other  paths  at  Clavering,  and  of  the  walks  in 
which  Ae  had  not  been  alone ;  and  she  thought  of  that  interview  in  the 
garden  when  she  had  explained  to  Harry, — as  she  had  then  thought  so 
racceaBfulIy, — that  they  two,  each  being  poor,  were  not  fit  to  love  and 
marry  each  other.  She  had  brooded  over  all  that,  too,  during  the  long 
hours  of  her  sad  journey  home  to  England.  She  was  thinking  of  it  still 
when  she  had  met  him,  and  had  been  so  cold  to  him  on  the  platform 
of  Hu  railway  station,  when  she  had  sent  him  away  angry  because  she 
had  seemed  to  slight  him.  She  had  thought  of  it  as  she  had  sat  in  her 
London  room,  telling  him  the  terrible  tale  of  her  married  life,  while  her 
eyes  were  fixed  on  his  and  her  head  was  resting  on  her  hands.  Even 
theHj  at  that  moment,  she  was  asking  herself  whether  he  believed  her 
story,  or  whether,  within  liis  breaet,  he  was  saying  that  she  was  vile  and 
Jalse.  She  knew  that  she  hod  been  false  to  him,  and  that  he  must  have 
despised  her  when,  with  her  easy  philosophy,  she  had  made  the  beat  of 
her  own  mercenary  perfidy.  He  had  called  her  a  jilt  to  her  face,  and  she 
had  been  able  to  receive  the  accusation  with  a  smile.  Would  he  now  call 
her  something  worse,  and  with  a  louder  voice,  within  his  own  bosom  ? 
And  if  she  could  convince  him  that  to  that  accusation  she  was  not  fairly 
subject,  might  the  old  thing  come  back  again  7  Would  he  walk  with  her 
again,  and  look  into  her  eyes  as  though  he  only  wanted  her  commands  to 
show  himself  ready  to  be  her  slave  7  She  was  a  widow,  and  had  seen  many 
things,  but  even  now  she  had  not  reached  her  six-and-twentieth  year. 

The  apples  at  her  rich  country-seat  had  quickly  become  aahes  between 
her  teeth,  but  something  of  the  juice  of  the  fruit  might  yet  reach  her 
palate  if  he  would  come  and  sit  with  her  at  the  table.  As  she  complained 
to  herself  of  the  coldness  of  the  world,  she  thought  that  she  would  not  care 
how  cold  might  be  all  the  world  if  there  might  be  but  one  whom  she 
could  love,  and  who  would  love  her.  And  him  she  had  loved.  To  him. 
In  old  days, — in  days  which  now  seemed  to  her  to  be  very  old, — she  had 
mada  confesmon  of  her  love.     Old  as  were  those  days,  it  could  not  be  but 

ai— 1 


ho  sboultl  flill  remember  tlicm.  Slic  liaJ  loreJ  bim,  and  htm  only.  Tu 
nniio  oilier  )mt!  site  ever  prcLeoded  love.  From  none  otber  bud  lore  beta 
offiifeil  CO  her.  Qctwcro  her  find  that  wretched  htiag  to  whom  she  bid 
wM  licrwlf,  who  lifl<l  hevn  hiklf  •Vnd  hfrroK  she  had  sera  him,  tbere  hud 
been  no  prvtence  of  lore.  Bui  H.iit)-  Cluvrring  ilin  had  loved.  Harrj 
Cbivcnng  viu  a  mftn,  Yrlth  hII  those  qualities  which  ilio  r«lued,  andslaa 
with  tliow  foibles  which  uvud  him  from  being  too  perloct  for  so  slight  i 
crcaitirc  u  henclf.  HArr;  hud  hvcn  ofTendttl  to  the  <)utck,  and  iad 
c»lk'd  her  a  jilt ;  but  y<rC  it  might  be  posaiUe  that  he  would  r«ttim  to  lur. 
ll  shdiild  not  bo  luppowd  that  iitice  her  rclum  lo  England  die  btd 
hod  one  iwltttid,  delinile  object  before  her  tya  with  regard  to  thU  rcnimd 
of  her  love.  There  had  brcn  tiiiif*  in  uliicli  «b«  had  thought  that  abe' 
would  go  uo  with  the  life  which  tilic  liwl  prepared  for  Itcrsolf,  aiid  ituu  ibe 
would  mnkc  henklf  contwnted,  if  not  l>a)>py,  with  thts  prie«  which  bad 
l>»'n  piiid  to  her.  Ami  there  were  oilier  times,  in  which  her  spiriti  mtk 
low  within  her,  and  aliti  told  lierscir  that  no  contentment  woa  any  laofft 
pomiblc  lo  her.  She  looked  at  hrr»i-ir  in  the  glAM,  nnd  found  hdvalf  *» 
be  old  and  haggard.  Hsrrj-,  the  KiiJ,  wiu  the  Uist  mnii  in  tlic  world  lo 
(tell  hiniBelf  for  wuillh,  >vhcu  ilit-n:  wM  no  love  rcaiaiuin^'.  Ildrry  wouU 
never  do  M  she  had  ilone  with  herself  1  Not  for  k11  the  wealth  thai 
wonuin  ever  inlivrited, — aa  she  told  hcnclf, — would  he  link  himwlf  to  om 
who  liad  made  herself  vilu  and  tiiinlcd  among  women  I  In  this,  1  thioL 
she  did  bim  no  mora  than  juKiice,  though  it  rany  be  lli.it  in  aome  olW 
inatlcrs  file  rated  his  chiiracler  too  highly.  Of  Clorcnce  Burton 
as  jet  htard  nothing,  though  had  the  heard  of  her,  it  may  woll 
nhe  would  not  on  tbut  account  have  deustcd.  Such  bnag  bcr  thoofte 
and  her  hope*,  the  had  written  to  Hnrrr,  begging  bim  to  see  thurusDV^ 
had  followed  licr, — nhe  knew  not  vhy, — from  Italy ;  and  bad  told  d« 
nsicr  Mmply  that  alio  ccjuld  nut  do  a«  she  was  naked,  becnuse  ahe  «M 
away  from  Lcndon,  olonc  in  a  countiy  house. 

And  4|uit«  alone  she  was  sitting  one  morning,  counting  up  her  nuny. 
feeling  that  tl;o  apples  wore,  in  truth,  oahcs,  when  a  Krriint  csimc  to  ba, 
telling  her  that  there  was  a  gentleman  in  tbehnlldenrouHdfepeiDgher.  The 
man  had  the  visitor's  card  in  his  hand,  but  bcAire  «he  could  read  tlie  nanc 
t)ic  bl(Md  had  mounted  into  her  Ihcc  at  ihc  told  her»elf  that  il  was  Ilsnr 
Clnvciing.  There  was  joy  for  a  moment  at  her  heart;  but  «1io  muii  wi 
hhow  it>, — not  88  yet.  She  had  been  but  four  months  a  widow,  and  be  abonU 
not  Imvo  come  to  her  in  thu  country.  She  must  cee  hin  aad  in  aoina  Mf 
make  him  understand  t]iiit,»bntKlic  would  be  very  gentle  with  him.  Tbtn 
her  eye  fell  upon  the  card,  and  nhe  »w,  with  gri«roiu  disappoiotmenli  iImA 
it  hurv  the  name  of  Count  raterufl*.  No; — fihe  was  not  going  to  be  oanglit 
in  iliat  way.  Let  tlie  result  be  what  it  might,  eJie  would  not  let  Sophie 
Gordetciip,  or  Si'>phit;s  brother,  get  the  bclterof  herby  sucbarawaathat  I 
"  Tell  the  gentleman,  with  my  compliments,"  she  said,  as  she  hactd«d  hack 
tlie  card,  "  (hat  I  regret  it  gtt-atly,  but  I  can  sec  no  one  now."  Then  the 
■ervant  went  away,  and  alio  tat  wondering  whether  tbccottnt  would  beftUs 


THE  CIAVERINGS.  C46 

to  make  his  way  iato  her  presence.  She  felt  rather  than  knew  that  she  had 
Bome  reason  to  fear  him.  All  that  had  been  told  of  him  and  of  her  had  been 
false.  No  accusation  brought  against  her  bad  contained  one  spark  of  truth. 
But  there  had  been  things  between  Lord  Ongar  and  dita  man  which  she 
vouldnot  care  to  have  told  openly  In  England.  And  though,  in  hia conduct 
to  her,  he  had  been  cuatomarily  courteoun,  and  on  one  occasion  had  been 
generouH,  still  she  feared  him.  She  would  much  rather  that  he  should 
hare  remained  in  Italy,  And  though,  when  all  alone  in  Bolton  Street,  she 
had  in  her  desolation  welcomed  his  slater  Sophie,  slie  would  have  preferred 
that  Sophie  should  not  have  come  to  her,  claiming  to  renew  their  friend- 
ship. But  with  the  count  she  would  hold  no  communion  now,  even 
though  he  should  find  his  way  into  tlie  room. 

A  few  minutes  passed  before  tlie  servant  returned,  and  then  he 
brought  8  note  with  him.  Aa  the  door  opened  Lady  Ongar  rose,  ready 
to  leave  the  room  by  another  passage  ;  but  slie  took  the  note  and  read  it. 
It  was  aa  follows  : — "  I  cannot  understand  why  you  should  refuse  to  see 
me,  and  I  feel  aggrieved.  My  present  purpose  is  to  say  a  few  words  to 
you  on  private  matters  connected  with  pnpera  that  b(*Ionged  to  Lord 
Ongar.  I  still  hope  that  you  will  admit  me. — P."  Having  read  these 
worda  while  standing,  she  made  an  elTort  to  think  what  might  be  the  beat 
course  for  her  to  follow.  As  for  Lord  Ongar's  papers,  she  did  not  believe 
in  the  plea.  Lord  Ongar  could  have  had  no  papers  intt^resting  to  her  in 
Boah  a  manner  as  to  make  her  desiroun  of  seeing  this  man  or  of  hearing 
of  them  in  private.  Lord  Ongar,  though  she  had  nursed  him  to  tlie  hour 
of  his  death,  earning  her  price,  had  been  her  bitterest  enemy;  and  though 
there  had  been  something  about  this  count  that  she  had  respected,  she  had 
known  him  to  be  a  man  of  intrigue  and  afraid  of  no  falsehoods  in  his 
intrigues, — a  dangerous  man,  who  might  perhaps  now  and  again  do  a 
generous  thing,  but  oue  who  would  expect  payment  for  his  generosity. 
Besides,  had  he  not  been  mimed  openly  aa  her  lover  ?  She  wrote  to  him, 
therefore,  as  foUoiva  : — "  Lady  Ongar  presents  her  complimtnla  to  Count 
Pateroff,  and  finds  it  to  be  out  of  her  power  to  see  him  at  present."  This 
answer  the  visitor  took  and  walked  away  from  the  front  door  without 
showing  any  diagust  to  the  servant,  either  by  his  demeanour  or  in  his 
countenance.  On  that  evening  she  received  from  him  a  long  letter, 
written  at  the  neighbouring  inn,  expostulating  with  her  as  to  lier  conduct 
towards  him,  and  saying  in  the  last  line,  that  it  was  "impossible  now 
that  they  should  be  strangers  to  each  other."  "  Impossible,  that  we 
should  be  strangers,"  she  said  almost  out  loud.  "  Why  impossible  ?  I 
know  no  such  impossibility."  After  that  she  carefully  burned  botli  the 
letter  and  the  note. 

She  remained  at  Ongar  Park  something  over  six  weeks,  and  then, 
about  the  beginning  of  May,  slie  went  back  to  London.  No  one  had 
been  to  see  her,  except  Air.  Sturm,  the  clergyman  of  the  pariah  ;  and  he, 
though  something  almost  approaching  to  aA  intimacy  had  sprung  up 
between  them,  had  never  yet  spoken  to  her  of  his'  wife.     She  waa  not 


■ 


646  ^^^  TilE  CLAVEWSGS. 

quile  swe  whetlier  lin-  rank  inigLt  not  detw  him, — vlietlier  under 
circunMliiaBW  u  titoms  now  ia  qucation,  the  ofdtgoiry  wcial  rule*  •men  mt 
ordioKnlj  broken, — wbedier  ■  cuunio*  iJiuulil  ouc  call  on  a  elcrgjnuo'^ 
wile  flni,  iltboti^  ikc  cuuniesn  uiglit  b«  Ui«  oumngu- ;  but  kbe  did  oM 
(Ltm  lo  do  w  ali«  iruuld  bar«  dune,  lud  dp  bUgfal  aUMskcd  iuslf  (o  ber 
nutne.  Sbs  gsTtf  Uwrolbre,  no  hint;  sbe  mad  do  word  of  lln.  Ston^ 
iliouch  licr  bttsrt  wm  longiag  fer  a  kiod  word  from  mou!  wuinfto's  moolH. 
But  slic  &Uow«d  hertclf  to  Ic^d  tw  vnger  agaiiut  the  tnubftod,  sad  ikbI 
thioagh  Imt  ]iiiri*li  work,  tbankiog  him  ttx  liu  atuMAuaa. 

Of  Mr.  Gilcn  •lie  had  Meo  Toy  titUo,  and  bidm  her  wulbnuDe  widi 
Eoo^  Gubbjr,  sbe  had  made  no  farther  attempt  to  interierB  with  lh«  w^ptf 
of  the  peraona  cmploj-ed.  Into  the  boosa  of  gone  of  the  poor  Aa  b^ 
tamdt  her  way,  hot  ahc  fancied  that  iIkj  were  aot  ghui  to  aee  b«r.  Tlwr 
might,  pvrhapt,  hav*  ail  haard  of  bar  Hjiatatioii,  and  tiubby'a  daughttf 
may  bare  ooogiatdatcd  bcndf  tbat  tbens  wa»  anotbcr  in  the  [tur^  u 
bad  aa  her(«lf,  or  perhaps,  happily,  worse,  llio  owner  of  all  tbe  wcalA 
anrand  strove  to  make  Mm.  Butloo  become  a  raenengm  of  eharitT 
between  beraelf  and  some  of  (be  poor ;  but  ilrh.  If tit(oa  alUplbff 
dndinad  tb*  aniplofnii-nl,  ahboogh,  as  bar  miatroai  had  aioartauwd,  Ad 
benetf  parfotmed  her  own  little  mianoaa  of  cbari^  wilb  xaaJ.  BdoR 
tbe  (brtniglit  was  over,  Lady  Ongftr  wa«  sick  oT  ber  bouvc  and  bcr  parlL, 
Qtterly  dian^vdful  of  her  boraes  and  oxen,  and  nnniuidful  eren  uT  llr- 
pleannt  atrcani  wliidj  in  thctto  spring  days  rippb.<d  eoAly  at  tbe  botkun  if 
ber  gnnliau. 

She  )um3  undertaken  to  be  back  ui  LoimIou  early  in  Hay,  br  appMl- 
nonl  with  bt-r  lawyvi',  iwid  bad  iuituriuiiut«ly  oommuaicatad  the  fart  la 
Madame  Gorddoup.  Four  or  live  days  befote  sfae  «'aa  due  in  SliW 
ScTL-ct,  her  mtadful  ^pttii:,  with  nncn-ing  memory, wrote  «o  her,  d«Gbiii| 
b«tr  rendineu  to  do  all  and  anything  thai  the  most  diligent  IVicaUw 
could  prompt.  Sliould  tbe  m«ei  htr  dear  Jutie  at  thu  nation  in  Loodca' 
Sboold  thv  bring  any  sjitrctal  carriage?  Should  aba  order  any  mdal 
dinner  in  Boliun  Stmt?  She  beraelf  would  of  courae  come  to  BolM 
Street,  if  tkot  alloni'd  to  be  preeeni  at  ibu  sCaticn.  It  waa  atill  cbUlf  il 
tli«  tvimingx,  and  »htt  would  liav«  firca  liu  llight  nbe  auggcat  a  mart 
fowl  Hud  aonie  breaid  sauce,  luiil  porbajn  a  awwtbnad, — and  juiit  one  gka 
of  ohs»[Menet  And  miglit  ahi:  abare  tbe  I«uqnet?  Thore  waa  noia 
word  in  Lh«  noto  about  the  too  obtrusive  brother,  either  oa  to  tbe  oifcrtt 
committed  by  bioi,  or  tbe  oflenoe  felt  by  blm. 

Tlio  little  Franco-Poliab  woman  waa  there  in  Bollou  Street,  of  canne, 
— fur  Ludy  Ongiu-  lind  not  dared  to  refUao  her.  A  litiU-,  dry,  bright  woman 
sbc  w&H,  with  tjtiick  eytx,  and  Uiiu  lijia,  and  nmall  nuar,  mid  mwin  fot^ 
head,  and  acanty  hair  drawn  back  quite  lisHtly  from  ber  iaee  aoA  \toiii 
very  dry.  but  still  almost  pretty  with  ber  ijuickiMsa  and  ber  brigbttwM. 
Shu  was  finy,  waa  Sopliie  Gordcloup,  but  die  had  ao  luanaged  hRr  yaan 
Ibat  titu  was  as  active  m  hvr  limba  aa  moot  women  are  at  lwaoiy-6«e' 
And  tbe  ditcken  and  the  brutd^iaUiCc,  and  tbe  swectbcead,  and  tbe  ebaffl- 


THE  CLAT£BING8.  647 

pagDfl  were  Acre,  all  verj  good  of  their  kind;  fur  Sophie  Gordeloup 
liked  such  things  to  be  good,  and  knew  how  to  induJge  hor  own  appetite, 
and  to  coax  that  of  another  person. 

Some  little  satiafitction  Lady  Ongar  received  from  the  laot  that  she 
was  not  alone  ;  but  the  satisikctioQ  waa  not  satiafactory.  Wlien  Sophie 
had  left  her  at  ten  o'clock,  running  off  by  herself  to  her  lodgings  in  Mount 
Street,  Lady  Ongar,  after  but  one  moment's  thought,  sat  down  and  wrote 
a  note  to  Harry  CUvering, 

"  Deau  HABsr, — I  am  back  in  town.  Pray  come  and  see  me  to- 
morrow eveniog.  Yours  ever, 

"J.  0." 


CHAPTER  XIV. 

COOMT   PaTBBOFF  Airo  HIS   SiSTEB. 

ArT£B  an  interval  of  aome  weeks,  during  which  Uany  had  been  down 
at  plavcriog  and  had  returned  again  to  his  work  at  the  Adelphi,  Count 
PaterofT  called  again  in  Bloouisburj  Square ; — but  Harry  was  at  Mr. 
Beitby's  office.  Harry  at  once  returned  the  count's  viait  at  the  address  given 
in  Mount  Street.  Madame  was  at  home,  said  the  servaat-girl,  &om  wliich 
Harry  was  led  to  suppose  that  the  count  was  a  married  man ;  but  Harry 
felt  that  he  had  no  right  to  intrude  upon  madam e,  so  he  simply  left  hie  card. 
Wishing,  however,  really  to  have  this  interview,  and  having  been  lately 
elected  at  a  club  of  which  he  was  ratlter  proud,  he  wrote  to  the  count 
asking  him  to  dine  with  him  at  tho  Beaufort.  He  explained  that  there 
was  a  strangers'  room,— which  Pateroff  knew  very  well,  having  often  dined 
at  the  Beaufort, — and  said  something  as  to  a  private  little  dinner  for  two, 
thereby  apologizing  for  proposing  to  the  count  to  dine  without  other 
guesita.  Pateroff  accepted  the  invitation,  and  Hairy,  never  liaving  done 
such  a  thing  before,  ordered  his  dinner  with  much  nervooaness. 

The  count  was  punctual,  and  the  two  men  introduced  themgelvea. 
Harry  had  expected  to  see  a  handsome  foreigner,  with  black  hair,  polished 
whiskers,  and  probably  a  hook  nose, — forty  years  of  age  or  thereaboutu,  but 
eo  got  up  as  to  look  not  much  more  than  thirty.  But  hia  guest  was  by 
uo  means  a  man  of  that  stamp.  Excepting  that  the  count's  age  was  alto- 
gether uncertain,  no  correctness  of  guess  on  that  matter  being  possible  by 
means  of  his  appearance,  Harry's  jireconceived  notion  was  wrong  in  every 
point.  He  was  a  fair  man,  with  a  broud  fair  face,  and  very  light  blue 
eyes ;  his  forehead  was  low,  but  broad  j  he  wore  no  whiskers,  but  bore  on 
hia  lip  a  heavy  moustache  which  was  not  grey,  but  perfectly  white — white 
it  was  with  years  of  course,  but  yet  it  gave  no  sign  of  age  to  hia  liice. 
He  was  well  made,  active,  and  somewhat  broad  in  the  shoulders,  though 
rather  below  the  middle  height.  But  for  a  certain  ease  of  manner  which 
he  possessed,  accompanied  by  something  of  restlessness  in  his  eye,  any 
one  would  have  taken  him  for  an  Englishman.     And  his  speech  honiiy 


048 


TEIE  CLAVERIKGS. 


hetrajed  that   he  wiui  not   Kngiiitb.      Horry,  knowing   tliKl    be  was  t. 
foreign)^)   nutit-T'I   now   iiml  ugain  ttmm   litde  acxioircr]    diMmctncM 
BliMcli  whidi  ')*  liatxily  natural  to  u  native ;    but  otIivrwiM  there 
tiolhing  in  Ilia  tongiie  (o  bctmjr  liiit). 

"  I  am  eorry  that  you  shoiild  hare  liiid  ao  mttdi  tniulile,**  be  oi^ 
ebftMngr  luuids  vi'iih   Ilnny.     Clnvcring  declund  tlwl  ho  bad   tiieurrr'l  14 
troublv,  nnd  declared  nlio  that  be  wcmkl  bv  onlj  loo1i[t[>py  lo  hav« 
un)'  trouble  in  obeying  n  bchtrst  from  hU  ftiuud  Lad/  On^nr.     ILul  he 
a  Pde  nil  ws»  ihn  ctiunl,  lie  would  not  hnve  Cargotton  to  itdd  that  he  voulJ 
have  bveit  equally  willing  lo  cxtrt  biin»clf  with  tbu  vivw  of  making 
cousl't  ncqtuuQtuticc ;    but  b«ing  uatp\y  a  young  EnglUbauui,  he  iiu. 
much  loo  awkivard  for  any  such  courttsjr  as  that.     The  eonnC  ol 
■he  omissiua,  Bmik-Jr  itud  bowed.    Thca  he  spoke  of  the  wmther,  and 
tliat  London  was  a  mngnificent  cily.     Oh,  jc*,  he  knew  Loodou  wtU, — 
had  known  It  thesis  twfiily  years; — had  l>c«i  for  iSdwn  yenrsa 
of  theTrarclkra'; — lie  liked  evcrylhiug  Knjiruit,  cxci^it  buniiag. 
hunting  he  had  {omid  to  ha  dull  worl;.    But  lie  liked  aliooUng  lor  an  boot 
or  two.    He  could  nut  rival,  he  raid,  llic  int^uai;  energy  of  an  £nglkhiiM, 
who  would  work  all  d»y  wilh  hU  guns  harder  than  ploughiutm  with  ibir 
ploughs.     Hoglishmcii  sported,  he  eaid,  as  tliougb  more  than  tbcir  bi^ 
— (19  though  their  honour,  iLcir  wives,  their  soulw,  deponded  oo  it    K 
w{w  \<ry   line  !     Ho  often  wiihed  that  liv  wa»  an  £i)glubmiin.     Thm 
lie  xhnigged  hii  fthtiulilorit. 

Harry  was  vci-y  aiuciona  to  conuncncc  a  cotiTemtiott  atmut  lab 
Ongar,  but  he  did  not  know  how  at  firai  to  introduce  her  n.-inie.  (W 
PatCToff  had  conic  to  him  nt  Lndy  Ougnr's  feqiie«i,  and  tJu-reforc,  •  b» 
hought,  the  count  ehould  have  been  the  (ir.<  to  uietition  lier.  But  Ik 
cotuc  seemed  to  bo  enjoying  his  dinner  witlioul  any  thought  eiUia<( 
Lady  Ongar  or  of  her  lute  hiuiband.  Ac  thin  tintc  1m  ti:id  been  doim  » 
Ongar  Park,  on  that  million  which  had  been,  as  wo  knovr,  fmUc  ■  Iwlbl 
■aifl  no  word  of  ihiit  to  Harry.  HenN.-iiied  to  enjoy  his  dinner  tboroBgkh'i 
and  mndo  himself  rery  agreeable.  'SSIicn  the  wine  was  discuawd  b« 
Idid  Harry  thit  a  certain  viatjig«  of  Mowllc  was  very  fUtnous  at  ihs 
BennfDrt.  n.-iriy  ordend  ilti;  iviiie  of  courtc,  and  was  ddiglitcd  to  gii* 
his  gnuA  tlie  bent  of  uvcrytbin^  ;  but  he  was  a  liitlc  atinovisl  uC  fiikHftf 
that  the  Birangor  knew  bis  club  better  than  he  Imcw  ii  himself.  Slovlr 
the  count  ate  bi>  dinner,  enjoying  vvciy  morsel  that  he  inok  with  tbsi 
thongbtful,  cooiciouM  plcauurc  wliieh  young  men  min-r  attain  jo  faiirg 
and  driukin;^,  and  whidi  men  as  they  grow  older  so  ollen  tbisel  to 
acquire.  But  the  anml  never  Ibigot  any  of  his  own  capscilita  (ct 
pIcAStiTe,  and  in  all  thing)  made  the  mott  of  liis  own  reaoutvct.  To  !» 
rich  is  not  to  havo  one  or  ten  thousand  a  ymr,  but  to  be  «l>le  to  get  «■( 
of  that  one  or  teo  ihouHiitd  all  iliat  every  gxitind,  and  every  sbtUing,  soil 
erery  pMny  will  gix*e  yen.     After  tliis  fashion  the  ceimt  waa  a  ridi  roan. 

"  You  don't  xil  after  dinner  berf ,  I  suppose,"  suid  t3ie  eoiml,  wbn  ke 
had  completed  on  elabcrotc  wishing  of  his  nioulh  and  mousUch*.     ''I 


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like  this  club  because  we  who  are  strangers  have  so  charming  a  room  for  our 
smoking.    It  is  the  beat  club  io  London  fcr  men  who  do  not  belong  to  it." 

Tt  occurred  to  Harry  that  iu  the  smoking-room  there  cotdd  be  no 
privacy.  Three  or  four  men  hud  alre-idy  spoken  to  the  count,  showing 
that  he  was  well  known,  giving  notice,  as  it  were,  that  Pateroff  would 
become  a  public  man  when  once  he  was  placed  in  a  public  circle.  To 
have  ^vea  a  dinner  to  the  count,  and  to  have  spoken  no  word  to  him 
about  Lady  Ongar,  would  be  by  Do  means  eatlafuctory  to  Harry's 
feelings,  though,  ns  it  appeared,  it  might  be  sufficiently  satisfactory  to 
the  guest.  Harry  therefore  suggested  one  bottle  of  claret.  The  count 
agreed,  expressing  an  opinion  that  the  ol  Lafitte  was  unexceptional.  The 
51  Lafitte  was  ordered,  and  Harry,  as  he  filled  his  glass,  considered  the 
way  in  which  his  snbject  should  be  introduced. 

"  You  knew  Lord  Ongar,  I  t'hink,  abroad  ? " 

"  Lord  Ongar, — abroad  1  Oh,  yea,  very  well  ;  and  for  many  years 
here  in  London  ;  and  at  Vienna  ;  and  very  early  in  life  at  St.  Petersburg. 
I  knew  Lord  Ongar  first  iu  Russia  when  he  was  attached  to  the  embassy 
as  Frederic  Courton.  His  father.  Lord  Courton,  was  then  alive,  aa  was 
also  his  grandfather.     He  was  a  nice,  good-looking  lad  then." 

"As  regards  his  being  nice,  he  seems  to  have  changed  a  good  deal 
before  he  died."  This  the  count  noticed  by  simply  shnigging  his 
shoulders  and  smiling  as  he  sipped  his  wine.  "  By  all  that  I  can  hear 
he  became  a  horrid  brute  when  he  married,"  said  Harty,  energetically. 

"He  was  not  pleasant  when  he  was  ill  at  Florence,"  aaid  the  count. 

,"  She  must  have  had  a  terrible  time  with  him,"  said  Harry. 

The  count  put  up  his  hands,  ^ain  shrugged  his  shoulders,  and  then  shook 
his  head.    "  She  knew  he  was  no  longer  au  Adonis  when  he  married  her." 

"  An  Adonis  1  No  ;  she  did  not  expect  au  Adonia ;  but  she  thought 
hu  would  have  something  of  the  honour  and  feelings  of  a  man." 

"  She  found  it  uncomfortable,  no  doubt.  He  did  too  much  of  this, 
you  know,"  said  the  count,  rai.iing  his  glass  to  his  lips  ;  "and  he  didn't 
do  it  with  51  Lafitte.  That  was  Ongar's  fault.  All  the  world  knew  it 
for  the  lust  ten  years.     No  one  knew  it  better  than  Hugh  Ciavering." 

"  But — "  said  HaiTy,  and  then  he  stopped.  He  hardly  knew  what  it 
was  that  he  wished  to  learn  from  the  man,  though  he  certainly  did  wish  to 
luam  something.  He  had  thought  Uiat  the  count  would  himself  have  talked 
about  Lady  Ongar  and  those  Floreatine  days,  but  this  he  did  not  seem 
disposed  to  do,     "  Sliall  we  have  our  cigars  now  ?  "  laid  Count  Patcroff. 

"  0-e  moment,  if  you  don't  mind." 

"  Certainly,  certainly.     There  is  no  hurry." 

"  You  will  take  no  more  wine?  " 

"  No  more  wine.     I  take  my  wine  at  dinner,  as  you  saw." 

"  I  want  to  ask  you  one  special  question, — about  Lady  Ongar." 

"  I  will  say  anything  in  her  favour  that  you  please.  I  am  always 
ready  to  say  anything  in  the  favour  of  any  lady,  and,  if  needs  be,  to  swcur 
it.     But  anything  against  any  lady  nobody  ever  heard  me  say." 


Harry  vraa  abmrp  enough  b>  peroetvs  ttiat  viy  aMsriion  nuulv  vaia 
sucli  n  )ai|ialiitiaii  wm  vane  tbui  nothing.  It  wu  a>  when  »  nun.  h 
dcDjji^  tbe  Uulb  of  s  aUtiiiDtot,  di>ca  so  niUi  an  aaamnun*  line  on  dsi 
mbjcct  hft  ibould  cotuiidur  kinisell'  juUJlied  m  telling  jmy  number  of  Ub. 
"  1  dii}  Dot  write  the  book, — but  you  liave  no  right  to  nak  Hie  qDenka, 
aod  I  abould  uy  llutt  I  b&d  not,  even  if  1  had."  Pataroff  wm  i|N«lEing  if 
Lady  Ougu  lu  iliia  mq}',  uod  Uaitj  bstul  lum  ^  doiiis  so. 

"I  doa't  vranl  jou  tu  My  any  good  of  licx,"  sud  b^  "«r  ao/  aviL" 
*'  1  corbuiily  nhall  My  no  evil  of  her." 

"  lluL  I  tiiiiik  ynu  know  that  she  bw  bcra  moat  cru«lly  tntated." 
"Well,  there  w  aboiU  usrcn — tboiuand — powKls  a  Tear,  I  thiakl 
geran — LltaUMiid — a  year  I  Not  ftasci,  but  [xiunds  i  Wo  poor  fottigpm 
loM  oorwlvtM  iu  ttinixement  when  uc  hta>r  al>out  your  English  foctuiM 
Scrren  tlioiuaiul  pouoda  a  year  fur  a  W}-  lUl  aJonc^  aiid  u  boau-iiiul  hoaitl 
X  Iwnw  IU  bemtilul,  tb«y  tell  me  I" 

"What  hu  that  to  do  whb  it?"  mid  Harry:  whcrvupon  the  ecnA 
again  abnigged  hia  sbooldara.  "What  baa  tliat  to  do  with  it?  Piiaiia 
tba  mao  waa  rich  h»  was  not  jutificd  in  ill-inating  his  wife.  Did  faa  bM 
briiig  fiilae  accuMatioiis  againat  her,  in  onler  OtU  lie  ini|;ht  rub  berate 
hi»  deatlt  of  all  thut  of  which  jou  ihitik  ao  moeh  7  Did  ha  iH»t  boar  Urn 
whnaa  agHinat  her,  to  hia  own  diahonoar  1 " 

"  Slic  Lu  got  the  iDboey,  I  tbtnk, — and  tbc  beautiful  bonae." 
•'  But  li«r  niime  boa  been  covered  with  li«." 

"  WlwL  can  I  Ju7  Why  do  jron  aJt  mv?  I  know  nothing.  Lot 
hvi«,  Mr.  Cl»veriug,  if  you  vraut  to  mokt  Buy  inqtiiry  you  htul  ixtUgt 
to  my  xJster.  I  don*t  see  what  good  it  will  do,  bat  she  will  talk  IU<|> 
by  iJie  hoQi-  togetber,  if  you  wiah  iu     Let  ua  aoitdEe."  ^H^H 

"  Yuur  luatcr?  "  ^^H 

"  Yea,  my  sisler.     Madame  Gordtdoup  is  her  name.     Ilaa  not  tjif 
Ougar  mentioned  my  aiatcr  ?     They  arc  iitacpuablM.     My  aiaier  liret  is 
HouDt  StreM." 
"  With  you  7"    ' 

"  No,  not  with  me  i  I  do  not  lire  in  Mount  Strnt.  1  bave  my  i 
sometimei  at  her  bouac" 
*'  Madame  Gotdt-tonp?" 

"  Yea,  Mitdame  Goird«tot)f.    She  it  Lady  Ongar's  Iriuid.     6be 
tulk  lo  you." 

"  Will  you  introduce  mc,  Count  J^tcruff?" 
**  OK,  no ;  it  i«  iiot  ac^muirj*.  Too  can  go  lo  Mcunt  Strcett  and  fix 
will  be  deliglited.  Tiwrt  is  Ui«  card.  .And  novr  wu  will  nnolEa."  Ilaiiy 
felt  that  hv  could  not,  with  good- breeding,  debus  tbu  cvtut  any  Ioqg<r, 
and,  thertiTore,  riuDg  from  hia  chair,  Ivd  (ku  way  into  the  amoktng^ooia- 
Whra  there,  the  man  of  the  world  HCfiarotul  himaclf  fiom  hia 
Inond,  uf  whose  «iithuMaBiu  b«  hud  perhupa  had  enough,  and  wa« 
*ngag(.>d  in  convoraaliun  with  uiiidty  oiLcr  unit  of  hia  owu  »t 
Uarry  soon  pcrcaivod  tluit  liio  guest  had  no  lurLJiw  need  of 


THE  CLA-VEKINQS.  651 

tenance,  and  went  home  to  Blcomsbur;  Square  hy  no  meaos  satisfied  irith 
tuB  new  acquaiotance. 

On  the  next  day  he  dined  in  OdeIow  Crescent  with  the  Bartons,  and 
when  there  he  said  nothing  about  Lady  Ongar  or  Count  Pateroff.     He 
was  not  aware  th^t  he  had  any  special  reason  for  being  silent  on  the 
subject,  but,  he  made  up  his  mind  that  the  Burtom  were  people  bo  iJai 
Temoved  in  their  sphere  of  life  from  Lady  Ongar,  that  the  subject  would 
not  be  suitable  in  Onslow  Crescent.     It  was  his  lot  in  life  to  be  concerned 
with  people  of  the  two  classes.     He  did  not  at  all  mean  to  say, — even  to 
himself, — that  he  liked  the  Ongar  class  the  better  ;  but  still,  as  such  waa 
Lis  lot,  he  must  take  it  as  it  came,  and  entertain  both  subjects  of  interest, 
without  any  commingling  of  them  one  with  another.     Of  Lady  Ongar  and 
hia  early  love  he  had  spoken  to  Florence  at  some  length,  but  he  did  not 
find  it  necessary  in  his  letters  to  tell  her  anything  of  Count  Faterofi*  and 
his  dinner  at  the  Beaufort.     Nor  did  he  mention  the  dinner  to  his  dear 
friend  Cecilia.     On  this  occasion  he  made  himself  very  happy  in  Onslow 
Crescent,  playing  with  the  children,  chatting  with  his  friend,  and  endur- 
ing, with  a  good  grace,  Theodore   Burton's  sorcaam,  when  that  ever- 
studious  gt;Dtleman  told  him  that  he  was  only  fit  to  go  about  tied  to  a  . 
woman's  apron-string. 

On  the  following  day,  about  five  o'clock,  he  called  in  Mount  Street. 
He  bad  doubted  much  as  to  this,  thinking  that  at  any  rate  he  ought,  in  the 
first  place,  to  write  and  ask'  penuLision.  But  at  lost  he  resolved  that  be 
would  take  the  cotmt  at  his  word,  and  presenting  himself  at  the  door,  he 
sent  Dp  his  name.  Madame  Gordeloup  was  at  home,  and  in  a  few  moments 
be  found  himself  in  the  room  in  which  the  lady  was  sitting,  and  recognized 
her  whom  he  had  seen  with  Lady  Ongar  in  Bolton  StreeL  She  got  up  at 
once,  having  glanced  at  the  name  upon  tlie  card,  and  seemed  to  know  all 
about  him.  She  shook  hands  with  liim  cordially,  almost  squeezing  his 
bond,  and  bade  him  sit  down  near  her  on  the  sofa.  "  She  was  so  glad  to 
see  him,  for  her  dear  Julie's  sake.  Julie,  as  of  course  be  knew,  was  at 
'  Ongere'  Park.  Oh  !  so  happy," — which,  by  the  by,  he  did  not  know, — 
"  and  would  be  up  in  the  course  of  next  week.  So  many  things  to  do,  of 
course,  Mr.  Clavering.  The  bouse,  and  tlie  servants,  and  the  park,  and 
the  beautiful  things  of  a  large  country  establishmeat  t  But  it  was  dc^ght- 
ful,  and  Julie  was  quite  happy  1  " 

No  people  could  be  more  uulike  to  each  other  than  this  brother  and 
his  sister.  No  human  being  could  have  taken  Madame  Gordeloup  for  on 
Englishwoman,  though  it  might  be  difficult  to  judge,  either  from  her 
language  or  lier  appearance,  of  the  nationality  to  which  she  belonged. 
She  Kpoke  English  with  great  fluency,  but  every  word  uttered  declared 
her  not  to  be  English.  And  when  she  was  moat  fluent  she  was  most 
incorrect  in  her  language.  She  was  small,  eager,  and  quick,  and  appeared 
quite  as  anxious  to  talk  as  her  brother  had  been  to  hold  his  tongue.  She 
lived  in  a  small  room  on  tlie  first  floor  of  a  small  house  ;  and  it  seemed  to 
Horry  that  ^e  lived  alone.     But  he  had  not  been  long  there  belbre  she 


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TnE  CLAVERraOS. 


had  lold  hirn  b1I  her  biBtorjr,  uai  t.tp'a:n<d  w  him  mort  of  Lcr  <rirtim- 
Kancc*.  Ttmt  ihe  kept  book  Hunething  is  f robzbic ;  but  bow  mitnj'  in 
tii«re  who  cmi  alTurd  to  lell  rrer^lhing  ? 

Her  husband  wns  stiti  living;,  but  he  wu  itt  SK  PrtMv'bnrg.     lU  «w 
a  Frenchmsn  by  fiimily,  but  )i;u)  bi^oii   Ijorn  In  Rusiia.     tie  bad  tjfo 
■Itflohcd  to  Uic  Itunsiaii   cQibaK<y  in   Lc'iidcn,  but  n-as  now  ottadiedtv 
diplomacy  in  gent^Tnl  in  Rustlu.     bh«  did  not  join  him  becauM  die  Uni  \ 
^gland, — oh,  ao  much  I     And,  perhaps,  her  husband  might  cotne  hiAi 
9|;nin  Borue  day.     tihc  did  not  any  that  tiie  h»d  nut  eccu  liiiii  lor  Icn  fan, . 
uu(]  nss  not  qiiit^  sure  whviher  liu  was  d(>.td  or  nlirc  ;  hut  li»d  sh^  miibj 
a  clean  kn-oxt  in  iill  ihiug^  the  might  have  done  so.     She  said  thit  \ 
Vfoa  a  good  di-al  Mill  nt  the  Ruidnn  embuMy;  but  «h«  did  not  My  iImIi 
lierst'lf  wnH  a  paid  ><py.     Nor  do  I  say  so  now,  pw-itivcly  ;  but  thus  • 
the   cbfii^actcr  rItcq   to  her  by  many  \rh.o  kncv  htr.     She  catlml  hr] 
brothi'T  Kdouurd,  as  llioitgh  Harry  had  known  thv  I'ount  all  tiis  life;  nil 
alwa)-»  npoke  of  Lady  Ongtir  an  Julii?.     She  utlrrvd  one  or  two  litllv  hint] 
which  iHxsned  to  imply  that  iihc  knew  vrcrylliins  lliat  had  poaacd  beti 
"Julie"  and  Harry  ClaveriDg  in  early  diiys  ;   and  nevnr   menUoMdi 
Onf>aT  without  some  rcrni  of  violuit  abuse, 

"Horrid  wretch!"  stic  mid,  patieing  over  all  (he  r'.t  la  tbc 
had  called  him.     "  It  began,  yon  know,  from  tlie  T«ry  firrt.      Of  eoomte 
had  been  a  Tool.     An  old  rou£  is  slwnys  a  fuel  Co  marry.      Wlial  dort^ 
get,  you  know,  for  bi«  money?      A  \tn<iiy  (ii«'-      He's  tirxxl  of  tlal  «  ' 
Boon  as  it's  his  own.     In  it  not  nu,  Mr.  Clavcniig?     But  other  pMtrJiiii^ 
tired  of  it,  and   llicn  he  bt-comca  Jealous.      Itut  Lor^  Otfar  «■■■( 
jfaloUK.     Ho  wan  not  mnn  enough  to  be  jealous.     Ilur-r-rid   wr-irit^'" 
i>!ie  tlivn  went  on  tolling  many  ihinga  wliich,  as  he  liaimei},  almonadf 
Harry  CiavtTJng'iihair  stand  on  end,  and  wliich  must  not  bo  rcp»tt«dk(t- 
She  V-rM.-lf  hud  tnel  her  broilicr  in  Pari;*,  and  had  hecti  with  him  »Wt 
ihey  cncoitntcrod  the  Oogats  in  that  capital.     According  to  Iier  diovi^i  j 
ilu-y  had,  otl  oflhem,  b^^^n  togi-tbor  nc.iily  from  that  lime  to  tlie  in* 
Lord  On;t.ir's  dentil.      Hut  Hairy  noun  leaned  to  fiMd  ilmt  ho  tomii  mi] 
belicrc  all  Ihnt  the  little  lody  toid  Lim. 

"Edoiiard  wxa  always  with  him.    Poor  Edouard  T'  alio  said.    "TTwwl 
was  some  money  matUr  bi'tvrct-n  tlietn  about  t^cnrtj.     Wht^n  that  wr-rctebl 

got  to  be  BO  bad,  he  did  not  like  pnniitg  with  hii  nioaf;y', not  erra  vlicsj 

lie  had  lost  it !     And  Julie  had  bt«ti  si)  goud  alw.iys  !     Juljc  and  Edce- 

ard  had  done  cvciytLing  for  Uic  nasty  wr-rclcb."     Harry  did  tK>t  tf  sQ 

like  tliifl  mingling  of  the  name  of  Julie  and  Edouard,  though  it  ibd  oot  (at 

a  momcDt  fill  his  mind  with  any  suspicion  as  to  Lady  Ongar.     It  tnaiej 

him  fu*],  however,  that  this  woman  was  dnngcroua,  and   that  her  loaNI 

might  lie  very  miseluivons  if  tiiv  lalkod  to  othen  as  she  did  to  turn.    Af  ] 

he  looked  at  her, — and  being  now  in  her  o\ni  room  »be  was  sot  JjuaJ 

Willi  Benipulous  care, — and  as  he  listem-d  to  her,  he  could  not  cooocits 

wh;it  Lady  Ongnr  had  seen  in  her  t^at  she  slioulJ  hnvn  nad«  a  frieoJ  f^ 

Jwr.      Her   brothvr,  the  oount,    was   undoubtedly  a   geDtteman  in  ha 


THE  Cl<A.V£RINGS.  658 

manners  nod  way  of  life,  but  he  did  not  know  by  wliat  name  to  call  this 
womaa,  who  called  Lady  Ongar  Julie.  She  was  altogether  unlike  anj 
ladies  whom  he  had  known, 

"  You  know  that  Julie  will  be  in  town  next  week  ?  " 

"  No ;  1  did  not  know  when  she  was  to  return." 

"  Oh,  yes ;  she  has  businesa  with  those  people  in  South  Audley  Street 
on  Thursday.  Poor  dear  I  Those  lawyers  are  so  harassing  !  But  when 
people  have  seven — thousand — pounds  a  year,  they  must  put  up  with 
lawyers."  As  she  pronounced  those  talismanic  words,  which  to  her  were 
•ImoKt  celestial,  Harry  perceived  for  the  first  time  that  there  was  some 
tort  of  resemblance  between  her  and  the  count.  He  could  see  that  they 
were  brother  and  sister.  "  I  shall  go  to  her  directly  she  comes,  and  of 
eonrse  I  will  tell  her  how  good  you  have  been  to  come  to  me.  And 
Edouord  has  been  dining  wirh  yon  7  How  good  of  you.  He  told  me  how 
dwrmiug  you  are," — Uarry  was  quite  sure  then  that  she  was  fibbing, — ■ 
"and  that  it  was  so  pleasant !  Edouard  is  very  much  attached  to  Julie; 
ferj  much.  Though,  of  course,  all  that  was  meru  sonsense  ;  just  lies 
told  by  that  wicked  lord.  Bah  I  what  did  be  know  7  "  Hany  by  this 
tioM  was  b^inning  to  wish  that  he  had  never  found  his  way  to  Mount 
Street. 

"  Of  course  they  were  lies,"  he  said  roughly. 

"  Of  course,  mon  cher.  Those  things  always  are  lies,  and  so  wicked  ! 
"What  good  do  they  do  7  " 

"  lies  never  do  any  good,"  said  Harry. 

To  so  wide  a  proposition  as  this  madame  was  not  prepared  to  give  an 
unconditional  assent ;  she  therefore  shmgged  her  shoulders  and  once  again 
looked  like  her  brother. 

"Ah  1  "  she  said.  "Julie  is  a  happy  woman  now.  Seven — thousand 
—pounds  a  year !     One  does  not  know  how  to  believe  it ;  does  one  7  " 

**  I  never  heard  the  amount  of  her  income,"  said  Harry. 

"  It  is  all  that,"  said  the  Franco-Pole,  enei^etically,  "  every  franc  of 
it,  besides  the  house !  I  know  it.  She  told  me  herself.  Yes.  What 
woman  would  risk  that,  you  know ;  and  his  life,  you  may  say,  as  good 
M  gone  7     Of  course  they  were  lies." 

"  I  don't  think  you  understand  her,  Madame  Gordeloup." 

"Oh,  yes  ;  I  know  her,  so  well.  And  love  her — oh,  Mr.  Clavering, 
I  love  her  so  dearly  I  Is  she  not  charming  7  So  beautiful  you  know, 
and  grand.  Such  a  will,  too  I  That  is  what  I  like  in  a  woman.  Such 
a  courage  I  She  never  flinched  in  those  horrid  days,  never.  And  when 
be  called  her, — you  know  what, — she  only  looked  at  him,  just  looked  at 
him,  miserable  object.  Oh,  it  was  beautiful !  "  And  Madame  Gordeloup, 
rirang  in  her  energy  from  her  seat  for  the  purpose,  strove  to  throw  upon 
llarry  such  another  glance  as  the  injured,  insulted  wife  had  thrown  upon 
her  foul-tongued,  dying  lord. 

"  She  will  marry,"  said  Madame  Gordeloup,  changing  her  tone  with 
a  taddenness  that  made  Hany  start ;  "  yei,  she  will  marry  of  course. 


Wi 


■nrE  CLATSRCfCS. 


Your  Englidi  -ividows  ainya  many  if  tliej  linve  mottey.    They  an  wroof, 
and  eb«  will  )m  vron^;  but  the  win  many." 

"  I  do  not  Inow  bow  [hat  najr  be,"  nii]  ILuTy,  looking  foolinli. 

"  I  t«U  you  I  know  shu  will  many,  Ur.  Clarcring ;  I  toIJ  Edouad  n 
jcst«r<lljiy.  Ho  nrtKly  xmilci}.  It  would  b&rdly  do  Ibr  him,  she  W 
90  mncb  will.     Kdaatad  has  a  will  also." 

"All  mea  hare,  I  BUppow." 

"Ah,  jes;  but  there  is  a  tlifleienoe.  A  sam  of  monvy  i)sws,ifa 
man  »  to  tniury,  »  belbr  than  a  widow's  dow«r.  If  she  dies,  you  lEOOft 
h«  looW  so  fboliiOi.  And  itlic  i«  grand  and  will  vrnnt  t«  epomj  crvrvthaC' 
laihe  much  oldtr  titan  yoti,  Mr.  ClaTering;?  Of  course  I  know  J«&r'« 
Bgc,  thcugh  perhaps  you  do  ooL  What  will  yoa  give  me  (o  tell  ?  "  AbJ 
the  woman  leerec)  at  him  with  a  tmi!a  which  made  Harry  tliink  thslii« 
was  almoet  more  thoa  mortal.  He  found  bimwlf  qtiito  unable  to  cope«i:& 
her  in  eoav^raatioii,  and  aoon  alW  tfali  ^ot  np  to  tnk«  hU  Icatc.  "  T<M 
will  come  again,"  she  aid.  *^Doi.  I  like  yoa  so  ronch.  And  wfinloh 
ia  in  town,  we  shall  be  able  to  t««  her  together,  nd  I  will  be  your  tAnl. 
B«lierQ  me." 

Harry  was  very   far  from   bclieTing  her,  and   did   not  io   the  Int 
require  lier  friendehip.     Hot  frinndship  inilocd  !     How  could  any  decal 
EiiglUh  mtin  or  woman  wisdi  for  the  friendship  of  anch  a  creature  at  tfe<* 
It  wa>  Ibofl  that  he  thought  of  her  m  he  n-alked  away  from  Mount  Satt, 
making  heavy  accasotiona,  within  h!a  own  brena,  agminst  I.^r  OneV* 
he  did  ao.     Julia  t     lie  ncprolcd  tho  name  over  to  himwlf  a  dozeal^Kt 
thinking  that  t]ic  Dnvoiir  of  it  was  lost  nnco  it  lind  been  oontamiMb'  ** 
oAen  by  that  vile  tongue.     But  what  concern  woa  it  of  his  7      I,«i^^ 
Julia  to  whom  nhe  wonlJ,  she  eoiiSd  nGvc>r  be  Julia  again   to  ht&  B* 
alio  wcw  biH  frii'iid — Lady  Ongar,  and  he   lotd  himself  ploiQly  ||#b 
friend  had   been  wrong  in  haritig  permitted  hcrstli'  to   hold   am  b^ 
mncy  witli  such  a   woman   as  that.      No  doubt  Lady  Ooffnr  haJ  b^ 
subjected  to  very  trjing  traables  in  the  last  monihs  of   f,er  httabaft 
life,  bnt  no  circumatAiicca  could  justify  her,  if  the  continued  to  enteK 
iho  fidifl  cordiiilily  of  thnt  hnrribly  vulgar  and  evil-mindeii  little  woaa^ 
As  regarded  the  graro  charges  brought  agiURHi  Lndy  Ongor,  HarrriCtt 
gave  no  credit  to  them,  etill   locked  upon  them  lu  calumnies,  in  nttctf 
the  divmniog  advocacy  of  Sophie  and  her  brother ;  but  ho  fett  tlal  alu 
luuat  have  dabbled  ia  very  dirty  water  to  hnvc  returned  to  Engl 
such  claimants  on  Iter  fricndihip  as  these.     He  had  not  much  ad 
count,  but  the  count's  sister  hod  b4«n  odious  to  him.     "X  will  ba  yov 
friend.     Believe  mc."     H«rry  Clavering  stamped  upon  the   pavemeni  » 
lie  thought  of  tlio  littlo  Pole's  offer  to  him.     She   be  his  friend  I     9*, 
indeed ; — not  if  t.!iere  wen;  no  other  friend  for  him  in  all  London. 

Sophie,  too,  had  her  thonght*  about  him,  Sophie  waa  Tery  aaxiom  m 
ibis  matter,  nnd  waa  reaolved  to  stick  as  oloss  to  hep  Julie  na  iKwiNr- 
"  I  will  bo  his  friend  or  his  enemy;— Ut  hira  chooae."  That  Ittd  baa 
St^liie's  wfleclion  on  the  m.itter  when  she  was  left  alone. 


THE  CLAVERINGS.  655 

OHAPTEB  XV. 

As  Etesing  in  BoIiTOh  Steeet.  ' 

Tem  days  after  hia  visit  in  Mount  Street,  Hairj  received  tlie  note  which 
Lady  Ongsr  hadwrittea  to  him  on  the  night  of  her  arrival  in  London.  It 
'was  brought  to  Mr.  Beilby's  office  hy  her  own  footman  earlj  in  the 
morning ;  but  Harry  was  there  at  the  time,  and  was  thus  able  to  answer 
it,  telling  Lady^  Ongar  that  he  would  come  as  she  had  desired.  She  bad 
commenced  her  letter  "  Dear  Harry,"  and  he  well  remembered  that  when 
she  had  before  written  she  had  called  him  "  Dear  Mr.  Clavering."  And 
though  the  note  contained  only  half-a-dozen  ordinary  words,  it  seemed  to 
him  to  be  affectionate,  and  almost  loving.  Had  she  not  been  eager  to  see 
him,  she  vronld  hardly  thus  have  written  to  him  on  the  very  instant  of 
her  retam.  "  Dear  Lady  Ongar,"  ho  wrote,  "  X  shall  dine  at  my  dob, 
and  be  with  you  about  eight.  Youib  always,  H.  C."  After  that  he 
conld  hardly  bring  himself  to  work  satisfactorily  during  the  whole  day. 
Since  hia  interview  with  the  Franco-Polish  lady  he  had  thongbt  a  good 
deal  about  himself,  and  bad  resolved  to  work  harder  and  to  love  Florence 
Barton  more  devotedly  than  ever.  The  nasty  little  woman  had  said  certain 
worda  to  him  which  had  caused  faim  to  look  into  hia  own  breast  and  to  tell 
himself  that  this  was  necessary.  As  the  love  was  Easier  than  the  work,  he 
began  his  new  tssks  on  the  ibllowing  morning  by  writing  a  long  and  very 
afifaetioiuite  letter  to  his  own  Flo,  who  was  still  staying  at  Clavering 
rectory ; — a  letter  bo  long  and  so  affectionate  that  Florence,  in  her  ecsta^ 
of  del^ht,  made  Fanny  read  it,  and  confess  that,  as  a  love-letter,  it  waa 
perfect. 

"  It's  great  nonaeoBe,  all  the  same,"  said  Fanny. 
"  It  isn't  nonsense  at  all,"  raid  Florence ;  "  and  if  it  were,  it  would 
BOt  signify.     Is  it  true  7     That's  the  question." 
"I'm  sure  it's  true,"  said  Fanny. 

"  And  so  am  I,"  said  Florence.  "  I  don't  want  any  one  to  tell  me  that." 
"Then  why  did  you  ask,  you  simpleton?"     Florence  indeed  was 
having  a  happy  time  of  it  at  Clavering  rectory.     When  Fanny  called  her 
a  simpleton,  she  threw  her  arms  round  Fanny's  neck  and  kissed  her. 

Aiid  Harry  kept  his  resolve  about  the  work  too,  investigating  plans 
with  a  resolution  to  understand  them  which  was  almost  succeBsfid.  During 
thoee  days  he  woold  remain  at  hia  office  till  past  four  o'clock,  and  would 
then  walk  away  with  Theodore  Burton,  dining  sometimes  in  Onslow 
Crescent,  and  going  there  sometimes  in  the  evening  after  dinner.  And 
when  there  he  would  sit  and  read ;  and  once  when  Cecilia  essayed  to  talk 
to  him,  he  told  her  to  keep  her  apron-strings  to  herself.  Then  Theodore 
laughed  and  apol<^zed,  and  Cecilia  said  that  too  much  work  made  Jack  a 
dull  boy ;  and  then  Theodore  laughed  again,  stretching  out  his  legs  and 
arms  as  he  rested  a  moment  from  his  own  study,  and  declared  that,  under 
those  circumstances,  Harry  never  would  be  dull.     And  Harry,  on  those 


«sc 


TUB  CLATEBISGS. 


rrcnliisi^  voold  be  tiken  i^Matn  to  aee  ibe  bainu  ia  tbeir  oott ;  sod  m 
be  ttood  wttli  tlwir  nwdcr  laokiog  doini  npon  tbo  chtklreo,  pRitf  ««di 
^TOuU  b*  com!  sboat  Floivocr  and  bis  fnum  li& ;  a»l  mil  wa*  gong  Mtoy 
an  B  nmria^  heO.  Bat  oa  Uiat  rooming,  when  tbc  Doto  had  come  &«a 
L*dy  Odsu-,  Harry  eoBld  ««rk  no  mere  Id  his  wtiAerifto.  U«  tenolpl 
npoD  bit  blotting-paper,  and  made  no  pragraai  wkaiaocm-  lowarii  At 
uaderttaDiUng  «f  anjrtbing:.  It  was  tbe  dajr  ao  wbieb,  ta  due  co«i«v  k 
would  wnl«  to  Florence ;  and  be  did  write  to  bar.  But  FIorcMa  £i 
tbow  tb»  Utter  to  Fannj,  claiming  tor  tt  any  meed  of  godliVe 
It  waa  a  stupid,  stiort  Ictur,  in  vrhicb  b*  declared  tbat  he  waa  rtrj 
and  that  bi«  bead  ached.  In  a  pottseripl  be  told  her  tbat  be  waa  gebg 
•re  Ladf  Ongar  tbat  ercfung.  This  be  eommoaicatetl  to  her  oiider: 
idea  tbat  bjr  doing  ae  be  made  everjrthing  right  And  I  thiak  tbsl 
tailing  of  it  did  ivlieve  b»  conscience. 

He  left  tb«  office  aooa  mficr  thne,  baTing  bnnight  kimaelf  to 
to  the  beadaefce,  ai>d  miint<'rt<d  down  to  bi*  dnb.  He  fisund  aoen  plnifl{ 
whist  there.  anH.  u  whisi  miglil  be  good  for  bu  bead,  he  joined  thai. 
Tbey  won  hu  money,  and  *eoldcd  bim  for  plajing  badly  till  be  «■ 
angry,  and  then  he  went  out  far  a  walk  by  himself.  Aa  b*  weot  alaVI 
Piccadilly,  he  nw  Sophie  Gordcloap  coming  towarda  liint,  tratttng  abnf^ 
with  her  drco  held  w«ll  up  orer  her  ankles,  eager,  quick,  and,  as  beaui 
to  himself,  clearly  intent  upon  some  miMhief.  lie  endoavoured  le 
her  by  mrnin;;  np  ibc  Burlin|;t(m  Arcade,  bat  she  was  loo  quick  (at 
and  was  walking  np  tlio  arcade  by  bis  side  before  be  hnd  lirea  p*^" 
make  up  bU  minil  m  to  the  bent  mode  of  ridding  biaiself  of  mA ' 
eompooiou, 

"  All.  Mr.  Clarorinj,  I  am  so  glad  to  see  yoa.  I  wna  with  J^l* 
night  She  was  {sgffd,  very  mtich  fagged ;  l)i«  joumvT.  vou  kaef,^ 
the  btiEtDCM.  Bm  yr^t  w  handaome  I  And  we  talked  of  yoo.  T*> 
Mr.  Clareriog ;  iind  i  told  her  bow  good  yoa  bad  be-rn  in  cow^  ■ 
me.  She  said  you  were  alwaya  good ;  yet,  ehe  did.  When  ahd  *a> 
•eehM!" 

Harry  daTcring  wa*  s  bad  hsnd  at  fibbing,  and  a  bad  hand  abo  rt 
tearing  a  qunrtion  unaaawcrcd.  When  qoestiooed  in  this  way  be  6i 
not  know  what  to  do  but  to  answer  the  truth.  He  would  much  nlbc 
not  liitTe  aatd  tbat  he  was  going  to  Bolton  Street  that  evening,  bat 
conid  find  do  alternalire.  "I  bvlicve  I  sbatl  ace  bcr  tliut  evening," 
Bait],  Mmply  venturing  to  miti^tc  ihc  evil  of  malting  tbe  communicatiM'' 
by  rendering  it  fiilscly  doubtful.  Tlierc  are  men  who  fib  with  so  bad  ■ 
grace  and  with  so  little  tact  th<tt  they  might  as  well  not  fib  at  all.  IVj 
not  only  ncvfr  afrire  at  success,  bt«  never  even  venture  to  expect  it 

"All,   tliiit  evening.     L*-l  nic  eee.     I  don't  think  I  can  be  thnre to- 
night ;  Madnme  BercnstofF  reeeivca  at  the  embassy." 

"  Good   afternoon,"   said    Harry,    turmag    into    Tniolit'e,    tbe  b>>'' 
dreaier's,  shrip. 

**  Ah,  very  well,"  raid  Sophie  to  bencir;  "jnst  s».    It  will  be  bcU", 


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*"■■  -^ 


THE  CLATERINGS.  657 

much  better.  He  is  umply  one  lout,  and  why  Bhoold  he  have  it  all  7  My 
God,  vhat  fools,  what  louu,  are  these  Englishmen  I "  Now  having  read 
Sophie's  thoughts  so  far,  we  will  leave  her  to  walk  up  the  remainder  of 
the  arcade  by  herself. 

I  do  not  know  that  Harry's  visit  to  Truefit's  establishment  had  been  In 
ony  degree  caused  by  his  engi^ement  for  the  evening.     I  fancy  that  he 
had  simply  taken  to  ground  at  the  first  hole,  as  does  a  hunted  fox.     But 
'now  that  he  was  there  he  had  his  head  put  in  order,  and  thought  that  he 
looked  the  better  for  the  operation.     He  then  went  back  to  his  club,  and 
vhea  he  sauntered  into  the  card-room  one  old  gentleman  looked  askance 
at  him,  aa  though  inquiring  angrily  whether  he  had  come  there  to  make 
fi«Bh  misery.    "Thank  you;  no, — I  won't  play  again,"  said  Harry.    Then 
the  old  gentleman  was  appeased,  and  offered  him  a  pinch  of  gnuSl    "  Have 
yon  seen  the  new  book  about  whist  7  "  said  the  old  gentleman.     "  It  is 
very  useful, — very  useful.     I'll  send  you  a  copy  if  you  will  allow  me." 
Allien  Harry  left  the  room,  and  went  down  to  dinner- 
It  waa  a  httle  past  eight  when  he  knocked  at  Lady  Ongar's  door. 
I  fear  he  had  calculated  that  if  he  were  punctual  to  the  moment,  she  would 
Hank  that  he  thought  the  matter  to  be  important.     It  was  important  to 
him,  and  he  was  willing  that  she  should  know  that  it  waa  so.     But  there 
■re  degrees  in  everything,  and  therefore  he  was  twenty  minutes  late.     He 
waa  not  the  first  man  who  has  weighed  the  diplomatic  advant^e  of  being 
after  his  time.     But  all  those  ideas  went  &om  him  at  once  when  she  met 
him  almost  at  the  door  of  the  room,  and,  taking  him  by  the  hand,  said 
that  die  was   "  so  glad  to  see  him, — so  very  glad.      Fancy,   Harry,  I 
haren't  seen  an  old  friend  since  I  saw  you  last.     You  don't  know  how 
hard  all  that  seems." 

"  It  is  hard,"  said  he  ;  and  when  he  felt  the  pressure  of  her  hand,  and 
MW  the  brightness  of  her  eye,  and  when  her  dress  rustled  against  him 
as  he  followed  her  to  her  seat,  and  he  became  sensible  of  the  influence  of 
her  presence,  all  his  diplomacy  vaniahed,  and  he  was  simply  desirous  of 
devoting  himself  to  her  service.  Of  course,  any  such  devotion  was  to  be 
given  without  detriment  to  that  other  devotion  which  he  owed  to  Florence 
isnrton.  But  this  stipuhition,  though  it  waa  made,  was  made  quickly, 
and  with  a  confused  brain. 

«Tes, — it  is  hard,"  she  said.  "  Harry,  sometimes  I  think  I  shall  go 
mad.  It  is  more  than  I  can  bear.  I  could  bear  it  if  it  hadn't  been  my 
own  fault, — all  my  own  fault." 

There  was  a  suddenness  about  this  which  took  him  quite  by  surprise. 
No  doubt  it  had  been  her  own  fault.  He  also  had  told  himself  that ; 
though,  of  course,  he  would  make  no  such  charge  to  her.  "You  have  not 
recovered  yet,"  he  said,  "  from  what  you  have  suQered  lately.  Things 
will  look  brighter  to  you  after  a  while." 

"Will  they?  Ah, — I  do  not  know.  But  come,  Hany;  come  and 
sit  down,  and  Jet  me  get  you  some  tea.  There  is  no  harm,  I  suppose,  in 
having  you  here, — is  there?  " 

VOL.  xm. — Ko.  78.  SB^. 


i 


esB 


TU£  d^AVERIKCS. 


"  Hiirai,  Lul>  OngH  t  " 

"  Yes, — balm,  Ludf  Ongir.**  As  bIm  repnted  ber  own  nuM 
him^  aaaif  in  Ui  loae,  aliu  amilcil  race  ogHUii  and  tlieit  aba 
oftebe  uecd  to  look  in  ihe  «]J  da^'t,  wbcn  nliv  would  ba  tmnj  nitL 
'<  It  in  Iiatd  lo  know  wbal  a  wcnuui  ida^  do,  and  what  ihe  mw^r  not. 
my  bosbaud  was  ill  and  dyinj;,  1  never  leil  bis  bedaidc  Frw 
moR>ei)t  oTtny  niftrrying  Itim  till  bi«  d«ath,  I  bardlj  spolu  to  k  loia 
in  hjfl  pmcncc ;  and  wliut  ooce  I  did,  il  vru  he  tbai  bad  oenb  Liai. 
lor  alL  tbat  pwplo  liarc  turacd  tbvir  badu  upon  tav,  Toti  and  I 
old  frieoda,  Uan^,  and  MMnetbing  more  ODoe, — wer«  wu  aott  Ba 
jtlud  yoM,  m  joa  waie  man  eoougb  to  Icil  hdbi  Uow  I  did  rsa^iect 
wlieii  yon  dtwed  to  vpotlt  the  With  to  me.  U«ik  don't  kuww  wemea. 
tJi«y  would  b*  biirdtr  lo  them." 

"  I  did  Dot  mean  lo  be  hard  to  yoa." 

"  If  you  bad  taken  mo  by  th«  sliouldots  and  shaken  oae,  aai  tet* 
declared  that  before  God  yoa  vtoaH  not  allow  such  "■ifVnlTirM.  I  daidl 
bave  obeyed  you.  I  know  I  aboBld."  Uarr)' tfaougbl  of  Ftorcocc,  anil  cotuj 
sot  bctag  biinsdf  to  sny  that  bo  wiabud  ll  bii;0  buvo  ao.  "But  afaoil 
ironld  you  lutre  bceu  ihen,  Harry?  I  waa  wrong  utid  falta  «ad  a 
to  marry  that  nuui;  but  1  should  not,  thtjelbre,  have  been  ri^ht  t« 
you  and  roio  you.  It  would  bav«  b«xa  nun,  yoa  Icdow,  aod  WAibMU 
simply  have  bcon  iboU." 

*'  The  lolly  was  vary  pleasant,"  aaid  be. 

"  y«*,  yea ;   I  will  not  deny  that.     But  thui  (be  wiacloai 
pnidunco  aftorwA.r<l»  t     Oh,  Iliiry,  tJiat  w«  no*  [>t«a&aat.     Tbut 
pJonmat  1     But  wbat  wai  I  suyi»]{  2     Ob  !  about  (be  (iropriely  4j^ 
being  hcr«.     It  is  so  Wd   lo  know  uhnt  is  piop«:r.     As  I  bjNb* 
iQsrncd,  1  siipixM  I  may  nwotvu  wboiii  1  ])li;as^.     Is  not  tbat  tJiellir 

"  You  may  recriTe  itie,  I  sliould  tliiiik.     Yuiir  sister   ia  my 
wifi;."     Unrry's  inatkr-ol'-iACt  argua.cut  did  aa  wt;U  *a  anvtlunc  ^Mt 
it  turned  her  lliougjlit  at  the  iiioiueaL 

"  My  u&ter,  I Jany  1  W  there  waa  nuUiing  to  mako  ua  frienda  tnl  ^ 
oonavaiioa  thioiigh  Sit  Hugh  Chivuriu^,  1  do  aut  know  tluu  I  abuuU  b* 
fMriiculnrly  aiuctou:!  to  tvc  you.  How  unman^  be  bw  bMn,  and  b«T 
crwcl." 

*'  Vt-ry  cniel,"  said  Harry.     Then  ha  thought  of  A*cbi«  and  Archw 
suit.     '*  Kui  b«!  is  williai;  to  change  uU  tliai  iiow.     ilenulono  wkfl 
the  other  day  to  pcreuiidt-  you  to  go  to  Ciavorinj." 

"  And  have  you  come  here  to  use  your  elo^ae&M  Ua   t^it  ponaK 
I  will  oevor  go  to  Clavmug  again,  Harry,  unless  il  ^oold  be  youa 
your  wile  should  offer  to  receive  me.     Then  I'd  pack  up  fvt  ibe  d^r' 
duiJ,  mlenia  old  pkco  tbotigh  I  was  on  the  other  aids  of  Eorone." 

"  It  will  Btver  be  rain«." 

**  Pmliably  luit,  and  prolmbly,  theruHirr,  I  shall  never  be  tb«i«  agtii^ 
^o  i  1  «m  forgive  an  injury,  but  nvt  an  iiuult, — not  an.  tnault  audi  « 
thai.   I  will  not  go  to  Cluveriog;  lo,  Harry,  yoa  may  aare  yoiu  ttaoam*- 


H 

i««i*'^ 


THE  CLAVERING8.  659 

Hermioae  I  shall  be  glad  to  see  whenever  she  will  come  to  me.     If  yoa 
can  persuade  her  to  that,  jou  will  persuade  her  to  a  charity." 

"  She  goea  nowhere,  I  think,  without  his — his " 

"  Without  his  pernusaion.  Of  course  she  does  not.  That,  I  suppose, 
is  all  aa  it  should  be.  And  he  is  such  a  tyrant  that  he  will  give  no  such 
permiBsion.  He  would  tell  her,  I  suppose,  that  her  sister  was  no  fit  com- 
panion for  her." 

"  He  could  not  say  that  now,  as  he  has  asked  you  there." 

"  Ah,  I  don't  know  that.  He  would  say  one  thing  first  and  another 
after,  just  aa  it  would  auit  him.  He  has  some  object  in  wishing  that  I 
flfaould  go  there,  I  suppose."  Harry,  who  knew  the  object,  and  who  was  too 
faitliful  to  betray  Lady  ClaveriDg,  even  though  he  was  altogether  hostile  to 
luB  cousin  Archie's  suit,  felt  a  little  proud  of  his  position,  but  said  nothing 
in  answer  to  this.  "  But  I  shall  not  go  ;  nor  will  I  see  him,  or  go  to  his 
.  house  when  he  comes  up  to  London.     When  do  they  come,  Harry  ? " 

"  He  is  in  town  now." 

"  Wliat  a  nice  husband,  is  he  not?   And  when  does  Hermiono  come  7" 

"  I  do  not  know;  she  did  not  say.  Little  Hughy  is  ill,  and  that  may 
keep  her." 

"  AAer  all,  Harry,  I  may  have  to  pack  up  and  go  to  Clavering  even 
yet, — that  is,  if  the  mistress  of  the  house  will  have  me." 

"  Never  in  the  way  you  mean,  Lady  Ongar,  Do  not  propose  to  kill 
all  my  relations  in  order  that  I  might  have  their  property.  Archie  intends 
to  many,  and  have  a  dozen  children." 

"Archie  marry  1  Who  will  have  him?  But  such  men  as  he  are 
often  in  the  way  by  marrying  some  cookmaid  at  last.  Archie  is  Hugh's 
body-slave.  Fancy  being  body-slave  to  Hugh  Clavering  ]  He  has  two, 
and  poor  Hermy  ia  the  other  ;  only  he  prefers  not  to  have  Hermy  near 
bini,  which  ia  lucky  for  Imr.  Here  is  some  tea.  Let  us  sit  down  and  be 
comfortable,  and  talk  no  more  about  our  horrid  relations.  I  don't  know 
what  made  me  speak  of  them.  I  did  not  mean  it." 
.  Harry  aat  down  and  took  the  cup  from  her  hand,  aa  she  had  bidden 
the  servant  to  leave  the  tray  upon  the  table. 

"  So  you  saw  Count  Pateroff,"  she  said. 

*'  Tea,  and  his  sister." 

"  So  she  told  me.  What  do  you  think  of  them  7  "  To  this  question 
Hany  made  no  immediate  answer.  "  You  may  speak  out.  Though  I 
lived  abroad  with  such  aa  tliem  for  twelve  months,  I  have  not  forgotten 
the  sweet  scent  of  our  English  hedgerows,  nor  the  wholesomeness  of 
English  household  manners.     What  do  you  think  of  them  7  " 

"  They  are  not  sweet  or  wholesome,"  said  lie. 

"  Oh,  Harry,  you  are  so  honest !  Yout  honesty  is  beantiful.  A  spade 
will  ever  be  a  spade  with  you." 

He  thought  that  she  was  laughing  at  him,  and  coloured. 

"  You  pressed  me  to  speak,"  he  said,  "  and  I  did  but  use  your  own 
words." 

32—1 


660  THE  CLAVEBINOS. 

"  Tea,  but  yon  used  them  with  such  Gtraightfonrart]  violence  *  Well, 
you  shall  use  what  words  you  please,  and  how  you  please,  because  a  noti 
of  truth  is  so  pleasant  after  living  in  a  world  of  lies.  I  know  you  will  not 
lie  to  me,  Harry.     You  never  did." 

He  felt  that  now  was  the  moment  in  which  he  should  tell  her  of  hii 
engagement,  but  he  let  the  moment  passi  without  using  it.     And,  inde«^ 
it  would  have  been  hard  for  him  to  tell.    In  telling  such  a  stoty  he  wonU 
have  been  cautioning  her  that  it  was  useless  for  her  to  love  him, — and  tldi 
he  could  not  bring  himself  to  do.     And  ho  was  not  sure  even  now  tlm 
she  had  not  learned  the  fact  from  her  sister.     "  I  hope  not,"  he  said.    Li 
all  that  he  was  saying  he  knew  that  his  words  were  tame  and  impotoit  ia 
comparison  with  hers,  which  seemed  to  him  to  mean  so  much.     Bat  tlieo 
his  position  was  so  unfortunate  1     Had  it  not  been  ibr  Florence  Burton  be 
would  have  been  long  since  at  her  feet ;  for,  to  give  Harry  Clavering  iii 
due,  he  could  be  quick  enough  at  swearing  to  a  passion.     He  was  one  rf 
those  men  to  whom  love-making  comes  so  readily  that  it  is  a  pity  tint 
they  should  ever  marry.     He  was  ever  making  love  to  women,  usoillj 
meaning  no  harm.     He  made  love  to  Cecilia  Burton  over  her  duldnni 
beds,  and  that  discreet  matron  liked  it.   But  it  was  a  love-making  without 
danger.     It  simply  signified  on  his  part  the  pleasure  he  bad  in  being  on 
good  terms  with  a  pretty  woman.     He  would  have  liked  to  have  mde 
lore  in  the  same  way  to  ll^dy  Oogar  ;  but  that  was  impossible,  and  in  ill 
love-making  with  Lady  Ongar  there  must  be  danger.     There  was  a  pnK 
nAer  the  expression  of  his  last  hopes,  during  which  he  finished  his  Ui 
and  then  looked  at  his  hoots. 

"  You  do  not  aalc  me  what  I  have  been  doing  at  my  country-boat' 

"  And  what  have  you  been  doing  thero  ?  " 

"  Hating  it." 

"  That  is  wrong." 

"  Everything  ia  wrong  that  I  do  ;  everything  must  be  wrong.  Thit 
is  the  nature  of  the  curse  upon  me." 

"  You  think  too  much  of  all  that  now." 

"  Ah,  Harry,  that  ia  so  easily  said.  People  do  not  think  of  inA 
things  if  they  can  help  themselves.  The  place  is  full  of  hira  and  hi* 
memoriea  ;  full  of  him,  though  I  do  not  as  yet  know  whether  he  ever  pnl 
his  foot  in  it.  Do  you  know,  I  have  a  plan,  a  scheme,  which  would,  I 
think,  make  mc  happy  for  one  half-hour.  It  is  to  give  everj'thing  hick 
to  the  family.  Everything !  money,  house,  and  name ;  to  call  myself 
Julia  Brabazon,  and  let  the  world  call  mc  what  it  pleases.  Then  I  wonlil 
walk  out  into  the  streets,  and  beg  some  one  to  give  me  my  bread,  li 
there  one  in  all  the  wide  world  that  would  give  me  a  crust  ?  Is  there  oni;, 
except  yourself,  Harry — one,  except  yourself  7" 

Poor  Florence  !   I  fear  it  fared  badly  with  her  cause  at  this  momait. 
How  was  it  possible  that  ho  should  not  regret,  that  he  should  not  look 
back  upon  Siratton  with  something  akin  to  sorrow  1     Julia  bw' 
first  lore,  and  to  her  be  could  have  been  alwsji  tnu.    I  ftir  V 


THE  CLAVEBIKGS.  661 

of  tbis  now.  I  fear  tbat  it  ^as  a  grief  to  bim  that  Le  could  not  place  him- 
ficlf  close  at  her  side,  bid  her  do  as  she  had  planned,  and  then  come  to  him, 
and  share  all  hia  crusts.  Had  it  been  open  to  him  to  play  that  part,  he 
would  have  played  it  well,  and  would  have  gloried  in  the  thoughts  of  ber 
poTCrty.  The  position  would  have  suited  him  exactly.  But  Florence  was 
ID  the  way,  and  he  could  not  do  it.  How  was  be  to  answer  Lady  Ongar? 
It  was  more  difficult  now  than  ever  to  tell  her  of  Florence  Burton. 

Hia  eyes  were  full  of  tears,  and  ahe  accepted  tbat  as  his  excuse  for  not 
answering  her.  "  I  suppose  they  would  say  that  I  was  a  romantic  fool. 
When  the  price  has  been  taken  one  cannot  cleanse  oneself  of  the  stain. 
With  Judas,  you  know,  it  was  not  euQicient  that  he  gave  back  the  money. 
Life  was  too  heavy  for  him,  and  eo  he  went  out  and  banged  himself." 

"  Julia,"  he  said,  getting  up  from  his  chair,  and  going  over  to  where 
she  sat  on  a  aofa,  "  Julia,  it  is  horrid  to  hear  you  speak  of  yourself  in 
that  way.  I  will  not  have  it.  You  are  not  such  a  one  as  the  Iscariot." 
And  as  he  spoke  to  her,  he  found  her  band  in  his. 

"  I  wish  you  had  my  burden.  Hairy,  fur  one  half  day,  so  that  you 
might  know  its  weight." 

*'  I  wish  I  could  bear  it  for  you — for  life," 

"  Tu  be  always  alone,  Harry ;  to  have  none  that  come  to  me  and 
■cold  me,  and  love  me,  and  aometimes  moke  me  smile  1  You  will  ecold  me 
at  any  rate ;  will  you  not?  It  is  terrible  to  have  no  one  near  one  that 
■mUX  Q>eak  to  one  with  the  old  easiness  of  iamillar  affection.  And  then  tha 
prflteoce  of  it  where  it  does  not,  cannot,  could  not,  exist  t  Ob,  that 
iromin,  Harry ; — that  woman  who  comes  here  and  calls  me  Julie  I 
And  she  has  got  me  to  promise  too  that  I  would  call  her  Sophie  I .  I  know 
that  you  despise  me  because  she  comes  here.  Yes ;  I  can  see  it.  You  said 
at  once  that  she  was  not  wholeaome,  with  your  dear  outspoken  honesty." 

"  It  was  your  word." 

"  And  alio  is  not  wholesome,  whosever  word  it  was.  She  was  there, 
lianging  about  him  when  he  was  ao  bad,  before  the  worst  came.  She  read 
novels  to  him, — books  that  I  never  saw,  and  played  ecart^  with  him  for 
-what  she  called  gloves.  I  believe  in  my  heart  she  was  spying  me,  and  I 
let  bei  come  and  go  as  ahe  would,  because  I  would  not  acem  to  be  afraid 
of  ber.  So  it  grew.  And  once  or  twice  she  was  useful  to  me.  A 
woman,  Harry,  wants  to  have  a  woman  near  her  soraetimea, — even 
though  it  be  such  an  unwholesome  creature  as  Sophie  Gordeloup.  You 
must  not  tliink  too  badly  of  nie  on  her  account." 

*'  I  will  not ; — I  will  not  think  badly  of  you  at  all." 

"  He  is  better,  is  he  not?  I  know  little  of  him  or  nothing,  but  ho  has 
a  more  reputable  outside  than  ahe  has.  Indeed  I  liked  him.  He  had 
known  Lord  Ougnr  well ;  and  though  he  did  not  toady  him  nor  waa  afraid 
of  him,  yet  he  was  gentle  and  considerate.  Once  to  me  he  said  words 
that  I  was  called  on  to  resent; — but  ho  never  repeated  them,  and  I  know 
that  he  waa  prompted  by  him  who  should  have  protected  me.  It  is  too 
bad,  Harry,  is  it  not  ?     Too  bad  almost  to  be  beUeved  by  such  as  you." 


LATERnniS. 

*•  It  is  very  bad,**  sud  Harry. 

"  Afinr  that  he  wm  olw&p  cnortcoiu  ;  rnaH  nheo  Uie  caul  eanie  isj 
things  vcre  tcij  ten-iblo,  lie  bcluivod  well  and  luikllj.     Ha  weal  lo  mi ' 
out  quietly,  and  ltk«  nti  oM   friend.     He  paid  fur  evtrythiag,  and 
nwrul.    I  Vnow  tliat  oven  H\U  nuulc  p«op1o  talk ; — ytit,  llaxry,  era 
moh  a  tDomont  M  tlmt !     But  in  sf^iie  or  the  Ulking  I  did  b«U«r  irilk 
liim  tlipn  chnn  I  eoutd  Iuit«  done  vitbuut  bini." 

"  He  lookn  like  a  man  who  could  be  kind  if  he  cbooaec." 

*■  Tto  is  mm  of  thoae,  Hany,  who  find  it  cs^  to  be  good-nnlar«dfJ 
who  nre  ki(1  hy  notitre,  w  cats  are,— not  Irrnn  their  Iteart,  ))u(  tin 
inalfaictiTC  propeneitj  t«  eoflncMk     ^Vlicii  it  *uiU  them,  tjicy  scratch,  rrn' 
thoagh  they  hnro  bM>n  erarao  mA  before.    Connt  PaterolTis  a  caL    Yo^ 
ITarTy,  I  think  are  a  dog."     Slie  pn'baps  copocted  that  lie  wotild  ptmnkf 
to  her  that  he  wonld  b«  hw  dop, — a  dcR  in  of.rrtftncy  and  afT^ction;  bat 
b«  was  nil!  miiMlAil  in  part  of  Florence,  and  rv«mtiic<l  himself. 

"  I  niiitt  ull  yon  Kinctliiiig  Airth«r,"  she  mid.  "  And  inderd  k  b 
^ts  that  I  paiticuiarly  want  to  tell  yon.  I  have  not  aeen  liim,  yon  knmr, 
flinoc  I  parted  widi  him  at  Florence." 

"  1  did  not  know,"  sinid  llarry. 

"1  ihonghl  I  had  told  you.     llowerer,  so  It  is.     And  notr,  Ustai: — 
He  came  down  to  Ongnr  Park  tho  other  dity  while  I  was  tticre,  and  art 
in  Itis  c«d,     When  1  reftwed  to  rceejve  him,  he  wrote  to  mc  pr^nf  Ut 
Tlsit.     I  still  dL-cIined,  and  he  wrote  ngnin.     I  burned  hiu  note,  bena* 
I  did  not  choose  Uiat  anything  from   him  should  bo  in    my   poaMBtt 
Ke  told  Bnme  storjr  abcnit  papers  of  Lord  On^^ar.     I  have  nothing  Is* 
with  Lord  Ongar's  papers.     Erer}-iliiDgof  which  t  knew  was  ocaikrfif 
in  Ibe  count's  pfinKncc  and  in  mine,  and  waa  sent  tA  the  lawycnt  fiitiit 
execuloni.    I  looked  at  nnthing  ;  not  at  one  word  in  n  single  Ieit«r.   KM 
otjuld  be  have  1«  say  to  mo  &f  L«id  Ongar's  papers  ?  " 

"  Or  he  might  hare  ■written  7  " 

"  Al  any  mtc  he  should  not  have  com©  there,  Hariy.  T  -nYiilld  nd 
sec  him*  nor,  if  I  can  help  it,  will  I  sec  him  here.  I  will  be  open  «lik 
yoti,  Hairy.  I  think  that  perhaps  it  miglit  Kuit  him  to  nutke  ue  W 
wife.  Ruch  BTi  nrmngenient,  howcvrr,  would  nnt  suit  me.  I  am  art 
going'  to  bo  frightened  inlo  tuarrying  a  man,  because  he  boa  Iiecn  &lltjf 
called  my  Iotct.  If  I  cannot  escape  tlic  calumny  in  any  ollter  way,  I  wZ 
not  escape  !t  in  that  way." 

"  IIuB  he  said  anytliing?  " 

"  Nu ;  not  a  word.  I  har«  not  seen  him  since  the  day  after  Lad 
Onsar'o  fUneral.     But  I  hnve  accn  his  idslcr." 

"  And  hna  she  proposed  sncli  a  thuig  7  " 

"  No.  sho  ban  not  proposed  it.  But  slic  talks  of  it,  saying  that  it 
would  not  do.  Then,  when  I  tell  her  llial  of  course  ii  would  not  Ai,  d>» 
shows  me  all  tliat  would  make  it  expedient.  Slie  la  ao  sly  ud  to  Us*, 
that  with  nil  my  eyes  open  I  cinnot  qaitc  imdenitand .h«r,  or  qtdte  know 
what  she  i»  doing.     I  do  not  fec^I  sure  that  she  wiahce  it  bcraelf." 


THE  CLAVEHINGS.  663 

"  She  told  me  that  it  would  Dot  do." 

"She  did,  did  she?  If  she  apeaka  of  it  again,  tell  her  that  ehe  is 
right,  that  it  -will  never  do.  Had  he  not  come  down  to  Ongar  Park,  I 
sbonid  not  have  mentioned  this  to  you.  I  should  not  have  thought  that 
he  had  in  truth  any  such  scheme  in  liia  head.  He  did  not  tell  you  that 
he  had  been  there  7  " 

"He  did  not  mention  it.  Indeed,  he  said  very  little  about  you 
at  all." 

"  No,  he  would  not.  He  is  cautions.  He  never  talks  of  anybody  to 
anybody.  He  spealcB  only  of  the  outirard  things  of  the  world.  Kow, 
Hany,  what  yoii  mast  do  for  me  is  this."  As  she  was  speaking  to  him 
she  was  leaning  again  upon  the  table,  with  her  forehead  resting  upon  lier 
hands.  Her  small  widow's  cap  had  become  thus  thrust  back,  and  was 
DOW  nearly  off  ber  head,  so  that  her  rich  brown  hair  was  to  be  seen  in 
its  foil  luxuriance,  rich  and  lovely  as  it  had  ever  been.  Could  it  be  that 
Ae  felt, — ^half  thought,  half  felt,  without  knowing  that  she  thought  it, — 
that  while  the  signs  of  her  widowhood  were  about  her,  telling  in  their  too 
plain  language  the  tale  of  what  she  had  been,  he  could  not  dare  to  speak 
to  her  of  his  love  7  She  was  indeed  a  widow,  but  not  as  are  other  ^vidowu. 
She  had  confessed,  did  hourly  confess  to  herself,  the  guilt  which  she  had 
committed  in  marrying  that  man  ;  but  the  very  fact  of  such  confessions, 
of  mch  acknowledgment,  absolved  her  from  the  necessity  of  any  show  of 
sorrow.  When  she  declared  how  she  had  despised  and  hated  her  late 
lord,  ibe  threw  off  mentally  all  her  weeds.  Mourning,  the  appeanince 
even  of  mourning,  became  impossible  to  her,  and  the  cap  upon  her  head 
iras  declared  openly  to  be  a  sacrifice  to  the  world's  requirements.  It  was 
now  pushed  back,  but  I  fancy  that  nothing  like  a  thought  on  the  matter 
had  made  itself  plain  to  her  mind.  "  What  you  must  do  for  me  is  this," 
«he  continued.  "  You  must  see  Count  Pateroff  again,  and  tell  him  from 
me, — as  my  friend, — that  I  cannot  consent  to  see  him.  Tell  him  that  if  he 
will  think  of  it,  he  must  know  the  reason  why." 

"Of  coarse  he  will  know." 

"  Tell  him  what  I  say,  all  the  same ;  and  tell  him  thnt  as  I  have 
hitherto  had  cause  to  be  grateful  to  him  for  his  kindness  so  also  I  hope 
he  will  not  put  on  end  to  that  feeling  by  anytliing  now,  that  would  not  be 
kind.  If  there  be  papers  of  Lord  Ongar's,  he  can  take  them  either  to  my 
lawyers,  if  thnt  be  fit,  or  to  tliose  of  the  family,  ^ou  can  tell  him  that, 
can  you  not  7  " 

"  Oh,  yes ;  I  can  tell  him." 

"  And  have  you  any  objection  7  " 

"  None  for  myself.  The  question  is, — would  it  net  come  better  from 
irome  one  else  7  " 

"  Becanse  you  arc  a  young  man,  you  mean  7  Whom  else  can  I  tru-st, 
Harry  7  To  whom  can  I  go7  Would  you  have  me  ask  Hugh  to  do 
thiB7  Or,  perlmpa  you  think  Archie  Clavering  would  be  a  proper  mes- 
senger.    Who  else  have  I  got  ?  " 


«M 


THE  CLATEBINflS. 


"  Would  not  hta  tiaut  be  haiurt  ?  " 

"  How  ihotiU  I  kftoir  tbat  alie  had  lold  him?  She  woold  lell 
ia  otm  itor^, — vliat  ■!>«  lierwlf  witbed.  And  irbatever  tfory  abe  tsU, 
ha  woatd  Dot  belitre  it.  Thejr  kcow  cAcb  otber  better  than  jooa&dl 
lutow  them.     It  tnunt  be  you,  Uut}-,  H  joq  will  do  it." 

"  or  courw  I  will  do  it.  I  iriU  try  uid  aee  him  to-morrow,  yiitn 
(loM  he  live  7  " 

"  How  r}ioii1(1  I  know  7  Perhaps  Dobody  knows ;  no  one,  pcrii^j^  « 
all  tiiuao  with  whoin  hu  wwocisUrs  oonittaatly.  Thvjr  do  not  live  after  cur 
ffwhion,  do  tlicy,  thoM;  ford^ncni  I  But  you  will  find  hlia  at  tus  dab, 
or  hear  of  him  at  the  liouae  in  Slount  Street.  Yoa  vrlU  do  it ;  ^ 
Harry?" 

"  I  will." 

" TtiHt  in  my  good  Harry.  Bull  suppose  jva  would  do  ftnTthtDgl 
uked  yi>u.  Ali,  well ;  it  ib  good  to  Iiaw  gne  irtcod,  if  one  baa  no  man. 
Look,  Harry  I  if  it  in  not  Tienr  tlev*ai  o'clock  I  Did  you  know  that  jm 
liud  been  li«rc  nearly  tliree  lioun  ?  And  I  bare  giren  you  notlung  but  i 
oijj  of  tea  1 " 

"  Whnt  elm  c!«  yott  think  I  have  wnntcd  7  " 

"  At  yoar  club  yoii  would  Iinvu  liiid  clgam  and  bnuidy>and-inltf,  tti 
biltiorda,  and  broiled  boncw,  aud  oyvtcrs,  and  tuiikards  of  bocr.  I  knfV 
all  about  it.  You  have  been  very  patient  with  mc  If  yoa  so  QW^ 
|Mrba]ja  you  will  not  be  loo  lace  tor  tbc  taokordji  and  the  oystere." 

*'  1  MuviT  have  any  Umkards  or  any  oyslera." 

*'  'ilion  it  i«  cigars  aiid  bmndy>and-water.  Go  quickf  mud  nAf  ] 
you  uifly  not  bo  too  Ulc." 

"1  will  go,  but  not  there     Onu  cannot  change  one's  iTinnAf* ' 
suddenly." 

"  (lo,  then  ;  and  da  not  change  your  ihoughu.     Go  and  tltiok  of  »ti_ 
and  ]^ity  mo.     Pity  me  for  wluit  1  Lbtc  gut,  but  pily  me  tno«t  iat  <rifltl 
I  have  lost."     Harry  did  not  say  utcthcr  word,  but  totjk  her  band,  vi 
kiMOd  it,  and  llivn  lolt  h«T. 

Pity  her  for  whnt  sh«  hud  W  !  ^Vhat  luid  die  loat?  'What  didA> 
mean  by  that  f  He  knew  wd]  what  she  meant  by  pitying  bcr  for  wl«t 
•he  had  gut.  What  had  she  loM  7  Slie  had  loMt  him.  X>id  abe  islead 
bo  evoke  bia  iHby  for  that  low?  She  had  loat  turn.  To,  indeed. 
Wliolhcr  or  no  the  kf  wsa  one  to  regret,  ho  would  not  aay  to  Idaiadti 
or  nillier,  he,  of  coune,  dtvLirtd  tlint  it  wan  not ;  but  «icb  as  it  ww,  il 
had  bcvD  iocurrod.  lie  was  now  tliv  properly  of  f  lorencu  Uunon,  anli 
wliatcver  happened,  he  would  be  true  to  her. 

Perhaps  Iio  pitted  liinvwlf  olio.  If  so,  it  ia  to  be  hoped  ^h^  Flonoot 
may  novet  know  of  such  pity.  Brfdro  h«  went  to  bad,  when  he  ni 
pmyiof  on  liia  kttves,  be  inaerted  It  in  lia  piaynra  tbat  the  God  in  vhoD 
b«  bclittt«d  might  make  him  true  ia  bia  faith  to  FloreDce  Bunoo. 


665 


2Jh8  ^-4is«0Dfr2  of  §ant^'s  ^fwahw  at  gao^nna. 


Before  ectenDg  on  the  more  immediate  subject  of  this  paper,  it  may  not 
be  uninteresting  to  relate  a  few  of  the  circumstances  connected  with  my 
search  for  the  document  that  has  furnished  materials  for  this  article. 
They  illustrate  in  a  very  remarkable  manner  the  interest  taken  in  literary 
and  archeological  matters  in  the  new  capital  of  Italy. 

Having  heard  in  England  that  a  Commisaion  had  been  appointed  by 
the  Italian  Government  last  year  to  inquire  and  report  upon  Dante's  tomb 
at  Ravenna,  the  extraordinary  le-discovery  of  ihe  poet's  remaina,  and 
their  condition  ;  shortly  after  my  arrival  in  Florence  at  the  beginning  of 
last  winter,  I  made  inquiries  respecting  the  labours  of  the  CommiasioDers, 
and  especially  for  their  Report,  which  I  incidentally  heard  bad  been  pre- 
sented to  the  Italian  Government  and  ordered  to  be  printed. 

Although  my  inquiries  did  not  at  first  lead  to  any  information  what- 
ever on  the  subject,  I  naturally  supposed  that  I  had  not  gone  to  the  proper 
quarters,  though  it  might  be  reasonably  apprehended  that  every  person  in 
Florence,  of  even  moderate  education,  would  be  more  or  leas  acquainted 
with  the  labours  and  results  of  such  a  commissioQ  as  this.  But  when 
aj^IicatioQs  to  gentlemen  holding  high  official  appointments,  including  the 
secretary  of  the  municipality  of  Florence,  were  equally  fruitless,  I  confess 
that  my  astooi^ment  become  as  great  as  my  disappoiDtmeot,  for  not  only 
did  I  iail  in  seeing  a  copy  of  the  Report,  but  I  could  gain  no  intelligence 
whatever  respecting  its  existence. 

As  a  matter  of  course,  I  expected  to  find  the  document  in  Vieuasieux's 
extensive  and  excellent  library  ;  but  it  was  not  there,  nor  did  a  copy 
exist  iu  the  vast  Miigliabecchian,  or,  as  it  is  now  more  generally  called, 
Ifationa]  Libraty. 

It  would  probably  weary  the  reader  were  I  to  relate  all  the  incidents 
connected  with  my  search  for  this  Report.  Enough,  however,  has  been 
(aid  to  show  that  intellectual  activity  among  the  Florentines  b  stlli  at  a 
low  ebb,  and  that  though  the  printing-presses  in  their  city  have  greatly 
increased  in  number,  and  there  doubtless  are  many  signa  tliat  lifu's  pulses 
are  beating  quickly  at  this  centre  of  the  peninsula,  the  causes  are  moro 
allied  to  politics  than  to  art  or  literature,* 

At  length  I  received  apparently  authentic  information  that  the  object 
of  my  search  existed  in  the  Department  of  the  Minister  of  Public 
InstructioD.  Acting  on  this,  I  procured  a  letter  to  the  secretary,  but  this 
gentleman  was  at  Turin  with  his  chief  (a  not  uncommon  answer,  by  the 

*  Official  Btatiatica  state  that  there  are  tiofr  (1366)  112  priotiDg-piBBses  in  Florence. 


668    THE  RB-TlI9C0VE1tT  OV  PATTTT^S  ItrWAIXS  AT  R.WESSA. 

way,  j^'iTOi  you  at  pTescst  in  Florence,  the  official  links  betwmrn  tliat  atj 
ond  Turin  not  being  ytl  whnlly  ncreml),  viil  (its  depniy  bad  ^ono  to 
bredcfiut — il  was  twelve  o'clock.  A  second  And  tbird  Tislt  wetv  eqnsDj 
vamicccwful :  l^«  ep«reta?y  was  still  nUen:,  mid  tiivm  was  no  perm 
attached  to  bi^  dvporlincnt  who  coiild  give  me  any  iorormaiion. 

Sticli  iru  the  conditioD  of  nSkirfl,  wbcn,  on  tbc  occasion  of  mv  foortl 
risit,  the  aecpfttar^  asd  chief  Ixing  «i!l  nt  Turin,  I  made  mj-  wanu  kixm 
to  rlia  porter  w1k>  luid  uuwered  my  iiKiiiiri*^  and  wbosr  tntelligcnn  w« 
crideDtl^  of  no  common  order.  Appriied  of  the;*  ho  proceeded  to 
me  that  Iw  thought  l)H-n>  was  a  genllMniin  in  an  ofliiK  en  the  upj^rl 
of  the  ci-dcrant  convent,*  who  mig'ht  be  able  to  give  me  pre^m  tiUbma> 
tjon.  Acoordinglj,  A]raiMh<'d  with  hit  nomc,  tiUtr  having  tbmded  nmri 
labyrinthine  pwnagca,  I  di>coiner«<d  hiaofSce.  He  wan  at  hia  poat— «eeejf^ 
me  TCT^  coitrteotnl/,  sod  aAer  aoma  dalay — ^for  lio  wat  not  quite  sure  wl 
copies  of  the  R^imta  warn  to  ba  fbatid— kindly  plaoed  one  in  my 

Those  who  hare  been  engagi-d  in  a  long'  bunt  fin-  a  rara  book  whkb 
haa  rcmlted  in  finding  it  on  perhaps  a  vmall  book-atoll  in  bh  obacm 
flll*-y,  witl  bwt  appvedalQ  the  delig)it  that  J  felt  when  I  h«cam«  tMMWHid 
of  tli<<  document,  a  translation  of  tbo  prindpa]  portion  of  which  is  tab- 
j(»npd.  And,  if  rny  readers  idnra  my  o^rfnion  rmpceting  itn  great  intgrnt. 
they  will  agira  with  me  that  it  ia  most  axtraordtnaiy  that  tta  cx^Mst 
■hoiild  not  bnve  been  well  known  in  llortnoc,  at  loast  by  tbc  odneMad 
dan  nmong  whom  my  imjninen  iverc  mad^.  Vl*  might  almcM  be< 
to  belieTD  that  Byron's  lines — 

Viign(«r<it  Floivnre !  Danle  ik^ps  afar, 
Xika  SHplok  buried  bjr  the  urlinutlinc  afaora, 

a?B  BtiU  qiplicablc  to  the  citiicTi*  of  this  poet's  nalivB  towTi.     Fc 
bonta  it  erecljiig  a  colossal  munumento!  etatuef  of  Ihii  immorlnl  sat 
the  Divina  Commedla,  if  th«y  are  cntiwly  ignorant  of  Eicta  which 
BtJr  them  deeply. 

As  my  liulc  hialoiy  may  cntnil  oritldian,  it  fal  riglit  ta  add.  tint 
oTthough  the  Report  bears  thu  dat«  of  (he  13tb  Jnni^,  I8C5,  it  was  art 
printed  until  the  autumn  of  l^t  year,  and,  moreoter,  that  il  bat  set 
pomcd  llirough  a  publislier's  hoada. 

Let  lis  now  turn  to  the  Kfjiorl  itjiclf.  It  is  preceded  by  tbc  ibHowif^ 
prefacfl  i—"  linfernnf!  to  tU?  nolrniti  and  almrat  miraculous  i«^i»coTny 
of  the  rvmnins  of  Dunto  on  the  27tli  -M.iy,  1865,  the  Minister  of  PnUie 
InirLritclioii,  by  oommand  of  his  Majesty  the  King  of  Italy,  dtvlarst  sad 
BppoiiitA  Oommendatoro  Contc  Giovanni  Goz»idiD>,  Coate  Kasponi,  HjaSSfi 


*  Thn  huililinc  anw  orrapini  lij  (ha  Mtoiatcr  nf  Ifahlic  lanRietka  hi  nsRBK 
na  Ibnncrly  nnc  of  the  litrpMt  ronvrnU  ja  that  citf. 

t  Jt  prvpDt  nf  thta  lUtni:— una  at  Patal'a  most  laeceKftil  woAs I  wms  iismt 

thai  all  throngh  this  winter  ii  was  Rnronnitod,  and  almost  vntinlv  lii^doo,  bt  mffM 
infr,  nmr  did  I  «Ter  ]>crcciv«  uny  ni^ni  i>f  Ulwur  nitliia  the  honnliDg  ;  but  ire  ibaaU 
Iw  iluw  to  (tIiIcUc  (niT  iiei^'libuun  m  Ihuir  nrt-uiatbos,  stdag  that  onr  gmi  Dsb^ 
politku  Htlson  Btmatticat  rearnhn  anfliiiahrd. 


THE  mB-DISCOTERT  OF  DANTE'S  KEMAINS  AT  HAVENS  A.     667 

of  Bavesna,  Commenflatore  Vanueci,  Commflndatore  Professore  Giuliani, 
Cavaliere  Profeaaore  Paganucci,  Cocte  Cappi,  Librarian  of  the  Public 
Library  of  Ravenna,  to  be  his  Majesty's  Commisainners,  and  further 
appoints  Conte  Gozzadini  president.  These  are  to  act  in  concert  with 
the  municipality  of  the  city  of  Ravenna,  which  was  a  loving  mother  to  the 
Alighieri  family  in  time  of  trouble.  And  they  are,  moreover,  hereby 
desired  to  draw  up  a  Report  of  their  labours,  preceded  by  a  copy  of  their 
official  instructions." 

**  Instruction*  to  the  Commissionen  appointed  to  inquire  into,  and  verify 
thejacta  nlaling  to  the  re-ditcovery  of  the  bones  of  Dante. 

"  To  collect,  as  far  as  possible,  all  information,  whether  -written  or  tra- 
ditional, relating  to  the  sepulchre  of  Dante,  and  to  the  incidents  connected 
with  the  burial  or  removal  of  his  remains,  between  the  years  1321  and 
1677,  inclusive. 

"  To  ascertain  whether  the  bones  of  Dante  were  removed  in  1G77 
from  the  sepulchre  in  which  they  were  placed  by  the  Frati  Minori,  and  if 
ao,  to  discover  the  locality  to  which  they  were  conveyed. 

"To  examine  the  wooden  chest  in  the  Braccioforte  sepulchral  chapel, 
faid  to  contain  the  bones  of  Danto,  particularly  for  the  purpose  of  ascer- 
taioing  whether  the  chest  bears  any  marks  by  which  it  may  be  referred 
to  the  year  1677,  or  to  any  other  year. 

"  To  aECertain,  as  far  as  possible,  whether  the  human  bones  in  the 
sbore  chest  are  such  an  might  have  belonged  to  a  man  who  ceased  to  live 
at  the  age  when  Dante  died,  and  to  examine  with  great  minuteness  the 
CTBiiiiun,  and  compare  it  with  the  cast  taken  from  the  mask  of  Dante 
bequeathed  by  the  Marquis  Torrigiani  to  Florence,  and  preserved  in  the 
Royal  UflSzi  Gallery. 

"  Tlie  Commissioners  arc,  moreovpr,  invited  and  authorized  to  make 
any  ftirther  investigations  within  or  without  the  above  aepulchrtil  cliapel, 
-which  may  be  at  all  likuly  to  throw  further  light  on  the  particular  sub- 
ject of  this  inquiry,  due  care  being  at  the  same  time  takon  that  no 
inrestigations  be  made  without  the  full  concurrence  of  the  municipality 
of  Bavenna." 

Report  of  the  Commission  appointed  to  verify  the  facts  connected  with  the 
re-discovert/  of  the  bones  of  Dante. 

The  Commissioners  appointed  to  examine  and  verify  the  facts  connected 
with  the  re-diecovery  of  the  bones  of  Dante  assembled  on  the  morning  of 
the  6th  June,  18Gf),  in  Ravenna,  when  they  were  moat  courteously 
received  by  the  honourable  municipality  of  that  town,  all  the  members  of 
which  testified  the  most  ardent  desire  to  assist  their  inquiries  by  every 
means  tn  their  power. 

All  historians,  biographers,  commentators,  and  writers  of  epitaphs 
agree  in  stating  that  Dante  Alighieri  died  in  Ravenna,  on  the  14th  Septem- 
ber, 1321,  and  was  honourably  interred  in  area  lapidea,  near  the  Chmrch 


THE  R&DI6C0VEBY  Of  CANl'E'S  nEUAISS  AT  RAl 


tiC  tlw  Futi  SliiKiri;  t)ia  cpttAfh  Utnbiucd  to  GJorauiu  d«l  Vn^io, 
irbivli  liaa  ]Mxa  K[iroduccd  wtUi  olbc»  of  a  later  date,  baving  bcca 
placed  ovvr  his  torab.  Thi«  *w!paJcbr«,  er«ot«d  by  GuiUo  Korello  di 
I'wk'nta,  n^ipean  to  bave  be«a  ooly  provisional,  as  ii  was  intnidcd  Co 
ri-{>UcG  it  by  aootlivr  in  all  rctpecta  more  worthy  to  ooDtaln  tbti  rcnuuni  vt 
tiut  diTine  poet;  but  Guido,  liAving  l)i.>«a  eipollcd  from  Ravenna,  aoddying 
young,  waa  unable  to  carry  out  h\»  uobW  inteodoos.*  Coder  tb«M  eireon- 
•liuic«a,  in  1483,  Bcnwnlo  Bcnibo,  at  tbnt  period  pnctor  in  liuTuiaa  tut 
iIm!  republic  of  Vmico,  ordered  Pictro  Lombnrdi  to  make  a  nutfUt 
nioriuinent  in  bonour  of  tli«  port,  tlie  front  of  nbicb  bore  a  bano-RlkffO 
ot  Dttiitv,  with  (I  [i«w  cpilapb.  Tbc  ravage*  of  time  haring-  gmuly  ipjnnd 
iliin  nioDumenl,  it  was  restored  and  redecorated  in  1692,  at  tba  cxpean  tt 
tlio  cily  of  ]tarcn:ia,  by  ibe  iitsligatioii  of  tbe  Florenliuca  Dotneoioo  Ktaoii 
CoTM,  cardinal  l«£ftt«of  Emibn,  and  GioTanni  Salriati,  pro-legutv.  Lwtty, 
in  IToO,  tbo  carduinl  legate,  Liugt  Vulanti  Gonziign,  ordered  the  aiBaU 
tcniple  wbicli  atill  stands  to  be  en-ctcd,  is  wbicb  tlic  sculpture  by  PioiQ 
Lotnbardi  is  preserved. 

Tbia  ftimplo  history  of  the  first  tomb  of  Donlc  gave  rise  to  a  km 
discunuon,  with  tlic  vi«w  of  tosling  ils  accuracy,  and  elicitiog,  if  poMkblc, 
further  detailn.     Nunc,  howerer,  of  auy  great  momcut,  were  brougbl  ID 

Uow  long  the  poet's  remnins,  which  wer«  assuredly  dopneitod  with gt«t 
care  in  llic  llrnl  Ivmb  prtpurcd  for  thcDi  by  Guido  Nortllo,  rmnaiatdiB 
th«)r  rCMtiiig-plACC,  is  iinccrti^n.    It  is  probable,  howertr,  llutt  a  fiiir  jtaii 
Mibse>]UL-nt  to   l'<i'2l  tliej-  were  privately  removed,  prior  to  the  aninlii 
ItnvcntiB  ot  Cardinal  llcrtrando  dd  I'cggclto,  Iff^to  oT  Pope  John  XUU 
tit  BuliJgnn,  wliu  bad  conic  for  tbe  urowid  [mrjiow  »f  barboroiuly  ^a- 
tvn-ing^,   excommunicating,   nnd  biiniing  \\m   rumuiiis  of  Dante.     Qat 
project*  were,  however,  liappily  fru»trule<l  by  the  Flvreotiaca  Pina 
Toaa  and  UEtagJo  da  Folenta,  who  boldly  came  foru'ard  us  cham 
Uantc'a  fame.     When  the  apprehcneioDS  ai-ising  from  Pope  John's  iempt 
liod  subsided,  tlia  lomtiint  of  Dante  woro  probably  replaced  ia  the  ouuiu- 


*  Tills  OuSclo  Xorollo  wm  a  pcraan  of  gnMt  oonseqooncs  In  Knecnnit,  mmI  • 
pind  rue  oT  tbe  laisest  pslnect  tn  Uist  fiIt.  WIicq  Uoiile  wiw  cx|«llcid  frotn  TtanBCt,  j 
he  offend  tbe  poet  an  i^Ibib  In  UaTonna,  and  U'cnntf  Iiis  llrm  firiend,  thongk,  wh»  ' 
luiiiitolv,  thi>  frietxlithip  wti  indiroollv  Ihc  ruine  of  ihc  p<itit'«  death  j  ioT,  b*rint 
j;ruit  coiifidencD  in  DiuiUi'i  ili|>]un]iiti«  uliiliiitv.  Lc  <wiit  bini  la  negotiate  a  pcaoe  iriA 
the  Vi'iii'tlnns,  wbovcrQ  preparing  for  tioilililics  agiilnst  Itareniia.  But  as  Dsste 
wr»  iinublr  to  pronini  an  Budienrc  &I  Venior.  he  rctiimeil  to  RaTeBtu  bj  U»d,  tpfK' 
Itenilinu  tbttt  he  uiigbt  be  iijtcirc|iiml  bjtht  Venetuiii  flrct  had  ha  atumpirii  loge 
liack  bjrsea.  The  mortifioatiMi  of  bsving  fsllMt  li>hU>ll«iiit.t  tQ[.rtM«rTe  ItianunW 
patron  Itoin  impcDiIiitg  daofitr,  and  the  faligno  of  tlio  jounicj,  threw  Daots  i 
fever,  wliich  tcnninalcd  liU  cxinteucc  lie  iliuil  in  tlie  palncn  of  Ida  friend,  wbo I 
muurnul  ListkaLh,  and  I'linecd  tlio  nicial  liniler  nf^nnl  for  hti  nwrnofy.  He  kala  ' 
CMt  taken  cif  liii  faee,  and  caiixnd  tlie  hod)- of  the  poet,  inrTODniled  by  variocv  | 
iImI^i,  to  ha  carried  in  state,  on  a  bier,  tbreugh  th«  prin<-i()Al  itnct*  of  TtinnW. 
aftd  wbieli  it  mm  de|^tc<j  ia  a  marble  sanvphagiu  {mj«ivii  hj  hiusslL 


THE  HE-DISCOTBST  OF  DANTE'S  SEMASTS  AT  BATENlirA.    669 

ment  erected  for  them  bj  Bembo,  in  vbich  they  remained  until  new 
apprehensions  induced  the  friara  of  San  Franciaco  to  remove  the  precious 
treasures  ^ain,  which  ahed  lustre  on  their  convent.  This  removal  took 
place  in  1519,  at  which  period  the  Florentines  petitioned  Pope  Leo  X.  to 
exercise  his  papal  authority  to  cause  Dante's  remains  to  be  transferred  to 
their  city ;  and  as  this  pope  was  a  Florentine,  and  a  member  of  the 
powerful  house  of  the  Medici,  and  Michael  Angelo  had,  moreover,  offered 
to  erect  a  suitable  monument,  in  au  honourable  locality,  to  the  poet,  in 
Florence,  the  friars  of  San  Francisco  had  the  more  reason  to  apprehend 
that  the  remains  of  Dante  would  be  abstracted. 

Whether  the  latter  were  replaced  in  the  sepulchre  restored  by  Car- 
dinal Corsi  seems  to  be  questionable,  ibr  it  appears  that  fierce  quarrels 
prevailed  between  the  Frati  Minori  and  the  Commune  of  EavcDna  respect- 
ing jurisdictiou  over  the  tomb.  Tlie  enmity  between  these  bodies  was 
so  great,  that  when  the  commune  wished  to  restore  the  sepulchre,  thiy 
were  under  the  necessity  of  sending  thirty-two  policemen  to  protect  the 
workmen  engaged  in  the  task.  Thus  protected,  the  sepulchre  was  finally 
completed  in  1C92.  It  then  appears  to  have  been  secureJy  closed,  encircled 
by  an  iron  railing,  and  the  key  of  the  door  committed  to  the  keeping  of 
the  heads  of  the  commune.  And  in  order  to  assert  their  jurisdiction  over 
the  chapel  containing  the  sepulchre,  they  caused  the  following  inscription 
to  be  placed  over  the  door: — S.P.  Q.  R- jure  et  are  euo  tamquam  tkaaurvm 
•mm  munivit,  instauravlt,  omavit. 

But,  although  the  friars  were  in  this  instance  beaten,  they  refused  to 
acknowledge  the  supremacy  of  the  commune  of  Bavenna,  and  stoutly 
maintained  that  the  tomb  of  Dante  was  their  exclusive  property,  their 
establishment  having,  as  they  stated,  been  granted  the  ground  on  which  it 
stood  in  1261,  by  the  Archbishop  Filippo  Fontana,  with  the  adjoining 
houses  and  gardens.  They  further  appealed  to  Rome  against  the  com- 
mune of  Kavenna,  alleging  that  the  Litter,  by  restoring  the  mausoleum, 
had  violated  their  rights  and  ecclesiastical  privileges.  The  question 
became  still  more  involved  in  1G92,  when  a  prisoner  with  two  accomplices 
having  escaped  from  prison,  fled  to  the  mausoleum,  and  grasping  the  iron 
railing  encircling  it,  claimed  right  of  sanctuary.  But  having  been  seized 
by  the  police  and  recommitted  to  prison,  a  question  of  privilege  was 
raised  and  referred  to  the  Council  of  Ecclesiastical  Immunity  in  Rome. 
The  latter  consulted  Archbishop  Raimoodo  Ferretti,  who  replied  on  the 
9th  August,  1694,  that  Dante  having  been  declared  a  heretic  after  hia 
death,  the  place  of  his  sefflilture,  though  originally  sacred,  was  now  un- 
doubtedly polluted,  and  consequently  no  longer  possessed  the  privilege  of 
sanctuary.  The  friars  endeavoured  to  upset  this  decision  by  affirming 
that  the  chapel  no  longer  contained  Dante's  bones.  But  the  archbishop 
would  not  allow  this  to  be  any  reason  why  the  place  should  be  entitled 
to  ecclesiastical  immunity.  Be  this  as  it  may,  it  is  evident  that  the  friars 
were  greatly  interested  in  keeping  the  remans  of  Dante  rigidly  concealed, 
apprehending  that  they  might  foil  into  imsafe  and  unworthy  hands.    It 


670     THE  RE-DlSCOTESr  Of  DA2tTK'8  SEXAJUS  AX  UXVEXXK. 

iiLio  turther  it[^9t:ara  tbaC  ia  1780,  wheu  Cardiaal  Voleati  Gntuu^  encMl 
the  aupernnclure  of  the  ntudl  Unple  of  I'ietro  Lonbemlit  th«  tomb  wu 
•olciuitly  opened,  in  order  to  rc-c«tubluh  tlie  iact  vrli«ihcr  it  cootainad 
Dauto's  roiuuaa.  Xli«  ctttult  of  tLa  uuiaiaadoo  ia  Dot  cl««r,  for,  maooti- 
ing  to  the  olMtuure  language  of  a  cooteinpufary  fautciruui,  tfavm  vnu  fitaoA 
that  which  utudo  doubt  oo  longer  occesau-j  (in*  ii  rutiKHue  nil  ci«  tn 
flcnfjdrib  per  naa  JuUtame),- — word«  which  admit  ol'  two  ioitrgtp^- 
tiom.  HoMerer,  It  ia  (o  he  obacrvcO  ilui  coiiataiit  tnulitinna  mnintaimJ 
that  ihuitv'a  bonca  wcr«  ow  Iwugur  in  his  tvpuldiic ;  aud  llua  ib  confirmed 
hj  a  uumujcript  note  lately  found  in  a  book,  which  there  ia  evid«Dce  to 
)ii'uvc  waA  wiitLea  at  ilie  clost:  of  itic  List  ceaUir/.  This  noto  ataXea  iluB 
at  tliitc  period  tlie  lodb  of  JDauto  na*  o])«aod,  and  notliing  foiuul  whluBi 
This,  obBerro  tlu  Cotuminiuiiei*)  it  UDirelcuin«  iufomation,  and  if  no  Mop; 
Iiavc  ainix  been  taken  to  verify  tbe  9iatci[i<.-Qt,  it  wus  probably  bccam 
thtfc  vat  an  unwillingness  to  accept  an  ctJlain  so  painlUl  a  tmil).* 

Bajipily,  howerer,  we  now  pass  from  this  region  of  doubti(  oad  m 
able  to  t»6l  clear  light  oa  tlic  Kniajndtr  of  our  iutcreatiug  hUlcn^. 

The  city  of  Kavunna,  Iiaviiig  rvtolvod  on  cuK-bratiog  the  nxdi  cent*- 
nary  of  Dante's  birth,  good  fortune  brouf^t  a  circuni»Uince  to  light  wfakfc 
created  a  great  aensation,  and  the  more  to,  aa  it  occurred  only  a  few  dajs 
bcforu  llie  inaugiuatitui  of  the  monumtint  erected  to  the  [KKt's  boncaria 
Florence.     With  the  viuw  of  iucreaxiog  llie  iuUreat  in  Danlo'a  tomb,  lb 
municipality  of  Itavgnna  determined  on  removing  th«  vraU  adjoLniag  llit 
cbapcl  of  Bracciofuttu.     By  its  rc^ujoval  the  loirib  would  beoome  ifiobmC 
andthu^f  better  kuh.    Accordingly  the  work  of  dtuiolitioowas  oomntsceJ 
OD  the  Z7tb  of  31ay  last  yeur,  and  had  not  proceeded  long,  wbeu  fin ' 
recaai  within  a  cloaod  door  in  lIib  wmII  tuoibkii  a  rude  wood<7n  (^ 
wbiuh  llyinj;  open  as  it  cataa  to  the  ground,  disclosed  butaaQ  Iratid  n^ 
inscriptions  on  the  iruier  aa  well  a&  tiuter  sides  of  tbe  cheat,  to  the  jBtt 
ihxit  tliu  rcuuiiita  wure  those  of  Dauto. 

Tlie    discovery   having    been  commuuicated    to   iho   autbocititf  l' 

Bareiina,  a  searcliiag  examination  was  nuido  of  the  cbcM  antJ  iia  couialk 

aiid  tiit-tti  having  been  carctully  noted,   the  elieet  vsu  Caatded  to  tic 

cliar^e   of  a  dctactimcnl  uf  ibe  Katiou^l  Guiinl,  with  whom  it  naaiud 

^^^  until  the  Kf'^ai  Comuiissioncrc  went  to  Ruvtnua.     Bttforc,  liowersc,  pfo- 

^^^T  *  AlUkuugl)  the  autharititA  of  ItaraiuM,  oivil  a*  wijll  u  vcclcaaaaCIivI,  hwl  teaU- 

W  lau famn  long awuc  lliat  Daata**  boDcn  ncrc  not  [a  tlidr  ori)|iaal  icnlii^Mriace, li k 

I  cattain  that  ncli  hu  not  been  Q*  ojiliiiau  of  the  public  genoallf.    UtrtatiMaald 

■  dMcrlptiona  of  "  Uuides  "  makx  mention  of  Dasu'l  rWDalns  in  cottiicctiMi  «U  tkt 
I  poet's  giigiiul  wpnlchro  i  anil  even  KjKia,  wlvo  was  a  devoted  trcnkipjiEr  of  Vatit, 

■  bcVav«d  itiAt  Ibc}-  U/  bcm  unilinturUd.    •-  VauU,"  aap  tbe  author  uf  CUUe  llwU, 

■  "ims  bnru-il  (ta  mtra  Minwitm  m/c)  ol  Bavcana,  la  a  liaodamne  tooib,  ntien  ^ 
I  litiuiN  n;iDaia."    AdiI  hi  Don  Juan  lie  mileo, — 
^^^^  'I  pass  eaoh  day  whtm  DanU's  boaas  am  laid: 
^^^B  A  UUla  caiiotn,  mure  beat  Uum  soleaia, 
^^^H                                   ProtccU  hi*  diut,  but  n-'ivreacc  livra  is  paid 
^^^H  To  th«  lianl's  loaili,  auA  oot  the  waniot'a  "■'■■wn. 


I 

I 


THS  KE-DISCOTBBi:  Of  DAHTfi'S  BEUAINS  AT  BAVENNA.     671 

ceedJog  to  examiae  the  chest  and  its  ccmteiits,  the  CommiiiBioners  resolved 
on  haTing  the  ancient  sepulchre  of  Dante  opened.  This  was  effected  on 
the  momiiig  o£  the  7th  June,  in  the  presence  of  the  Syndic  of  Barenna, 
and  all  the  municipal  authorities  of  that  town,  and  s  deputation  of  those 
of  Florence.  The  result  was  that  the  tomb  was  only  found  to  contiun 
according  to  the  evidence  of  the  chief  surgeon,  CaTaliere  Gio^'anni  Fug- 
Jioli,  and  Doctor  Claudio  Bertozzi,  two  phalanges  of  a  hand,  and  one  of  a 
ibot,  with  some  fragments  of  laurel-leaveB  mingled  with  organic  remains 
in  a  state  of  powder.  The  bones  and  the  latter  substances  were  cardiillj 
collected,  and  placed  by  the  Syndic  of  Ravenna  in  the  hands  of  the  presi- 
dent of  the  Commission,  in  order  that  they  might  be  submitted  to  more 
detailed  examiuation  and  chemical  analysis,  and  the  sepulchre  was  then 
careAiUy  closed. 

The  very  small  results  arising  from  the  opening  of  this  tomb,  which,  it 
ia' stated,  occupied  irom  eight  o'clock,  in  the  morning  until  three  o'clock  in 
the  afternoon,  rendered  it  the  more  necessary  to  make  a  careful  examina- 
tion of  the  bones  discovered  on  the  27th  May  in  the  cheat.  Accordingly, 
on  the  11th  June,  in  the  presence  of  the  same  parties  who  had  witnessed 
the  opening  of  the  sepulchre,  &e  chest  and  bones  were  submitted  to  a 
moat  coreiiil  examination,  with  the  following  results : — The  chest  was  of 
such  rude  workmanship  as  to  render  it  evident  tliat  it  hod  been  nude  by 
a  person  wholly  unskilled  in  the  art  of  carpentry  j  one  of  the  sides  mea- 
Rored  77*5  centimetres,  while  the  opposite  side,  which  should  have  been 
of  the  same  length,  only  measured  748  centimetres.  The  two  inscriptions 
were  not  cut  in  the  centre  of  the  superficies  of  the  sides  of  the  chest,  but 
were  placed  in  irr^ular  positions.     That  on  the  outside  is  as  follows  : — 

SA5T18   OSSA 

A  ME  run.  AmoHio  bahti 

IDC   KMITA 
XSO    1677    DIE    IS   OCIODBtS. 

The  other  inscription  within  the  chest  runs  thus  ; — 
Dxmie  osBx 

DEKUPEB   (lie)   B£T1SA   3*    tUSU 

167T. 

The  first  inscription  is  in  larger  characters  than  the  second,  but  the 
letters  are  not  so  deeply  cut;  both  inscriptions,  however,  have  evidently 
been  graven  by  the  same  hand.  The  characters  of  the  two  inscriptions 
were  also  found  to  be,  in  almost  all  respects,  aimiloi  to  those  in  a  book 
written  by  the  same  Fre.  Antonio  Santi  preserved  in  the  archives  of  tlio 
municipality.  The  identity  of  the  characters  is  very  apparent  in  the 
small  as  well  as  large  letters,  but  especially  in  the  capital  l)'s,  which,  in 
the  book  as  welt  as  in  the  inscriptions  within  and  without  the  chest, 
consist,  so  to  speak,  of  three  portions,  being,  according  to  three  persons 
front  Bologna,  Bergamo,  and  liavenna  skilled  in  writing,  the  work  of  the 
same  bond. 

Thus  we  have  the  strongest  evidence  that  Italy  is  indebted  to  this 


672    THE  Iffi-DISCOrCRT  OP  CASTE'S  BEUAOS  AT  RAI 


Volts  SuCi  for  tht  pnsenrmtion  of  Dante'a  remuns  ;  for  be  It  wm  woo, 
a  tame  of  impending  danger,  Itad  pI«oed  lli«  prccioos  booea  in  •  lomlily 
wbert  tiwj  wonld  be  saTe. 

The  Commtsuonvra  were,  diercfort,  ttrj  nfttuniU;  cxtrandj  Jearov 
of  Mcertaiamg  vho  ihi*  FnU  Saoti  vu.  Their  rceewdtes,  whUh  w^c 
long  Mid  bboriooB,  showed  thst  bis  p*ntiU  wen  Leonardo  nixl  Eltrabtiea 
Ingoli ;  tKat  b«  wai  bcm  on  tlie  3rd  Auguar,  164-1,  in  Bavt^aa ;  beeuH 
a  nwmbcr  of  llic  Fnui  Minori,  aod  llml  in  l(i77,  whea  Im  placed  ilitfl 
chest  wiOiin  ihc  wall,  he  was  Chftncellor  of  \he  Coarent  of  San  Fmidna 
'Jlie  irehivea  of  this  «stabUshra«nt  coDlain  his  official  agnatim  ni  chU' 
Cfrllor  to  capitulary  docampntj  bctw^r^n  1€72  nod  1679.  6abm]tiaBllri 
Frnte  Saati  wu  dcckd  gtiiudt«ii  or  lic«d  vfbia  conrtnt.* 

The  Commiuionen  draw  eipeofail  aileniioD  to  the  laot,  that 
the  19lli  Maj  and  SOlli  Jane,  1677,  and  between  the  &rd  aaJ  20th 
bcr  bfthe  fano  fear,  th«r«  aro  no  official  rvenrds  showing  that  tbe 
of  lb«  oonrenl  met  daring  tJioae  periorlH.  and  thpy  doduco  from  thii  iwt 
the  infereiKe,  that  the  abalntcti»n  of  Dante's  rctmuoB  from  tlieir  origiiiil 
nepnlohre  and  phcing  ihem  in  their  n«w  resting-place,  waa  a  Mervt  kooaa' 
onljr  to  Santi  and  a  few  otha*  peraons;  the  more  lilcely  to  be  kept,  a* 
meetinga  of  the  chnptcr  wcro  held  at  lh«  ttmo  wlion  the  pott's 
wpTO  removed. 

yVe  now  come  to  one  of  the  mo«t  intercstiD£  parte  of  the  R«pon:  tie 
Mcnmination  of  the  honca  fonnd  in  ilio  chost.  Thit  appeaiv  to  lun  fatfs 
made  with  great  care  and  alcill,  the  Commiaiioneri  having  had  the  •««■ 
aoce  of  tho  highest  anatomical  authorities. 

Tho  boiici,  tbii^r  Rtnte,  ore  thom  of  a  robiut  adnlt  male,  TatWaJ* 
ranccd  In  mnnhood.  Exteriorly,  they  arc  rather  black,  preccaliM  tb 
appearance  that  bonea  generally  liave  wh?n  long  ecclooud  ia  ralidfe 
marble,  or  wooden  recojiiacleH,  Their  texturo  lias  not  n&dercnDe  «dj 
remarkable  alteration,  and  nhat  is  even  mure  nurprising  ia  tho  fact,  thtf 
with  the  exception  of  the  rnund-headed  artictilations  ot  tbe  extremity  <f 
obtain  long  bones,  and  in  aomo  localities  of  the  cranium,  no  impertnl 
chani^c  from  time  or  Uomp  is  appiircnt. 

It  wan  foiiitd  (hnt  Uic  bonc!,  compared  with  n  perfect  humui  stcktoa, 
wanted  preciiu-ly  tliosc  parlions  which  were  found  in  tbe  orif^nal  stpol- 
ohro;  and  it  was  fiirthcT  noticcii  that  tho  hue  of  the  mrliLca  of  tho* 
phalanges  was  similar  to  thai  of  tho  bones  found  in  Fratc  .Santi'a  wooden 
chest.  The  length  of  tho  skeleton  was  one  metre  and  fiftj--fi»e  centi- 
motrca.  If  to  this  len^h  bo  added  tiiat  of  tho  soft  parts,  such  ai  thd 
Carlilngi-H,  £c.  of  the  human  suhji^rt  when  living,  ii  fullowa  that  tbe  hoots 
were  thwc  of  a  man  of  middle  etnture.  The  weight  of  tbe  bones,  withMl 
(he  Iwad,  was  four  kilogrammes  and  150  gmmmea ;  the  craaium  wdgbei 
730  grainmea. 


i 


*  rurthcr  ilet&lb  ot  lIm  life  of  Frntr  i^nnti  «ill  be  (bond  ia  a  work  othleJ 
C'DMini  illxitri  di  if<ti<mna  aatica.    Uolacns,  1*03, 


THE  BB-DISCOVERT  OF  DANTK'S  llEMAISS  AT  IIAV£NSA.     673 

Examination  of  the  ekeletoa  of  the  trunk  and  of  the  four  extremities 
showed  that  the  claTtcles  were  oon^derably  curved — due  to  the  resistance 
of  th^  humeri  and  scapulars — aa  were  also  the  bones  of  the  thigh,  legs, 
and  feet.  The  BBcrum  was  found  joined  to  the  first  portion  of  the  coccyx. 
The  femurs  were  forty-four  centimetres  and  five  millimetres  long. 

As  might  be  expected,  the  portion  of  these  osseous  remains  which 
engaged  the  greatest  attention,  and  were  subject  to  the  most  detailed 
examination,  was  the  cranium,  which  in  all  human  skeletons  must  be  cou- 
mdered  the  most  noble  portion,  as  being  the  seat  of  the  brain,  always 
regarded  by  anatomists  as  closely  cotmected  with  the  thinking  organs  of 
man.  In  order  to  ascertain  the  probable  weight  of  this  organ,  the  cavity 
whicli  enclosed  the  brain  was  filled  with  grmns  of  rice,  which  weighed  one 
kilogramme  and  420  grammes,  equal  to  S-1319  Ibe.  avoirdupois.  Very 
accurate  measurements  were  made  of  various  parts  of  the  cranium,  the 
principal  only  of  which  are  subjoined.  The  diameter  from  the  occiput 
to  the  firontal  bono  was  thirty-one  centimetres  and  seven  millimetres;  the 
transverse  diameter,  taken  between  the  ears,  thiity-one  centimetres  and 
eigbt  mtUimetree,  and  the  vertical  diameter,  fourteen  centimetres. 

The  periphery  of  the  cranium,  measured  along  two  lines  starting 
respectively  from  points  on  each  side  of  the  most  projecting  part  of  the 
occipital  protuberance,  and  terminatiog  at  the  nasal  prominence,  was 
fifty-two  centimetres  and  five  millimetres. 

Particular  attention  is  drawn  in  the  Keport  to  the  circumstance  that 
the  upper  jaw  bad  been  furnished  with  only  two  incisors  (the  central 
incisors)  instead  of  four,  and  that  the  right  last  molar  tooth  had  not  been 
natundly  dereloped. 

Various  prominences  were  extremely  couflpicuoua  on  Dante's  skull ; 
one  in  poitioular  was  remarkable  ibr  its  great  size.  It  was  situated  near 
the  middle  and  upper  part  of  the  frontal  bone,  and  was  of  longitudinal 
form.  Thotigh  not  acknowledging  themselves  to  be  disciples  of  Gall  or 
Spurzheim,  the  Commissioners  draw  particular  attention  to  these  promi- 
nences, and  st^  that,  aocording  to  the  laws  of  phrenology,  Dante  largely 
poBsened  tb^.org^ns  of  benevolence,  religion,  veneration,  independence, 
aelf-esteem,  pnde,' C9n9cientiouanes3,  mechanical  design,  sculpture,  and 
architecture.    \ 

Finally,  the  Commissioners  declare  with  justifiable  pride,  that  Dante's 
skull  denotes  the  highest  order  of  brain  power,  being  precisely  similar  in 
conformation  to  the  skulls  of  those  individuals  who  have  held  supremo 
dominion  over  the  minds  of  men,  and  have  been  the  true  madtera  of 
mankind. 

In  order  to  enable  the  public  to  see  the  honoured  remains  of  Dante, 
Ibe  Commissioners  and  authorities  of  Ravenna  directed  that  they  should 
lie  in  state,  efficiently  protected  by  glass. 

Accordingly,  on  the  25th  June,  which  was  Sunday,  they  wore  exposed 
to  public  view  in  the  Braccioforte  Chapel,  and  it  was  the  opinion  of  all 
those  who  bad  the  high  privilege  of  gating  on  the  head  of  the  author  of 

VOL.  xm. — HO.  78.  88. 


67-*    TUIS  BE-mSC(jVKRT  or  SAHTB'B  BBUADTS  AT  KATKinUL 


lti«  Divtna  CmMMtiM,  liat  it  ponested  all  the  pliys'ical  fMtana  of  tke 
higlwt  iatcUwmal  mfflitimioc.  Aad  n  it  cannot  be  oar  priyilugi  u 
luok  on  thu  Ttlio  of  Mirptasiog  iateiCflt>  it  will  b«  mtieSuAory  to  oar 
rawlen,  aoil  cspecMlly  to  thoM  who  bar*  bc«n  in  rU>r*boe,  «r  who  ]w- 
poM  viHlIng  llut  fitir  rity,  l»  lie  inrormed  llint  tbu  mask  of  Uu  iUwlnmi 
poet  preeerrcd  in  tlic  UtGxi  Ualk-ry,  to  vrbioh  nllttuou.  bas  beta  audc,  lot 
b«ea  found  on  latM  cftrcfnt  coiiiparuon  lo  b«  ia  kll  re*pcaiB  aiiDiUr  in  0«- 
ligtnation  to  tho  cnmnon  ditcoTcred  in  the  wnodoi  cbesi  nt  lUvnai. 
Tha  IcDgtb  of  the  oasnl  b<mM  ogrtcd  pnciMlj',  and  ibe  wins  twamk 
ftppliM  to  all  other  p&rt«  which  admittod  of  QwasnTement. 

Thui,  nltliough,  lu  Uie  ComininioDers  obanre,  boom!  curennislaaev  in 
oonneziou  ■nUk  Daote'a  or^nal  Bvpulcbra  1iat«  yet  to  be  laada  ttmr% 
i-apedally  a*  re^rda  Jta  aaH;  hialory,  tfaer*  is  no  doubi  wbaivrar  tbl 
the  hainan  rcmaioa  tbcj  i-jtaotined  wen  tb«  geouiiw  and  noml  booN 
orDsntv. 

I  tFust  iliat  ihs  roodcr  er«  tbu  hux  coma  Iq  ilia  concliuKxt  i)ial  Aa 
Report  frDiD  wlmos  (ht  lor«going  partwulan  have  bcvii  drawn,  hmtd 
nn  And  enrpttflriag  inlerert.  Ilia  diMwvfiy  of  any  portioa  wf  Duiit'* 
reniaina  at  a  liiue  vrhvn  Jtaij  was  about  to  lioti«iir  liis  tamtaorj  hgr  iim- 
memocatiog  the  eixth  watta»ry  of  kit  biHh  with  great  pomp  sod  aAaa- 
nilj,  Bwy  be  iodei^  r(igait1u<l,  in  ih«  words  uf  th«  CDtnmiaiioo«i%  w 
aluDst  miniculotiB;  but  vhtii  vre  fiud  llmt  among  ifaoaa  rwaaiiK  ii  lb 
bead  of  Icikly'it  immorUil  pc«t,  the  dkcoreij  amy  wall  b*  nniiriilmJ 
of  the  moat  intereating  that  luu  over  bwa  made. 

For  U>Dt  bend  balongad  to  u  man  who,  ax  oentnries  a^,  mim 
was  turn  bj-  political  ftctiooi^  cneh  atnLiticus  for  power,  aa4  aDoilinl' 
uDMxiipiihrus  as  lo  the  mnuh  employed  to  obtain  ir,  laboured  with  aaifiaf 
zeal  lo  bring  about  ImUbd  mitj ;  y«t,  whose  palxiotinm  mat  ■»  tiiw 
reward  tlian  exik-,  how  bilterijr  felt  appears  fiwia  thoui  hmt  iiilitf 
linn  la  the  PwraJiao : — 

BI  coDc  m  di  mJd 
L*  iNUM  kltnut  0  com'  ft  dsia  talla 
lo  Keaiiece  e'l  ulii  per  raltni  KslSb 

But  even  more  inlerutiog  is  the  knowledge  tfant  this  htaA,  a» 
pree«rvcd,  m3m  th&t  of  OQO  of  the  Rio«t  diTinelj'-impired   nocti  that 
world  hai  seen. 


■3 


676 


^  fi^rman  ^if^  itfor?  thit  ^m^  af  1815. 


WoEK  we  look  at  our  neighbours  in  Gemiony  and  see  the  quiet  way  in 
whub  they  lire,  how  they  cling  to  ood  keep  up  their  family  ties,  how 
opealy  they  practise  all  tlie  little  kindlinesB  of  life  which  we  think  proper 
to  keep  out  of  sight,  how  they  unite  the  denionetrative  afieotion  of  Mary 
with  the  care  for  the  household  of  Martha,  we  might  almost  suppose  they 
have  trudged  on  in  this  primitive  fasliion  sioce  the  middle  ages.  And  we 
might  fairly  think  tltat  the  protracted  existence  of  these  old-world  ways 
could  only  be  accounted  lor  by  a  loug  undiaturbed  condition  of  society ; 
we  might  presume  that  people  must  have  gone  on  making  cakes  with  big 
round  holes  in  the  middle  of  them  since  gabled  houses  were  new  ; — (those 
odd-eh&ped  cakes  have  been  left  with  a  North  German  name  to  them  even 
when  the  Dutch  set  loot  in  the  East  Indies) — that  they  had  drank  quanti- 
ties of  weak  coffee  at  all  hours  of  the  day  since  first  cofiuc  found  its  way 
from  Mocha  by  Trieste  to  Cologne  ;  that  they  had  given  each  other  birth- 
day presents  all  round,  like  only  good  little  children  do  in  England,  since 
FioleBtanta  tiegan  to  keep  birthdays  instead  of  Saints'  days;  and  dressed 
Christmas-trees  once  a  year,  since — does  any  one  know  how  long  7 

But  if  we  look  into  any  history  of  Europe,  the  driest  school  epitome, 
even,  which  only  gives  fects  and  do  philosophy  of  history  to  distract  one, 
we  shall  see  how  fax  from  a  quiet  country  has  been  this  Germany,  which, 
without  what  arc  called  natural  boundaries,  has  isolated  by  race  and 
language  the  whole  centre  of  Europe,  from  the  North  Sea  at  Hamburg  to 
the  Mediterranean  at  Trieste,  and  from  Alsace  to  Poland.  Wars  and 
fightings  were  throughout  the  land  when  the  Rhine  castles  were  built : 
they  fell  to  ruin,  and  com  and  the  vineyards  of  tho  south  spread  ov^ 
the  country  till  armies  came  into  it  again.  "  The  Unl  battle  of  Leipzig 
was  in  1631,"  says  the  lesfon-book.  "  The  Palatinate,"  the  land  we  now 
know  as  the  Grand  Duchy  of  Baden,  "  was  ravaged  by  Tilly."  There  was 
the  "  Thirty  Years'  War,"  and  the  "  Seven  Years'  War,"  and  just  about  a 
hundred  years  ago,  the  great  Frederick,  aller  the  peace  of  1763,  counted  up 
the  towns  destroyed  and  the  men  killed,  and  set  himself  as  bravely  to  face 
and  redress  public  and  private  wrongs  as  he  had  ever  faced  any  enemy. 
We  read  of  it  all  aa  history,  but  let  us  tiy  and  divest  ourselves  of  this 
telescopic  habit  of  looking,  and  come  close  and  ace  what  happened  in 
countries  where  armies,  and  those  foreign  armies,  "  marched  and  counter- 
marched," or  "halted  "  awhile  to  rest.  Soldiers  do  not  always  "march" 
even  bo  regularly  as  when  we  now  and  then  see  them  coming  homo  from  a 
review,  hot  and  kicking  up  a  dust,  and  twitching  off  a  few  flowers'  heada 
M  thf^  go  by  a  garden.  Any  one  who  has  lived  in  a  garrison  town  will 
recollect  changes  of  regiments  aa  involving  a  few  days  of  aot  very  serious 


676         A  OERMAl!  LIFE  BRFOBG  TIIS  PEACE  07  1815. 

but  not  Tcij  pIpsKint  dlwrder  ;  il  b  wiilitn  our  rc^otlcclion  llmt  tolditn 
DD  ibc  move  ia  England  vrciild  coiac  into  a  yurd  And  lend  vff  &  w>Spa 
auti  tcftm  Tor  Uie  day*s  march,  nnd  it  was  liwrul  so  lo  do  ;  htit  xhtry  werV' 
In  ftittr  own  counir/,  wLci'g  thcycpokc  tlic  language,  at  Intsi,  ofthv 
iL«>y  dieturbed  :  if  llicy  were  ever  eo  "jollj"  mid  riolous,  all 
people  would  aJloiv  for  som«  in«gti  luritj  when  incn  rest  from  a  long 
We  icmcmbcr  a  tetty  comniDdorc  Tcidying  to  a  clergyman  who  remomlnled 
witb  him  c«  tlio  Vhnviour  of  sailors  allowed  Icurc  lubore  when  tb«  i^i 
came  into  liarbaiir.  "  I'd  like;  In  know,  sir,  if  yonW  «xp9ct  two  huodrd 
nod  forty  panwus  lo  kwp  order  if  they  came  into  port  after  a  craiee." 
But  ifsoldi^rs  nnd  sailors  (and  "even  ptirsc4is  ")  «re  likely  not  to  keep  v^ 
the  etriclcat  diacifliiic  when  they  are  on  the  ino^e  in  their  own  conntrj, 
wli*t  i*  likely  to  Iiiip|n:n  in  n  foreign  iiciitrfti  if  not  hcAlili;  piacv,  wlwa 
ngiment  after  regiment,  cannon  nl^er  cannon,  come  Oirougb  ;  rvgiintaU 
ibot  atm^le  through  hedges  and  over  iiolda,  cannon  whoM  drirers  no  niont 
rwp*ct  gnrd^ns  than  Peter  tho  Great  did  Mr.  Evelyn's  ycw«  ;  Qver  lli« 
young  corn  in  ihc  spring,iiinong  llic  templing  applc-orctardN  in  ih«  stimmiT, 
through,  •traight  tLrongb,  the  tang)(.-d  vineyards  in  the  autumn.  Villagrn 
IHghtcned  lenvo  thdr  bousMi  lo  tbestningvnt;  the  tfch  think  wuor  too^n 
their  gates  and  dispcDse  unwillingly  hoepilaiity  lo  giieets  who  receive  and 
repfiy  it  ia  kind,  anil  tlio  work  nnil  lb«  [dMUir*  of  j«an  ig  annibiUtcd 
'*  all  for  a  famous  victory."  All  ibii^  nnd  over  nod  over  again,  Gtmnioy 
has  BuSercd  vrithiu  a  hundred  years  of  this  lime.  From  this  il  lis 
recovered  tu  be  ibc  prosperoiiB  Innd  we  sec  ;  through  nil  thin  it  has  pit- 
nerved  iu  curiously- tumplc  huhita,  nnd  now  all  is  over  nnd  tli«  oid  wsys 
become  dearer  than  ever,  nalionnl  character  and  nntionnl  costoms  rise  vf 
north  ond  Hoiiih  and  cast  nnd  went,  like  i^trung  shootitfr(>m  thooatatftteViW 
roota  of  on  old  tit.'c  that  hos  been  lopped  in  time, 

'I'liQ  life  of  n  German  family  during  this  period  between  th«  end  of  lb* 
IniiL  century  and  the  peace  of  1HI5  ia  worth  looking  into,  and  in  a  menxir 
of  Caroline  Perthes,  by  the  Inti;  Profceaor  A^nni-d,  there  is  a  ake 
lh«  quiet  hoiiA^hold  of  her  father  (tlie  comparatively  little  rci)i«n] 
Wuadtdtoeker  &i>lc)  and  of  the  trouble  and  strife  into  which  she  wM 
plunged  OS  thu  wife  of  the  Hamburg  bM<kiwller,  a  ski^tch   that  ifw* 
follow  for  twenty  yrars  will  luko  us   into  scenes  tlint   it   may   bo  fcr 
wiir   good    lo    remember    weio    enacting    on    iho    Contim-nt     while    w« 
iu  o'jr  island  homo  could   dread   but  ntver  see    "  Bonapiuto   and  tb( 
Frcncli."     The  Claudius  family,  of  whom  Caroliuc,  aftcnrnrda  wifc  tt 
Frederick  Perthes,  wiw  the  eldest  daughter,  lived  at  Watidahrck,  a  fc* 
miles  n«rlh-e»9)t  of  Hamljurg,  but  in  Holslein.      Tha  hona«faold  inwt 
have  been  lui  iitir:ictivc  one.     Claudiua  wax  gifted  with  a  rich  fund  of 
hiiinonr,   which   made   hiiu  an  unusually -ciittirtuining  companion ',  W 
bcsidca  thia,  he  hod  a  profound  faith  in  God  and  his  mmy,  and  ww 
deeply  ponotratcd  with  religious  principles,  and  llrat  at  a  time  wbco  UiW 
and  rvligions  were  dislodged  ftxim  ihoir   hold  on  thinking  men,  wha  in 
t'ruiiCR  it  waa  not  siife,  in  Gcnnany  not  common,  to  coiiiess  a  faelwfia 
anything  thnt  had  been  a  dogma  of  a  clinrch.     In  1796  lived  At  ^uirt 


A  GERMAN  LIFE  BEfOKE  THE  FBAC£  OF  1815.  677 

Waaili^beek  the  famiJics  of  Claudius  and  Jacobi.  Jacob!  }iad  coaviucud 
hiDiself  of  the  Bouodness  of  the  prevailing  opinions,  but  tbia  did  Dot 
exclude  him  from  the  circle  of  intimatee  in  which  were  the  Stollbergs 
and  Beventlows,  and  Caroline,  Claudius's  bosom  friend,  waa  that  Princess 
Gnllitzis  who  retired  from  tlio  world  under  the  counselH  of  Diderot,  devoted 
henelf  to  the  education  of  her  children,  begged  her  friends  not  to  try  and 
convert  her  to  anything,  and  read  and  reasoned  herself  back  into  the 
church  she  had  been  born  in. 

It  waa  at  the  houite  of  Jacobi  was  prepared  that  year  the  Christmaa- 
treo,  that  old  Lutheran  observance,  which  perhaps  dates  aa  far  back  as 
do  the  lioraes'  heads  orer  North  German  farmhouse  doors,  which  has  spread 
itself  by  degrees  into  Western  Germany,  has  become  CBthoIio  aa  well  aa 
Protestant,  and  in  a  much-changed  form  has  located  itself  recently  in 
England.  A  German  artist  lately  painted  a  group  of  his  countrymen 
unveiling  one  in  the  wilda  of  Minnesota  to  an  astonished  group  of 
North  American  Indi&n?.  But  the  Weinachtsabend  and  its  Christhaum  of 
German  life  arc  quite  different  affairs  from  our  English  merry  Christmas. 
Here  it  is  esaentially  a  seiious  though  not  mournful  time,  and  the  "  tree  " 
ifl  purely  a  family  or  friendly  fealival  ;  beyond  the  household  none 
are  present,  save  such  few  intimates  as  from  one  cause  or  other  have  no 
celebration  at  home.  The  tree  ia  hidden  by  doors  or  curtains  from 
the  room  where  all  assemble,  children  watch  in  eager  expectation  the 
iucreasing  light  behind,  the  elders  (if  their  weakness  lies  that  way),  with 
occasional  misgivings  of  fire,  as  tiny  candles  flash  from  corner  to  corner. 
The  pause  is  broken  by  little  voices  singing  a  hymn,  the  father  leading  verse 
by  verse,  oad  then  the  tree  is  exposed,  and  in  a  moment  the  room  ia  lit  up 

With  a  qtuQtcBieiice  of  flame, 
From  thonsand  tapere  flaring  bright. 

The  tree,  the  happy  little  fir-tree  of  Hans  Andersen's  lale,  is  decked  with 
candles  and  baubles  and  bonbons  and  tinsel,  quaintly- deviaed  giogi'r- 
bread,  wonderful  garlands  of  quince  sausages,  some  superlatively  bright 
ornament  being  fixed  to  the  topmost  shoot ;  but  after  all,  except  for  the 
l^ht  it  gives,  the  tree  is  for  the  time  a  secondary  consideration.  Tlic 
room  it  now  illuminates  ia  encumbered  with  presents  that  have  been 
preparing  half  the  previous  year ;  presents  for  old  and  young,  for  liigh 
imd  low,  from  mother  to  father,  from  father  to  mother,  and  even  to  the 
stranger  that  is  within  the  gates.  The  mother  leads  the  children  and 
servants  to  the  chair  or  table  appropriated  to  each  one's  posaessions,  and 
there  is  a  confused  murmur  of  "  Du  liebste  Mamma,"  "  die  gnadige  Frau," 
with  the  long  drawn-out  "  wun-der-schon "  that  German  children  so 
delight  in.  It  was  into  such  a  gathering  as  this  that  Perthes  was  invited 
by  Jacobi,  and  went  from  his  books  and  his  philosophical  talks  with  his 
customers,  and  he  made  his  silent  declaration  to  his  future  wife  by 
detaching  the  gayest  painted  fruit  from  the  top  of  the  tree,  and  presenting 
it  to  her  before  all  the  world. 

Her  life  had  been  wonderfully  placid  until  she  married.  Though  more 
than  ufually  cultivated,  she  and  her  liaten  helped  as  German.  lBd.\ft&^'Ava& 


A  anuuy  tire  bctorb  the  pbacs  or 


do  in  the  bonoeworit,  bdieriag  UuU  ■  rigktiy-tiaaiei  pa 
good  or  beUer  ■  pMeryoook  tlna  a  ntitt drudge,  nd  Icmoo 
•kinuning  prcKfTn.  So  tbtt  jroanf  hdia  made  tft«  aik«B  in  the  aMmag 
for  the  guecU  to  cai,  while  tli«7  plsycd  tbo  foguca  of  Badh  or  libs  a^piv 
BJca  of  Mooft  tn  ibe  evrtiu>g.  But  when  Cajoliiw  Penha  vast  Id  H«b- 
InUf  ibe  flune  for  the  firx  litnc  inb>  direct  cciitnct  witU  the-  worU.  ITor  dtil- 
drcQ  w«rc  bom  intlie  (int  jrcaiaof  iki^eenlurjr.  iu  1801  the  BocUc  of  Uk 
Baltic  WAS  fouglit.  It  it  said  tlw  boom  of  tboBe  gwia  was  lieatd  erv  liM 
alnlkm  acaa  and  along  IIm  nnda  of  Scltlavig,  fnnbrr  thaa  atiy  aaood  hu 
bMn  Twordod  to  iMTe  bean  biaid ;  but  ifit  did  »oi  reach  ilambwglliift 
ware  mmoun  enough  of  inr  aod  tmnulL  "  For  the  hattlo  Tagaa  load  m1 
Bttong,  and  tltc  etornlT  IcmpeatB  bloir."  Slill  tor  Um  pnaeal  h  «aa  art 
nndi  nearer  lo  Iht-  Harntitirg  )win«*  than  it  ever  eami  lo  oar  EogiUdi  OMft 
It  had  to  cora«  cloapr  bofoni  it  di<l  toorc  chaa  exdU'  bonor  and  pitj'.  M 
In  IBJO,  Pcrthft*  fcok  lit«  tatmly  to  visit  gchwanburgt  bia  aalit^ 
fUnee.  Hi*  imclea  and  llieir  ohildrm  came  op  the  last  IiiU  to  iDtet  hia. 
and  pacliiiig  all  the  litrlc  coarim  together  Into  die  c^wciou*  tnmAlf 
coach,  tbc^  enit)rjie«d  each  other  and  wa1k«d  ea  tulkiag  over  old  ti^m, 
"  lill,"  aaji  tJ>e  first  letter  home  to  WniidolH-ek,  "  ihey  i^  Mntf 
yrart  joungtT  for  being  tiigetht-r  nsmn."  A  fen  imk*  iil\er,  QuoKk 
I'crthn  wrote  fWnn  Gollin :  "  While  wc  were  in  Die  Tburingiaa  faeM 
Vre  had  aliiMMt  foTf^ttcn  the  Frt-nd),  bnt  iwn  wo  are  reotindud  of  iImi 
I  every  dn)'.  For  montlis  psct,  njilcndid  caiinoA  from  DaAt<ic  and  Sibadl- 
fbiirg  hiixn  Itrva  dntgged  through  the  toim  on  their  wnj  to  Farii."  Jai 
to  quote  31.  Mcnnard,  "  the  was  doomed  to  be  both  a  witaeM  mi  a 
TicHm  oT  the  wretchedness  arinng  from  a  eocial  eendition  wbci*  l^ 
rnada  might,  and  wlivrc  the  aword  irn*  the  niling  power.  A  lew  ig* 
bfifera  Uia  CbriBbnas  of  1810,  b;  a  decree  of  the  Freocb  Sen&te  pablUiHl 
at  UanbUTfE,  the  Iluose  Towns  and  tlie  North-Sost  of  GermaBy  w«k  ia- 
coiporated  into  the  French  Knipirv." 

Ilia  first  occu[Mtion  of  Humbtirg  b;  llio  French  aader  Daroot  (ofj 
whom  St.  Heuve  najs,  **  J'ai  oul  dire  ({u'll  n'etait  poa  taoidn!,")  lasted  t^tj 
Slarch,  t&lS.     It  vraa  a  reign  of  arbitrary  puwcr,  when  apoliation  and 
extortkii  were  pemittod  and  justice  was  defied  ;  but  it  waa  •  period  of 
lea  raOering   ihaii    that   which   followed.      Patriotic    ciliaena   e««M 
Ibetasclvcs  into  a  iniard  for  tlicir  own  prolcctim,  aod  of  coutaa  the  i 
ritios,  o«-  rattu-r  tliom  wtio  wern  i>i   power,  Miu[«cled  ihetr  k 
Pertlias  tad  otheis  drilled  in  Mcret  in  (heir  own  housca,  and  hia  i 
first  en  the  liat  of  tlioM  to  be  «rr««<cd  :  houses  were  seurched,  tbo  i 
even  the  insane  disturbed  in  their  bods,  and  the  family  never  taj  dnva  id 
reet  without  pmvidiiig  mmiM  fr  hit  cao^e,  and  planning,  with  ibebrif 
of  a  minlivo  who  wan  his  clt'rk,  how  to  gain  time  by  dclajr  if  the  di lailal 
riNit  ihoiild  lake  pince  dnring  the  night.    "  In  1813  Mosmjov  waa  bamt;  * 
French  aoldirra  wtre  needed  clMwhrTe,  and  till  a  mora  atnugeiit  ooaatnp- 
tk<n  hnd  filled  tho  thinned  mnks,  Knmbnrgwiu  oraensted.     Ttta  Hanse 
Towns  formed  themsclrra  into  a  lenguo  tin-  their  comuHm  diA-Mc    la 
fluch  cmtrgeucit*,  iw  "m  *V«  tetlwit  pcri^nla  of  aodeljf,  pbjrianil  rtrengA 


gaekaadfl 

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A  GERMAH  LIFE  BEFORE  THE  PEACE  OF  1816.  679 

must  accompany  mental  CTicrgy,  and  in  this  respect  unfortunately  Von 
Hess,  thrar  commander,  was  wanting.  Hia  health  waa  feeble.  It  needed 
the  ntBQost  exertions  of  those  who  served  under  him  to  make  up  for  the 
deficiency.  Foremost  among  these  was  Perthes,  and  whatever  were  their 
diffionltaes,  the  defence,  when  Davoust  and  Vandamme  bombarded  the 
town,  was  80  brilltnnt,  that  DavOust,  infuriated,  declared  "  if  he  could  get 
into  Hamburg  for  two  hours,  he  would  not  leare  one  stone  on  another, 
and  would  atrip  the  inhabitants  of  everything  but  their  eyes  to  weep  over 
their  misery."  Misery  it  was  indeed.  St.  Just  said,  "Ccax  qui  font  les 
T^voltttlcnia  dans  le  monde,  ceus  qui  veulent  fiiire  le  bien,  ne  doirent 
donnir  que  dans  le  tombcau."  It  was  for  a  higiier  cause  than  to  effect  a 
i-eTolntion  that  Perthes  devoted  himself.  "  For  twenty-one  nights,"  writes 
hia  wife,  " he  has  not  been  to  bed  or  changed  his  clothes.  All  day  I  nas 
in  fear  for  his  safely,  and  he  could  only  come  in  now  and  then  for  half-an- 
boor  at «  time.  Not  a  man  was  left  in  the  house,  all  were  under  arms, 
bat  people  were  continually  coming  and  going,  ashing  for  anything  to  eat 
or  to  drink,  for  no  one  that  we  knew  had  yet  begun  to  keep  house  again 
in  the  town.  In  the  large  room,  I  had  a  number  of  mattresses  spread, 
where  many  of  our  weary  townsmen  might  lie  down.  One  of  our  friends, 
•nd  many  whom  we  knew,  were  killed  on  the  ramparts.  But  the  French 
were  daily  reinforced,  and  no  town  can  hold  out  long  unassisted."  "  Day 
and  night  I  passed  on  the  balcony,"  she  writes  again,  "  watching  to  see  if 
my  hosband  or  any  of  my  family  or  fHends  were  among  the  wounded  who 
were  cnrried  to  the  hospital."  At  hist — and  it  was  only  at  the  very  lost 
—the  family  of  Perthes  escaped  to  Wandsheek,  which  was  on  Danish 
ground.  This  waa  on  the  night  of  the  28th  of  May  :  on  the  SOth  the 
Ihuanans  retired,  and  Hamburg  was  again  at  the  mercy  of  the  French. 
In  the  night  Pertbea  joined  bis  wife  and  children  for  a  moment,  Wnnd- 
■heek  was  too  near  to  be  safe  for  one  who  hud  been  so  prominent  among 
the  defenders  of  the  city,  or  even  to  be  sufficiently  secure  for  his  fiimily. 
They  must  puA  on  to  Nutachau,  and  put  themselves  under  the  protection 
of  Count  Moltke,  and  lie  must  go  further  off  still.  There  waa  no 
time  to  hesitate,  or  even  to  prepare ;  they  set  out  in  a  country 
cart,  and  reached  the  place  before  morning.  "  There  were  ten  of  us, 
and  two  beds,  so  I  pprcad  clonks  on  bundles  of  linen  for  the  children 
to  lie  on ; "  but  even  there  they  could  not  stay,  so  active  was  the 
search  for  Perthes,  and  they  went  on  info  what  has  latfly  been  the 
scene  of  the  war  between  Prussia  and  Denmark,  to  Eckemfiirde,  where 
Count  Caius  Revontlow  could  give  them  a  little  deserted  cottage  by 
the  Boa-wde.  Perthes  liad  succeeded  in  carrying  off  from  Hamburg 
hia  account-books,  and  he  sat  down  to  examine  them  resolutely,  to  see 
what  wer«  hia  prospects  and  what  were  his  means.  Everything  was  lost : 
the  house  of  business  and  all  his  property  were  sequestered;  hiadwelHng- 
houae  waa  stripped  of  its  contents  and  inhabited  by  a  French  general; 
he  had  no  ready  money.  Comfort  there  waa  none  ;  consolation  he  might 
tiJce  from  the  expressions  of  esteem  and  confidence  he  received  from  one 
tad  all  ot  hii  creditom,  and  from  many  eminent  men,  his  friends.     How 


G80         A  GEIUU»  LiyB  BKFOBK  THK  rEACE  OF  ISlG. 

(])•  r«ufiil  ordMl  bod  liliiTCd  Uio  dtptU  of  tlfi  German  wonaa'a  am\ 
mvf  be  Men  in  her  jmuA  rejoicing  that  ber  liaaband  nas  excluded  faa 
ibe  genenl  ftmneaty  tbitt  tho  Frencli  proclumed  od  rf^-unlcrinr;  llamliwg. 
"  I  am  tlimlcful  from  lite  bollom  of  my  h^ait,"  she  vritcs  to  her  hotlMid, 
wbo  IiJid  ulen  refuge  in  Mecklenburg,  "  Uiat  }^our  name  is  toaai  aauo; 
tkoM  of  tlie  cQciniea  of  tbc  ruUog  powin-.  It  irill  be  our  pride  sed  rar 
iMppUMM  Its  long  u  we  live."  Tbeir  lifu  at  Eekcnifcirdit  TW{alr«d  die 
coQSolntion  of  llicse  generous  fceliDgik 

"  The  h«D»o  con>Ut«d  of  a  room  nnd  flotno  l«n*.  Except  tbc  Suma 
who  lived  Itaid  bjr,  tb«ro  was  not  a  muI  fur  miln  round,  and  with  sll  bi 
good  will,  he  bail  Iitt:nil1y  nrt  the  meuis  of  giving  (u  nioru  than  wok 
Ktid  butler.  Bread,  nil,  aoap,  mid  oil,  and  mob  things  bad  to  b«  fttdel 
(kom  tliree  miles  off,  and  this  was  the  tailc  of  ray  aister  and  the  two  <4dnl 
childn.-n.  For  eighteen  wccka  vtd  saw  neither  meat  nor  while  bnodt 
lL«  go-calli'd  kilcll{^n  was  ouuids  the  hooeo;  it  was  supplied  with  four 
copper  nucepans  and  a  tin  ont^,  n  few  plateH,  and  thnt  was  all.  I  had  und 
•omc  spocQx  i  wc  bought  koivct  and  forki  ;  but  we  wer«  licb  in  conpari- 
Bon  with  inany  of  our  (riends,  for  at  ail  erents  we  bad  &  hnndnsd  limfl 
more  tlinn  nothing."  ?'he  one  room  alluded  to  hadin  it  twelve  windon 
opening  do\Tn  to  tli€  ground,  and  theM  in  a  house  by  tJie  aea-«dtt  dn^ 
a  wl  Riimnivr  n«re  anything  but  wholMoiiie,  cauning  constant 
bcth  to  tliv  children  and  their  isulht-r  ;  nliiU',  tliougb  there  nasa{ 
naturcd  horac-doctor  at  Eckemfdrde,  there  wsa  no  better  advic«  novrr 
llinn  Kiel.  The  Itercntlawa  and  Ilallberj^a  were  constdiit  in  ibcirkiod* 
neiB,  but  it  was  n  fearful  time.  lA-ttci*  from  Perthes  rcachod  ber  irre- 
gularly, »hilc  nimoari,  exaggerated  and  confuted,  of  his  danger  i 
through  othem,  JIc  dared  not  cxposo  her  to  the  rial,  of  coming  to  i 
he  could  not  go  to  her.  But  tlio  political  horizon  waa  cloai-ing, : 
cninc  out  plainer,  too,  in  ibu  foreground,  if  the  middle  dialanco 
indistinct.  On  the  ChriMmai  cveoiiig  of  1^13  be  en Jdealy  appcMivl  In 
the  family  circle,  but  only  for  a  very  few  days,  for  on  him  had  devolved 
tho  duty  of  dlstiibuling  the  sums  cJ*  money  sent  from  all  parta  to  rvErn 
the  distrosE  of  Uiobq  who  had  been  (Itivgd  out  of  Hamburg.  The  cMMt- 
qoencca  of  war  were  bcccmiiig  more  ketuly  felt  as  ilH  exeitenenti 
lencniog;  posts  were  irreg;u)ai-  and  iut<nuptcd — be  waa  but  a  few ' 
froin  Hamburg,  and  could  get  no  iicwk  uf  liix  wife  who  was  at  Kiel.  !T> 
became  alarmed,  and  succeeded  in  reaching  her.  "  You  are  nil  VcU  f 
waa  bia  liret  question — but  one  Uttle  one  woa  lying  dead,  and  the  Icttcnl* 
warn  bim  of  iis  illnen  and  tell  Uim  of  its  death  were  lost.  A  sue 
from  the  nuwiaa  liead-ijuorteis  to  a  coufcrviicc  about  the  liigitiTa 
Hamburg  interrupted  his  passicnalc  grief.  "In  times  like  these,  and  fcr 
such  a  purpose,  you  must  ohcy  the  call,"  «aid  his  brave  wife ;— and  qiis 
ho  VM  plungi-d  iuto  tho  niidnt  of  all  tbb  niistiry,  poverty,  and  iever  caaul 
by  the  occuj  jilion  of  the  country  by  foreign  troops.  Am  aceidont  fol- 
lowed by  an  attack  oftlic  ferer  brought  him  to  ihc  verge  of  tJie  gr^fr^  sod 
before  h«  recorered  thoFieneh  were  gone.  From  Blankenesc,  when  he  by 
recevering,  he  «aw  the  white  fhigx  fly  out  from  the  towers  tod  atcejlei  of 


A  GERMAN  LIFE  BEFORE  THE  PEACE  OF  1815.  681 

the  city,  but  he  saw,  too,  the  returning  exiles  land  from  the  boats  at  the 
mouth  of  the  Elbe  :  groups  of  worn  parents  dragging  along  many  children 
who  gathered  twigs  off  the  first  bushes  thej  came  to  as  if  taking  poafwssion 
of  their  country  again ;  carriage-loads  of  little  children,  whose  parents  had 
died  in  the  hospitals  at  Bremen  ;  exiles  returning  from  Hanover,  "  many 
people  and  no  baggage," — but  they  were  going  back  to  their  homes. 

On  the  31fit  of  May,  1814,  Perthes  entered  Hamburg  with  the 
troops.  What  a  year  had  passed  since  he  had  escaped  with  liis 
family  in  May  of  the  previous  year  ! — "  a  weary  and  tumultuous  space." 
But  he  had  finished  his  duty  as  a  soldii:r,  and  now  he  resolved  to  resume 
his  business,  and  bis  place  among  men  of  letters.  "  I  can  rejoice,  I 
can  forgive,  I  can  forget  all  but  my  lost  child,"  wrote  his  wife,  "  but 
there  are  hard  times  still  before  us,"  Before  the  quiet  life  could  be 
resumed,  before  they  could  "  live  a  year  as  they  were  wont  to  live," 
there  was  much  to  be  gone  through  of  mental  anxiety,  and  much  of 
bodily  toil.  Tlie  liouse  was  standing,  and  that  was  about  all  that  could 
be  said  fur  it ;  there  was  not  a  corner  in  it  fit  to  sit  down  in,  the  floors 
were  a  foot  deep  in  filih,  the  lower  story  had  been  used  as  a  guard-room. 
A  stove  being  in  the  middle  of  the  large  hall,  and  the  soldiers  disinclined 
to  take  tlie  trouble  of  constantly  feeding  it,  had  hit  on  the  expedient  of 
pushing  trnnks  of  trees  through  the  windows,  so  that  one  end  reached  the 
fire,  and  as  it  was  consumed  they  could  shore  it  further  and  further  in! 
We  bare  heard  of  an  indolent  Asiatic  doing  this  to  save  the  trouble  of 
chopping  wood,  but  it  was  new  to  us  as  a  European  practice.  Every  bit  of 
wood- work  had  been  torn  down,  every  morsel  of  furniture  was  gone,  and  if 
the  want  of  money  precluded  any  but  the  most  necessary  expenditure,  the 
aspect  of  the  greater  poverty  pressing  on  all  around  reduced  even  this  to 
the  lowest  possible  limit.  Still,  by  the  next  year  they  were  able  to  receive 
Claudius  into  their  house,  and  to  surround  bis  bed  with  comfort  when  the 
old  man  lay  down  in  his  daughter's  home  to  die.  It  was  then  he  said, 
"  Since  my  youth  I  have  specuUted  on  tliese  last  hours,  and  I  no  more 
understand  them  now  than  I  did  when  I  was  in  the  fulness  of  health." 

Life  in  Hamburg  ceaged  to  be  eventful;  "happy"  indeed  they  could 
feel  was  "  the  nation  without  a  history."  The  family  resumed  its  quiet 
round  of  daily  life,  tliough  Perthes  had  oflen  to  take  what  were  then 
long  Journeys  on  matters  of  business — making  acquaintance  with  all  the 
great  men  who  in  various  parts  of  Germany  had  been  working  fur  the 
cause  of  national  freedom.  His  memoirs,  as  written  by  his  son,  are  full 
of  interest,  and  we  cannot  but  join  iu  his  ejaculation,  "May  God  send  us 
many  more  such  men  as  Frederick  Perthes  I "  To  those  in  England, 
who  beheve  as  many  do,  that  "  all  Germans  are  Kationalista,"  we  cannot 
do  better  than  show  them  lor  their  enlightenment  the  conversations  of 
Perthes  with  Hoffhauer,  Protestant  and  Catholic  as  they  were,  or  his 
letters  to  his  wife,  and  her  rejoinders  as  he  was  passing  from  Protestant  to 
CathoUc  states.  For  those  who  think  it  beneath  an  Intellectual  woman's 
dignity  to  love  her  husband  and  children  devotedly,  and  make  no  secret 
of  it,  there  are  lettere  overflowing  with  tendemcas.    Fot  \\vtj*<i -w\\o  'CwsJt. 


A  QtKUAS  UFli  BEfORK  THK  !'BACh  OP  1615. 

R  Btrong-miodi^  woman  tmut  nut  coinpnnntM  ber  eoiutatefuy  !■; 
ntundhig  to  triili-a.  t1i«ra  i*  to  be  accn  in  OKrolioe  Perthes  ft  tmaa 
irko  tteniblwl  onljr  with  h«irt-Bi^ncM  «t  tite  mwni  rf  ibe  bombaHnai 
of  th«  toiTO  th«  wss  living  in,  who  eoulil  mt?r  MrnoMly  intti  herlni*- 
band's  poiiUeaJ  uptntions,  ntd  «till  oould  write  to  her  married  dragbltti 
**I>ftni,  ny  dear  haaaewifp,  tn  find  plcasan  in  jova  daitf  fife;  groil 
events  arc  tBrc"  And  t\ie  could  wril«  with  glee  of  the  packEnj;  tic  bcu 
uf  Chiistum  prcwnu  for  vid  from  one  and  all,  and  i-ccnll  the  Chi-iilmw- 
tree  of  a  qniirtoT  of  a  oenlur^r  (Mford. 

Tbe  bonaehold  wc  have  ibIlAWol  from  peace  lo  var,  imd  bode  i^iio  to 
peace,  u  one  of  the  manj  ihonsnnda  Hint  Bnf&rml  a*  tntich,  trllfana 
kktorians  to  tell  llic  tido ;  and  now,  white  ne  irriie  thin,  the  ihoaght  u 
atroog  within  lu  tliat  ail  this  may  be  aprnin,  not  at  some  distant  sail 
■tnngo  time,  but  iDdoiit,  nlmcM  wtihin  Ihv  ho<iir.  And  this  time  th«  half 
that  will  diTToWaU-,  tli«  cntmon  that  will  ikstroy,  the  commniiders  tluit  wiH 
dirNi  llie  ruin,  and  th«  women  who  will  wtep  in  vietory  iwd  in  dcfttfi 
will  nil  bo  GerinAn.  We  cannot  oontvmjJUe  tliis  cvont  willi  lh«  enttn 
Mlf-silisracttDQ  of  thoac  Tiublic  writcrx  who  ec«  no  solutioQ  Ibr  the  problem 
but  iu  a  ]inros)-un  of  nalional  mndne-at,  and  nn  coiitinuully  ihnnVfiil  ifaU 
they  am  not  «vi-n  iia  the  (jerB-.angL  'Hie  rata.<itiT^]>lic  rn  us  is  too  inleian, 
and  our  conviction  tfasi  Ute  beet  (formans  coiitv«npla1o  their  own  pMliM 
with  «yv9  at  lenst  as  ditar  aa  oiire,  too  rinccre,  lor  ua  to  mn  en  dm 
hypollicna.  It  maybe  that  Iho  rery  Tirhm  to  which  we  Iinredrtvn 
altmtioft  in  these  [Mges  a»  not  wiibont  tli«1r  Atire  in  bringing  nbont  lUt 
political  oomplication.  Tho  *' plain  lirine  ntid  high  thinking"  which 
Wordawerth monraod  orer  m  "no mow"  in  (^iiglnnd,and  whidi  express 
81  irill  as  words  can  do  the  ideal  of  German  domoatie  lift*,  mny  ban  had 
the  duadraatage  of  Icaring  the  active  diroctioii  of  grant  alliun  ton  mndi 
in  (he  hands  of  nmerupuloua  men,  who  know  how  lo  lnk«  adrantajc  of 
the  imlincts  and  ospirat^oni  of  the  people  and  lo  tuw  ibcm  (at  mibk 
and  dytuLclJc  objccta.  The  iatoiuity  of  tbe  feeling  ajiiiinitt  tlic  Pmnin 
UliiiiMer  and  bin  policy  on  the  part  of  tlio  lending  momlwra  of  ih*  0]i{Msi- 
tion  is  no  growtlt  of  ordicmry  pnliticnl  ilid'itencc  or  ancini  anlntadty,  bat 
it  eotaes  from  tlio  settled  belief  that  ho  it  provoking  ciTil  war  without 
any  orerpowcrinj;  nroi-Hity  of  principlu  or  duty.  The  iiltinRite  objnti 
lo  which  both  ho  nnd  tlie  I'msttiin  nation  IooIe  may  be  the  mai^  bv  llic 
norel  lens  through  wliidi  they  are  setfn  by  bJm  is  totally  distinet  H«n 
llifiiii,  atid  ihcrvfure  ihry  ilioroufflily  dimpprove  of  hit*  mrnn!  of  aliaitnlif 
thvin.  t^u<'h  cliantctera  »*  are  poHraj-ed  in  the  volume  to  whidi  we  hate 
dianu  Btlcntion,  and  whidi  Mill  griioe  the  towni  of  Northern  Gvnniinr, 
though  inti-nn-Iy  nnlioniJ,  and  rcmly  ftr  any  patriotic  Micrtfien,  ksn 
Duthing  in  common  with  (be  nggieniTA,  almMt  Glibiuiering  *pinl,  whJdi 
pcrrodca  ccriiun  ctauri,  and  which  threatens  oonfmdon  to  Ktiiopp,  ud 
diaa»(ipr  not  only  to  tltdr  domcwic  Ufe  and  nilEi-joid  iMcrwIs,  bnt,  il  mtj 
be,  to  the  iou-grity  of  their  rattion. 


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I  ^^^  HE  cnb  -wftH  wniling  itt  th«  £al«l 
US  MtsH  Gwilt  aiTproMliMl  llio 
f^nnatorium.  Mr.  Bfui)iwcio<l  gnt 
CTU  nnd  n(ivim«d  to  meet  her. 
She  took  hia  nnu  xnd  l«d  him 
N.       raiclo  V  fc^v  Ktcpv,  out  of  tho  cab- 

tnmi'ft  bmring. 
-    -        "  Tliiiik  wliat  you  like  of  me," 
«lie  Kiiti,  kcw^ping  liw  tliieic  bUdc 
Tiril  dowti  over  her   Inoe— "but 
(iou'tiipwik  tome  to-night.    Dmc 
1  i.-k  to  ytmi-  hot*'!  im  if  nothing 
R-^  Lj)<1    liiiiipeiioil.     Meet    ilin  tidiii 
Iniin  lo-uiDtTDw  na  usual  ;  luiii 
come    to    me    after wanlfl    nt    tlie 
Sunatoiium.    Go  without  a  trord, 
And  I  Khali  believe  there  in  Mie  - 
wan  in  die  fforld  wlio  realljr  Iotm 
nic.     St»j  Mid  Bsk  qtuBtionfl,  and 
I  shall  bid  you  good-by  al  vacv  !iud  /It  cvi>r !  " 

She  pointed  to  the  ci)b.  In  n  ntinnM  tnorc  it  had  le(i  tlie  Sanatorium 
and  waa  biking  Mr.  Du8bvro;><l  back  to  his  hotcli 

Sbo  fljioncHl  t]i<!  ii-iiii  g*to  and  wnlkcd  ulanly  up  to  the  lioueo  door.  A 
afatidder  ran  lliroiigii  iier  n-i  the  rang  tlie  Ih--II.  She  laughed  bitd-rLy. 
"  Shircring  aghio  I"  she  raid  to  herself  "Whovonld  faaTe  thought  I 
had  so  much  fi-eliBg  leA  iu  me  ? " 

f  oroncc  in  bia  lil'u  the  doctor's  face  told  the  truth,  wkcft  the  study 
door  opened  l)et«cn  ten  nnd  elcrini  at  night,  and  Min  Gwilt  entered  the 
room. 

"  Skrcy  on  ni« ! ''  b«  cxdnimed,  with  a  look  of  the  blankest  bciriMer- 
tnant,  *'  what  don  this  inenn  ?" 

'*  It  uiMins,''  ttlic  niiatrerL-d,  "that  I  liare  deci^led  1o*n1gli(  imttldof 
deciding  to-morrow,    Vou,  who  know  wotncit  so  well,  onghl  to  know  that 


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tlicy  set  on  inipulflo.     1  am  hero  on  an  impulife.    Take  me  or  knra  bh', 
jaat  as  you  like," 

"Tnko  yfiU  or  Icivc  yen?"  rr-pcaU-d  tlto  doclor,  rocOTering  his  pre- 
seDce  of  mind.  "  My  dear  luily,  wluil  n  (IiT:iilful  vny  of  putting  it  I  Youi 
toom  hIiaII  b«  ^t  ready  instADtly  !  WJicrc  in  your  luggage  7  WUl  ywi 
let  tnc  send  for  it?  No  .*  Vot]  can  do  -without  your  luggage  lo-uight? 
AVhat  ndmirahle  fortitude  I  You  vil[  fetch  it  yourself  lo-morroir *  What 
exlrftoi'dinary  independence!  Vo  take  off  jour  boni]«C  Do  <b«w  in  lo 
lilts  fire !     "Whiit  cnn  I  offer  you  ?" 

" OfTLr  Dii:  tlio  utrongtst  dirjiing-draught  joit  ercr  mndv  in  jour  tili!|* 
kIio  rqilii'd.  "And  Itvre  me  clone  tiJl  thn  time  coint>ii  to  tuke  it.  1  iQiiII 
be  your  puticnt  in  eameil  V  the  adJcd  fiercely  as  tlie  doctor  attempted  to 
rciHonatmlc.  "I  shnll  I>o  the  maddest  of  llio  mail  if  you  irritate  uic 
lo-r.ighl!" 

'I'hc  PrincifAl  of  tlie  Sanatorium  bccnuic  gravely  aud  bridly  proves- 
n<tnaJ  in  an  instant. 

"  Sit  down  in  iJiat  dark  corner,"  lie  said.  "  Nut  a  itoul  aliall  dhliirh 
yoD.  In  half  on  hour  you  will  Bud  your  room  n-udy,  and  your  alecpag- 
drniight  on  tliu  table,  li'a  bc«n  n,  liimlcr  struggle  for  her  than  I  antid- 
fdU^d,"  he  ttioti^Kt,  a.<>  he  lefl  tlie  room,  and  croitsoil  to  his  Dupenaaiy  on 
the  opposite  aid«  of  the  hall.  "  Clood  heaTcns,  whiit  husionfltas  the  with 
a  cunsciencp,  after  such  a  iir«  .is  hers  has  bei-n  t " 

'flic  Dispensary  vma  elaborately  licltil  up  wiih  all  the  )ntcst  imprare* 
ntcnts  in  mHicnl  runiitum.  Rut  oncuj'  the  four  walla  of  the  roooiwu 
luioccnpied  by  slictvL-a,  and  here  die  vacant  Kjmcc  wax  filled  by  a  battdaoaic 
iutli(]u«  cabinet  of  carved  wood,  ciirioiuly  out  of  Lurmony,  aa  nn  object, 
VJtb  the  unomiLmenml  utilitarian  anpocl  of  the  place  gen«mllr  Oa 
dthcr  tide;  of  the  ctibinut  two  B[it.'flkiiig-tubca  were  inserted  in  tbe  wall, 
commnnicntini;  with  tbe  upper  rrgioni  «f  the  houM,  and  Itibclkd  napra* 
tiv«ly,  "  IU«iilunt  TliDpam-r,"  nnd  **  IK-ad  Nursf."  Lito  Uvs  mieaai  of 
these  tubca  the  doctor  apokC)  oa  entering  the  room.  An  elderly  woman 
aiipenred,  took  her  orders  for  preparing  Mra,  Aimadolo's  bed-ehambC) 
curLteyed,  and  retired. 

LvA  alone  tig*in  in  the  Dispensary,  tbe  doctor  iinlocVcd  tlic  centre 
oomparlmtnt  of  lliu  cabinet,  and  disulcwcd  a  collection  of  boltlea  imlds^ 
conlaiaing  th«  \jirioii8  poisons  uacd  in  mtrdicine.  After  taking  oat  the 
laudanntn  wnttlod  for  the  si oopin^- draught,  and  placing  it  <<n  lb«  diapes- 
aary-litblo,  lie  wnnl  hack  to  ibe  cabinet — lookn]  into  it  for  a  )iiil«  while— 
ebtiok  hii  head  duublfuliy — and  crosncd  to  the  open  hhelvcH  on  the  opp»* 
ailo  side  of  iho  room.  Here,  after  more  conHidenition,  be  took  down  oa* 
out  of  the  row  of  krgc  chcniioil  hottbi  iK-forc  him,  filled  with  a  yellow 
liquid:  plox'ing  the  Lolllc  on  lli«  tuMc,  he  ivtunied,  to  the  cabinet,  «mI 
opened  n  sldr  c(>m|iartnient,  containing  some  Epccimenx  of  Bobemiaa  gfaus- 
work.  Aflor  nic^ienrinfr  it  with  his  eye,  he  took  from  the  apecitnensa 
handaome  purpio  ilaek,  high  a>td  nnrraw  in  form,  and  closed  by  a  gkus 
etoitpcr.     'i'bit  he  GUcd  with  the  yellow  liqiii^l,  kaviug  a  sniall  ijuantity 


ARMADALE.  685 

only  at  the  bottom  of  tlie  bottle,  and  locking  up  the  flask  again  in  thu 
place  from  which  he  had  taken  it.  The  bottle  was  next  restored  to  ita 
place,  after  having  been  filled  up  with  water  from  the  cistern  in  the  Dis- 
penaary,  mixed  with  certain  chemical  liquids  in  small  quantities,  whiuh 
restored  it  (ao  far  as  appearances  went)  to  the  condition  in  which  it  bad 
been  when  it  was  first  removed  from  the  shelf.  Having  completed  these 
mysIeriouB  proceedings,  the  doctor  laughed  softly,  and  went  back  to  his 
Bpeaking- tubes  to  summon  the  Resident  Dispenser  next. 

The  Resident  Dispenser  made  his  appearance  shrouded  in  the  neces- 
■ary  white  apron  from  his  waist  to  his  fi-et.  The  doctor  solemnly  wrote  a 
prescription  for  a  composing  draught,  and  handed  it  to  his  assistant. 

"Wanted  immediately,  Benjamin,"  he  &.iid,  in  a  soft  and  melancholy 
Toioe.  "  A  lady-patient — Mrs.  Armadale,  Boom  Number-one,  Second- 
floor.  Ah,  dear,  dear  1"  groaned  the  doctor  absently;  "an  anxious  cose, 
Benjamin — an  anxious  case."  He  opened  the  bran-new  ledger  of  the 
CBtablishment,  and  entered  the  Case  at  full  length,  with  a  brief  abstract 
of  the  prescription.  "  Have  you  done  with  the  laudanum  7  Put  it  back, 
and  lock  the  cabinet,  and  give  me  the  key.  Is  the  draught  ready  7  Lnbcl 
it '  to  be  taken  at  bed-time,'  and  give  it  to  the  nurse,  Benjamin — give  it 
to  the  nurse." 

While  the  doctor's  lipa  were  isnuing  these  directions,  the  doctor's 
hands  were  occupied  in  opening  a  drawer  under  the  desk  on  which 
the  ledger  was  placed.  He  took  out  some  gaily-printed  cords  of  atltuia- 
Bioa  "  to  view  the  Sanatorium,  between  the  hours  of  two  and  four,  p.m.," 
and  filled  them  up  with  the  date  of  the  next  day,  "  December 
tenth."  When  a  dozen  of  the  cards  had  been  wrapped  up  in  a  dozen 
lithographed  letters  of  invitation,  and  enclosed  in  a  dozen  envelopes,  he 
next  consulted  a  list  of  the  families  resident  in  the  neighbourhood,  and 
directed  the  envelopes  from  the  list.  Ringing  a  bell  this  time,  instead  of 
q>eaking  through  a  tube,  he  summoned  the  man-servant,  and  gave  him 
the  letters,  to  be  delivered  by  band  the  first  thing  the  next  morning.  *'  I 
think  it  will  do,"  said  the  doctor,  taking  a  turn  in  the  Dispensary  when 
the  servant  had  gone  out;  "I  think  it  will  r'o."  While  he  was  stiil 
abcorbed  in  his  own  reflections,  the  nurse  re-appeared  to  announce  that 
the  lady's  room  was  ready  ;  and  the  doctor  thereupon  formally  returned 
to  the  study  to  communicate  the  information  to  Miss  Ciwilt. 

She  had  not  moved  since  he  left  her.  Slie  rose  from  her  dark  corner 
when  he  made  his  announcement,  and,  without  speaking  or  raising  her 
Teil,  glided  out  of  the  room  like  a  ghost. 

After  a  brief  interval,  the  nurse  came  downstairs  again,  with  a  word 
for  her  master's  private  ear.  V 

"  The  lady  has  ordered  me  to  call  her  to-morrow  at  seven  o'clock, 
ur,"  she  said.  "  She  means  to  fetch  her  luggage  herself,  and  she  w.inls  to 
faave  a  cab  at  the  door  as  soon  as  she  is  dressed.     What  am  I  to  do  7  " 

*'  Do  what  the  lady  tells  you,"  said  the  doctor.  *'  She  may  be  safely 
tnuted  to  return  to  the  Sanatorium." 


AimADJlIX 


Tbe  lirealtbat  bOlU  at  the  SonsU 


trns  liair-p.iAt  eit>lit  o'ckt^i 


Tbe  dooMr  ««  qrilt 


.tvniim 
Ity  tlint  liiiio  MIm  G«ih  hnd  MtUed  cvci^thmg 
rclurnod  wiili  Iter  liiggagR  tii  her  oirn  poaenioi). 
atoRMvI  at  Ibo  promptilDde  of  his  pnticnt. 

"  Why  ynMc  m  mnch  cntrgv  f "  ho  ii$ke<d,  vliim  UiP)'  mi-t  «t  tha  1maii> 
fiut-tal>k.  "  Wliy  he  in  sucli  k  hurry,  my  denr  lady,  wli«li  jaa  fcfed  iH 
tbit  monuDg  bcfoni  you  f " 

"  Mero  mtlcMiMM)  "  ulic  im><I,  l>ripny.  •'  The  longer  I  lit*,  Uw  men 
ImiNilinit  I  gnU"' 

Tbc  dwtor,  who  hnJ  noUocJ  before  she  Pi*l(e  iKat  bw  foee  ksW 
Rtniiigoly  pxin  And  old  that  momtiig,  oli»rTed  irbra  alie  answned  hin 
ihat  her  ex|ireasioti — trntonilly  tDo\>iIe  in  no  otdidary  degree — naiiaci 
quiU)  nualterpd  fay  tiw  «9oit  of  sfi^ftkl^ig.  Th«ra  wm  none  of  ths  nml 
•nimilioin  en  hpr  }![«,  nniie  of  itic  nsiul  tcmiter  in  her  eyCM.  n«  M 
Dcvor  Mcu  hvT  R>  ioipenctroMy  aM  caMly  cotnpotcJ  A*  he  mw  ber  now. 
"  She  han  made  up  lier  mind  ■!  inst,"  he  ihoneht  "  I  ttuy  My  tn  bir 
Uiia  tnoraing,  what  I  couldn't  my  to  hi:r  bit  night." 

IIo  jitrfiiod  Ills  coining  Tvninrki  hy  a  waniing  look  at  hn  widov'f 
drm. 

"  Now  you  have  gvt  your  luggage,"  Lc  Wgan  graydjr,  "  pcrmil  me  Id  ^ 
iniggi'at  putting  that  cap  away,  and  weai-ing  aaotlicr  gown."  I 

"  vn>y  ?  " 

"Do  you  rcuiemher  wbatjou  toU  me,  n  d*y  or  two  since  T"  bJwJO* 
(loctor.  "  Yoii  suid  there  was  a  chance  of  Mr.  Arnixd-ilo'fl  dying  in  aif 
Sanatorium  ? " 

"  I  will  Eflj  it  afaifl,  if  yon  lilt*.'* 

*' Anions  Hiilikcly  cluneo,"  pursued  tho  tloctor,  drnf  as  ptdt  Id 
Kwkvinrd  inlui riiplioi:t!i,  "  it  in  h.-irdly  posaihle  to  imn^nc  1     Batu 
na  it  IS  a  chance  at  nil,  it  is  worth  considering.     Hny  then  Ihnt  In:  lEd^- 
dica  Kiiddtoty  and  iinexpTCttOly,  and  maVes  a  Coioom-'b  Tnqunit 
iutljc  hoiLsc.     W'htkt  is  our  course  in  t1i»tcas«f    Our  course  is  to] 
Ui(icli;irfK:ti>ra  to  whicli  w<!  hnve  C(^>nt»iittcd  ourselves — ^j*ou  aa  hto  wHe*- 
and  I  Its  Uie  wilnvSH  vt  your  inarri:igc— nnd,  in  those  charactert,  to  cMil 
the  fallMt  in^jniry.    In  the  entirely  improt>fthl«erent  of  hia  dyinj 
we  want  him  to  die,  ray  idea — I  might  eren  say.  my  rr7:olDttoa— H 
admit  th.it  we  knew  cf'liis  rrnitrTection  from  the  sea  ;  nnd  to 
l}i&t  we  iiiittrnctctl  Mr.  Itn'hwood  to  oiilmp  him  into  this  houw,  by  9^^ 
ofa  IJilw  MHtetnt-nl  hIkiui  Mi«s  Milroy.     When  the  inerimble  qnwlim 
fullow,  I  profKiHc  to  n)7^'irt  lhat  he  exhibited  KyniplomaornirutatalwsalM' 
ihortly  alWr  your  maniage — that  his  delusion  cooaifiiotl  in  dcoyi(i(  >^ 
you  WLTc  his  wifk?,  and  in  declaring  lliAl  he  vroa  en^^nl  tu  1w  manWl* 
Jii'iM  itilroy — tiiftt  you  were  in  mich  terror  of  him  on  thia  acconst,  »*•* 
you  heard  ho  was  aliro  and  romiitg  back,  as  lo  h«  in  a  Mnte  ef  drtms 
agitation  thnt  rcquirt-d  my  c»tc — that  at  your  re(]i»Ml,  nnd  to  eahn  iW 
ucrrons  agitation,  I  saw  him  pnfeaianalty,  and  got  hirn  quivilr  bto  tte 
bouse  by  a  humounng  ofhia  dtliision  perfectly  jtutifinlde  in  encbat 


tert,  to  cMil  ^ 
ingJBrt*1r*fl 
!ottoB-h,«M 


J 


ARMADALE.  687 

and  laatly,  that  I  can  certify  bis  bralo  to  bave  been  affected  hj  one  of  those 
mysterious  disorders,  eminently  incurable,  eminently  fatal,  in  relation  to 
which  medical  science  is  still  in  the  dark.  Such  a  course  as  this  (in  the 
remotely  possible  event  which  wc  are  now  supposing)  would  be,  in  your 
interests  and  mine,  unquestionably  the  right  course  to  take — and  such  a 
dress  aa  that  is,  just  as  certainly,  tmder  existing  circumstances,  the  wrong 
drcfls  to  wear." 

"  Shall  I  take  it  off  at  once  7  "  she  asked,  rising  from  the  breakfast- 
table,  without  a  word  of  remark  on  what  had  just  been  said  to  her. 

"Any  time  before  two  o'clock  to-day,  will  do,"  said  the  doctor. 

She  looked  at  him,  with  n  languid  curioaly — nothing  more.  "  Why 
before  two?  "  she  inquired. 

"  Because  this  is  one  of  my  '  Visitors'  Days.'  And  tlie  Visitors'  time 
ia  from  two  to  fonr." 

*'  What  haye  I  to  do  with  your  Tisitorsf  " 

"  Simply  this,  I  think  it  important  that  perfectly  respectable  and 
perfectly  diGintcrested  witnesses  should  sec  you,  in  my  house,  in  the 
character  of  a  lady  who  has  come  to  consult  me." 

"  Your  motive  seems  rather  far-fetched.  Is  it  the  only  motive  you 
have  in  the  matter  ?  " 

"  Jfy  dear,  dear  lady  1 "  remonatratcd  the  doctor ;  "  have  I  any  conceal- 
ments from  JOB  ?     Surely,  you  ought  to  know  me  better  than  that  ?  " 

"  Yes,"  she  said,  with  a  weary  contempt.  "  It's  dull  enongh  of  me  not 
to  understand  you  by  this  time, — Send  word  upstairs,  when  I  am  wanted." 
She  left  him,  and  went  back  to  her  room. 

Two  o'clock  came ;  and  in  a  quarler  of  an  hour  afterwards  the 
Visitors  had  arrived.  Short  as  the  notice  had  been,  cheerless  as  the 
Sanatorium  looked  to  spectators  from  without,  the  doctor's  invitations 
had  been  largely  accepted  nevertheless  by  the  female  members  of  the 
families  whom  he  had  addressed.  In  the  miserable  monotony  of  the 
lives  led  by  a  lai^e  section  of  the  middle  clashes  of  England,  anything 
is  welcome  to  the  women  which  ofFcis  them  any  sort  of  harmle»i  refuge 
from  the  established  tyranny  of  the  principle  that  all  human  happinrss 
begins  and  cuds  at  home.  While  the  imperious  needs  of  a  commercial 
country  limited  the  rcpreiicntativcs  of  the  mule  sex,  among  th?  doctor's 
visitors,  to  one  feeble  old  man  and  one  sleepy  little  boy,  the  women, 
poor  souls,  to  the  number  of  no  less  than  sixteen — old  and  young,  mar- 
ried and  singlo— had  seized  the  golden  opportunity  of  a  plunge  into  public 
life.  Harmoniously  united  by  the  two  common  objects  which  they  all 
had  in  view — in  the  first  place,  to  look  at  each  other,  and  in  the  second 
place,  to  look  at  the  Sanatorium — they  streamed  in  neatly  dressed  pro- 
cession through  the  doctor's  dreary  iron  gates,  with  n  thin  varnish  over 
them  of  assumed  snperionty  to  all  unlady-ltke  excitement,  most  significant 
and  most  pitiable  to  see  I 

Tiie  proprietor  of  the  Sanatorinm  received  his  visitors  in  the  ball  with 


A  KM  A  DALE. 


2IiisGw'ill  oil  hisann.     Tliv  liunj^t^-  cjres  tif  every  ttoiuaU  in  clic caittpuiTl 
oviu'lociked  tbe  doclor  :ib  if  no  snch  persbti  liHd  vxUled;  nnd,  flxiAgMtlM 
Btiange  lady,  dcvournl  Iivr  from  bead  to  ftiot  in  an  inslanl. 

"  My  Finn  Inmalo,"  taid  tlw  doctor,  prMcnling  Miaa  Gwilt.  "  Tlu 
iniy  only  arrived  liit«  lau  tiiglit;  And  ilie  lake*  Um  present  opportaniiy 
(tli«  only  one  my  morning 'a  engageiiii'iiba  bitvc  nlloweJ  mc  to  give  licr)  of 
going  over  tlie  Sanatoriutn. — Allow  mc,  tua'Ain,"  be  went  on,  nloaai^ 
Mioa  Gwilt,  and  giving  bis  arm  to  llie  eldest  Indy  among  ibt  vIitlDn. 
"Sbattcred  Dcrv««  —  dooiosttc  nnxivLy,"  li«  wUiapcreJ  cvn&dcnltallf. 
"  Sweet  wumnn  t  tad  caw  I "  IIu  sigliwl  sotily,  and  led  the  old  Uiif 
acniu  ibe  Imll. 

Tlieflrtkcfvitilortfollr-wed;  ^liasCwilt  3<;eonipanviugth«tii  in  ajleow, 
and  walking  iilonp— among  iliem,  but  not  of  thcra^tbe  laat  of  all. 

"  Tbv  ground*,  ladica  and  gciitlcmGn,"  said  tlitt  doctor,  wliftding  taml 
find  addn«iing  bid  nadii-ncp,  fhitu  tlie  foot  of  tbe  Hlaira,  *'  are,  aa  jroH  hatx 
Ktn,  in  a  juiniiiUy  utifinlrJied  condilioii.  Under  any  circunutanos, 
•liould  lay  little  atr«M  on  ibe  ground*,  having  llatotxitead  Ilcatb  »  mar 
hand,  and  carriagc'cxcrcixc  and  borse- exercise  b^u;  parts  of  my  Sji 
la  B  IcSKT  degree  It  is  also  necessary  for  me  to  aikyour  indulgence  brilit 
bnwment  floor,  on  wliicb  wo  now  stand.  Thi'  wiiiiinj^-room  and  aiady 
ibat  side,  aiid  ibe  Dis[K>usary  on  tlit'  oOicr  (to  wliicb  I  sluiU  presenllj  atk' 
jour  attention),  nrc  completed.  But  tltc  large  drawing-room  ia  Mill  in 
Itie  decorator's  band*.  lu  llint  room  (wbm  lliti  wnlls  are  dry— nfi  & 
tnomcut  liefurc)  my  itimati,^  vriU  nMeinble  for  cbcerful  society.  Kutliif 
will  be  spared  that  CAn  improvi.^,  «Ivvat«,  and  a<l«rn  life,  at  these 
Itlllc  gathcfriugK.  Every  evening,  for  exniiifk*,  tbcrc  will  b«  mwie 
those  wbo  like  it." 

At  tbiii  [mint  Uinrc  vaa  a  faint  slir  among  tbo  viailors.     A 
of  n  fiiTiiily  iiit>*rru]ite(l  ttie  ductor.     Sbc  b(;ggc(]  (o  know  wbelbcr 
"  c%'<.-ry  evening  "  iuclnded  Sunduy  evening  ;  and,  if  so,  wluU  mtlsk  ni 
jpcrfoi-m*d  I 

,  "Sacred  niiule,  of  conrse,  ma'am,"  said  ibe  doctor.  "  ITamM  "" 
Suaduy  evening  —  and  Ilaydn  occoaionally,  when  iKit  loo  cbMrfuL 
Bui,  iLB  I  was  about  lo  say,  miisic  is  nut  tlio  only  cnttg-tuinnieat  ifil'^ 
to  tny  nervous  inmates.  Amuaiiig  reading  ia  provided  ibr  tboM  irb« 
prefer  books." 

Tberu  was  anotbur  etlr  among  tbe  visiturt.  Another  motli«r  it* 
fmnily  winhcd  to  kiinw  wlii-lbtT  niuusinf;  leading  meant  novcIiL 

"  Only  such  nrvclu  ns  1  bnve  ecloctMl  and  perused  uiytolf,  in  tbf  ftnl 
iDslaRCP,"  said  the  doclor.  "  Nothing  painful,  ma'am  I  Them  may  b( 
plenty  Ibat  is  painful  in  real  Itfc — but,  tor  that  very  reason,  we  dv'' 
want  it  in  books.  Tbo  English  novcUul  wbo  enters  my  Iioum  (uofbrn^ 
BCVeltst  vril!  In.-  .-idiniiti'tl)  nuut  miJiirflland  bis  art  on  ibc  bcalthy-mindol 
Engjiab  r«adir  audeislandi^  it  in  our  time,  lie  must  know  tint  o" 
purer  mcdern  tastL*,  our  higher  mtnlern  morality,  Uiniu  hira  to  dttlif 
exactly  two   ibincfl  for  vs,  wbcn  he  writm  us  a  book.     AU  vo 


I 


ARMADALE.  CS9 

of  Iiim  is—occauoDully  to  nialEe  us  laugh ;  and  iuvariably  to  make  us 
comfortable," 

There  was  a  third  stir  among  the  vitsitoi'S — caused  plainly  ihia  time, 
by  approval  of  the  sentiments  which  they  had  just  heard.  The  doctor, 
friitcly  cantious  of  disturbing  the  favourable  impression  thcit  he  had  pro> 
duced,  dropped  the  subject  of  the  drawing-room,  and  led  the  way  upstairs. 
As  before,  the  company  followed — and,  as  before,  Miss  Gwilt  walked  silently 
behind  them,  last  of  oU.  One  after  another,  the  ladies  looked  at  her  with 
the  idea  of  speaking,  and  saw  something  in  her  face,  utterly  unintelligible 
to  them,  which  checked  the  well-meant  words  on  their  lips.  The  prevalL'ut 
impreaaion  was,  that  the  Principal  of  the  Sanatorium  hud  been  delicately 
concealing  the  truth,  and  that  his  first  inmate  was  mad. 

The  doctor  led  the  way — with  intervals  of  brealhing-time  accorded  to 
the  old  lady  on  hia  arm — straight  to  the  top  of  the  house.  Having 
collected  his  visitors  in  the  corridor,  and  having  waved  hia  hand 
indicsdvely  at  the  numbered  doors  opening  out  of  it  on  either  side,  lie 
invited  the  company  to  look  into  any  or  all  of  the  rooms  at  their  own 
pleasure. 

"  Numbers  one  to  four,  ladies  and  gentlemen,"  said  the  doctor,  "  include 
the  dormitoriee  of  the  attendants.  Numbers  four  to  eight  are  rooms 
intended  for  the  accommoduUon  of  the  poorer  class  of  patients  whom  I 
receive  on  terms  which  simply  cover  my  expenditure — nothing  more.  In 
the  caaea  of  these  poorer  persons  among  my  suffering  fellow-creatures,  per- 
sonal pie^  and  the  recommendation  of  two  clergymen  are  indispensable  to 
odmiasioo.  Those  are  the  only  conditions  I  make  ;  but  those  I  insist  on. 
Pray  observe  that  the  rooms  are  all  vendlated,  and  the  bedsteads  all  iron ; 
and  kindly  notice  as  we  descend  again  to  the  second  floor,  that  there  is  a 
door  shutting  off  all  communication  between  the  second  atory  and  the  top 
story,  when  necesaary.  The  rooms  on  the  second  floor,  which  we  have 
now  reached,  are  (with  the  exception  of  my  own  room)  entirely  devoted 
to  the  reception  of  lady-inmates — experience  having  convinced  mc  that 
the  greater  sensitivenesa  of  the  female  constitution  necessitates  the  higher 
position  of  the  sleeping  apartment,  with  a  view  to  the  greater  purity  and 
freer  circulation  of  the  air.  Here  the  kdi^s  are  established  immediately 
under  my  care,  while  my  aaMstant-physician  (whom  I  expect  to  arrive 
in  a  week's  time)  looks  after  the  gentlemen  on  the  floor  bencatli. 
Observe,  again,  aa  we  descend  to  this  lower,  or  first  floor,  a  second  door, 
closing  all  communication  at  night  between  the  two  stories  to  every  one 
but  the  asastant-physician  and  myself.  And  now  that  we  have  reached 
the  gentlemen's  part  of  the  house,  and  that  you  have  observed  for  your- 
■elvea  the  r^;tdations  of  the  establishment,  permit  mc  to  introduce  you  to 
a  Bpeoitnen  of  my  system  of  treatment  next.  I  can  exemplify  it  prac- 
tically, by  introducing  you  to  a  room  fitted  up,  under  my  own  directions, 
for  the  accommodation  of  the  most  complicated  cases  of  nervous  suffering 
and  nervous  delusion  that  can  come  under  my  care." 

Ho  threw  open  the  door  ot  a  room  at  one  extremity  of  the  corridor, 


690  ^^^^^         AUMADALE. 

Mtimberod  Pour.     **T«ok  in,  Inlks  »ii'l  gaitlmwn,"  b«  1^6;  "nrf.if 
yon  tec  anything  rctnorkaMc,  pray  mctiticn  it." 

TTie  room  *»  not  vny  larg*,  Imlit  wa«  well  lit  by  onetwadwtndwr. 
Ootnfbruibljr  fumi«heil  aa  n  liRlinoin,  it  waji  only  rrmxr^ahlc  xmong  otlio 
lootttt  of  Uic  Nttns  scrt,  in  one  irBy.  It  hitd  no  fir«placc.  Tbc  ritdtcn 
luHng  DOtiond  iliifl,  were  intbmtc<l  thnt  ihe  room  wnj  warmed  fnwintir 
Iry  tneana  of  hot'-wsttr ;  and  ircrc  llicn  inrilcJ  buck  aeaia  into  t!ie  rarrido', 
to  tn»ko  the  d!«eoreriM,  under  praftiAlonftI  diroclion,  nhidt  tbcy  vm 
Viinb!«  to  mnWc  for  llieinwlvM. 

"  A  word,  ladies  anil  geiill«mf n,"  »i(J  the  doctor ;  *'  lilvmlly  s  wnJ, 
en  ncnrcus  dentngement  finl.  What  is  llie  pntffss  of  traitmcnt,  miia. 
let  IIS  ny,  mental  anxiety  has  broken  jou  down,  and  yoa  api>ly  to  yooi 
doctor?  Ue  k«b  you,  Wan  yon,  and  glvc«  yon  l«o  jorvncripeioni  On« 
b  wHUon  on  pRf«r,  uui  luadd  up  tt  tb«  «)ipnitn**.  Tlin  oih^r  ta  tidsii- 
oiMtrcd  by  word  of  mouth,  nt  ihc  jiropiltoua  motnmt  when  the  Iw  n 
Icady ;  and  eoniiiU  in  a  general  rrcoutncndation  to  you  to  Ict^p  yon 
BiiDd  turf.  That  exceUent  adTice  giTcn,  your  doctor  learm  jon  to  tfon 
yoaraeli'all  esrlhly  anaoyaocn  by  your  own  nnBtdi>]  cQbrts,  until  ht  oIU 
again.  Hen*,  my  Synom  irtci>a  in,  and  ht-lpn  you  t  Wh«n  J  rtt  tht 
Bcccasity  of  kcejung  your  mind  ctvtv,  I  rake  lh«  bult  by  tlie  boma  aoJ  Jo 
'  it  for  yon.  I  place  yo«  in  n  spliwe  of  aetioo  rii  which  the  tco  lbo«mnJ 
tntlM  whieh  miut,  nnd  do,  irritate  nervoiix  |>eopttf  nt  home,  »n  expm^ 
oonajdeird  nnd  proridcd  against.  I  throw  up  imprpgnablc  moral  entrsieh- 
tnrats  bolwpOTi  Worry  nnd  ToU.  Find  a  dow  han;^inff  In  tUs  boQM,  if 
y-ou  can  !  Cnlrli  a  wrrant  in  thtt  hoiiK,  rattling  the  tea-tbicgn  whn  W 
takes  awny  the  tray  t  Oiseorer  barking  dogs,  crowing  cocks,  hammfrins 
worbnen,  screoching  childmi  htre — and  I  nigage  to  close  My  SnnatOTiiBi 
to-morrow!  Arc  thwc  nuisances  Inughing  matters  to  iicr\-i>na  pecfhT 
AhIc  thcml  Can  they  faciipe  these  nuinaeca  nt  homit  ?  Ask  theot 
Will  ttoi  minutc-s'  Irrilation  ttom  a  barking  dog  or  a  itcroochlf^  tkW, 
undo  erery  atom  of  good  done  to  a  nervous  t>iiSi>r«r  by  a  monthV  kmM 
treatment  7  There  isn't  n  competent  doctor  in  England  who  will  nolon 
to  deny  it!  On  lho»  phtin  grounds  my  Systctn  is  bnsetl.  1  assett  A* 
ini-ilic.1l  treatment  of  ntrvous  siifIV.+ing  to  be  entirely  subudiaty  (o  ti* 
nioral  trentmvnt  of  it.  That  moral  trntmcnt  of  it,  yon  find  hen.  1W 
moral  tr«alincnt,  aedulously  punued  throoghotit  the  day,  fbllovf  tlM 
anftrcr  into  his  room  at  night ;  and  wyvthcs,  helps,  and  cures  htm,  willloW 
Ilia  own  knowlDdga — you  ehiitl  *PC  hnw." 

Tlie  doctor  pouiied  to  take  hrealh  :  and  looked  fcr  tht  first  tiioe  tfW 
the  visil*r9  lad  entered  iTiehome,  «t  MisaGnill.  Forlheflret  time,  6»hf 
Btd(!,  Ac  Btopp«d  forward  smong  the  audience^  and  loc4;ed  nt  kin  in  tecvm 
After  a  mommtiiry  obelruiition  in  Ihc  whapccf  a  eowgli,  the  doctor  wcslM' 

"  Say,  Indie*  and  gentlatnen,"  he  prooeedod,  "  that  mj  patient  Im*  j* 
onme  hi.  His  mind  is  one  mass  of  nerrona  fancim  nnd  eapriev,  "Iik* 
Ilia  friend*  (nilh  ll.o  btst  powihtc  inlenliona)  hare  \ttcn  IgnortstiT 
irritaling  at  Iwmo.     They  liaTe  been  afraid  of  him,  for  ioatmici*,  at  stglt 


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AHHADALE.  $91 

They  have  fiwced  him  to  have  aomebody  to  eleep  in  the  room  ■with  liim, 
or,  they  have  forbidden  him,  in  case  of  accidents,  to  lock  his  door.  He 
comes  to  me  the  first  night,  and  saj^,  'Mind,  I  von't  hare  anybody  in 
my  room  I ' — '  Certainly  not ! ' — '  I  insist  on  locking  my  door.' — '  By  nil 
means  I'  In  he  goes,  and  locks  hie  door;  and  there  he  is,  soothed  and 
quieted,  predisposed  to  confidence,  predisposed  to  sleep,  by  having  his 
own  way.  '  This  is  all  very  well,'  you  may  say  j  '  but  sappose  something 
happens,  sappose  he  has  a  fit  in  the  night,  what  then  7  '  Yon  shall  eee  1 
Hollo,  my  young  fnend  1 "  cried  the  doctor,  suddenly  nddreesing  die 
sleepy  little  boy.  "  Let's  have  a  game.  Ton  riiall  be  the  poor  sick  man, 
and  I'll  be  the  good  doctor.  Go  into  that  room,  and  lock  the  door. 
There^  a  brare  boy  1  Hare  yoo  locked  it  7  Very  good.  Do  you  think 
I  can't  get  at  you  if  I  like  ?  I  wait  till  you're  asleep, — I  press  this  little 
white  button,  hidden  here  in  the  etencilled  pattern  of  the  outer  wall — the 
mortice  of  the  lock  indde  falls  back  silently  against  the  door-post — and  I 
walk  into  the  room  wlienerer  I  like.  The  same  plan  is  pursued  with  the 
window.  My  capriCTous  patient  won't  open  it  at  night,  when  he  ought, 
I  humour  him  again.  '  Shut  it,  dear  sir,  by  all  means  I '  As  soon  as  he 
is  asleep,  I  pull  the  black  handle  hidden  here,  in  the  comer  of  the  wall. 
The  window  of  the  room  inside  noiaeleaaly  opens,  as  you  see.  Say  the 
patient's  caprice  ia  the  other  way — he  persists  in  opening  the  window 
when  he  ought  to  shut  it.  Let  him  I  by  all  means  let  him  I  I  pull  a 
second  handle  when  he  ia  snug  in  his  bed,  and  the  window  noiselessly 
closes  in  a  moment.  Nothing  to  irritate  him,  ladies  and  gentlemen — 
absolutely  nothing  to  irritate  him  I  But  I  haven't  done  with  him  yet. 
Epidemic  disease,  in  spite  of  all  my  precantions,  may  enter  this  Sanato- 
rium, and  may  render  the  purifying  of  the  sick-room  necessary.  Or  the 
patient's  case  may  be  complicated  by  other  than  nervous  malady — say,  for 
instance,  OBthmatio  difficulty  of  breathing.  In  ihe  one  case,  fumigation 
is  necessary :  in  the  other,  additional  oxygen  in  the  air  will  give  relief. 
The  epidemic  nervous  patient  says,  '  I  won't  be  smoked  under  my  own 
nose ! '  The  asthmatic  nervous  patient  gasps  with  terror  at  the  idea  of  a 
chemical  explosion  in  his  room.  I  noiselessly  fumigate  one  of  them  ;  I 
noiselessly  oxygenize  the  other,  by  means  of  a  simple  Apparatus  fixed 
outside  in  the  corner  here.  It  is  protected  by  this  wooden  casing ;  it  is 
locked  with  my  own  key  ;  and  it  communicates  by  means  of  a  tube  with 
the  interior  of  the  room.     Look  at  it !  " 

With  a  preliminary  glance  at  Miss  Gwilt,  the  doctor  unlocked  the  lid 
of  the  wooden  casing,  and  disclosed  inside  nothing  more  remarkable  than 
a  largo  stone  jar,  having  a  glass  funnel,  and  a  pipe  communicating  with 
the  wall,  inserted  in  the  cork  which  closed  the  mouth  of  it.  With  another 
look  at  Miss  Gwilt,  the  doctor  locked  the  lid  again,  and  asked  in  the 
blantjest  manner,  whether  his  Syrtem  was  intelligible  now  7 

-"  I  might  infroiluce  you  to  all  sorts  of  other  contrivances  of  the  .ennjc 
kind,"  he  resumod,  loading  the  way  downstairs — "but  it  would  Im  only 
the  same  thing  over  and  over  ngain.     A  nervous  patient  who  alwoys  hat 


hi*  own  waj,  i«  n  nervous  pn(i«Ql  «1»  is  nerer  worried — jmil  a  Bcmm 
jxitu-nt  vrha  u  never  wnrricd,  is  ■  nervous  juliciit  ciired.  Hwre  U  U  in 
n  nutaheU  ! — Comtt  ftod  KC  Ui«  Diq^oaary,  UdJM  ;  tbo  Diipcntar/  asJ 
tlie  kitclien  neat !  " 

Once  more,  MtMGwilt  drofijwd  IwIiiiKl  ihu  viiitori,  and  vmiiod  alooc — 
looking  ttMdlkaclj  at  the  Room  irhicli  the  doctor  lad  op«acd,  and  «t  tW 
Appiralua  wliidi  ihc  doctor  had  unlocked.  Again,  witliout  m  vurd 
puung  between  them,  ehe  bad  uaderetood  hua.  Sbs  knew  w  wdl  n  if 
lio  httd  oonfomod  it,  thai  he  wM  oradilj'  putltng  UiS  docmbij  tcufiWiH 
in  h«T  xiny,  before  witneaws  who  could  speak  to  the  NUperfidally-iBneoMI 
acts  vliich  they  hud  kcd,  if  anjrtbing  ktious  happened.  Tb«  A;^ 
ntni,  originally  cotwtrucUHl  to  lei-ve  the  porpoge  of  the  doctor's  nedied 
crotchets,  was  evidently  to  he  put  to  some  other  use,  of  vliich  the  doota- 
himnelf  had  probabl/  never  dreamed  till  now.  And  the  chnnc«B  vntt 
thut  beTore  th«  day  vz»  orer,  thai  otlier  uw  would  be  privulvly  rrmW 
to  her  nt  the  right  luoinent,  in  tli«  prcscnoo  ti  the  right  vitnc«. 
"Armad&lc  will  die  this  time,"  ihtf  enid  to  horseir  as  slie  ireal  itont; 
down  the  hlEun.     "  The  doctor  will  kill  him,  hy  my  baada." 

'Xlie  vialora  wero  in  thu  DLiq>ctuary  when  alie  joined  tbun.  All  ih* 
Indies  were  admiring  llie  licautjr  of  tlic  antique  ovbinet;  and,  as  n  ni^Mf 
aary  consequence,  all  the  ladies  were  d«iirou«  of  icciag  what  was  tnvde. 
The  doctor — after  a  preliminary  look  iil  Misa  Gwilt — good-htiffl9iiT«dl/ 
aliook  his  head.  "  There  is  nothing  to  interest  you  inside,"  ba  and. 
*'  Nuitiinjf  but  tovi  of  little  shabby  bolUes  containing  the  poisotts  umI  ib 
medicine  wliiuh  T  koep  under  lock  and  key.  Come  to  the  kitchen,  ladi^ 
and  honour  me  with  your  adrioc  on  domestic  matters  bdow  alairSi."  Haj 
ghmeed  again  at  Mi«  Gwilt  ns  the  oompany  crosacd  the  hall,  with  abotj 
which  said  plainly,  "  Wait  here." 

In  anoUuT  quu.rter-or-An-li<%nr,  ilio  doctor  had  ex[ioundifd  lus  Tiewt  tt\ 
eookory  and  diet,  and  the  visitors  (duly  furnished  with  prorpectttaes)  »en | 
taking  lenve  oC  him  at  the  door.  "Quite  an  intvllcclual  tmt  I"  thTJ 
sail!  to  euch  other,  as  they  atrcamed  out  ngmn  in  neatly -dreaaod 
llirongh  the  iron  galea.     "  And  what  n  very  miperior  man  I  " 

The  doctor  tiu-ncd  bnck  to  the  Pi^ptfosary,  humming  abwatly  !• 
himself,  and  fnilinj;  entirely  to  obscrvo  tlic  comer  of  the  ]|«U  in  wUck 
Min  OwiU  «too<3  retiroJ.  After  an  instant's  hcajtation,  the  roUoved  Ua> 
Tho  atnalanb  was  in  the  room  when  ahv  entered  it — summoned  lij  bi* 
employer  the  moment  before. 

"  Doctor,"  she  said,  coldly  and  meclinnioillr,  as  if  ate  was  rvpcatnea 
liMon  i  "  i  atn  &»  curioiu  as  ihc  other  ladies  about  that  pretty  eahawtof 
yours.     Now  tlw^y  nre  all  gone,  won't  you  show  the  iiuide  of  it  to  mif 

the  doctor  l»ug;hed  io  his  plcussatttt  miinner, 

"The  old  atory,"  l»o  aald.  "  lUiiu-Kwnl'a  looked  chamber,  «^ 
ftmale  cnrtoaity  I  (Don't  go,  Benjamin,  dou't  go.)  }tSy  daat  lady,  vhtf 
iutenrri  can  yott  poinbly  have  in  looking  at  a  locdtcal  bottla^  mm^ 
iK'cauae  it  happ«aa  lo  be  a  bottle  of  poison  ?  " 


ARMADALE.  693 

Slifi  repeated  her  lesson  for  the  second  time. 

"  I  hvre  the  interest  of  looking  at  it,"  ehe  said,  "  nnd  of  thinking  if  it 
got  into  some  people's  hands,  of  the  terrible  things  it  might  do." 

The  doctor  glanced  at  hia  assistant  with  a  compassionate  smile. 

*'  Curions,  Benjamin,"  be  said ;  "  the  romantic  view  taken  of  these 
drugs  of  ours  by  the  unscientific  mind.  My  dear  lady,"  he  added,  turning 
again  to  Miaa  Gwilt,  "  if  that  is  the  interest  you  attach  to  looking  at 
poisons,  yon  needn't  ask  me  to  unlock  my  cabinet — you  need  only  look 
about  you  round  the  shelves  of  this  room.  There  are  all  sorts  of  medical 
liquids  and  substances  in  those  bottles — most  innocent,  most  useful  in 
tbemselrea — which,  in  combination  with  other  substances  and  other  liquids, 
become  poisons  as  terrible  and  as  deadly  as  any  that  I  have  in  my  cabinet 
under  lock  and  key." 

She  looked  at  him  for  a  moment,  and  crossed  to  the  opposite  side  of 
the  room. 

"  Show  me  one,"  she  said. 

Still  smiling  as  good-humouredly  as  ever,  the  doctor  humoured  hia 
nervous  patient.  He  pointed  to  the  bottle  from  which  be  had  privately 
removed  the  yellow  liquid  on  the  previous  day,  and  which  he  had  filled  up 
again  with  a  careAilty-colonred  imitation,  in  the  shape  of  a  mixture  of  his 
own. 

"  Do  you  see  that  bottle  7  "  he  said ;  "  that  plump,  round,  comfortable- 
looking  bottle?  Never  mind  the  name  of  what  is  inside  it;  let  us  stick 
to  the  bottle,  and  distinguish  it,  if  you  like,  by  giving  it  a  name  of  our 
own.  Suppose  we  call  it 'our  Stout  Friend?'  Very  good.  Our  Stout 
Friend,  by  jumself,  is  a  most  harmless  and  useful  medicine.  He  is  freely 
dispensed  every  day  to  tens  of  thousands  of  patients  all  over  the  civilized 
world.  He  has  made  no  romantic  appearances  in  courts  of  law  ;  he  has 
excited  no  breathless  interest  in  novels  ;  he  has  played  no  terrifying 
part  on  the  stage.  There  he  is,  an  innocent,  inoffensive  creature,  who 
troubles  nobody  with  the  responsibility  of  locking  him  up  I  Sut  bring 
him  into  contact  with  something  else — introduce  him  to  the  acquaintance 
of  a  certain  common  mineral  Substance,  of  a  universally  accessible  kind, 
broken  into  fragments  ;  provide  yourself  with  (say)  six  doses  of  our  Stout 
Friend,  and  pour  those  doses  consecutively  on  the  fragments  I  have  men- 
tioned, at  intervals  of  not  less  than  five  minutes.  Quantities  of  little 
bubbles  will  rise  at  every  pouring ;  collect  the  gas  in  those  bubbles ;  and 
convey  it  into  a  closed  chamber — and  let  Samson  himself  be  in  that  closed 
chamber,  our  Stout  Friend  will  kill  him  in  half-an-hour  I  Will  kill  him 
■lowly,  without  his  seeing  anything,  without  his  nmelling  anything,  without 
hi*  feeling  anything  but  sleepiness,  \yill  kill  him,  and  tell  tlic  whole 
College  of  Surgeons  nothing,  if  they  examine  him  after  death,  but  that  lie 
died  of  apoplexy  or  congestion  of  the  lunga  1  What  do  you  think  of  that, 
my  dear  lady,  in  the  way  of  mystery  and  romance  7  Is  our  Iiarnilesa 
Stout  Friend  as  interesting  tioa  as  if  he  rejoiced  in  the  terrible  popular 
&mc  o!  the  Arsenic  and  the  Strychnine  which  I  keep  locked  up  there  7 


604  ^^^^^"^         AUMADAI.B. 

Dgo'i  Mippoae  I  an  cz^ggemiD!^ !  Doa'l  wppoM  I'm  mTOOiag  » tlacf  to 
pfU  you  off  trilh,  u  ifau  cIuUku  njr.  Ajd:  Bei^kaun,  tlun^"  buI 
tlw  doctor,  appCBling  lo  hbi  aansUal,  wuh  bii  aj-m  fixed  OD  Ui» 
GwilL  "  A^  D«aj«uiu,"  lie  repealed,  vritk  Ike  ^^^a(^i<^rt  *inpbiwft  t»  tk* 
D«xi  vrortU,  "  it*  six  doitea  from  Uuit  1>otll«,  at  iaUrrali*  of  fi««  nintiU* 
cnofa,  would  noil  andcr  titu  coaditiom  I  Iwre  lUtcd,  prodiwe  ths  nmlti  I 
bore  doKri  bed  1" 

The  II«Bid«iU  DUpaoHT,  nudcailjr  adoiiriog  Min  Guilt  nl  a.  duusce, 
Rtarted  nod  coloarcd  op.  He  nia  pUinly  gruLitwd  \^y  Uie  UtU«  •UcaUm 
which  hw)  inclutU'd  liim  in  tho  oaTcrsatioo. 

"  l*bo  dixlor  i*  i|uiic  ri^lit,  lua'ua,'*  he  jaid,  addreaaiog  MIm  Gvili, 
widi  lui  belt  bow,  "  Ui6  productioiL  of  Uto  gu,  utcnded  ovir  tuif  u 
lioDT,  would  be  quitu  gnidual  enough.  And,"  «dd«d  tli«  Diiywag, 
aUently  sppeating  to  liis  empUij-ar  to  left  lum  exliibit  a  little  cbaual 
knowledge  on  bin  own  luicotint,  "ilic  volume  of  tke  gaa  would  ba  nlfi- 
cicnt  at  tliv  end  of  the  lime — if  I  am  tuc  mistalMD,  lir  t — lo  bo  tiai  t« 
an;  p«faou  eatcrisg  the  tmna^  in  kfla  than  Jive  ninntcs." 

**  Uiifliiefllio(iAU7,  Boiyamin,"  rcjoiiiod  the  doctor.  "  But  I  tbiid: 
wv  have  bad  enongh  of  clinntitr;  itir  the  prcaeuli"  lie  addod,  taiuag  le 
Miaa  Gwilt.  *'  Willi  cvciy  d«Bir«,  inj  diior  lodjr,  to  gratify  e««7  |*u*iV 
wish  you  may  form,  t  vcuturc  to  propose  trjiog  u  mure  cheerful  tulgiU. 
Suppoao  wc  Icare  the  Diepeuary,  bcCoro  it  niggcata  any  nor*  iaqdiia 
to  tiinC  notivo  mind  of  }'ou»7  No  7  Yoit  want  to  see  an  exp«ric»Mlf 
Toil  want  io  aeo  how  the  Ultlu  bubbles  arc  made  t  Woll,  «  uU  1  ili«n  ii 
no  harm  in  thnt.  Wo  AVJU  lut  Hia.  AmuuhUe  acv  tbe  uubhlM^"  OW- 
tiiituvl  the  daalor,  in  tlia  looc  of  a  lorcfit  humourmi;  a  ipoik  liiiii. 
*'  Try  if  you  con  fiaJ  a  tevi  of  tiioao  fragmeuta  thai  we  waat«  Bajauin. 
1  dnrueay  the  workmen  (alorcaly  Allows  1)  luive  left  tovnctlkatg  of  tM 
■ort  about  the  botiae  or  the  grounds." 

The  Seodenl  Diapenser  left  the  room. 

Aa  eoon  as  his  back  was  turned,  the  doctor  began  optouag  aMl 
abutting  drawera  in  Tarioua  parta  of  the  d!sp«n«ary,  with  tho  air  of  a  ma 
who  wwitii  Mmething  in  u  harry,  and  doesD'l  luiow  wh«ra  to  finA  ik 
*  BlMt  my  aoul  I "  he  exclaiiooil,  suddenly  atc^iping  at  the  drawer  hoe 
whinh  ho  bad  taken  his  carda  or  invitation  en  the  pverioua  day,  *'«kii't 
ttilT  A  key?  A  dupKcnte  key,  aa  I'm  alrre^  of  my  AuAigating  Aff»- 
rntiia  npalairs !  Oh  d«ar,  denr,  liow  careleaa  I  get,"  Raid  the  docM; 
luTiiing  round  briskly  to  Mim  Gvrill.  *'I  hadn't  the  )i-aat  idea  ihrt  i 
poaateaed  ihiu  (ceond  kty.  I  ahould  never  hant  miwe*!  it.  1  Js  ,^mt 
jou  I  iihould  never  1ia.Tu  miaaed  it,  if  anybody  had  takm  \n  <nU  df  d* 
drawer  I"  He  b«Ml«d  away  to  the  other  «od  of  the  rimm  nifcii 
ekxing  the  drawer,  and  wilhout  taking  Bwjtr  the  dnpliijitee  kry. 

In  aiknce,  Mim  Gutll  lisknrd  till  be  lud  done.  In  silence,  At  cBW 
lo  the  drawer.  In  ailencc,  xbo  look  the  key  and  hid  it  in  bar  4«> 
pocket. 

'Jlio  Dispmeer  oamo  beck,  with  the  fragmenia  required  of  Um,  ci^ 


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AltilADALB.  695 

kctcd  in  a  baun.  "  Thank  you,  Beojamui,"  said  the  doctor.  "  Kindly 
cover  thfltn  with  water,  while  I  get  the  bottlu  down." 

As  accidents  fiometimes  happen  in  the  moat  perfectly  regulated 
fiimiliee,  so  clnmsinesfi  sometimes  possesses  itself  of  the  most  perfectly- 
disciplined  hands.  In  the  process  of  its  transfer  from  the  shelf  to  the 
doctor,  the  bottle  slipped,  and  fell  smashed  to  pieces  on  the  Hoar. 

"  Oh,  my  fingers  and  thumbs  1 "  cried  the  doctor,  with  an  air  of 
comic  vexation,  "  what  in  the  world  do  you  mean  by  playing  me  such  a 
wicked  trick  aa  that?  Well,  well,  well — it  can't  be  helped.  Have  we 
got  any  more  of  it,  Benjamin  7  " 

"  Not  a  drop,  air." 

"  Kot  a  drop !  "  echoed  the  doctor.  "  My  dear  madam,  what  excuses 
can  I  otEet  you  7  My  clumsiDess  haa  made  our  little  experiment  impos- 
sibk:  for  to-day.  Bemind  me  to  order  some  more  to-morrow,  Benjamin 
— and  don't  think  of  troubling  yourself  to  put  that  mess  to  rights.  I'll 
send  the  man  here  to  mop  it  all  up.  Our  Stout  Friend  is  harmless  enough 
now,  my  dear  lady — in  combination  with  a  boarded  £oor  and  a  coming 
mop  I  I'm  BO  sorry ;  I  really  am  so  sorry  to  have  disappointed  you." 
With  thoae  loothiag  words,  he  offered  his  arm,  and  led  Mias  Gwtlt  out  of 
the  ^i^nsary. 

"Have  you  done  with  ms  for  the  present?"  she  asked  when  tliey 
were  in  the  hall. 

"  Oh  dear,  dear,  what  a  way  of  putting  it ! "  exclaimed  the  doctor. 
"  Dinner  at  ax,"  he  added  with  his  politest  emphasis,  .-is  she  turned 
from  him  in  disdainful  silence,  and  dowly  mounted  the  stairs  to  her 
own  room.' 

A  clock  of  the  noiaeleas  sort — incapable  of  offending  irritable  nerves — 
was  fixed  in  the  wall,  above  the  first-floor  landing,  at  the  Sanatorium.  At 
the  moment  when  the  hands  pointed  to  a  quarter  before  six,  tho  silence  of 
the  lonely  upper  regions  was  sofUy  broken  by  the  rustling  of  Miss  Gwilt's 
dress.  She  advanced  along  the  corridor  of  the  first-floor — paused  at  the 
covered  Apparatus  fixed  outside  the  room  numbered  Four — listened  for 
a  moment — and  then  unlocked  the  cover  with  the  duplicate  key. 

The  open  lid  cast  a  shadow  over  the  inside  of  the  cosing.  All  she  saw 
8t  first,  was  what  she  had  seen  already — the  jar,  and  the  pipe  and  glass 
funnel  inserted  in  the  cork.  She  removed  the  funnel ;  and,  looj^ing  about  her, 
observed  on  the  window-nill  close  by,  a  wax-tipped  wand  used  for  lighting 
the  gas.  She  took  the  wand,  and,  introducing  it  through  the  aperture 
occupied  by  the  funnel,  moved  it  to  and  fro  in  tlie  jar.  The  fiunt  splasli 
of  aonu  liquid,  and  the  grating  noise  of  certain  hard  substances  which  she 
van  stirring  about,  were  the  two  sounds  that  caught  her  car.  She  drew 
out  the  wand,  and  cautiously  touched  the  wet  left  on  it  with  the  tip  of  her 
tongn*.  Caulion  was  quite  needlcsa  in  this  case.  The  liquid  was — 
water. 

In  pitUiog  tha  funnel  back  in  its  place,  she  noticed  something  £iintly 


ATWAT»ALR 

,  ll)>nir.g  it)  ll«  ol«curt>!>--Ut  vacant  apaoo  at  Uwnfc  of  tlM  Jar. 
it  tilt,  and  prodacKd  ■  rbTpIv  Flask.  Tbe  Iii]iiU  witb  which  it  «m! 
■bowed  iuTt  throDgh  the  tnBt|Mreiit  coloaring  of  Um  glaas;  nai,  batmi  \ 
M  regular  intcmil*  Oouro  one  eiJe  of  tlie  Fliod;,  wnx  six  tbia  ttripi  «f ' 
pMfa-r  nliicfi  iliwided  tlic  contents  into  ux  eciiul  puts. 

Tiicrc  waa  no  donbt  now,  that  Uie  Ajiporatua  had  been  aecmljr  pee- ' 
parol  for  her — tb4  Afparalos  of  which  tbe  akot  (bttidcx  th«  d»ctor) ' 
poweued  tb*-  key. 

Sw  put  back  iIm  Fkak,  and  locked  the  oorer  of  the  oa^ng.  Fori 
m  nonnnt,  she  P.tiN>il  looking  at  it,  with  the  key  in  b«rhand.  Ooaaoddot,! 
her  loat  colour  came  1>ack.  On  a  luddcii,  iu  natunl  aninutioii  t«tiiiBod,| 
ftir  tlic  fint  timi:  that  da;,  to  li«r  liioe.  She  turned  and  httrried  hnaih- 1 
lc<*ly  ujialain  lu  her  room  on  th«  E«ooD<t  Aoor.     With  eager  haodt,  lh*J 

tchcd  ber  cloak  out  uC  tli«  wnnlrobe,  and  took  her  bontiet 
I'box.     "  I'm  not  in  pnwtn  I"  the  bunt  out  impctaoiuljr.     '■  Vrt  \ 
\-tBte  of  oiy  limbs  I     I  cui  go— no  matter  whiav,  as  long  as  I  am  etA 
thin  licmsc  ! " 

With  licr  clofele  on  her  shoulders,  with  her  honntc  In  her  hand,  the , 
crowed  the  room  to  the  door.    A  moment  more — and  she  would  baTC  ben- 
out  in  tlio  passage.     I»  thnt  momoDt,  tbe  rcD>«mbranoc  fladwd  hack  do  ^ 
her  of  tlie   litislinnd   whom  slio  had  denied  to  hia  lace,      tiha  tt^f^ti 
lattanliy,  and  tbrenr  tbu  cloiik  and  bontiet  from  birr  on  ibe  bed.     "No'" 
■ho  said.     "  The  gulpb  is  dug  between  lu — the  wont  ii  dono  I " 

I'hi-re  wit*  a  kncicrk  at  the  door.     The  doctor's  voice  outcide,  polilol/ 
romi))dvd  her  ihat  it  wn>  nx  o'clock. 

8ho  opviied  the  door,  nnd  stopped  him  an  hU  way  dowiutiira. 

"  Wlint  time  is  the  train  due  to-Dight  7  "  nhi:  naked  in  a  whinixr 

"  At  Ion,"  im*werc<l  llic  doctor,  ia  a  voice  wltidi  all  the  world  might 
bimr,  and  welcome. 

"  What  room  ia  Mr.  Armadulo  to  have  when  be  comes  T  " 

*'  Wliflt  room  would  you  like  him  to  harn  1 " 

"  Numlwr  Four." 

Tbe  dock'r  kept  up  appcaniuoe*  to  the  verjr  luL 

'*  Niiml^er  Four  let  it  be,"  he  said  gracioasly.     "  Provided,  of  ecmnr, 
Ihal  Number  Four  la  unoccupied  at  the  dnie." 


Tlie  (•Vfii'tug  wore  nn,  and  ihe  night  came,  ' 

At  a  few  tniiiutos  bi?lbru  ten,  Mr.  Biishwood  was  again  at  bis  pMt; 
onoc  more  on  the  watch  for  the  cuming  of  t!ie  tidal  train. 

'I'lic  inspector  on  duty,  who  knew  him  by  sight,  and  who  had  Mr- 
aMuilly  aicerlainiid  thu  hit  regular  nltcndanco  at  the  tcrminua  Implnd  n) 
dciigna  im  the  purses  and  portmanleaua  of  the  paaiengcnt,  noticed  two 
bcw  drcumstaacea  in  connection  with  Mr.  Bashwood  that  night.  In  th 
lirtt  pIiiM,  inslCAd  of  exhibiting  hia  customary  cbeerfulneaa,  he  looktd 
nnxiuits  mill  dvprenrd.  Id  thu  i>pcond  place,  while  be  was  wntchinffliir 
ihe  train,  Ke  was  to  all  itpi>«iraDc«  being  witkhcd  in  bin  turn,  by  a  ilm> 


AltSfABAtE. 


(larb,  undernscd  man,  who  hnd  lufl  Iiis  luggage  (nurkcd  trith  the  name 
of  Midwinter,)  iil  itio  euKlom-hoitio  department  ehe  cvenmg  before,  xnd 
who  bid  returned  to  liave  it  ezaminuJ  ulwut  liitlf  nn  liour  siiiM. 

Wb»l  liiul  brought  Midwinter  to  th«  tcrniin'us  J  And  why  was  he,  too, 
wailing  for  tbo  tidal  train  7 

After  siTiiying  aa  jar  n.s  Ilcndon  during  his  lonely  wfilk  ofihc  preriuuft 
night,  bo  bad  taken  ri^fugn  at  tho  rillngc  inn,  itn'l  Imd  fiill«Q  auUcp  (rioin 
ab«er  «xhxiwtioii)  towards  ihoAO  Uter  hours  of  the  morning,  which  were 
tho  houni  thai  his  wift's  fi'rwiight  hud  turned  to  account.  \^'hen  he 
rcttiniMl  to  the  lodging,  iho  landlady  could  only  infonn  him  llrnt  htr 
Mnant  had  settled  t;verythins  with  her,  and  had  left  (for  irhnt  dMttnation 
n«ilh«T  she  nor  liirr  servant  could  Icll)  more  ih.tn  two  hours  fincc. 

llnring  given  snme  litLlt!  lime  lo  imiuirion,  the  rotrnlt  of  which  con- 
viocird  1)1111  thut  the  ctu<*  wus  \oM  »o  lar,  lilidwintcr  hod  quitted  ihu  housp. 
and  hnd  pursued  Lis  way  ineohanicnlly  to  the  busier  and  more  central 
puu  of  tlie  metropolis.  With  the  light  now  thrown  on  hi»  wife's  character, 
la  call  at  the  nddrcu  nlic  had  givcQ  lum  M  the  addrew  at  whicli  her 
molhvr  lived  would  be  plainly  iwli^sn.  H»  went  on  through  the  Btrcets, 
rraoliitc  to  diKorer  her,  and  Irjing  vainly  (o  see  the  mi-nns  lo  his  end, 
till  the  erase  of  fntigne  furecd  itsull'  on  liini  once  more.  Stopping  to  reat 
and  Ttcrnit  his  atrength  at  thu  first  hotel  ho  came  to,  a  chance  disjiuiu 
botwocn  the  waiter  nnd  a  etratigcr  about  a  lost  porltnantcau  remindrd 
htm  of  hia  own  luggnge,  left  At  the  ti-rmimiB,  nnd  inslantly  took  his  mind 
back  to  thf  circtini  stances  under  which  he  and  Mr,  Basbwood  hail  met. 
la  a  moment  more,  lh«  idea  that  ho  bad  brcn  vainly  Becking  on  his  way 
through  the  streets  flashed  on  hlni.  In  »  moment  more,  he  had  determined 
Ut  try  thti  Ghauc«  of  Hiidlag  the  stewanl  again  no  the  watch  for  the 
p«rson  whoie  arrival  ho  had  evidently  expected  by  tlie  provions  even- 
ing's train. 

JgnoraDt  of  the  report  of  Allan's  death  nl  wa ;  uiiinfchrujcd,  at  the 
lerriblo  interview  with  hts  wife,  uf  tha  purpoKo  which  licr  assumption  of 
a  widow's  drms  really  hud  in  vitw,  MiJniiiier'n  Hist  va^nic  BU5picion!i  of 
ber  Gdeltly  had  now  inevitably  developed  inle  the  conviction  that  ehe  was 
Alia.  He  oould  placo  but  one  interprctatjoa  on  her  npen  disavowal  of 
Iiim,  and  on  her  taking  the  uanic  under  which  ho  bad  accretly  married 
her.  H«r  condoct  forced  iho  ciinclusion  on  hiia  that  the  was  engaged  in 
some  in&mouB  intrigue  ;  and  that  she  hud  basely  secured  heraolf  bcfore- 
baod  in  the  jioaition  of  alt  oihort  in  which  iho  knew  it  would  be  moat 
odiona  sod  moat  repellent  to  hiin  In  claim  his  authority  over  her.  With 
that  conviction  he  wnji  now  walching  Mr.  Bu»Iiwood, firmly  perxu;»ded  that 
tiia  wife's  hidinfi;- placet  wa*  known  to  \hv  vile  wi-viint  of  hia  wife's  vices— 
And  darkly  siispocling,  .1*  tliu  liinu  wore  ttn,  ilint  the  unknown  man  who 
had  wrongnl  him,  and  the  unknown  traveller  fur  whose  arrival  the 
•tvWard  was  wailing,  were  one  and  tho  same. 

Tbo  train  was  lat»  that  night,  and  tho  earrlng<«  were  more  than 
tunallj  crowded  when  they  arrivod  at  IasI.  Midwiotci  became  involved 
Toi-  xni.— KO.  78.  Vk. 


eaa 


ARHAn^LTJ!. 


in  Iha  conranon  on  tbo  pJatAnm.  and  in  tha  ttCari  tn  cxtricaTQ  hinirlf  bi 
lost  «gb(  oTJilr.  Biuliwood  for  the  fiM  tin«. 

A  kipM  of  t^mo  few  minutes  liai]  punJ  bofcre  ho  a^atii  diiccnnid 
tliB  slewnrd  tslkiog  niferlx  1»  a  nan  in  k  Icxow  nha^cj  coat,  vhaae  Iwk 
was  lurncd  towattlf  httn.  For)i«tfuI  r>r  nil  tht  ctuiiMu  and  rcaltamu 
tylikll  he  bi»d  tmposMl  on  bimwir  btCan  the  train  appMtvd,  Midwinirr 
'  ikfttDtljr  a^Tknced  na  tHcm.  Mr.  Bnltwotxl  mw  lits  tbrcataaing  fine  o 
h»  MiM  QD,  and  fell  bock  in  sihrncc.  Tim  mm  in  iha  lna«e  cost  tnn«l 
to  ]ogk  «li<?it>  the  ktcward  wu  lootiinfr,  and  tlncloanl  to  MidvinMr.  in  ik 
CM  liglit  or  thn  tiMtiou-)anip,  Alljin't  fiicc  I 

for  ilio  moment  iliQf  Soili  ktood  ijwcclileM,  band  in  lund,  leafcnii  al 
cneh  oilier.     Allan  vnt  llip  Gr»t  In  rncnrer  himwlf. 

*' Thank  Gcd  tar  ilii*  ! '  he  laid  r«-rTeatly,  "1  don't  ntk  botrjrouaiM 
htm — it's  Li)oiigb  for  mo  that  ynn  hnvp  cocne.  His«>t»bl(i  nemt  bai  Bvt 
mu  already.  }lidwiolor.  Nal)ody  hut  jou  can  oomfiirt  mr,  and  bdp  OM  ta 
bcvr  it."     ilia  mice  fillered  orcr  theaa  Urt  wor<h,  and  bo  mij  bo  mntv. 

Hie  tone  in  nhtcb  b«  had  cpokco  roii>cil  Midtrinicr  to  uif«l  li* 
otrounalancea  m  tbay  vcR,  by  appcotiiig  1o  the  old  gnitcful  intetm  io  hit 
rriend  which  had  oneo  licen  rho  foremoit  intcirat  of  hia  lif*.  Ha  maaund 
hia  persona]  misiTy  for  the  first  time  tinw  n  lnw)  l-illra  an  htm,  lod  geptlj 
(■king  Allnn  oiidc,  oaked  what  luu)  happAn(>d. 

Tlie  anawer — after  inbrming  him  of  hU  fn«nd'>  rrpoitetl  death  at  as 
— announced  (on  Mr.  Bahmod'a  aiitlionty)  that  the  ntrwn  Imd  nwlud 
Niai  Milroy,  and  thai  th«  deplorabla  nmh  of  the  ^ook  ihna  iafn^ffd,  W 
obligtd  ilie  tiiajar  to  liAce  liia  duo^hler  in  the  neighbour booil  of  Loadr«i» 
under  mcdictil  caif- 

Betbre  aayinj;  »  tronl  on   his  riiit!,  Mi'lwiiitet'   looked  diKtniufiiBf 
behind  him.    Mr.  Ilaahttrood  had  follovrd  tbcm.    Mr.  Bubiaood 
wnlching  to  ie«  what  thuy  did  ntxt, 

'MVm   ho   waiting  your  arrival   her*  to  Utl  ¥Aa  this   khonl 
Milroy  1 "  n«kcd  Midwinlcr,  looking  Imck  ngain  from  the  ateward  lo 

"  Yea,"  aojd  Atitu.  "  H«  baa  bi'm  kindly  woilinf  h«i«,  n^ht  «Aa 
sight,  lo  meet  me,  sad  break  llie  n«wa  to  me." 

Midwinter  paused  onco  more.  Tha  attempt  (o  reouafile  tlio  coaclunes 
he  had  dntwit  frfim  hia  triri^'a  rondnct  with  thu  diwovery  thai  Allan  *■* 
the  maa  tat  trhnsr  nirlYal  Mr.  liwdiwood  hnd  been  iraiiiu^.  nat  bopelr* 
The  ooe  preaent  eltance  of  die^overiiig  n  truer  eblntion  of  tba  inratoyi 
waa  to  pren  the  sicward  on  the  one  nrxilable  point  in  which  ha  hid 
liioiaclfopen  In  atlack.  He  bad  podtiroly  denied  on  (he  ]ireviou*  evaodaf ' 
itiat  ha  koQv  imrthing  of  Allan 'h  mnvnnonu),  'tr  ilint  bo  had  my  iutMail 
in  Allan's  rchirn  to  Fugtnnd.  Hnving  (Wt<^cliil  Mr.  Baalivocd  in  oBib 
lold  to  hini»elfi  Uidwiulcr  iiuLtnlly  eiupeoted  hiui  of  teltiag  aaDtbert* 
AUnn.  He  »cizcd  the  nppottuaily  of  aiJ'ting  the  sUt^ttMot  ^bonl  Xii 
MilioY  on  (he  npol. 

"  Hen-  }..-ir.3  y•^^  hccon)«  aciinaiatcd.  W-ith  lhi»  sad  Duira?  "*  be  tti|aiR?I| 
fuming  sudUmly  on  Mr.  baeliirood. 


idaffl 


AltMADALB.  699 

"  Through  the  major  of  course,"  said  Allan,  before  the  steward  could 
answer. 

"  Wlio  is  the  doctor  who  has  the  care  of  Jfiss  Milroy?"  persisted 
Midwinter,  Btill  ttddressing  Afr.  Bashwood. 

For  the  second  time  the  Btcward  made  no  reply.     For  tlie  flecond 
,  time,  Allan  answered  for  him. 

"He  ia  a  inan  with  a  foreign  name,"  said  Allan.  "He  keeps  a 
Sanatorium  near  Hampstead.  What  did  y6\i  mj  the  place  was  called, 
Mr.  Bashwood?'* 

"  Fairwcather  Vale,  sir,"  B.iid  the  steward,  answering  his  employer  as 
a  matter  of  necessity,  but  answering  very  unwillingly. 

The  address  of  the  Sanatorium  instantly  reminded  Midwinter  that  he 
had  traced  his  wife  to  Fairweather  Vale  Villas  the  previous  night.  Ua 
began  to  see  light  through  the  darkness,  dimly,  for  the  first  time.  The 
instinct  which  comes  with  emergency,  before  thQ  slower  process  of  reason 
can  assert  itself,  brought  him  at  a  leap  to  the  conclusion  that  Mr.  Dash- 
wood — who  had  been  certainly  acting  under  hia  wife's  influence  the 
previous  day — might  be  acting  again  under  his  wife's  influence  now.  Ho 
persisted  in  sifting  the  steward's  statement,  with  the  conviction  growing 
firmer  and  firmer  in  his  mind  that  the  statement  was  a  lie,  and  that  hia 
wife  was  concerned  in  it. 

"  la  the  major  in  Norfolk  ?  "  he  asked,  "  or  is  he  near  his  daughter  in 
London  7" 

'^  In  Nwfolk,"  said  Mr.  Ba.<<hwood.  Having  answered  Allan's  look  of 
inqairy,  instead  of  Midwinter's  spoken  question,  in  those  words,  he  hesitated, 
looked  Midwinter  in  the  fuce  lor  the  first  time,  and  added,  suddenly,  "  I 
object,  if  yon  please,  to  be  cross-examined,  air.  I  know  what  I  have 
told  Mr.  Armadale,  and  I  know  no  more." 

The  words,  and  the  voice  in  which  tiiey  were  spoken,  were  alike  at 
Taiiance  with  Mr.  Bashwood's  usual  language  and  Mr.  Bashwood's  usual 
tone.  There  was  a  sullen  depression  in  his  face — there  was  a  furtive 
distrust  and  dislike  in  hia  eyes  when  they  looked  at  Midwinter,  which 
Uidwinter  himself  now  noticed  for  the  first  time.  I^fore  he  could 
answer  the  steward's  extraordlnaiy  outbreak,  Allan  interfered. 

"Don't  think  me  impatient,"  he  said.  "But  it's  getting  late  ;  it's 
B  long  way  to  Hampstead.     Tm  afraid  the  Sanatorium  will  be  shut  up." 

Midwinter  started.  "  You  are  not  going  to  the  Sanatorium  to-night  I " 
he  excUimed. 

Allan  took  his  friend's  hand,  and  wrung  it  hard.  "  If  you  were  as 
fund  of  her  as  I  am,"  he  whispered, "  you  would  take  no  rest,  you  could  get 
no  sleep,  till  you  had  seen  tho  doctor,  and  heard  the  best  and  the  worst  he 
had  to  tell  you.     Poor  dear  little  soul  I  who  knows,  if  she  could  only  see 

me  alive  and  well "     The  tears  came  into  hia  (lyes,  aqd  he  turned 

sway  his  head  in  silence. 

Midwinter  looked  at  liie  steward.  "  Stand  hack," -ho  said-  "  I  want 
to  ipeak  to  Mr.  Armadale,"     There  was  acmcthing  in  his  eye  which  it 

34—3 


V-aa  not  >al«  to  trldn  with.  3Ir.  Bachwood  ilrew  buck  &ut  bf  hnrin^. 
but  not  oiU  of  Biglit.  Miduinicr  laiJ  ha  hand  foiidl/  on  fais  frkiri'i 
aliouUcr. 

"Allan,"  lie  said,  "  I  Iibto  raaaons "    Ho  Btopped.     Cttuld  ilio 

nnsooi  be  given  before  he  hnd  fitirl/  nsEsed  (liirm  hiniseir;  At  th»t  tine, 
too,  «ail  noder  tliose  circumrimicct?  Impossible  I  "I  hava  naioitt," 
he  nKomod,  "for  ■dvtNing  jroii  not  to  bcli«v«  too  raadily  what  Air.  Btdi- 
v'Mxl  may  Niy.     Don't  tell  bim  lliin,  but  Tnke  the  wnruing." 

Allan  looked  nt  bia  friend  in  uctoniiiUnicnt.  "  It  was  you  wbo  alvnyi 
liVcd  Mr.  Bashwoodl"  he  exclaimed.  "It  was  jco  wbo  trusted  kUn, 
vrh«ii  lie  first  camo  lo  the  great  houae  I  " 

"  Pcrlinps  I  was  wrong,  Allan,  and  pt^rhaps  yon  were  right.  Will 
ymi  only  wait  till  we  cm  telrgnipli  to  Mujor  Milroy  nod  ^t  his  answer  f 
Will  you  only  wait  over  llio  nigtit  7 " 

"  ]  shall  go  Diiid  if  I  wait  over  tbe  night,"  raid  AiliiD.  "  Yoo  lure 
made  inc  iDorc  nnxlotia  than  I  wna  before.  II'  1  am  not  b>  apeak  about  it 
to  Unahwood,  I  nnist  and  will  go  to  the  Sftnat«riuni,  and  6nd  out  wlidlta 
•ho  is  or  ia  not  tliiTO,  from  llic  doctor  liimsclf." 

Midwink-r  anw  that  Jt  was  us«le«|.  lu  Allaira  intcrcsta  (here  «m 
only  one  olli«r  course  left  to  lake.  "  Will  jou  l«t  mc  go  with  yoa?  "Im- 
aekcd. 

''Allau'sfacc  brtgbtencd  for  the  first  lime.  '* Tou dear, good  (clloirt'' 
lie  Bxc1niiiiL<d.     "It  was  the  rery  thing  I  was  guiug  to  beg  of  you  tny«df." 

MidHintei-  beckoned  to  tlie  steward.  "Mr.  AmmdHlc  is  going  to  tbe 
SanutoriHrtt,"  lio  aaid,  "and  I  iiicun  to  accompany  hitu.  Get  acnbul 
come  with  ««." 

He  waited,  to  see  whctbt'r  Mr.  Ita^wood  would  comply.  Ilariir^ 
been  Btrictly  ordi-rcd,  when  Allan  di'l  arrive,  not  to  lose  aighl  vi  him, 
aiid  having,  in  bis  own  interestM,  Midwinl4-r')i  ui)eX[M?cted  ap^tearanoe  (o 
vjcpluiu  to  Miss  (iwilt,  the  tteward  b-td  no  vlioioe  but  lo  comply.  In 
Hulk-n  EubmiBsIon  lie  did  as  he  had  boon  tuM.  Tbe  keya  of  Allaa'i 
r  baggage  were  given  lo  l1ic  foreign  iravolliiij;  servant  whom  be  had 
'brooglit  witlt  bini,  and  tbe  man  was  instnictivl  to  wait  Ids  nioster'a  ordeia 
Hi  the  letniiiiua  1iot«i.  In  d  minute  more  the  rah  was  on  iia  wij  eotcf 
llie  station — wilb  Midwinter  and  Allan  inaide,  and  with  Mr.  BMhinod 
by  lliu  drivi'r  on  tbo  box. 


I 


Cctwtcn  cK'ven  ond  twelve  o'clock  that  uiglil)  Mia  Gwilt,  staixliag 
iiloiiC  at  tlie  window  which  lit  tbe  eoiridor  of  the  Snnalorium  on  the 
feetmd  floor,  beard  the  roll  of  whecU  coming  towards  l^r.  Thewxmd, 
gflihcring  rapidly  in  volnino  ihroiigb  iho  sllenee  of  the  londy  neuhbow* 
hood,  slopped  at  thu  iitin  gatL':^  In  another  tninulQ  sbe  aaw  tl)«  cab  dnv 
up  beneath  her,  at  the  houau  duoi-. 

The  earlier  niglit  had  hern  cloudy,  but  the  tky  was  clearing  sow,  mi 
Ibe  moon  was  out.  Sbe  opened  the  wiitdow  to  »c«  aad  bear  more  clearly- 
Uy  the  light  of  the  moon  ahoaaw  Allnn  get  out  of  the  cab,  aqd  tain 


ARMADALE.  701 

to  epeak  to  nme  otlicr  person  insidi-.  The  answering  voice  told  licr, 
before  he  appeared  in  hie  turn,  that  Armadale's  companion  was  her 
husband. 

The  same  petrifying  influence  that  had  fallen  on  her  at  the  interview 
with  him  of  the  previous  day,  fell  on  her  now.  She  stood  hy  the  window, 
white  and  still,  and  ha^nrd  and  old — as  she  had  stood  when  she  first 
faced  him  in  her  widow's  weeds, 

Mr.  Bashwood,  stealing  up  alone  to  the  second  floor  to  make  his  report, 
knew,  the  instant  he  set  eyes  on  her,  that  the  report  was  needless.  "  It's 
not  my  fault,"  was  all  he  suid,  as  she  slowly  turned  her  head,  and  looked 
at  him.     "  They  met  together,  and  there  was  no  parting  them." 

She  drew  a  long  breath,  and  motioned  to  him  to  be  silent.  "  Wnit  a 
little,"  she  said  ;  "  I  know  all  about  it." 

Turning  from  him  at  those  wordn,  she  slowly  paced  the  corridor  to  its 
furthest  end;  turned,  and  slowly  came  back  to  him  with  frowning  brow 
and  drooping  head — with  all  the  grace  and  beauty  gone  from  her,  but  the 
inbred  grace  and  beauty  in  the  movement  of  her  limbs. 

"  Do  you  wish  to  speak  to  me  7  *'  she  asked  ;  her  mind  far  away  fioin 
him,  and  her  eyes  looking  at  him  vacantly  as  she  put  the  question. 

He  roused  his  courage  as  he  had  never  roused  it  in  her  presence  yot. 
"Don't  drive  me  to  despair  1"  he  cried,  with  a  startling  abruptness. 
"  Don't  look  at  me  in  that  way,  now  I  have  found  it  out  I  " 

"  What  have  you  found  out?  "  she  asked,  with  a  momentary  surprise 
in  her  face,  which  faded  from  it  again  before  he  could  gather  breath 
enough  to  go  on. 

"  Mr.  Armadale  is  not  the  man  who  took  you  away  from  me,"  he 
answered.  "  Mr.  Midwinter  is  the  man.  I  found  it  out  in  your  £ice 
yesterday.  I  see  it  in  your  face  now.  Why  did  you  sign  your  name, 
'  Armadale,'  when  you  wrote  to  me  ?  Why  do  you  call  yourself  '  Mrs. 
Armadale 'BtiU  7" 

He  ^kc  those  bold  words,  at  long  intervals,  with  an  effort  to  resist 
her  iufloence  over  him,  pitiable  and  terrible  to  see. 

She  looked  at  him  for  the  first  time  with  softened  eyes.  "  I  wish  I  had 
piti«d  you  when  we  first  met,"  she  said  gently,  "  as  I  pity  you  now." 

He  atmggled  desperately  to  go  on,  and  say  the  words  to  her  which  he 
had  stmng  himself  to  the  pitch  of  saying  on  the  drive  from  the  terminus, 
Th^  were  words  which  hinted  darkly  at  his  knowledge  of  her  past  life; 
words  which  warned  her — do  what  else  she  might;  commit  what  crimes 
•he  pleased'-to  think  twice  before  she  deceived  and  deserted  him  again. 
In  those  terms  he  had  vowed  to  himself  to  address  her.  He  had  the 
phnsea  picked  and  choeen  ;  he  had  the  sentences  ranged  and  ordered 
in  bis  mind;  nothing  was  wanting  but  to  make  the  one  crowning  effort 
of  speaking  them — and,  even  now,  af^er  all  he  bad  mid,  and  all  he  had 
dared,  the  effort  was  more  than  he  could  compass  1  In  helpless  gratitude, 
even  for  so  little  as  her  pity,  he  stood  looking  at  her,  and  wept  the  silent 
vomaiuih  tears  that  fall  from  old  men's  eiyes. 


70S 


AimADALl?. 


Hb«  took  Ilia  haai  Uiil  spUie  to  him — nitii  Diw-kod  fvf  l>eSflK*i  blA 
wilhoni  iho  idigUl«it  itgn  of  etnotion  oii  he*  eidv. 

"Tuu  !.:ivc  Mciutd  iiliaii]^-  at  luy  iecim-=t,"  hIic  siiiJ.  "  WaJiaHl*- 
murrow,  and  you  ttiti  know  All.  If  }-0U  tnut  notlnii]!;  etu  (hut  1  Ii»e 
told  yon.  yoii  may  Irtirt  whit  1  tell  yon  now.     Jt  unit  fnd  tty-ni/jht." 

As  »liv  Buid  tbc  wonli!!,  tin-  doclor'a  tttp  w«s  limnl  cm  tbc  stAir*.  Ur. 
BHtbwood  drew  bii«k  fioni  Iter,  with  hi*  hesrt  l<«Rtiiig  fnjit  In  nnuttonbl« 
(>x|)ectBLion.  ■  "  It  will  «nd  u>>ii%lit  I "  h«  repwti^  to  Kitncelf,  hnder  lui 
btcttb.  M  Iio  niuTcd  swav  ttJwtmlA  tlic  liir  ftid  ofllic  rorridm-. 

"Don't  let  me  disturb  rou,  «ir,"  miiil  ilie  dcwlur,  diitM-niHr,  ut)irT 
met.  *'  I  linirr  noiluttg  to  K'f  to  Miv.  Arniftdale  TmU  uhnt  <koU  or  >nr- 
l)«dr  tttajr  licnr.* 

Mr.  liusliwoud  Weill  c<n,  wiiLuiit  ■iisw Pi-'inc',  to  tlie  f^r  Mil  of  tkeeor- 
ridor,  atill  rq>«iting  to  liimtwif,  *'lt  will  end  lo-nSglit  )"  Tlie  Awn 
^atiii\i%  liim  in  tii<;  r')>pc«tl«  direction,  j<rin«d  MiM  Gwilt. 

"  You  luiTe  heanl,  no  dtiubt,"  Iw  Iwgan  in  hi:*  hbtKica  niunncr  nrf 
bin  roundcft  tona,  "that  Mr.  Anundale  hut  artin-d.  fvrniit  tuc  to  aU, 
tny  dwr  leiiy,  thnt  ihete  i*  not  the  Waa  wawa  for  nny  Qi-rvotis  t^>Iidiiun 
C'U  ^our  part.  Uc  Imi  hcL-n  airerullr  liiimourud,  utd  he  iii  m  qtitvi  Had 
manageable  aabis  bt«t  friends  t»fuld  wish.  1  hare  iufonned  him  tint  it 
U  impowiblo  tQ  nllov  him  nn  interrivw  with  th«  yotin^  hidy  ta-ttt^lit — 
but  tinu  L«  luny  count  on  wcing  h«r  (with  the  phi^ier  precautloni)  al  t&< 
Wrtiwt  pro;iiiiou9  hour,  «n«r  she  is  awiike  to-mornjw  morntnir.  A-s  three 
h  no  hold  iic-ar,  nml  ns  llic  pnrpitious  hnuf  niay  occwt  nt  a  momml 
Bolicv,  it  vrua  cltMirly  inutimbciit  on  nic,  uudur  iho  |M.-culi«r  clnuUftaaofl^ 
lo  offer  him  the  bosjiiialiiy  of  the  Sfln.itoriurn.  >I*  has  Aec«})i«il  It  wiili 
thv  utmost  graiiluJe ;  and  hm  than\«d  me  In  n  RioM  ifputi>-iianif  »4 
~  lonehiitg  tuanner  for  the  pninn  1  Unvo  taktm  to  »c-t  hia  mind  at  ia». 
Perfectly  gratifying,  ptrfcclly  Kili^fiictory.  so  Isr  1  But  then  lt»  b«Ba  J 
little  hilcl) — now  hapiiily  got  orcr— whivh  I  thiuk  it  right  to  auntlioh  t<t fl 
}oti  before  we  all  retire  fbr  tiMt  night."  ^ 

Karinj  pavid  tho  ^raj  in  tho«e  Wnnh  (Hnit  in  fttr.  Bashimoi'i  btkriog) 
for  tb«  Blai^uieul  which  h«  h*-!  rteviottsly  aunwmceii  bis  Intention  cf 
making,  in  the  event  of  Alliin*«  dying  in  llio  Sstintoriiiin,  tho  doetor  «M 
shout  to  ]iro«-Rl,  HhcD  hit  tittulion  whs  ottnictcd  by  »  gotind  bebw  liLe 
(he  laying  of  1  dwir. 
'  H<i  indnnily  tU-scpndetl  the  «lnir«,an*1  iililoelced  thedoor  of  cotntnuaitt* 
Hon  brlWi-cn  thufinliutd  ntvond  llotnii,  which  he  hud  l0i^(?d  behind  him  oa 
|t!«««y  \a\i.  But  the  person  who  tiad  tried  Ihe  door — ifmeb  a  person  tlitft 
nqilly  had  been — ^was  too  quicli  fin-  him.  IIfIooIikI  along  Uii>  enrridor. anil 
OTtr  the  slaiicoae  into  the  hoi),  and  disoovcriii'pr  nothiiig-.  rcLnmffl  to  3Gm 
C"  ill,  a/liT  ewuring  tho  door  of  fofflumniralioii  Miind  him  wac«  nicW- 

"Pnn1o.-i  nif/'  )>c  rvftumed,  "I  thought  I  hmud  aotncthinj  domW&M 
With  RfAKl  lo  the  little  hiteb  that  I  adrerlcd  \*>  jtut  now,  jicmnl  nr  h< 
inftri-iu  you  that  Mr.  Annadiile  lia«  Inmight  n  friend  here  wiib  him,  if^ 
Iiears  lii«  stranj^  tnmc  uf  Midnlnter.     Do  you  khow  ibe  geutlcmiil 


I 

I 


^ 


ABMAIiALE.  703 

all?"  asked  the  doctor,  with  a  suspicioua   anxiety  in  hia  eye^  wliicli 
•traogely  belied  the  elaborate  indifference  of  bis  tone. 

"  I  know  him  to  be  an  old  friend  of  &Ir.  Armadale's,"  ahe  iaid.    "  Does 

he ?  "     Her  voice  failed  her,  and  her  eyea  fell  before  the  doctor's 

Eteady  scruliny.     She  maalered  the  momentary  weukneu,  and  finished  her 
qaestion.     "  Does  he,  too,  stay  here  to-night  ?  " 

"Mr.  Midwinter  is  a  peraon  of  coarec  manners  and  saapicious  temper," 
rejoined  the  doctor,  steadily  watching  her.  "Uewa*  rude  enough  to  insist 
on  staying  here  as  soon  as  Mr.  Armadale  had  accepted  my  invitation." 

He  paused  to  note  the  ciTect  of  those  words  on  her.  Left  utterly  in 
the  dark  by  the  caution  with  wliich  she  had  avoided  mentioning  her 
husband's  as^uuied  name  to  hiui  ut  their  first  interview,  the  doctor's  dis- 
trust of  her  was  necessarily  of  the  vaguest  kind.  He  bad  heard  hur  voice 
fail  her — he  had  seen  her  colour  change.  Hu  suspected  her  of  a  mental 
reservation  on  the  subject  of  Midwinter — and  of  nothing  more. 

"  Did  you  permit  him  to  have  hia  ivay  ?  "  she  asked.  "  lu  your 
place,  I  should  have  ahown  him  the  door." 

The  impenetrable  composure  of  her  tone  wat:ued  tiie  doctor  that  her 
self-command  was  not  to  be  further  shaken  tliat  nigbt.  He  resumed  tlie 
character  of  Mrs.  Armadale's  medical  referee  on  the  subject  of  Mr.  Arnia- 
dide'a  mental  health. 

"If  I  had  only  had  my  own  feelings  to  couault,"  he  said,  "  I  don't 
difiguise  from  you  that  I  should  (as  you  say)  have  shown  Mr.  Midwinter 
the  door.  But  on  ippciiliog  to  Mr.  Armadale,  I  found  he  was  himself 
anxious  not  to  be  parted  from  his  friend.  Under  those  circumstanced, 
but  one  alternative  was  left,  the  altei'Uative  of  htunouriug  liim  again.  The 
responsibility  of  thwarting  him — to  say  nothing,"  added  the  doctor, 
drilling  for  a  moment  towards  the  truth,  "  of  my  natural  apprehension, 
with  such  a  temper  as  his  friend's,  of  a  scandal  and  disturbance  in  the 
bouse — was  not  to  be  thought  of  Ibr  a  moment,  Mr.  Midwinter  accord- 
ingly remains  here  for  the  night ;  aud  occupica  (1  ought  to  bay,  insists  on 
occupying)  the  next  room  to  Mr.  Arm&dale.  Advise  mo,  my  dear  madam, 
in  this  emergency,"  concluded  the  doctor,  with  lui  loudest  emphaais. 
"  What  rooms  shall  we  put  them  in,  on  the  lirst  Hoor  ?  " 

"  Put  Mr.  Armadale  in  Number  Four." 

"And  his  friend  next  to  him,  in  number  throe?"  said  tlie  doctor. 
"  Well  I  well  I  well  I  perhaps  they  are  the  most  comfortable  rooms.  I'll 
give  my  orders  immediately.  Don't  hurry  iiway,  Mr.  liashwood,"  he 
called  out  cheerfully  na  he  reached  the  top  of  the  stiiircose.  "  I  have  left 
the  assistant- physician's  key  on  the  window-sill  yonder,  nod  Mrs.  Armadale 
can  let  you  out  at  the  stalrcaae  door  whenever  she  plfaaea.  Don't  ait  up 
Jste,  Mrs.  Armadale  I  Yours  is  a  nervous  system  that  reijuires  plenty  of 
sleeps  '  Tired  nature's  sweet  restorer,  balmy  sleep.'  Gmad  line  I  God 
bless  you — good-night  1" 

Mr.  Baahwood  came  back  from  the  far  end  of  the  coi-ridor — atill  pon- 
dsriDgi  in  unutterable  expectation,  on  whut  was  to  come  with  the  night. 


704  ahmadalk. 

"  Am  I  to  go  now  ?  "  he  asked. 

"  No.  You  are  to  Btny.  I  aaid  yon  sliould  know  all  if  jon  waited 
till  the  moniiog.     Wait  here." 

He  he^tated  and  looked  about  him.  "  The  doctor,"  lie  faltered. 
*'  I  thought  the  doctor  swd " 

"  The  doctor  will  interfere  with  nothing  that  I  do  in  this  house  to- 
niglit  I  tell  jou  to  itay.  There  are  empty  rooms  on  the  floor  above 
this.     Take  one  of  them." 

Mr.  Baahwood  felt  the  trembling  fit  coming  on  him  again  aa  he  looked 
at  her.     "  May  I  ask- 7  "  he  began. 

"  Ask  nothing.     I  want  you." 

"  Will  you  please  to  tell  me ?  " 

"I  will  tell  you  nothing  till  the  night  is  orcr  and  the  morning  hu 
come." 

Hia  curioaty  conqaered  his  fear.     He  persisted. 

"Is  it  something  dreadful?"  he  whitpered.    "Too  dreadful  to  tell  me?" 

She  stamped  her  foot  with  a  sudden  outbreak  of  impatience.  "  Go  I* 
■he  aaid,  anatcbing  the  "key  of  the  staircase  door  from  the  window-sill. 
"  You  do  quite  right  to  distrust  me — you  do  quite  right  to  follow  me  no 
farther  in  the  dark.  Go  before  the*house  is  shut  np.  I  can  do  without 
you."  She  led  the  way  to  the  stairs,  with  the  key  in  one  Land,  and  the 
candle  in  the  other. 

Mr.  Bashwood  followed  her  in  silence.  No  one,  knowing  what  be 
knew  of  her  earlier  life,  could  have  fiiiled  to  perceive  that  she  was  s 
woman  driven  to  the  last  extremity  and  standing  consciously  on  the  brink 
of  a  Crime.  In  the  first  terror  of  the  discovery,  he  broke  fn;c  from  the 
hold  she  had  on  him — he  thought  and  acted  like  a  man  who  bad  a  will  of 
bis  own  again. 

She  put  the  key  in  the  door,  and  turned  to  him  before  she  opened  it, 
wirh  the  light  of  the  candle  on  Iter  face.  "  Forget  me,  and  forgive  me," 
she  said.     "  We  meet  no  more." 

She  opened  the  door,  and,  standing  inside  it,  afler  he  had  passed  her, 
gave  him  her  hand.  He  had  resisted  her  look,  he  had  resisted  her  words, 
but  the  magnetic  fssciniLtion  of  her  touch  conquered  him  at  the  final 
moment.  "  I  can't  leave  yon  I "  he  said,  holding  helplessly  by  the  hnnd 
ahe  had  given  him.     "  What  must  I  do  ?  " 

"  Come  and  see,"  she  answered,  without  allowing  him  an  instant  to 
reflect. 

Closing  her  hand  firmly  on  his,  she  led  him  along  the  first-floor  corri- 
dor to  the  room  numbered  Four.  "  Notice  tliat  room,"  she  whispered. 
After  a  look  over  tlie  slaii-s  to  see  that  they  were  alone,  she  retraced  her 
steps  with  him  to  the  opposite  extremity  of  the  corridor.  Here,  facing  the 
window  which  lit  the  place  at  the  other  end,  was  one  little  room,  with  a 
narrow  grating  in  the  higher  part  of  the  door,  intended  for  the  sleqnif 
apartment  of  the  doctor's  deputy.  From  the  position  of  thii  fo 
graUng  commanded  a  view  of  ^e  bed-chamb«n  down  each 


AltMADALE.  70fi 

corridor,  aad  bo  enabled  iho  dcputy-plijsici.in  to  inform  liiniself  of  any 
irregular  proceedings  on  the  part  of  the  pntienta  under  hia  care,  with  liUle 
or  no  chance  of  being  detected  in  watching  them.  Miss  Gwilt  opened  the 
door  and  led  the  way  into  the  empty  room, 

"  Wait  here,"  she  said,  "  while  I  ro  back  upslnirB ;  and  lock  yourself 
in,  if  you  like.  Tou  will  be  in  the  dark — but  the  gaa  will  bo  burning  in 
tlie  corridor.  Keep  at  the  grating,  and  make  sure  that  Mr,  Armadale 
goes  into  the  room  I  have  just  pointed  out  to  you,  and  that  he  doesn't 
leave  it  afterwards.  If  you  lose  sight  of  the  room  for  a  single  moment, 
before  I  come  back,  you  will  repent  it  to  the  end  of  your  life.  Jf  you  do 
OS  I  tell  you,  you  shall  see  me  to-morrow,  and  claim  your  own  reward. 
Quick  with  your  answer  !     Is  it  Yes  or  No?" 

He  could  make  no  reply  in  words.  He  raised  her  hand  to  his  lips, 
and  kissed  it  rapturously.  She  left  him  in  tlie  ro^m.  From  his  place 
at  the  grating  he  saw  her  glide  down  the  corridor  to  the  staircase  door. 
She  passed  through  it,  and  locked  it.     Then  there  was  silence. 

The  next  sound  waa  the  sound  of  the  women-servants'  voicca.  Two 
of  them  came  up  to  put  the  sheets  on  the  beds  in  Number  Three  and 
Number  Four.  The  women  were  ii*  high  good-humour,  laughing  and 
talking  to  each  other  through  the  open  doors  of  the  rooms.  The  master's 
customers  were  coming  iu  at  last,  they  said,  with  a  vengeance  ;  the  liouse 
woiild  soon  begin  to  look  cheerful,  if  things  went  on  like  this. 

Afler  a  little,  tlie  beds  were  got  ready,  and  the  women  returned  to  the 
kitchen-floor,  on  which  the  sleeping  rooms  of  tlie  domestic  servants  were 
all  situated.     Then  there  was  ulence  again. 

The  next  soi)nd  was  the  sound  of  the  doctor's  voice.  He  appeared  at 
the  end  of  the  corridor,  showing  Allan  and  Midwinter  the  way  to  their 
rooms.  They  all  went  together  into  Number  Four.  After  a  little,  the 
doctor  came  out  Srst.  He  waited  till  Midwinter  joined  him,  and  pointed 
with  a  formal  bow  to  the  door  of  Number  Three.  Alidwinter  entered  the 
room  without  speaking,  and  shut  himself  in.  The  doctor,  IcH  alone,  with- 
drew to  the  Btatrcaae  door  and  unlocked  it — then  waited  in  the  corridor, 
whistling  to  himself  softly,  under  his  breath. 

Voices  pitched  cautiously  low  became  audible  in  a  minute  more  in  the 
hall.  The  Resident  Dispenser  and  the  Head  Nurse  appoared,on  their  May 
to  the  Dormitories  of  the  Attendants  at  the  top  of  the  house.  The  man 
bowed  silently,  and  passed  the  doctor;  the  woman  curtseyed  silently,  and 
followed  the  man.  The  doctor  acknowledged  their  salutations  by  a  cour- 
teous wave  of  his  hand;  and  once  more  lef^  alone,  paused  n  moment,  still 
whistling  softly  to  himself — then  walked  to  the  door  of  Number  Fctir,  and 
opened  the  case  of  tlie  fumigating  apparatus  fixed  neiir  it  in  the  corner  of 
the  wall.  As  he  li^ed  the  lid  and  looked  in,  his  whistling  censed.  lie 
took  a  long  purple  bottle  out,  examined  it  by  the  gaslight,  put  it  bad;,  and 
closed  tlie  case.  This  done,  he  advanced  on  tiptoe  to  the  open  sttilrcaKc 
door — passed  through  it — and  secured  it  on  the  inner  side  as  usual. 

Ur.   Bashwood  had   secii  him  at  the  apparatus  ;  Mr,  BoKhwood  V^ 


706  AHMAUALE. 

noticol  i\m  Uiutaer  «/  ItU  wiilnlrAwul  (Ufov^  itu  alaireaa»-<lo«r.  AgtiSB 
tho  KtiM  of  nu  unutterable  exjxicuilitm  tlinilibeO  at  luk  LcarU  A  Utrui 
UiKt  wu  iJour  uul  cc^  uiul  tlcaJlj  crept  into  bii  liosd*,  nod  gunlnl  tlictn 
ia  tliu  <liuk  to  (be  Vey  that  bai^  l>cca  lutl  for  liiiu  in  tin*  mnbt  vAt  of  Ae 
door.  Hn  luni^  U  In  rajae  distriut  of.  wbot  m'l^t  bajapni  n«xt,  aaJ 
wiuleili 

XIm  (low  iikinui«  pnasMl,  aatl  notliiiig  baii|>on«i].  TIm  ntmn  «u 
liornblst  llu  tulilude  ot'  tlie  Icmrljr  corridor  wM  s  solitode  o(  iDviribh) 
kKaoborifli.  '  li«  bagtut  lo  count  lo  keep  hN  mind  cmplo;«4 — to  k«p  lit> 
own  grawing  clreaJ  away  from  faim.  The  nuuib«ra,  u  lie  tcliispenJ 
tiienii  ibiloved  vnd]  other  sfowlj  up  to  a  liundrwl,  aud  biUI  oMbiif 
1iap|i«ae<l.  He  luul  begun  ths  tiicond  bundrvd  ;  ho  had  /nt  on  to  tmnij 
— wlivii,  ivitbuut  a  souud  lo  betnjr  itMl  ko  bad  bcvn  movlog^  in  Uo  mw. 
liUlwinlei'  sudJvtii/  appourod  in  tbo  oonridor. 

He  stood  {(»■  &  uiDinenl  uhI  liiteneai — ^be  ««nl  lu  tliv  Main  and  I:> '    ' 
orer  tuto  the  hall  bcnenth.     Then,  for  tlie  seeond  lime  ilat  ul^tit,  be  lj:-. 
thf  alaiicu*  door,  and  fvr  the  second  time  fbnnd  it  B«t.    Al\vr  a  uooitsii  t 
nlluclion,  lie  trivd  the  dooi-s  of  tho  bedroomt  on   his  right  hud  out, 
luuLvd  inio  oRc  after  the  Dllicr,  aut^mw  that  thi'y  were  citipljr,  tlico  amf 
to  tbu  duor  cf  tbo  end  roiini  in  which  the  sttivrniil  wna  eivoeculcd.     [Iw« 
again,  iIm  lock  ivsiMed  htm.   1  la  lijrti.'nod,  anil  lotiki-d  up  at  tlip  grating.   A'o 
sound  was  to  Iw  heard,  no  figbl  kua  la  be  aoeii  ioridc.    "  Slinll  I  break  tbo 
dvoi-  In,"  111;  Buid  lo  hiniscit',  "and  make  tnrvl    Naj  it  would  br  givisg  tiia  . 
doctor  au  excuK  Tor  taruiiig  tnc  out  of  ihu  lionM-."     lie  ntoved  avtj.  xni  , 
, looked  into  lti«  two  empty  looina  in  th«  row  uecu}4>-d  by  .VJlaa  and  him- 
Bcir,  tlieo  walked  to  tlie  wiudow  at  the  itaiivai«  cuid  of  llu*  cori-fJrr.   lien,  i 
ibc  Viifn  of  the  fumigating  appamtaa  nltractcd  hia  attenticni.     AfW  ti^fs;] 
vainly  to  ttf«n  it,  liia  uu[t>ciun  wenied  lo  bo  niwiMd.     tie  SDarfchcd 
along  ili«  corridur,  and  uWrvcd  iLiit  no  object  of  a  Miiiiliu-  kind  ap|] 
outtdda  any  of  tht  othtr  bedcbaubcr*.    Again  at  tho  wiudow,  ht 
again  at  Uie  appaiatui,  and  turned  »vay  bom  it  with  n  g«Mnra  vlif^l 
plainly  iudiciitL^  lliat  hu  had  tried,  and  lailod,  lo  Rursa  wliai  {t  might  Ic 

Il^iAlvd  «t  all  jKiiiiui,  liv  >till  •boircd  ito  ^n  of  rclnralDg  to  bi»  btd^ 
cbunibi-r.  llv  Muod  at  iho  tThidov,  whii  hiit«yet  tlxvd  on  ilte  door  oTAliu'i 
rottiB,  tliiiiking.  Jf  Ur.  IlAaltwood,  furliroly  wiiichiug  him  through 
gnijng,  could  hav«  icvn  Itiin  nt  that  inoDteiit  ia  tiie  raiud  aawtll  u  In  lh> 
body,  Mr.  Boalivood's  hcnrt  nii^ht  hare  throbhcd  irvcn  fiuxor  ihan  it  vn* 
ihiubhing  now,  ia  p.vpecutivn  ol'  lliA  next  cvaat  which  UJdwintirt 
deoisioo  of  U)Q  uczt  itiitiutu  vvaa  lu  bring  forth. 

On  what  was  his  aiiud  occupied  m  he  stood  olonri  at  the  AraJ  ^ 
nighl,  in  tho  ilrango  hoUHef 

Hi»  mind  was  uvoupied  in  drawing  ita  disconncdrd  Imtttvsuulii  htf^ 
tbur,  lillle  by  little,  lo  onv  poiul.  CooTJuvod,  from  lh«  Krst,  that  wf^ 
biddim  danger  thn'att'ned  Allan  in  iho  Sanatorium,  hia  diatnut — rwgti^J 
aMociatcd,  tltua  lor,  with  the  ploue  iiwulf ;  with  hie  wil^  (wboiu  he  fii^T 
bditved  to  be  now  uudvr  tlio  laoie  i-oof  with  him) ;  with  tbe  doctofi ' 


m*^ 


ARMADALE.  ?0? 

was  as  plainly  in  her  confidence  an  Mr.  Bashwood  iiimself — now  narrowed 
its  range,  and  centred  itself  obatiiiately  in  Alliin's  room,  designing  all 
i'urther  eiFoit  to  connect  his  BUspicion  of  a  conspiracy  against  his  friend,  with 
the  outrage  which  had  the  day  before  been  offered  to  himself — an  effort 
which  would  have  led  him,  if  he  could  have  maintained  it,  to  a  discovery 
cf  the  Fraud  really  contemplated  by  his  wife — his  mind,  clouded  and  con- 
fused by  disturbing  influences,  instinctively  took  refuge  in  its  impressions 
of  facta  as  they  had  shown  the  nisei  vch,  since  he  had  entered  the  house. 
Everything  that  he  had  noticed  below  staira  suggested  that  there  wna  some 
secret  purpose  to  be  answered  by  getting  Allan  to  sleep  in  the  Sanatorium. 
Everything  that  he  had  noticed  above  stairs,  associated  the  lurking-place 
in  which  the  danger  lay  hid,  with  Allan's  room.  To  reach  this  conclusion, 
and  to  decide  on  baffling  the  conspiracy,  whatever  it  might  be,  by  taking 
Allan's  place,  was  with  Midwinter  the  work  of  an  instant.  Confronted 
by  actual  peril,  the  great  nature  of  the  man  intuitively  freed  itself  from 
the  weaknesses  that  had  beset  it  in  happier  nnd  safer  times.  Not  even 
Ihe  shadow  of  the  old  superstition  rested  on  his  mind  now — no  fatalist 
nupicion  of  himself  disturbed  the  steady  resolution  that  was  hi  him.  The 
one  last  doubt  that  troubled  him,  as  Ite  stood  at  the  window  thinking,  was 
the  doubt  whether  he  could  perauadb  Allan  to  change  rooms  with  him, 
without  involving  himself  in  an  explanation  which  might  lead  Allan  to 
inspect  the  truth. 

In  the  minute  that  elapsed,  while  he  waited  with  his  eyes  on  the 
room,  the  doubt  was  resolved — lie  found  the  trivial,  yet  BulHcicnt,  excuse 
of  which  he  was  in  seaich.  Mr.  Bashwood  Saw  him  rouse  himself,  and 
go  to  the  door.  Mr.  Bashwood  heard  him  knock  softly,  and  whispef, 
"  Allan,  arc  you  in  bfd  7  "  . 

"No,"  answered  the  voice  intidc,  "come  in." 

He  appeared  to  be  on  the  point  of  entering  the  room,  when  he  checked 
himself  as  if  iie  had  suddenly  remembered  something.  "  Wait  a  minute," 
he  said,  through  the  door,  and,  turning  away,  wont  straight  to  the  end 
room.  "  If  there  is  anybody  watching  ua  in  there,"  he  naid  uluud,  "  let 
liim  watch  ua  through  this  ! "  He  took  out  his  handkerchief,  and  stuffed 
it  into  the  wirts  of  the  grating,  so  as  completely  to  close  the  aperture- 
Having  thus  forced  the  spy  inside  (if  there  was  one)  either  to  betray 
himaelt'  by  moving  the  handkerchief,  or  to  reninin  blinded  to  .-ili  view  of 
-what  might  happen  next,  Midwinter  presented  himself  in  Allan's  loom, 

"  You  know  what  poor  nerves  1  have,"  he  said,  "  and  what  a  wretched 
sleeper  I  am  at  the  beat  of  times.  I  cun'i  sleep  to-night.  The  window 
in  my  room  rattles  every  time  the  wind  blows.  I  wish  it  was  as  fiist 
as  your  window  here." 

"My  dear  fellow!"  ciied  Allan,  "I  dnn't  mind  a  rattling  window. 
Let's  change  rooms.  Nonsense !  Why  tliould  you  niuUe  excuses  to  me  7 
Don't  I  know  how  eawly  tiiiles  upset  those  excitable  nerves  of  yours? 
Now  the  doctor  has  quieted  my  mind  about' my  poor  little  Neelie,  I  begin 
to  feel  the  journey — and  I'll  answer  for  sleeping  anywhere  till  to-morrow 


708 


AltMAPALK 


aomai.'  lie  look  up  1i!i  tmv-elling-tutg.  "  Wn  nmut  be  quick  ftboul  tl," 
Ite  «ddi.il,  poiatiiig  to  lits  Ointlle.  "  Tliey  liiiY«»'t  l«ft  nie  mucli  canJlc  t« 
^o  to  bed  br." 

"Re  very  qiiiel,  Allan,"  eaitl  Midwinlcr.  opening  tlie  door  (be  hm. 
"  We  muitii't  (liKturb  tl>c  liouac  nt  thtx  time  of  nigVit." 

"  YflS,  JM,"  rwiumwl  Allnii,  in  a.  whisper.  "Good  night — I  I»p« 
joa'11  elccp  81  wfll  u  I  bImII." 

MidmntcT  law  iiini  into  Number  Thr««,  nnd  notiood  thsl  hu  om 
cnndle  (wliicli  lie  hnd  left  t)ier«)  wa.i  at  atiort  ax  AlUn's.  "  Good  nlghl," 
lie  mid,  kiiil  cante  uut  ngnin  ialo'tho  corridur. 

Ho  went  BtrnigUt  to  the  grating,  and  looked  snd  tintcned  <rnoc  inorv. 
Tlic  handkerchief  rrniuine<]  exactly  m  hu  had  left  it,  and  still  there  ku 
no  »<nind  to  be  hfnrd  witliin.  H«  relumed  riowly  along  the  eorriiior, 
and  tliougbt  of  the  prccnutions  he  had  taken,  for  the  liuit  lime.  Ifan 
there  no  oilier  way  (lina  the  way  he  was  trjinp  now  ?  There  vtaa  uonr. 
Any  openly -11  vowed  ponliirc  of  dcfeiicfl — vrhilo  Uie  n.ilure  of  lb©  danger, 
and  the  quarter  froni  which  ii  might  corne,  were  alike  unknown •^wouU 
be  utdew  in  itoclf,  and  wor*c  thnn  uselvis  in  llic  wiitequeneca  whidb  tl 
might  produce  by  putting  Uie  people  of  the  house  on  their  gnard.  Wlih- 
onta  ^ct  that  could  justify  to  other  minds  his  distrust  of  what  might 
hnppen  willi  the  night ;  incnpablc  of  shaking  AUun's  ready  faith  in  tlrt 
fair  oulndo  which  thi>  doctor  hnd  presented  to  him,  the  one  eafi-guanl  in 
hii  friend's  interests  that  Midwinter  could  act  up,  was  the  safcgiiardof 
ehuigiitg  ihe  rooms — the  one  policy  he  could  folJow,  eomo  what  might  of 
it,  was  the  policy  of  waiting  for  erentii.  '*  I  can  tniiit  to  oi»  tiling,"  he 
•aid  to  ]il)tii>elfr  AS  he  lookcl  for  the  lust  time  up  and  down  the  corridor— 
"I  enn  iruitl  myself  to  kwp  nwnku." 

Aflcr  a  gliuicc  at  the  clo«k  on  the  wall  opposite,  he  went  into  Nnmlfr 
Foor.  Tbe  aound  of  tho  eloiring  door  was  )ie«rd,  (he  sound  of  the  htniiiig 
lock  followi;d  it.     Tlien,  th<*  dend  silence  fell  orer  the  house  once  more. 

Little  by  little,  the  stcwnnVa  horror  of  the  stillneas  and  the  daikncM 
OT^ronmc  hia  diead  of  moving  the  liand kerchief.  He  cautiously  dit* 
tuide  one  comer  of  it— waited — looked — and  took  courage  nt  Ust  to  dnv 
the  whule  bandkcrchicf  through  tlio  wires  of  the  grating.  After  Cnt 
hiding  it  in  his  pocket,  he  thonghl  of  th«  consequeneee  if  it  wiw  fennd  on 
him,  and  threw  it  down  in  a  comer  of  the  room.  Ue  Ircuibled  when 
hchiid  cast  it  front  him,  at  he  looked  at  hia  watch,  and  placed  hioudf' 
again  at  the  grating  '.o  wait  for  Afimt  Gwilt. 

It  was  a  quarter  to  one.  The  niot^n  had  come  round  fiom  the  side  to 
Ihe  frontof  tho  S.in!itorium.  From  time  to  time  h^r  lijiht  glvanied  oa  U>e 
window  of  the  cortidor,  when  the  gnpj  in  the  flying  clouds  let  it  tfafM^k. 
The  wind  had  risen,  and  8iu>g  its  mournful  K>ng  bintly,  as  it  swept  M 
intervals  orer  the  deaert  ground  in  front  of  the  hon«*. 

Tlie  7niniite-hand  of  the  clock  travdllcd  on  half-way  round  the  drtb 
of  the  dial.  As  it  t^'Uclicdlhc  quortcr-past  one,  Miss  Gwilt  steppe*!  noisr- 
le»ly  into  tlic  corridor.    "  Lot  yourself  out,"  •hi-  whicpertd  Uiretntli  tl» 


ahmadau:.  709 

grating,  "and  lallow  me."  She  returned  to  the  slaira  hy  which  ihc  hail 
juBt  descended ;  pushed  the  door  to  softly,  after  Mr.  Basbwood  had  followed 
her ;  and  led  the  way  up  to  the  landing  of  the  second-Hoor.  There  slie 
put  the  question  to  him  which  she  had  net  ventured  to  put  bcloiv  stiura." 

"  Waa  Mr.  Armadale  showD  into  Number  Four  ?  "  she  askt'd. 

He  bowed  his  bend  without  speaking. 

"  Answer  me  in  words.     Has  Mr,  Armadale  left  the  room  since?" 

He  answered,  "  No." 

"  Have  you  never  lost  sight  of  Number  Four  since  I  left  yon  7  " 

He  answered,  "  Never." 

Something  strange  in  his  manner,  something  unfamiliar  in  his  voice, 
iiB  be  made  that  last  reply,  attracted  her  attention.  She  took  bor  candle 
from  a  table  near,  on  which  she  had  left  it,  and  threw  its  light  on  him. 
Hia  eyes  were  staring,  his  teeth  chattered.  There  was  everything  to 
betray  liim  to  her  as  a  terrified  man — there  was  nothing  to  tell  her  that 
tbc  terror  was  caused  by  his  consciousness  of  deceiving  her,  for  the  firat 
time  in  bis  life,  to  her  face.  If  she  hod  threatened  him  less  openly  when 
ehc  placed  him  on  the  watcb  ;  if  she  bad  spoken  less  unreservedly  of  the 
interview  which  was  to  reward  bim  in  tbe  morning,  be  might  have  owned 
the  truth.  As  it  was,  bis  strongest  fears  and  bis  dearest  hopes  were  alike 
interested  in  telling  her  the  fatal  lie  that  he  bad  now  told — the  fatal  lie 
which  be  reiterated  when  she  put  ber  question  for  tbc  second  time. 

She  looked  at  him,  deceived  by  the  la»t  man  on  earth  whom  she 
would  have  suspected  of  deception — the  man  whom  she  bad  deceived 
heraelf. 

"  You  seem  to  be  over-excited,"  she  said  quietly.  "  The  nigbt  baa 
been  loo  much  for  you.  Go  upstairs,  and  rest.  You  will  find  tbe  door 
of  one  of  the  rooms  left  open.  That  is  tbe  room  you  are  to  occupy. 
Good  night." 

She  put  tbc  cit&dle  (which  she  bad  left  burning  for  bim)  on  the  table, 
and  gave  liim  her  hand.  He  held  ber  back  by  it  desperately  as  ebe 
turned  to  leave  him.  His  horror  of  what  might  happen  when  she  was 
left  by  bersclf,  forced  tbe  words  to  his  lips  which  he  would  have  feared  to 
speak  to  licr  at  any  other  time. 

"  Don't,"  be  pleaded  in  a  whisper;  "  ob,  don't,  don't,  don't  go  down- 
Btairs  to-nigbt ! " 

She  released  her  haud,  and  signed  to  bim  to  take  tbe  candle.  "You 
shall  see  me  to-morrow,"  she  said.     "  Not  a  word  more  now  I " 

Her  stronger  will  conquered  bim  at  tbnt  last  moment,  as  it  bad  con- 
quered him  throughout.  He  took  the  candle,  and  waited — following  her 
eagerly  witli  his  eyes  as  ahe  descended  the  stairs.  The  cold  of  tbc  Decem- 
ber night  seemed  to  have  found  its  way  to  lier  through  the  warmth  of  tlia 
house.  She  had  put  on  a  long  heavy  black  shawl,  and  had  &stened  it 
close  over  her  breast.  The  plaited  coronet  in  which  she  wore  her  hair 
Beemed  to  have  weighed  too  heavily  on  her  head.  She  bad  untwisted  it, 
and  thrown  it  back  over  ber  sliouldera.    The  old  man  looked  at  her 


TIO 


AUUADALE. 
Iny  «J  over  Uic  blade  »H«wt — nt  her  npfilc.  Inof- 


Ilowinjr  linir.  o 

fic^nrnl  liaiiil,  M  it  tiid  davQ  tim  bttaubaM — at  the  smoolb,  («Jactirt 
gmvA  of  i!V»rj  raoTduenl  Uiat  tuok  her  liutlier  and  liirlliur  sway  &aa 
him.  "  Tile  itifflic  will  gu  nuickiy."  he  said  to  himwlf  as  «faa  iwMed  fiwa 
1^  \  kv  I  ■'  I  •Iiall  tlr«iiin  of  hvr  till  tits  inunit&g  «DmBi 


I 
t 


She  veoured  the  tldtreaae  dwr,  alter  cli«  had  poaacd  thm^ 
lialened,  und  HatuGcd  beisvir  tliat  nulliing  unii  ttirring — thra  W4lU 
kIowIjt  along  tli«  conidur  to  (lie  windoiv.  Lcjiiiiij;  on  ihe  vribdmr-uLL 
she  looked  out  at  tltc  uigiit.  Tliu  clouds  vmo  vvvr  the  uiooo  at  that 
nuiuent ;  noUiJug  wna  to  be  Hecii  through  the  daiktiea  but  xht  HuUtend 
naalighla  in  Um  ftthtirh.  Tutuiug  from  the  wtudon,  ihn  looked  u  iW 
cloclt.     li  was  twenty  mioutM  pui  one. 

Fur  thv  LuL  lipH-,  the  reMalutiuii  ilwi  huJ  i:oiit«  lo  hor  in  tb«  earlior 
Dighl,  «ilii  tiiu  iuiuwicdge  that  bur  husbiuid  mus  iu  ihe  hoiue,  fiiteod  iladl 
uppermost  in  her  miod,  For  the  ksl  luue,  the  Toiot:  within  bar  muA, 
"  Think  il'  thei-u  is  uo  oibn  vaj  I " 

8I111  iteud«f«d  oT»  it  itU  li>c  miautc<haiui  uT  tli«  elwck  pMiit«d  lu  (Jw 
hair-huur.  "No!"  aiie  sutd,  sLill  lliuikiiig  of  bvr  Luaband.  "Ilia  uib 
cJuncft  lefi)  is  to  go  through  witlt  il  to  (h«  vbd.  ilo  kUI  learo  tb«  ihiag 
andone  whidi  he  liua  couti  hvni  to  <Iu;  hii  will  luuvu  liia  wotda  unipoktn 
'hicli  he  bus  Qwuc  buro  tu  6»y — wiien  ha  iiaoHs  that  thoact  uiny  nalur 
m  A  fiiililiu  «e«ii(3ul,  aiui  that  the  wutua  amy  Bciid  mu  ti>  tlie  acafivU!" 
Her  cahiur  roae,  rii*J  eho  auiilcd  with  a  terriblo  iiotiy  aa  uiu  [ooked  for  tk« 
liist  tiiuu  at  tho  duur  bf  tiiu  livoui.  "  I  thaU  Ic  )(jUI'  iNhluv,"  ahesaiJt 
"  ill  ball-aD-hoiir  !  " 

tjli«  o]n:iii-d  liic  ckm:  of  tltc  iijijaivlu*,  uiid  louk  the  Puipla  FtaU:  in 
her  haud.  Afur  uiiukiu);  ihu  tiinv  by  a  ({iduct;  at  lUv  dock,  aha  di«t^ 
into  the  gliia  I'uunei  the  lirbt  uf  the  six  atita-nita  Puuiiiigs  thai  wmv 
uieaaiirttl  for  her  by  tho  paper  alipt. 

Wiien  >li«  had  put  ilm  h'luk  baek^  sliu  h»teued  at  the  luoalh  of  lbs 
ftuiiii'l.  Hoi  a  auuud  teuchtid  her  eur :  the  dentlly  jutiMM  dal  its  vork, 
in  ihe  ailt^nca  of  death  ilaoll^  When  shv  ruse,  aad  looked  up,  tho  taoatt 
uruH  >Jitiiing  iu  at  lltu  wiudou',  and  Ute  iiiwuiiug  wind  wat  (luivL 

Oh,  thu  tiiur  1  lh«  tlnie  I  IT  it  could  vuly  Uavtt  been  bviiun  and 
ftiwifil  iv'Uh  tliv  lirst  i'ouriiif;  I 

SliG  neut  duwuslaira  iuio  tiie  hull  —  tiu  walktol  to  and  fro^  aaJ 
lu)Ieiii.-d  nt  the  opto  tluor  lliuC  lul  (o  the  kittdieu  attitni.  She  came  up 
ii^iii  I  «h«  went  dowi)  again,  'i'he  hi-M  of  tho  iut«ivida  uf  five  oiianUa 
u;iK  t-ndk-M.     Tiie  liuie  ntuod  ttill.     The  naipniuo  was  inadJenUif. 

The  iuteriiU  ]>iiabcd.  A*  tltt  tuuk  the  Fluak  for  thv  eeeoDil  tiiac^  aaJ 
dK>p[ti.-iit  in  tbii  6iK'oiid  I'ouriiig,  tl^e  alouda  AoatLHl  over  the  mo<ii>,  ainl  t«( 
sighl-viun  through  the  windour  slowly  darkened. 

I'lie  rij«tl(»(acM  lliat  lind  dttvvu  hvr  up  ond  dtfvm  the  tlaira,  aoJ 
backwards  and  funvanls  In  thv  liall,  Mt  Iwr  nt  tiuldeuly  a«  it  had  «viur-. 
tihc  nuitsd  thiough^Uie  sccutid  iulcrva},  leouing  ou  thx  nisduw-iil^  opJ 


ARiLUJALE.  711 

aUring,  wiiliout  conscious  llioiight  of  any  kinil,  into  the  black  night. 
The  Jiowling  of  a  belated  dog  wits  borne  towartls  her  on  the  wind,  at 
iutervals,  from  some  distant  part  of  the  suburb.  She  found  herself 
Ibllowing  the  faint  sound  as  it  died  away  into  silence  with  a  dull  attention, 
and  listening  for  its  coining  again  with  an  expectation  that  was  duller 
Ktill.  Uer  arms  lay  like  le:)d  on  Ihe  window-siil  ;  her  forehead  rested 
agidnst  tlie  glass  without  feeling  the  cold.  It  was  not  till  the  moon 
struggled  out  again  that  she  wns  startled  into  sudden  aelf-remcmbrance. 
She  turned  quickly,  and  looked  at  the  clock  ;  seven  minutes  had  passed 
since  the  second  Pouring. 

As  she  snatched  up  the  Flask,  and  fed  the  fVinnel  for  the  third  time, 
the  full  consciousness  of  her  position  came  back  to  her.  The  ferer-heat 
throbbed  again  in  her  blood,  and  flushed  fiercely  in  her  cheeks.  Swilb, 
smooth,  and  noiseless,  she  paced  from  end  to  end  of  the  corridor,  with  her 
arms  folded  in  her  shawl,  and  her  eye  moment  alter  moment  on  the  clock. 

Three  out  of  the  next  five  minutes  passed,  and  again  the  suspense 
began  to  madden  her.  The  s]iace  in  the  corridor  grew  too  contined  for 
the  illimitable  restlesanetu  that  poaacssed  her  limbs.  She  went  down  into 
the  hall  again,  and  circled  round  and  round  it  like  a  wild  creature  in  a 
cage.  At  the  third  turn,  she  fdt  something  moving  Goflly  against  her 
dress,  'llie  house-cat  liad  come  up  through  the  open  kitchen-door — a 
largp,  tawny,  companionable  cat  that  purred  in  high  good  temper,  and 
followed  her  for  company.  She  took  the  animal  up  in  her  anns — it 
rubbed  its  aleek  head  luxuriously  against  her  chin  as  she  bent  her  face 
over  it.  "  Armadale  hates  catu,"  she  whispered  in  the  creature's  cur, 
"  Come  up  and  see  Armadale  killed  !"  The  next  moment  her  own  ftight- 
ftil  Ihncy  horrified  her.  She  dropped  the  cat  with  a  shudder ;  she  drove 
it  btlow  again  with  threatening  hands.  For  a  moment  aller,  she  stood 
Etill — then,  in  headlong  haste,  suddenly  mounted  the  stairs.  Her  husband 
had  forced  his  way  back  again  into  her  thoughts  ;  her  husband  threatened 
her  with  a  danger  which  bad  never  entered  her  mind  till  now.  Wliat,  if 
he  were  nut  asleep  T  What  if  he  came  out  upon  her,  and  found  her  with 
the  Purple  Flask  In  her  hand  J 

She  stole  to  the  dtor  of  number  three,  and  listened.  The  slow,  regular 
breathing  of  a  sleeping  man  was  just  audible.  Alter  waiting  a  moment  to 
let  the  feeling  of  relief  quiet  her,  ehe  took  n  Bl«p  towards  Number  Four — 
nod  checked  herself.  It  was  needless  to  listen  at  thai  door.  The  doctor 
had  told  her  that  Sleep  came  first,  as  certainly  as  Death  afterwards,  in  tlie 
poisoned  air.  She  looked  aside  at  the  clock.  The  ttuie  had  come  for  thif 
Jourth  Pouring. 

Her  hand  began  to  tremble  violently,  as  she  fed  the  fuimel  for  the 
fourth  time.  The  fear  of  her  husband  was  back  again  in  lier  heart.  What 
if  some  noise  disturbed  him  before  the  sixth  Pouring  1  What  if  he  woke 
on  a  sudden  (as  she  had  often  seen  him  wake)  without  any  noise  at  all  ? 

She  looked  up  and  down  the  corridor.  The  end  room,  in  which 
lit.  Baabwood  had  been  concealed,  offered  itself  to  hec  as  a  place  of  refuge. 


. 


t 


ARMADATT. 

"Imtght^in  tlicToT'dic  timughL  xlfiwlicli'fttlickfiy?**  Sbc  ofcoci 
tlie  Joor  to  looV,  nml  kiw  i)mj  haiiilkcrcliief  ibrawn  down  oii  tlitrdvir. 
AV«5  it  Mr.  Btulmowl'a  Iiand kerchief,  loft  then  by  accidoat  7  She  csaminwl 
il  (It  i}i<]  ccrnors.     Id  tlie  fccond  comvr  she  fDiind  ber  liiuband'x  luum* ! 

Iter  Unit  impiibe  hurried  her  to  tke  etaimse-door,  torCKi>>c  thcstcv-nnl, 
nnd  insist  on  nn  «xplaaftiioii.  'J'liu  m>xt  moment,  bIic  retneinbered  llie 
I'lirple  Pliisk,  and  tti«  danger  of  Waring  the  oorridor.  8lie  turofld,  and 
Jvokcd  At  tli«  door  of  number  ibr««.  li«r  husband,  on  tUfi  criJcnce  of  tbe 
Itatiiltcorehiuf,  hitd  uDijuefi  lion  ably  be«n  oat  or  hu  room — nad  Ur. 
Hiiiliwood  bad  not  told  her.  \Vas  he  in  bis  room  now  T  In  the  violence  i>( 
lirr  tigitation,  lu  the  <]nnMion  jmnuvt  through  her  tniud,  thv  forgot  Ik 
di*covoTy  ivliich  itbo  bad  herflcll*  iiiniie  ii»i  n  iDlnuM  bvfore.  Agata,  Ac 
lititmi-d  at  thv  door;  again,  sliffi  heard  the  slow  rfgnlar  brcailititg  ct  ibe 
•Wjiing  mnn.  'I'lii*  Oral  time,  the  tvidcne^  of  h«r  ears  iiftd  been  eooogh 
tA  <]uict  Iicr.  Tiii  time,  in  tlic  tenfold  n^sruvntiua  of  her  aiupiciun  and  hn 
olarii),  sheurjA  dcbtrmincd  to  hnvc  tli«  crtdcnc«  orhcrojesas  wdl.  "All 
tlie  ilosre  ojicn  Koflly  in  tliia  house,"  nhc  buiO  lo  herself;  "  ihBr«'i  no 
fuar  or  my  valcing  bini."  Nottclcsilj,  hy  an  incti  at  n  tlinc,  alic  of»nnl 
the  milociccd  door,  and  looked  in  llio  moment  the  apertnro  was  iridt 
enough.  In  tho  liillt.-  light  ahe  hud  let  inlo  the  room,  the  sleeper** bnd 
«a»  just  YJaiblc  on  tb«  ptltow.  "Was  it  'luilo  n«  iaik  against  the  whib* 
jiiitoiv  n*  liei-  Imtltniid's  head  looked  vhea  be  vm  in  bed  t  Waa  tk 
breatliing  .ia  llj;l>t  as  her  fausband'a  breathing  irliea  be  wna  a»1eepT 
She  opened  the  door  mors  widely,  and  lookod  in  by  the  clearer  liebl. 

Tliere  lay  ilic  man  wlio^e  life  alio  had  att«mpted  for  the  lliird  tinw, 
jMMoeTuUy  tleqiing  in  the  room  that  bud  been  given  to  her  hoatnod, 
anl  ID  tiie  nir  tliat  could  harm  nobodjr  ! 

The  iai^vilahlti  concliiiion  ovorwltclincd  her  on  the  inttanL  Willi  s 
frtintio  upward  action  of  her  bands  she  etags^'red  bade  into  the  puaatr. 
'J'hc  door  of  Allan'a  room  fell  tu^but  not  noisily  enough  towakohim.  Sht 
ttirncd  as  ehc  ht-ard  it  cluse.  I-Vr  one  moment  abe  stood  atannj;  at  it  like 
n  woman  aiapelied.  liio  mxt,  her  instinct  mslied  inlo  acliun.  before  lift 
reasnn  recorered  itself.   lu  tiro  stppa  aliu  n-at  at  ttie  door  of  Number  Foor. 

'i  ho  door  was  locked. 

She  f.-h  oviT  the  wall  with  both  hnndu,  trildlv  jmd  clumsily,  for  ibe 
button  which  she  had  t^eiii  tlic  doctor  pitd*,  when  he  wai  showing  the 
room  to  the  yisitora.  Twice  she  miHsed  it.  The  (hirj  time  bcr  ma 
bflped  her  lands— she  found  tlie  button  and  pre«ed  on  U.  TIic  mortice 
of  the  lock  inside  fell  back,  and  the  door  yielded  to  her. 

Without  an  iiialant'a  hftilation  she  entered  tho  room.  Though  the 
door  waa  open — though  »o  abort  a  time  had  elapsed  idnee  the  fourth 
Pourinji,  tliai  but  little  more  than  half  the  contemplated  volume  of  fal 
had  Inwh  produced  na  yet— the  poiwned  air  aeizHi  her,  Hku  the  grasp  i^a 
Iwijd  at  her  threat,  lilic  llietwi-itins  of  a  nira  round  her  head.  She  foo»d 
him  on  the  lloor  at  the  foot  of  the  bed— hia  bend  and  one  ana  wert  lo- 
worda  tho  door,  naif  he  bad  risen  undw  the  firat  fcnUng  I'f  drowsuicM^  and 


ARMADALE.  713 

tad  sunk  in  the  effort  to  leave  the  room.  With  the  desperate  concentra- 
tion of  strength  of  which  women  are  capable  in  emergencies,  she  lided 
him  and  dragged  him  out  into  the  corridor.  Her  brnin  reeled  as  she  laid 
him  down  and  crawled  back  on  her  knees  to  the  room,  to  shut  out  the 
poisoned  air  from  pursuing  them  into  the  passage.  Al^r  closing  the 
door,  she  waited,  without  daring  to  look  at  him  the  while,  for  strength 
enough  to  rise  and  get  to  the  window  over  the  stairs.  When  the  window 
was  opened,  when  the  keen  air  of  the  early  winter  morning  blew  steadily 
in,  she  ventured  back  to  him  and  raised  his  head,  and  looked  for  the  iirat 
time  cloBely  at  his  face. 

Was  it  death  that  spread  the  livid  pallor  over  hia  forehead  and  his 
cheeks,  and  the  dull  leaden  hue  on  hia  eyelids  and  his  lipa? 

She  loosened  his  cravat  and  opened  his  waistcoat,  and  bared  hia  tliroat 
and  breast  to  the  air.  With  her  hand  on  his  heart,  with  her  bosom 
supporting  hia  head,  so  that  he  fi-onted  the  window,  she  waited  the  event. 
A  time  passed :  a  time  short  enough  to  be  reckoned  by  minutes  on 
the  clock ;  and  yet  long  enough  to  take  her  memory  back  over  all  her 
married  life  with  him — long  enough  to  mature  the  resolution  that  now  rose 
in  her  mind  as  the  one  result  that  could  come  of  the  retrospect.  As  her 
eyes  rested  on  him,  a  strange  composure  settled  slowly  on  her  face.  She 
bore  the  look  of  a  woman  who  was  equally  resigned  to  welcome  the 
chance  of  his  recovery,  or  to  accept  the  cerlainty  of  his  death. 

Not  a  cry  or  a  tear  bad  escaped  her  yet.  Not  a  cry  or  a  tear  escaped 
her  when  the  interval  had  passed,  and  she  felt  the  first  faint  fluttering  of 
his  lieart,  and  heard  the  first  faint  catching  of  the  breath  at  his  lips.  She 
silently  bent  over  him  and  kissed  his  forehead.  When  she  looked  np 
again,  the  hard  despair  had  melted  from  her  face.  There  was  something 
BotUy  radiant  in  her  eyes,  which  lit  her  whole  countenance  aa  witli  an 
inner  light,  and  made  her  womanly  and  lovely  once  more. 

She  laid  him  down,  and,  taking  off  her  shawl,  made  a  pillow  of  it  to 
support  his  head.  "  It  might  have  been  hard,  love,"  she  said,  as  she  felt  the 
iaint  pulsation  strengthening  at  his  heart.    "  You  have  made  it  easy  now." 

She  rose,  and,  turning  from  him,  noticed  the  Purple  Flask  in  the  place 
where  she  had  lett  it  since  the  fourth  Pouring.  "  Ah,"  she  thought 
quietly,  "  I  had  forgotten  my  best  friend — I  had  forgotten  that  there  is 
more  to  pour  in  yet." 

With  a  steady  hand,  with  a  calm,  attentive  face,  she  fed  the  funnel  for 
the  fifth  time.  "  Five  minutes  more,"  she  said,  when  she  had  put  the  Flask 
back,  after  a  look  at  the  clock. 

She  fyll  into  thought — thought  that  only  dtiopencd  the  grave  and 
gentle  composure  of  her  face.  "  Shall  I  write  him  a  farewellword7"ahe 
asked  herself.     *'  Shall  I  tell  him  the  truth  before  I  leave  him  for  ever  ?  " 

Her  little  gold  poncil-casc  hung  with  the  other  toya  at  her  watch- 
chain.  AfVer  looking  about  her  for  a  moment,  she  knelt  over  her  husband, 
and  put  her  hand  into  the  breast-pocket  of  his  coat. 

His  pocket-book  was  there.    Some  papers  fell  from  it  as  she  unfas- 


Vl« 


ARMADALi:. 


tened  ite  clnsp.  One  of  ihem  wi«  Hiv  leHpr  wliidi  liad  cone  to  li!i 
Sir.  Brock's  ilmtkliixl.  &I10  turt)i:<i  over  llic  Iwu  sliculH  uf  doId-ju: 
which  the  rector  lik<l  ntitun  the  tirordt  ihat  had  now  Mm^  triM— 4ld 
rotiiid  lliu  IbhI  p3^  i>f  tlitr  tsM  slieel  n  lilrink.  Oil  ibu  [wgc  sh<r  irrote  litr 
farewell  wortle,  kneeling  nt  her  1itiibau<r8  sidv. 

"  I  ant  Worse  Ihan  tb«  Wum  you  am  thiuk  of  me.  You  h«n  nvi^ 
Armndiilc  by  chaagins  roonm  iritli  him  lo-nrpht — oiid  j-ou  Imve  rami 
liiut  fi-om  M«.  YoQ  cftii  gOL'M  ROW  wh<.>««  wiibw  1  iilioiUd  Itare  diiiiniil 
to  lit!,  ir  jrou  had  n»I  prtwrrved  his  life ;  mtd  vou  will  ktiow  whst  «  wrvtidi 
you  uiiuHeil  vliiut  yuii  latiTi'ivi  the  wuitiaii  vLd  uritM  llirac  linci.  Slill, 
I  had  same  innocent  raoncnta — nnii  then  I  lorcd  you  ckfirly.  Forget  mr, 
tny  (Turlliig,  in  tlK  lure  of  a  better  iroiitaii  llinii  I  :ini.  t  nii[ilit,  ptftvpi, 
luiT«  Ucn  tlint  bvittf  WHtno  tuysclf,  ir  I  had  ruA.  Uied  a  ^isenbfc  ttti 
belbre  jon  m«l  witti  nm.  It  tbatten  liilln  tmw.  Thu  t.ne  nlonKihMl  I  ton 
tniikc  TuT  all  tl>c  wrong  I  bare  done  tou  is  Uic  alontuicnt  of  my  dratli.  It 
is  not  hard  for  mt?  to  di<*,  now  I  know  you  will  live.  £vt^b  my  tiii-ketlscti 
hna  line  merit — it  tas  not  protpvrvd.     1  hare  never  boi«n  n  hnjipy  wtMnati." 

Slic  f'-ldcd  the  Ititor  u^ain,  ntid  put  it  into  bis  haud,  to  ntiTWl  \ih 
Rlli.-ntiuu  ill  lluit  nuy  wlien  he  cunin  lo  hiiii»lf.  At  alie  |:(«ily  clowJ  liii 
fingcis  on  tlic  ppcr  nnd  looked  vft,  the  UsI  minute  of  HiQ  Um  L&tartl 
fiicci)  hvr,  n^ordr^  on  tho  Hook. 

Shu  Will  over  him,  and  gave  him  her  fiuvwdl  klM. 

"  Live,  my  angd,  life  1 "  she  muiUDred  tenderly,  with  hvr  lift  jwt 
louehing  his.  "All  your  lili!  u  bdbra  you— a  hajipy  lifr.  Mid  nd 
liODOuml  life,  if  you  are  iVn.^  ftom  mc .' " 

Willi  a  liui,  lin^rinf;  tendntnats,  At  parted  tlM  hair  bttck  ij«tu  hk 
iorchpad.  "  It  is  no  Rivril  tu  hare  lornl  yoii."  ahc  mid.  "  Yon  an  n* 
qI'  the  niL-n  nhom  woiuvn  all  like."  8ho  Hghvd  and  left  him.  It  maW 
Inst  veukoeas.  She  hvni  her  head  afltnnotivdy  10  tlio  eloek,  aa  if  it  kad 
been  a  tiriiti;  ci-cature  siieaHlng^  to  litr — and  fed  (be  funnel  fur  the  h** 
tiiDi',  to  the  liiU  dn^  Ii^ft  in  the  l-'buk. 

'I'he  WMiing  moon  iIiduu  hi  faintly  at  liie  wiudutr.     Willi  hgr  haul 
on  the  door  of  the  noiu,  slit:  turned  and  Ivukcd  at  die  ligiit  thai 
alowly  fiidtng  out  of  tlic  murky  idiy. 

-  Oil,  God.  forgire  uie  I  "  alie  aaU.    "  Obi  Cbtli^  beat  nitim 
have  «ti{l'uri:d  !  "* 

One  nicuii'iit  tiioiv  i>be  liiij^fml  011  llic  threabold  ;  Ungnral  fur  b«r  ^ 
ItnA  in  this  world— and  lunivd  dial  luvk  on  /tin. 

"  Good-by  I  "  filifreaid  tofl-y. 

1')ii>  door  uf  iho  Tooni  opviied— nnd  clo«rd  on  her.  Them  MM  ■> 
interval  of  Bilcnce. 

'Ili^,  a  sound  c»me  dull  and  anddvn,  Ifkv  the  sound  of  a  £iI1. 

'I'hva,  tliero  was  uiaice  again. 

•  *  a  a 

Tho  liBhiiEi  of  thv  ebuk,  fullowttig  ihdr  iteady  rwiit.,  rvchsatd  Us 
'luinutea  of  the  moruii^  aa  one  by  one  ibey  Ujiti  #«*/.    It  m  lh( 


I 


AltMADALK.  715 

tenth  miQUte  einte  the  door  of  the  room  had  opened  and  closed,  before 
Midwiuter  BtirTed  oil  his  pillow,  and,  Btruggling  to  raise  himself,  felt  the 
letter  in  his  hand. 

At  the  same  in6inent,  a  key  was  turned  iu  the  slaircase-door.  And 
the  doctor,  looking  expectantly  towards  the  fatal  room,  saW  the  Pnrple 
Flask  on  the  window-sill,  and  the  prostrate  man  trying  to  raise  himself 
from  thte  floor. 

TUE   ESD   OF  TUE  LAST   BOOK. 


Epilogue. 


eilAPTER  I. 

News  fbom  Norfolk. 
From  Mr.  Fedgifl  Senior  {Thorpe-Amlirose),  to  Mr.  Pedffiji  Junior  {Pmia). 
"  Mr  DEAR  AuaosTfS,  "  High  Street,  December  20tli. 

"  YoL'ii  letter  readied  uie  }e3tt;rday.  You  seem  to  be  making 
the  most  of  your  youth  (na  you  call  it)  witli  a  vengeance.  Well  1  enjoy 
your  holiday.  I  made  the  iiiost  of  my  youth,  wlieU  I  was  your  age  ;  and, 
wonderful  to  rc-luto,  I  haven't  forgotten  it  yet  I 

'*  You  ask  me  for  a  good  budget  of  news,  and  especially,  for  more 
iuforniallun  about  that  mysterious  business  at  the  Sanatorium. 

"  Curiosity,  my  dear  boy,  ia  a  quality,  which  (in  our  profeaaioa  esjje- 
cially)  Bometimes  leads  to  great  reaulta.  I  doubt,  however,  if  you  will 
find  it  leading  to  much  on  this  oceasiun.  All  1  kuow  of  the  tiiystery  at 
the  8anatoriutii,  I  know  tVom  Mr.  Armadale  ;  and  he  is  entiiuly  iu  llie 
dark  on  mote  than  one  point  of  importjince.  I  have  already  told  you  how 
tliey  were  eutrajiped  into  the  house,  and  how  thi'y  passed  the  night  there. 
To  this  I  can  now  add  t!iat  sonicthin;;  did  certainly  happen  to  Mr.  Mid- 
winter, which  deprived  Iiim  of  consciousness  ;  and  that  the  doctor,  wlio 
nppenrs  to  ha.Te  been  mixed  up  in  the  matter,  carried  things  with  a  high 
hand,  and  insisted  on  taking  his  own  course  in  his  own  Sanatoi;iuu).  Tijere 
'j»  noi  the  Iftast  doubt  that  the  miserable  woiiiau  (howevtr  she  might  hav« 
cume  by  her  death)  was  luund  dead — that  a  coroner's  inquest  inquired  iiito 
Uie  circuihStancea — that  the  evidence  showed  Iier  to  have  entered  the 
hoUHe  SB  a  patient — and  tliat  the  medical  investigation  ended  in  discover- 
ing that  she  Imd  died  of  apoplexy.  My  idea  is,  that  Mr,  Midwinter  had  a 
motive  of  his  own  for  not  coming  forward  with  the  evidence  thai  he  miglit 
have  given.  I  liave  also  reason  to  Buspect  thut  Mr.  Armadale,  out  of 
regard  lor  him,  Ibllowed  his  lead,  and  that  the  verdict  at  the  inquest  (uttaeh- 


716 


AIUIADALE. 


I 


ing  IM>  bUint  lo  knybodjr),  proceeded,  like  mqny  otiwr  verdicts  of  lbs  nine 
kind,  fmm  iin  enttfdjr  saperfiouil  inrtatisBtioti  of  ibt  clrconuUoccs. 

Tlic  key  t6  thp  whole  myitcry  U  to  be  fotiiid,  I  flrtnljr  WUct*,  in  lliat 
wretdicl  woman's  nltcmpt  to  penonnte  the  diameter  of  Mr.  Annaclnlr'i 
widow,  wltcn  tbe  newa  tf(  Itra  d«nlh  Appeared  in  lti«  papets.     But  wlinl 
flnt  Ml  her  on  thu,  nnd  by  wbal  inconceivable  process  of  dcMfitiaa, 
■be  can  bnvc  induced  Mr.  Midwinter  to  marry  her  {a.s   tlie  cerdlicale 
{woTOi),  tmdcr  Mr,  Arniii<laU.-'ii  niunr,  in  marc  tban  Mr.  AnaftdAle  htflweif 
Itiunra.     The  point  wu  not  touched  at  ibe  inqueal,  tar  tlie  simple  rskm 
Utst  Ui«  io'iiuvt  oiiiy  conueracd  itself  with  the  circaoistaaces  attcodiic 
hvr  dcftlli.     3Jr.  Armadale,  at  his  friend's  mprnt,  snw'Uisa  BUaohari^ 
mm]  ttiducol  her  to  siivncc  old  Durdt  on  thu  sTibjcct  of  the  dnim  that  lad 
been  niudc  jclikiin^  to  tJic  widow't  income.    A*  t)>c  clnita  had  merer  b«ai 
admittn],  even  oiinclilT-nM-kod  hrottipr  pmctitioner  contented  for  once  to 
do  MM  liL>  wan  at*l((-[1.     The  doctor's  fttAtenii^t  that  bis  patient  mm  the 
widow  of  a  ^nllcmnn   Damed  Armadale,  wai  accordingly   left  nnehal- 
lenged,  and  so  the  matter  liss  be^n  hiiKlicd  np.    She  is  buried  iu  the  great 
cemetery,  near  the  place  where  «hc  died.   Nobody  but  Mr.  Midninlcr  sn>l      , 
Mr.  Armnilale  (who  iiWilai  on  going  with  him),  Iblluned   her  lo  iImH 
gTRTc;  and  nothing  hoi  Iwen  inscribed  on  tbe  tonibetoiic,  but  the  initiiJ  ^ 
Idlvr  of  her  Christian  naiuo,  and  the  dale  of  h«r  dmih.     So,  afler  all  tU 
Imrm  the  has  done,  the  reeu  at  hut — and  to  tlic  two  men  whom  she  1^ 
injiin-d  liATc  forgiTcii  Iter. 

"Is  ihpvo  more  to  nay  on  lliis  subject  bHum  wo  ]ear«  itf  On 
rcfiTring  to  your  letter,  1  fiiiil  you  Iiare  mi^ed  onv  otlirr  point,  whidi  Hiiy 
bo  woTllt  a  moment's  notice. 

"  Tun  i»«k  if  Lhci-r  iit  ri'aKnn  to  Hupposo  that  the  doctor  comes  out 
the  mutter  with  hiindu  wliich  arc  rwilly  ns  clean  aa  thty  look  ?  My  dor 
Auf^ntiin,  I  bdicve  the  doctor  to  have  been  at  the  botlotu  of  more  of  tfai< 
tui»c)iiert)i3n  we  simll  ever  find  out ;  and  to  have  profiled  by  tba  stlf-iin- 
pcsci]  sik-iicQ  of  Mr.  Midwinter  and  Mr.  Armadale,  as  rogues  pei^iMnally 
profit  by  the  miefbrtuDca  and  necessities  of  honeat  m<'n.  It  is  an  Moer- 
taiiicd  fuct  tluil  he  ctiuuived  at  the  £die  statement  about  Misa  Mihoy, 
which  ciitmpi>cd  tlio  two  gcntl«nien  into  his  louse, — itnd  tlint  ooe  circun- 
Btance  (after  n>y  Old  Bailoy  experitnee)  te  enough  for  me.  Aa  lo  eridenM 
BRainaC  Iiitu,  llierc  is  not  «  jot, — and  as  to  Retribution  oreruking  him,  I 
can  only  say  1  hoartily  hope  Kciribntion  may  pt«vc  in  tlie  long  mo  to  U 
the  more  cunning  customer  of  the  t»o.  There  ti  not  much  prospect  of  it 
tt  prcaont.  'The  doctor's  fricuda  and  ndiuircrs  are,  1  underatamd,  aboat 
to  present  him  with  a  Ti'Stimoninl,  ■  exprcasire  of  th«ir  sympathy  umkr 
the  aad  occurrence  which  has  thrown  n  cloud  orcr  tlia  opening  of  hit 
Snaalorium,  imd  of  their  uiidiniini^hvd  confidence  in  his  iaicgrily  sul 
ability  at  a  medical  man.'  We  live,  AtigtisttM,  in  an  ag«  eniMitllf 
favL'urahle  to  the  groirth  of  all  n<gu«r)-  which  is  careful  eoougli  to  kiep 
uji  n]>]H-aTanc(*.  In  t!.i*  euliyliteiied  ninctccnlh  century,  I  look  upoi 
doctui-  ns  oat  of  our  rising  men. 


ARMADALE.  '  717 

**  To  tarn  now  to  pka^auter  Eubjccts  than  Sanatoriums,  T  maj  tell 
j'ou  that  Miss  Neelie  is  as  good  iis  well  again,  and  is,  in  my  humble 
opiDioo,  prettier  than  ever.  She  is  staying  in  London,  under  the  CJire  of  a 
female  relative — and  Mr.  Armadale  salisfiea  her  of  the  fact  of  kia  e:tisteiice 
(in  case  she  Hhould  forget  it)  regularly  every  day.  They  are  to  be  mar- 
ried in  the  spring — unless  Airs.  Milroy's  death  causes  the  ceremony  to  be 
poetponed.  The  medical  men  are  of  opinion  that  the  poor  lady  is  sinking 
at  last.  It  may  be  a  question  of  ^veeks  or  a  question  of  months,  they 
can  say  no  more.  She  is  greatly  altered — quiet  and  gentle,  and  anxiously 
afiectionate  with  her  huaband  and  her  child.  But,  in  her  case,  this  happy 
change  is,  it  seems,  a  sign  of  approaching  dissolution,  from  the  medical 
point  of  view.  There  is  a  difficulty  in  making  the  poor  old  major  under- 
Bfand  this.  He  only  sees  that  she  has  gone  buck  to  the  likeness  of  her 
better  self  when  he  first  married  her ;  and  he  sits  for  hours  by  her  bedside, 
now,  and  tella  her  about  his  wonderful  clock, 

"  Mr.  Midwinter,  of  whom  you  will  next  expect  me  to  say  something, 
is  improving  rapidly.  AAer  causing  some  anxiety  at  first  to  the  medical 
men  (who  declared  that  he  was  sufiering  from  a  serious  nervous  sliock, 
produced  by  circumstaoces  about  which  their  patient's  obstinate  silence 
kept  them  quite  in  the  dark),  he  has  rallied,  as  only  men  of  his  sensitive 
temperament  (to  quote  the  doctors  again)  can  rally.  He  and  Mr.  Arma- 
dale are  together  in  a  quiet  lodging.  I  saw  him  iaEt  week,  when  I  was  in 
London.  His  face  showed  signu  of  wear  and  tear,  very  aad  to  see  in  so 
young  a  man.  But  he  spoke  of  himself  and  his  future  with  a  courage  and 
hopefulness,  which  men  of  twice  his  years  (if  he  has  suffered,  as  I  suspect 
him  to  have  sutTered)  might  have  envied.  If  I  know  anything  of  humanity, 
this  is  no  common  man — and  we  shall  hear  of  him  yet  in  no  common  way, 

"  You  will  wonder  how  I  came  to  be  in  London.  I  went  up,  with  a 
return  ticket  (from  Saturday  to  Monday)  about  that  matter  in  dispute 
at  our  agent's.  IVe  had  a  tough  fight — but,  curiously  enough,  a  point 
occurred  to  me  just  as  I  got  up  to  go ;  and  I  went  back  to  my  chair,  and 
settled  the  question  in  no  time.  Of  course  I  stayed  at  Our  Hotel  iu 
Coveat  Garden.  William,  the  waiter,  asked  afler  you  with  the  afiection 
of  a  father ;  and  Matilda,  the  chambermaid,  said  you  almost  persuaded 
her,  that  last  time,  to  have  the  hollow  tooth  taken  out  of  her  lower  jaw. 
I  had  the  agent's  second  son  (the  young  chap  you  nicknamed  Mustapha, 
when  he  made  that  dreadful  mess  about  the  Turkish  Securities)  to  dine 
with  me  on  Stmday.  A  little  incident  happened  in  the  evening  which 
may  be  worth  recording,  as  it  connected  itself  with  a  certain  old  lady,  who 
was  not '  at  home '  when  you  and  Mr.  Armadale  blundered  on  that  house 
in  Pimlico  in  the  bygone  time. 

"Mnstapha  waa  like  all  the  rest  of  you  young  men  of  the  present 
day->-he  got  restless  after  dinner.  '  Let's  go  to  a  public  amtisement,  Mr. 
Pedgift,'  says  be.  '  Public  amusement  7  Why,  it's  Sunday  evening  1  * 
aayt  I.  '  All  right,  sir,'  says  Mustapha.  '  They  stop  acting  on  the  stage, 
I  grant  you,  on  Sunday  evening — but   they  don't  atop  acting  in   the 


ARMADAZtR. 

pwlfit.     Como  «nJ  •«  lli«  Ust  iww  S>inf!«r  purfonnw  of  ftW  li»W.'    A« 
fat)  WMiHn't  hiiTo  uiy  mora  wine,  itierr  vrai  nothing  «li«  lor  it,  Tmt  to  g% 

"  W«  wnil  ID  N  ■ttMt  at  tiie  VVrel  F.nd,  ind  found  it  litoekcd  up  wiili 
,  carrUse*.  ir  it  hit^n't  h<^n  Sundaj  nigitt,  I  *>)onl<l  Kav«  tbMD^  «« 
urgre  going  to  l)m  openi.  'What  did  I  Kll  fuii  f '  nys  MiMipbi, 
taking  OM  ap  to  an  open  door  Tfi'li  a  |PIb  «l«r  outoiJ*  wttl  n  btU  vf  tk 
ferturmutoe.  I  liod  ju«t  time  lo  ooxice  Dut  I  wu«  fp»tifi  1o  one  of  a  km 
of '  Sunday  Ersnin^  Dvconrtca  on  tbo  PompB  and  Vsnitirs  of  ibe  WwU. 
by  A  SianrT  T\1io  lis*  &<irv«d  Th«nn,'  vihna  Miulnpha  joju;«d  my  d^v, 
ai)(l  vtitUpored,  ■  nalf-a-erowti  it  ilie  rAJiidimblu  li|>.'  I  fatnd  ajrall 
baiiractt  two  demur*  aad  aileol  gwUsatcn.  wiUi  iiLilaa  in  thr-jr  iMtk. 
VDUnninonly  wcll-61I«d  afnady  wiilt  tlvo  fcahionahlt  tip.  UtMwphi 
]>alrnniicd  one  plate,  and  I  ibc  oilier.  We  ptaied  lliroagli  twn  doaninn 
a  Ion;;  room,  cmmnicd  villi  people.  And  thire,  on  a  platferm  at  tlx 
jhnher  ond  hnlding  TtiIi  to  Uitt  nudioucc,  wm — not  «  mas  aa  I  W 
•xpootad — but  a  \Vooutn,  and  llist  tvouiao,  MoniKa  Ouucbsa'  1  Tov 
««r«r  liirfenod  to  nnytbing  mora  olcwjuent  in  ]'o*ir  life.  A«  Irajt  a*  I 
hmrd  Iwr  Kite  -k^k  nevpr  onoe  at  a  loss  (or  a  vonl  nnywUere.  I  wall 
ibinfc  leai  oC  oratory  «•  n  btimao  aoDOnipUthoient,  Atr  lii«  rA  of  wj 
dftjv,  after  tUat  Stindajr  orening.  Ai  Tor  ihe  matter  of  the  aermMi,  I  Biay 
defcribo  it  nsanairaliva  oflUra.  OUlipniJiAu*sex|ierieaeeanioiif;dilapidal(d 
■nrotnco,  proftucly  illiiMntcd  in  the  piou*  snd  iwnitentinl  Mylc.  Yaa  nill 
tiiilc  wluit  M>rt  of  audience  it  »*»».  Trincipally  WDiixn.  Aii^iistu* — and,  at 
I  hope  lo  be  MVfd ,  all  the  eld  hamdam  ol'  ibo  vvorid  ol'  fubiun.  vkoR 
llolhet  Oldcrsbav  bad  emunclled  in  bar  time,  aiuing  boldly  in  tha  fruat^ 
yiteen,  irilb  tbeir  cheeki  ruddled  wiih  point,  in  a  itata  of  deroul  fl«jo^-fl 
mwt  womJerftd  lo««l  1  Ifft  JIo»to|>lm  to  li-  ^  i'  v. I  of  it  Aad  t 
thought  to  myself,  ak  I  vent  ctii,  of  vrbat  i>li.-:-  \  •  >oii>owbn«> — 

'  Loi-d,  vbat  fools  wo  moitaU  lie  1 ' 

"  Ha^e  I  anylbing  ntora  to  tdl  joo,  heian  I  Imvc  off  J     Qb\f 
thing  that  I  can  rememlH-r. 

"  ThAt  wrclcLcd  old  IWhvood  lias  confimM  ibcfmrd  I  irdd  you  I 
sbont  bim,  %rhcn  bo  ira*  brMight  bncl:  liciv  front  I^>ndoa.    Tlierai«iKikiii 
of  doubt  Ibat  be  lua  really  lost  oil  the  littU*  reason  he  ever  had.    Hfu 
periectly  liannl«B»<,  and  pcir«tlybapi>y.    And  b«vir«uld  do  very  Ftli,if¥« 
could  otfly  prevvnt  bim  I'mui  going  out  ii^  hta  lasl  new  »uiL  of  cloilxa,  amiti- 
ing  acd  antiliag,  and  inviting  everylKxJy  to  his  appnacbin^  niarriafB 
iIm  haadspinoit  Mroman  iu  Engbiiid.     It  vnda  of  course  in  the  beya  pdll 
him,  nod  in  bis  eooiing  htn  crying  lo  ue,  covered  yi'iOi  mud.    The  imbciiI 
liis  clotliuH  are  cleuied  ac^i  ^o  ialls  back  into  his  iinniinie  ddonoo.  lad 
struts  aWut  bcjore  the  ehureb  gntca,  iu  ibe  cbnracter  of  a  ^ridtglMBt 
vaittiig  for  Mits  Gwilt.    Ws  miutget  the  poorvretcb  taktMi  care  of  an^ 
■K-lKre  (mx  |1i«  nxt  of  tbc  little  time  be  lias  t4  liTv.    Wite  would  cYtx  bare 
thouglit  of  n  inuo  oi  bi<  age  failing  in  iottt  and  who  votUd  svcr  tu« 
belit-vedibot  ibeRiiN;liief  tbuwoinan'sbtauty  111-  '         .    i>ld  bavenacksl 
as  for  in  Ibc  downward  dire«tio»  as  our  sni-cmr. ,  d<Hi) 


if  V«  H 
luti-l 


ARMADALE.  719 

"  Good-by,  for  the  preaeiil,  my  dear  boy.  If  you  ace  a  paiticularly 
handaome  anufF-box  in  P«ri8,  remember  —  tliotigh  your  father  scorns 
Testimonial^ — lie  doesn't  object  to  receive  a  present  from  his  son. 

Yonrs  afiectionstely, 

A.  Pedgift  Sen'. 

"  PcsTSCRiPT, — I  think  it  likely  that  the  account  you  mention,  in  the 
French  papers,  of  a  fatal  quarrel  among  some  foreign  sailors  in  one  of  the 
Lipari  Islanda,  and  of  the  death  of  tlioir  captaip,  among  others,  may  really 
have  been  a  quarrel  among  the  acoundrelawho  robbed  Mr.  Armadale,  and 
Fcnttled  his  yacht.  Those  fellowH,  luckily  for  society,  can't  always  keep 
up  appearances ;  and,  in  their  case,  Kogiien  and  Retribution  do  occa> 
EiLinally  come  into  collision  with  each  other." 


CHAPTER  IT. 

Ji[  I  D  W  I  N  T  E  n. 

The  spring  had  advanced  to  the  end  of  April.  It  was  the  evo  pf  Allan's 
weflding-day.  Midwinter  and  he  had  sat  talking  togetlicr  at  the  great 
hopse  till  fiu:  into  the  night — till  so  fur  that  it  had  struck  twelve  long 
sinpe,  and  the  wedding-d>iy  was  already  some  liours  old. 

For  the  moat  part,  the  convereation  had  turned  on  the  bridegroom's 
plans  and  projects.  It  was  not  till  the  two'fnends  roFu  to  go  to  rest,  that 
Allan  insisted  on  making  Midwinter  apeak  of  himself.  "  Wc  have  had 
enough,  and  more  than  enough,  of  m^^iiture,"  he  began,  in  his  bluntly 
straightforward  way.  "I^'s  say  something  now.  Midwinter,  about  yoms. 
You  have  promised  me,  I  kuow,  that  if  ypu  tak^  to  Literature,  it  shan't 
part  U9,  and  that  if  you  go  on  a  sea  voyage,  you  will  remcmliei'  when  you 
come  back  that  my  bouse  la  your  home.  But  this  i|  the  laat  chance 
we  have  of  being  together  in  our  old  way;  and  I  own  I  should  like  to 

know "     Hia  voice  faltered,  and  his  eyes  moistened  a  little.     He 

left  the  sentence  unfinished. 

Midwinter  took  his  hand  and  helped  him,  as  lie  had  often  helped  hitn 
to  the  words  that  he  wanted,  in  liie  bygone  time. 

".  You  wo^ild  like  to  know,  Allan,"  he  said,  "  that  I  aliall  not  bring  an 
aphing  h^tt  with  me  to  your  wedding-day  ?  If  you  will  let  nic  go  back 
for  a  mamept  to  the  past,  I  think  I  can  satisfy  you." 

They  took  their  chairs  again.  Allan  saw  that  Midwinter  waj  mpved. 
"  Why  distress  yourself?  "  he  osked  kindly — "  why  go  back  to  the  piist !  " 

"  For  two  reasons,  Allan.  I  ought  to  have  thanked  you  long  since  for 
the  silence  you  have  observed,  for  my  sake,  ou  a  matter  that  must  have 
seemed  very  strange  to  you.  You  know  what  the  name  is  which  appenrs 
on  the  register  of  my  marriage — and  yet  3'ou  have  forborne  to  speak  of  it, 
from  the  fear  of  distressing  me.  Bel'ore  you  enter  on  your  new  life,  let 
VB  come  to  a  first  and  last  understanding  about  this.     I  ask  you — as  one 


7H 


AnwADAm 


litora  Viaiaem  (0  m* — lo  accept  my  lusuninco  (rtranse  u  ibc  dtittg  wai 
Bccni  Lo  you)  th:it  I  am  blnmoleas  id  thUtitatto-  ;  and  I  eatnu  ycnvt 
bclierij  tkal  Hie  rrasons  I  har<'  Tor  IraTing  it  uticxfilftincd,  an  TraftBi 
which,  ifMr.  RmvV  viag  liviiiK,  Mr.  Brock  himsdf  would  ajiprore.'* 

la  Lhoac  worJ*,  )i«  ivyt  lite  sc«r«t  of  tK«  two  nanus — Kud  left  tbe 
liiciiiDry  or  Allnn'a  tnotbcr,  wbnt  be  had  found  it,  a  sacred  munoty  in  (bi 
bcail  of  ber  aon. 

"Oott  word  more,"  li«  went  on — "a  word  which  will  take  lu,  tlt« 
tiiue,  from  past  to  fnturv.  It  bos  bwn  aaid,  and  truly  said,  Uuil  tml  >it 
Evil  may  come  Gcod.  Out  of  the  horror  and  the  misery  of  ikit  night 
you  know  of,  bu  com«  the  viluncin^  of  a  doubt  wliieb  ooco  mad«  t»y  Itii 
uiborabhi  wtih  grouiidleu  anxiety  about  you  and  alivot  myself.  Vt 
slouda,  raiaed  by  my  superstition,  will  ever  corac  bctvtn-n  lu  igaia.  t 
ean'k  honeetly  tell  you  that  I  am  more  willing  now  thnn  I  vrm  when  «c 
were  is  the  Tale  of  i!i[an,  to  take  what  ia  called  the  raliooal  view  of  yocr 
Dream.  Tboiigb  I  know  uhtit  cxlraonlinary  coincidences  are  petpctsally 
happening  in  (hi!  i>x]ic*ri(-nc«  of  all  of  w,  still  I  cannot  accept  cciacidencvi 
ns  explaining  tliL*  fulfilment  of  th«  Viaions  which  our  own  i-ycs  Itaie  Men. 
All  I  con  (inccrdy  aay  for  myself  is,  wlmt  I  think  it  will  satisfy  jov  t« 
know,  that  I  hnve  learnt  lo  view  the  purpose  of  the  Dream  with  a  new 
mind.  I  once  heliorcd  that  it  waa  sent  to  roo&e  your  distntat  of  the 
friendless  man  whom  you  bad  taken  as  a  brother  to  your  heart.  I  now 
tnow  that  it  came  to  you  na  s  timely  wnmEng  to  tukc  bim  cloter  itill. 
I>oe9  thi*  help  to  Mtitfy  you  that  I,  too,  am  standing  hopefully  oa  the 
brink  of  a  new  life,  aud  that  while  we  live,  brother,  your  love  aod 
will  never  he  divided  again  ?" 

They  shook  h»iiilB  in  nilenoe.     Allan  waa  the  first  to  recover  htm: 
lie  answered  in  iho  few  words  of  kindly  assumnce  which  were  lit 
words  t1mt  ho  coulil  addrru  lo  bis  friend. 

"  I  hiiTV  h^'jird  aU  I  orcrwanlto  hear  about  (he  paM,*"  beauul ;  "atd 
know  what  I  most  wanted  to  know  about  tlie  fmure.     Everybody  siyV 
Midwinter,  yoit  have  a  career  before  you — and  I  btlierv  thiit  ercfybody 
is  right.     Who  knowa  what  great  ibings  may  happen  before  you  and  E 
arc  many  years  older  7  " 

"  Who  nfed  know  ?  "  mid  Midwinter,  csilmly.     "  Happen  what  mar. 
Crod  ia  slUmerciful,  God  is  aU>wt*^t>.    In  these  words,  your  dear  old  friend     i 
oDoe  wr&l«  to  uc.     In  that  faith,  I  can  look  back  without  marmurloi  akfl 
the  yearn  that  arc  paat,  and  can  look  on  wilbout  doobtiog  lo  the  yisd 
that  arc  to  come." 

He  i«M,  and  walked  to  the  windotv.  While  the}'  had  been  spnU^ 
together,  tbe  dorknei;^  bad  passed.  The  first  light  of  the  new  dAyiW 
liim  as  he  looked  out,  nnd  rested  tenderly  on  bis  face. 


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dfittrteitcUn. 


It  is,  happilj,  not  only  in  Mrj  tales  that  things  sometimes  fall  out  as  ona 
coold  wish,  that  anxieties  are  allajred,  mistakes  explained  away,  frionds 
reconciled ;  that  people  inherit  large  fortunes,  or  are  found  out  in  their 
ne&rioua  schemes ;  that  long-lost  children  are  discoTered  disguised  in  soot, 
that  vessels  come  safely  Bailing  into  port  atler  the  storm;  and  that  young 
folks  who  hare  been  faithful  to  one  another,  are  married  off  at  last.  Some  of 
these  young  couples  are  not  only  happily  married,  but  ihcy  also  begin  life  in 
pleasant  palaces  tastefully  decorated,  and  with  all  the  latest  iropTDvementa ; 
with  convenient  cupboards,  bath-rooms,  back- staircases,  speaking-tubes, 
lifla  from  one  story  to  another,  hot  and  cold  water  laid  on ;  while  outside  lie 
well-kept  parks,  and  gardens,  and  fiower-beds;  and  from  the  muslin-veiled 
windows  they  can  see  the  sheep  browsing,  the  long  shadowy  grass,  deer 
starting  across  the  sunny  glades,  swans  floating  on  the  rivers,  and  sailing 
through  the  lilies  and  tall  lithe  reeds.  There  are  fruit-gardens,  too,  where 
great  purple  plums  are  sunning  on  the  walls,  and  cucumbers  lying  asleep 
among  theit  cool  dark  leaves.  There  are  glass-houses  where  heavy  dropping 
bunches  of  grapes  are  hanging,  so  that  one  need  only  open  one's  mouth 
for  them  to  fall  into  it  all  ready  cooked  and  sweetened.  Sometimes,  in 
addition  to  all  these  good  things,  the  young  couple  possess  all  the  gracious 
gifia  cf  youth,  beauty,  gay  and  amiable  dispositions.  Some  one  said,  the 
other  day,  that  it  seemed  as  if  Fate  scarcely  knew  what  she  was  doing, 
when  she  lavished  with  such  profuuon  every  gill  and  delight  upon  one 
pair  of  heads,  while  others  were  leh  hald,  t^orn,  nnheeded,  dishevelled, 
forgotten,  dishonoured.  And  yet  the  world  would  be  almost  too  sad  to 
bear,  if  one  did  not  sometimes  see  happiness  somewhere.  One  would 
scarcely  believe  in  its  possible  existence,  if  there  was  nobody  young,  for- 
tunate, prosperous,  delighted;  nobody  to  think  of  with  saiisfacdon,  and  to 
envy  a  little.  The  sight  of  great  happiness  and  prosperity  is  like  listening 
to  barmonioafl  mouc,  or  looking  at  beautiful  pictures,  at  certain  times  of 
one's  life.  It  seems  to  suggest  possibilities,  it  sets  sad  folks  longing,  but 
while  they  are  wishing,  still,  may  be,  a  little  reproachfully,  they  realize  the 
existence  of  what  perhaps  they  had  doubted  before.  Fate  has  been  hard 
to  them,  but  there  is  compensation  even  in  this  life.  They  tell  themselves, 
"  Which  of  U8  knows  when  his  turn  may  come  7  "  Happiness  is  a  fact :  it 
does  lie  within  some  people's  grasp.  To  this  or  that  young  fairy  couple,  age, 
trial,  and  trouble  may  be  In  store  ;  but  now  at  least  the  present  is  golden  ; 
the  innocent  delights  and  triumphs  of  youth  and  nature  are  theirs. 

I  could  not  help  morahziug  a  little  in  this  way,  when  we  were  staying 
with  young  Lulworth  and  his  wife  the  other  day,  coming  direct  fh>m  the 
you  xni.— MO.  78.  36. 


Mr%^ii)gdulli)tiac«ph«feOifhoaMtoilieg(iU«apUddity  ofLulwortli  &ra. 
They  drorc  aa  oTcr  to  Cliffis  Coort — ftoothor  wis,  00  it  eeeucd  to  me,  m 
she  arid  pUins  of  life.  ClilH:  Court  ii  n  charming,  <tlie«rfu),  Itjiliui-looldiig 
bouBe,  stBodtng  on  a  bill  in  the  mtdtt  of  a  Eery  fumaoc  of  gentniamt  oikI 
flow«r-bedjk  "It  bckmgti  to  yoaag  Sir  Charlr:)  Bickardson.  lie  U  lu- 
and-twealy,  and  iho  liandMineitt  tnui  in  l]ie  oounty,"  aaid  Frank. 

"  Oh,  no,  Fntik  i  >ou  arc  joking,  eurelj-,"  said  CeeUia  ;  «ad  ttm  A* 
Uartd,  and  then  bliuhed  in  Iter  odd  way.  Slw  MiU  abirMl  MwwiHWi 
when  ahe  waa  ahy*  oa  ebo  lued  lo  do  befoore  f>he  marned. 

So  mu^  of  her  fDnaer  bnbita  Cedlia  had  alM  retained,  that  aa  tltt 
dock  Blnick  eight  o'clock  erery  morning  a  great  pnoctual  breakflut-btll 
used  lo  ring  in  the  «at«r  ball.  The  ditung-ioom  caaement  wbb  wida  opH 
upon  tbe  l>«da  of  rowa,  lh4  t«a  was  made,  Ctdlia  In  h«r  eriap  «kiw 
morning  ilrew,  and  with  all  her  wavy  bcooie  hair  curling  about  har  bOb 
ma  vaitiog  to  poor  it  out,  tli«  cggf  were  boiled,  the  baeott  vu  frixalliig  kM 
upon  tho  plate  to  a  mometit ;  Uiera  wus  no  la-w  allowed,  mt  a  mlnole'* 
gmoe  for  anybody,  no  wtMti  bow  hizj.  They  bad  been  married  n  titllo 
more  tlian  tvTo  ynri,  and  wtrc  quitu  Mtabbuhixl  in  tbrtr  eoariify  horae. 
I  wiab  I  could  [mriirni  Rcone  incarnation  like  tboae  of  my  frimds  the 
fttirica,  and  conjure  up  the  old  fiirm  bodily  with  a  magic  ware  of  tuy  f*a, 
or  by  drawing  a  triangle  with  a  circle  through  it  upon  the  papir — 
A^  SB  the  enchanlKTi!  do.  The  luoeA  rcinarkabto  tbinga  abooc  tbe  Um 
>A.  -K.  wtiTG  its  curious  and  beautilbl  eld  chimney*— indeed  tbe  wb«la 
ooimty  of  SufiMJC  ia  otilcbralcd  lor  tbem,  and  the  meoneai  litilc  ootta^e* 
have  nnble-lcioking  alaclia  oU  oruamcDtvd,  canrod,  and  wcatbei^bflisra. 
There  were  gnblcs  also,  and  nlony  inullioned  windows,  and  aaeJent  M«p 
with  rusty  tings  hanging  lo  them,  iifllxcd  iberc  to  fantcn  tbe  bridtatof 
boraea  that  would  hnvc  run  away  several  litindred  years  ago,  if  this  pc4- 
snutioD  hud  not  bera  taken.  And  then  there  were  xoreboiue*  nod  rkla 
and  bams,  all  pil«d  with  tho  abundance  of  the  harrcBt.  'Hie  faniyard 
wu  aliro  with  young  fowU  and  oocks  and  bens,  and  gniaM-heiiSf  tbosa 
gtntle  little  dowsgert  went  about  glistening  to  silver  and  gray,  iml 
Gedlia'H  gcvac  came  clamouring  to  moet  b«r,  I  cau  sec  it  all  as  I  tUnk 
about  it.  Tbe  old  walls  are  all  carted  and  oniumcntfld,  sonotimM  by 
art  and  work  of  innn's  hand,  aotnolimes  by  t4me  aud  lovely  little  natunl 
l&DKea.  IlDUM-I««ka  grow  in  olunpa  opoa  tbe  thatch,  a  pr«tty  ^ 
is  pooping  through  a  lattice  window,  a  door  is  open  while  a  rorfi  of 
Bwect  morning  scent  comes  through  the  shining  ookeo  poasago  Inai  tbe 
herb-garden  and  crehard  Iwhind.  Cows  with  their  aoll  brawa  eyci  am) 
cautions  tread  arc  poieiitg  on  their  way  to  n  field  ootob  the  K»d-  A 
white  borsa  waiting  by  his  stable  door  shakes  hie  bead  and  whinnies. 

Frank  iwd  Cecilia  took  us  ibr  a  walk  after  breakGut  t}iiL>  Artt  monins 
we  came.  We  wej«  taken  to  the  stables  first  add  tbe  cow-homo^  and 
tboQ  we  passed  out  through  a  gale  into  a  field,  and  croaring  tbe  field  "« 
got  into  a  copse  which  skirted  it,  and  so  by  many  a  lorely  little  wfaillng 
path  into  tbe  woods.    Young  Lulwortb  look  onr  dcUgfat  Mu3 


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CINDERELLA.  72S 

8B  a  personal  compliment.  It  was  all  Lulworth  property  as  far  as  we 
conld  see.  I  tbonglit  it  must  be  Btraogely  delightful  to  be  the  possessor 
of  such  beautiful  hills,  mist,  sunshine  and  shadow,  violet  tones,  song  of 
birds,  and  Bhimmer  of  foliage ;  but  Frank,  I  believe,  looked  at  hie  future 
prospects  from  a  material  poiut  of  view.  "  You  see  it  ain't  the  poetic 
part  of  it  which  pays,"  he  said.  But  he  appreciated  it  nevertheless,  for 
Cecilia  came  out  of  the  woods  that  morning,  all  decked  out  with  great  coii- 
toItuIus  leaves,  changed  to  gold,  which  Frank  had  gathered  as  we  went 
along  and  given  to  ber.  This  year  all  the  leaves  were  turning  to  such 
beautiful  coloors  that  people  remarked  upon  it,  and  said  they  never  remem- 
bered such  a  glowing  autumn ;  even  the  year  when  Frank  came  to  Dorli- 
cote  was  not  to  compare  to  it.  Browns  and  russet,  and  bright  amber  and 
gold  flecks,  berries,  red  leaves,  a  lovely  blaze  and  glitter  in  the  woods  along 
the  lanes  and  beyond  the  fields  and  copses.  All  the  hills  were  melting  with 
lovely  colour  in  the  clear  warm  autumn  air,  and  the  little  nut-wood  paths 
seemed  like  Aladdin's  wonderful  gardens,  where  precious  stones  hung  to 
the  trees ;  there  was  a  twinkle  and  crisp  shimmer,  yellow  leaves  and  golden 
light,  yellow  light  and  golden  leaves,  red  hawthorn,  convolvulus-berries, 
holly-berries  beginning  to  glow,  and  heaped-up  clustering  purple  black- 
berries. The  sloe-berries,  or  snowy  blackthorn  fruit,  with  their  soft  gioom 
of  colour,  were  over,  and  this  was  the  last  feast  of  the  year.  On  the  trees 
the  apples  hung  red  and  bright,  the  pears  seemed  ready  to  drop  from  their 
branches  and  walls,  the  wheat  was  stacked,  the  sky  looked  violet  behind 
the  yellow  ricks.  A  blackbird  was  singing  like  a  I'ipple  of  water,  some- 
body said.  It  is  hard  to  refrain  from  writing  of  all  these  lovely  things, 
though  it  almost  is  an  impertinence  to  attempt  to  set  them  down  on  paper 
in  long  lists,  like  one  of  Messrs.  Bippon  and  Burton's  circulars.  It  seemed 
sad  to  be  sad  oh  such  a  morning  and  in  such  a  world,  but  as  we  were 
walking  along  the  high-road  on  our  way  back  to  the  form,  we  passed  a 
long  pale  melancholy-looking  man  riding  a  big  horse,  with  a  little  sweet- 
iaced  creature  about  sixteen  who  wai  cantering  beside  him.  He  took  off 
his  hat,  the  little  girl  kissed  her  hand  as  they  passed,  nodding  a  gay 
triumphant  nod,  and  then  we  watched  them  down  the  hill,  and  dis- 
appearing at  the  end  of  the  lane. 

"  I  am  quite  glad  to  see  Ella  Adiford  out  riding  with  her  father  again," 
said  Lulworth,  holding  the  garden  gate  open  for  us  to  pass  in. 

"  Mrs.  Aahford  called  here  a  day  or  two  ago  with  her  daughter,"  said 
Cecilia.  "  They're  going  to  stay  at  the  Kavenhill,  she  told  me.  I  thought 
Colonel  Ashford  was  gone,  too.     I  suppose  he  is  come  back." 

"  Of  course  he  is,"  said  Frank,  "  siace  we  have  just  seen  him  with 
£Ua,  and  of  course  hia  wife  is  away  for  the  same  reason," 

"  The  child  has  grown  very  thin,"  said  H. 

"  She  hag  a  difficult  temper,"  said  Cecilia — who,  once  she  got  an  idea 
into  her  soft,  silly  head,  did  not  easily  get  rid  of  it  again.  "  She  is  a  great 
aoxie^  to  poor  Mrs.  Ashford.  She  is  very  diflerent,  she  tells  mc,  to  Julia 
and  iJsette  Gamier,  her  own  daughters." 

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724  CIllDBBELLA. 

*'IIuurtr  tbotn  vben -die;  were  chiMreo.    We  ued  to  aee  agnatdeil' 
of  Mn.  AtliJord  vili«ii  slio  vas  lint  a  widow,  and  I  went  to  Iter 
wedding." 

W«  urtre  «t  Viu'i*  ooe  year — ten  y«UB  bcfare  the  lima  1  am  wriuaj 

oF— Mvl  Ml*.  Gataiet  lived  over  va,  ia  a  tiny  little  ^wluient.  Sbi  ua* 
VC17  poor,  «nJ  Tcry  gnadljr  dretaed,  and  «lu  obmI  to  conw  metling  la  l» 
aee  us.  KuEiling  m  baidly  the  word,  ilia  was  mudt  too  gneeM  and 
womaDljr  a  penoa  to  nutle ;  brr  bag  mSt  gowiu  used  tD  ripple,  acd  vnxt, 
and  flow  awa/  as  Bhs  come  and  w«ot ;  aad  her  bcautirol  vya  omiI  t? 
fill  witli  loin  OM  ebc  dfonlc  bcr  lea  aod  ooaGded  ber  Uoublos  to  «a 
II.  nerf-r  liked  }ieT  ;  titit  1  rourt  coafeaa  to  a  very  kiaily  leeling  for  lb« 
poor,  gcolie,  beautiAiI,  forlom  jroung  craaturp,  ao  psanooately  JameUuiS 
tb«  loaa  An  had  Kustsinvd  iit  Majoi^Guiend  Garaicr..  Ha  had  left  ber 
very  badly  cS,  although  sbc  was  well  ooDaiscled,  Sod  Lady  Jaoe  Pffpcr- 
come,  bcr  coutiiQ,  tiud  o8ered  ber  and  her  two  Uttle  gtrl<  it  botna  at 
Bnvcnhill,  ahe  used  to  tell  ita  ia  her  eptora  manner.  I  do  iMt  know  yihj 
ab«  sever  availed  hcnolf  of  the  offVr.  She  nid  ooeo  that  i^be  woold  sot 
be  domg  jiulice  to  )ier  [irectoiis  little  oatt,  to  whom  th«  di^roted  benelf 
with  tli«  usisUinoc  of  an  «x])ericiiceil  attmdanl.  My  impmaoa  ia,  lint 
the  lilttc  one*  tiaed  to  Kcnib  oue  another's  little  ugly  baft,  and  pMl  md 
anotlici'i  little  light  Cltincae- looking  tniJ*,  while  the  experienood  aiiendant 
]ac«d  and  drecaed  asd  adorned,  and  aeenlcd  and  powdered  ibelr  maninny 
Sha  really  waa  a  bcnatiftd  young  woman,  and  would  bnro  looked  qvila 
cbarming  if  ahe  had  IcA  herself  alone  for  a  aingle  infltantf  bat  diic  mt 
alu-nyi  poatiig.  She  bad  dnrk  bright  eyes  ;  obe  bad  a  lovely  Uttlc  arcbed 
mouth  ;  and  bands  so  white,  k>  sofi,  bo  corered  with  rioga,  that  ona  fell 
tlmt  it  vrnii  indeed  a  ptivil^e  when  alie  odd,  "  Ok,  how  do  you  do  T"  aad 
extended  two  or  tbree  gentle  confiding  lingers.  At  Gnt  she  treat  nowben 
except  to  church,  and  to  walk  in  the  retired  paths  of  the  Pork  dc  Mon^ciu, 
although  abc  look  in  Galignani  and  used  to  read  the  l>»te  of  arrirali 
But  by  degrees  abe  began  to — chiefly  to  please  ate,  the  said — go  out  a 
little,  to  make  a  few  acqaaiatao«cs.  One  day  I  waa  wolkiog  witk  bcr 
down  the  ChumpK  Elyi^,  when  she  suddenly  started  and  looked  up  at  a 
tall,  nieUnohoIy-lcoking  gentleman  who  was  pnosinst  and  who  atarad  at 
her  rery  hard ;  and  Boon  after  thnt  it  whs  that  she  b«^a  tetlilu  me  A* 
liail  dcturminLil  to  make  nil  cQ^ort  for  her  children's  sake,  and  to  go  a  littki 
more  into  society.  She  wanted  mu  to  lake  her  to  Madame  de  Girouelte'c, 
where  abe  beard  I  was  going  that  evening,  and  where  ahe  bellered  ilic 
should  mcut  nn  old  friend  of  hers,  whom  she  particulnily  wiohed  to  sec 
again.  Would  1  help  ber  ?  Would  I  be  ao  very  good  ?  Of  course  I  w» 
ready  to  do  anything  I  could.  She  came  punctual  to  her  time,  all  ercy 
moiro  ar.d  bUck  Uce ;  a  r«miie  was  teat  for,  and  wc  sot  olT,  iog^a^ 
along  the  crowded  slreuU,  with  our  two  lamps  lighted,  and  a  surly  moa, 
in  a  Tcd  waistcoat  and  un  uilokiii  hat,  tj  drive  us  to  the  Rue  de  Lille. 
All   lliQ  way  there.  Mis.  Garnier  was  atrange,  silent,   aervou^ 


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Her  ey«3  trere  like  two  Bhinini^  craters,  I  tUotigtil,  when  we  u-rircd,  ftn<l 
M  we  climbcil  up  tlic  JntcrtDinnblo  Di'gliU  of  auirs.  I  guesied  who  wm 
ihe  old  friend  will)  the  grty  niotistnclic  in  a  miniitA:  n  good,  well-iookinff, 
sick  -  looking  iiiau,  Rt.'\iidiu^  hy  Limsclf  iti  n  cc>mor. 

[  upent  a  ciirioufl  ("veiling;,  diMractcil  lietvveen  Mndamc  dc  Girouettc's 
staM  tiUk,  to  which  I  was  Bup[>oted  to  bo  linWning,  and  Mr*.  Garniuf'A 
niurniiiri-d  conTcr»ati«a  iviili  hvr  old  fritiid  in  ihe  corner,  to  which  I  w;ia 
^■ftiiilv  tiidcavouriog  not  to  iittifod. 

"  My  dear,  imagine  a  bouillon,  Bumiounl«d  with  liltJo  tiny  flutiags  nil 
round  the  hottom,  nnd  then  three  rucJ^u,  altemnting  with  three  lilllv 
volautt,  with  gr«it  chotix  nt  Tcgular  tnterralfi;  OT«r  Ihia  s  tunic,  caught 
up  nt  the  side  lij-  a  jardiniere,  n  (xinlnre  I'l  Jtt  S/be." 

"  When  you  ii'Si  ua  I  wtis  a  cliitd,  weak,  rooUsb,  cnslly  frightened  uid 
iiifluenceti.  lincnrly  brokti  my  hfart.  Look  me  in  tlie  Jaoe,  if  joucan,  and 
tell  mc  you  do  not  bt;Hi'VC  am,"  I  heard  Mrs.  Gamier  murmuring  in  a  low, 
thrilling  whisper.  She  did  not  menn  mo  to  he&r  it,  but  iIia  wu  too 
absorbed  in  what  she  was  Mi)'ing  to  think  of  all  the  people  round  aboot  her. 

"  Ah,  Lydiu,  what  dot«  it  mutter  now  7 "  the  friend  anEvrcrcd  in  a  sad 
v<4«c,  which  loudied  me  ftomehow.  "  We  have  both  been  wrecked  in  our 
venlurea,  and  UTe  haa  not  much  IcH  for  cither  of  us  now." 

"  It  i»  cut  en  hinin"  Madame  tl«;  Giroufttc  w«nt  on  ;  "  the  pieces  which 
nr«  tHk«i  out  ni.  one  i-nJ  are  let  in  at  ihe  olher  :  the  efl'ecl  is  tiujte 
charoiiug,  itud  the  ecouomy  ia  imnienae." 

"For  jou,  you  rnarriod  th«  pi-rBon  joo  loved,"  Lydia  Garnicr  wa« 
ansn-crbg  ;  "  for  me,  out  of  thu  wreck,  I  htirc  ut  least  my  children,  and  a 
romcmbrancc,  nnd  a  friend — is  it  bo  7  Ab,  Henry,  hnvo  I  not  aI  least 
a  friend  ? " 

"  Every  body  wauta  cue,"  said  Madame  dc  Girouotte,  oonoludlog  her  coa- 
versnlicn,  "nnd  tboy  cannot  )m  made  limt  enough  (o  aupjily  the  demand.  1 
am  proniLfid  mine  to  wear  to-morrow  at  the  opening  of  llie  tidon,  but  I  am 
afraid  that  yoa  bavo  no  chanci>.  How  the  poor  thing  ia  overworked — ^lier 
tnagazin  ia  crowded — 1  believe  idie  will  It'Jive  it  alt  in  charge  of  her  pre- 
miirc  dcnioificllc,  nnd  retire  to  her  campagne  &»  soon  as  llie  veooon  is  over." 

"And  yoti  will  come  and  Me  me,  will  you  not .'  "  said  the  widow  ut 
V*  went  away,  looking  up.  I  do  not  know  lo  this  day  if  she  was  acting. 
I  believe,  to  do  her  justice,  that  she  -n-as  only  acting  what  iih<i  roally  felt, 
ns  many  of  us  do  at  times. 

I  took  Mrs.  Garnicr  home  at  I  had  agr««d.  1  did  not  oak  any 
(|UestioDa.  ]  met  Colond  Aahrord  on  the  stairs  next  day,  nnd  I  was  not 
siirpriMtl  wlien,  about  a  week  nflcr,  Mra.  Garni«T  came  iiito  the  drawing- 
room  early  one  mominj;,  sinVing  down  at  my  feet  in  a  cavcleiit  altitud«, 
seitcd  my  band,  and  said  that  slie  Lad  come  for  counsel,  for  advice.  She 
hod  had  on  offer  from  a  person  whom  ilic  respected.  Colonel  Asbiord, 
whom  I  might  have  remarked  that  night  at  Madame  de  Girouctte's ;  would 
I— would  I  give  her  my  cmidid  opinion  ;  for  Lcr  ctiildnai'a  sake  did  I  not 
think  it  would  he  well  to  think  seriously  t    .    .    .    . 


^ae     ^^^^^"^  CCTDKBfcLLA. 

"  And  for  your  owo,  too,  m^  dor,"  mii  I.  "  Colonel  Aslifbr'3  is  ia 
P«rlium»it,  Iw  it  very  Vf  II  olT.  I  bdiore  you  will  bo  tuakuig  ui  uxcelleDl 
niarnaje.     Aowpt  him  by  alt  cicaniL" 

"Tlrar  IVitoid,  nnoe  thid  it  your  rod  heanfllt  oplaioo,  I  Tajot  juiir 
jiidgtiiciit  too  higjily  Dot  to  act  by  it*  dictstM.  Once,  yean  ago,  thoc 
wu  tbooglit  of  thU  b«tiro«a  mc  nnd  Hvnry.  I  will  Dow  confide  ta  jvq,  toy 
hoot  bus  never  failed  from  iu  early  diTotion.  A  cruel  &t«  sep&ratcd  u. 
I  mtrriH.  TTo  mnrriod.  Wc  nro  hrongbt  togetliw  u  by  a  mJriiiclf,  but 
our  tlirw  cliildr«Q  will  nvrur  knowUiv  low  of  tlieir  pareats'  love,"  ftc  &e. 
GUoioe,  band-pretwure,  &«. — tVAn,  &«.  Tbea  s  ioag,  Boft,  irritaiiug  1d& 
I  fdt  for  tbe  lirat  time  in  tny  lil«  iacUned  to  box  ber  con. 

Tbc  liltic  Gnmicrs  octtainly  giuned  by  tbe  bofgaia,  and  tbe  cotnd 
fat  down  ta  write  home  to  hit  little  daughter,  aad  t«l|  htr  tb«  oevn. 

Poor  littk  Eila,  I  wcmdur  what  sort  of  aozietjca  Mra.  ^Vehibrd  bad 
CAused  to  ber  biforo  she  had  bem  Ella's  fatber'a  wife  a  year.    Mi«>  A*b- 
ford  niutio  the  l>est  of  it.     Slie  was  a  cbcciy,  bap]iy  little  creators,  look- 
ing at  ever^-lliing  from  tbe  nuiay  side,  adoring  ber  bthcT]  ranging  wild 
out  of  dooiB,  but  with  an  odd  turn  ii>r  bouse-knpiog,  and  order  aod 
method  at  borne.      Indeed}  for  the  Isat  two  yeans  ^^^f  mace  abe  me 
twelve  yean  old,  ehe    bad    k(^pt  hvr  fntbcr's  boose.      Languid,  gentle, 
eauly    impretaed,  ColoniJ  Ashfonl    vras   qiule   ouiioudy    iuflueoMd   by 
this  IiUlc  dnnghtcr.     She  could  make  him  con-^  and  go,  ttti  blie  aod 
dislike.     I  think  it  was  EIU  who  sent  him  into  Parliament :  she  oonld 
not  bear  Sir  Biuaham  Rtcbardion,  thcii  next  attigbbonr,  to  be  an  U^.| 
and  an  oracle,  while  lier  father  was  ou!y  a  retired  colonel.     Her  ways 
and  her   Bnjings   were   ft  itrangc  nnd    ptcity   mistsre   of  cliildUmcn 
and  precociouaneas.      She  would   be   ordering  dinner,  aeein^  that  the 
firea  vere  alight  in  the  study  nml  dining-room,  writing   notw  to  aare 
her  father  ttoublo   (Colonel  Aabfotvl  hated  trouble),  in  bcr  cramped, 
citKiked,  giili>b  hand  ;  the  neit  minute  ahe  was  purhap«  Sying,  n^k- 
footod,  round  and  round  tbe  old  ball,  ikipping  up  and  down  the  ode  stairs, 
lauglitDg  uut  iike  a  child  us  shu  [ilayed  with  bur  puppy,  and  dangkd  a 
UtUe  ball  of  elriiig  under  his  blauk  uotic.    Fufi*,  with  a  youtbAil  lurk,     ^ 
vonld  leiae  the  ball  and  go  aoattling  down  the  corridors  with  Lia  price,     I 
while  £Ua  pur^utrd  him  with  her  quick  dying  feet.      She  could  an^         ' 
ohumingly,  with  a  clk-ur,  true,  piping  roiiK,  like  a  bird's,  and  slie  lund  to 
dunce  to  her  oivn  singing  in  the  prettiest  way  imaginable.     Her  doneiog 
was  really  luaarkahlc :  ahe  huj  the  most  hcuitiful  feet  nnd  hands,  and 
aa  she   MeBawc<l  in  time,  stiU  xinging  and  mortng  in  rhythm,  uiy  «au 
seeing  Iier  could  not  &il  to  have  been  atnick  by  the  weLrd-like  liitfa 
accomphshment.     Some  girU  have  a  passion  for  dancing— boys  baTe  a 
bundreil  other  ways  and  means    of  givmg  vent  to  their  activity  sad 
exercising    their  youthful   limba,    and    putting   out   their  eager  youi^ 
strength;  but  girla  have  so  such  obances;  they  arc  coadomned  to  iralk 
through  Iti^  for  the  mo^t  part  quietly,  soberly,  putting  a  ciirb  oo  tbe  liA 


CINDERELLA.  727 

and  vitalitj  vliich  is  in  them.  Tbey  long  to  throw  it  out,  they  would 
like  to  have  wings  to  fly  like  a  bird,  and  so  they  dance  Bometimea  with  all 
their  hearts,  and  might,  and  energy.  People  rarely  talk  of  the  poetry  of 
dancing,  but  there  is  Bomething  in  it  of  the  real  inepiration  of  art.  The 
music  plays,  the  heart  beats  time,  the  movements  Sow  ae  naturally  aa  the 
branches  of  a  tree  go  waving  in  the  wind 

One  day  a  naughty  boy,  who  had  run  away,  for  a  Inrk,  from  his  tutor 
and  his  schoolroom  at  Clifie,  hard  by,  and  who  was  hiding  in  a  ditch, 
happened  to  sec  Ella  alone  in  a  field.  She  was  looking  up  at  the  sky  and 
down  at  the  pretty  scarlet  and  white  pimpernels,  and  liateuing  to  the 
birds  ;  suddenly  she  felt  so  strong  and  bo  light,  and  as  if  she  muBt  jump 
about  a  little,  she  was  so  happy,  and  go  she  did,  shaking  her  pretty  golden 
tnane,  waving  her  poppies  high  over  head,  and  singing  higher  and  higher, 
li^e  one  c^  the  larks  diat  were  floating  in  mid  air.  The  naughty  boy  was 
much  fi-ightened,  and  firmly  believed  that  he  had  seen  a  fairy. 

"  She  was  all  in  white,"  he  said  afterwards,  in  an  aggrieved  tone  of 
voice.  "She'd  no  hat,  or  anything;  she  bounded  Eixfoot  into  the  air. 
you  never  saw  anything  like  it." 

Master  Bichardeon's  guilty  conscience  had  something  to  do  witli  hia 
alarm.  When  his  friend  made  a  few  facetious  inquiries  he  answered  quite 
sulkily, — "  Black  pudden  ?  she  offered  me  no  pudden  or  anything  else.  I 
oply  wish  you  had  been  there,  that's  all,  then  you'd  believe  a  fellow  when 
he  says  a  thing,  instead  of  always  chaEBng." 

Ella  gave  up  her  dancing  after  the  new  wife  came  to  Ash  Place.  It 
was  all  BO  difierent ;  she  was  not  allowed  any  ntore  to  run  out  in  the 
fields  alone.  She  supposed  it  was  very  nice  having  two  young  com- 
panions like  Lisette  and  Julia,  and  at  first,  in  her  kindly  way,  the  child 
did  the  honours  of  her  own  home,  showed  them  the  way  which  led  to  her 
rabbits,  her  most  secret  bird's  nest,  the  old  ivy-grown  smugglers'  hole  in 
the  hollow.  Lisette  and  Julia  went  trotting  about  in  their  fri!I  tromiers 
and  Chinese  tails  of  hair,  examining  everything,  making  their  calculations, 
saying  nothing,  taking  it  all  in  (poor  little  Ella  was  rather  puzzled,  and 
could  not  make  them  out).  Meantime  her  new  mother  was  gracefully  wan- 
dering over  the  house  on  her  husband's  arm,  and  standing  in  attitudes 
admiring  the  view  from  the  windows,  and  asking  gentle  little  indiiferent 
questions,  to  all  of  which  Colonel  Ashford  replied  unsuspectingly  enough. 

"  And  ED  you  give  the  child  an  allowance  7  Is  she  not  very  youog  for 
one  7     And  is  this  Ella's  room  7  how  prettily  it  is  furnished." 

"  She  did  it  all  herself,"  Boid  her  &ther,  smiling.  "  Look  at  her  rocking- 
horse,  and  her  dolis'  house,  and  her  tidy  little  arrangements." 

The  house-keeping  books  were  in  a  little  pile  on  the  table ;  a  very 
suspicious-looking  doll  was  lying  on  the  bed,  so  were  a  pile  of  towels,  half 
marked,  but  neatly  folded  ;  there  was  a  bird  singing  in  a  cage,  a  squirrel, 
a  little  aged  dog — Puff's  grandmother — asleep  on  a  cushion,  some  sea- 
anemones  in  a  glass,  gaping  with  their  horrid  mouths,  strings  of  birds' 
eggs  were  suspended,  and  whips  were  banging  up  on  the  walls.     There 


rad 


atiDEREXXA. 


wot  a  gntt  bunch  of  flower*  in  Ibe  wiixiow,  Asd  a  long  duty-clMUi 
fotteoed  up  in  leMooDs  lound  th«  ghn ;  and  tlien  on  the  loUette-taUt 
there  vrcrc  ooc  or  two  v>Jiuikle  triokcii  Kt  out  in  their  litllc  cues. 

"  tkmr  nv,"  uid  Ur«.  Aahford,  "  it  it  not  a  pity  to  loan  mush 
tatioo  in  the  yray  oftbe  Bcnrants?  Little  earclew  thing: — ^bad  I  not  better 
ktvf  ihcD  fi>r  Iter,  Henry  7  Ui«y  ar«  very  beautiiul-"  AM  Mrs.  Ajfafiffd 
•oftly  collected  Ella's  Ireiiuim  ia  her  long  white  bands. 

"l^lUliaa  some  very  Taluable  tilings,"  Colonel  Adtibrd  laid.  "She keeps 
them  lock«d  up  in  a  strong  box,  I  beUere  ;  yea,  there  it  ia  io  the  conwr." 

"It  had  mui^  better  cone  into  my  dosH,"  Mrs.  Asblbrd  aid.  "Ob, 
lioir  heavy  t  Come  bcN,  sUong-ano,  and  h«]p  me."  Colonel  AiUbrd 
obediently  look  up  the  bcoc  as  he  was  bid. 

'*  And  I  think  I  mny  as  ndl  finish  niarkijig  tlio  dotsters,"  Mud 
Mrs.  Athford,  looking  round  iho  re4Mn  ns  the  coll«ct«d  thoia  all  in  b«r 
apron.  '*  The  books,  of  coarse,  are  now  my  duty.  I  tliink  Ella  will  not 
1m  sonry  to  bo  relieved  of  her  cares.  Do  you  know,  dexr,  I  think  I  ant 
glad,  for  her  nke,  tliat  you  married  me,  as  w«-ll  as  for  my  own.  I  think 
ebc  baa  bad  too  much  put  upon  tier,  is  a  little  too  dcadcd,  too  prtmatoie 
for  one  so  youn;.  One  would  t»>t  wish  Io  see  ber  grow  up  bofora  the 
tinw.     Let  them  remain  young  and  careless  whik  tbry  can,  Heniy.** 

So  vboa  £Ua  canx.-  back  to  mark  the  diutcia  that  sho  bad  been 
homming,  bccauao  Mrs.  Alilton  was  in  a  liuiry  for  tlteni  aiid  the  hoosc- 
maiJ  hud  hurt  ber  eye,  ihey  were  gone,  and  ao  were  her  ncnt  little  book* 
that  she  bad  taken  siicli  pride  in,  and  h:ul  been  winding  op  bdbn  die 
gave  tlicm  to  Min.  Ashford  to  ixvp  in  fuiUTC ;  so  was  her  pret^  eoil 
BCckfaiCie  that  ehe  wore  of  on  erening ;  and  her  pearls  with  the  dtamoad 
elasp ;  and  her  beautiful  clear  carbuncle  brooch  that  ebe  wiu  ao  Joed  ol^ 
and  her  little  gold  clnsp  bmcolct.  Although  Eliss  and  Sumn  had  Bred 
with  tliem  all  ber  life  long,  they  had  neircr  token  Ii«r  thii^s,  poorBSa 
thought,  n  little  Utterly.  "  Quite  ansatlable,  .tt  your  a^,  dearm,"  Mn>. 
Ashford  wamiurcd,  kxBsiog  hor  fondly. 

And  Ella  nuvur  got  them  back  any  more.  Many  and  mjuty  other 
things  then:  were  flic  never  got  back,  poor  child.  Ah  me  t  treuont 
dcsrvT  to  liar  than  the  pretty  coral  ncoklaee  and  the  gold  da^  bnodefr— 
liberty,  ooofideiMe— the  tender  almoifibere  of  admiring  lore  in  which  she 
bod  always  lived,  the  first  pUoe  in  hoc  Other's  heart.  That  choold  oerer 
be  ben  again  some  one  had  determined. 

Tlie  only  exctue  for  Mrs.  Ashford  is  thut  she  vns  rety  much  in  lore 
will)  her  hatband,  nod  eo  sclfi«hly  attached  to  him  that  alio  gnidged  the 
very  care  and  devotion  whieli  little  Kil:i  k-td  spent  upon  her  &thcr  aU  Ibo* 
yean  puu  Every  fte«Ji  proof  of  thought  and  depth  of  feeling  In  aueh  a 
childish  little  croatore  hurt  and  vexed  the  other  vonaa.  £lla  mwt  be 
taught  her  place,  this  lady  determiaed,  not  in  so  many  words.  Alia  1  if 
we  eoold  always  set  our  evil  thougbta  and  scbeiaea  to  wod^  it  wooM 
parinps  be  well  with  u«,  and  better  hr  than  driftiiig,  itnoonaeioiis  sad 
twvantcd,  into  nameless  cril,  onowocd  to  OMWl(  ecitrcely  reoogoized. 


ClMDEBELLA.  729 

And  80  the  years  went  hj.  Julia  and  Lisette  grew  up  into  two  great 
tall  fashionable  bouncing  young  ladies ;  they  pierced  their  ears,  turned 
up  their  pigtails,  and  dressed  very  elegantly.  Lisette  nsed  to  wear  a 
coral  necklace,  Julia  was  partial  to  a  clear  carbuncle  brooch  her  mother 
gave  her.  Little  Ella,  too,  grew  up  like  a  little  green  plant  springing  up 
through  the  mild  spring  rains  and  the  summer  sunshine,  taller  and 
prettier  and  sadder,  every  year.  And  yet  perhaps  it  was  as  well  after 
all  that  early  in  life  she  had  to  learn  to  be  content  with  a  very  little  share 
of  its  bounties :  she  might  have  been  spoilt  and  over-indulged  if  things 
had  gone  on  as  they  began,  if  nothing  bad  ever  thwarted  her,  and  if  aH 
her  life  she  had  had  her  own  way.  She  was  a  bright  smiling  little  thing 
for  all  her  worries,  with  a  sweet  little  face ;  indeed  her  beauty  was  so 
remarkable,  and  her  manner  so  simple  and  charming,  that  Julia  and  Lisette, 
who  were  a  year  or  two  her  elders,  used  to  complain  to  their  mother 
nobody  ever  noticed  them  when  Ella  was  by.  Lady  Jane  Feppercome, 
their  own  cousin,  was  always  noticing  her,  and  actually  gave  her  a  potato 
oflF  her  own  plate  the  other  day. 

"  I  fear  she  is  a  very  forward,  designing  girl.  I  shall  not  think  of 
taking  hef  out  in  London  this  year,"  Mrs.  Ashford  said,  with  soma 
asperity ;  "  nor  shall  I  allow  her  to  appear  at  our  crfiquet  party  next 
week.     She  is  far  too  young  to  be  brought  out." 

So  EUa  was  desired  to  remain  in  her  own  room  on  this  occasion. 
She  nearly  cried,  poor  little  thing,  but  what  could  she  do  ?  her  father  was 
away,  and  when  he  come  back  Mrs.  Ashford  would  be  sure  to  explain 
everything  to  him.  Mrs.  Anhford  had  explained  life  in  so  strangely 
ingenioiis  a  manner  that  he  had  got  to  see  it  in  a  very  topsy-turvy 
iashion.  Some  things  she  had  explained  away  altogether,  some  she  had 
distorted  and  twisted,  poor  little  Ella  had  been  explained  and  explained, 
until  there  was  scarcely  anything  of  her  left  at  all.  Poor  child,  she  some- 
times used  to  think  she  hod  not  a  single  iriend  in  the  world,  but  she 
would  chide  herself  for  such  fancies ;  it  must  be  fancy.  Her  father  loved 
her  as  much  as  ever,  but  he  was  engrossed  by  business,  and  it  was  not 
to  be  expected  he  should  show  what  he  felt  before  Julia  and  Lisette,  who 
might  be  hurt.  And  then  Ella  would  put  all  her  drawers  in  order,  or  sevr 
a  seam,  or  go  out  and  pull  up  a  bedfiil  of  weeds  to  chase  such  morbid 
Janciea  out  of  her  mind. 

Lady  Jane  Pcppercome,  of  whom  mention  lias  been  already  made, 
had  two  houses,  one  in  Onslow  Square,  another  at  Hampstead.  She  waa 
very  rich,  she  had  never  married,  and  was  consequently  fer  more  senti- 
mental than  ladies  of  her  standing  usually  are.  She  was  a  flighty  old 
lady,  and  lived  sometimes  at  one  house,  sometimes  at  the  other,  sometimes 
at  hotels  here  and  there,  as  the  fancy  seized  her.  She  waa  very  kind  aa 
well  as  flighty,  and  was  constantly  doing  generous  things,  and  trying  to 
help  any  one  who  seemed  to  be  in  trouble  or  who  appeared  to  wish  for 
anything  she  had  it  in  her  power  to  grant, 

85—5 


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B(>  wbco  Mri.  Attiford  said, — "  Oli,  Loci;  S»nt,  ptiy  m*  \  My  bmlMnd 
Mi)->  he  cannot  uflcn]  to  take  me  to  tova  tihii  year.    I  ehvuU  m  like  to 

go,  for  ihe  dear  giiU'  pftke  of  counc "     Lad;  Jane  gkTe  a  little 

grant,  and  uid, — "  I  will  l«-n<l  you  niy  bcmie  in  Onslow  Sqiiai«,  if  yoa 
\\\<i — lh»t  ia,  if  jou  keep  my  rcom  read^  (c>r  tne  ia  caso  I  irant  to  ooat 
11^  ut  any  time.  But  1  doresiiy  you  ivoo't  care  Ibr  audi  an  ua&sbiooabla 
i]uaHfr  of  tbc  world." 

"  Ob,  Lady  Jnno,  hovr  exceedingly  Linri,  bov  very  ddighthl  and 
unexpected  1 "  cried  KIra.  jVAliford,  wbo  bad  bom  hoping  for  it  all  ibc 
llmtt  ^  wbo  battoaid  to  commiiaicfltc  tbc  n«w«  to  LiMtt«  and  Julia. 

"  I  diall  want  H  regular  outfit,  inainnin,"  raid  Julia,  wbo  -Kta  food  of 
drew.     "  Perbape  no  aliail  tncet  young  Mr.  Ricbardwn  ia  town." 

"  I  aball  b«  mapped  up  directly  by  •omu  one,  I  c-xpoct,"  auid  LittMe^ 
vlw  waa  veiy  rain,  and  tho;igbt  hcrSL-lf  irresistible. 

"  Am  I  to  ooiae,  too  7  "  atkcd  £lbi,  timidly,  from  tb«  otber  «nd  of  tlM 
nam,  looldug  up  from  her  aeving. 

"  I  do  not  know,"  replied  bcr  atvprnotlMrr  curtly,  and  £11*  sigbtd  a 
litllft  wtlfiilty,  and  went  on  8tit«hiiig. 

"  At irbat  age  ehall  you  let  mo  oomeoubT"  afac  prcsentlj  uked,  abyly. 

"  WboQ  you  •»>  £t  to  be  truflt«d  in  tbo  world,  and  hare  cur«d  ynor 
unmly  Icinjier,"  Mid  Mra.  Acliford.  Klla*a«yea  filled  wtlb  t^art,  and  ihe 
blii^cd  \ip;  but  tier  latbor  earns  into  tbe  room,  aod  sbe  ainiled  tbrou^ 
b«r  tears,  and  tbought  to  herself  tbst  ai&M  her  l«mp«r  was  so  bad,  tb* 
Iwd  better  brgtn  to  rule  it  tbnt  very  inatant 

It  is  a  bright  May  morning  nAer  a  iiigbt  of  rain,  and  altiioui^b  lUt  U 
Luudon  niul  not  the  country  any  mora,  Onelow  S<[uare  looks  brigiii  tai 
elcan.  Lady  Jano  bun  bnd  ibc  houio  sourtly  dous  up :  clean  ebiau, 
llriped  btinibi,  a  balcony  full  of  mignonette.  She  Itas  kept  two  bule 
roOBU  for  beraelf  and  b«r  uaiil,  but  all  th«  r«flt  of  tbo  booae  ia  at  tb« 
litbrda' dif^xMal.     Erciybodyia  satisfied,  and  T"  Tiaated  with  h«t 

ttle  rooin  npnliiirs.     Mrs.  Ashfonl  in  making  I a  and  dsmer- 

Jos  and  millinera'  addresses ;  Lisette  is  looking  out  of  window  at 
DO  carriagca  which  uv  paadng ;  the  obildrcn  nod  narwji  arc  uiting 
\jmitt  tb«  troM  ia  tb«  tquarA ;  Julu  ij  looking  at  bcndf  in  ibe  gbia  aad 
pnuitiiiii;  her  couit  cartseya  ;  and  Ella  ii  in  the  back-room  arrajigii^  a 
great  hMp  of  book*  to  «  bookcase.  "  1  abould  to  like  to  go  to  the  Palace, 
mamma,"  tUtv  laja,  mad  htoking  up  with  a  snudgy  face,  for  the  bcoka  ven 
■U  dirty  cod  eovemi  with  duU.    *'  Do  joa  think  there  wtll  be  room  fcr 

Ella  had  oo  pi-cprr  pride,  as  it  ia  called,  and  always  uaed  to  take  it 
fbr  granted  fhe  wivs  wonted,  and  that  eone  acddeot  prerented  ber  tno 
ffiiag  with  Ch«  oihera.  **  I  am  sorry  tb«ro  is  no  rootn  for  you,  EUa,"  cM 
Mrs.  Aslitbrd,  in  ber  deep  rvk« ;  "  t  1uit«  ad»d  Ur.  Bichsrdua  to  octM 
witb  us,  and  if  be  &il0, 1  pnnUKd  to  call  foe  the  Countea  Bricabrae- 
Pray.  If  you  do  not  eftr«  lor  walking  in  the  si^uare  thli  aAcnioooi,  M 


I 


I 


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that  my  maid  puts  my  tLings  properly  away  in  the  cupboards,  as  well 
as  Julia's  and  Lisette's,  and  help  her  to  fold  the  dresses,  because  it  is 
impossible  for  oue  person  to  manage  these  long  trains  unassisted." 

"  Very  well,"  said  Ella,  cheerfully.  "  I  hope  you  will  have  a  pleasant 
day.     How  nioe  it  mast  be  to  be  going." 

"  I  wish  you  would  learn  not  to  wish  for  everything  and  anyUiing 
that  you  happen  to  hear  about,  Ella,"  said  Mrs.  Ashford.  "  If  you  hear 
any  Tisitora  coming,  go  away,  for  I  cannot  allow  you  to  be  seen  iu  thia 
dirty  state." 

"  There's  a  ring,"  said  Ella,  gathering  some  of  the  books  together. 
"  Good-by." 

Young  Mr.  Bichardson,  who  was  announced  immediately  afler,  passed 
a  pretty  maid-servant,  carrying  a  great  pile  of  folios  upon  the  stairs.  She 
looked  so  little  £tted  for  the  task  that  he  involuntarily  stopped  and  said, 
"  Can  I  aedst  you  ?  "  The  little  maid  smiled,  and  shook  her  head,  with- 
out speaking.  "What  a  charming  httle  creature  !"  thought  Mr.  Richardson. 
He  came  to  say  that  he  and  hia  friend.  Jack  Prettyman,  were  going  to 
ride  down  together,  and  would  join  the  ladies  at  the  Palace. 

"  We  are  to  pick  Colonel  Ashford  up  at  his  club,"  Mrs.  Ashford  said, 
"  and  Madame  de  Bricabrac,  I  shall  count  upon  you  then."  And  the 
young  ladies  waved  him  gracious  nu  revoirs  from  the  balcony. 

"  Oh  !  don't  you  like  white  waistcoats,  Julia  ? "  smd  Lisette,  as  she 
watched  him  down  the  street. 

They  are  gone.  Ella  went  up  to  help  with  the  dresses,  but  presently 
the  maid  said  in  her  rude  way  that  she  must  go  down  to  dinner,  and  she 
could  not  have  anybody  messing  the  things  about  while  she  was  away. 
Carter  hated  having  a  "  spy  "  eiit  over  her,  as  she  called  Miss  Ashford. 
The  poor  little  spy  went  back  to  the  drawing-room.  She  was  too  melan- 
choly and  out  of  spirits  to  dress  herself  and  go  out.  Her  face  was  still 
smudgy,  and  she  had  cried  a  little  over  Lisette's  pink  tarlatane.  Her 
heart  sank  down,  down,  down.  She  did  so  long  for  a  little  fun  and 
delight,  and  laughter  and  happiness.  She  knew  ber  father  would  say, 
"Where  ia  Ella?"  and  her  mother  would  answer,  "Oh,  I  really  cannot 
account  for  Ella's  fancies.  She  was  sulky  this  morning  again.  I  cannot 
manage  her  strange  tempers." 

The  poor  child  chanced  to  see  her  shabby  face  and  frock  and  tear- 
stained  cheeks  in  one  of  the  tall  glasses  over  ihe  gilt  tables.  It  was  very 
Billy,  hut  the  wobcgone  little  face  touched  her  so  ;  she  was  so  sorry  for 
it  that  all  of  a  sudden  she  burst  out  sob,  sob,  Bob,  crying,  "  Oh,  how 
nice  it  must  be  to  be  loved  and  cherished,  and  very  happy,"  she  thought. 
"  Oh,  1  could  be  so  good  if  they  would  only  Jove  me."  She  could  not  bear 
to  think  more  directly  of  her  father's  change  of  feeling.  She  sat  down  on 
the  floor,  aa  she  had  n  way  of  doing,  all  in  a  little  heap,  staring  at  the 
empty  grate.  The  fire  had  burnt  out,  and  no  one  had  thought  of 
relighting  it.  For  a  few  minutes  her  tears  overflowed,  and  she  cried  and 
cried  in  two  rivulets  down  her  black  little  face.     She  thought  how  forlorn 


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alia  wu,  wliat  ■  dull  lilb  ebc  led,  bow  iIotHi  she  Uvcd — euch  a 

or  rognt  Rnd  misciy  orerpoworod  h«r,  tliat  the  lild  Iter  face  in  ha  hiadi, 

unconsciouA  of  an^hisg  vise  but  bcr  own  swlnen.     .     .     . 

She  di4  not  hear  the  beli  ring,  nor  a  onrriagc  Mop,  Dor  L*dj-  Jont's 
TootJiU^  SJio  oame  aooss  tbe  Toom  and  stood  looking  at  hvr.  *■  Why, 
my  dear  liltla  cieatorc,  what  is  tlic  ntuter  ?  "  end  l)ie  old  loAy  it  hit 
*'  Crying  T  don't  you  Vnow  it  ig  v«?ry  natighty  to  cry,  no  nialU-r  how  bad 
tilings  arc  *     Are  they  iiU  gone— arc  you  aJI  alotic  7 " 

EUn  jumped  up,  quitv  Htorllud,  blualicd,  wiped  h«r  tears  in  a  sanidia. 
"  I  tliougbt  nobody  would  tee  idg  cry,"  ebe  stiil,  "  for  llK'y  ara  all  goaa 
to  Lbe  Cryata]  PaUcc." 

"  And  did  th«y  leare  you  bcUind  tjtutc  by  yoonelf  7  "  tbe  old  lady 
ojtVcd. 

''  They  w«rc  to  aarty  ihey  had  no  room  for  mc,"  said  good-uUond 
littlo  Klla.  She  could  net  bear  to  bear  p(>ople  blamed.  **  They  had  pto- 
miaed  Madame  de  Dricahrac." 

"  la  that  all  ?  "  said  Lady  Jatic,  in  her  kind  imperiouii  way.  "  Why,  I 
h&va  driven  in  from  Uanip»ti>«d  on  ptirpo^}  to  go  there  too.  TbenV  a 
great  llowvr-Hhow  lo-day,  and  you  know  I  am  a  first-rate  gardener.  I're 
bronght  np  a  great  Iinmpcr  of  thingn.  Put  on  yonr  honnc^  wasb  your 
faoe^  and  come  along  direcUy.  I've  plenty  of  room.  Who  in  that  talklag 
in  that  m<ifl  way?  ''  for  at  that  ioataat  Carter  called  out  from  the  dnwiag- 
room  door,  without  looking  in,— 

"  Now  then,  Mlaa  Ella,  you  cm  como  and  hdp  me  fold  iben 
uresscti.     I'm  in  a  nurry." 

Carter  was  much  discomposed  when  Lady  Jime  appeared,  irate, 
dignified. 

"  Go  upstaira  directly,  and  do  not  Ibiget  younclf  agun,"  toid  tin 
old  lady. 

"  Oh,  I  think  I  ought  toga  and  fold  up  the  dreesea,"  said  Ella,  heti- 
tating,  flushing,  blushing,  And  looking  more  than  grstdbL  "lIoirTtfy 
very  kind  of  you  to  think  of  me.  I'm  afmld  they  wooldn't— I'm  afraid 
I've  no  bonnet.     Oh,  thank  youj  I — but " 

"Nonwnao,  child,"  said  Tjidy  Jane;  *' my  niadd  ahnll  kelp  that 
woman.  Here,"  ringing  llie  bell  violently,  to  the  footman, — "what  bats 
yoB  done  with  the  hamper  I  brotight  up?  let  me  Be«  it  unpacked  h«n 
immediitely.  Can't  trust  those  people,  my  dear — always  sea  to  evety- 
ihtng  myocjf." 

All  «<rt8  cf  ddicions  thingg,  se«nta,  oolotm,  Kpring-flow«r*  and  T«g*- 
tahlefl  came  out  of  the  hamper  ia  delightful  coofluion.  It  waaa  hamper 
full  of  trcasnrco— sweet,  hriglit,  dcUciuutct&tited — asponguB,  daffodilKflf, 
hhicbclU,  B.il.ids,  cauliflowers,  hot-house  flowers,  cowslips  from  th«  fieUl, 
aiallas.  En)i'ii  natty  littli;  fingers  armagcd  them  bU  about  tho  room  fa 
plates  and  in  viues  to  perfectly  and  k>  quickly,  that  old  Lady  Jaao  end 
out  in  adiniTRtion, — 

"  Why,  you  would  be  &  finrt-rale  girl,  if  yon  didn't  ciy.    Hen,  yea 


CINDERELLA.  788 

John,  get  some  bowls  and  trays  for  the  Tegetablea,  green  pe&ee,  Btraw- 
berriea ;  and  oh,  here's  a  cucumber  and  a  nice  little  early  pumpkin.  I  had 
it  forced,  my  dear.  Your  stepmother  tells  me  she  is  passionately  fond  of 
pumpkins.  Here,  John,  tnke  all  this  down  to  the  cook ;  tell  her  to  put 
it  in  ft  cool  larder,  and  order  the  carriage  and  horses  round  directly.  Now 
then,"  U>  Ella,  briskly,  "  go  and  put  your  thinj^  on,  and  come  along  with 
me.  ni  make  matters  straight.  I  always  do.  There,  go  directly.  I 
can't  have  the  horses  kept.  Raton,  my  coachman,  is  terrible  if  be  is  kept 
waiting — frightens  me  to  death  by  his  driving  when  he  is  put  out." 

Ella  did  not  hesitate  a  moment  longer ;  she  rushed  upstairs ;  her 
little  feet  flew  as  they  used  to  do  formerly.  She  came  down  in  a  minute, 
punting,  rapturous,  with  shining  hair  and  a  bright  face,  in  her  very 
best  Sunday  frock,  cloak,  and  hat.  Shabby  enough  they  were,  but  ehe 
was  too  happy,  too  excited,  to  think  about  the  deftciencies  in  her  toilet. 

"  Dear  me,  this  will  never  do,  I  see,"  said  the  old  lady,  looking  at  her 
disapprovingly;  but  she  Bmiled  bo  kindly  as  she  Bpoke,  that  Ella  was  not 
a  bit  frightened. 

"  Indeed,  I  have  no  other,"  she  said. 

"  John,"  cried  the  old  lady,  "  where  ia  my  maid?  Deairc  her  to  come 
and  Bpeak  to  me  directly.     Now  then,  sir  I  " 

All  her  servants  knew  her  ways  much  too  well  not  to  fly  at  her 
commands.     A  moid  appeared  as  if  by  magic. 

"  Now,  Batter,  be  quick ;  get  that  blue  and  silver  boumous  of  mine 
from  the  box  upstairs — it  will  look  very  nice ;  and  a  pair  of  grey  kid 
gloves.  Batter;  and  let  me  see,  my  dear,  you  wouldn't  look  well  in  a 
brocade.  No,  that  grey  satin  skirt.  Batter ;  her  own  white  bodice  will 
do,  and  we  can  buy  a  bonnet  as  we  go  along.  Now,  quick  ;  am  I  to  be 
kept  watting  all  day  ?  " 

Ella  in  a  moment  found  herself  transformed  somehow  into  the  most 
magnificent  lady  she  had  seen  for  many  a  day.  It  was  like  a  dream,  she 
cot^d  hardly  believe  it ;  she  saw  herself  move  majestically,  sweeping  in 
silken  robes  across  the  very  same  pier-glass,  where  a  few  minutes  before 
she  had  looked  at  the  wretched  little  melancholy  creature,  crying  with  a 
dir^  face,  and  watched  the  sad  tears  flowing.     .     .     . 

"Now  then — now  then,"  cried  Lady  Jane,  who  was  always  saying 
"  Now  then,"  and  urging  people  on — "  where's  my  page — are  the  outriders 
there?  They  are  all  workhouse  boys,  my  dear;  they  came  to  me  as  thin 
and  starved  as  church  mice,  and  then  I  fatten  them  up  nnd  get  'em  situa- 
tiona.  I  always  go  with  outriders.  One's  obliged  to  keep  up  a  certain 
dignity  in  these  Chartist  days — universal  reform — Buflroge — vote  by  ballot. 
I've  no  patience  with  Mr.  Gladatone,  and  it  all  rests  with  us  to  keep  our- 
selves well  aloof.     Get  in,  get  in  !     Drive  to  Sydenham,  if  you  please." 

Lady  Jane's  manners  entirely  changed  when  she  spoke  to  Baton.  And 
it  ia  a  fact  that  coachmen  from  their  tall  boxes  rule  with  a  very  high 
hand,  and  most  ladies  tremble  before  them.  Raton  looked  very  alarming 
in  his  wig,  with  his  shoebuckles  and  great  red  face. 


784  CINDERELI-A. 

What  a  biry  tale  it  was  t  There  was  little  Ella  aitting  in  this  IdtgIj 
chariot,  galloping  down  the  Brompton  Road,  with  all  the  little  boTs  dieer- 
ing  and  horrahiog;  and  the  little  outrideia  clattering  on  ahead,  and  the 
old  lady  siting  holt  upright  aa  pleased  as  Punch.  She  really  had  bees 
going  to  Sydenham  ;  but  I  think  if  she  had  not,  she  would  have  aet  ofT 
inRtantly,  if  she  thought  she  would  make  anybody  happy  by  bo  dcoog. 
They  stopped  at  a  shop  in  the  Brompton  Boad — the  wondering  sbop- 
woman  came  out. 

"  A  white  bonnet,  if  you  please,"  said  Lady  Jane.  "  That  will  do 
very  well.  Here,  child,  put  it  on,  and  mind  you  don't  crease  the 
strings,"  And  then  away  and  away  diey  went  once  more  tiirough  ihe 
town,  the  Eqnares,  over  the  bridges.  They  saw  the  sfaipa  and  steamen 
coining  down  the  diver  Thames,  but  the  carriage  never  stopped  :  the  out- 
ridera  paid  the  tolls  and  clattered  on  ahead.  They  rolled  along  pleasant 
country  lanes  and  fields,  villas  and  coontiy-houses,  road-side  inns  and 
pedestrians,  and  crawling  carts  and  carriages.  At  the  end  of  tfar«e-qaarten 
of  an  hour,  during  which  it  seemed  to  Ella  as  if  the  whole  gay  cortige  had 
been  flying  through  the  air,  they  suddenly  stopped  at  last,  at  the  great 
gates  of  a  Crystal  Palace  blazing  in  the  sun  and  standing  on  a  >iill  A 
crowd  was  looking  on.  All  sorts  of  grand  people  were  driving  up  in 
their  carriages ;  splendid  ladies  were  passing  in.  Two  gentlemen  in  white 
waistcoats  were  dismounting  from  their  horses  jost  as  £l]a  and  Lady  Jane 
were  arriving.  They  rushed  up  to  the  carriage-door,  and  helped  them  to 
the  ground. 

"  And  pray,  sir,  who  are  you  ? "  said  Lady  Jane,  as  soon  aa  she  vm 
safely  deposited  on  her  two  little  flat  feet  with  the  Ainny  old-iaabioned  shoes. 

The  young  man  coloured  up  and  bowed.  "  You  don't  remember  me, 
Lady  Jane,"  he  said.  "  Charles  Richardson— I  have  had  the  honour  of 
meeting  you  at  Ash  Place,  and  at  Cliffe,  my  uncle's  house.  This  la  my 
friend  Mr.  Prettyman." 

"  This  is  Mr.  Richardson,  my  dear  Ella,  and  that  ia  Mr.  Prettyman. 
Tell  them  to  come  back  in  a  couple  of  hours  "  (to  the  page),  "and  desire 
Raton  to  see  that  the  horses  have  a  feed.  Now  then — ^yes — give  her 
your  arm,  and  you  are  going  to  take  me  7 — very  well,"  to  the  other  while 
waistcoat ;  and  so  they  went  into  the  palace. 

What  are  young  princes  lite  now-a-days?  Do  they  wear  diamond 
aigrettes,  aworda  at  their  sides,  top-boots,  and  little  short  cloaks  over  one 
slioulder?  The  only  approach  to  romance  that  I  can  sec,  ia  the  ilower  in 
their  button-hole,  and  the  nice  little  moustaches  and  curly  beards  in 
which  they  delight.  But  all  the  same  besides  the  flower  in  the  button, 
there  is  also,  I  think,  a  possible  flower  of  sentiment  still  growing  in  the 
sod  hearts  of  princes  in  these  daya,  as  in  the  old  days  long,  long  ago. 

Charles  Richardson  was  a  short  ugly  little  man,  very  gentlemanlike, 
and  well  dressed.  Ue  was  the  next  heir  to  a  baronetcy ;  he  had  a  pale 
iace  and  a  anub  nose,  and  such  a  fine  estate  in  prospect — CliflTe  Comt 
its  name  was — that  I  do  not  wonder  at  Miss  Liaette's  admindBa 


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him.  As  for  Ella,  ^^  thought  how  kind  he  had  beea  on  the  stairs 
that  morning  ;  she  thought  what  a  briglit  genial  amile  he  had.  How 
charming  he  looked,  she  paid  to  herself;  no,  never,  never,  had  she  dreamt 
of  any  one  so  nice.  She  was  quite — more  than  satisfied,  no  prince 
in  romance  would  have  seemed  to  her  what  this  one  was,  there  actually 
walking  beside  her.  As  for  Kichardson  himself,  it  was  a  case  of  love  at 
first  sight.  He  had  seen  many  thousand  young  ladies  in  the  last  few 
years,  but  not  one  of  them  to  compare  with  this  sweet-faced,  ingenuous, 
tender,  bright  little  creature.     He  offered  her  his  arm,  and  led  her  along. 

Ella  observed  that  ha  said  a  few  words  to  his  friend ;  she  little  guessed 
their  purport.  "  You  go  first,"  he  whispered,  "  and  if  you  see  the  Ashfords 
get  out  of  the  way.  I  should  have  to  walk  with  those  girls,  and  my 
heart  is  here  transfixed  for  ever."  .  .  .  .  "  Where  have  I  seen  you 
before  7  "  he  went  on,  talkiog  to  Ella,  as  they  roamed  through  the  beautiful 
courts  and  gardens,  among  fountains  and  ilowers,  and  rare  objects  of  art. 
*'  Forgive  me  for  asking  you,  but  1  must  have  met  you  somewhere  long 
ago,  and  have  never  forgotten  you.  I  am  haunted  by  your  face."  Ella 
was  too  much  ashamed  to  tell  him  where  and  how  it  was  they  had  met 
that  very  morning.  She  remembered  him  perfectly,  but  she  thought  he 
would  rush  away  and  leave  her,  if  she  told  him  that  the  untidy  little 
scrub  upon  the  stairs  had  been  herself.  And  she  was  so  happy:  musie 
playing,  flowers  blooming,  the  great  wonderful  fairy  palace  fiashii^  over 
head;  the  kind,  clever,  delightfiil  young  man  to  escort  her;  the  gay 
company,  the  glitter,  the  perfume,  the  statues,  the  interesting  figures  of 
Indiana,  the  dear,  dear,  kind  Lady  Jane  to  look  to  for  sympathy  and  for 
good-humoured  little  nods  of  encouragement.  She  had  never  been  so 
happy ;  she  had  never  known  what  a  wonder  the  palace  might  be.  Her 
heart  was  so  full.  It  was  all  so  lovely,  so  inconceivably  beautiful  and 
delightful,  that  she  was  nearly  tipsy  with  delight ;  her  bead  turned  for  an 
instant,  and  she  clung  to  young  Eichardson's  protecting  arm. 

"  Are  you  faint — are  you  ill?  "  he  said,  anxiously. 

"  Oh,  no  I  "  said  Ella,  "  it's  only  that  everything  is  so  beautiful ;  it  is 
almost  more  than  I  can  hear.  I — I  am  not  often  so  happy ;  oh,  it  is  so 
charming !  I  do  not  think  anything  could  be  so  delightful  in  all  the 
world."  She  looked  herself  so  charming  and  unconscious  as  she  spoke, 
looking  up  with  her  beautiful  faco  out  of  her  white  bonnet,  that  the 
young  fellow  felt  as  if  he  must  propose  to  her,  then  and  there,  off-hand, 
ou  the  very  spot ;  and  at  the  instant  he  looked  up  passionately — O 
horror  I — he  caught  sight  of  the  Ashfords,  mother,  daughters,  Madame 
dc  Bricabrac,  all  in  a  row,  coming  right  down  upon  them. 

"  Prettyman,  this  way  to  the  right,"  cried  little  Richardson,  despe- 
rately; and  Prettyman,  who  was  a  good-naturod  fellow,  said,  "  This  way, 
please.  Lady  Jane  ;  there's  some  people  we  want  to  avoid  over  there." 
•  *  *  *  • 

"  I'm  Bure  it  wag,"  Lisette  said.  "  I  knew  the  colour  of  his  waist- 
coat.    Who  could  he  have  been  walking  with,  I  wonder  7  " 


786  CINDERELLA. 

"  Some  lady  of  rank,  eridently,"  said  Julio.  "  I  think  th^  ire&t  vf 
into  the  gallery  in  search  of  ua." 

"  Let  US  go  into  the  gallery,  deatB,"  said  Mra.  A«hford,  and  iwxj  tlnj 

trudged. 

•  •  *  •  * 

The  young  men  and  their  companiona  had  gone  into  the  Tro{»cs,  nd 
meanwhile  were  sitting  nnder  a  npreading  palm-tree,  eating  pink  ica; 
while  the  mtiuc  played  and  played  more  delightfully,  and  all  the  ui  ini 
lull  of  flowers  and  waltzes,  of  delight,  of  sentiment.  To  young  lUchardna 
the  whole  palace  was  Ella  in  everything,  in  every  sound,  and  flower  ud 
fountain  ;  to  Ella,  young  Richardson  seemed  an  enormotu  giant,  and  liii 
kind  little  twinkling  eyes  were  shiQiug  all  round  her. 

Poor  dear  I  she  was  so  little  used  to  being  happy,  her  happiness  almoit 
overpowered  her. 

"  Are  you  going  to  the  ball  at  Guildhall,  to-morrow  7  "  Mr.  Bic^tardKO 
was  saying  to  his  unknown  princess.  "  How  shall  I  ever  meet  yon  again ! 
will  you  not  tell  me  your  name?     But " 

"  I  wonder  what  o'clock  it  is,  and  where  your  mother  can  be,  £11^" 
8.nid  Lady  Jane  ;  "  it's  very  odd  we  have  not  met" 

•  •  •  •  » 

"  I  can't  imagine  where  they  can  have  hid  themaelTes,"  said  Jnlia, 
very  crossly,  from  the  gallery  overhead. 

"I'm  so  tired,  and  I'm  ready  to  drop,"  said  Miss  Lisette. 

"  Oh,  let  us  sit,"  groaned  Madame  de  Bricabrac  "  I  can  walk  no 
more ;  what  does  it  matter  if  we  do  not  find  your  friends  ?  " 

"  If  we  take  our  places  at  the  door,"  said  Lisette,  "  we  shall  be  sine 
to  catch  them  as  they  pass." 

•  •  •  •  • 

"  Perhaps  I  may  be  able  to  go  to  the  ball,"  said  the  princess,  doubt- 
fully. "  I — I  don't  know."  Lady  Jane  made  believe  not  to  be  listening. 
The  voices  in  the  gallery  passed  on.  Lady  Jane  having  finished  her  ice, 
pulled  out  her  little  watch,  and  gave  a  scream  of  terror.  "  Heavens  I  my 
time  13  up,"  she  said.  "Katon  will  frighten  me  out  of  my  wits,  driving 
lionie.  Come,  child,  come — come — come.  Make  haste — thank  these 
gentlemen  for  their  escort,"  and  she  went  akurrying  along,  a  funny  little 
active  figure,  followed  by  the  breathless  young  people.  They  got  to  the 
door  at  ].i3t,  where  Raton  was  waiting,  looking  very  ferocious.  "  Oh^ 
good-by,"  said  Ella.  "  Thank  you  so  much,"  as  Richardson  helped  her 
into  the  chariot. 

"  And  you  will  not  forget  me  ? "  he  said,  in  a  low  voice.  "  I  shall  not 
need  any  name  to  remember  you  by." 

"  My  name  ia  Ella,"  she  answered,  blushing,  and  driving  off ;  and 
then  Ella  flung  her  arms  round  Lady  Jane,  and  began  to^cty  again,  and 
said,  "  Oh,  I  have  been  no  happy  I  so  happy  I  How  good,  good  of  jflO 
to  make  me  so  happy  I     Oh,  thank  you,  dear  Lady  Jane  ! " 

The  othera  came  back  as  hour  after  them,  looking  eztranil 


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and  were  much  surpriBed  to  find  Lady  Jane  in  the  drawing-room.  "  I  am 
not  going  back  till  Wednesday,"  said  the  old  lady.  "  I've  Beveral  thioga 
to  do  in  town.     .     .     .     Well,  have  you  had  a  pleasant  day  7  " 

"  Not  at  all,"  said  Mra.  Ashford  plaintively.  "  The  colonel  deserted 
us  ;  ve  didn't  find  our  young  men  till  juAt  an  we  were  coming  away. 
We  are  all  very  tired,  and  want  some  supper.  Some  of  your  deliciooa 
fruit,  Lady  Jane." 

"  Oh,  dear,  how  tired  I  am  ! "  said  Julia. 

"  Poor  Richardson  waa  in  very  bad  epirits,"  said  Lisette. 

"  What  a  place  it  is  for  losing  one  another,"  said  old  Lady  Jane.  "  I 
took  Ella  there  this  aflemoon,  and  though  I  looked  about  I  couldn't  see 
you  anywhere." 

"Ella!"  cried  the  other  girls,  astonished;  "was  sfia  there?"  .  ■  . 
But  they  were  too  much  afraid  of  Lady  Jane  to  object  more  openly. 

That  evening,  afier  the  others  lefl  the  room,  as  EUa  was  pouring  out  the 
tea,  she  summoned  up  courage  to  ask  whether  she  might  go  to  the  ball  at 
Guildhall  with  the  others  next  evening.  "  Fray,  pray,  please  take  me," 
bhe  implored.     Mrs.  Ashford  looked  up  amazed  at  her  audacity. 

Poor  little  Eila !  refused,  scorned,  snubbed,  wounded,  pmned,  and  dis- 
appointed. She  finished  pouring  out  the  tea  in  silence,  while  a  few  bitter 
scalding  tears  dropped  from  her  eyes  into  the  teacups.  Colonel  Ashford 
drank  some  of  them,  and  asked  for  more  sugar  to  put  into  his  cup. 

"  There,  never  mind,"  he  said,  kindly.  He  felt  vexed  with  his  wife, 
and  Borry  for  the  child;  but  he  was,  as  usual,  too  weak  to  interfere. 
"  You  know  you  are  too  young  to  go  into  the  world,  Ella.  When  your 
Bisters  are  married,  then  ^our  turn  will  come." 

Alas !  would  it  ever  come  ?  The  day's  delight  had  given  her  a  longing 
for  more ;  and  now  she  felt  the  beautiful  glittering  vision  was  only  a 
vision,  and  over  already :  the  cloud-capped  towers,  the  gorgeoua  palace ; 
and  the  charming  prince  himself — was  he  a  vision  too  ?  Ah  I  it  was  too 
sad  to  think  of.  Presently  Lisette  and  Julia  came  back  :  they  had  been 
upstairs  to  see  about  their  dresses. 

"  I  shall  wear  my  bird-of-paradise,  and  my  yellow  tarhilane,"  said 
Lisette  ;  "  gold  and  purple  is  such  a  lovely  contrast." 

"  Gobert  haa  sent  me  a  lovely  thing,"  said  Julia ;  "  tricolour  flounces 
all  the  way  up — she  has  so  much  taste.'' 

Good  old  Lady  Jane  a^ked  her  maid  next  morning  if  any  dress  was 
being  got  ready  for  Jliss  Ella.  Hearing  that  she  was  not  going,  and  that 
no  preparations  were  being  made,  she  despatched  Batter  on  a  secret 
mission,  and  ordered  her  carriage  at  nine  o'clock  that  evening.  She  went 
out  herself  soon  after  breakfast  in  a  hired  brougham,  dispensing  with  the 
outriders  for  once.  Ella  was  hard  at  work  all  day  for  her  Etisters :  her  little 
fingers  quilled,  fluted,  frilled,  pleated,  pinned,  tacked  the  trimmings  on  their 
dresses  more  dexterously  than  any  dressmaker  or  maid-servant  could  do. 
She  looked  bo  pretty,  so  kind,  and  so  tired,  so  wistful,  as  she  came  to  help 


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L^ltffa  to  drcM^  that  litMM  «u  quite  loucbed,  uid  utdf — "  W«U,  Efla,  I 

"  AouUn't  vondor  tf;  after  I  am  siuppcd  up,  you  were  to  gvt  bnU  of  a 

liiMbvDiS  MRiui  d|iy.    1  dairsBy  tonte  p«>pU!  might  thmk  }rou  tuoft-looLiDg." 

"  Oil,  do  /oD  iliiuk  K>  R^f,  LiKtieT"  aaid  KlU,  qtiile  plcued  i  uij 
tlien  tiikriBg,  "llo  yow  think  ....     Shall  joa  tee  Mr.  KiclwrdMaT' 

"  Of  oonn*  I  tbalt,"  mid  LiMIU.     "  lie  tvu  talking  great 
ycflta^a^  After  ve  found  Ittm  ;  BBjriog  Uut  lie  Imd  met  witb  pcriocliMi 
lut — vet;  devoted  altogether  ;  acarceljr  apoke  to  iii«  uC  all  ;  bat  tbu  ti 
tlie  grratcat  pioof  of  devotion,  you  know.     I  koow  wliat  lie  mcaitl  raj  m 
vcJL     I  ■boalds't  b«  ax  all  tnrprbed  if  b«waa  ta  propose  to>Diskt    ffl 
doo't  kaoxf  whellier  I  Bball  bare  him.     Tm  always  a&wd  of  bong  thiwii 
avay,"  eaid  Liactto,  looking  over  livr  •boulder  at  bcr  train. 

Ella  loB^  to  aand  a  racBoge,  a  greetiiig  of  aomc  sort,  to  IJasCtc't 
adorer.     Qb,  Imr  she  earied  ber ;  what  voold  ihe  doc  Lave  gina  to  be  ^ 
go!&g  U»1  .... 

"  Wlai !  are  not  you  dressing,  child ! "  said  Lady  Jaae,  coming  into  1 
room.     "  Are  llicjr  again  obliged  to  call  for  Madame  de  Bricabno  7 
had  looked  up  a  pair  of  ihoelwickleB  for  jou  in  case  you  went ;  bat  keep 
thera  all  tb«  aune,  tbey  only  want  a  li)0«  rubtiiug  up." 

"  Ob,  thank  you ;  how  pretty  tli«y  are  i  bovf  kind  you  on  to  ae," 
aaid  flla,  tauUy.     >'I — I — am  not  goiqg."     And  she  borst  ont  cryiag. 

It  wa«  jiut  dreadful  not  to  go ;  the  pooi  child  hod  had  a  great  dimught 
of  ddigbt  th«  iaj  bdbre,  and  aha  vos  aching  and  ai«k«Qiag  fvt  mute,  aaJ 
loDging  with  a  poaaion  of  longing  which  ia  only  Iroown  to  reij  jttiag 
pcupic— flhe  looked  ijiuto  worn  aod  pale  through  her  tenn. 

"  Kub  up  your  ahoebutJJiM — that  will  distract  you,"  sftid  1I19  oU  Wyi 
kindly.     "Thoy  nro  worth  a  great  deal  of  money,  though  they  an  coljj 
paMe  ;  and  if  you  peep  in  my  room  you  will  Gnd  a  littlo  pair  uf  alii 
to  wiau-  llioin  with.    I  hojMi  thvy  will  fit.    1  could  hanlly  g«t  uymiUJ 
aiDUgh  for  you."     Tbcy  wen:  the  luveliiitt  little  white  uitiu  lUppcxis  vidi 
IBlin  heelH,  all  embroidered  with  glnn  buula;  but  suiaU  u   ihcy  were, 
they  were  a  little  Ioose^  only  Ella  took  care  not  tu  nay  so,  u  tbn  tried 
them  «Q. 

We  all  know  wh&tiM  coming,  though  liule  EUa  had  no  idea  of  it.    Titt 
baill  wa«  at  UuimiitUI,  one  of  the  granduat  oad  gayesc  lltat  erer  wu  prvtl 
in  the  city  of  London.      I(  was  in  honour  of  the  bcautiftil  vootig  Pnoe^ 
who  had  just  landed  on  our  ahorea.     Priticet,  ambassadotv,  eoblo,  lORV 
orders  and  garlCTB  and  decotatioati,  were  to  be  prcacat ;   all  the  gnodoi^ 
gayott,  ric'lK-st,  li.tp|ii(yit  pooplu  in  the  uuuntry,  nil  the  Enost  bvautif^il  ladllB 
and  jfiWfla  uiitl  (lowers,  w«rc  to  be  tlierc  to  do  homage  to  the  peal«i| 
joung  bride.     The  Ashfords  had  no  sooner  started,  than  Lady  Jane,  wh»j 
had  b«ea  very  mystevious  all  day,  and  neTer  told  auyr  one  that  she  hU,{ 
been  to  the  citjr  to  procure  two  onormous  golden  tickets  which  wen  DM 
in  her  bcdiooin,  now  eanii>,  smiling  very  benovoleotl/,  inly  the  drawii 
room.     Little  Ella  was  standing  out  iu  the  balooa/  ytidx  her  pale  bc*^ 
and  all  ber  bur  tumbling  down  her  baek.     She  bad  bova  loo  buHy  to  put 


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it  ap,  and  now  Bbe  was  only  thinking  of  the  ball,  and  picturing  the  dear 
little  ugly  disappointed  face  of  Prince  Richardson,  when  he  should  lode 
about  everywhere  for  her  in  vain — while  she  was  standing  hopelesflly 
gazing  after  the  receding  carriage. 

"  Well,  my  dear,  have  you  rubbed  up  the  ahoebucklea  ?  That  is 
right,"  said  the  old  lady.  "  Now  come  quick  into  my  room  and  see  some 
of  my  conjuring." 

Conjuring  I  It  woa  the  moat  beautiful  white  net  dress,  frothed  and 
frothed  up  to  the  waist,  and  looped  up  with  long  grasses.  The  conjuring 
waa  her  own  dear  old  pearl  necklace  with  the  diamond  claap  and  a 
diamond  star  for  her  hair.  It  waa  a  bunch  of  grasses  and  delicate  white 
azalias  for  a  headdress,  and  over  all  the  froUi  a  great  veil  of  flowing  white 
net.  The  child  opened  her  violet  eyes,  gasped,  screamed,  and  began 
dancing  about  the  room  like  a  mad  thing,  jumping,  boimding,  clapping 
her  hands,  all  so  softly  and  gaily,  and  yet  so  lightly,  in  such  an  ecstasy 
of  delight,  that  Lady  Jane  felt  she  was  more  than  rewarded. 

•  •«•«« 

"Ah!  there  she  is  at  lost!"  ciied  Mr.  Richardson,  who  was 
turning  careftilly  round  and  round  with  the  energetic  Liaette. 

"  What  do  you  mean  7  "  said  Lisette. 

Can  you  fancy  her  amazement  when  she  looked  round  and  saw  Ella 
appearing  in  her  snow  and  sunlight  dress,  looking  so  beautiful  that  every- 
body turned  to  wonder  at  her,  and  to  admire  ?  As  for  Ella,  she  saw  no 
one,  nothing ;  she  was  looking  up  and  down,  and  right  and  left,  for  the  kind 
little  pale  pkdn  face  which  she  wanted. 

"  Excuse  me  one  minute.  Miss  Lisette,"  said  Mr.  Richardson,  leaving 
poor  Lisette  planted  in  the  middle  of  the  room,  and  ruahing  forward. 

"Are  you  engaged,"  Ella  heard  a  breathless  voice  sayiog  in  her  ear, 
"  for  the  next  three,  six,  twenty  dances  ?  I  am  so  delighted  you  have 
come  1     I  thought  you  were  never  coming," 

Julia  had  no  partner  at  all,  and  was  standing  close  by  the  entrance  with 
her  mother.  They  were  both  astounded  at  the  apparition.  Mrs.  Ashford 
came  forward  to  make  sure  that  her  eyes  were  not  deceiving  her.  Could 
it  be —  7  yes — no, — yes,  it  was  Ella,  She  flicked  her  fan  indignantly  into 
an  alderman's  eye,  and  looked  so  fierce,  that  the  child  began  to  tremble. 

"  Please  forgive  me,  mamma,"  said  Ella,  piteously, 

"  Forgive  you  !  never,"  said  Mrs.  Aahford,  indignant.     "  What  does  all 

this  mean,  pray  7  "  she  continued.     "  Lady  Jane,  1  really  must  " 

and  then  she  stopped,  partly  because  she  waa  so  angry  she  could  scarcely 
speak,  and  partly  because  she  could  not  afford  to  quarrel  with  Lady  Jane 
until  the  season  was  over. 

"  You  really  must  forgive  me,  dear  Lydia,"  said  Lady  Jane.  *'  She 
wanted  to  come  so  much,  I  could  not  resist  bringing  her." 

Weber's  inspiriting  last  waltz  was  being  played  ;  the  people  and  music 
went  waving  to  and  fro  like  the  waves  of  the  sea,  sudden  sharp  notes  of 
exceeding  sweetness  sounded,  and  at  the  sound  the  figures  all  swayed  in 


740  asGtmKLLA. 

harmouy.  The  Tcet  kept  oiMcen  ntman  to  Ibe  muio  ;  Om 
ihj'tliro  tbrilted  and  cootroUud  tb«in  nil.  T1i«  nunc  ww  like  an 
obantniciit,  which  kept  tbrm  moring  and  awtj'mg  id  circlci  nnd  in 
dcUghlful  •objection.  Las«ttid«,  uultton,  diMppoioCmeot,  EOx't  akno,  lH 
mdMd  away  for  the  itmt ;  paltea  bou,  and  the  daacera  accaawrf  to  ilte 
mmsatt 

AU  lltat  erofiing  yormg  Bichard«on  djLneod  willt  Ella  and  wttlt  no  en* 
efae :  the;  tcnrciily  knew  how  llie  lime  wnil.  It  vu  «  fiuij  world :  ibtrf 
were  flying  und  Bwinimiiig  in  melody — the  &irj  lioun  went  bj  to  nUM; 
in  ligtit,  in  delightful  ccrapanioDshlp.  Ivlla  did  nnt  care  for  Mim.  A^ifiri'* 
darkening  look*,  lor  Bnytliiitg  llint  niiglit  happen :  ijie  wu  ao  bt^ifn-  ia  ifaa 
notncnt,  Mbe  nlmoM  forgot  to  look  far  Lady  Jane'i  lytn pathetic  glaaea. 

"  Vnu  must  meet  mc  tn  the  lodiea'  clook-nxtm  pimciually  al  balApat 
uIcreD,"  ber  i>atrone«  had  whifpcrcd  to  her,  "  I  cniutot  keep  Stiua, 
with  hit  bad  cough,  cut  after  tvelre  o'clock.  Mind  you  arc  pnactnri, 
for  I  have  pronuaed  not  to  keep  liim  waiting." 

"  Tea,  ycc,  dear  Lady  Jane,"  nid  Ella,  and  away  the  danced  ogna  ta 
Llia  mnsio.  And  time  went  uti,  and  JiUia  luul  iio  purtnen;  and  Golead 
^Nbrord  carae  tip  to  his  wife,  aayiog. — "  I'm  bo  glad  you  arranged  ferEUl 
loo  "  bo  laid.  '*  Haw  nice  Ae  is  looking.  What  ii  the  matter  with  Jolii ; 
why  don't  she  doooeT'*  Tnmty,  huuty,  tumty,  went  the  instrmneDtf. 
And  mcanwUto  Mr.  Richardaoa  was  anying, — "  Tour  dnncing  pnla  mt  io 
mind  of  a  fiury  I  onoe  saw  in  a  6eld  at  Cltffb  long  aga  Nobody  wmU 
erer  believe  uie,  but  1  did  aco  one." 

"  A  fairy — wlul  Vfa«  alie  like?  "  nuked  Ella. 

*'  She  wA.-t  very  like   yoii,"  >iud    Mr.  Kichatdaoiit  hmghing. 
b«li«rc  it  uviA  you,  and  that  wna  the  lime  when  I  anw  ymi  bef<Ne.' 

*■  ySa,  it  waa  nol."  wid  Ella,  bituhing,  and  feeling  she  ooghl  to  taaSm. 
"  I  will  tell  yoV'  B^  ■*'*^>  "  >''  7°"-  '***U  prouuM  to  daocc  vm  txton  dance 
with  me,  after  yoo  know. — Only  one." 

"  Then  yoii,  too,  reniombcr,"  he  cried,  edgerly.  "  Oncmore  JanceT — 
twenty — for  ever  and  ever.  Ah,  you  Diust  know,  yAti  miait  gueaa  tha 
fwling  in  my  heart.     .     .     ." 

"  Listen  Sr«t,"  nid  Ella,  trembling  very  much  and  wnttxiag  on 
slowly.    "It  was  only  the  other  day "  Tli*  clock  atrodt  lhfM-qo«ti 

"  Ella,  I  am  goin^ ,"  said  Ijidy  Jane,  U>pi>iiig  ber  ou  the  aboaUtr. 
"  Cyme  along,  my  dear " 

•■  One  word !  "*  cried  Richnrdaon,  eaijeriy. 

"  You  uin  elay  with  your  mother  it'  you  like,"  the  old  lady 
preoccu}»ed — she  was  ihiiiking  of  her  coacltouui's  in — <*  but  I  adviM  f 
Io  come  with  ine." 

"  Oh,  pray,  pwy  stay  I  "  mid  yoflng  BichardioQ  ;  "  where  ia  f 
mother?    Let  me  go  and  ask  herT" 

"  Yon  had  brtier  go  yourielf,  Ella,"  raid  old  Lady  Jane.  "Will  yW 
give  me  your  arm  Io  the  door,  Mr.  lUchnitUon  7 " 

EUaTenliipto  Mrs.  Aahford — she  was  bold  with  bappdlMM  to-aigbt-' 


ijn. 

lance 

bT- 
itha 


cnfOEirerxA. 


and  made  her  request.  "  Stay  with  wo  ?  ceriainly  not,  it  ix  quite  out  of 
th«  qneetion.  You  do  me  great  liooour,"  Kiid  the  Indy,  laughing  mrcas* 
ticaily.  "  Lady  Jane  biougLl  you,  Lady  Jotio  must  talte  you  back,"  saitl 
the  stepmotbur.  "Fuliciwyourchaporono  if  you  pIaiu;o,  I  Imve  no  room  Tor 
you  in  my  broiighnm.  Go  (tirtutly,  Miss ! "  siiii]  Mra.  Aslifonl,  so  savagely 
>tlM(  t])«  poor  child  was  quite  frightened  and  Mt  off  running  After  the  ether 
iwe.  She  would  have  caught  them  up,  hut  at  that  inKtant  Liwtte — who  had 
at  lut  Kcured  a  portacr — came  waltKing  up  lo  Bucb  a  violent,  angry  way, 
tJiat  bIio  IjuttipeJ  right  up  iignimi  the  Ittilu  flying  maiden  and  nearly 
knocliud  her  duwn.  EIlii  gave  a  low  cry  ot  pain  :  they  had  trodden  on 
h«r  foot  roughly — tliey  had  wounded  Iior;  h«r  little  satin  slipper  had 
come  ofT.  Poor  Eltu  stociped  and  trit'd  to  pull  at  tho  Blipper,  but  other 
ccniplcs  cnmc  surging  up,  and  ahc  wati  alooc,  and  frijjhtciicd,  and  obliged 
to  ahufllA  a  httle  way  out  of  the  crowd  before  she  could  get  it  on.  The 
poor  little  frightened  thing  thought  she  never  should  get  through  tlie 
crowd.  She  mado  the  bott  of  htr  way  to  the  clonk-room:  it  Momed  to 
her  aa  if  alie  hud  htien  hourst  getting  tiiorn.  At  liut  hIio  rcAchi-d  it,  only 
to  seOt  to  her  dismay,  aa  aho  went  in  at  one  door  the  other  two  gvitig 
out  of  another  a  long  way  off!  She  called,  but  they  did  not  hoar  her, 
and  at  the  laina  moment  St.  Paul'x  great  elock  began  slowly  to  strike 
twelve.  "  My  cloak,  my  oUiak,  imythlng,  pleaK,"  ah«  crit^i  in  grca.t 
agitation  anrl  anxiety;  and  a  &tufid,  bewildered  maid  hastily  threw  a 
ahabby  old  efaawl  over  hex  ahouldcra — it  belonged  lo  como  assiatont  in 
the  place.  I.ittlv  KII.1,  more  imd  more  frightened,  pulled  it  up  as  she 
hurried  along  l1i«:  blocked  |>ii«sugeEi  And  curridora  all  lined  wiili  reil  and 
tliroaged  with  people.  I'hey  all  stared  at  her  in  surpnae  aa  aiiu  flew 
along.  Presently  her  net  tonic  caught  in  a  doorway  and  tore  into  a 
long  ragged  slired  which  trailed  aflrr  her.  In  her  ugitalioa  her  comb  fell 
out  of  ber  hair — ahe  looked  all  xcnred  and  frightened— nobody  would  have 
recognized  the  bcjiutiful  triumphal  prlncesa  uf  half  nn  hour  before.  She 
heard  the  linkmtn  calling,  "  Peppercome's  carriage  stops  the  way  !  "  And 
Bho  hurried  faaler  and  faster  down  the  endless  pasaages  and  steps,  and  at 
last,  juAt  as  (Jie  got  lo  t!ie  doorway — 0  honor  I  she  aaw  the  carriage  and 

idem  going  gleaming  off  in  the  moonlight,  while  ev^ry  thing  else 
d  black,  dark,  tiitd  terribk'. 

"  Stop,  stop,  please  otop  I  "  cried  little  Ella,  rushing  out  into  tbo  clrc«t 
Lbrougfa  tlie  amazed  footmen  and  linkmen.  "Stop!  stop  1  "  she  cried, 
flying  past  Richardaoo  himself,  who  could  Lardly  bcticre  hia  eyes.  Raton 
only  whipped  hia  liortee,  and  KII.1  faw  them  dieappeumg  into  gloom  in 
tho  ditlaccu  in  a  sort  of  agony  of  des^mir.  She  waa  'excited  beyond 
measure,  and  exnggcrated  all  her  feelings.  What  was  to  be  done  7  Go 
back  ?- — that  was  impossible  ;  walk  home? — she  did  not  know  her  way. 
^■fl  it  fency  ? — was  not  somebody  fjllowing  her?  She  felt  quite  desjw- 
nt«  in  the  moonlight  and  darknoUL  At  that  instant  it  seemed  to  her 
like  a  fairy  chariot  coming  to  hor  roacue,  when  n  cabman,  who  wu 
slowly  [>aulng,  aCopped  and  aaid,  **  Cttb,  mum  J  " 


742 


CINBERXXtX. 


"YmI  oil,  yMl  To  Oiwlow  Stjoare,"  cried  TAlti,  jnmpctif  b 
■butting  the  doer  in  Ooliclit  and  Ktlief.  Sb«  drove  off  jiut  ■■  tin 
bemlder«l  little  Richardson,  who  liad  followed  lier,  reaehnl  the  ipet 
He  cnme  ap  in  time  only  to  m-u  tHe  cnb  drirc  olFi  aoti  to  pick  op  saoe- 
thii)^  which  wu  lying. flMning  on  tbo  pavement.  It  wm  om  cf  thi 
dlamoad  bncklca  which  had  &llen  from  her  tboe  u  she  Jumped  in.  T^ 
littlo  diamood  buckle  might,  perhaps,  hare  led  to  her  i<^tifieUKia 
young  Richardwm  had  do',  taken  the  precaution  of  aLScertaining  A«a 
Lad;  Jane,  Ella's  name  and  address. 

Ho  Knt  a  acrrant  ocxt  mominf  with  a  Ijtllo  pntoet  aod  a  nolt  l« 
inquire  whether  one  of  the  Indie*  had  loat  what  was  eficloHd^and  whether 
Colonel  Aahford  yroali  tte  him  at  one  o'docl^  on  boaJiMce. 

"  Di'fir  niP-,  wlint  n  prMiy  little  bnekla  ! "  nid  Liwtb),  ttjing  it  oa  htr 
lnTfie  flat  fijot.  "  It  louka  vcr;  nice,  don't  it,  Julia  ?  1  think  I  pia»- 
don't  yoti  7 — what  he  it  coming  for?    I  shall  say  '  No.' " 

"It's  too  tmall  lor  you.     It  would  do  boUor  for  m«^"  said  Joia. 
eootenpltiting  iter  own  long  itUpper,  embeUbbed  with  llie  diamonds. 
ia  not  tmn.    We  ninst  send  it  back,  I  snppewe." 

"A  ahoclmclde,"  nld  Ella,  coming  in  from  the  I(ilcli«j,  whtre 
hod  be«n  luperintcndlng  prcaerrea  iti  her  little  brawn  fro«k.     "Let 
KS  it     Oh,  hew  glad  I  am ;  it  ii  mine.     Look  here  I  "  aod  she  polled  l! 
fellow  out  of  her  picket.    "  Lady  Jnne  gare  tbetn  to  me." 

And  HO  tlio  prineit  arrived  iHrforfl  luadwnn,  and  tvas  Hoseted  wiA. 
Colonel  Anhford,  who  gladly  gave  his  coiuent  to  what  he  wonted.  And 
wliiMt  Mr«.  Aihfotd  be^an  to  explain  tilings  to  hitn,  aa  wm  her  way.  b> 
did  not  listen  to  a  single  word  she  said.  He  was  ao  absorbed  wondstia^ 
when  £Us  was  comii^;  into  tiic  room.  lie  thought  once  he  beanl « litdt 
roitte  on  the  atatra  outside,  nod  be  jumped  ap  and  nuhod  to  the  dear. 
It  wna  EILi,  sura  cnnugb,  in  her  shabby  licUe  gown.  Then  hs  kiw* 
where  And  when  hn  had  necn  her  Before. 

'*  £l]a,  why  did  yon  run  awny  fVoni  me  last  night  T  "  be  aid.  **  Tea 
see  I  have  followed  you  after  nil." 

They  were  so  good,  m  happy,  eo  deroled  to  one  another,  that  eT«s 
Llsette  and  Julia  relcntirJ.     Dvur  little  couple ;  good  lode  go  with 
happiness,  content,  and  plenty.     There  wna  somcthliif;  quilu  toochii^ 
their  youih,   (endemess^  and  simpticity,  and  na  they  drovtt  off  fa) 
caniago  lor  the  honrymoon,  Lady  Jane   flung  the  verj  identical  Mllri 
■Upper  after  them  whidi  Ella  should  hays  lott  at  tlie  bdl. 


1^ 


748 


Sihit  Jpaiionnt  iortr^alt  (SjEtubition. 


The  object  of  the  present  paper  ia  that  it  may  serve  as  a  familiar  guide  or 
companion  to  the  fine  Exhibition  of  N'ational  Portraits  now  on  view  at 
South  Kensington.  There  is,  of  course,  a  catalogue  of  those  portraits  ; 
and  considering  the  range  and  difficulty  of  the  subject,  it  Is  very  creditably 
executed.  But  they  are  1,030  in  number  to  begin  with,  which  confines 
the  compilers  of  the  catal(ffi;ue  within  the  narrowest  possible  limits.  And, 
in  the  second  place,  the  exhibition  is  of  a  nature  too  peculiar-  to  be  a 
proper  subject  for  ordinary  catalogue  treatment.  The  mass  of  the  pictures 
compofflng  it  are  not  interesting  as  works  of  art,  but  as  illustrations  of 
history ;  and  their  interest  varies  so  prodigiously  in  degree  on  this  account, 
that  some  deserve  aB  many  pages  as  others  do  lines  of  commentary.  Our 
duty  would  therefore  seem  to  be  to  select  from  the  whole  body  those 
works  which  aro  most  worthy  a  visitor's  attention ;  indicating  great 
artistic  merit  where  it  is  generally  allowed  to  exist  by  experts  in  those 
matters;  but  mainly  remembering  that  portraiture  is  a  kind  of  biography, 
and  that  the  people  here  portrayed  have,  on  the  whole,  been  the  leaders 
of  English  life,  and  ought  to  be  remembered  with  some  familiarity.  But 
before  banning  the  task  as  thus  conceived  by  us,  a  few  words  must  be 
given  to  the  history  of  the  undertaking.  The  suggestion  of  it  came  from 
the  Earl  of  Derby,  whose  powerful  influence  has  mainly  contributed  to 
itt  sncceflB  ;  and  the  collection  has  been  formed  under  the  superintend- 
ence of  Mr.  Samuel  Bedgrave,  by  Mr.  Soden  Smith,  the  Bev.  James 
Beck,  and  Mr.  E.  F.  Sketchley,  who  has  acted  as  secretary.  Most  of  the 
great  houses  of  England,  from  Windsor  downwards,  such  as  Althorp, 
LoBgleat,  Enowsley,  Ghatsworth,  &c.,  have  furnished  portraits,  and  their 
example  has  been  followed  by  colleges,  corporations,  and  tho  halls  of 
country  squires.  In  fact,  there  has  been  a  good  creaming  of  our  English 
portrait  galleries;  not  a  final  one,  for  more  yet  remains,  and  must  be 
made  use  of  next  year  j  but  still  one  which  gives  n  fair  representation  of 
our  English  portraits  down  to  1688.  Next  year,  those  of  later  dates 
come  un.  But  it  is  also  intended,  we  are  glad  to  learn,  that  a  second 
creaming  shall  take  place,  before  then,  of  the  earlier  times;  and  now  that 
tho  country  ia  getting  widely  informed  about  the  whole  afiair,  treasures 
will  come  to  light  the  existence  of  which  ia  hardly  yet  suspected.  Only 
the  other  day  we  learned  by  accident  that  an  old  Yorkshire  family 
possesses  a  complete  or  nearly  complete  series  of  the  famous  Whartons 
down  to  the  eccentric  duke,  immortalized  by  Pope,  who  died  at 
Tarragona  in  17S1.  But  their  possessor,  it  seems,  never  knew  that  any 
such  project  as  that  of  the  Exhibition  was  in  the  irihd.     The  search  for 


THE  MATIOHAt  POBTRAIT  gltUBn'10!f. 


fiituM  muterult  uuat  be  idotq  quoum  tbu  it  bu  htm  hitberto ;  *a.i  it 
wonU  be  irell  if  those  wlio  lure  old  portniEu  o(  auj  kiod  in  thrr 
poneaoQ  would  pot  tbenuclTCS  ia  cofntnun»catJc«  wUb  tbo  SaBl)i 
Ketuingtoa  authoritioL 

Alter  ibii  brief  preamble,  let  ni  commence  our  ^eroneebip  bjF 
ndvtfeiiig  ll«  n»itr  to  do  hi*  irork  ctironoIofpcalliT'  For  tbis  puTfow< 
he  Mccndt  tlic  Uain  insl(i«d  ef  cnturing  lbs  gallery  Luitncdiaiely  bel<^tc 
bim,  nnd  Rain  lumnclf  in  the  Eiurt«rni  Corridor  Mnon^l  the  old  {lotciilaiti 
of  the  FJo&tiigetict  rdgnii.  Portrailure,  be  wes  at  cnce,  is  n  ihji^  of 
comparatively  modern  dale  in  England.  Tbvre  are  oa\y  h  few  pcroaiti 
of  very  ancuut  tioiea,  and  of  thcE«,  aoms  are  tnthy  BctioDs,  man/  an 
of  artificial  origiDf  and  iwarly  all  are  of  vneorlAia  date  and  atitbonlii[>. 
The  fint  clau  ia  represcnLcd  by  a  "  Ho«amond  Cliflotd  "  (No.  1),  purdjt 
imaginary  ;  and  by  n.  "Sir  William  'VValluce"  (No.  2),  in  a  tartaa 
•carf,  evidently  dntvrn  from  womn  Argj'Ieshire  cattle-lifl«r  uuder  aentcsci 
of  d<rath  at  GUingow  about  (be  period  of  tlto  Cuioo.  There  is  aaIg;nilicaaM 
in  (Am  impoalure  which  illustratos  the  whole  subject  of  portrait-miau- 
fit^liirv.  To  put  "Wallace  in  turlan  could  only  liaTe  been  an  jiit* 
originating  in  modem  tintcK.  He  waa  a  l^wlaad  gcnllenuit  of  EagGili 
deaoent,  bis  name  "  Waloya "  beii^  one  nhkh  ooevra  among  English 
barons  and  lord  mayors  of  bis  ccntuiy,  and  vhicb  Brut  appears  in  tk< 
chartulwy  of  Paisley  along  with  Uie  foondwi  of  the  house  of  Stowin 
whom  the  WaleysM  evidently  accompanied  to  Itenfinawil}ira  from  Sbrop- 
ahira.  But  lht>rc  is  a  fictilious  portraiture  which  bulong*  lo  art,  w 
ircU  as  a  flctitious  portnuluro  whiab  only  belongs  to  fabl&  During  tie 
•niddlc  agea,  our  hctald-painters  nnd  illcuiaatora  of  USS.  w*k 
habit  of  making  representations  of  their  heroea  or  fAtrou ;  Mid  the 
on  lomba  and  church- wlndoirs  wciru  cvrtainly  intended  lo  bo  likenewM 
roueh  aa  the  heads  on  dasaical  or  on  modem  coins.  When  these  ome  M 
be  used  during  the  ntvival  of  art,  ni  models  trom  which  to  make  Wgei 
portraits,  the  nttuU  was  a  porcrailur^— o(\cr  giioiat  enougb  indeed-^>iu 
by  no  means  conlcmptilile  or  unrniatworthy.  Chaucer  was  painted  ia 
miniature  in  old  MSS.  ;  and  down  lo  the  lost  century  a  picture  of  kia 
TCasTiaiblo  on  his  tomb  at  Westminster.  If,  then,  the  two  "  Chnucent " 
in  the  Exhibiuon  (No*.  6  and  9)  are  not  taken  from  life,  as  is  ctirtsiti 
enough,  there  is  no  reason  to  duubl  their  being  like  life.  And  they  butli 
represent  the  poet  as  a  man  of  eeuubility  and  intclkct,  thou|;h  witli  all 
ihc  gravity  of  cxpresrion  which  belongs  to  early  schools  of  art.  Tlw. 
author  of  the  Canterbury  Talet  was  a  humourisc  as  decidedly  as  a 
but  iba  power  of  giving  ifas  famiUsr,  comic,  or  everyday  view  of  a 
belongs  to  the  later  ogea  of  «rt  nitlier  than  to  the  find  otM«. 
"Henry  IT."  (No,  IS,  compare  No.  10)  remninfd  long  nt  Haniptoe 
Court,  Herefordahiro,  which  was  built  by  a  kmght  in  Hcary's  scrtie', 
who  married  n  titealan  related  to  the  king.  It  has  thai  an  «xoelieiit 
pedigree,  and  wan  uo  rlotibt  copied  in  !aif  e  from  n  niiniiuurc  ill 
tion.     The  "John  Talbot,  firjt  Earl  of  Jjhrewsbury"  (N».   19), 


art.  u 
ring  tie  J 


TUB  NATIONAL  POKTRAIT  EXUIBITION.  745  . 

the  old  warrior,  who  is  in  a  tabard,  look  like  a  playiag-card.  This 
portrait,  which  is  in  oil  upon  panel,  was  discovered  by  Pennant  at  Canons- 
Aahby,  the  seat  of  Lord  Northampton,  whose  deaceadant,  the  Marquia, 
Iiaa  lent  it  to  the  Exhibition.  It  is  of  the  age  of  Henry  VI.,  and  a 
duplicate  of  it,  which  used  to  hang  near  the  earl's  tomb  in  old  St.  Paul'w, 
was  brought  to  the  Herald's  College  after  the  fire  of  London.  The  tabard 
recalls  s  fine  scene  which  old  writers  tell  us  took  place  when— 

that  great  Alcidcs  of  tho  fleU, 
Valiant  John  Talbot,  Earl  of  Shrawabmy, 

lay  dead  upon  the  field  of  Chastillon.  His  herald  found  the  body  of  the 
aged  fighting-man, — he  was  eighty  years  old,  and  had  been  victorious  iu 
forty  pitched  battles  and  skinniBhes, — and  kiaaing  it,  broke  out  into 
"  these  compassionate  and  dutiful  expressions," — "  Alas,  it  is  you  I  I 
pray  God  pardon  all  your  misdoings.  I  have  been  your  officer  of  arms 
forty  years  or  more,  'tis  time  I  should  surrender  it  to  you."  And, 
*'  while  the  tears  trickled  plentifully  down  his  face,"  goes  on  the  account, 
"  he  disrobed  himself  of  his  coat-of-arms,  and  fiung  it  over  his  master's 
body."  Another  portrait  taken  from  life  in  this  antique  second-hand 
way  iathat  of  "Sir  Thomas  Lyttelton"  (No.  36),  Lord  Lyltelton'a  ancestor, 
which  was  evidently  done  some  generations  after  tho  famous  old  judge's 
time,  probably  from  portraits  in  the  windows  of  Prankley  or  Halesowou 
churches.  The  "  Jane  Shores  "  (Nos.  33,  34,  35,)  disappoint  one  as  far 
as  beau^  is  concerned.  But  the  Eton  College  portrut  (No.  34)  deserves 
attention  on  the  ground  pointed  out  by  Horace  Walpole, — that  her  con- 
fessor was  provost  of  Eton,  and  received  through  lier  intercession  some 
lands  of  which  the  college  had  been  despoiled.  The  pictures  thus  specified 
arc  all  good,  or,  at  lowest,  curious  samples  of  the  old  feudal  retrospective 
portraiture,  as  we  may  call  it.  But  there  are  two  works  in  the  Eastern 
Corridor  of  greater  authority  and  higher  merit  than  any  of  them.  These 
are  "  Edward  Grimston "  (No.  17)  and  "  Sir  John  Donne  and  Lady 
Donne  "  (No.  18).  The  first  is  a  portrait  by  Petrus  Christus,  a  pupil  of 
Van  Eyck,  of  an  ancestor  of  Lord  Verulam's,  who  was  employed  in  llie 
Low  Countries  in  the  fifteenth  century.  It  is  executed  with  the  greatest 
power  and  truthfulness,  and  has  the  additional  and  unique  interest,  as  6a 
as  we  can  see,  of  being  the  earliest  portrait  directly  jrom  life,  on  that 
scale,  in  the  whole  Exhibition.  This  is  the  more  remarkable  because 
very  little  is  known  about  the  Grimston  family  to  the  world  at  large,  by 
whom  they  have  been  chiefly  beard  of  as  holding  the  title  and  possessing 
the  estate  once  belonging  to  Bacon.  The  "  Sir  John  and  Lndy  Donne  " 
is  B  noble  religious  picture  by  Van  Eyck,  in  which  the  knight  and  his 
lady  are  kneeling  before  the  Virgin  and  Child.  Such  pictures  were 
presented  by  men  of  inflnence  to  reli^ous  houses  in  the  middle  ages,  and 
the  introduction  into  them  of  the  patrons  was  a  kind  of  return  for  their 
generosity.  This  one  has  the  true  realism  and  deep  thoughtful  sentiment 
of  the  old  Christian  schools.  Like  the  "  Edward  Grimston,"  its  interest 
VOL.  Jiu. — so.  78.  ^%, 


TOE  ITATRMf-VL  POTITHATT  rXinHITlUX 

w  Hitircly  fJiflt-rent  IVom  llwt  uf  Uie  raai  inajoHty  i-f  the  vorkx  in  ili* 

Kxltibitton.     lu  iaUNt  tfl  wIioU^  in  the  pattiUT,  lail  not  in  ibi  cnbjeet ; 

Klirrvnn  inont  of  diftportnia  ar«  Txltinlile  for  the  luTtject;  and  odIv  kfcw 

ui-if  at  nice  greal  in  niWjvct  nnd  iii  •ixi-culion. 

On  Invtiig  tli«  lutttcm  Comdor,  we  find  nannlvcs  in  tfi«  EMtm 

Callprir,  vtik'Ii  luolu  plooMUtUy  ont  on  U)0  UurUcullunt  GtinJi^ut,  mid  U 

(lividi-tl  into  nine  bay*  or  oemApnTtawnls,  dnn)(«d  to  iho  mm  aoi)  mwitn 

or  the  Tudor  rcigni.     Almost  tlie  fint  portniil  llutt  mnts  the  eje  bfrc — 

tlwt  of  "Thorn**  Stanley,  fim  KaH  of  Derby "(N".  42)— m^iiiMta  d,e 

tiTicrrtftinty  of  nil  early  works  of  tliv  kind.     Kot  only  U  (be  otMinme  ihnl 

o(  K  Inter  ilalo,  but  the  mrl  liintwtl'  is  tl>e  "  donblc  "  of  a  Diika  of 

SrmerMl  of  £l>mib«llt'f  reign,  who  lig:urej  cl*evrh«r«  in  the  uollcctmi 

(No.  S6D).     Nny  more,  Lis  wii,  Lord  SlniDgo  (No.  63),  anil  Iuh  gntndwii, 

iho  Kcontl  tmrl  (No>  70),  liave  a  aiinilar  look  of  iDaou&cturc  about  tlMn. 

Iliifl  Trniark  does  not  apply  to  llic  illustrious  second  wife  of  the  fint  mrl 

— SIar|[nrct  I)oanlbr%  Counter  of  BiolitDond  and  Derby — a  conaectJoa, 

Ly  Uio  way,  trhich    makca  a   cvrtniu  eonfuaion   b«twcca  Stanley  and 

lleanfert  portraits  tn  somo  degrrc  inlolligiUc.     Lord  Dvrhy's  poruait  of 

■Imt  ln>ly  (Xo.  4S)  naentially  irscmUee   lite  one   sent    by   St,  ilolin's 

Collrgc,  Cnnibric^  (No,  47),  ol'  which  gbo  was  a  fenndrMa;     Hear  W 

lii\nt*«  ■'  Edwanl  8l»fron1,  tbird  Duke  of  Buckii^ham  "  (No.  44,  and  iH 

Ka  71).    Tliia  is  lh«  Uuckingbam  of  Stiakspcare's  JTiitrg  Vtll^  wlo 

«iy*  of  Wol*cy, — 

ThU  balrli«r'*  tar  U  iVDfoiMneittk'il,  laA  \ 
lt«»r  iii.it  lh«  pOH'rr  V»  iuumIc  bun  j 

and  wboM  death  on  Ih*  scaSbId  was  an  iaeidtnt  in  tbat  war  betwven  ibi 
old  nobility  nnd  tlir  n«w,  wliicli  is  n  i»lient  fwitite  of  our  ariHowalM 
biKtcry  under  ibt  Tudura.  His  daughter  Kliaabutb  luarticd  iba  ihlid 
Duko  of  Norfolk — -by  wbom  (be  waa  tnlamoiuly  tr«at4d — and  VM  ill* 
iiiotiicr  (if  ilia  iHottrious  Eati  of  Surrey — tho  Hover  of  tfaa  boon  of 
Ilo^iiinl — of  wboM  andnlifulacn,  w«  ngrct  (0  tay,  sb«  made  \»iKrj  oon- 
[>1aiiitB.  Bui  wo  arc  giving  the  nobles  pr«cedeiic«  ovtr  t)ie  aorercigm, 
wbidi  will  nct'cr  do.  I<ct  us  ohecrrc  fint,  tben,  that  04*  all  tho  ticary 
Vlll.'e, — ^burly,  florid,  vigoroux,  nnd  taut  tuit  pm  brutal  as  they  vnr- 
tlio  bat  iti  No.  99,  from  Warwick  Cutlu.  I^  us  dasi  callattculioo  to 
the  fine  picture  of  "  Hi-nry  Vll.  and  Fwdinand  of  Anagon"  (No.  b\\ 
nnd  to  tho  oxquiutc  Iklnbuw,  called  (it  is  thought  enxw«uiujy^  « Tb« 
Cktidrim  nf  Honry  VU."  (No.  Eitl)tbut  wluch,  under  any  otbar  tiaan; 
would  be  ec^ually  a  roM  of  aH.  Th«re  is  ake  a  fine  comely  full-Uaglb 
of  *'  Mai^garet  Tudor,  Qu«co  of  Sootlaod  "  (\o.  6$),  whoM  marri^  «tk 
James  IV.  of  that  kingdom  ulttmalcly  broiicbt  tbe  Eogluh  Ofown  W 
Iho  Stitnrta;  who  wsm  at  once  a  grandmother  of  Marj'  imd  of  DanUay; 
and  who  is  the  link  whicb  ccnnccta  her  Majesty  with  all  tbe  oldtr 
sovereigns  of  ICpgUttd.  QuoMi  Mat^gnrct'i  sister,  the  rritKOOi  Maiy,  ia 
alao  rvprpH-ntei)  (Niw.  7fi  nnd  80j,  Willi  Ler  pleafnnt,  jolly-lookltig 
buaband,  "  diaries  Uim^lon,  Duk«  of  SnlTolk,"  whotu  Kcniy  tfvidiTitl/ 


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pardoned  all  tlie  more  readily  because  he  recognized  in  his  IiandaomeneBB, 
hia  animaliein,  and  his  high  spirit,  a  nature  kindred  to  his  own. 

The  presiding  genius  of  this  part  of  the  exhibition  is  the  great  Hans 
Holbein — the  Swiss  whose  genius,  like  the  Ebine,  took  its  rise  among  the 
Alps  and  Howed  northwards — the  friend  of  Erasmus  and  Sir  Thomas 
More,  one  of  the  earliest,  truest,  wisest,  and  most  finished  of  all  portrait- 
painters.  Itecent  investigation  has  shown  that  Holbein  died  sooner  than 
used  to  be  thought,  and  this  has  thrown  doubt  on  several  portraits 
formerly  honoured  by  bearing  his  name.  But  there  are  enough 
uni^ueBtioned  specimens  of  him  at  South  Kensington  to  give  the  visitor  a 
thorough  taste  of  his  genius.  We  may  instance,  particularly,  the  "  Sir 
■WiUiam  Eutta"  (No.  110)  and  "Lady  Butts"  (No.  115).  Butts,  who 
was  physician  to  Henry  the  Eighth,  has  had  the  cnrious  luck  of  being 
immortalized  at  once  by  Holbein  and  by  Shakspeare  : 

By  holy  Mary,  Batts,  tliere's  knavcrj-, 

enya  Shakspeare's  Henry  when  Butts  shows  him  from  the  window 
Cranmer  kept  waiting  among  lackiea  outside  the  Council  Chamber  by  the 
Lords  of  Ccuneil.  Holbein,  however,  has  done  the  wife  even  belter  tlian 
tho  husband,  or  the  picture  has  been  luckier  in  its  history  ;  for  a  more 
characteristic  human  head  was  hprdly  ever  put  upon  canvas.  The  "  Sir 
Kichard  Southwells,"  also  (Nos.  108  and  112)  are  very  good,  and  make 
one  think  of  tho  man  who  accused  Surrey  of  treason,  and  whom  Surrey 
offered  to  fight  "  in  his  sliiit."  Still  more  interesting,  because  the  painter's 
genius  is  employed  on  a  higher  man,  is  Holbein's  "  William  Warbam, 
Archbishop  of  Canterbury "  (No.  86%  a  fine,  honest,  tender  old  face, 
rugged  but  gentle,  alive  with  intellectual  light,  and  soft  with  moi-al 
patience.  Watham  held  Canterbtuy  immediately  before  Cranmer,  and  was 
one  of  the  Conservative  Reformers,  like  Erasmus  and  More,  who  hoped 
that  the  Church  might  be  improved,  chiefly  through  literature,  without 
disruptim  of  its  unity  and  without  social  convulsion.  Of  hardly  any 
man  does  tiie  great  and  delightful  Sage  of  Rotterdam  speak  with  heartier 
warmth  than  of  Warham.  And  we  are  now  in  the  thick  of  Erasmus's 
friends.  We  have  not,  indeed,  reached  as  yet  the  More  family,  one  of  the 
glories  of  the  whole  Kxhibition.  There  is,  liowever,  an  excellent  "Linacre  " 
(No.  96),  attributed  either  to  Holbein  or  Quintui  Matays,  and  an  inferior 
Dean  Colet  (No.  60),  which  makes  no  such  pretensions.  The  poet  Sir 
Thomas  Wyatt,  Surrey's  friend,  one  of  the  many  men  of  that  age  who 
combined  the  pursuit  of  letters  with  active  life,  certainly  sat  to  Holbein,  as 
his  contemporary,  the  antiquary  Leland,  affirms.  But  tlie  painter's 
hand  is  not  visible  in  the  poet's  head  as  wo  have  it  from  the  Bodlei«a 
(No.  68),  though  on  the  whole  we  prefer  tlie  Bodleian  Wyatt  to  the  one 
sent  by  Mr.  John  Bruce  (No.  98).  The  family  portraita  of  our  great 
families  begin  to  be  authentic  as  the  sixteenth  century  advances,  tliough 
the  artista  are  often  unknown.  The  "  Sir  William  Cavendish  "  (No.  81) 
of  this  epoch  ia  significantly  like  the  ahrewd  persevering  loyal  Gentlemau- 


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TllR  NATIONAI.  POnTRAIT  XXDIBITIoy. 


Vslia  of  Woke/,  tl«  real  fouD'Ji-r  of  tb«  Home  of  D«ran«Iiire.      His 
fidelity  to  Vfviaey  serrtd  him  with  tbu  King  after  Wolaey'i  £tU.     Prioiit^ 
and  gJ>h^i  were  "  duaofved  "  into  a  strc-ast  of  nealUi  for  him  and  liilfl 
poAleHtjr.    And  he  named,  for  bis  third  «ife,  a  widow  £ur  and  ricli, 
uvl  eiill  cl«v«rcT  than  slio  wm  fiiir  and  ridi, — tho  nolorioiu  Elia* 
bcth   Uarilwtck,  comraonljr  called  *'Ben  o(  Uanlwick  " — ui   alliwiet 
which    first    planted   the   Cavondiahcs  in   D<rVahirc.     Other    dunc- 
t«rittie   tocf»   «f  (Ik  foiindvn  of  our  modem  oriitocnic/  am    Utose  of 
"Sir   Willimii   Petr«"   (>'%   128).   with   hb  ugaciotu  look   and   fim 
aKiuth  ;  of  "  Willi&ni,  first  Lord  Vitgtt "  (No.  159),  long-iKMed,  and  acut«{ 
of"  Sir  John  Thjnne  "  (Xo.  161),  iLi-  eteward  of  the  Protector  SomcT 
aharp,  piuhiog,  nud  bolJ.      On  nil   llicac  niro,  and  Boch  aa   ih^y,  ik 
Seymoora  UKloded,  "  the  gttitk  Sumy,"  aa  Sir  Walter  Soott  eilU  hit 
looked  with  diftrast  and  haotcur.     And  thU  feHing  of  9urrc;r's  c^r 
in  such  uyings  as  (hat ''  ihey  lored  no  ancient  nobility,"  and  that  "^  wboT 
the  Ki&g  died  they  thonld  nnnrt  for  it,"  did  noliillo  towardn  brioging  that 
brilliant  b&id  of  his  to  lh«  block.     There  are  tlireeportraitaof  the  Ear)  oM 
Surrey  in  tho  Exhibition,  of  vrbich  fkr  the  mostatrikiiig  ia  the  brilliant  full- 
Ittigth  conlribuird  by  tlie  Cotinlon  Delawarr  (No.  131),  and  whicb,  if  it 
lud  no  other  claim  lluii]  the  linving  come  down  fnim   the  Sackvillea,  who 
were  related  to  f^ttrrey'a  tatnily,  would  J>e  of  grv*t  importance.     But  ita. 
splendid  vitalities  aa  a  picttire  attiact  every  artist,  and  ii  ta  difficult 
ga»  en  the  slntely  Sgorc,  and  the  rad,  ptoud,  intellectual  loolt  of  the  &ce 
witJiottt   feeling  iliut  so  onco  stood  bclbre  hi«  coni^ntporariea  tbu 
faiDOtia  of  the  Ilovraidn  in  ihe  aJxtrcnth  century,      Ifq  IcatB  against 
colootD  beaiiog  a  motto  which  he  had  clwacn,  $at  auptrttt,  and  to  hta  ri{l 
ii  the  abield  of  bis  anceetor  Thonias  Pkntagcnct  of  Brotherion,  the  carry- 
ing of  which  was  one  cf  ll>c  ofTcoccs  tbat  c<M  him  his  head.     This  Sua 
portrait  is  oncribcd  to  Ilolbcm.     Itut  it  ae^ins  otoro  likely  lu  be  the  imk 
oCGuillini  Street,  tlioiigh  i-vnn  thin  is  doubtrul,  and  ifaore  are  attilioftttn 
vrhu  think  it  due  to  some  paint4^  of  Italy.     The  chronology  in  this,  as  il 
other  canes,  does  not  suit  the  Hollwiu  ibcory.     For  iostaaec,  "£diri 
8la]i1ey,  third  Earl  cf  Derby"  (No.  1^3),  is  called  a  Holbein  liksuiae.' 
Itttl  if  Holbein  died  in  IMS,  a»  now  stems  certain,  lltat  Lord  Derbyi 
many  years  younger  at  the  time  than   the  portrait  makes  hint, 
jiorirait  good  enough  to  be  classed  with  genuine  Itolbeios,  though  the  hr 
has  beeu  tampered  uitli,  is  "  Sir  William  Sidney  "  (So.  141),  the  ma^ 
father  of  Sir  Philip.     This  fine  amiulilo-kiokiog  gentleman  Icddd  off 
Bidneys  in  l)ie  Exhibitiou,  of  whom  ibcrc  are  no  less  than  tliirtecn.    Tfal 
tnmily  likeness  ia  enrioualy  viable  in  many  of  (hem,  aud  a  plcaaant  tjE 
of  fsce  It  is,  always  benignant,  intellectual,  and  refiued. 

Of  all  the  pictures,  howcrer,  bearing  the  name  of  Holbein,  that  wliEi 
earnea  off  the  palm  in  the  niiiltitudo  of  nsaocialioiu,— hi4<oci«, 
literary, — gatliering  round  it,  is  tic  '■  Sir  Thomaa  Slorc  and  his  Kanul/'' 
(No.  1 63),  belonging  to  llr.  Charles  Wioo,  of  Yorkrhtir.     That  Otihdt 
paiateA  a.  famUy  gToxi\i  nt  the  Morev  in  eertnln ;  for  wc  luiTe  two  letl((sJ 


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of  Erasmus  still  extant  id  which  he  mentions  having  seen  a  picture 
of  tliG  kiod.  In  the  fii-st  of  these,  dated  Friburg,  5th  September,  1529, 
Ei-asmiis  says  to  Sir  Thomas  : — "  I  hope  it  may  be  allowed  me  yet  once 
in  life  to  see  those  most  dear  friends,  whom  in  the  picture  which  Holbein 
lihowed  me  I  have  looked  at  with  the  greatest  pleasure  of  mind."  In  the 
second,  written  next  day,  and  addressed  to  Sir  Thomas's  daughter,  Mrs. 
Margaret  Uoper,  he  dwells  on  the  work  at  greater  length : — "  I  can  hardly 
tell  you,"  the  old  scholar  writes,  "  what  pleasure  I  felt  when  the  painter, 
Uolbein,  showed  me  that  whole  family  so  happily  brought  out,  that  if  I 
liad  been  present  I  could  not  have  seen  much  more.  Frequently  am  I 
wont  to  desire  that  once  before  my  fatal  day,  it  may  be  my  lot  to  see  that 
most  dear  company  to  which  I  owe  a  good  part,  whether  of  my  fortune 
or  ray  glory  such  as  it  is,  and  owe  to  no  mortals  more  willingly.  Of  this 
wish,  the  ingenious  hand  of  the  painter  has  given  me  no  little  portion. 
I  recognized  them  all,  but  no  one  more  readily  than  you.  I  seemed  to 
myself  to  see  Bhining  through  its  most  beautiful  dwelling  the  much  more 
beautiful  mind."  And  he  adds  that  he  had  kissed  the  image  of  Margaret 
Kopcr's  mother.  Now,  that  the  portrait  here  spoken  of  was  such  a 
portrait  of  the  whole  household  as  the  one  before  us  in  the  Exhibition,  is 
abundantly  plain  from  Erasmus's  words.  They  are  nil  there, — grand- 
futber,  father,  son,  daughters  ;  and  Margaret  Koper  is  comely  enough  to 
justify  the  good  old  scholar's  compliments.  The  household  clock  is  ticking 
on  die  wall ;  the  family  fool  is  standing  iu  the  background ;  flowers  from 
the  garden  perfume  the  air;  and  the  whole  atmosphere  is  redolent  of 
homely  domestic  life  and  pence.  But  how  much  of  the  work  as  it  at 
present  stands  came  from  the  hand  of  Holbein  is  not  easy  to  determine. 
Walpole  thought  that  he  made  the  design,  and  that  it  was  executed  in 
large  by  journeymen ;  and  he  enumerated  six  pieces  extant  on  the 
subject,  one  of  the  three  largest  of  which  is  the  one  of  which  we  are 
speaking.  Certain  it  is,  tliat  Mr.  Winn's  picture  has  pedigree  in  its 
favour,  for  it  can  be  traced  to  the  Kopers  already  mentioned,  one  of  whom 
Margaret  More  married.  Its  general  authenticity  is  thus  indisputable ; 
and  if  we  miss  Holbein  in  the  details,  we  are  sure  that  his  genius  is 
there  as  the  animating  spirit  of  the  whole. 

As  wo  approach  the  period  of  the  Elizabetlians,  a  few  admirable 
portraits  by  the  great  painter  Sir  Antonio  More,  who  came  to  England 
with  Philip  the  Second,  present  themselves  for  particnJar  study.  Such 
are  Iiis  portrait  of  himself  (No.  18G),  a  noble  work;  and  that  of  "Walter 
Dcvereux,  first  Earl  of  Essex"  (No.  263),  whose  keen  wise  eye  and 
arch  expression  have  an  irresistible  look  of  life.  This  able  and  long- 
descended  nobleman  was  one  of  the  seven  men  whom  Elizabeth  made 
peers  in  her  fifty  years'  reign.  It  is  believed  that  he  was  poisoned  nt  the 
instigation  of  Leicester,  who  married  his  widow,  Letticc  Knoliys.  He 
was  the  father  of  Elizabeth's  favourite,  in  whose  face  a  family  likeness  ia 
discernible  (No.  253).  But  it  is  a  pity  that  wo  have  no  portraits  either  of 
bia  wife  Lettice,  or  of  his  daughter  Penelope,  whose  beauty  was  renowned. 


760  TUE  NATIONAL  POBTRAIT  EXHIBITION. 

Another  highly  remarkable  work  by  Sir  Antonio  More  is  '*  QneL>n  Elizabctli 
aBPi'incesa"  (No.  ^71).  This  in  exqoiditely  painted,  and  represenuihe 
Queen  as  a  young  woman,  eminently  intelligent,  and  by  no  means  bsti- 
looklng.  Few  of  oar  readere  are  probably  »  confident  that  Eliaibrib 
was  beautifitl  as  Mr.  Kingsley.  But  the  g^era)  imprcsaion  to  the 
contrary  which  aomehow  previiila  now,  receivcn  no  confirmation  from  the 
many  portraits  of  her  in  this  Kxliibition,  taken  in  the  lump,  ^yhetbp^ 
as  a  girl  with  s  book  in  lier  hand  in  the  very  fine  picture  (it  has  been 
aeverely  scmbbed  by  the  way)  from  St.  James's  Palace  (No.  217) ;  or 
in  enrly  womanhood  aa  Moro  presents  her;  or  biasing  in  gems,  from  the 
brilliant  pencil  of  Zucchero  (No.  207),  in  middle  life,  she  cannot  fair'j 
be  called  plain,  and  her  face  has  always  intellect  and  character.  What  it 
noticeable,  too,  is  that  tlirough  all  Elizabeth's  portraits  there  is  a  general 
aimilurity  of  type  visible ;  whereas  moat  of  those  of  Mary  Queen  of  Scots 
are  neither  like  each  other,  nor  like  anything  that  the  sixteenth  century 
writers  t«ll  us  about  her.  In  scarcely  two  out  of  thirteen,  do  we  see  tbs 
belle  creature  of  Joseph  Sculigcr;  thu 

Nvmiihft  inter  pulchros  pnldicrriiiiu  NuptiininaH, 
N}  ro]>faa  Caledonia  gloria  magna  tun, 

of  George  Ruchaniin  ;  or  her  whom  Koii.'wrd  Bang  of  a.=, — 

I'lia  Ilov'Do  Bi  belle, 
Ecllu  cu  jurfection  ;  car  touto  la  bcBntu 
Qui  C'it,  ct  qui  tuvn,  ct  n  jriiuiiiii  cjite 
I'li's  lie  la  EJi'iiuo  est  luiilc. 

The  grc[it  men  of  Kiizabeih'a  great  reign  are  fairly  represented  in  the 
Eiisturii  Gulleiy.  The  ejtgacicua  Cecil  and  hia  son  are  there  (Nos.  Hi, 
'2i5,  259),  bir  Kicliolaa  Bacon'a  aoUd  brow  and  poweri'ul  jowl  suggest 
a  man  equally  great  ut  the  council-board  and  the  dinner-table  (Xo.  223). 
No  <niit<;  worthy  lialeigh  appears,  indeed,  but  there  is  a  far-travelled 
penttraiing  look  about  one  portrait  of  him  (No.  250),  which  iaducts 
U3  to  give  it  the  preference.  "  Thoiiiiis  Sackville,  Earl  of  Dornet,'' 
bcsvt  knou'i)  in  literature  as  Lord  Buckhuratc,  and  ancestor  of  many 
Sackvillca  dietinguithed  in  their  times,  figures  to  adyantage  on  the 
canvas  of  Garr.ird  (No.  255).  The  Admiralty,  too,  have  sent  nn 
imprcBsivo  full  length  of  that  fine  old  grandee,  Ghiurlea  Howard  Eail 
of  Nottingham,  the  conqueror  of  the  Armada  (No,  857).  For  some 
reason  or  other,  however,  the  sailors  of  this  age  have  not  received  juflice 
at  the  hands  of  its  artists.  Neither  Drake  (Nos.  34C,  361)  nor  Frobisl;er 
(Nos.  351,  395)  satisfy  the  imagination.  How  cheerfully  would  we 
exchange  for  really  great  portraits  of  such  men,  the  criminals  like 
Leicest(;r,  who  seem  to  have  been  painted  on  all  hands,  or  the  obscure 
big-wigs  who  were  painted  only  because  they  had  money  to  pay  for  it, 
and  whose  names,  read  in  a  catalogue  one  day,  are  lorgotten  the  nextl 
Of  the  many  kinds  of  moral  interest  about  a  portrait  gallery — eapedal^ 
a  portrait  gallery  of  a   nation,  as  this  one  at  Kensington  ii     wtft  tj^ 


THK  KATlOKAl  PORTKAIT  EXUlBll'llui'.  751 

least  ia  tho  lone  of  irony  Tisible'in  the  wny  in  which  fortune  arrmigea 
whose  portraits  ahull  survive.  It  runs  through  all  departments  of  life. 
There  are  more  Cecils,  Griniatonee,  nnd  Wallops,  than  TalbotB,  CllffonlH, 
im<l  Verea.  The  grave-digger  who  dug  Mary  Qneea  of  Scots'  grave 
ii4  there,— and  nobody  can  answer  for  the  likeuesses  of  Shakxpeurc. 
'J'he  only  portrait  of  Edmund  Spenser  (No.  836)  ia  without  a  hiator}-. 
The  only  two  of  Ben  Jonson  (Noa.  332,  833)  are  hardly  like  each  other. 
And  we  look  in  vain  on  the  walla  for  Marlow,  Kyd,  "Webater,  Peelc, 
or  Nash. 

We  must  not,  however,  grudge  the  Elizabethan  "  swell "  liia  compara- 
tive prosperity,  because  he  was  nearly  always  a  "  aweli,"  and  something 
more.  He  was  a  lily  of  the  valley,  but  he  knew  how  to  toil  and  spin. 
Sometimes,  like  "  George  Clifford,  tliird  Earl  of  Cumberland"  (No.  397), 
he  made  long  sea-voyagea  for  England'a  glory  at  his  own  e:cpense.  Some- 
timea,  like  Edward  de  Vere,  Earl  of  Oxford  (whom  we  regret  to  find 
absent),  he  wrote  poenia  which  the  world  haa  not  allowed  to  diL>,  He 
fought  with  Sidney  at  Zutphen  ;  with  Devereux  at  Cadiz ;  and  poured 
out — freely  aa  the  wine  flowed  in  hia  castle — hia  old  blood  on  the 
American  sand,  A  certain  elevation  of  sentiment  marks  theae  men,  which 
even  the  cavaliers  did  not  poaaeas  in  the  same  delicacy  of  bloom,  and 
which  was  totally  wanting  to  the  witty  rakea  of  the  Second  Charles. 
"  Fulko  Grevilie,  first  Lord  Brooke  "  (No.  299,)  wrote  himself  down  in 
hia  epitaph,  to  be  read  to  this  day  under  hia  rotting  banner  in  tlie  cliuvcli 
of  St.  Mary  at  Warwick,^ 

Scnaiit  to  Queen  Elizabctli, 

Counsellor  to  King  Janiee,  , 

And  Mcml  to  Sir  Philip  Sjdncj-  f 

hia  life  of  whom  is  BtiU  wortli  reading.  And  Philip  hiimiulf  ia  pro- 
liably  looked  at  in  the  various  excellent  portraits  of  him  which  the 
Exhibition  containa,  with  as  genial  an  admiration  as  any  man  uiuk'r 
ita  roof.  Our  own  favourite  ia  the  Warwick  Caatle  Sidney  (Ko.  271), 
which  has  come  down  to  Lord  Brooke  from  the  biographer  just  men- 
tioned. Near  it  hangs  his  loved  and  honoured  sister  (No.  284),  on 
whom  Ben  Jonaon  wrote  tlie  famous  linea  which  Simonides  never  eur- 
paased,  and  which,  quoted  a  tJiousand  times,  shall  here  be  quoted  fur  the 
thouaandtli  and  first : — ■ 

TJndemcatli  this  sable  hcnrse. 
Lies  the  anbject  of  all  verse, 
Sidney's  lietcr,  Fcnibroke'i  mother, 
Death,  ere  thoa  hast  slnin  another 
Leam'd,  and  fair,  and  good  aa  die, 
Time  shnll  throw  a  dart  at  thee. 

It  ia  customary  to  apeak  of  this  sweet  little  poem  aa  an  "  cpitajih,"  nnd 
the  catalogue,  following  this  custom,  adds  truly  that  it  waa  never  engraved 
on  Lady  Pembroke's  monument.    But  the  truth  ia  that  it  is  not  ancpit.iph. 


TIIE  MATIOSAL  POnTHAIT  EimBITIOX 

but  an  fpicmJion ; — not  an  inwriptioa  for  n  tomb,  bat  s  d'age,  or  fuiienl- 
WQ^,  for  o  funeral.  Tlie  popuW  tobquotatioo  "  wkb^  Lcane  "  1im  dooe 
miicli  lo  k«ep  up  ihg  popular  cnwr  on  the  tubjeet.  Auiiredlj,  ibe 
lirnuiira  of  ilut  gracTBtioa  Dcrer  were  witLout  a  vaUt  weir.  Not  hi 
rrt>ni  "  SUr/  &i4a«j,  Couot«M  of  Pcubrolie,"  u  lli«  pjewsnt  gocd- 
tmtureil  fiiec  of  "Alice  Spencer,  CmxMm  of  Derbjr"  (No.  Sd&),  wbts 
cekbnttcd  ax  her  jouth  b;  the  poet  Spenser  as  "  ivrcct  Amor/ma,*  bad  a 
nuitl; — the  "  ArcodM" — dedicated  to  h«r  in  her  oU  ag«  b^  Utiton.  Sit 
WM  ihe  wife  of  "FcnlinaoJo,  fifth  Earl  uf  Derb/"  (Noa.  266,  S89). 
whose  poitraita — not  oUxa-wiM  remarkabU — bare  a  dodded  air  of  nolitj 
aboat  them.  That  of  bii  fiitbcr,  *<  Henry,  the  foortb  Earl  of  Derby'* 
(No.  287),  give*  a  capital  ootJonof  tin  higher  potiiciaai  ortbatdajr-,  vrhote 
poiition  waa  alvraji  a  ropoottblc,  aod  oft«D  a  pcriknu  odc  Out  the 
Exhibition  do««  not  contain  a  stnglo  h^ad  f£  the  Stanleya  Gron  wboai  tfaa 
proMXil  Earl  of  Derby  deeceada — tlia  junior  brancli  who  succeeded  to  the 
CAYldom  in  173G — and  we  caooot  expect  to  traco  virid  reeembUnees 
between  Utitig  men  aod  the  lacei  of  thocu  from  whose  foortb  oounaa 
tboj  arc  sixth  or  eovrnth  in  descent.  Othvr  tsciuben  of  hoosea  aaw 
patrician,  worth  looking  at  in  this  far  cod  of  tlia  Eaatso.  GaUerj, 
nrc  "  Bir  John  Speaccr"  (No.  071),  fnthcr  of  the  fint  peer;  and  (in  the 
Eiutvra  Corridor)  "  Sir  Oliver  Wallop "  (No,  885),  Lord  FottraoiUb'i 
anccalor— a  good,  round-hcadc-d  Ughtiiig  man,  wiLit  no  lac^  of  ehaneitr 
about  him. 

On  Iroving  the  Entt  CootrAl  Coriidor  At  the  end  of  wluit  Duij  be 
rnllvd  ihc  Tudor  Gallery,  ui;  .-ixci-nd  tlie  sluira,  and  patsaing  tbrangb 
Die  Nurul  Miifrcuui,  coiuc  )o  a  Inrgc  ai^uftre  apace— the  Coitre — in  whiob 
iho  reign  or  Jnniea  the  First  begins.  Ri-foio  we  enter  it,  three  por- 
iruitj  Cicc  us.  That  ia  the  middle — the  tall  Bgiire  iti  blitck  doublet  nod 
hose— ia  Lord  WiUJAQi  Howard,  the  "  Belted  \)'iU  "  of  27ic  Lay  of  lii 
Last  Minttitl : — 

Ili»  Bilboa  Made,  by  Slarchmcn  Mt, 
iiuag  lu  a  Itrtwl  uiil  itticUeil  belt; 
Hence,  in  ru'do  phruc.  the  Ixinirrcrs  Kill 
Colled  Noble  Uuward,  B«ltod  Will. 

lie  wna  n  younger  son  of  TbomaB,  the  fourth  Duke  of  Norfolk  (No.  368), 
who  loHt  hii)  bend  Icr  his  fooliali  poiitioiil  Jliflation  witli  Hary  Qooraef 
ScoUt  In  1&7S  j  and  nns  thus  a  f^rnndiOR  of  the  "gentlo  Sorrer,"  the 
ooniniou  ancestor  of  at!  \he  grent  Howards — except  the  ElEagbam  Udc 
wlifi  cnniB  off  e&Hier — down  lo  this  day.  "Belted  Will"  foauded  lb* 
CiirlJfilG  brandi,  endoning  tlium  with  broad  lands  by  liia  inarriogv  with 
K'ivtibclb  A  ca-heirc««  of  the  Inal  Lord  Dncr*  ol'  Gillealand.  The  thm 
liaironcs  of  that  great  noitliem  Iioiim:  all  married  Howards ;  and  ihe  male 
liiiL'  of  Dncrc,  reduced  to  poverty,  and  nie«tlug  no  justice,  died  unhappy, 
taiaa  iti  cxWo,  and  aomo  nt  homo.  Of  course,  there  are  no  Daeres  in  ibe 
Exhibiiiui),  "  Klixabeth  Lady  Howard  "  excepted  (No.  4£9).  On  eilhrr 
if  J«  of  thQ  old  Border  chicfbin  hang  a  mnriicd  coQpIc  whoae  liiiturj  ii 


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THE  NATIONAL  rORTllAlT  EXHIBITION.  753 

a  romance.  These  are  "  Sir  fiobert  Shirley  "  (No.  404),  and  "  Lady 
Thereaa,"  hia  wife  (No.  400).  Sir  Kobert  was  one  of  those  adventurous 
travellers  whose  Htcs  give  so  much  of  its  picturesque  colour  to  the  age  of 
Elizabeth.  He  was  employed  in  Persia  by  the  Shah,  and  brought  home 
to  the  court  of  James  the  Persian  lady — ■ 

Serene  with  nrgcat-lidded  cjcs 
Amorous 

whose  pretty  face  is  before  us.  In  the  Centre,  round  the  corner,  the  first 
hend  which  strikes  the  view  is  that  of  an  old  gentlewoman,  and  it  is 
called  "  The  Countess  of  Desmond,"  by  Rembrandt.  We  all  remember 
this  Countess — 

Who  lived  to  the  age  of  a  bnodred  and  ten, 
And  died  bj  a  fidl  from  b.  cbeny-tree,  then  ; 
What  a  frisky  old  girl  I 

OS  Tom  Moore  ainga.  But  this  cannot  be  the  old  g^rl  in  question,  or  if 
it  is,  then  it  cauuot  be  a  Rembrandt.  A  very  orilliant  figure  next  attracts 
attention,  "Sir  Nathaniel  Bacon,"  by  himself  (No.  411).  He  was  the 
great  Bacon's  half-brother,  and  was  au  amateur  of  real  genius  fur  the  art. 
He  painted  his  wife,  also,  who  is  beside  him  (No.  415),  and  the  work  is 
a  very  clever  gne.  Two  portraits  of  Arabella  Stuart  are  on  the  same  wall, 
one  of  tliein  (No.  422)  probably — as  Miss  Cooper  suggests,* — that  which 
WHS  sent  to  Loiccsler  when  he  wished  to  betroth  the  child  whom  he  lost — 
flic  infant  Lord  Denbigh — to  tlie  child  Arabella.  The  "Swinburne"  in 
the  corner  (No.  426)  was  an  ancestor  of  the  young  poet  who  is  again 
making  the  old  name  familiar.  But  the  leading  figures  of  the  Centre  are 
King  JnmCH,  his  family,  aud  some  of  his  court.  James  is  hei'C,  as  cvery- 
whcie,  intuUigcnt- looking,  but  ignoble; — no  sovereiga  and  no  gentle- 
man ; — reminding  one  much  of  Thackeray's  saying  in  the  Book  of  Snobs 
that  he  was  "  a  snob  and  a  Scotch  Snob — than  which  the  world  contains  no 
more  offensive  creature."  But  the  personal  appearance  of  Prince  Henry, 
the  "  Marcellus  of  the  House  of  Stuart," — 

Ostcadeat  terris  hnne  tantum  fata,  acque  ultra 

Esse  sincnt 

is  not  unworthy  a  prince  whose  parts  attracted  Bacon,  and  hia  character, 
llaleigli.  In  Bacon's  Latin  eulogium,  Henry's  personal  beauty  is  strongly 
insisted  upon,  and  compared  to  that  of  his  sister  Elizabeth,  whom  ho 
resembles.  Bacon  says,  as  much  as  a  young  man  could  resemble  the 
conspicuous  beauty  of  a  virgin;  "quam  etiam,  quantum  potuit  virilia 
fonna  ad  cximiam  virgiualem  pulchritudinem  collata,  referebat."  He 
looks  best,  we  think,  in  the  Van  Snmcr  (No.  446),  sent  by  Lord 
Craven,  whose  ancestor  wa.s  in  such  close  relations  with  Elizabeth  of 
Bohemia.      The   "  Queen  of  Hearts"  is  always   stately  and  handsome 

*  In  her  TOCCDt  excellcat  and  agreeable  Zi/i  of  ArabtUa  Stuart,— (llxmi  and 
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tHJIw  food  loeicM,  vr«  vbn,  »ft«  T  J»Mw,  O^  «■•  lAlri  «^ 
cri*M.  IImMb^  if  bcr  farottriua  were  fai)Gali«  bar  coaadllor*  ««re  war. 
Itnt  Iba  evvalnns  wbcM  Jaut*  nued  oat  W  tkff  daal  lo  tibc  tc^^t  af 
grwnw  front  taatma  as  liuW  rofaetable  ai  thmt  wUeh  nadt  a 
Bnatao  aufanir  luf a  a  IwadOTma  ISorfM — ^wera  aBavad  lo  iUbamour  t^ 
(bar  loll/  tb«  conittiy  wUch  ll»cy  tobb«d  in  tMx  grtKi,  moi  tcr^ 
bauJaa,  intiilcat  aiul  llocntioni  bc^ood  all  bUtoncal  example.  It  il  a 
rtlidf  to  Uun  froni  Umbi  to  tli«  itoui  BoonilKadi  and  ibo  gaUaDl  &«a- 
licfa,  lli«  men  of  Clonndon  and  yaadyd.  For  wbat  Holbain  i*  B» 
Erwimui,  Vaniljrck  U  Co  Cbreodon.  Tbe  i«i&ter  flhiUnrtea  tW  writer, 
•U'l  Uur  wrilur  lUuNtraKa  tb«  |«ia(«r.  It  wu  do  mac  bacy  of  W«Jpoie'>, 
but  a  Mtid  mad  Tiiluabl«  ubaerration  t}i8t  be  made,  wben  he  cot^iafvd 
tba  ponniita  at  thoM  two  great  nicn.  Thcj  tiod  bodi  in  a  di:^ar 
dognw  tlin  [Hiwtr  of  brining  oat  iDdtridcd  daiaetiir,  ami  ^cUbiiiji^ 
it  iitulur  iu  most  Boblv  und  gracafttl  aiipvcts.  0/  CliroMlou'a  pothin 
Wa  Mj  iiotlimg.  But  it  will  not  bt  tti«  worst  result  of  the  Portnb 
Eiliibiilitn  if  ii  fn'liicfw  people  to  read  him  n  Itttle  mure  iKaa  bit 
ht^ra  lliQ  lulitbn  laldy  ;  and  to  enjujr  tbe  charm  of  Ubi  ■u:rIiaM^ 
I  i;ll«\vJ  l>jr  £iiiiiii«rlty ;  lib  pomp,  qiuMed  by  gT*eo.  Il«  is  tbe  cowf 
lorprl  of  Vandyck  in  a  daier  ort;  and  jiut  as  amoog  the  TudoM  we 
(lilulc  uf  ErnMiiaa  vrbca  wo  look  at  Ilolbeln,  M  ne  lltiiJE  of  CUmdofl 
»licii  wv  )>i<>k  at  Vamlyck. 

Wo  lint  g«t  into  Ilie  Viui>1/ck  legion  on  arriving  at  the  Wivt  C«Btni 
CuTrlduri  wblcli  vrc  tntcli  by  duoctnliug  tLc  aUiin  nAor  qattUng  tbu 
C'tnlrv.  littii,  two  excellout  Vondydcii  immediately  Attract  aticnlioD,  ibat 
vf  tl)«  If'vnl  and  lioiicurablo  "  William*  Brut  Karl  of  Craven  "  (Xo.  ICO;^ 
nml  llioi  pf'Tbtmui',  first  Lord  ArmiiJt!!  of 'VVflrdour"  (Xo.  463),  a 
Ctiii  till  ratal  aoidiL-r  ttf  tlic  ptrkid,  whom  one  iminMJiately  bcginato 
inii  ol'  III  if  ona  bad  tuoicn  thU  ■potUtdt  to  1m  like,  llerv  wo  faaa  into 
■tiotlior  f(ull«ry,  tlt«  Wcitcrn  Gallery,  and  iind  ounclrca  amoug  Hoai«  of 
ihu  ubk-nL  iiivii  (if  lliu  tarly  part  of  lbs  •erantwntb  century.  Ther«  Ua 
giojil  lull-ktit|ili  of  biKua  from  Gorliaubury  (No.  4Cd),  but  it  »  tli* 
l)»««n  of  tbo  wwld  and  |ho  court  ntb«r  tlian  tbo  Bacon  of  pbiloaoiJiy  ftr 
i<]l(i>t*,  and  i>  ieca  jiivuidng  than  ibe  fine  alntuo  of  Uw  anga  ia  St.  MiehaaTi 
CImnilii  St.  Albau'a  j  tL«  &co  ia  cuanlog,  aiid  wltat  the  Scolcb  «aU 
"fHwky,"  Ukoro  than  wiauj  and  we  miia  in  it  the  pottio  el«ui«iu  wiiiob 
llualira  thruii^^li  hU  llio  philuaopber'a  apecDlatioiM,  uid  wblcb  baa  mob  a 
iiM>uraAd  boniity  in  at^mo  of  tlie  opening  acatcacca  of  Lis  wUL  A  "l^dy 
Liubart"  (No.  469),  olwe  by,  ia  a  find  oamvHt  old  lady'a  lund  of  tb4 
Iirrioii,  ami  itubvdy  will  bo  diaappolntcd  i-illuT  wtib  CutDden  (Noa.  47S, 
4tlil),  »i-  Woiivn,  for  th^  r^co  of  th«  otd  diplotnatiat  ami  |Hwt  is  fall  of 
liglil  (No.  4Vi;).     Tltu  l-:.ir1  vT  Pooibroke  wbo  manied  ■'  SiidtM7*a 


THE  NATIONAL  PORTRAIT  EXHIBITION.  755 

is  in  tliia  part  of  the  biiiWing  (No.  IDS,)  separated  from  llic  civti.t-faced 
Itidy  ivhose  name  keeps  hia  .alive,  ami  throws  over  liim  a  puct;-y  that  he 
does  not  deserrc — for  hia  diTOroe  of  his  first  wife  Kathcrine  Grey  was  baeci 
and  we  suspect  tlmt  what  Ida  Cimily  saw  to  admire  in  Mary  Sidney  was 
less  her  personal  worth  than  her  Dadley  connection.  A  lady  not  unlike 
Mary  Sidney  in  Eome  points  of  character  is  represented  by  a  delightful 
[wrtrait  in  this  quarter — the  Lucy  Ilarington  (No.  507),  whom  Ben 
Jon  son  nddressi-a  as — 

Lnty,  jou  bri|;htLi(W3  uf  our  sphere,  who  nro 
Life  of  the  Muses'  duvs,  their  morning  stur. 

And  anollier  who  made  herself  a  name  in  the  mcriioird  of  iho  tloie 
.st.inds  with  a  quiet  grade  before  us — Anuc  Clifibrd,  the  heiress  of  the 
Earls  of  Cumberland,  one  of  whose  husbands  was  Mary  Sidney's  son.  It 
is  a.  ourionB  fact,  however,  that  the  women  of  England  are  worse  repre- 
sented in  this  collection  than  tlie  men ;  acid  Anne  Clifibrd,  maugre  her 
great  descent,  is  insipid  compared  with  sucli  cavaliei's  as  Vamiyck's  Earl 
of  Cleveland  (No.  542),  and  that  burly  ol<l  wanior,  in  yellow  buff, 
Berkeley  of  Stratlon  (No.  546),  whom  we  never  look  at  without  feeling 
that  he  must  have  emptied  a  flagon  at  eome  time  or  other  with  Dugald 
Dalgetty,  Another  almost  typical  cavalier — every  inch  a  king  and  church 
man — ia  Sir  Eevil  Granville  (No.  563), — be  who  fell  at  Lansdown,  and  was 
so  much  loved  through  all  the  west  country.  It  ia  strange  to  see  these  old 
worthies  looking  at  us  tranquilly,  aide  by  side  with  tbose  whom  they  never 
met  in  life,  except  as  mortal  foes  ;  and  to  turn  from  them  to  their  enemies, 
the  long-headed  Lord  Saye  and  Sele  (No.  551),  and  the  resolute  bright- 
witted  John  Pym,  one  portrait  of  whom,  Lord  Townchend's  (No,  609), 
we  think  thoroughly  characteristic.  If,  in  a  general  way,  however,  the 
men  have  the  advantage  over  the  wonten  in  these  galleries,  there  arc  aome 
brilliant  female  portraits,  and  in  the  DuighbourLood  where  we  now  are 
that  of  Chnrlotte  de  la  Tremouille  (No.  554)  is  worthy  of  particular 
attention.  It  ia  a  ciiarming  Kubens,  full  of  life  and  spirit  and  grace.  The 
young  French  patrician  lady  ia  sliJl  in  her  own  land, — the  siege  of  Latham 
and  that  darker  scene  at  lloiton  lie  hid  from  her  in  the  distant  future, — and 
the  sense  and  resolution  which  gieat  trials  arc  doomed  to  evoke,  only 
appear  as  yet  in  the  form  of  a  happy,  joyous,  girlish  force,  suggestive  of 
love  and  wit  and  aong  and  dancing.  The  reader  will  find  it  interesting 
to  compare  this  delightful  Rubens  of  Cliarlotte  de  la  Tremouille,  when 
young,  with  the  Vandyck  which  depicts  her  as  the  grave,  niattonly 
Countess  of  Derby  (No.  694),  and  with  a  third  picture  (No.  606),  in 
which  she  ii  in  mourning  for  the  honest  lord, — true  to  her  and  to  hia 
kintf, — who  died  so  bravely  and  yet  so  modestly  on  the  scaflbld.  This  is 
the  Countess  of  Derby  whom  everybody  remembers  in  Peven'l  of  the 
Peak,  and  whose  family, — one  of  the  noblest  in  France,  and  sprung  from 
the  old  sovereign  counts  of  Poitou, — is  still  in  existence. 

In  some  degree  this  Rubens  of  "  Lady  Derliy  "  will  be  a  surprise, 
since  the  counteas,  though  famous  for  her  courage  and  scnne,  was  never 


m 


TUB  VATtVSJLL  IVRTHXIT  EXUIBtTtOX. 


andi  etkhnsad 


bcnlj.    Bat  i&e  fiur  TcMtk  Di^,  tke  wA 


Bit  Knirfw, »  SUali^  fcgr  Wik,  m*  m  ii»a»arf  »  tU  gOBslMo  wiik 
wUdi  wo  art  now  eecttfiMd  m  P^Mkfc  D«*a«a  la  Um  g^nnana 
fanawdbM^y  jneeilins-  ^  lUadM  wh  aloKMt  tncnlinrtrfj  {nod 
oT  l»er  l«r«litMM,  mmI  waa  Bat  taaetM  Otwqb  life  lo  bare  it  wnred 
Ijjr  art,  tor  lb*  aihniralJoB  «f  inOaity.  Aeeardb^j,  we  «•  bcr  ta 
Ike  EiUUtiiai,  both  ttvfa^  and  dtaL  Iba  partsn  «£  bcr  after  dnlk 
(Kb.  b'O),  ttfitmatt  her  aa  if  ailarp  ;  Mid  «c  know  fion  Ben  JoBaon'a 
porm,  that  bar  ban^  fauad  dead  hi  hvd  -  cacitod  iba  iiiitniiiiiFni  ei 
Imt  admirera — 

Dan  I  probow,  tt>  irwtii^aaa  b 
To  (tcM  or  eric**  btr  vA  toiimmtiK, 
8e  nrMlljr  uk«n  U  tto  coait  «<  bOH, 
Aa  ifiiiu  bad  alokn  her  ifMC  b  a  fctaM, 
FtDia  atf  hat  ptBov  aad  Jiladiit  UJ, 
Aad  kh  bcr  lovel/  body  nndnasht  dcaL 

It  ia  klwuja  [ilcnaaat  to  find  Ute  liiitt  arta  pla/ing  into  caeb  othci'a  haadi 
III  tliii  wmy ;  an<l  of  manj  imUiiioca  of  lb«  kind  In  the  Portrait  Exbibitioa^ 
ndt  the  li-ast  romiirkablc  ia  alTvTded  hj  tUis  ootabk  nt««  of  Digbja.  Tbc 
|i«i-fliiii>u  and  amjililiulo  of  Sir  Kenclm  (Noil  575,  C-IG)  arc  haidlj  man 
iiiiffmivv,  crcn  un  iLc  caaraa  of  Vand^ck,  tban  in  ibc  verve  of  Jooaon, 
wIic  Tvfmt  very  di«liactly  to  tb«ni — 

In  lilui  oU  vlnnc  k  beheld  In  luio) 
And  lia  U  bnilt  liLc  aomc  iiiiiierial  nua. 
Tor  UibI  Io  dwdl  ill  ami  be  iliU  at  bone 

Tha  "  imiHiriat  "  ntitv  of  [be  "  room  "  U  nnmlfltakalilo,  iudocd,  in  STo.  573; 
and  ono  la  ttmptoJ  lo  lliink  iliac  u  woa  a  diniog-rootn  I  Th«  Lady 
Vojivtia  il  comeljr  onough  in  thv  tutuWy  gtcap  porlnits,  where  biB'  two 
liUld  buya  ar«  dtliglilfu]]/  done  (No.  67  j).  But  hoc  rfloowiied  lovcJ 
ia  uo>l  vlafble  In  the  ullvgorioal  piature  of  her  (No.  658),  where  Cili 
aro  liuliling  a  wrcatli  of  laurel  over  her  bead,  nod  whcru  ber  beauty 
i«  M-vn  U'  )iiivu  bct-ti  of  n  fmo  tj'jic— not  tluit  or  Itcualiuil  and  AuaijIUti 
IhiI  tliut  vl'  UvAtriiM  iii:(l  I'urlia.  While  on  this  diHjjtvr  of  aeTeuteeatb- 
nviitury  l>cuulii:ii,  M  uh  point  out,  as  pretty  und  <;i^agiog,  tvx>  Udicaof 
limiuliut  which  landa  n  givnl  tigura  nl  Uial  time.  One  it  *'  Anne,  Couut«a 
orMurluii  "  (No.  &71),  wlio  but  nit  tlin  volupiuoua  cbanua  for  which  t}ie 
Villici-wun  wci'9  r^iudi kubk',  ;uiij  wliivli  conio  lo  iim'ur  pcctUiar  peHedion 
ill  llw  "  i>iM)bc«  t.r  t  Ifvotmia  "  t.(  l.ely  (\«.  SJl).  The  oibw  U  "  Ijidy 
Lliifothy  Sidiivy«  Countcaa  of  SiiiiJirliiiid,"  the  "  Socbariaan"  of  Waller, 
X*l%OM  govd  lookf  am  luslili«d  lo  by  four  portrniu  (N'os.  676,  662,  ^i' 
T7Jt),  tlioDjIi  mow  pcoplo  ibink  tlivni  beio^v  lier  f;iii)«.  Tlierc  ia  a  good 
Wullvj'  (Nu.  CfiU)  auiunj;  llic  ctcutlcut  pictures  ooutribnt«d  bjr  Mr.  FooH- 
iMiiiir,  ol'  Norfolk;  but  llic  Uuiiidiain  Waller,  it  s«eiDi^  coold  not  ^ 
vblaiiKd,  Bcautiea  mid  wtti  go  u&lurally  togiifaer,  lo  wo  mity  kcia 
ai;  iImi,  bgaidci  a  good  Walkr,  tbo  Esbibitton  ooulaina  an  ^renbla 
SiHkllivi  (No,  C$S>,  Olid  a  ranarlablo  Cowley  (No.  757).     Wc  mw, 


THE  NATIONAL  POItTRAIT  EXHIBITIOK.  757 

however,  Cleiveland,  who  had  the  sharpest  sting,  and  Herrick,  who 
produced  the  sweetest  honey,  of  all  the  Attac  bcea  of  the  time ;  a  time 
remarknbie  for  the  excellence  of  its  light  literature — which  In  poetic 
epigram,  in  wit  winged  with  fancy,  has  never  been  outdone.  The  satirist 
of  Anne's  reign  was  a  viper  inside  a  bundle  of  dry  sticks.  The  Caroline 
satirist  was  more  Aristophanic,  and  shook  his  poisonous  dew  from  the 
bells  of  flowers. 

In  an  exhibition  of  this  kind,  the  historical  student  feels  that  he  ia 
paying  a  visit  to  his  illustrious  friends  among  the  dead.  He  turns  natu- 
rally to  those  who,  "  having  done  what  deserves  to  be  written,  or  written 
what  deserves  to  be  read,"  have  long  filled  a  place  in  the  spiritual  which 
he  desires  to  see  them  occupy  in  the  bodily  eye.  It  is  a  kind  of  intro- 
duction that  he  gets  to.  men  whom  he  has  long  desired  to  know.  Thus, 
with  what  natural  curiosity  he  turns  to  Lord  Herbert  of  Cherbury,  or 
Falkland  "  the  virtuous  and  the  just  I"  Lord  Powis,  who  represenls 
Lord  Herbert  of  Cherbury,  has  sent  two  portraits  of  him,  one  an  oral  bust 
(No.  622),  which  we  prefer  to  the  full  length  (No.  628).  This  bust  was 
probably  executed  in  Italy,  It  baa  the  look  of  Italian  work,  though  not 
of  the  very  best  class.  And  we  all  know  that  Lord  Herbert  of  Cherbury 
was  iu  Italy,  where  he  told  a  pretty  nun,  who  sang  sweetly,  that,  die 
when  she  might,  she  need  not  change  either  face  or  voice  in  becoming  an 
angel.  His  o^vIl  face  is  that  of  a  man  of  brains  and  sensibility.  But 
where  Is  his  younger  brother,  the  poet,  the  holy  George  7  Has  the  family 
which  unites  the  honours  of  Clive  with  those  of  the  most  truly  distin- 
guished branch  of  the  Herberts  no  likeneas  of  him  ?  As  there  are  two 
Herberts  of  Cherbury,  so  there  are  two  I^ord  Falklands.  Our  own  pre- 
ference is  given  to  that  sent  by  Lord  Amndell  of  Wardour,  where  the 
kindly  open  expression  finds  its  way  to  all  hearts  (No.  619).  But  the 
other  has  an  earnest  and  tender  look,  almost  equally  fascinating  on 
careful  study  (No.  658).  Both  of  them  bear  out  what  Clarendon  tells 
OB  of  a  certain  "  simplicity  "  which  belonged  to  Falkland's  look,  and 
which  was  thought  to  show  him  to  a  disadvantage  compared  with  some 
of  his  lordlier  contemporaries  of  his  class.  He  has  the  air  of  one,  how- 
ever, to  be  loved  dead  as  he  was  loved  living ;  and  the  eye  turns  tenderly 
to  his  pretty  wife,  Lettice  Morri&on,  on  the  opposite  wall  (No.  596.) 
She  was  the  sister  of  his  bosom  friend.  Sir  Henry  Morrison,  his  friendship 
with  whom  Ben  Jonson  celebrated  in  an  "  Ode  Pindaric."  The  little 
circle  of  scholars  and  wits  which  met  at  Falkland's  house.  Great  Tew, 
near  Oxford,  is  only  partially  represented  at  South  KcnBington,  Chilling- 
worth  is  not  there,  nor  Hammond.  We  find,  however,  one  of  his  most 
constant  guests,  Bishop  Morley  (No.  1004),  who  deserves  remembrance, 
were  it  only  for  one  admirable  hon  mot,  go  little  hacknied  that  we  must 
repeat  it  here.  A  country  squire  having  asked  him  "  what  the  Arminiana 
held,"  he  said  they  held  all  the  best  bishoprics  and  deaneries  in  the 
English  Church. 


758 


THE  KATIOyAL  POBTRATT  EXfllltmOH. 


Aftnr  rxhatnsiirg  iUe  Westeni  G&IIery  md  Conidon,  onr  nodtr  ami 
rHrnce  lit*  *tcpe,  m><1  il<a«<nd  to  U>«  Low<r  WcBlcra  und  I^wer  EMtara 
Gallcriej,  on  the  gronixl  floor.  (UbJUUotu  am  or  uo  politics.  HoKinea 
of  Mnn  DDv  »greo  wilb  CoUridge,  that  in  rouiuig  about  our  great  CirJ 
War  wfl  cm  roipcet  both  buIm.  And  no  modem  RonitcUiMd  kAim*  to 
Tiivb  a  CbtbUct  hj  Vaodj'ck,  maj  more  thnn  a  nodrm  CsTiUer  otjeeU 
to  o  Uooit<lht«d  by  C«opcr  or  '\Va)kCT.  Plounnt  lud  profitiUile  bo«n 
imj  be  spent  m  conunpUtiDg  both.  The  cnyoa  he«d  of  "Croitf 
well,"  by  Cooper  (No.  808),  tutunUy  lakn  the  Imd  in  intcsaat  orer  all 
«tb«r  poTtrniu  ot'  tuon  of  tbo  ComrooowcaJlh.  It  m  ftiU  of  nggcd  lUii 
asd  monl  ronoentniUon.  There  U  an  "Adniiml  BUltr,"  U>o  (No.  bit), 
of  Mr.  Fooobiue'tf,  wluch  is  oMuporatively  n«v  to  tho  gcoerai  votU« 
and  exceeds  in  ctiander,  wu  think,  the  weU-lcnown  Blake  of  Wadkam 
(No.  816).  "Crotawcir*  Mother"  (No.  78C,)  has  not  die  beauty  oo 
ca&riia  which  beloagt  to  b«r  in  Ibo  minintuna.  imon  lua  \xva  at  latf 
unfolded  to  the  public  ga»  in  hia  Unu  iaaff!^  hvr'aif  been  long  r«ptt- 
it«nt«]  in  pOTlraiture  by  Sir  Jolui  Mioiiisi  (No.  603).  Among  the  gnodMl 
in  tbis  ri'gioti,  (bo  beautirul  littU  group  of  Uowmrds  in  dtatemiar 
(Ko.  71S).  attmcis  dcMrrrud  adniirattoii ;  u  well  ai  dual  of  Algamoo, 
tenth  Eurl  uf  NoTtlmmbcrlnnd,  mid  hi»  fumily  (Xo.  719),  nbvro  the 
child  c^edally  i»  one  of  tlic  nioM  agraiabte  crcatiuna  of  Vntidyck.  A 
d«lii;htful  Vandyck,  too,  ii  liia  J&mea  Stuart,  Uukc  of  Kiclimoad  (No.  730), 
ihdn  wbotn  Chaticf  tJi«  First  had  no  nobler  kinaman  or  loyalist-  IbUoirw. 
The  three  little  S!do«y«  (No.  780)  arc  well  vottii  looking  at,  for  the 
young  red-haii-«]  odo  holding  tho  d<ig  u  the  famoux  Algernon — a  nanw 
wbiob  ho  took  from  his  motbtr's  fanilly,  the  Percieo.  The  Carvw'aad 
Killigrew,  from  WitKlrar  (No.  754),  is  an  eoiinendy  splendid  Kpcomenof 
Vandyck ;  Killigrew,  wiio  (iu<n  tlio  rcidcr,  being  rendered  willi  pofiwt 
grace  and  aoUciMss. 

The  Lower  Eaitcrn  Gallery,  which  lUogc  remains  to  be  noticed,  iadH 
fjivountc  port  of  the  whole  oxbibitir^o  lor  ihi^  lorcn  of  p»|uaiit  gevif. 
Here  aie  raiind  the  tncn  attd  votnen  of  Cluuleii  tlie  Seeood'a  ttiue — of  ^fpja 
and  QrammoDt,  end  th«  graver  Evelyn.  Bii^bt  ey«a  and  bright  leyinga 
rule  the  hour,  and  the  wnrld  is  governed  by  \dmeB  and  eptgroniM.  Pepp 
and  Lcly  go  together  Iiitv,  w  Clorcncloa  nod  Vandyck  do  In  the  gallery 
which  wc  quitted  last;  or  Hdticiu  and  Kramti* — Sir  Antonio  More  itti 
Shok^ieare, — in  the  gallery  with  which  we  b^an.  It  ta  a  world  tbe 
"onecdotage"  of  which  is  &r  belter  known  than  that  of  earlier  woriib, 
howcTor  much  lees  worth  knowing,  which  in  tbeee  tnatt«n  doM  oot  coast. 
Let  us  cgtiti-nt  uuraclTcs  wiih  pointing  out  what  is  clc^-emt  and  fiet- 
HLDlMt,  for  cIev«rnGU  and  picaunineaa  were  tbe  charactviiMia  qualiliM 
of  tho  period. 

Thtte  «r«  several  Kell  Gwynt^  No.  fill  bdug  pcrhapa  tbe  pfe<tiMr, 
thottgh  the  piclure  is  terribly  cracked.  'J'bere  is  q  ddiciotia  "  Barfcata 
ViHien,  Duchess  of  Clerehind  "  (No.  6M),  a  languiaLing  liouri  of  the  tnae 


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THE  NATIONAL  PORTRAIT  EXniBITION.  7uD 

Lc!y  type ;  and  another  of  licr  (No.  842)  as  "  Minerva "  (surely  Vcnua 
would  have  been  llie  more  appropriate  goddess?),  hanging  not  far  from 
the  unlucky  and  ill-looking  Catiicrine  of  Bragaaza  (No.  837),  from  whom 
she  drew  many  tears.  The  "  Comtcase  de  Grammont ''  is  pretty  and 
characteristic  (No.  844).  The  beat  Duchess  of  Fortsmouth — that  Louise 
de  Querouaille  whom  our  rude  nncefltore,  as  Macauhiy  aays,  called 
''iladam  Carwell,"  is  the  Gascar  (No.  84:')),  nnd  her  boy,  the  Duke 
of  Richmond's  uiceator — from  whom,  too,  Charles  Fox  was  descended — ■ 
is  a  very  nice-looking  lad,  with  much  of  his  mother'ii  face  (No.  913). 
Lacy  Wallers  is  showy,  and  we  fear  a  little  bnuen-looking  (No.  839), 
while  her  eod,  the  Duke  of  Monmouth,  haa  little  of  Charles's  distinctive 
look, — so  little  as  to  corroborate  the  vietn  of  those  who  thought  his 
paternity  doubtful  (Nos.  836,  876,  1020).  None  of  liiii  portraits,  how- 
ever, are  sent  by  the  Duke  of  Buccleuch,  who,  more  than  anybody  el«e, 
is  iDtercsted  in  this  small  question  of  antiquarian  detail.  Those  who  care 
for  this  peculiar  class  of  hiatorical  pereoDS  may  bo  referred  to  "  wanton 
Shrewsbury,"  a  kinswoman  of  Lord  Cardigan's,  though  tl»c  picture  is  only 
mediocre  (No.  808).  Eleanor  Lady  Byron's,  also,  is  a  sweetly  pretty  face 
(No.  866).  The  poet  did  not  descend  from  this  woman,  but  from  another 
marriage.  The  philosophy  of  race,  however,  is  Icfl  to  shift  for  itaelf  in 
the  battle  of  artistic  life.  We  have  Barbara  Villiers,  but  not  the  Viliiera 
who  was  mother  of  the  great  Chatham.  We  bare  the  profligate  Wilmot, 
the  second  Karl  of  Eocheater,  but  not  his  more  wortliy  father.  To  be 
Biire,  many  of  ua  were  agreeably  dirappointed  in  the  features  of  this 
genial  and  certainly  clever  rake  (No.  854).  He  looks  a  most  innocent 
and  hopeful  youngster,  and  his  head  is  painted  with  all  tlie  cleverness  of 
the  school  then  in  vogue.  There  was  no  great  power  about  the  school  of 
Leiy,  but  a  kind  of  refinement  and  ingenuity  which  has  its  o\vn  attrac- 
tion. Leiy  never  came  bo  near  Vandyck,  as  Vandyck  in  some  of  Iiia 
best  works,  such  as  the  "Carew  and  Killigrew"  lately  mentioned,  came 
neiir  Titian.  In  every  age  the  portrait-painters  and  their  sitters  corre- 
spond to  each  other  in  a  very  notable  way.  You  want  a  Holbein  for  an 
Eraflmus,  or  a  Vandyck  for  a  Strafford  ;  but  a  J^lj  does  well  enough  for 
the  noble  friends  and  kinsfolk  of  a  Lucy  Walters  or  Moll  Davis.  Th-i 
portraita  of  Charles  the  Second  by  no  means  bear  out  liis  character  as  "  a 
merry  monarch."  On  the  contrary,  he  is,  in  some  of  the  best  of  them, 
saturnine,  and  even  sad.  By  an  o<!d  contradiction,  the  mistresses  of  his 
brother  James  are  better-looking  tlrnn  tradition  represents  them  to  htive 
been.  The  dencendauta  of  that  king  and  Arabella  Churchill  (No.  1018) 
are  still  extant  in  the  nol/Usse  of  France. 

The  more  respectable  men  of  Charles's  age  have  not  been  overlooked. 
That  stout  old  "  tarpaulin,"  (to  use  one  of  the  familiar  words  of  the  time.) 
Sir  John  Lawson,  the  admiral,  is  there  (No.  817).  lie  was  one  of  the  Com- 
monwealth— who  lived  to  become  one  of  the  llesloration — udiniralo,  and 
died  of  woundi>  received  in  battle  with  the  Dutch,  having  ref]ucatcd,  before 


760  TUB  HATIOKAL  PORTRAIT  EXUIBITIOK. 

Ilia  last  figlit,  a  timall  provision  for  his  widow,  about  the  payment  of  which 
Clarendon  docs  not  seem  to  have  been  so  bopeful  as  could  be  TviBhed,  The 
old  age  of  Hobbes  is,  moat  effectively  broogbt  before  us,  especially  in  the 
portrait  of  the  Duke  of  Devonshire  (No.  954),  with  whose  forefathers  the 
philosopher  lived  nnd  died.  The  All  Soula'  Jeremy  Taylor  (Ho.  962) 
is  thought  to  be  the  best  Jeremy  Taylor  extant:  while  the  Kit-Gat 
Dryden,  of  Kneller,  besides  its  intrinsic  claims,  is  remarkable  na  having 
been  derived  by  its  present  proprietor  from  Drydcn's  publisher,  Todhod 
(No.  1000.)  "Hia  portraits,"  says  Sir  Walter  Scott,  "bespeak  the 
look  and  featurea  of  genius ;  especially  that  in  which  he  is  drawn  with 
his  waving  grey  hairs."  The  grey  hairs  are  waving  in  this  portrait,  to 
which  Sir  Walter  evidently  alluded.  It  would  be  well  if  the  whole  series 
of  portraits  of  which  it  is  one,  could  be  obtained  on  any  tolerable  tenus 
for  the  nation. 

The  general  verdict  of  the  ramblo:  throngh  these  galleries, — our 
notes  on  which  must  here  cease, — will  certainly  be  that  the  whole  exhibi- 
tion is  highly  attractive,  inatmctive,  snd  successful.  All  success  is,  no 
doubt,  more  or  lesa  imperfect.  There  is  nothing  in  the  rooms  irom 
Wobum,  Wilton,  Petwortb,  or  Belroir,  in  all  of  which — to  say  nothing 
of  more  humble  but  still  anuent  establishments — treasures  of  portraiture 
exist.  Nevertheless  a  great  deal  has  been  accumulated,  and  disposed  aod 
illustrated  in  such  a  way  as  to  be  very  useful  and  agreeable.  Let  us  hope 
that  the  exhibition  of  next  year  may  be  even  better;  and  let  ua  all  do  our 
best  in  our  different  spheres  to  make  it  bo  ;  not  foigetUng  to  be  gratelnl 
to  the  Eari  of  Derby  for  a  suggestion  which  has  borne  such  good  and 
pleasant  fruit. 


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