At last the eventful morn arrived, and a scorching10 sun made those exult11 to whom the barge12 and the awning13 promised a progress equally calm and cool. Woe14 to the dusty britzska! woe to the molten furnace of the crimson15 cabriolet!
They came, as the stars come out from the heavens, what time the sun is in his first repose16: now a single hero, brilliant as a planet; now a splendid party, clustering like a constellation17. Music is on the waters and perfume on the land; each moment a barque glides18 up with its cymbals19, each moment a cavalcade20 bright with bouquets21!
Ah, gathering23 of brightness! ah, meeting of lustre24! why, why are you to be celebrated25 by one so obscure and dull as I am? Ye Lady Carolines and ye Lady Franceses, ye Lady Barbaras and ye Lady Blanches26, is it my fault?
O, graceful27 Lord Francis, why, why have you left us; why, why have you exchanged your Ionian lyre for an Irish harp28? You were not made for politics; leave them to clerks. Fly, fly back to pleasure, to frolic, and fun! Confess, now, that you sometimes do feel a little queer. We say nothing of the difference between May Fair and Donnybrook.
And thou, too, Luttrell, gayest bard29 that ever threw off a triplet amid the clattering30 of cabs and the chattering31 of clubs, art thou, too, mute? Where, where dost thou linger? Is our Druid among the oaks of Ampthill; or, like a truant32 Etonian, is he lurking33 among the beeches34 of Burnham? What! has the immortal35 letter, unlike all other good advice, absolutely not been thrown away? or is the jade36 incorrigible37? Whichever be the case, you need not be silent. There is yet enough to do, and yet enough to instruct. Teach us that wealth is not elegance38; that profusion39 is not magnificence; and that splendour is not beauty. Teach us that taste is a talisman40 which can do greater wonders than the millions of the loanmonger. Teach us that to vie is not to rival, and to imitate not to invent. Teach us that pretension41 is a bore. Teach us that wit is excessively good-natured, and, like champagne42, not only sparkles, but is sweet. Teach us the vulgarity of malignity43. Teach us that envy spoils our complexions44, and that anxiety destroys our figure. Catch the fleeting45 colours of that sly chameleon46, Cant47, and show what excessive trouble we are ever taking to make ourselves miserable48 and silly. Teach us all this, and Aglaia shall stop a crow in its course and present you with a pen, Thalia hold the golden fluid in a Sèvres vase, and Euphrosyne support the violet-coloured scroll49.
The four hosts greeted the arrivals and assisted the disembarkations, like the famous four sons of Aymon.
They were all dressed alike, and their costume excited great attention. At first it was to have been very plain, black and white and a single rose; but it was settled that simplicity50 had been overdone51, and, like a country girl after her first season, had turned into a most affected52 baggage, so they agreed to be regal; and fancy uniforms, worthy53 of the court of Oberon, were the order of the day. We shall not describe them, for the description of costume is the most inventive province of our historical novelists, and we never like to be unfair, or trench54 upon our neighbour’s lands or rights; but the Alhambra button indicated a mystical confederacy, and made the women quite frantic55 with curiosity.
The guests wandered through the gardens, always various, and now a paradise of novelty. There were four brothers, fresh from the wildest recesses56 of the Carpathian Mount, who threw out such woodnotes wild that all the artists stared; and it was universally agreed that, had they not been French chorus-singers, they would have been quite a miracle. But the Lapland sisters were the true prodigy57, who danced the Mazurka in the national style. There was also a fire-eater; but some said he would never set the river in flames, though he had an antidote59 against all poisons! But then our Mithridates always tried its virtues60 on a stuffed poodle, whose bark evinced its vitality61. There also was a giant in the wildest part of the shrubbery, and a dwarf62, on whom the ladies showered their sugarplums, and who, in return, offered them tobacco. But it was not true that the giant sported stilts63, or that the dwarf was a sucking-babe. Some people are so suspicious. Then a bell rang, and assembled them in the concert-room; and the Bird of Paradise who today was consigned64 to the cavaliership of Peacock Piggott, condescended65 to favour them with a new song, which no one had ever heard, and which, consequently, made them feel more intensely all the sublimity66 of exclusiveness. Shall we forget the panniers of shoes which Melnotte had placed in every quarter of the gardens? We will say nothing of Maradan’s cases of caps, because, for this incident, Lord Bagshot is our authority.
On a sudden, it seemed that a thousand bugles67 broke the blue air, and they were summoned to a déje?ner in four crimson tents worthy of Sardanapalus.
Over each waved the scutcheon of the president. Glittering were the glories of the hundred quarterings of the house of Darrell. ‘Si non è vero è ben trovato,’ was the motto. Lord Darrell’s grandfather had been a successful lawyer. Lord Squib’s emblazonry was a satire68 on its owner. ‘Holdfast’ was the motto of a man who had let loose. Annesley’s simple shield spoke69 of the Conquest; but all paled before the banner of the house of Hauteville, for it indicated an alliance with royalty70. The attendants of each pavilion wore the livery of its lord.
Shall we attempt to describe the delicacy71 of this banquet, where imagination had been racked for novel luxury? Through the centre of each table ran a rivulet72 of rose-water, and gold and silver fish glanced in its unrivalled course. The bouquets were exchanged every half-hour, and music soft and subdued73, but constant and thrilling, wound them up by exquisite74 gradations to that pitch of refined excitement which is so strange a union of delicacy and voluptuousness75, when the soul, as it were, becomes sensual, and the body, as it were, dissolves into spirit. And in this choice assembly, where all was youth, and elegance, and beauty, was it not right that every sound should be melody, every sight a sight of loveliness, and every thought a thought of pleasure?
They arose and reassembled on the lawn, where they found, to their surprise, had arisen in their absence a Dutch Fair. Numerous were the booths, innumerable were the contents. The first artists had arranged the picture and the costumes; the first artists had made the trinkets and the toys. And what a very agreeable fair, where all might suit their fancy without the permission of that sulky tyrant76, a purse! All were in excellent humour, and no false shame prevented them from plundering77 the stalls. The noble proprietors78 set the example. Annesley offered a bouquet22 of precious stones to Charlotte Bloomerly, and it was accepted, and the Duke of St. James showered a sack of whimsical breloques among a scrambling79 crowd of laughing beauties. Among them was Miss Dacre. He had not observed her. Their eyes met, and she smiled. It seemed that he had never felt happiness before.
Ere the humours of the fair could be exhausted80 they were summoned to the margin81 of the river, where four painted and gilded82 galleys83, which might have sailed down the Cydmus, and each owning its peculiar84 chief, prepared to struggle for preeminence85 in speed. All betted; and the Duke, encouraged by the smile, hastened to Miss Dacre to try to win back some of his Doncaster losses, but Arundel Dacre had her arm in his, and she was evidently delighted with his discourse86. His Grace’s blood turned, and he walked away.
It was sunset when they returned to the lawn, and then the ball-room presented itself; but the twilight87 was long, and the night was warm; there were no hateful dews, no odious88 mists, and therefore a great number danced on the lawn. The fair was illuminated89, and all the little marchandes and their lusty porters walked about in their costume.
The Duke again rallied his courage, and seeing Arundel Dacre with Mrs. Dallington Vere, he absolutely asked Miss Dacre to dance. She was engaged. He doubted, and walked into the house disconsolate90; yet, if he had waited one moment, he would have seen Sir Lucius Grafton rejoin her, and lead her to the cotillon that was forming on the turf. The Duke sauntered to Lady Aphrodite, but she would not dance; yet she did not yield his arm, and proposed a stroll. They wandered away to the extremity91 of the grounds. Fainter and fainter grew the bursts of the revellers, yet neither of them spoke much, for both were dull.
Yet at length her Ladyship did speak, and amply made up for her previous silence. All former scenes, to this, were but as the preface to the book. All she knew and all she dreaded92, all her suspicions, all her certainties, all her fears, were poured forth93 in painful profusion. This night was to decide her fate. She threw herself on his mercy, if he had forgotten his love. Out dashed all those arguments, all those appeals, all those assertions, which they say are usual under these circumstances. She was a woman; he was a man. She had staked her happiness on this venture; he had a thousand cards to play. Love, and first love, with her, as with all women, was everything; he and all men, at the worst, had a thousand resources. He might plunge94 into politics, he might game, he might fight, he might ruin himself in innumerable ways, but she could only ruin herself in one. Miserable woman! Miserable sex! She had given him her all. She knew it was little: would she had more! She knew she was unworthy of him: would she were not! She did not ask him to sacrifice himself to her: she could not expect it; she did not even desire it. Only, she thought he ought to know exactly the state of affairs and of consequences, and that certainly if they were parted, which assuredly they would be, most decidedly she would droop95, and fade, and die. She wept, she sobbed96; his entreaties97 alone seemed to prevent hysterics.
These scenes are painful at all times, and even the callous98, they say, have a twinge; but when the actress is really beautiful and pure, as this lady was, and the actor young and inexperienced and amiable99, as this actor was, the consequences are more serious than is usual. The Duke of St. James was unhappy, he was discontented, he was dissatisfied with himself. He did not love this lady, if love were the passion which he entertained for Miss Dacre, but she loved him. He knew that she was beautiful, and he was convinced that she was excellent. The world is malicious100, but the world had agreed that Lady Aphrodite was an unblemished pearl: yet this jewel was reserved for him! Intense gratitude101 almost amounted to love. In short, he had no idea at this moment that feelings are not in our power. His were captive, even if entrapped102. It was a great responsibility to desert this creature, the only one from whom he had experienced devotion. To conclude: a season of extraordinary dissipation, to use no harsher phrase, had somewhat exhausted the nervous powers of our hero; his energies were deserting him; he had not heart or heartlessness enough to extricate103 himself from this dilemma104. It seemed that if this being to whom he was indebted for so much joy were miserable, he must be unhappy; that if she died, life ought to have, could have, no charms for him. He kissed away her tears, he pledged his faith, and Lady Aphrodite Grafton was his betrothed105!
She wonderfully recovered. Her deep but silent joy seemed to repay him even for this bitter sacrifice. Compared with the late racking of his feelings, the present calm, which was merely the result of suspense106 being destroyed, seemed happiness. His conscience whispered approbation107, and he felt that, for once, he had sacrificed himself to another.
They reentered the villa, and he took the first opportunity of wandering alone to the least frequented parts of the grounds: his mind demanded solitude108, and his soul required soliloquy.
‘So the game is up! truly a most lame58 and impotent conclusion! And this, then, is the result of all my high fancies and indefinite aspirations109! Verily, I am a very distinguished110 hero, and have not abused my unrivalled advantages in the least. What! am I bitter on myself? There will be enough to sing my praises without myself joining in this chorus of congratulation. O! fool! fool! Now I know what folly111 is. But barely fifteen months since I stepped upon these shores, full of hope and full of pride; and now I leave them; how? O! my dishonoured112 fathers! Even my posterity113, which God grant I may not have, will look on my memory with hatred114, and on hers with scorn!
‘Well, I suppose we must live for ourselves. We both of us know the world; and Heaven can bear witness that we should not be haunted by any uneasy hankering after what has brought us such a heartache. If it were for love, if it were for — but away! I will not profane115 her name; if it were for her that I was thus sacrificing myself. I could bear it, I could welcome it. I can imagine perfect and everlasting116 bliss117 in the sole society of one single being, but she is not that being. Let me not conceal118 it; let me wrestle119 with this bitter conviction!
‘And am I, indeed, bound to close my career thus; to throw away all hope, all chance of felicity, at my age, for a point of honour? No, no; it is not that. After all, I have experienced that with her, and from her, which I have with no other woman; and she is so good, so gentle, and, all agree, so lovely! How infinitely120 worse would her situation be if deserted121, than mine is as her perpetual companion! The very thought makes my heart bleed. Yes! amiable, devoted122, dearest Afy, I throw aside these morbid123 feelings; you shall never repent124 having placed your trust in me. I will be proud and happy of such a friend, and you shall be mine for ever!’
A shriek125 broke on the air: he started. It was near: he hastened after the sound. He entered into a small green glade126 surrounded by shrubs127, where had been erected128 a fanciful hermitage. There he found Sir Lucius Grafton on his knees, grasping the hand of the indignant but terrified Miss Dacre. The Duke rushed forward; Miss Dacre ran to meet him; Sir Lucius rose.
‘This lady, Sir Lucius Grafton, is under my protection,’ said the young Duke, with a flashing eye but a calm voice. She clung to his arm; he bore her away. The whole was the affair of an instant.
The Duke and his companion proceeded in silence. She tried to hasten, but he felt her limbs shake upon his arm. He stopped: no one, not even a servant, was near. He could not leave her for an instant. There she stood trembling, her head bent129 down, and one hand clasping the other, which rested on his arm. Terrible was her struggle, but she would not faint, and at length succeeded in repressing her emotions. They were yet a considerable way from the house. She motioned with her left hand to advance; but still she did not speak. On they walked, though more slowly, for she was exhausted, and occasionally stopped for breath or strength.
At length she said, in a faint voice, ‘I cannot join the party. I must go home directly. How can it be done?’
‘Your companions?’ said the Duke.
‘Are of course engaged, or not to be found; but surely somebody I know is departing. Manage it: say I am ill.’
‘O, Miss Dacre! if you knew the agony of my mind!’
‘Do not speak; for Heaven’s sake, do not speak!’
He turned off from the lawn, and approached by a small circuit the gate of the ground. Suddenly he perceived a carriage on the point of going off. It was the Duchess of Shropshire’s.
‘There is the Duchess of Shropshire! You know her; but not a minute is to be lost. There is such a noise, they will not hear. Are you afraid to stop here one instant by yourself? I shall not be out of sight, and not away a second. I run very quick.’
‘No, no, I am not afraid. Go, go!’
Away rushed the Duke of St. James as if his life were on his speed. He stopped the carriage, spoke, and was back in an instant.
‘Lean, lean on me with all your strength. I have told everything necessary to Lady Shropshire. Nobody will speak a word, because they believe you have a terrible headache. I will say everything necessary to Mrs. Dallington and your cousin. Do not give yourself a moment’s uneasiness. And, oh! Miss Dacre! if I might say one word!’
She did not stop him.
‘If,’ continued he, ‘it be your wish that the outrage130 of to-night should be known only to myself and him, I pledge my word it shall be so; though willingly, if I were authorised, I would act a different part in this affair.’
‘It is my wish.’ She spoke in a low voice, with her eyes still upon the ground. ‘And I thank you for this, and for all.’
They had now joined the Shropshires; but it was now discovered Miss Dacre had no shawl: and sundry131 other articles were wanting, to the evident dismay of the Ladies Wrekin. They offered theirs, but their visitor refused, and would not allow the Duke to fetch her own. Off they drove; but when they had proceeded above half a mile, a continued shout on the road, which the fat coachman for a long time would not hear, stopped them, and up came the Duke of St. James, covered with dust, and panting like a racer, with Miss Dacre’s shawl.
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