Understanding the delicacy1 of Santa Cruz, in thus having withdrawn2; and to leave the room free for his return, the Pastor3 retired4 with his family into the library, where they listened without interruption to a brief account of what had passed at the castle.—Louis only excepted Wharton's mysterious discourse5; and a little softened6 his representation of the scenes with the female visitors. He did not mean to deceive in either case; but honour forbade his betraying the Duke; and the decency7 of a manly8 mind, almost unconsciously threw a shade over descriptions which confessed their nature, by shrinking from disclosure.
Mr. Athelstone scarcely spoke9 during the recital10. He listened with an atten[161]tion that considered every circumstance, and weighed every word.—The ladies were affected11 differently. Mrs. Coningsby inveighed12 against Sir Anthony, and extolled13 Duke Wharton for his unexpected interference in favour of her nephew's return. Cornelia expressed her wonder that women of any respectability could bring themselves to share the boisterous14 society of the baronet and his companions.—And Alice asked, as actresses must copy from the best models, whether it could really be the fashion in London and abroad, for women to be so very easy with men?—"If it is," said she, looking at her sister; "how very stupid Don Ferdinand must think you and me!"
Louis smiled, and thought; "Did you know all the ease of those ladies, how little would you have sullied those pure lips with even the mention of their names." But he only answered, "My dear Alice, licence in your sex is more[162] complimented than respected by ours.—Modesty in woman must be the fashion with men of principle in every country."
When he closed his relation, Mrs. Coningsby rose from her chair in vehement16 indignation at her brother; who had thus sought to gratify a whim17, at the expence of his own honour, and the risque of his nephew's life.—The sisters trembled at what might have been the fatal consequence of Louis's desperate escape. And to calm the three, by diverting their attention to what he felt they were all most inhospitably neglecting, Mr. Athelstone proposed their seeking the Marquis and his son; while he remained a few minutes with Louis, to make some necessary observations on what they had just heard.
Louis foresaw that his uncle meant to enquire18 more particularly respecting the Duke, than he had thought fit to do before his nieces.—When they had left the room, the good old man drew his[163] chair close to his nephew, and with earnest tenderness asked him if he had disclosed all?—The cheeks of Louis kindled19 and his eyes fell.
"My child," cried the Pastor, "these answer for you.—You have not!—I guessed it, from your manner when you spoke of those women, and that dissembling Wharton.—Fear not to confess to me.—What is it that you have withheld20 from me?"
"Nothing, I trust, my dearest Sir, to justify21 this extraordinary agitation22 in yourself."
"Thank God! Thank God.—That open brow is still unmarked with consciousness of guilt23.—Oh, my child, may it be ever thus with thee!—Preserve that innocence24, so bright, so peace-bestowing! and never hesitate doing as you did this morning, risking your life in its preservation26."
"I never will, my uncle:—So help me, heaven!"[164] A solemn pause ensued.—When Mr. Athelstone again spoke, the restored serenity27 of his mind was seen in the benign28 composure with which he proceeded to discuss the very subject which, a few moments before, had occasioned him so much emotion. He at once expressed his belief that his nephew's contest at Bamborough had been of a more serious nature than he had yet allowed; and he hoped he was not uncharitable in suspecting that Duke Wharton made those theatrical29 ladies his tools to detain Louis, while he played the disinterested30 part of promoting his release. Louis would not admit this inference; but he acknowledged that his uncle had guessed right with regard to the share the ladies had in protracting31 his stay. He ingenuously32 told the whole relating to them; and did not even disguise his own delusion34 of senses during the midnight revels35.
The venerable Pastor lifted up his[165] clasped hands:—"Anthony! vile36 Anthony!" were his ejaculations during the recital.—"Oh, Louis," cried he, "the bane of your life was in that hour!—and in the blindness of your cheated imagination, had you put forth37 your hand to take the poisoned cup—— alas38, dear child of my sainted niece, how near were these grey hairs being brought with shame and sorrow to the grave!"—He paused; then resumed; for Louis was too much affected to interrupt him.
"I cannot excuse the Duke.—I know him to be profligate39; though to you he affects to despise the companions of his debasing pleasures. These women were in his train; and I firmly believe he excited their practices on your inexperienced heart."
"How?—Why?"
"That he might have you in his power."
"For what? my uncle." He had no sooner asked the question, than recol[166]lection of the park discourse, answered him.
"I know not for what," replied Mr. Athelstone, "Probably he does not exactly know himself.—But there is a principle in wickedness that delights in laying human virtue40 waste, merely for the sake of destruction! The prince of evil was a murderer from the beginning! and so are all his followers42."
"But my dear Sir, taking it for granted that Duke Wharton had an object to gain with me, how would my subjection to the seductions of these women, put me in his power?"
"He would have been your master in the new science you began to learn.—He would have governed your passions by the wiles43 of these wantons;—and, self-abased, and dependant44 on him for the wretched wages of your sin; how abject45 would have been your slavery! How omnipotent46 his controul!"
Louis felt the cold damps of suspicion[167] drop upon his heart.—He turned pale; he gasped47 for breath. A thousand circumstances which might corroborate48 his uncle's suggestion rushed upon his recollection. Though Wharton ridiculed49 the advances of these women, he did not repel50 them! Though he scorned the sensualist's pursuit, he boasted of seeming to share it, that he might turn him to his purpose. And when Louis retreated in his sight from the temptations he feared, did not the Duke rather laugh him into daring their strength, than encourage his flying from their influence?—Louis had never before doubted human being; much less suspected perfidy51 in the man who solicited52 his confidence, and whose irresistible54 persuasions55 had charmed him of more than half his heart. The Pastor grasped the cold hand of his nephew.
"Louis, can you be thus disturbed, by nothing more than my representation of what might have been?"[168] "My most revered57, my best friend!" cried he, straining the old man's hand to his breast; "There are some views of human nature that strike an honest heart with horror. But I cannot suspect Duke Wharton of such murderous treachery, when he had that very heart in his hand. Oh, my uncle, wrest58 from me the thought! It seems to cover the character of man with one universal blot59."
Mr. Athelstone allowed the violence of his nephew's feelings to exhaust itself, before he made a reply. He saw something had passed between Louis and the Duke, which the former still kept secret; and confident in his integrity, he determined60 not to press a disclosure he appeared so averse61 to offering voluntarily.
"I perceive, Louis," said he, "that you do think it is possible you might have been placed in the predicament I have supposed. I also perceive this subtle nobleman has got you so far into his power as to have obtained your con[169]fidence, and a pledge from you of secrecy62. I do not require you to betray it; but I warn you again! You have put your heart into the hand of a man who is practised in deceiving; and who has no value for your deposit, but as it suits his purpose to make you his toy or his tool. These are his words, as you repeated them to me; and let them be his judge."
Louis was shocked to find this accusation63 lodge64, and not rebound65 from his heart. He acknowledged that the Duke did engage him in a conversation he would rather have avoided; but no pledge of secrecy had been demanded; yet it was implied, and he trusted his uncle would think the word of honour he then gave ought to be respected.
"Your uncle, my child, will never induce you to violate that fidelity66 of word, which he has ever taught you to regard as one of the most sacred bonds of society. But, without committing yourself by any answer to what I may say, you must[170] allow me to speak to the subject on which I believe your honour has been given?"
"Speak freely, Sir, and I shall be grateful, but on your own terms, I make no answer."
He prepared to listen, looking down, that Mr. Athelstone might not read by the consciousness of his eyes, how true or false was his guess.
The good Pastor had no difficulty in fixing his suspicions on some confidential67 communication respecting the expatriated royal family. Duke Wharton was the near relation of the unfortunate Lord Derwentwater, who died on the scaffold, in the cause of James Stuart; and from that hour his young kinsman68 had declared so loud an indignation of the severity of the sentence, that his guardians69 could hold him in no bounds. And ever since, it was more than suspected that his influence was secretly used to maintain the interests which the expelled Prince still preserved in some parts of[171] the kingdom. Mr. Athelstone was aware that hopes were now reviving, which it was supposed had been finally crushed six years ago on the field of Glenshiel. But a patriot70 king was still only a vision. There were features in the personal character of George the First which rendered him unpopular with a high-spirited and intelligent nobility. He was haughty71, reserved, and severe. All sincere members of the reformed church, and friends of national liberty, amongst the middle classes of the people, had the good sense to compromise the defects of the individual, for the general benefit of possessing a protestant king, and a limited monarchy73. A large proportion of the nobility also, were of this opinion; while others merely followed the stream of power; and the rest rather endured than rejoiced in the changed succession. Though the principle of the nation at large was thus firm to its own measure of faith and of loyalty74, yet parties ran high[172] in the English metropolis75; and the court at St. Germain's, mistaking the rage of faction76 for public discontent, conceived new hopes of being recalled to the seat of its ancient glory. Elated with these expectations, the widowed queen of James the Second, in one part of the continent, and the Prince her son in another, drew around them all whom personal devotion, fancied interest, or a spirit of adventure, could animate77 to try again the often-disputed cause. The policy of Europe contributed to keep alive these pretensions78; for whenever any new circumstance of national jealousy79 excited a country to disturb the peace of England, the rival Power had only to exchange ambassadors with St. Germain's, and make the restoration of its family a pretext80 for hostilities81. Such had been the case in 1715, and also in 1719, when Spain assisted the Chevalier Saint George in his descent on Scotland. But with new ministers came new systems; and it was now whispered that[173] Philip the Fifth was veering82 round to the side of the house of Hanover.
Mr. Athelstone hastily ran over these preliminaries to the inference he meant to draw; observing the fluctuating complexion83 of his nephew; and believing that in guessing the subject of the Duke's discourse, he had also discovered its motive84. In his morning's conversation with the Marquis, that nobleman had told him an anecdote85 of the Duke which bore on his present surmises86. During the preceding Christmas, the Spanish ambassador at Paris had met Wharton at a diplomatic dinner given by the French minister. Flushed with wine, half-jest, half-earnest, the gay Duke interrupted a discussion on the desperation of the Stuart cause, by declaring himself its champion. "My master's interest," cried he, "has hitherto been mismanaged. Perth and two or three other old women, like Macbeth's witches, have met together under the portal of St. Germain's, to pro[174]phesy of crowns, and produce halters. But they are now laid in the red sea! And man and determination are called upon to act. I bring both in my own person, and am ready to run a tilt87 with George of Hanover, and Robert Walpole to boot, whenever your good kings will open the field to me!"
"My dear Louis," continued the Pastor, "here, I doubt not, this zealous88 champion has come to collect for his lists; and you would be a second to gain him a triumph."
Louis surprised, turned his eyes on his uncle.
"Yes, you,—as a promise of your father."
"My father Sir! how could I engage for my father? and how could my father serve the cause you suspect the Duke has at heart?"
"Your father was the energy of Holland; and, I understand, is the wisdom of Spain. We knew that he was respected[175] by the Spanish nation, and possessed89 the confidence of its monarch72. But I was not aware of the extent of his power in that country, till I learnt it yesterday from the Marquis Santa Cruz. He tells me, that since the removal of Cardinal90 Alberoni from the place of prime minister, others may have the title, but your father dictates91 the measures. Indeed, added the Marquis, in any state he must ever have proved himself a great man; but Spain is his country; and restored to that, he flourishes like a tree in its native soil."
Louis knew that his family was originally Spanish. That his grandfather, Don Juan de Montemar, Duke of Ripperda, had removed from Spain in a pique92 against his sovereign. On further provocation93 he joined an insurrection in the Netherlands. The King retaliated94, by confiscating95 his patrimonial96 estates in Andalusia, and degrading him from the rank of Grandee97. Separated for ever[176] from his native country, and loathing98 its very remembrance, he laid aside his Spanish title with disdain99, and became a citizen of Groningen. On purchasing large estates in that province, the States-General gave him the rank of Baron15; and soon after he married the only daughter of the late Prince Casimir, of Nassau. Her brave father had been killed in battle against the Spaniards; and the proud and resentful Ripperda, therefore, gave his hand to her with particular complacency. A son was the fruit of this marriage, who its happy mother named after her uncle and cousin, both so famous for their patriotic100 virtues101; one, the then existing Stadtholder of the Netherlands; the other, winning by his valiant102 deeds the future distinction of being King of England. Never having any more children, the illustrious parents lavished103 every species of care upon this; and with a pride, which all the adopted republicanism of the father could not subdue104, they[177] saw him grow up with the proofs of his noble ancestry105 manifested in his spirit; courteous106, brave, and ambitious. While he was yet a youth, he fought for Holland and for England, under the standard of his kinsman the great King William; and particularly distinguished107 his name at the celebrated108 siege of Namur. But the elder Ripperda did not long enjoy his son's fame. He died before the young hero returned to Groningen. His mother, who inherited the intellectual ambition of her princely house, exerted all her persuasions to turn the passion of her son from military glory to political honours. She effected her purpose; for nature seconded her views. The young Baron was born to be a statesman. There was an extraordinary intuitive intelligence in his mind, that seemed to require no more than to turn towards a subject, to comprehend it; all its bearings became present to him; and the energy of action followed the moment[178] in which its utility was perceived. He early became the confident of statesmen; and as every element takes its level, soon found his proper sphere, as their adviser109; the suggester, and impelling110 agent of their boldest plans. In fact, he was the spirit of their council, without appearing in its body; for he professed111 the religion of his father, which was Roman Catholic. His mother's church was that of her country. And the bigotry112 of her deceased husband not having been imbibed113 by her son, she found no difficulty in converting him to the simplicity114 of the Hollanders' faith. The only obstacle being thus removed, the next assembly of the States-General saw him seated amongst them as representative of the province of Groningen. His civic115 honours were quickly succeeded by his mother's death. Two years after that event, he married the beautiful daughter of Sir Hedworth Athelstone. But his lot was not to be found in a domestic circle. His young[179] baroness116 died in the first year of his nuptials117; and he relinquished118 his only child to the prayers of its maternal119 grandfather.
Thus, separated from every object that might have had a near claim upon his heart, Ripperda gave up his soul to the commonwealth120. He travelled throughout Europe, to study the characters and politics of its rulers, in the seats of their governments; and he returned with an extent of information which rendered his judgement on general policy, almost omniscient121. His influence too, was not less far-reaching; for he never forgot the gracious courtesies of life, in the stern pursuits of the statesman.—In him was mingled122 a strange, but imposing123 union; the republican independence of a citizen of Holland, with the chivalric124 gallantry and feudal125 grandeur126 which distinguish the grandee of Spain.—His house was a palace; his retinue127 superb; and his table open every day to the first men in[180] the States, and to all noble strangers who visited the country. His thoughts, his time, his fortune, all were dedicated128 to the Republic:—but he would bestow25 that all according to his own humour. Not by a covert129, silent, channel; but openly, bounteously130, magnificently; as he thought became him who made the dedication131, and the great people by which it was accepted. With this profusion132, he was no prodigal133. His estates in Groningen and the adjacent provinces, were immense; but they were not his only means. His expansive genius had grasped the various resources of commerce; and the treasures which poured into him from every point of the compass, rendered his expenditure134 exhaustless. Thus absorbed in a wide-spreading vortex of public duties, which seemed by each successive movement to separate his thoughts still farther from domestic recollections, it is not surprising that he almost ceased to remember he was a[181] father. Indeed the image of his absent son never presented itself, but when occasional letters arrived from Mr. Athelstone; and then the thought once or twice occurred to him to have Louis to Holland. The next public dispatch dissipated the idea; and it never crossed him again, till some other letter recalled the wish—to be as speedily forgotten. Meanwhile, the great events of Europe were operating an unlooked for change in the destiny of Baron de Ripperda.
When Louis the Fourteenth of France died, his descendant Philip the Fifth of Spain, felt himself released from a yoke135 in which there had been more of the despot than of the parent.—And, in consequence of certain political changes which he immediately proposed, the States-General found it necessary to confide53 their affairs at his court to some man of diplomatic genius, capable of coping with the mysterious policy of Alberoni, and the variety of talent possessed by the[182] foreign ministers assembled at Madrid. Their universal suffrage137 named the Baron de Ripperda, and without demur138 he undertook the embassy.
During a long and complicated negociation at Madrid, he became the object of general interest and curiosity. His fine person, and exquisitely139 polished manners, were themes of amazement140 and admiration141 with the Queen and her ladies. Such graces of mien142, and eloquence143 of discourse, could hardly be native or acquired by a Hollander!—But when it was understood that his father, and all his paternal144 ancestors were Spaniards, the enthusiasm of the Queen was excited to re-unite so much talent to the service of his original country. His favour with the royal Isabella was no trifling145 object of observation with the foreign ministers. But the jealousy which his acute penetration146, and alert turns in diplomacy147 might have kept on the alarm, was beguiled148 of its vigilance by the suavity149 of[183] his manners, and his talent of winning their confidence, while he gained his object. He knew how to wear his triumphs with discretion150; for, content with victory, he never displayed its ensigns. Thus, he noiselessly pursued his diplomatic advantages, and had subdued151 the whole field, before his adversary152 even perceived his banner on the ground.—The object of his mission being obtained, he returned to Holland. The States-General received him with public testimonies153 of satisfaction:—but he found his former sway in their councils traversed by a number of new representatives, impatient of dictation, and jealous of his former supremacy154 in the state. Though he had brought in his hand a treaty, that proved his unswerving fidelity to Holland, these turbulent men affected to suspect he might hereafter be too well inclined to favour a country which had just invited him, with every maternal persuasion56, to return to her[184] bosom155. Despising the juvenile156 demagogues who presumed to insinuate157 suspicions against his public faith; and indignant at the timidity of his colleagues, in suffering the utterance158 of such slanderous159 insults; he boldly declared, that the ingratitude161 of the States-General now determined him to re-unite himself to the land of his fathers.—"But," said he, "the unchecked obloquy162 of these novices163, shall not provoke me to forget, when returned to my mother country, that Holland, until this disgraceful moment, was my affectionate nurse!"
Whilst disposing of his estates in Groningen, and turning the tide of his commercial affairs to the coasts of Spain, new revolutions were taking place in the political theatre of his future action.—Alberoni was dismissed the kingdom, in consequence of a trifling accident, which had the momentous164 effect of discovering all his long concerted plans to the eyes[185] of alarmed Europe. A scheme was developed to aggrandize165 Spain at the expence of all other nations; and had not Philip sacrificed his too-daring minister to the indignation of the monarchs166, he would have felt their resentment167 on every side of his kingdom. The cabinet of Madrid was in tumults168; and the King and Queen, doubting to what hand they could safely commit the helm in so dangerous a storm. At this juncture169, Ripperda returned; and was received with open arms. Besides his acquaintance with foreign courts, his eminent170 situation, some years before, at the congress of Utrecht, by bringing him into diplomatic contact with the most efficient statesmen of the different nations, had informed him so thoroughly171 of their individual characters, and general views for their respective countries, that he found no difficulty in presenting his now acknowledged sovereigns, with a chart by which they might navigate172 the ves[186]sel of the State out of the perilous173 track into which the adventurous174 Alberoni had plunged175 her.
All this was transacted176 in the private boudoir of Her Majesty177. To the inconsiderate part of the world, Ripperda appeared to have strangely resigned himself to a life of mere41 amusement; for to the inconsiderate, all is what it seems. His fine person was excuse enough to them, for the high favour in which he stood with the Queen; for though no lip of slander160 had ever moved against her honour; all knew, that like the royal Elizabeth of England, she was fond of the attentions of handsome and accomplished178 men.
Ripperda purchased a villa179 near Segovia, and a superb mansion180 at Madrid. His household establishment and equipages were not less magnificent, than when he was one of the merchant princes of Holland; and his table, in like manner was surrounded by the best company[187] of Spain. The gayer part believed that his evening attendance at the Buen Retiro was to play picquet with the Queen, or chess with His Majesty; but the graver sort were fully181 aware that, whoever were the ostensible182 ministers of Philip, Ripperda was the one in fact. They could trace to his suggestion, and covert execution, various changes in the constitution, to consolidate183 its power and augment184 its resources. Plans of commerce were devised and put into practice; and manufactures introduced at Segovia and Gaudalaxara, which threatened the staple185 trade of Great Britain. Considering the immediate136 instruments of national greatness to be wealth, and the power of defending it; he formed a design for rendering186 Cadiz one of the noblest ports in the world; and to establish around the coast, docks and arsenals187, and every other means of constructing a formidable navy. This was the internal policy of Spain, under the secret influence of the Baron[188] de Ripperda. With Alberoni's dismission, its external measures also took a new aspect; and with regard to the disputed accession in England, seemed meditating188 a change. A few years ago Philip had assisted the chevalier Saint George in his descent on Scotland; but he now resisted all applications to the same effect; and openly professed a growing respect for the house of Hanover. Notwithstanding similar repulses189 from the French minister, the irrepressible hopes of James Stuart were kept on the alert by repeated assurances from his partizans in England; that a schism190 in the parliament had aroused corresponding jealousies191 amongst the people, which were daily expected to break out into an insurrection, not likely to be quelled192 by a king and an heir-apparent avowedly193 hostile to each other.
"At so critical a juncture, as the cabinet of St. Germain's supposed this to be;" observed the Pastor, "it is not surprising that Duke Wharton should[189] grasp at any means of averting194 the absolute secession of Spain from his master's cause. He is aware of the Baron de Ripperda's power with King Philip: and by seeking to involve the son in a project for a second rebellion, he hopes to engage the father's pride or his fears, in the same adventure."
The mind of Louis was powerfully excited during a discourse which embraced so many topics; and all connected with himself, by means of a father, who he knew by fame only; but such a fame as filled his son with an admiration, only to be equalled by the emulation195 which broke at once over his heart. While listening to the enumeration196 of his father's patriotic acts for Holland and for Spain; he contemned197 the airy pretensions of every brilliant, but inferior aim to celebrity198: all but substantial worthiness199 vanished before him, like the bursting of light upon darkness. He had heard of his father; but now he seemed to feel his[190] presence: and he sat with his hands clasped, absorbed in the immensity of the subject.
Mr. Athelstone observed the workings of his countenance200; the flashing brightness of his complexion, as his thoughts darted201 from Lindisfarne to Holland, and from Holland to Spain. He had not heard his uncle's last observation with regard to Wharton's views on his father and himself. Mr. Athelstone understood the abstraction of his mind. He was too well read in the human character not to guess what was passing there. He gazed on him a few minutes in silence; contemplating202 with the anxiety of parental203 affection what might be the issue of the passion he saw was then conceived in that ingenuous33 and ardent204 soul.
"But it must not be for treason!" cried he to himself, and gently shaking the arm of his nephew, he repeated his last remark on the Duke. He perceived by the start Louis gave, in recalling his[191] diverged205 faculties206, that he was now attended to; and for a while he pursued the subject with other observations. At the conclusion, he added in a solemn voice, "you know, my child, I require no reply to this head of my discourse. But I beseech207 you, weigh well the true nature of things before you act. In no case allow imagination to mislead you. To be on the suffering side of a contest, is generally sufficient, in the judgment208 of generous youth, to make it the just one. And it is a beneficent disposition209 of nature, to prompt man to the immediate succour of distress210. Oh, that our judges would consider this, in causes of rebellion, before they condemn211 the young enthusiast212, who would as readily raise his arm for exiled Brunswick, as for banished213 Stuart! It is the circumstance that draws the sword of unreflecting youth; thought and principle unsheath that of age; and their trial and sentence should be accordingly. But let not such re[192]flections be your apology, Louis! Another time I will give you the experience of my seventy years, by a full explanation of why England changed the nature of her ruler; and then if you err," added he with a melancholy214 smile, "it will be against knowledge, and not even my partial indulgence can excuse you."
He rose as he spoke, and pressing the hand on which his nephew was thoughtfully leaning his head, the worthy215 Pastor left him to meditate216 on what had passed.

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