Alone, Egremont mused21 much over the daughter of Gerard, but shrinking from the precise and the definite, his dreams were delightful22, but vague. All that he asked was, that his present life should go on for ever; he wished for no change, and at length almost persuaded himself that no change could arrive; as men who are basking23 in a summer sun, surrounded by bright and beautiful objects, cannot comprehend how the seasons can ever alter; that the sparkling foliage24 should shrivel and fall away, the foaming25 waters become icebound, and the blue serene26, a dark and howling space.
In this train of mind, the early days of October having already stolen on him, an incident occurred which startled him in his retirement27, and rendered it necessary that he should instantly quit it. Egremont had entrusted28 the secret of his residence to a faithful servant who communicated with him when necessary, under his assumed name. Through these means he received a letter from his mother, written from London, where she had unexpectedly arrived, entreating29 him, in urgent terms, to repair to her without a moment’s delay, on a matter of equal interest and importance to herself and him. Such an appeal from such a quarter, from the parent that had ever been kind, and the friend that had been ever faithful, was not for a moment to be neglected. Already a period had elapsed since its transmission, which Egremont regretted. He resolved at once to quit Mowedale, nor could he console himself with the prospect30 of an immediate31 return. Parliament was to assemble in the ensuing month, and independent of the unknown cause which summoned him immediately to town, he was well aware that much disagreeable business awaited him which could no longer be postponed32. He had determined34 not to take his seat unless the expenses of his contest were previously35 discharged, and despairing of his brother’s aid, and shrinking from trespassing37 any further on his mother’s resources, the future looked gloomy enough: indeed nothing but the frequent presence and the constant influence of Sybil had driven from his mind the ignoble38 melancholy39 which, relieved by no pensive40 fancy, is the invariable attendant of pecuniary41 embarrassment42.
And now he was to leave her. The event, rather the catastrophe43, which under any circumstances, could not be long postponed, was to be precipitated44. He strolled up to the cottage to bid her farewell and to leave kind words for her father. Sybil was not there. The old dame45 who kept their home informed him that Sybil was at the convent, but would return in the evening. It was impossible to quit Mowedale without seeing Sybil; equally impossible to postpone33 his departure. But by travelling through the night, the lost hours might be regained46. And Egremont made his arrangements, and awaited with anxiety and impatience47 the last evening.
The evening, like his heart, was not serene. The soft air that had lingered so long with them, a summer visitant in an autumnal sky and loth to part, was no more present. A cold harsh wind, gradually rising, chilled the system and grated on the nerves. There was misery48 in its blast and depression in its moan. Egremont felt infinitely49 dispirited. The landscape around him that he had so often looked upon with love and joy, was dull and hard; the trees dingy50, the leaden waters motionless, the distant hills rough and austere51. Where was that translucent52 sky, once brilliant as his enamoured fancy; those bowery groves53 of aromatic54 fervor55 wherein he had loved to roam and muse20; that river of swift and sparkling light that flowed and flashed like the current of his enchanted56 hours? All vanished—as his dreams.
He stood before the cottage of Gerard; he recalled the eve that he had first gazed upon its moonlit garden. What wild and delicious thoughts were then his! They were gone like the illumined hour. Nature and fortune had alike changed. Prescient of sorrow, almost prophetic of evil, he opened the cottage door, and the first person his eye encountered was Morley.
Egremont had not met him for some time, and his cordial greeting of Egremont to-night contrasted with the coldness, not to say estrangement57, which to the regret and sometimes the perplexity of Egremont had gradually grown up between them. Yet on no occasion was his presence less desired by our friend. Morley was talking as Egremont entered with great animation58; in his hand a newspaper, on a paragraph contained in which he was commenting. The name of Marney caught the ear of Egremont who turned rather pale at the sound, and hesitated on the threshold. The unembarrassed welcome of his friends however re-assured him, and in a moment he even ventured to enquire59 the subject of their conversation. Morley immediately referring to the newspaper said, “This is what I have just read—
“EXTRAORDINARY SPORT AT THE EARL OF MARNEY’S.
On Wednesday, in a small cover called the Horns, near Marney Abbey, his grace the Duke of Fitz-Aquitaine, the Earl of Marney, Colonel Rippe and Captain Grouse60, with only four hours shooting, bagged the extraordinary number of seven hundred and thirty head of game, namely hares three hundred and thirty-nine; pheasants two hundred and twenty-one; partridges thirty-four; rabbits eighty-seven; and the following day upwards61 of fifty hares, pheasants, &c., (wounded the previous day) were picked up. Out of the four hours’ shooting two of the party were absent an hour and a-half, namely the Earl of Marney and Captain Grouse, attending an agricultural meeting in the neighbourhood; the noble earl with his usual considerate condescension62 having kindly63 consented personally to distribute the various prizes to the labourers whose good conduct entitled them to the distinction.”
“What do you think of that, Franklin?” said Morley. “That is our worthy64 friend of Marney Abbey, where we first met. You do not know this part of the country, or you would smile at the considerate condescension of the worst landlord in England; and who was, it seems, thus employed the day or so after his battue, as they call it.” And Morley turning the paper read another paragraph:—
“At a Petty Sessions holden at the Green Dragon Inn, Marney, Friday, October—, 1837.
“Information against Robert Hind65 for a trespass36 in pursuit of game in Blackrock Wood, the property of Sir Vavasour Firebrace, Bart. The case was distinctly proved; several wires being found in the pocket of the defendant66. Defendant was fined in the full penalty of forty shillings and costs twenty-seven; the Bench being of opinion there was no excuse for him, Hind being in regular employ as a farm labourer and gaining his seven shillings a-week. Defendant being unable to pay the penalty, was sent for two months to Marham Gaol67.”
“What a pity,” said Morley, “that Robert Hind, instead of meditating68 the snaring69 of a hare, had not been fortunate enough to pick up a maimed one crawling about the fields the day after the battue. It would certainly have been better for himself; and if he has a wife and family, better for the parish.”
“Oh!” said Gerard, “I doubt not they were all picked up by the poulterer who has the contract: even the Normans did not sell their game.”
“The question is,” said Morley, “would you rather be barbarous or mean; that is the alternative presented by the real and the pseudo Norman nobility of England. Where I have been lately, there is a Bishopsgate Street merchant who has been made for no conceiveable public reason a baron70 bold. Bigod and Bohun could not enforce the forest laws with such severity as this dealer71 in cotton and indigo72.”
“It is a difficult question to deal with—this affair of the game laws,” said Egremont; “how will you reach the evil? Would you do away with the offence of trespass? And if so, what is your protection for property?”
“It comes to a simple point though,” said Morley, “the Territorialists must at length understand that they cannot at the same time have the profits of a farm and the pleasures of a chase.”
At this moment entered Sybil. At the sight of her, the remembrance that they were about to part, nearly overwhelmed Egremont. Her supremacy73 over his spirit was revealed to him, and nothing but the presence of other persons could have prevented him avowing74 his entire subjection. His hand trembled as he touched her’s, and his eye, searching yet agitated75, would have penetrated76 her serene soul. Gerard and Morley, somewhat withdrawn77, pursued their conversation; while Egremont hanging over Sybil, attempted to summon courage to express to her his sad adieu. It was in vain. Alone, perhaps he might have poured forth78 a passionate79 farewell. But constrained80 he became embarrassed; and his conduct was at the same time tender and perplexing. He asked and repeated questions which had already been answered. His thoughts wandered from their conversation but not from her with whom he should have conversed81. Once their eyes met, and Sybil observed his suffused82 with tears. Once he looked round and caught the glance of Morley, instantly withdrawn, but not easy to be forgotten.
Shortly after this and earlier than his wont83, Morley rose and wished them good night. He shook hands with Egremont and bade him farewell with some abruptness84. Harold who seemed half asleep suddenly sprang from the side of his mistress and gave an agitated bark. Harold was never very friendly to Morley, who now tried to soothe85 him, but in vain. The dog looked fiercely at him and barked again, but the moment Morley had disappeared, Harold resumed his usual air of proud high-bred gentleness, and thrust his nose into the hand of Egremont, who patted him with fondness.
The departure of Morley was a great relief to Egremont, though the task that was left was still a painful effort. He rose and walked for a moment up and down the room, commenced an unfinished sentence, approached the hearth86 and leant over the mantel; and then at length extending his hand to Gerard he exclaimed, in a trembling voice, “Best of friends, I must leave Mowedale.”
“I am very sorry,” said Gerard; “and when?”
“Now,” said Egremont.
“Now!” said Sybil.
“Yes; this instant. My summons is urgent. I ought to have left this morning. I came here then to bid you farewell,” he said looking at Sybil, “to express to you how deeply I was indebted to you for all your goodness—how dearly I shall cherish the memory of these happy days—the happiest I have ever known;” and his voice faltered87. “I came also to leave a kind message for you, my friend, a hope that we might meet again and soon—but your daughter was absent, and I could not leave Mowedale without seeing either of you. So I must contrive88 to get on through the night.”
“Well we lose a very pleasant neighbour,” said Gerard; “we shall miss you, I doubt not, eh, Sybil?”
But Sybil had turned away her head; she was leaning over and seemed to be caressing89 Harold and was silent.
How much Egremont would have liked to have offered or invited correspondence; to have proffered90 his services when the occasion permitted; to have said or proposed many things that might have cherished their acquaintance or friendship; but embarrassed by his incognito91 and all its consequent deception92, he could do nothing but tenderly express his regret at parting, and speak vaguely93 and almost mysteriously of their soon again meeting. He held out again his hand to Gerard who shook it heartily94: then approaching Sybil, Egremont said, “you have shewn me a thousand kindnesses, which I cherish,” he added in a lower tone, “above all human circumstances. Would you deign95 to let this volume lie upon your table,” and he offered Sybil an English translation of Thomas a Kempis, illustrated96 by some masterpieces. In its first page was written “Sybil, from a faithful friend.”
“I accept it,” said Sybil with a trembling voice and rather pale, “in remembrance of a friend.” She held forth her hand to Egremont, who retained it for an instant, and then bending very low, pressed it to his lips. As with an agitated heart, he hastily crossed the threshold of the cottage, something seemed to hold him back. He turned round. The bloodhound had seized him by the coat and looked up to him with an expression of affectionate remonstrance97 against his departure. Egremont bent98 down, caressed99 Harold and released himself from his grasp.
When Egremont left the cottage, he found the country enveloped100 in a thick white mist, so that had it not been for some huge black shadows which he recognized as the crests101 of trees, it would have been very difficult to discriminate102 the earth from the sky, and the mist thickening as he advanced, even these fallacious landmarks103 threatened to disappear. He had to walk to Mowbray to catch a night train for London. Every moment was valuable, but the unexpected and increasing obscurity rendered his progress slow and even perilous104. The contiguity105 to the river made every step important. He had according to his calculations proceeded nearly as far as his old residence, and notwithstanding the careless courage of youth and the annoyance106 of relinquishing107 a project, intolerable at that season of life, was meditating the expediency108 of renouncing109 that night the attempt on Mowbray and of gaining his former quarters for shelter. He stopped, as he had stopped several times before, to calculate rather than to observe. The mist was so thick that he could not see his own extended hand. It was not the first time that it had occurred to him that some one or something was hovering110 about his course.
“Who is there?” exclaimed Egremont. But no one answered.
He moved on a little, but very slowly. He felt assured that his ear caught a contiguous step. He repeated his interrogatory in a louder tone, but it obtained no response. Again he stopped. Suddenly he was seized; an iron grasp assailed111 his throat, a hand of steel griped his arm. The unexpected onset112 hurried him on. The sound of waters assured him that he was approaching the precipitous bank of that part of the river which, from a ledge113 of pointed114 rocks, here formed rapids. Vigorous and desperate, Egremont plunged115 like some strong animal on whom a beast of prey116 had made a fatal spring. His feet clung to the earth as if they were held by some magnetic power. With his disengaged arm he grappled with his mysterious and unseen foe117.
At this moment he heard the deep bay of a hound.
“Harold!” he exclaimed. The dog, invisible, sprang forward and seized upon his assailant. So violent was the impulse that Egremont staggered and fell, but he fell freed from his dark enemy. Stunned118 and exhausted119, some moments elapsed before he was entirely himself. The wind had suddenly changed; a violent gust120 had partially121 dispelled122 the mist; the outline of the landscape was in many places visible. Beneath him were the rapids of the Mowe, over which a watery123 moon threw a faint, flickering124 light. Egremont was lying on its precipitous bank; and Harold panting was leaning over him and looking in his face, and sometimes licking him with that tongue which, though not gifted with speech, had spoken so seasonably in the moment of danger.
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