“My dear,” cried Mr Sudberry to his wife, abruptly1 entering the parlour of his villa2, near Hampstead Heath, “I have done the deed!”
“Dear John, you are so violent; my nerves—really—what deed?” said Mrs Sudberry, a weak-eyed, delicate woman, of languid temperament3, and not far short of her husband’s age.
“I have written off to secure a residence in the Highlands of Scotland for our summer quarters this season.”
Mrs Sudberry stared in mute surprise. “John! my dear! are you in earnest? Have you not been precipitate5 in this matter? You know, love, that I have always trusted in your prudence6 to make arrangements for the spending of our holiday; but really, when I think—”
“Well, my dear, ‘When you think,’—pray, go on.”
“Don’t be hasty, dear John; you know I have never objected to any place you have hitherto fixed8 on. Herne Bay last year was charming, and the year before we enjoyed Margate so much. Even Worthing, though rather too long a journey for a family, was delightful9; and, as the family was smaller then, we got over the journey on the whole better than could have been expected. But Scotland!—the Highlands!”—Mr Sudberry’s look at this point induced his wife to come to a full stop. The look was not a stern look,—much less a savage10 look, as connubial11 looks sometimes are. It was an aggrieved12 look; not that he was aggrieved at the dubious13 reception given by his spouse14 to the arrangement he had made;—no, the sore point in his mind was that he himself entertained strong doubts as to the propriety15 of what he had done; and to find these doubts reflected in the mind of his faithful better half was perplexing.
“Well, Mary,” said the worthy16 merchant, “go on. Do you state the cons17, and I’ll enumerate18 the pros19, after which we will close the account, and see on which side the balance lies.”
“You know, dear,” said Mrs Sudberry, in a remonstrative20 tone, “that the journey is fearfully long. I almost tremble when I think of it. To be sure, we have the railroad to Edinburgh now; but beyond that we shall have to travel by stage, I suppose, at least I hope so; but perhaps they have no stage-coaches in Scotland?”
“Oh, yes, they have a few, I believe,” replied the merchant, with a smile.
“Ah! that is fortunate; for wagons21 are fearfully trying. No, I really think that I could not stand a wagon22 journey after my experience of the picnic at Worthing some years ago. Think of our large family—seven of us altogether—in a wagon, John—”
“But you forget, I said that there are stage-coaches in Scotland.”
“Well; but think of the slow and wearisome travelling among great mountains, over precipices23, and through Scotch24 mists. Lady Knownothing assures me she has been told that the rain never ceases in Scotland, except for a short time in autumn, just to give the scanty25 crops time to ripen26. You know, dear, that our darling Jacky’s health could never stand the Scotch mists, he is so very, delicate.”
“Why, Mary!” exclaimed Mr Sudberry, abruptly; “the doctor told me only yesterday that for a boy of five years old he was a perfect marvel27 of robust28 health—that nothing ailed29 him, except the result of over-eating and the want of open-air exercise; and I am sure that I can testify to the strength of his legs and the soundness of his lungs; for he kicks like a jackass, and roars like a lion.”
“It is very wrong, very sinful of the doctor,” said Mrs Sudberry, in a languidly indignant manner, “to give such a false report of the health of our darling boy.”
At this moment the door burst open, and the “darling boy” rushed into the room—with a wild cheer of defiance30 at his nurse, from whom he had escaped, and who was in full pursuit—hit his head on the corner of the table, and fell flat on the floor, with a yell that might have sent a pang31 of jealousy32 to the heart of a Chippeway Indian!
Mr Sudberry started up, and almost overturned the tea-table in his haste; but before he could reach his prostrate33 son, nurse had him kicking in her arms, and carried him off howling.
“Darling child!” said Mrs Sudberry, with her hand on her heart. “How you do startle me, John, with your violence! That is the fifteenth tea-cup this week.”
“I have just ordered a new set, my dear,” said her husband, in a subdued35 voice. “Our poor dear boy would benefit, I think, by mountain air. But go on with the cons.”
“Have I not said enough?” replied Mrs Sudberry, with an injured look. “Besides, they have no food in Scotland.”
This was a somewhat staggering assertion. The merchant looked astonished.
“At least,” pursued his wife, “they have nothing, I am told, but oatmeal. Do you imagine that Jacky could live on oatmeal? Do you suppose that your family would return to London in a condition fit to be looked at, after a summer spent on food such as we give to our horses? No doubt you will tell me they have plenty of milk,—buttermilk, I suppose, which I abhor36. But do you think that I could live with pleasure on sawdust, just because I had milk to take to it?”
“But milk implies cream, my dear,” interposed the merchant, “and buttermilk implies butter, and both imply cows, which are strong presumptive evidence in favour of beef. Besides—”
“Don’t talk to me, Mr Sudberry. I know better; and Lady Knownothing, who went to Scotland last year, in the most unprejudiced state of mind, came back absolutely horrified38 by what she had seen. Why, she actually tells me that the natives still wear the kilt! The very day she passed through Edinburgh she met five hundred men without trousers! To be sure, they had guns on their shoulders, and someone told her they were soldiers; but the sight was so appalling39 that she could not get rid of the impression; she shut her eyes, and ordered the coachman to drive straight through the town, and let her know when she was quite beyond its walls. She has no doubt whatever that most, if not all, of the other inhabitants of that place were clothed—perhaps I should say unclothed—in the same way. What surprised poor Lady Knownothing most was, that she did not see nearly so many kilts in the Highlands as she saw on that occasion in Edinburgh, from which she concluded that the natives of Scotland are less barbarous in the north than they are in the south. But she did see a few. One man who played those hideous40 things called the pipes—which, she says, are so very like little pigs being killed—actually came into her presence one day, sat down before her with bare knees, and took a pinch of snuff with a salt-spoon!”
“That is a dreadful account, no doubt,” said Mr Sudberry, “but you must remember that Lady Knownothing is given to exaggerating, and is therefore not to be depended on. Have you done with the cons?”
“Not nearly done, John, but my nervous system cannot stand the sustained contemplation of such things. I should like to recover breath, and hear what you have to say in favour of this temporary expatriation, I had almost said, of your family.”
“Well, then, here goes for the pros,” cried Mr Sudberry, while a gleam of excitement shot from his eyes, and his clinched41 hand came heavily down on the table.
“The sixteenth cup—as near as possible,” observed his wife, languidly.
“Never mind the cups, my dear, but listen to me. The air of the Highlands is salubrious and bracing—”
“And piercingly cold, my dear John,” interrupted Mrs Sudberry.
“In summer,” pursued her husband, regardless of the interruption, “it is sometimes as clear and warm as it is in Italy—”
“And often foggy, my dear.”
“Then why attempt to describe it, dear John?”
“The hotels in most parts of the Highlands, though rather expensive—”
“Ah! think of that, my dear.”
“Though rather expensive, are excellent; the food is of the best quality, and the wines are passable. Beds—”
“Have they beds, my dear?”
“Beds are generally found to be well aired and quite clean, though of course in the poorer and more remote districts they are—”
“Hush! pray spare my feelings, my dear John.”
“Remote districts, they are not so immaculate as one would wish. Then there are endless moors43 covered with game, and splendid lakes and rivers full of fish. Just think, Mary, what a region for our dear boys to revel44 in! Think of the shooting—”
“And the dreadful accidents, my dear.”
“Think of the fishing—”
“Think of the glorious sunrises seen from the mountain-tops before breakfast—”
“And the falling over precipices, and broken necks and limbs, dear John.”
“Ah! and to fall off.”
“And the dew of early morning on the hills, and the mists rolling up from the lakes, and the wild uncultivated beauty of all around us, and the sketching47, and walking, and driving—”
“Dreadful!”
“And bathing and boating—”
“And drowning!”
“Not to mention the—”
“Dear John, have pity on me. The pros are too much for me. I cannot stand the thought—”
“But, my dear, the place is taken. The thing is fixed,” said Mr Sudberry, with emphasis. Mrs Sudberry was a wise woman. When she was told by her husband that a thing was fixed, she invariably gave in with a good grace. Her powers of dissuasion48 having failed,—as they always did fail,—she arose, kissed Mr Sudberry’s forehead, assured him that she would try to make the most of it, since it was fixed, and left the room with the comfortable feeling, of having acted the part of a dutiful wife and a resigned martyr49.
It was towards the close of a doubtful summer’s evening, several weeks after the conversation just detailed50, that a heavy stage-coach, of an old-fashioned description, toiled51 slowly up the ascent52 of one of those wild passes by which access is gained into the highlands of Perthshire.
The course of the vehicle had for some time lain along the banks of a turbulent river, whose waters, when not brawling53 over a rocky bed in impetuous velocity54, or raging down a narrow gorge55 in misty56 spray, were curling calmly in deep pools or caldrons, the dark surfaces of which were speckled with foam57, and occasionally broken by the leap of a yellow trout58 or a silver salmon59.
To an angler the stream would have been captivating in the extreme, but his ardour would have been somewhat damped by the sight of the dense60 copsewood which overhung the water, and, while it added to the wild beauty of the scenery, suggested the idea of fishing under difficulties.
When the coach reached the narrowest part of the pass, the driver pulled up, and intimated that, “she would be obleeged if the leddies and gentlemen would get down and walk up the brae.”
Hereupon there descended61 from the top of the vehicle a short, stout62, elderly gentleman, in a Glengarry bonnet63, green tartan shooting-coat, and shepherd’s-plaid vest and pantaloons; two active youths, of the ages of seventeen and fifteen respectively, in precisely64 similar costume; a man-servant in pepper and salt, and a little thin timid boy in blue, a sort of confidential65 page without the buttons. All of them wore drab gaiters and shoes of the thickest conceivable description. From the inside of the coach there issued a delicate elderly lady, who leaned, in a helpless manner, on the arm of a young, plain, but extremely fresh and sweet-looking girl of about sixteen, whom the elder lady called Lucy, and who was so much engrossed66 with her mother, that some time elapsed before she could attend to the fervent67 remarks made by her father and brothers in regard to the scenery. There also came forth68 from the interior of the coach a large, red-faced angry woman, who dragged after her a little girl of about eight, who might be described as a modest sunbeam, and a little boy of about five, who resembled nothing short of an imp37 incarnate69. When they were all out, the entire family and household of Mr Sudberry stood in the centre of that lovely Highland4 pass, and the coach, which was a special one hired for the occasion, drove slowly up the ascent.
What the various members of the family said in the extravagance of their excited feelings on this occasion we do not intend to reveal. It has been said that the day was doubtful: in the south the sky was red with the refulgent70 beams of the setting sun, which gleamed on the mountain peaks and glowed on the purple heather. Towards the north dark leaden clouds obscured the heavens, and presaged71 stormy weather. A few large drops began to fall as they reached the crest72 of the road, and opened up a view of the enclosed valley or amphitheatre which lay beyond, with a winding73 river, a dark overshadowed loch, and a noble background of hills. In the far distance a white house was seen embedded74 in the blue mountains.
“Yonder’s ta hoose,” said the driver, as the party overtook the coach, and resumed their places—the males on the top and the females inside.
“Oh, my dear! look! look!” cried Mr Sudberry, leaning over the side of the coach; “there is our house—the white house—our Highland home!”
At this moment a growl75 of distant thunder was heard. It was followed by a scream from Mrs Sudberry, and a cry of—
“You’d better send Jacky inside, my dear.”
“Ah, he may as well remain where he is,” replied Mr Sudberry, whose imperfect hearing led him to suppose that his spouse had said, “Jacky’s inside, my dear!” whereas the real truth was that the boy was neither out nor inside.
Master Jacky, be it known, had a remarkably76 strong will of his own. During the journey he preferred an outside seat in all weathers. By dint77 of much coaxing78, his mother had induced him to get in beside her for one stage; but he had made himself so insufferably disagreeable, that the good lady was thereafter much more disposed to let him have his own way. When the coach stopped, as we have described, Jacky got out, and roundly asserted that he would never get in again.
When the attention of the party was occupied with the gorgeous scenery at the extremity79 of the pass, Jacky, under a sudden impulse of wickedness, crept stealthily into the copse that lined the road, intending to give his parents a fright. In less than five minutes these parents were galloping80 away at the rate of ten miles an hour, each happy in the belief that the sweet boy was with the other.
Somewhat surprised at the prolonged and deathlike silence that reigned81 around him, Jacky returned to the road, where he actually gasped82 with horror on finding himself the solitary83 tenant84 of an apparently85 uninhabited wilderness86. Sitting down on a stone, he shut his eyes, opened wide his mouth, and roared vehemently87.
At the end of about five minutes he ventured to re-open his eyes. His face instantly assumed an expression of abject88 terror, and the roar was intensified89 into a piercing shriek90 when he beheld91 a fierce little black cow staring at him within a yard of his face.
A drove of shaggy Highland cattle had come suddenly round a turn in the pass while Jacky’s eyes had been shut. They now filed slowly and steadily92 past the transfixed boy, as if they were a regiment93 and he a reviewing general. Each animal as it came up, stopped, stared for a few seconds, and passed slowly on with its head down, as if saddened by the sight of such a melancholy94 spectacle.
There were upwards95 of a hundred animals in the drove; the prolonged and maddening agony which Jacky endured may therefore be conceived but cannot be described.
Last of all came the drover, a kilted, plaided, and bonneted96 Highlander97, quite as shaggy as the roughest of his cattle, and rather fiercer in aspect. He was not so in reality however, for, on coming to the place where the poor boy sat, he stopped and stared as his predecessors98 had done.
“Fat is she doin’ there?” said he.
Jacky paused, and gazed for one moment in mute surprise, then resumed his roar with shut eyes and with tenfold vigour99.
As it was evident that any farther attempt at conversation must prove fruitless, the drover took Jacky in his arms, carried him to the extremity of the pass, set him down, and, pointing to the white house in the blue distance, said—
“Yonder’s ta hoose; let her see how she can rin.”
Jacky fixed his eyes on the house with the stare of one who regarded it as his last and only refuge, and ran as he had never done before, roaring while he ran.
“She’s a clever callant,” observed the drover with a grim smile, as he turned to follow his cattle.
Meanwhile the Sudberry Family reached the White House in the midst of increasing rain and mists and muttering thunder. Of course Jacky’s absence was at once discovered. Of course the females screamed and the males shouted, while they turned the mail-coach entirely100 inside out in a vain search for the lost one. The din7 was increased by nine shepherd dogs, which rushed down the mountain-side, barking furiously with delight, (probably), and with excitement, (certainly), at the unwonted sight of so many strangers in that remote glen. Presently the coach was turned round, and the distracted father galloped101 back towards the pass. Of course he almost ran over his youngest son in less than five minutes! Five minutes more placed the recovered child in its mother’s arms. Then followed a scene of kissing, crying, laughing, barking, and excitement, which is utterly102 indescribable, accompanied by thunder, lightning, and rain, in the midst of which tempestuous103 mental and elemental commotion104, the Sudberry Family took possession of their Highland home.
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