It was a fine evening, and they embarked3 with everything in their favor. The boatmen calculated on reaching Bute in a few hours; but ere they had been half an hour at sea, the wind, veering4 about, obliged them to woo its breezes by a traversing motion, which, though it lengthened5 their voyage, increased its pleasantness by carrying them often within near views of the ever-varying shores. Sailing under a side-wind, they beheld6 the huge irregular rocks of Dunoon, overhanging the ocean; while from their projecting brows hung every shrub7 which can live in that saline atmosphere.
“There,” whispered Lady mar8, gently inclining toward Wallace, “might the beautiful mermaid9 of Corie Vrekin keep her court! Observe how magnificently those arching cliffs overhang the hollows, and how richly they are studded with shells and sea-flowers!”
“No flower of the field or of the ocean that came within the ken10 of Wallace, wasted its sweetness unadmired. He assented11 to the remarks of Lady Mar, who continued to expatiate12 on the beauties of the shores which they passed; and thus the hours flew pleasantly away, till, turning the southern point of the Cowal Mountains, the scene suddenly changed. The wind, which had gradually been rising, blew a violent gale13 from that part of the coast; and the sea, being pent between the rocks which skirt the continent and the northern side of Bute, became so boisterous14, that the boatmen began to think they should be driven upon the rocks of the island, instead of reaching its bay. Wallace tore down the sails, and laying his nervous arms to the oar15, assisted to keep the vessel2 off the breakers, against which the waves were driving her. The sky collected into a gloom; and while the teeming16 clouds seemed descending17 even to rest upon the cracking masts, the swelling18 of the ocean threatened to heave her up into their very bosoms19.
Lady Mar looked with affright at the gathering21 tempest, and with difficulty was persuaded to retire under the shelter of a little awning22. The earl forgot his debility in the general terror; and tried to reassure23 the boatmen. But a tremendous sweep of the gale, driving the vessel far across the head of Bute, shot her past the mouth of Loch Fyne, toward the perilous24 rocks of Arran. “Here our destruction is certain!” cried the master of the bark, at the same time confessing his ignorance of the navigation on this side of the island. Lord Mar, seizing the helm from the stupefied master, called to Wallace, “While you keep the men to their duty,” cried he, “I will steer26.”
The earl being perfectly27 acquainted with the coast, Wallace gladly saw the helm in his hand. But he had scarcely stepped forward himself to give some necessary directions, when a heavy sea, breaking over the deck, carried two of the poor mariners29 overboard. Wallace instantly threw out a couple of ropes. Then, amidst a spray so blinding that the vessel appeared in a cloud, and while buffeted31 on each side by the raging of waves, which seemed contending to tear her to pieces, she lay to for a few minutes, to rescue the men from the yawning gulf32; one caught a rope and was saved, but the other was seen no more.
Again the bark was set loose to the current. Wallace, now with two rowers only, applied33 his whole strength to their aid. The master and the third man were employed in the unceasing toil34 of laying out the accumulating water.
While the anxious chief tugged35 at the oar, and watched the thousand embattled cliffs which threatened destruction, his eye looked for the vessel that contained his friends. But the liquid mountains which rolled around him prevented all view; and, with hardly a hope of seeing them again, he pursued his attempt to preserve the lives of those committed to his care.
All this while Lady Mar lay in a state of stupefaction. Having fainted at the first alarm of danger, she had fallen from swoon to swoon, and now remained almost insensible upon the bosoms of her maids. In a moment the vessel struck with a great shock, and the next instant it seemed to move with a velocity36 incredible. “The whirpool! the whirlpool!” resounded37 from every lip. But again the rapid motion was suddenly checked, and the women, fancying they had struck on the Vrekin Rock, shrieked38 aloud. The cry, and the terrified words which accompanied it, aroused Lady Mar. She started from her trance, and, while the confusion redoubled, rushed toward the dreadful scene.
The mountainous waves and lowering clouds, borne forward by the blast, anticipated the dreariness39 of night. The last rays of the setting sun had long passed away, and the deep shadows of the driving heavens cast the whole into a gloom, even more terrific than absolute darkness; while the high and beetling40 rocks, towering aloft in precipitous walls, mocked the hopes of the sea-beaten mariner28, should he even buffet30 the waters to reach their base; and the jagged shingles41, deeply shelving beneath the waves, or projecting their pointed42 summits upward, showed the crew where the rugged43 death would meet them.
A little onward44, a thousand massy fragments, rent by former tempests from their parent cliffs, lay at the foundations of the immense acclivities which faced the cause of their present alarm-a whirlpool almost as terrific as that of Scarba. The moment the powerful blast drove the vessel within the influence of the outward edge of the first circle of the vortex. Wallace leaped from the deck on the rocks, and, with the same rope in his hand with which he had saved the life of the seaman45, he called to the two men to follow him, who yet held similar ropes, fastened like his own to the prow46 of the vessel; and being obeyed, they strove by towing it along, to stem the suction of the current.
It was at this instant that Lady Mar rushed forward upon deck.
“In for your life, Joanna!” exclaimed the earl. She answered him not, but looked wildly around her. Nowhere could she see Wallace.
“Have I drowned him?” cried she, in a voice of frenzy47, and striking the women from her, who would have held her back. “Let me clasp him, even in the deep waters!”
Happily, the earl lost the last sentence in the roaring of the storm.
“Wallace, Wallace!” cried she, wringing48 her hands, and still struggling with her women. At that moment a huge wave, sinking before her, discovered the object of her fears, straining along the surface of a rock, and followed by the men in the same laborious49 task, tugging51 forward the ropes to which the bark was attached. She gazed at them with wonder and affright, for, notwithstanding the beating of the elements (which seeming to find their breasts of iron and their feet armed with some preternatural adhesion to the cliff), they continued to bear resolutely52 onward. Fortunately, they did not now labor50 against the wind. Sometimes they pressed forward on the level edge of the rock; then a yawning chasm53 forced them to leap from cliff to cliff, or to spring on some more elevated projection54. Thus, contending with the vortex and the storm, they at last arrived at the doubling of Cuthonrock,25 the point that was to clear them of this minor55 Corie Vrekin. But at that crisis the rope which Wallace held broke, and, with the shock, he fell backward into the sea. The foremost man uttered a dreadful cry; but ere it could be echoed by his fellows, Wallace had risen above the waves, and, beating their whelming waters with his invincible56 arm, soon gained the vessel and jumped upon the deck. The point was doubled, but the next moment the vessel struck, and in a manner that left no hope of getting her off. All must take to the water or perish, for the second shock would scatter57 her piecemeal58.
25 Cuthon means the mournful sound of waves.
Again Lady Mar appeared. At sight of Wallace she forgot everything but him; and perhaps would have thrown herself into his arms, had not the anxious earl caught her in his own.
“Are we to die?” cried she to Wallace, in a voice of horror.
“I trust that God has decreed otherwise,” was his reply. “Compose yourself; all may yet be well.”
Lord Mar, from his yet unhealed wounds, could not swim; Wallace therefore tore up the benches of the rowers, and binding59 them into the form of a small raft, made it the vehicle for the earl and countess, with her two maids and the child. While the men were towing it, and buffeting60 with it through the breakers, he too threw himself into the sea to swim by its side, and be in readiness in case of accident.
Having gained the shore, or rather the broken rocks, that lie at the foot of the stupendous craigs which surround the Isle61 of Arran, Wallace and his sturdy assistants conveyed the countess and her terrified women up their acclivities. Fortunately for the shipwrecked voyagers, though the wind raged, its violence was of some advantage, for it nearly cleared the heavens of clouds, and allowed the moon to send forth65 her guiding light. By her lamp one of the men discovered the mouth of a cavern66, where Wallace gladly sheltered his dripping charges.
The child, whom he had guarded in his own arms during the difficult ascent67, he now laid on the bosom20 of its mother. Lady mar kissed the hand that relinquished68 it, and gave way to a flood of grateful tears.
The earl, as he sunk almost powerless against the side of the cave, yet had strength enough to press Wallace to his heart. “Ever preserver of me and mine!” cried he, “how must I bless thee!-My wife, my child-”
“Have been saved to you, my friend,” interrupted Wallace, “by the presiding care of Him who walked the waves! Without His especial arm we must all have perished in this awful night; therefore let our thanksgivings be directed to Him alone.”
“So be it!” returned the earl, and dropping on his knees, he breathed forth so pathetic and sublime69 a prayer of thanks, that the countess trembled, and bent70 her head upon the bosom of her child. She could not utter the solemn Amen, that was repeated by every voice in the cave. Her unhappy infatuation saw no higher power in this great preservation71 than the hand of the man she adored. She felt that guilt72 was cherished in her heart; and she could not lift her eyes to join with those who, with the boldness of innocence73, called on Heaven to attest74 the sanctity of their vows75.
Sleep soon sealed every weary eye, excepting those of Wallace. A racking anxiety respecting the fate of the other vessel, in which were the brave men of Bothwell, and his two dear friends, filled his mind with dreadful forebodings that they had not outlived the storm. Sometimes, when wearied nature for a few minutes sunk into slumber76, he would start, grief-struck, from the body of Edwin floating on the briny77 flood, and as he awoke, a cold despondence would tell him that his dream was, perhaps, too true. “Oh! I love thee, Edwin!” exclaimed he to himself; “and if my devoted78 heart was to be separated from all but a patriot’s love!-why did I think of loving thee?-must thou, too, die, that Scotland may have no rival, that Wallace may feel himself quite alone!”
Thus he sat musing79, and listening, with many a sigh, to the yelling gusts80 of wind, and louder roaring of the water. At last the former gradually subsided81, and the latter, obeying the retreating ride, rolled away in hoarse82 murmurs84.
Morning began to dawn, and spreading upon the mountains of the opposite shore, shed a soft light over their misty85 sides. All was tranquil86 and full of beauty. That element, which so lately in its rage had threatened to ingulf them all, now flowed by the rocks at the foot of the cave in gentle undulations; and where the spiral cliffs gave a little resistance, the rays of the rising sun, striking on the bursting waves, turned their vapory showers into dropping gems87.
While his companions were still wrapped in sleep, Wallace stole away to seek some knowledge respecting the part of the Isle of Arran on which they were cast. Close by the mouth of the cave he discovered a cleft88 in the rock, into which he turned, and finding the upward footing sufficiently89 secure, clambered to the summit. Looking around, he found himself at the skirt of a chain of high hills, which seemed to stretch from side to side over the island, while their tops, in alpine90 succession, rose in a thousand grotesque91 and pinnacled92 forms. The ptarmigan and capercailzie were screaming from those upper regions; and the nimble roes93, with their fawns94, bounding through the green defiles95 below. No trace of human habitation appeared; but from the size and known population of the island, he knew he could not be far from inhabitants; and thinking it best to send the boatmen in search of them, he retraced96 his steps. The morning vapors97 were fast rolling their snowy wreaths down the opposite mountains, whose heads, shining in resplendent purple, seemed to view themselves in the bright reflections of the now smooth sea. Nature, like a proud conqueror98, appeared to have put on a triumphal garb99, in exultation100 of the devastation101 she had committed the night before. Wallace shuddered102, as the parallel occurred to his mind, and turned from the scene.
On re-entering the cave he dispatched the seamen103, and disposed himself to watch by the sides of his still sleeping friends. An hour hardly had elapsed before the men returned, bringing with them a large boat and its proprietor104. But, alas105! no tidings of Murray and Edwin, whom he had hoped might have been driven somewhere on the island. In bringing the boat round to the creek106 under the rock, the men discovered that the sea had driven their wreck63 between two projecting rocks, where it now lay wedged. Though ruined as a vessel, sufficient held together to warrant their exertions107 to save the property. Accordingly they entered it, and drew thence most of the valuables which belonged to Lord Mar.
While this was doing, Wallace reascended to the cave, and finding the earl awake, told him a boat was ready for their re-embarkation. “But where, my friend, are my nephews?” inquired he; “Alas! has this fatal expedition robbed me of them?”
Wallace tried to inspire him with a hope he scarcely dare credit himself, that they had been saved on some more distant shore. The voices of the chiefs awakened108 the women, but the countess still slept. Aware that she would resist trusting herself to the waves again, Lord Mar desired that she might be moved on board without disturbing her. This was readily done, the men having only to take up the extremities109 of the plaid on to the boat. The earl received her head on his bosom. All were then on board, the rowers struck their oars83, and once more the little party found themselves launched upon the sea.
While they were yet midway between the isles110, with a bright sun playing its sparkling beams upon the gently rippling111 waves, the countess, heaving a deep sigh, slowly opened her eyes. All around glared with the light of day; she felt the motion of the boat, and raising her head, saw that she was again embarked on the treacherous112 element on which she had lately experienced so many terrors. She grew deadly pale, and grasped her husband’s hand. “My dear Joanna,” cried he, “be not alarmed, we are all safe.”
“And Sir William Wallace has left us?” demanded she.
“No, madam,” answered a voice from the steerage, “not till this party is safe at Bute do I quit it.”
She looked round with a grateful smile; “Ever generous! How could I for a moment doubt our preserver?”
Wallace bowed, but remained silent; and they passed calmly along till the vessel came in sight of a birling,26 which, bounding over the waves, was presently so near the earl’s, that the figures in each could be distinctly seen. In it the chiefs, to their rapturous surprise, beheld Murray and Edwin. The latter, with a cry of joy, leaped into the sea; the next instant he was over the boat’s side, and clasped in the arms of Wallace. Real transport, true happiness, now dilated113 the heart of the before desponding chief. He pressed the dear boy again and again to his bosom, and kissed his white forehead with all the rapture114 of the fondest brother. “Thank God! thank God!” was all that Edwin could say; while, at every effort to tear himself from Wallace, to congratulate his uncle on his safety, his heart overflowing115 toward his friend, opened afresh, and he clung the closer to his breast; till at last, exhausted116 with happiness, the little hero of Dumbarton gave way to the sensibility of his tender age, and the chief felt his bosom wet with the joy-drawn117 tears of his youthful banneret.
While this was passing, the birling had drawn close to the boat; and Murray, shaking hands with his uncle and aunt, exclaimed to Wallace, “That urchin118 is such a monopolizer119, I see you have not a greeting for any one else.” On this Edwin raised his face, and turned to the affectionate welcomes of Lord Mar. Wallace stretched out his hand to the ever-gay Lord Andrew; and, inviting120 him into the boat, soon learned, that on the portentous121 beginning of the storm, Murray’s company made direct to the nearest creek in Bute, being better seamen than Wallace’s helmsman who, until danger stopped him, had foolishly continued to aim for Rothsay. By this prudence122, without having been in much peril25, or sustained any fatigue123, Murray’s party had landed safely. The night came on dark and tremendous; but not doubting that the earl’s rowers had carried him into a similar haven124, the young chief and his companion kept themselves very easy in a fisher’s hut till morning. At an early hour, they then put themselves at the head of the Bothwell men; and, expecting they should come up with Wallace and his party at Rothsay, walked over to the castle. Their consternation125 was unutterable when they found that Lord Mar was not there, threw themselves into a birling, to seek their friends upon the seas; and when they did espy126 them, the joy of Edwin was so great, that not even the unfathomable gulf could stop him from flying to the embrace of his friend.
26 Birling is a small boat generally used by fishers.
While mutual127 felicitations passed, the boats, now nearly side by side, reached the shore; and the seamen, jumping on the rocks, moored128 their vessels under the projecting towers of Rothsay. The old steward129 hastened to receive a master who had not blessed his aged64 eyes for many a year; a master who had the infant in his arms that was to be the future representative of the house of Mar, he wept aloud. The earl spoke130 to him affectionately, and then walked on with Edwin, whom he called to support him up the bank. Murray led the countess out of the boat; while the Bothwell men so thronged131 about Wallace, congratulating themselves on his safety, that she saw there was no hope of his arm being then offered to her.
Having entered the castle, the steward led them into a room, in which he had spread a plentiful132 repast. Here Murray (having recounted the adventures of his voyage) called for a history of what had befallen his friends. The earl gladly took up the tale, and, with many a glance of gratitude133 to Wallace, narrated134 the perilous events of their shipwreck62, and providential preservation on the Isle of Arran.
Happiness now seemed to, have shed her heavenly influence over every bosom. All hearts owned the grateful effects of the late rescue. The rapturous joy of Edwin burst into a thousand sallies of ardent135 and luxurious136 imagination. The high spirits of Murray turned every transient subject into a “mirth-moving jest”. The veteran earl seemed restored to health and to youth; and Wallace felt the sun of consolation137 expanding in his bosom. He had met a heart, though a young one, on which his soul might repose138; that dear selected brother of his affection was saved from the whelming waves; and all his superstitious139 dreams of a mysterious doom140 vanished before this manifestation141 of heavenly goodness. His friend, too, the gallant142 Murray, was spared. How many subjects had he for unmurmuring gratitude! And with an unclouded brow and a happy spirit, he yielded to the impulse of the scene. He smiled; and, with an endearing graciousness, listened to every fond speaker; while his own ingenuous143 replies bespoke144 the treasures of love which sorrow, in her cruelest aspect, had locked within his heart.
The complacency with which he regarded every one-the pouring out of his beneficent spirit, which seemed to embrace all, like his dearest kindred-turned every eye and heart toward him, as to the source of every bliss145; as to a being who seemed made to love, and be beloved by every one. Lady mar looked at him, listened to him, with her rapt soul seated in her eyes. In his presence all was transport.
But when he withdrew for the night, what was then the state of her feelings! The overflowing of heart he felt for all, she appropriated solely146 for herself. The sweetness of his voice, the unutterable expression of his countenance147, while, as he spoke, he veiled his eyes under their long brown lashes148, had raised such vague hopes in her bosom, that-he being gone-she hastened her adieus to the rest, eager to retire to bed, and there uninterruptedly muse149 on the happiness of having at last touched the heart of a man for whom she would resign the world.
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