Young, irresistibly33 prepossessing in his appearance, with great eloquence34, crude but considerable knowledge, an ardent imagination and a subtle mind, and a generous and passionate35 soul, under any circumstances he must have obtained and exercised influence, even if his Creator had not also bestowed36 upon him a spirit of indomitable courage; but these great gifts of nature being combined with accidents of fortune scarcely less qualified37 to move mankind, high rank, vast wealth, and a name of traditionary glory, it will not be esteemed39 surprising that Marmion Herbert, at an early period, should have attracted around him many enthusiastic disciples40.
At Christchurch, whither he repaired at an unusually early age, his tutor was Doctor Masham; and the profound respect and singular affection with which that able, learned, and amiable41 man early inspired his pupil, for a time controlled the spirit of Herbert; or rather confined its workings to so limited a sphere that the results were neither dangerous to society nor himself. Perfectly42 comprehending and appreciating the genius of the youth entrusted43 to his charge, deeply interested in his spiritual as well as worldly welfare, and strongly impressed with the importance of enlisting44 his pupil’s energies in favour of that existing order, both moral and religious, in the truth and indispensableness of which he was a sincere believer, Doctor Masham omitted no opportunity of combating the heresies45 of the young inquirer; and as the tutor, equally by talent, experience, and learning, was a competent champion of the great cause to which he was devoted46, his zeal47 and ability for a time checked the development of those opinions of which he witnessed the menacing influence over Herbert with so much fear and anxiety. The college life of Marmion Herbert, therefore, passed in ceaseless controversy48 with his tutor; and as he possessed49, among many other noble qualities, a high and philosophic50 sense of justice, he did not consider himself authorised, while a doubt remained on his own mind, actively to promulgate those opinions, of the propriety and necessity of which he scarcely ever ceased to be persuaded. To this cause it must be mainly attributed that Herbert was not expelled the university; for had he pursued there the course of which his cruder career at Eton had given promise, there can be little doubt that some flagrant outrage51 of the opinions held sacred in that great seat of orthodoxy would have quickly removed him from the salutary sphere of their control.
Herbert quitted Oxford52 in his nineteenth year, yet inferior to few that he left there, even among the most eminent53, in classical attainments54, and with a mind naturally profound, practised in all the arts of ratiocination55. His general knowledge also was considerable, and he was a proficient56 in those scientific pursuits which were then rare. Notwithstanding his great fortune and position, his departure from the university was not a signal with him for that abandonment to the world, and that unbounded self-enjoyment57 naturally so tempting21 to youth. On the contrary, Herbert shut himself up in his magnificent castle, devoted to solitude58 and study. In his splendid library he consulted the sages60 of antiquity61, and conferred with them on the nature of existence and of the social duties; while in his laboratory or his dissecting-room he occasionally flattered himself he might discover the great secret which had perplexed62 generations. The consequence of a year passed in this severe discipline was unfortunately a complete recurrence63 to those opinions that he had early imbibed, and which now seemed fixed64 in his conviction beyond the hope or chance of again faltering65. In politics a violent republican, and an advocate, certainly a disinterested66 one, of a complete equality of property and conditions, utterly67 objecting to the very foundation of our moral system, and especially a strenuous68 antagonist69 of marriage, which he taught himself to esteem38 not only as an unnatural70 tie, but as eminently71 unjust towards that softer sex, who had been so long the victims of man; discarding as a mockery the received revelation of the divine will; and, if no longer an atheist72, substituting merely for such an outrageous73 dogma a subtle and shadowy Platonism; doctrines74, however, which Herbert at least had acquired by a profound study of the works of their great founder75; the pupil of Doctor Masham at length deemed himself qualified to enter that world which he was resolved to regenerate76; prepared for persecution77, and steeled even to martyrdom.
But while the doctrines of the philosopher had been forming, the spirit of the poet had not been inactive. Loneliness, after all, the best of Muses79, had stimulated80 the creative faculty81 of his being. Wandering amid his solitary woods and glades82 at all hours and seasons, the wild and beautiful apparitions83 of nature had appealed to a sympathetic soul. The stars and winds, the pensive84 sunset and the sanguine break of morn, the sweet solemnity of night, the ancient trees and the light and evanescent flowers, all signs and sights and sounds of loveliness and power, fell on a ready eye and a responsive ear. Gazing on the beautiful, he longed to create it. Then it was that the two passions which seemed to share the being of Herbert appeared simultaneously85 to assert their sway, and he resolved to call in his Muse78 to the assistance of his Philosophy.
Herbert celebrated86 that fond world of his imagination, which he wished to teach men to love. In stanzas87 glittering with refined images, and resonant88 with subtle symphony, he called into creation that society of immaculate purity and unbounded enjoyment which he believed was the natural inheritance of unshackled man. In the hero he pictured a philosopher, young and gifted as himself; in the heroine, his idea of a perfect woman. Although all those peculiar doctrines of Herbert, which, undisguised, must have excited so much odium, were more or less developed and inculcated in this work; nevertheless they were necessarily so veiled by the highly spiritual and metaphorical89 language of the poet, that it required some previous acquaintance with the system enforced, to be able to detect and recognise the esoteric spirit of his Muse. The public read only the history of an ideal world and of creatures of exquisite91 beauty, told in language that alike dazzled their fancy and captivated their ear. They were lost in a delicious maze92 of metaphor90 and music, and were proud to acknowledge an addition to the glorious catalogue of their poets in a young and interesting member of their aristocracy.
In the meanwhile Herbert entered that great world that had long expected him, and hailed his advent93 with triumph. How long might have elapsed before they were roused by the conduct of Herbert to the error under which they were labouring as to his character, it is not difficult to conjecture95; but before he could commence those philanthropic exertions which apparently96 absorbed him, he encountered an individual who most unconsciously put his philosophy not merely to the test, but partially97 even to the rout98; and this was Lady Annabel Sidney. Almost as new to the world as himself, and not less admired, her unrivalled beauty, her unusual accomplishments99, and her pure and dignified100 mind, combined, it must be confessed, with the flattering admiration101 of his genius, entirely102 captivated the philosophical103 antagonist of marriage. It is not surprising that Marmion Herbert, scarcely of age, and with a heart of extreme susceptibility, resolved, after a struggle, to be the first exception to his system, and, as he faintly flattered himself, the last victim of prejudice. He wooed and won the Lady Annabel.
The marriage ceremony was performed by Doctor Masham, who had read his pupil’s poem, and had been a little frightened by its indications; but this happy union had dissipated all his fears. He would not believe in any other than a future career for him alike honourable104 and happy; and he trusted that if any wild thoughts still lingered in Herbert’s mind, that they would clear off by the same literary process; so that the utmost ill consequences of his immature105 opinions might be an occasional line that the wise would have liked to blot106, and yet which the unlettered might scarcely be competent to comprehend. Mr. and Lady Annabel Herbert departed after the ceremony to his castle, and Doctor Masham to Marringhurst, a valuable living in another county, to which his pupil had just presented him.
Some months after this memorable107 event, rumours108 reached the ear of the good Doctor that all was not as satisfactory as he could desire in that establishment, in the welfare of which he naturally took so lively an interest. Herbert was in the habit of corresponding with the rector of Marringhurst, and his first letters were full of details as to his happy life and his perfect consent; but gradually these details had been considerably109 abridged110, and the correspondence assumed chiefly a literary or philosophical character. Lady Annabel, however, was always mentioned with regard, and an intimation had been duly given to the Doctor that she was in a delicate and promising111 situation, and that they were both alike anxious that he should christen their child. It did not seem very surprising to the good Doctor, who was a man of the world, that a husband, six months after marriage, should not speak of the memorable event with all the fulness and fondness of the honeymoon112; and, being one of those happy tempers that always anticipate the best, he dismissed from his mind, as vain gossip and idle exaggerations, the ominous113 whispers that occasionally reached him.
Immediately after the Christmas ensuing his marriage, the Herberts returned to London, and the Doctor, who happened to be a short time in the metropolis114, paid them a visit. His observations were far from unsatisfactory; it was certainly too evident that Marmion was no longer enamoured of Lady Annabel, but he treated her apparently with courtesy, and even cordiality. The presence of Dr. Masham tended, perhaps, a little to revive old feelings, for he was as much a favourite with the wife as with the husband; but, on the whole, the Doctor quitted them with an easy heart, and sanguine that the interesting and impending115 event would, in all probability, revive affection on the part of Herbert, or at least afford Lady Annabel the only substitute for a husband’s heart.
In due time the Doctor heard from Herbert that his wife had gone down into the country, but was sorry to observe that Herbert did not accompany her. Even this disagreeable impression was removed by a letter, shortly after received from Herbert, dated from the castle, and written in high spirits, informing him that Annabel had made him the happy father of the most beautiful little girl in the world. During the ensuing three months Mr. Herbert, though he resumed his residence in London, paid frequent visits to the castle, where Lady Annabel remained; and his occasional correspondence, though couched in a careless vein116, still on the whole indicated a cheerful spirit; though ever and anon were sarcastic117 observations as to the felicity of the married state, which, he said, was an undoubted blessing118, as it kept a man out of all scrapes, though unfortunately under the penalty of his total idleness and inutility in life. On the whole, however, the reader may judge of the astonishment119 of Doctor Masham when, in common with the world, very shortly after the receipt of this letter, Mr. Herbert having previously120 proceeded to London, and awaiting, as was said, the daily arrival of his wife and child, his former tutor learned that Lady Annabel, accompanied only by Pauncefort and Venetia, had sought her father’s roof, declaring that circumstances had occurred which rendered it quite impossible that she could live with Mr. Herbert any longer, and entreating121 his succour and parental122 protection.
Never was such a hubbub123 in the world! In vain Herbert claimed his wife, and expressed his astonishment, declaring that he had parted from her with the expression of perfect kind feeling on both sides. No answer was given to his letter, and no explanation of any kind conceded him. The world universally declared Lady Annabel an injured woman, and trusted that she would eventually have the good sense and kindness to gratify them by revealing the mystery; while Herbert, on the contrary, was universally abused and shunned124, avoided by his acquaintances, and denounced as the most depraved of men.
In this extraordinary state of affairs Herbert acted in a manner the best calculated to secure his happiness, and the very worst to preserve his character. Having ostentatiously shown himself in every public place, and courted notice and inquiry125 by every means in his power, to prove that he was not anxious to conceal126 himself or avoid any inquiry, he left the country, free at last to pursue that career to which he had always aspired127, and in which he had been checked by a blunder, from the consequences of which he little expected that he should so speedily and strangely emancipate128 himself. It was in a beautiful villa129 on the lake of Geneva that he finally established himself, and there for many years he employed himself in the publication of a series of works which, whether they were poetry or prose, imaginative or investigative, all tended to the same consistent purpose, namely, the fearless and unqualified promulgation130 of those opinions, on the adoption131 of which he sincerely believed the happiness of mankind depended; and the opposite principles to which, in his own case, had been productive of so much mortification132 and misery133. His works, which were published in England, were little read, and universally decried134. The critics were always hard at work, proving that he was no poet, and demonstrating in the most logical manner that he was quite incapable135 of reasoning on the commonest topic. In addition to all this, his ignorance was self-evident; and though he was very fond of quoting Greek, they doubted whether he was capable of reading the original authors. The general impression of the English public, after the lapse94 of some years, was, that Herbert was an abandoned being, of profligate136 habits, opposed to all the institutions of society that kept his infamy137 in check, and an avowed138 atheist; and as scarcely any one but a sympathetic spirit ever read a line he wrote, for indeed the very sight of his works was pollution, it is not very wonderful that this opinion was so generally prevalent. A calm inquirer might, perhaps, have suspected that abandoned profligacy139 is not very compatible with severe study, and that an author is seldom loose in his life, even if he be licentious140 in his writings. A calm inquirer might, perhaps, have been of opinion that a solitary sage59 may be the antagonist of a priesthood without absolutely denying the existence of a God; but there never are calm inquirers. The world, on every subject, however unequally, is divided into parties; and even in the case of Herbert and his writings, those who admired his genius, and the generosity141 of his soul, were not content without advocating, principally out of pique142 to his adversaries143, his extreme opinions on every subject, moral, political, and religious.
Besides, it must be confessed, there was another circumstance which was almost as fatal to Herbert’s character in England as his loose and heretical opinions. The travelling English, during their visits to Geneva, found out that their countryman solaced144 or enlivened his solitude by unhallowed ties. It is a habit to which very young men, who are separated from or deserted145 by their wives, occasionally have recourse. Wrong, no doubt, as most things are, but it is to be hoped venial146; at least in the case of any man who is not also an atheist. This unfortunate mistress of Herbert was magnified into a seraglio; the most extraordinary tales of the voluptuous147 life of one who generally at his studies out-watched the stars, were rife148 in English society; and
Hoary149 marquises and stripling dukes,
who were either protecting opera dancers, or, still worse, making love to their neighbours’ wives, either looked grave when the name of Herbert was mentioned in female society, or affectedly150 confused, as if they could a tale unfold, were they not convinced that the sense of propriety among all present was infinitely151 superior to their sense of curiosity.
The only person to whom Herbert communicated in England was Doctor Masham. He wrote to him immediately on his establishment at Geneva, in a calm yet sincere and serious tone, as if it were useless to dwell too fully152 on the past. Yet he declared, although now that it was all over he avowed his joy at the interposition of his destiny, and the opportunity which he at length possessed of pursuing the career for which he was adapted, that he had to his knowledge given his wife no cause of offence which could authorise her conduct. As for his daughter, he said he should not be so cruel as to tear her from her mother’s breast; though, if anything could induce him to such behaviour, it would be the malignant153 and ungenerous menace of his wife’s relatives, that they would oppose his preferred claim to the guardianship154 of his child, on the plea of his immoral155 life and atheistical156 opinions. With reference to pecuniary157 arrangements, as his chief seat was entailed158 on male heirs, he proposed that his wife should take up her abode159 at Cherbury, an estate which had been settled on her and her children at her marriage, and which, therefore, would descend160 to Venetia. Finally, he expressed his satisfaction that the neighbourhood of Marringhurst would permit his good and still faithful friend to cultivate the society and guard over the welfare of his wife and daughter.
During the first ten years of Herbert’s exile, for such indeed it might be considered, the Doctor maintained with him a rare yet regular correspondence; but after that time a public event occurred, and a revolution took place in Herbert’s life which terminated all communication between them; a termination occasioned, however, by such a simultaneous conviction of its absolute necessity, that it was not attended by any of those painful communications which are too often the harrowing forerunners161 of a formal disruption of ancient ties.
This event was the revolt of the American colonies; and this revolution in Herbert’s career, his junction162 with the rebels against his native country. Doubtless it was not without a struggle, perhaps a pang163, that Herbert resolved upon a line of conduct to which it must assuredly have required the strongest throb164 of his cosmopolitan165 sympathy, and his amplest definition of philanthropy to have impelled166 him. But without any vindictive167 feelings towards England, for he ever professed and exercised charity towards his enemies, attributing their conduct entirely to their ignorance and prejudice, upon this step he nevertheless felt it his duty to decide. There seemed in the opening prospects168 of America, in a world still new, which had borrowed from the old as it were only so much civilisation169 as was necessary to create and to maintain order; there seemed in the circumstances of its boundless170 territory, and the total absence of feudal171 institutions and prejudices, so fair a field for the practical introduction of those regenerating172 principles to which Herbert had devoted all the thought and labour of his life, that he resolved, after long and perhaps painful meditation173, to sacrifice every feeling and future interest to its fulfilment. All idea of ever returning to his native country, even were it only to mix his ashes with the generations of his ancestors; all hope of reconciliation174 with his wife, or of pressing to his heart that daughter, often present to his tender fancy, and to whose affections he had feelingly appealed in an outburst of passionate poetry; all these chances, chances which, in spite of his philosophy, had yet a lingering charm, must be discarded for ever. They were discarded. Assigning his estate to his heir upon conditions, in order to prevent its forfeiture175, with such resources as he could command, and which were considerable, Marmion Herbert arrived at Boston, where his rank, his wealth, his distinguished176 name, his great talents, and his undoubted zeal for the cause of liberty, procured177 him an eminent and gratifying reception. He offered to raise a regiment178 for the republic, and the offer was accepted, and he was enrolled179 among the citizens. All this occurred about the time that the Cadurcis family first settled at the abbey, and this narrative180 will probably throw light upon several slight incidents which heretofore may have attracted the perplexed attention of the reader: such as the newspaper brought by Dr. Masham at the Christmas visit; the tears shed at a subsequent period at Marringhurst, when he related to her the last intelligence that had been received from America. For, indeed, it is impossible to express the misery and mortification which this last conduct of her husband occasioned Lady Annabel, brought up, as she had been, with feelings of romantic loyalty181 and unswerving patriotism182. To be a traitor183 seemed the only blot that remained for his sullied scutcheon, and she had never dreamed of that. An infidel, a profligate, a deserter from his home, an apostate184 from his God! one infamy alone remained, and now he had attained185 it; a traitor to his king! Why, every peasant would despise him!
General Herbert, however, for such he speedily became, at the head of his division, soon arrested the attention, and commanded the respect, of Europe. To his exertions the successful result of the struggle was, in a great measure, attributed; and he received the thanks of Congress, of which he became a member. His military and political reputation exercised a beneficial influence upon his literary fame. His works were reprinted in America, and translated into French, and published at Geneva and Basle, whence they were surreptitiously introduced into France. The Whigs, who had become very factious186, and nearly revolutionary, during the American war, suddenly became proud of their countryman, whom a new world hailed as a deliverer, and Paris declared to be a great poet and an illustrious philosopher. His writings became fashionable, especially among the young; numerous editions of them appeared, and in time it was discovered that Herbert was now not only openly read, and enthusiastically admired, but had founded a school.
The struggle with America ceased about the time of Lord Cadurcis’ last visit to Cherbury, when, from his indignant lips, Venetia first learnt the enormities of her father’s career. Since that period some three years had elapsed until we introduced our readers to the boudoir of Lady Monteagle. During this period, among the Whigs and their partisans187 the literary fame of Herbert had arisen and become established. How they have passed in regard to Lady Annabel Herbert and her daughter, on the one hand, and Lord Cadurcis himself on the other, we will endeavour to ascertain188 in the following chapter.
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