From the moment he entered upon the execution of this purpose, dictated1 as it probably was by an unaffected principle of duty, his misfortunes took their commencement. All I have further to state of his history is the uninterrupted persecution2 of a malignant3 destiny, a series of adventures that seemed to take their rise in various accidents, but pointing to one termination. Him they overwhelmed with an anguish4 he was of all others least qualified5 to bear; and these waters of bitterness, extending beyond him, poured their deadly venom6 upon others. I being myself the most unfortunate of their victims.
The person in whom these calamities7 originated was Mr. Falkland’s nearest neighbour, a man of estate equal to his own, by name Barnabas Tyrrel. This man one might at first have supposed of all others least qualified from instruction, or inclined by the habits of his life, to disturb the enjoyments8 of a mind so richly endowed as that of Mr. Falkland. Mr. Tyrrel might have passed for a true model of the English squire9. He was early left under the tuition of his mother, a woman of narrow capacity, and who had no other child. The only remaining member of the family it may be necessary to notice was Miss Emily Melville, the orphan10 daughter of Mr. Tyrrel’s paternal11 aunt; who now resided in the family mansion12, and was wholly dependent on the benevolence13 of its proprietors14.
Mrs. Tyrrel appeared to think that there was nothing in the world so precious as her hopeful Barnabas. Every thing must give way to his accommodation and advantage; every one must yield the most servile obedience15 to his commands. He must not be teased or restricted by any forms of instruction; and of consequence his proficiency16, even in the arts of writing and reading, was extremely slender. From his birth he was muscular and sturdy; and, confined to the ruelle of his mother, he made much such a figure as the whelp-lion that a barbarian17 might have given for a lap-dog to his mistress.
But he soon broke loose from these trammels, and formed an acquaintance with the groom18 and the game-keeper. Under their instruction he proved as ready a scholar, as he had been indocile and restive19 to the pedant20 who held the office of his tutor. It was now evident that his small proficiency in literature was by no means to be ascribed to want of capacity. He discovered no contemptible21 sagacity and quick-wittedness in the science of horse-flesh, and was eminently22 expert in the arts of shooting, fishing, and hunting. Nor did he confine himself to these, but added the theory and practice of boxing, cudgel play, and quarter-staff. These exercises added ten-fold robustness24 and vigour25 to his former qualifications.
His stature26, when grown, was somewhat more than five feet ten inches in height, and his form might have been selected by a painter as a model for that hero of antiquity27, whose prowess consisted in felling an ox with his fist, and devouring28 him at a meal. Conscious of his advantage in this respect, he was insupportably arrogant29, tyrannical to his inferiors, and insolent30 to his equals. The activity of his mind being diverted from the genuine field of utility and distinction, showed itself in the rude tricks of an overgrown lubber. Here, as in all his other qualifications, he rose above his competitors; and if it had been possible to overlook the callous31 and unrelenting disposition32 which they manifested, one could scarcely have denied his applause to the invention these freaks displayed, and the rough, sarcastic33 wit with which they were accompanied.
Mr. Tyrrel was by no means inclined to permit these extraordinary merits to rust34 in oblivion. There was a weekly assembly at the nearest market-town, the resort of all the rural gentry35. Here he had hitherto figured to the greatest advantage as grand master of the coterie36, no one having an equal share of opulence37, and the majority, though still pretending to the rank of gentry, greatly his inferior in this essential article. The young men in this circle looked up to this insolent bashaw with timid respect, conscious of the comparative eminence38 that unquestionably belonged to the powers of his mind; and he well knew how to maintain his rank with an inflexible39 hand. Frequently indeed he relaxed his features, and assumed a temporary appearance of affableness and familiarity; but they found by experience, that if any one, encouraged by his condescension40, forgot the deference41 which Mr. Tyrrel considered as his due, he was soon taught to repent42 his presumption43. It was a tiger that thought proper to toy with a mouse, the little animal every moment in danger of being crushed by the fangs44 of his ferocious45 associate. As Mr. Tyrrel had considerable copiousness46 of speech, and a rich, but undisciplined imagination, he was always sure of an audience. His neighbours crowded round, and joined in the ready laugh, partly from obsequiousness47, and partly from unfeigned admiration48. It frequently happened, however; that, in the midst of his good humour, a characteristic refinement49 of tyranny would suggest itself to his mind. When his subjects, encouraged by his familiarity, had discarded their precaution, the wayward fit would seize him, a sudden cloud overspread his brow, his voice transform from the pleasant to the terrible, and a quarrel of a straw immediately ensue with the first man whose face he did not like. The pleasure that resulted to others from the exuberant50 sallies of his imagination was, therefore, not unalloyed with sudden qualms51 of apprehension52 and terror. It may be believed that this despotism did not gain its final ascendancy53 without being contested in the outset. But all opposition54 was quelled55 with a high hand by this rural Antaeus. By the ascendancy of his fortune, and his character among his neighbours, he always reduced his adversary56 to the necessity of encountering him at his own weapons, and did not dismiss him without making him feel his presumption through every joint57 in his frame. The tyranny of Mr. Tyrrel would not have been so patiently endured, had not his colloquial58 accomplishments59 perpetually come in aid of that authority which his rank and prowess originally obtained.
The situation of our squire with the fair was still more enviable than that which he maintained among persons of his own sex. Every mother taught her daughter to consider the hand of Mr. Tyrrel as the highest object of her ambition. Every daughter regarded his athletic60 form and his acknowledged prowess with a favourable61 eye. A form eminently athletic is, perhaps, always well proportioned; and one of the qualifications that women are early taught to look for in the male sex, is that of a protector. As no man was adventurous62 enough to contest his superiority, so scarcely any woman in this provincial63 circle would have scrupled64 to prefer his addresses to those of any other admirer. His boisterous65 wit had peculiar66 charms for them; and there was no spectacle more flattering to their vanity, than seeing this Hercules exchange his club for a distaff. It was pleasing to them to consider, that the fangs of this wild beast, the very idea of which inspired trepidation67 into the boldest hearts, might be played with by them with the utmost security.
Such was the rival that Fortune, in her caprice, had reserved for the accomplished68 Falkland. This untamed, though not undiscerning brute69, was found capable of destroying the prospects70 of a man the most eminently qualified to enjoy and to communicate happiness. The feud71 that sprung up between them was nourished by concurring72 circumstances, till it attained73 a magnitude difficult to be paralleled; and, because they regarded each other with a deadly hatred74, I have become an object of misery75 and abhorrence76.
The arrival of Mr. Falkland gave an alarming shock to the authority of Mr. Tyrrel in the village assembly and in all scenes of indiscriminate resort. His disposition by no means inclined him to withhold77 himself from scenes of fashionable amusement; and he and his competitor were like two stars fated never to appear at once above the horizon. The advantages Mr. Falkland possessed78 in the comparison are palpable; and had it been otherwise, the subjects of his rural neighbour were sufficiently79 disposed to revolt against his merciless dominion80. They had hitherto submitted from fear, and not from love; and, if they had not rebelled, it was only for want of a leader. Even the ladies regarded Mr. Falkland with particular complacence. His polished manners were peculiarly in harmony with feminine delicacy81. The sallies of his wit were far beyond those of Mr. Tyrrel in variety and vigour; in addition to which they had the advantage of having their spontaneous exuberance82 guided and restrained by the sagacity of a cultivated mind. The graces of his person were enhanced by the elegance83 of his deportment; and the benevolence and liberality of his temper were upon all occasions conspicuous84. It was common indeed to Mr. Tyrrel, together with Mr. Falkland, to be little accessible to sentiments of awkwardness and confusion. But for this Mr. Tyrrel was indebted to a self-satisfied effrontery85, and a boisterous and over-bearing elocution, by which he was accustomed to discomfit86 his assailants; while Mr. Falkland, with great ingenuity87 and candour of mind, was enabled by his extensive knowledge of the world, and acquaintance with his own resources, to perceive almost instantaneously the proceeding88 it most became him to adopt.
Mr. Tyrrel contemplated89 the progress of his rival with uneasiness and aversion. He often commented upon it to his particular confidents as a thing altogether inconceivable. Mr. Falkland he described as an animal that was beneath contempt. Diminutive90 and dwarfish91 in his form, he wanted to set up a new standard of human nature, adapted to his miserable92 condition. He wished to persuade people that the human species were made to be nailed to a chair, and to pore over books. He would have them exchange those robust23 exercises which make us joyous93 in the performance, and vigorous in the consequences, for the wise labour of scratching our heads for a rhyme and counting our fingers for a verse. Monkeys were as good men as these. A nation of such animals would have no chance with a single regiment94 of the old English votaries95 of beef and pudding. He never saw any thing come of learning but to make people foppish96 and impertinent; and a sensible man would not wish a worse calamity97 to the enemies of his nation, than to see them run mad after such pernicious absurdities98. It was impossible that people could seriously feel any liking99 for such a ridiculous piece of goods as this outlandish foreign-made Englishman. But he knew very well how it was: it was a miserable piece of mummery that was played only in spite of him. But God for ever blast his soul, if he were not bitterly revenged upon them all!
If such were the sentiments of Mr. Tyrrel, his patience found ample exercise in the language which was held by the rest of his neighbours on the same subject. While he saw nothing in Mr. Falkland but matter of contempt, they appeared to be never weary of recounting his praises. Such dignity, such affability, so perpetual an attention to the happiness of others, such delicacy of sentiment and expression! Learned without ostentation100, refined without foppery, elegant without effeminacy! Perpetually anxious to prevent his superiority from being painfully felt, it was so much the more certainly felt to be real, and excited congratulation instead of envy in the spectator. It is scarcely necessary to remark, that the revolution of sentiment in this rural vicinity belongs to one of the most obvious features of the human mind. The rudest exhibition of art is at first admired, till a nobler is presented, and we are taught to wonder at the facility with which before we had been satisfied. Mr. Tyrrel thought there would be no end to the commendation; and expected when their common acquaintance would fall down and adore the intruder. The most inadvertent expression of applause inflicted102 upon him the torment103 of demons104. He writhed105 with agony, his features became distorted, and his looks inspired terror. Such suffering would probably have soured the kindest temper; what must have been its effect upon Mr. Tyrrel’s, always fierce, unrelenting, and abrupt106?
The advantages of Mr. Falkland seemed by no means to diminish with their novelty. Every new sufferer from Mr. Tyrrel’s tyranny immediately went over to the standard of his adversary. The ladies, though treated by their rustic107 swain with more gentleness than the men, were occasionally exposed to his capriciousness and insolence108. They could not help remarking the contrast between these two leaders in the fields of chivalry109, the one of whom paid no attention to any one’s pleasure but his own, while the other seemed all good-humour and benevolence. It was in vain that Mr. Tyrrel endeavoured to restrain the ruggedness110 of his character. His motive111 was impatience112, his thoughts were gloomy, and his courtship was like the pawings of an elephant. It appeared as if his temper had been more human while he indulged in its free bent113, than now that he sullenly114 endeavoured to put fetters115 upon its excesses.
Among the ladies of the village-assembly already mentioned, there was none that seemed to engage more of the kindness of Mr. Tyrrel than Miss Hardingham. She was also one of the few that had not yet gone over to the enemy, either because she really preferred the gentleman who was her oldest acquaintance, or that she conceived from calculation this conduct best adapted to insure her success in a husband. One day, however, she thought proper, probably only by way of experiment, to show Mr. Tyrrel that she could engage in hostilities116, if he should at any time give her sufficient provocation117. She so adjusted her manoeuvres as to be engaged by Mr. Falkland as his partner for the dance of the evening, though without the smallest intention on the part of that gentleman (who was unpardonably deficient118 in the sciences of anecdote119 and match-making) of giving offence to his country neighbour. Though the manners of Mr. Falkland were condescending120 and attentive121, his hours of retirement122 were principally occupied in contemplations too dignified123 for scandal, and too large for the altercations125 of a vestry, or the politics of an election-borough.
A short time before the dances began, Mr. Tyrrel went up to his fair inamorata, and entered into some trifling126 conversation with her to fill up the time, as intending in a few minutes to lead her forward to the field. He had accustomed himself to neglect the ceremony of soliciting127 beforehand a promise in his favour, as not supposing it possible that any one would dare dispute his behests; and, had it been otherwise, he would have thought the formality unnecessary in this case, his general preference to Miss Hardingham being notorious.
While he was thus engaged, Mr. Falkland came up. Mr. Tyrrel always regarded him with aversion and loathing128. Mr. Falkland, however, slided in a graceful129 and unaffected manner into the conversation already begun; and the animated130 ingenuousness131 of his manner was such, as might for the time have disarmed132 the devil of his malice133. Mr. Tyrrel probably conceived that his accosting134 Miss Hardingham was an accidental piece of general ceremony, and expected every moment when he would withdraw to another part of the room.
The company now began to be in motion for the dance, and Mr. Falkland signified as much to Miss Hardingham. “Sir,” interrupted Mr. Tyrrel abruptly135, “that lady is my partner.”—“I believe not, sir: that lady has been so obliging as to accept my invitation.”—“I tell you, sir, no. Sir, I have an interest in that lady’s affections; and I will suffer no man to intrude101 upon my claims.”—“The lady’s affections are not the subject of the present question.”—“Sir, it is to no purpose to parley136. Make room, sir!”— Mr. Falkland gently repelled137 his antagonist138. “Mr. Tyrrel!” returned he, with some firmness, “let us have no altercation124 in this business: the master of the ceremonies is the proper person to decide in a difference of this sort, if we cannot adjust it: we can neither of us intend to exhibit our valour before the ladies, and shall therefore cheerfully submit to his verdict.”—“Damn me, sir, if I understand —” “Softly, Mr. Tyrrel; I intended you no offence. But, sir, no man shall prevent my asserting that to which I have once acquired a claim!”
Mr. Falkland uttered these words with the most unruffled temper in the world. The tone in which he spoke139 had acquired elevation140, but neither roughness nor impatience. There was a fascination141 in his manner that made the ferociousness142 of his antagonist subside143 into impotence. Miss Hardingham had begun to repent of her experiment, but her alarm was speedily quieted by the dignified composure of her new partner. Mr. Tyrrel walked away without answering a word. He muttered curses as he went, which the laws of honour did not oblige Mr. Falkland to overhear, and which indeed it would have been no easy task to have overheard with accuracy. Mr. Tyrrel would not, perhaps, have so easily given up his point, had not his own good sense presently taught him, that, however eager he might be for revenge, this was not the ground he should desire to occupy. But, though he could not openly resent this rebellion against his authority, he brooded over it in the recesses144 of a malignant mind; and it was evident enough that he was accumulating materials for a bitter account, to which he trusted his adversary should one day be brought.
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