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Waverley; Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since - Volume 2

Chapter 7 REPENTANCE AND A RECONCILIATION

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undly till late in the succeeding morning, and then awakened to a painful recollection of the scene of

this insult, he would break the laws of Heaven, as well as of his country; true, in doing so, he might take the life of a young man who perhaps respectably discharge

wn where they were quartered, in order that he might convey such a message to the Laird of Balmawhapple as the circumstances seemed to demand. He found Miss Bradwardine presiding over the tea and coffee, the table loaded with warm bread, both of flour, oatmeal, and barley-meal, in the shape of leaves, cakes, biscuits, and other varieties, together with eggs, reindeer ham, mutton and beef, ditto, smoked salmon, mar

and secretly wondering that a scarlet coat should cover no better breeding, she left him to his mental amusement of cursing Dr. Doubleit's favourite constellation of Ursa Major, as the cause of all the mischief which had already happened, and was likely to ensue. At once he started, and his colour heightened, as, looking toward the window, he

ced to meet Waverley, and, stopping in the midst of the apartment, made in great state the following oration: 'Captain Waverley,-my young and esteemed friend, Mr. Falconer of Balmawhapple, has craved of my age and experience, as of one not wholly unskilled in the dependencies and punctilios of the duello or monomachia, to be his interlocutor in expressing to you the regret with which he calls to remembrance certain passages of our symposion last night, which could not but be highly displeasing to you, as serving for the time under this present existing government. He craves

haracter of mediator, extended towards him. 'It was impossible,' he said, 'for him to remember what a gentleman exp

ch he hath spoken in his liquor, it must be held VINUM LOCUTUM EST; the words cease to be his own. Yet would I not find this exculpation relevant in the case of one who was EBRIOSUS, or an habitual drunkard; because, if such a person choose to pass the greater part of his time in the predi

mbarrassed and dejected; and Waverley now, for the first time, observed that his arm was in a sling, which seemed to account for the awkward and embarrassed manner with which he had presented his hand. To a question from Miss Bradwardine, he muttered, in answer, something abou

he conceived he had meditated a more early retreat. 'I would not have you opine, Captain Waverley, that I am by practice or precept an advocate of ebriety, though it may be that, in our festivity of last night, some of our friends, if not perchance altogether EBRII, or drunken, were, to say the least, EBRIOLI, by which the ancients designed those who were fuddled, or, as your English vernacular and metaphorical phrase goes, h

s his antagonist the Laird of Balmawhapple. However, having received the expected, or rather the required, compliment on his sobriety, the Baron proceeded,-'No, sir, though I am myself of a strong temperament, I abhor ebriety, and detest those who swallow wine GULAE CAUSA, for the oblectation of the gullet; albeit I might deprecate the law of Pittacus

to make for the super-abundance of his hospitality; and it may be easily believe

roe. The roe, Captain Waverley, may be hunted at all times alike; for never being in what is called PRIDE OF GREASE, he is also never out of season, though it be a truth that his venison is not equal to that of either the red or fallow deer. [The learn

ck-brained knave, who could execute very well any commission which jumped with his own humour, and made his folly a plea for avoiding every other. 'He has made an interest with us,' continued the Baron, 'by saving Rose from a great danger with his o

common people, who often judge hardly of each other, as well as of their betters, although they had expressed great compassion for the poor innocent while suffered to wander in rags about the village, no sooner beheld him decently clothed, provided for, and even a sort of favourite, than they called up all the instances of sharpness and ingenuity, in action and repartee, which his annals afforded, and charitably bottomed thereupon a hypothesis, that Davie Gellatley was no further fool than was necessary to avoid hard labour. This opinion was not better founded than that of the Negroes, who, from the acute and mischievous pranks of the

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hopeless and broken-hearted, and fell into a decline. My father supported him till his death, which happened before he was nineteen. He played beautifully on the flute, and was supposed to have a great turn for poetry. He was affectionate and compassionate to his brother, who followed him like his shadow, and we think that from him Da

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now invited our hero to follow him as he stalked clattering down the ample staircase, tapping each huge balustra

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1 Chapter 1 WAVERLEY-HONOUR--A RETROSPECT2 Chapter 2 CHOICE OF A PROFESSION3 Chapter 3 THE ADIEUS OF WAVERLEY4 Chapter 4 MORE OF THE MANOR-HOUSE AND ITS ENVIRONS5 Chapter 5 ROSE BRADWARDINE AND HER FATHER6 Chapter 6 THE BANQUET7 Chapter 7 REPENTANCE AND A RECONCILIATION8 Chapter 8 A MORE RATIONAL DAY THAN THE LAST9 Chapter 9 A DISCOVERY-WAVERLEY BECOMES DOMESTICATED AT TULLY-VEOLAN10 Chapter 10 No.1011 Chapter 11 AN UNEXPECTED ALLY APPEARS12 Chapter 12 THE HOLD OF A HIGHLAND ROBBER13 Chapter 13 WAVERLEY PROCEEDS ON HIS JOURNEY14 Chapter 14 THE CHIEF AND HIS MANSION15 Chapter 15 A HIGHLAND FEAST16 Chapter 16 THE CHIEFTAIN'S SISTER17 Chapter 17 HIGHLAND MINSTRELSY18 Chapter 18 WAVERLEY CONTINUES AT GLENNAQUOICH19 Chapter 19 A STAG-HUNT, AND ITS CONSEQUENCES20 Chapter 20 NEWS FROM ENGLAND21 Chapter 21 AN ECLAIRCISSEMENT22 Chapter 22 UPON THE SAME SUBJECT23 Chapter 23 A LETTER FROM TULLY-VEOLAN24 Chapter 24 WAVERLEY'S RECEPTION IN THE LOWLANDS AFTER HIS HIGHLAND TOUR25 Chapter 25 SHOWS THAT THE LOSS OF A HORSE'S SHOE MAY BE A SERIOUS INCONVENIENCE26 Chapter 26 AN EXAMINATION27 Chapter 27 A CONFERENCE, AND THE CONSEQUENCE28 Chapter 28 A CONFIDANT29 Chapter 29 A VOLUNTEER SIXTY YEARS SINCE30 Chapter 30 AN INCIDENT31 Chapter 31 WAVERLEY IS STILL IN DISTRESS32 Chapter 32 A NOCTURNAL ADVENTURE33 Chapter 33 THE JOURNEY IS CONTINUED34 Chapter 34 AN OLD AND A NEW ACQUAINTANCE35 Chapter 35 THE MYSTERY BEGINS TO BE CLEARED UP36 Chapter 36 A SOLDIER'S DINNER37 Chapter 37 THE BALL38 Chapter 38 THE MARCH39 Chapter 39 AN INCIDENT GIVES RISE TO UNAVAILING REFLECTIONS40 Chapter 40 THE EVE OF BATTLE41 Chapter 41 THE CONFLICT42 Chapter 42 AN UNEXPECTED EMBARRASSMENT43 Chapter 43 THE ENGLISH PRISONER44 Chapter 44 RATHER UNIMPORTANT45 Chapter 45 INTRIGUES OF LOVE AND POLITICS46 Chapter 46 INTRIGUES OF SOCIETY AND LOVE47 Chapter 47 FERGUS A SUITOR48 Chapter 48 'TO ONE THING CONSTANT NEVER'49 Chapter 49 A BRAVE MAN IN SORROW50 Chapter 50 EXERTION51 Chapter 51 THE MARCH No.5152 Chapter 52 THE CONFUSION OF KING AGRAMANT'S CAMP53 Chapter 53 A SKIRMISH54 Chapter 54 OF ACCIDENTS55 Chapter 55 A JOURNEY TO LONDON56 Chapter 56 WHAT'S TO BE DONE NEXT 57 Chapter 57 DESOLATION58 Chapter 58 COMPARING OF NOTES59 Chapter 59 MORE EXPLANATION60 Chapter 60 No.6061 Chapter 61 No.6162 Chapter 62 LXVIII 63 Chapter 63 No.6364 Chapter 64 DOLCE DOMUM65 Chapter 65 No.6566 Chapter 66 A POSTSCRIPT, WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN A PREFACE