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The Black Dwarf-Part28_WALTER SCOTT(1771-1832)_English Literature(文学名著)-第2页

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negleckit about a great toun like this; and she could feed

bonnily on our lily lea by the burn side, and the hounds wad ken



her in a day's time, and never fash her, and Grace wad milk her

ilka morning wi' her ain hand, for Elshie's sake; for though he



was thrawn and cankered in his converse, he likeit dumb creatures

weel."



Hobbie's requests were readily granted, not without some wonder

at the natural delicacy of feeling which pointed out to him this



mode of displaying his gratitude. He was delighted when

Ratcliffe informed him that his benefactor should not remain



ignorant of the care which he took of his favourite.

"And mind be sure and tell him that grannie and the titties, and,



abune a', Grace and mysell, are weel and thriving, and that it's

a' his doing--that canna but please him, ane wad think."



And Elliot and the family at Heugh-foot were, and continued to

be, as fortunate and happy as his undaunted honesty, tenderness,



and gallantry so well merited.

All bar between the marriage of Earnscliff and Isabella was now



removed, and the settlements which Ratcliffe produced on the part

of Sir Edward Mauley, might have satisfied the cupidity of



Ellieslaw himself. But Miss Vere and Ratcliffe thought it

unnecessary to mention to Earnscliff that one great motive of Sir



Edward, in thus loading the young pair with benefits, was to

expiate his having, many years before, shed the blood of his



father in a hasty brawl. If it be true, as Ratcliffe asserted,

that the Dwarf's extreme misanthropy seemed to relax somewhat,



under the consciousness of having diffused happiness among so

many, the recollection of this circumstance might probably be one



of his chief motives for refusing obstinately ever to witness

their state of contentment.



Mareschal hunted, shot, and drank claret--tired of the country,

went abroad, served three campaigns, came home, and married Lucy



Ilderton.

Years fled over the heads of Earnscliff and his wife, and found



and left them contented and happy. The schemingambition of Sir

Frederick Langley engaged him in the unfortunateinsurrection of



1715. He was made prisoner at Preston, in Lancashire, with the

Earl of Derwentwater, and others. His defence, and the dying



speech which he made at his execution, may be found in the State

Trials. Mr. Vere, supplied by his daughter with an ample income,



continued to resideabroad, engaged deeply in the affair of Law's

bank during the regency of the Duke of Orleans, and was at one



time supposed to be immensely rich. But, on the bursting of that

famous bubble, he was so much chagrined at being again reduced to



a moderate annuity (although he saw thousands of his companions

in misfortuneabsolutely starving), that vexation of mind brought



on a paralytic stroke, of which he died, after lingering under

its effects a few weeks.



Willie of Westburnflat fled from the wrath of Hobbie Elliot, as

his betters did from the pursuit of the law. His patriotism



urged him to serve his country abroad, while his reluctance to

leave his native soil pressed him rather to remain in the beloved



island, and collect purses, watches, and rings on the highroads

at home. Fortunately for him, the first impulse prevailed, and



he joined the army under Marlborough; obtained a commission to

which he was recommended by his services in collecting cattle for



the commissariat; returned home after many years, with some money

(how come by Heaven only knows),--demolished the peel-house at



Westburnflat, and built, in its stead, a high narrow ONSTEAD, of

three stories, with a chimney at each end--drank brandy with the



neighbours, whom, in his younger days, he had plundered--died in

his bed, and is recorded upon his tombstone at Kirkwhistle (still



extant), as having played all the parts of a brave soldier, a

discreet neighbour, and a sincere Christian.



Mr. Ratcliffe resided usually with the family at Ellieslaw, but




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