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'Yes�察�Mr。 Ramornie��' says he�察�touching his hat。 'Begging your
pardon�察�Mr。 Ramornie。 But I've been very piticular�察�sir�察�up to
now�察�and you may trust me to be very piticular in the future。 It
were only a slip�察�sir。'
'My good boy��' said I�察�with the most imposing severity�察�'there must
be no slips。 Be so good as to remember that my life is at stake。'
I did not embrace the occasion of telling him how many I had made
myself。 It is my principle that an officer must never be wrong。 I
have seen two divisions beating their brains out for a fortnight
against a worthless and quite impregnable castle in a pass�此�I knew
we were only doing it for discipline�察�because the General had said
so at first�察�and had not yet found any way out of his own words�察�
and I highly admired his force of character�察�and throughout these
operations thought my life exposed in a very good cause。 With
fools and children�察�which included Rowley�察�the necessity was even
greater。 I proposed to myself to be infallible�察�and even when he
expressed some wonder at the purchase of the claret´coloured
chaise�察�I put him promptly in his place。 In our situation�察�I told
him�察�everything had to be sacrificed to appearances�察�doubtless�察�in
a hired chaise�察�we should have had more freedom�察�but look at the
dignity� �I was so positive�察�that I had sometimes almost convinced
myself。 Not for long�察�you may be certain� �This detestable
conveyance always appeared to me to be laden with Bow Street
officers�察�and to have a placard upon the back of it publishing my
name and crimes。 If I had paid seventy pounds to get the thing�察�I
should not have stuck at seven hundred to be safely rid of it。
And if the chaise was a danger�察�what an anxiety was the despatch´
box and its golden cargo� �I had never had a care but to draw my
pay and spend it�察�I had lived happily in the regiment�察�as in my
father's house�察�fed by the great Emperor's commissariat as by
ubiquitous doves of Elijah ´ or�察�my faith� �if anything went wrong
with the commissariat�察�helping myself with the best grace in the
world from the next peasant� �And now I began to feel at the same
time the burthen of riches and the fear of destitution。 There were
ten thousand pounds in the despatch´box�察�but I reckoned in French
money�察�and had two hundred and fifty thousand agonies�察�I kept it
under my hand all day�察�I dreamed of it at night。 In the inns�察�I
was afraid to go to dinner and afraid to go to sleep。 When I
walked up a hill I durst not leave the doors of the claret´coloured
chaise。 Sometimes I would change the disposition of the funds�此�
there were days when I carried as much as five or six thousand
pounds on my own person�察�and only the residue continued to voyage
in the treasure´chest ´ days when I bulked all over like my cousin�察�
crackled to a touch with bank paper�察�and had my pockets weighed to
bursting´point with sovereigns。 And there were other days when I
wearied of the thing ´ or grew ashamed of it ´ and put all the
money back where it had come from�此�there let it take its chance�察�
like better people� �In short�察�I set Rowley a poor example of
consistency�察�and in philosophy�察�none at all。
Little he cared� �All was one to him so long as he was amused�察�and
I never knew any one amused more easily。 He was thrillingly
interested in life�察�travel�察�and his own melodramatic position。 All
day he would be looking from the chaise windows with ebullitions of
gratified curiosity�察�that were sometimes justified and sometimes
not�察�and that ��taken altogether�� it occasionally wearied me to be
obliged to share。 I can look at horses�察�and I can look at trees
too�察�although not fond of it。 But why should I look at a lame
horse�察�or a tree that was like the letter Y�拭 �What exhilaration
could I feel in viewing a cottage that was the same colour as 'the
second from the miller's' in some place where I had never been�察�and
of which I had not previously heard�拭 �I am ashamed to complain�察�but
there were moments when my juvenile and confidential friend weighed
heavy on my hands。 His cackle was indeed almost continuous�察�but it
was never unamiable。 He showed an amiable curiosity when he was
asking questions�察�an amiable guilelessness when he was conferring
information。 And both he did largely。 I am in a position to write
the biographies of Mr。 Rowley�察�Mr。 Rowley's father and mother�察�his
Aunt Eliza�察�and the miller's dog�察�and nothing but pity for the
reader�察�and some misgivings as to the law of copyright�察�prevail on
me to withhold them。
A general design to mould himself upon my example became early
apparent�察�and I had not the heart to check it。 He began to mimic
my carriage�察�he acquired�察�with servile accuracy�察�a little manner I
had of shrugging the shoulders�察�and I may say it was by observing
it in him that I first discovered it in myself。 One day it came
out by chance that I was of the Catholic religion。 He became
plunged in thought�察�at which I was gently glad。 Then suddenly ´
'Odd´rabbit it� �I'll be Catholic too��' he broke out。 'You must
teach me it�察�Mr。 Anne ´ I mean�察�Ramornie。'
I dissuaded him�此�alleging that he would find me very imperfectly
informed as to the grounds and doctrines of the Church�察�and that�察�
after all�察�in the matter of religions�察�it was a very poor idea to
change。 'Of course�察�my Church is the best��' said I�察�'but that is
not the reason why I belong to it�此�I belong to it because it was
the faith of my house。 I wish to take my chances with my own
people�察�and so should you。 If it is a question of going to hell�察�
go to hell like a gentleman with your ancestors。'
'Well�察�it wasn't that��' he admitted。 'I don't know that I was
exactly thinking of hell。 Then there's the inquisition�察�too。
That's rather a cawker�察�you know。'
'And I don't believe you were thinking of anything in the world��'
said I ´ which put a period to his respectable conversion。
He consoled himself by playing for awhile on a cheap flageolet�察�
which was one of his diversions�察�and to which I owed many intervals
of peace。 When he first produced it�察�in the joints�察�from his
pocket�察�he had the duplicity to ask me if I played upon it。 I
answered�察�no�察�and he put the instrument away with a sigh and the
remark that he had thought I might。 For some while he resisted the
unspeakable temptation�察�his fingers visibly itching and twittering
about his pocket�察�even his interest in the landscape and in
sporadic anecdote entirely lost。 Presently the pipe was in his
hands again�察�he fitted�察�unfitted�察�refitted�察�and played upon it in
dumb show for some time。
'I play it myself a little��' says he。
'Do you��' said I�察�and yawned。
And then he broke down。
'Mr。 Ramornie�察�if you please�察�would it disturb you�察�sir�察�if I was
to play a chune��' he pleaded。 And from that hour�察�the tootling of
the flageolet cheered our way。
He was particularly keen on the details of battles�察�single combats�察�
incidents of scouting parties�察�and the like。 These he would make
haste to cap with some of the exploits of Wallace�察�the only hero
with whom he had the least acquaintance。 His enthusiasm was
genuine and pretty。 When he learned we were going to Scotland�察�
'Well�察�then��' he broke out�察�'I'll see where Wallace lived��' And
presently after�察�he fell to moralising。 'It's a strange thing�察�
sir��' he began�察�'that I seem somehow to have always the wrong sow
by the ear。 I'm English after all�察�and I glory in it。 My eye� �
don't I�察�though� �Let some of your Frenchies come over here to
invade�察�and you'll see whether or not� �Oh�察�yes�察�I'm English to the
backbone�察�I am。 And yet look at me� �I got hold of this 'ere
William Wallace and took to him right off�察�I never heard of such a
man before� �And then you came along�察�and I took to you。 And both
the two of you were my born enemies� �I ´ I beg your pardon�察�Mr。
Ramornie�察�but would you mind it very much if you didn't go for to
do anything against England' ´ he brought the word out suddenly�察�
like something hot ´ 'when I was along of you��'
I was more affected than I can tell。
'Rowley��' I said�察�'you need have no fear。 By how much I love my
own honour�察�by so much I will take care to protect yours。 We are
but fraternising at the outposts�察�as soldiers do。 When the bugle
calls�察�my boy�察�we must face each other�察�one for England�察�one for
France�察�and may God defend the right��'
So I spoke at the moment�察�but for all my brave airs�察�the boy had
wounded me in a vital quarter。 His words continued to ring in my
hearing。 There was no remission all day of my remorseful thoughts�察�
and that night ��which we lay at Lichfield�察�I believe�� there was no
sleep for me in my bed。 I put out the candle and lay down with a
good resolution�察�and in a moment all was light about me like a
theatre�察�and I saw myself upon the stage of it playing i