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

Chapter 5 ROSE BRADWARDINE AND HER FATHER

Word Count: 2004    |    Released on: 04/12/2017

d croupier of the Bautherwhillery Club, not only said MORE to the pledge in a pint bumper of Bourdeaux, but, ere pouring forth the libation, denominated the divinity to whom it was dedicated, '

d weak brains had consigned two or three to the floor, yet even these, fallen as they were from their high estate, and

st of beauty, that is, with a profusion of hair of paley gold, and a skin like the snow of her own mountains in whiteness. Yet she had not a pallid or pensive cast of countenance; her features, as well as her temper, had a lively expression; her complexion, though not florid, was so pure as to seem transparent, and

ted by the appearance of the Baron of Bradwardine in person, who, summoned by David Gellatley, now appeared, 'on hospitable thoughts intent,' clearing the ground at a prodigious rate with swift and long strides, which reminded Waverley of the seven-league boots of the nursery fable. He was a tall, thin, athletic figure; old indeed, and grey-haired, but with every muscle rendered as tough as whip-cord by constant exer

ing uniform. To this must be added the prejudices of ancient birth and Jacobite politics, greatly strengthened by habits of solitary and secluded authority, which, though exercised only within the bounds of his half-cultivated estate, was there indisputable and undisputed. For, as he used to observe, 'the lands of Bradwardine, Tully-Veolan, and others, had been erected into a free barony by a charter from David the First, CUM LIBERALI POTEST. HABENDI CURIAS ET JUSTICIAS, CUM FOSSA ET FURCA (LIE pit and gallows) ET SAKA ET SOKA, ET THOL ET THEAM, ET INFANG-THIEF ET OUTFANG-THIEF, SIVE HAND-HABEND. SIVE BAK-BARAND.' The peculiar meaning of all these cabalistical words few or none could explain; but they implied, upon the whole, that

rdine's demeanour, for the tears stood in the old gentleman's eyes, when, having first shaken Edward heartily by the hand in the English fashion, he embraced him A LA MODE FRANCAISE, and kissed

roeck, said of the SAGESSE of MADAME SON EPOUSE.-And so ye have mounted the cockade? Right, right; though I could have wished the colour different, and so I would ha' deemed might Sir Everard. But no more of that; I am old, and times are changed.-And how does the worthy knight baronet, and the fair Mrs. Rachel?-Ah, ye laugh, young man! In troth she was the f

that she might gain leisure, after discharging her father's commission, to put her own dress in order, an

s popular; EPULAE AD SENATUM, PRANDIUM VERO AD POPULUM ATTINET, says Suetonius Tranquillus. But I trust ye will applaud my Bourdeaux; C'EST D'UNE OREILLE, as Captain Vinsauf used to s

to the door of the house, where four or five servants in old-fashioned liveries, headed by Alexander Saund

ng round with pik

corselets that had b

hung round with the pictures of his ancestry, where a table was set forth in form for six persons, and an old-fashioned beaufet displayed all the ancient and massive plate of the Bradwardine family. A bell w

would hardly believe such a scandal,-but this Bullsegg, being portly and comely of aspect, intermarried with the lady dowager, who was young and amorous, and possessed himself of the estate, which devolved on this unhappy woman by a settlement of her umwhile husband, in direct contravention of an unrecorded taillie, and to the prejudice of the disponer's own flesh and blood, in the person of his natural heir and seventh cousin, Girnigo of Tipperhewit, whose family was so reduced by the ensuing lawsuit, that his representative is now serving as a private gentleman-sentinel in the Highland Black Watch. But this gentleman, Mr. Bullsegg of Killancureit that now is, has good blood in his veins by the mother and grandmother, who were both of the family of Pickletillim, and he is well liked and looked upon, and knows his own place. And God forbid, Captain Waverley, that we of irreproachable lineage should exult over him,

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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