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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: Town Versus Country + +Author: Mary Russell Mitford + +Release Date: October 2, 2007 [EBook #22836] +Last Updated: December 18, 2016 + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: UTF-8 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK TOWN VERSUS COUNTRY *** + + + + +Produced by David Widger + + + + + +</pre> + <div style="height: 8em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h1> + TOWN VERSUS COUNTRY. + </h1> + <h2> + By Mary Russell Mitford + </h2> + <p> + <br /> <br /> <br /> + </p> + <p> + “I’m desperately afear’d, Sue, that that brother of thine will turn out a + jackanapes,” was the apostrophe of the good yeoman Michael Howe, to his + pretty daughter Susan, as they were walking one fine afternoon in harvest + through some narrow and richly wooded lanes, which wound between the + crofts of his farm of Rutherford West, situate in that out-of-the-way part + of Berkshire which is emphatically called “the Low Country,” for no better + reason that I can discover than that it is the very hilliest part of the + royal county. “I’m sadly afear’d, Sue, that he’ll turn out a jackanapes!”—and + the stout farmer brandished the tall paddle which served him at once as a + walking stick and a weeding-hook, and began vigorously eradicating the + huge thistles which grew by the roadside, as a mere vent for his vexation. + “You’ll see that he’ll come back an arrant puppy,” quoth Michael Howe. + </p> + <p> + “Oh, father! don’t say so,” rejoined Susan, “why should you think so + hardly of poor William—our own dear William, whom we have not seen + these three years? What earthly harm has he done?” + </p> + <p> + “Harm, girl! Look at his letters! You know you’re ashamed yourself to take + ‘em of the postman. Pink paper, forsooth, and blue ink, and a seal with + bits of make-believe gold speckled about in it like a ladybird’s wings—I + hate all make-believes, all shams; they’re worse than poison;—and + stinking of some outlandish scent, so that I’m forced to smoke a couple of + pipes extra to get rid of the smell; and latterly, as if this folly was + not enough, he has crammed these precious scrawls into a sort of + paper-bag, pasted together just as if o’ purpose to make us pay double + postage. Jackanapes did I call him? He’s a worse mollycot than a woman.” + </p> + <p> + “Dear father, all young men will be foolish one way or another; and you + know my uncle says, that William is wonderfully steady for so young a man, + and his master is so well pleased with him, that he is now foreman in his + great concern. You must pardon a little nonsense in a country youth, + thrown suddenly into a fine shop in the gayest part of London, and with + his godfather’s legacy coming unexpectedly upon him, and making him too + rich for a journeyman tradesman. But he’s coming to see us now. He would + have come six months ago, as soon as he got this money, if his master + could have spared him; and he’ll be wiser before he goes back to London.” + </p> + <p> + “Not he. Hang Lunnon! Why did he go to Lunnon at all? Why could not he + stop at Rutherford like his father and his father’s father, and see to the + farm? What business had he in a great shop?—a man-mercer’s they call + it. What call had he to Lunnon, I say? Tell me that, Miss Susan. + </p> + <p> + “Why, dear father, you know very well that when Master George Arnot was so + unluckily obstinate about the affair of the water-course, and would go to + law with you, and swore that instead of marrying William, poor Mary should + be married to the rich maltster old Jacob Giles, William, who had loved + Mary ever since they were children together, could not bear to stay in the + country, and went off to my uncle, forbidding me ever to mention her name + in a letter; and,—” “Well! well!” rejoined the father, somewhat + softened, “but he need not have turned puppy and coxcomb because he was + crossed in love. Pshaw!” added the good farmer, giving a mighty tug with + his paddle at a tough mullein which happened to stand in his way, “I was + crossed in love myself, in my young days, but I did not run off and turn + tailor. I made up plump to another wench—your poor mother, Susan, + that’s dead and gone—and carried her off like a man; married her in + a month, girl; and that’s what Will should have done. I’m afear’d we shall + find him a sad jackanapes. Jem Hathaway, the gauger, told me last + market-day that he saw him one Sunday in the what-dye-call’t—the + Park there, covered with rings, and gold chains, and fine velvets—all + green and gold, like our great peacock. Well! we shall soon see. He comes + to-night, you say? ‘Tis not above six o’clock by the sun, and the Wantage + coach don’t come in till seven. Even if they lend him a horse and cart at + the Nag’s Head, he can’t be here these two hours. So I shall just see the + ten acre field cleared, and be home time enough to shake him by the hand + if he comes like a man, or to kick him out of doors if he looks like a + dandy.” And off strode the stout yeoman in his clouted shoes, his leather + gaiters, and smockfrock, and a beard (it was Friday) of six days’ growth; + looking altogether prodigiously like a man who would keep his word. + </p> + <p> + Susan, on her part, continued to thread the narrow winding lanes that led + towards Wantage; walking leisurely along, and forming as she went, half + unconsciously, a nosegay of the wild flowers of the season; the delicate + hare-bell, the lingering wood-vetch, the blue scabious, the heaths which + clustered on the bank, the tall graceful lilac campanula, the snowy bells + of the bindweed, the latest briar-rose, and that species of clematis, + which, perhaps, because it generally indicates the neighbourhood of + houses, has won for itself the pretty name of the traveller’s joy, whilst + that loveliest of wild flowers, whose name is now sentimentalised out of + prettiness, the intensely blue forget-me-not, was there in rich profusion. + </p> + <p> + Susan herself was not unlike her posy; sweet and delicate, and full of a + certain pastoral grace. Her light and airy figure suited well with a fair + mild countenance, breaking into blushes and smiles when she spoke, and set + off by bright ringlets of golden hair, parted on her white forehead, and + hanging in long curls on her finely-rounded cheeks. Always neat but never + fine, gentle, cheerful, and modest, it would be difficult to find a + prettier specimen of an English farmer’s daughter than Susan Howe. But + just now the little damsel wore a look of care not usual to her fair and + tranquil features; she seemed, as she was, full of trouble. + </p> + <p> + “Poor William!” so ran her thoughts, “my father would not even listen to + his last letter because it poisoned him with musk. I wonder that William + can like that disagreeable smell! and he expects him to come down on the + top of the coach, instead of which, he says that he means to purchase a—a—(even + in her thoughts poor Susan could not master the word, and was obliged to + have recourse to the musk-scented billet) britschka—ay, that’s it!—or + a droschky; I wonder what sort of things they are—and that he only + visits us <i>en passant</i> in a tour, for which, town being so empty, and + business slack, his employer has given him leave, and in which he is to be + accompanied by his friend Monsieur Victor—Victor—I can’t make + out his other name—an eminent perfumer who lives next door. To think + of bringing a Frenchman here, remembering how my father hates the whole + nation! Oh dear, dear! And yet I know William. I know why he went, and I + do believe, in spite of a little finery and foolishness, and of all the + britschkas, and droschkies, and Victors, into the bargain, that he’ll be + glad to get home again. No place like home! Even in these silly notes that + feeling is always at the bottom. Did not I hear a carriage before me? Yes!—no!—I + can’t tell. One takes every thing for the sound of wheels when one is + expecting a dear friend!—And if we can but get him to look, as he + used to look, and to be what he used to be, he won’t leave us again for + all the fine shops in Regent Street, or all the britschkas and droschkies + in Christendom. My father is getting old now, and William ought to stay at + home,” thought the affectionate sister; “and I firmly believe that what he + ought to do, he will do. Besides which—surely there <i>is</i> a + carriage now.” Just as Susan arrived at this point of her cogitations, + that sound which had haunted her imagination all the afternoon, the sound + of wheels rapidly advancing, became more and more audible, and was + suddenly succeeded by a tremendous crash, mixed with men’s voices—one + of them her brother’s—venting in two languages (for Monsieur Victor, + whatever might be his proficiency in English, had recourse in this + emergency to his native tongue) the different ejaculations of anger and + astonishment which are pretty sure to accompany an overset: and on turning + a corner of the lane, Susan caught her first sight of the britschka or + droschky, whichever it might be, that had so much puzzled her simple + apprehension, in the shape of a heavy-looking open carriage garnished with + head and apron, lying prostrate against a gate-post, of which the wheels + had fallen foul. Her brother was fully occupied in disengaging the horses + from the traces, in reprimanding his companion for his bad driving, which + he declared had occasioned the accident, and in directing him to go for + assistance to a cottage half a mile back on the road to Wantage, whilst he + himself intimated his intention of proceeding for more help to the Farm; + and the obedient Frenchman—who, notwithstanding the derangement + which his coëffure might naturally be expected to have experienced in his + tumble, looked, Susan thought, as if his hair were put in paper every + night and pomatumed every morning, and as if his whole dapper person were + saturated with his own finest essences, a sort of travelling perfumer’s + shop, a peripatetic pouncet-box—walked off in the direction + indicated, with an air of habitual submission, which showed pretty plainly + that, whether as proprietor of the unlucky britschka, or from his own + force of character, William was considered as the principal director of + the present expedition. + </p> + <p> + Having sent his comrade off, William Howe, leaving his steeds quietly + browsing by the wayside, bent his steps towards home. Susan advanced + rapidly to meet him; and in a few seconds the brother and sister were in + each other’s arms; and, after most affectionate greetings, they sat down + by mutual consent upon a piece of felled timber which lay upon the bank—the + lane on one side being bounded by an old coppice—and began to ask + each other the thousand questions so interesting to the children of one + house who have been long parted. + </p> + <p> + Seldom surely has the rough and rugged bark of an unhewed elm had the + honour of supporting so perfect an exquisite. Jem Hathaway, the exciseman, + had in nothing exaggerated the magnificence of our young Londoner. From + shoes which looked as if they had come from Paris in the ambassador’s bag, + to the curled head and the whiskered and mustachio’d countenance, (for the + hat which should have been the crown of the finery was wanting—probably + in consequence of the recent overturn,) from top to toe he looked fit for + a ball at Almack’s, or a fete at Bridgewater House; and, oh! how unsuited + to the old-fashioned homestead at Rutherford West! His lower appointments, + hose and trousers, were of the finest woven silk; his coat was claret + colour, of the latest cut; his waistcoat—talk of the great peacock, + <i>he</i> would have seemed dingy and dusky beside such a splendour of + colour!—his waistcoat literally dazzled poor Susan’s eyes; and his + rings, and chains, and studs, and brooches, seemed to the wondering girl + almost sufficient to stock a jeweller’s shop. + </p> + <p> + In spite of all this nonsense, it was clear to her from every look and + word that she was not mistaken in believing William unchanged in mind and + disposition, and that there was a warm and a kind heart beating under the + finery. Moreover, she felt that if the unseemly magnificence could once be + thrown aside, the whiskers and mustachios cleared away, and his fine manly + person reinstated in the rustic costume in which she had been accustomed + to see him, her brother would <i>then</i> appear greatly improved in face + and figure, taller, more vigorous, and with an expression of intelligence + and frankness delightful to behold. But how to get quit of the finery, and + the Frenchman, and the britschka? Or how reconcile her father to + iniquities so far surpassing even the smell of musk? + </p> + <p> + William, on his part, regarded his sister with unqualified admiration. He + had left a laughing blooming girl, he found a delicate and lovely young + woman, all the more lovely for the tears that mingled with her smiles, + true tokens of a most pure affection. + </p> + <p> + “And you really are glad to see me, Susy? And my father is well? And here + is the old place, looking just as it used to do; house, and ricks, and + barnyard, not quite in sight, but one feels that one shall see them at the + next turning—the great coppice right opposite, looking thicker and + greener than ever! how often we have gone nutting in that coppice!—the + tall holly at the gate, with the woodbine climbing up, and twisting its + sweet garlands round the very topmost spray like a coronet;—many a + time and often have I climbed the holly to twine the flaunting wreath + round your straw-bonnet, Miss Susy! And here, on the other side of the + hedge, is the very field where Hector and Harebell ran their famous + course, and gave their hare fifty turns before they killed her, without + ever letting her get out of the stubble. Those were pleasant days, Susan, + after all!” + </p> + <p> + “Happy days, dear William!” + </p> + <p> + “And we shall go nutting again, shall we not?” + </p> + <p> + “Surely, dear brother! Only”—— And + </p> + <p> + Susan suddenly stopped. + </p> + <p> + “Only what, Miss Susy?’ + </p> + <p> + “Only I don’t see how you can possibly go into the copse in this dress. + Think how the brambles would prick and tear, and how that chain would + catch in the hazel stems! and as to climbing the holly-tree in that fine + tight coat, or beating the stubbles for a hare in those delicate thin + shoes, why the thing is out of the question. And I really don’t believe,” + continued Susan, finding it easier to go on than to begin, “I really don’t + believe that either Hector or Harebell would know you if they saw you so + decked out.” + </p> + <p> + William laughed outright + </p> + <p> + “I don’t mean to go coursing in these shoes, I assure you, Susy. This is + an evening dress. I have a shooting-jacket and all thereunto belonging in + the britschka, which will not puzzle either Harebell or Hector, because + it’s just what they have been used to see me wear.” + </p> + <p> + “Put it on, then, I beseech you?” exclaimed Susy; “put it on directly!” + </p> + <p> + “Why, I am not going coursing this evening.” + </p> + <p> + “No—but my father!—Oh, dear William! if you did but know how + he hates finery, and foreigners, and whiskers, and britschkas! Oh, dear + William, send off the French gentleman and the outlandish carriage—run + into the coppice and put on the shooting-dress!” + </p> + <p> + “Oh, Susan!” began William; but Susan having once summoned up courage + sufficient to put her remonstrances into words, followed up the attack + with an earnestness that did not admit a moment’s interruption. + </p> + <p> + “My father hates finery even more than Harebell or Hector would do. You + know his country notions, dear William; and I think that latterly he has + hated everything that looks Londonish and new-fangled worse than ever. We + are old-fashioned people at Rutherford. There’s your pretty old friend + Mary Amott can’t abide gewgaws any more than my father.” + </p> + <p> + “Mary Arnott! You mean Mrs. Giles. What do I care for her likes and + dislikes?” exclaimed William, haughtily. + </p> + <p> + “I mean Mary Arnott, and not Mrs. Giles, and you do care for her likes and + dislikes a great deal,” replied his sister, with some archness. “Poor + Mary, when the week before that fixed for the wedding arrived, felt that + she <i>could</i> not marry Master Jacob Giles; so she found an opportunity + of speaking to him alone, and told him the truth. I even believe, although + I have no warrant for saying so, that she confessed she could not love him + because she loved another. Master Giles behaved like a wise man, and told + her father that it would be very wrong to force her inclinations. He + behaved kindly as well as wisely, for he endeavoured to reconcile all + parties, and put matters in train for the wedding that had hindered his. + This at that time Master Arnott would not hear of, and therefore we did + not tell you that the marriage which you took for granted had gone off. + Till about three months ago, that odious lawsuit was in full action, and + Master Arnott as violently set against my father as ever. Then, however, + he was taken ill, and, upon his deathbed, he sent for his old friend, + begged his pardon, and appointed him guardian to Mary. And there she is at + home—for she would not come to meet you—but there she is, + hoping to find you just what you were when you went away, and hating + Frenchmen, and britschkas, and finery, and the smell of musk, just as if + she were my father’s daughter in good earnest. And now, dear William, I + know what has been passing in your mind, quite as well as if hearts were + peep-shows, and one could see to the bottom of them at the rate of a penny + a look. I know that you went away for love of Mary, and flung yourself + into the finery of London to try to get rid of the thought of her, and + came down with all this nonsense of britschkas, and whiskers, and + waistcoats, and rings, just to show her what a beau she had lost in losing + you—Did not you, now? Well! don’t stand squeezing my hand, but go + and meet your French friend, who has got a man, I see, to help to pick up + the fallen equipage. Go and get rid of him,” quoth Susan. + </p> + <p> + “How can I?” exclaimed William, in laughing perplexity. + </p> + <p> + “Give him the britschka!” responded his sister, “and send them off + together as fast as may be. That will be a magnificent farewell. And then + take your portmanteau into the copse, and change all this trumpery for the + shooting-jacket and its belongings; and then come back and let me trim + these whiskers as closely as scissors can trim them, and then we’ll go to + the farm, to gladden the hearts of Harebell, Hector, my dear father, and—somebody + else; and it will not be that somebody’s fault if ever you go to London + again, or get into a britschka, or put on a chain, or a ring, or write + with blue ink upon pink paper, as long as you live. Now go and dismiss the + Frenchman,” added Susan, laughing, “and well walk home together the + happiest brother and sister in Christendom.” + </p> + <div style="height: 6em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + + + + + +End of Project Gutenberg’s Town Versus Country, by Mary Russell Mitford + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK TOWN VERSUS COUNTRY *** + +***** This file should be named 22836-h.htm or 22836-h.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/8/3/22836/ + +Produced by David Widger + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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