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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: Beneath an Umbrella (From "Twice Told Tales") + +Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne + +Release Date: November, 2005 [EBook #9216] +First Posted: August 23, 2003 +Last Updated: April 2, 2013 + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BENEATH AN UMBRELLA *** + + + + +Produced by David Widger and Al Haines. + + + + + +</pre> + <p> + <br /><br /> + </p> + <h3> + TWICE TOLD TALES<br /> + </h3> + <h2> + NIGHT SKETCHES<br /> + </h2> + <h4> + BENEATH AN UMBRELLA<br /> + </h4> + <h3> + By Nathaniel Hawthorne<br /> + </h3> + <p> + <br /><br /> + </p> + <p> + Pleasant is a rainy winter's day, within doors! The best study for such a + day, or the best amusement,—call it which you will,—is a book + of travels, describing scenes the most unlike that sombre one, which is + mistily presented through the windows. I have experienced, that fancy is + then most successful in imparting distinct shapes and vivid colors to the + objects which the author has spread upon his page, and that his words + become magic spells to summon up a thousand varied pictures. Strange + landscapes glimmer through the familiar walls of the room, and outlandish + figures thrust themselves almost within the sacred precincts of the + hearth. Small as my chamber is, it has space enough to contain the + ocean-like circumference of an Arabian desert, its parched sands tracked + by the long line of a caravan, with the camels patiently journeying + through the heavy sunshine. Though my ceiling be not lofty, yet I can pile + up the mountains of Central Asia beneath it, till their summits shine far + above the clouds of the middle atmosphere. And, with my humble means, a + wealth that is not taxable, I can transport hither the magnificent + merchandise of an Oriental bazaar, and call a crowd of purchasers from + distant countries, to pay a fair profit for the precious articles which + are displayed on all sides. True it is, however, that amid the bustle of + traffic, or whatever else may seem to be going on around me, the + rain-drops will occasionally be heard to patter against my window-panes, + which look forth upon one of the quietest streets in a New England town. + After a time, too, the visions vanish, and will not appear again at my + bidding. Then, it being nightfall, a gloomy sense of unreality depresses + my spirits, and impels me to venture out, before the clock shall strike + bedtime, to satisfy myself that the world is not entirely made up of such + shadowy materials, as have busied me throughout the day. A dreamer may + dwell so long among fantasies, that the things without him will seem as + unreal as those within. + </p> + <p> + When eve has fairly set in, therefore, I sally forth, tightly buttoning my + shaggy overcoat, and hoisting my umbrella, the silken dome of which + immediately resounds with the heavy drumming of the invisible rain-drops. + Pausing on the lowest doorstep, I contrast the warmth and cheerfulness of + my deserted fireside with the drear obscurity and chill discomfort into + which I am about to plunge. Now come fearful auguries, innumerable as the + drops of rain. Did not my manhood cry shame upon me, I should turn back + within doors, resume my elbow-chair, my slippers, and my book, pass such + an evening of sluggish enjoyment as the day has been, and go to bed + inglorious. The same shivering reluctance, no doubt, has quelled, for a + moment, the adventurous spirit of many a traveller, when his feet, which + were destined to measure the earth around, were leaving their last tracks + in the home-paths. + </p> + <p> + In my own case, poor human nature may be allowed a few misgivings. I look + upward, and discern no sky, not even an unfathomable void, but only a + black, impenetrable nothingness, as though heaven and all its lights were + blotted from the system of the universe. It is as if nature were dead, and + the world had put on black, and the clouds were weeping for her. With + their tears upon my cheek, I turn my eyes earthward, but find little + consolation here below. A lamp is burning dimly at the distant corner, and + throws just enough of light along the street, to show, and exaggerate by + so faintly showing, the perils and difficulties which beset my path. + Yonder dingily white remnant of a huge snow-bank,—which will yet + cumber the sidewalk till the latter days of March,—over or through + that wintry waste must I stride onward. Beyond, lies a certain Slough of + Despond, a concoction of mud and liquid filth, ankle-deep, leg-deep, + neck-deep,—in a word, of unknown bottom, on which the lamplight does + not even glimmer, but which I have occasionally watched, in the gradual + growth of its horrors, from morn till nightfall. Should I flounder into + its depths, farewell to upper earth! And hark! how roughly resounds the + roaring of a stream, the turbulent career of which is partially reddened + by the gleam of the lamp, but elsewhere brawls noisily through the densest + gloom. O, should I be swept away in fording that impetuous and unclean + torrent, the coroner will have a job with an unfortunate gentleman, who + would fain end his troubles anywhere but in a mud-puddle! + </p> + <p> + Pshaw! I will linger not another instant at arm's length from these dim + terrors, which grow more obscurely formidable, the longer I delay to + grapple with them. Now for the onset! And to! with little damage, save a + dash of rain in the fact and breast, a splash of mud high up the + pantaloons, and the left boot full of ice-cold water, behold me at the + corner of the street. The lamp throws down a circle of red light around + me; and twinkling onward from corner to corner, I discern other beacons + marshalling my way to a brighter scene. But this is alone some and dreary + spot. The tall edifices bid gloomy defiance to the storm, with their + blinds all closed, even as a man winks when he faces a spattering gust. + How loudly tinkles the collected rain down the tin spouts! The puffs of + wind are boisterous, and seem to assail me from various quarters at once. + I have often observed that this corner is a haunt and loitering-place for + those winds which have no work to do upon the deep, dashing ships against + our iron-bound shores; nor in the forest, tearing up the sylvan giants + with half a rood of soil at their vast roots. Here they amuse themselves + with lesser freaks of mischief. See, at this moment, how they assail + yonder poor woman, who is passing just within the verge of the lamplight! + One blast struggles for her umbrella, and turns it wrong side outward; + another whisks the cape of her cloak across her eyes; while a third takes + most unwarrantable liberties with the lower part of her attire. Happily, + the good dame is no gossamer, but a figure of rotundity and fleshly + substance; else would these aerial tormentors whirl her aloft, like a + witch upon a broomstick, and set her down, doubtless, in the filthiest + kennel hereabout. + </p> + <p> + From hence I tread upon firm pavements into the centre of the town. Here + there is almost as brilliant an illumination as when some great victory + has been won, either on the battle-field or at the polls. Two rows of + shops, with windows down nearly to the ground, cast a glow from side to + side, while the black night hangs overhead like a canopy, and thus keeps + the splendor from diffusing itself away. The wet sidewalks gleam with a + broad sheet of red light. The rain-drops glitter, as if the sky were + pouring down rubies. The spouts gush with fire. Methinks the scene is an + emblem of the deceptive glare, which mortals throw around their footsteps + in the moral world, thus bedazzling themselves, till they forget the + impenetrable obscurity that hems them in, and that can be dispelled only + by radiance from above. And after all, it is a cheerless scene, and + cheerless are the wanderers in it. Here comes one who has so long been + familiar with tempestuous weather that he takes the bluster of the storm + for a friendly greeting, as if it should say, "How fare ye, brother?" He + is a retired sea-captain, wrapped in some nameless garment of the + pea-jacket order, and is now laying his course towards the Marine + Insurance Office, there to spin yarns of gale and shipwreck, with a crew + of old seadogs like himself. The blast will put in its word among their + hoarse voices, and be understood by all of them. Next I meet an unhappy + slipshod gentleman, with a cloak flung hastily over his shoulders, running + a race with boisterous winds, and striving to glide between the drops of + rain. Some domestic emergency or other has blown this miserable man from + his warm fireside in quest of a doctor! See that little vagabond,—how + carelessly he has taken his stand right underneath a spout, while staring + at some object of curiosity in a shop-window! Surely the rain is his + native element; he must have fallen with it from the clouds, as frogs are + supposed to do. + </p> + <p> + Here is a picture, and a pretty one. A young man and a girl, both + enveloped in cloaks, and huddled beneath the scanty protection of a cotton + umbrella. She wears rubber overshoes; but he is in his dancing-pumps; and + they are on their way, no doubt, to sonic cotillon-party, or + subscription-ball at a dollar a head, refreshments included. Thus they + struggle against the gloomy tempest, lured onward by a vision of festal + splendor. But, ah! a most lamentable disaster. Bewildered by the red, + blue, and yellow meteors, in an apothecary's window, they have stepped + upon a slippery remnant of ice, and are precipitated into a confluence of + swollen floods, at the corner of two streets. Luckless lovers! Were it my + nature to be other than a looker-on in life, I would attempt your rescue. + Since that may not be, I vow, should you be drowned, to weave such a + pathetic story of your fate, as shall call forth tears enough to drown you + both anew. Do ye touch bottom, my young friends? Yes; they emerge like a + water-nymph and a river deity, and paddle hand in hand out of the depths + of the dark pool. They hurry homeward, dripping, disconsolate, abashed, + but with love too warm to be chilled by the cold water. They have stood a + test which proves too strong for many. Faithful, though over head and ears + in trouble! + </p> + <p> + Onward I go, deriving a sympathetic joy or sorrow from the varied aspect + of mortal affairs, even as my figure catches a gleam from the lighted + windows, or is blackened by an interval of darkness. Not that mine is + altogether a chameleon spirit, with no hue of its own. Now I pass into a + more retired street, where the dwellings of wealth and poverty are + intermingled, presenting a range of strongly contrasted pictures. Here, + too, may be found the golden mean. Through yonder casement I discern a + family circle,—the grandmother, the parents, and the children,—all + flickering, shadow-like, in the glow of a wood-fire. Bluster, fierce + blast, and beat, thou wintry rain, against the window-panes! Ye cannot + damp the enjoyment of that fireside. Surely my fate is hard, that I should + be wandering homeless here, taking to my bosom night, and storm, and + solitude, instead of wife and children. Peace, murmurer! Doubt not that + darker guests are sitting round the hearth, though the warm blaze hides + all but blissful images. Well; here is still a brighter scene. A stately + mansion, illuminated for a ball, with cut-glass chandeliers and alabaster + lamps in every room, and sunny landscapes hanging round the walls. See! a + coach has stopped, whence emerges a slender beauty, who, canopied by two + umbrellas, glides within the portal, and vanishes amid lightsome thrills + of music. Will she ever feel the night-wind and the rain? Perhaps,—perhaps! + And will Death and Sorrow ever enter that proud mansion? As surely as the + dancers will be gay within its halls to-night. Such thoughts sadden, yet + satisfy my heart; for they teach me that the poor man, in his mean, + weather-beaten hovel, without a fire to cheer him, may call the rich his + brother, brethren by Sorrow, who must be an inmate of both their + households,—brethren by Death, who will lead them, both to other + homes. + </p> + <p> + Onward, still onward, I plunge into the night. Now have I reached the + utmost limits of the town, where the last lamp struggles feebly with the + darkness, like the farthest star that stands sentinel on the borders of + uncreated space. It is strange what sensations of sublimity may spring + from a very humble source. Such are suggested by this hollow roar of a + subterranean cataract, where the mighty stream of a kennel precipitates + itself beneath an iron grate, and is seen no more on earth. Listen awhile + to its voice of mystery; and fancy will magnify it, till you start and + smile at the illusion. And now another sound,—the rumbling of + wheels,—as the mail-coach, outward bound, rolls heavily off the + pavements, and splashes through the mud and water of the road. All night + long, the poor passengers will be tossed to and fro between drowsy watch + and troubled sleep, and will dream of their own quiet beds, and awake to + find themselves still jolting onward. Happier my lot, who will straightway + hie me to my familiar room, and toast myself comfortably before the fire, + musing, and fitfully dozing, and fancying a strangeness in such sights as + all may see. But first let me gaze at this solitary figure, who comes + hitherward with a tin lantern, which throws the circular pattern of its + punched holes on the ground about him. He passes fearlessly into the + unknown gloom, whither I will not follow him. + </p> + <p> + This figure shall supply me with a moral, wherewith, for lack of a more + appropriate one, I may wind up my sketch. He fears not to tread the dreary + path before him, because his lantern, which was kindled at the fireside of + his home, will light him back to that same fireside again. And thus we, + night-wanderers through a stormy and dismal world, if we bear the lamp of + Faith, enkindled at a celestial fire, it will surely lead us home to that + Heaven whence its radiance was borrowed. + </p> + <p> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </p> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Beneath an Umbrella (From "Twice Told +Tales"), by Nathaniel Hawthorne + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BENEATH AN UMBRELLA *** + +***** This file should be named 9216-h.htm or 9216-h.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + https://www.gutenberg.org/9/2/1/9216/ + +Produced by David Widger and Al Haines. + +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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