Crying for the Light; Or, Fifty Years Ago. Vol. 3 [of 3]Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)
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Crying for the Light; Or, Fifty Years Ago. Vol. 3 [of 3]
Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)
England -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Fiction
At that very time—in autumn, when everyone is supposed to be out of town
and blinds are drawn down in all Belgravia; when the moors of Scotland
and the health resorts of our own highly-favoured land or of the
Continent are crammed, and white-winged yachts, like sea-fowl or flakes
of snow, bedeck the peaceful waters of the Solent, and sparkle as they
shine along our summer seas—a small party might be seen drawing up at the
registrar’s office somewhere in the neighbourhood of the Strand. No one
knew what was going on, and the single brougham at the door attracted
little attention. The first to get out was our old friend Buxton, the
medical man; then came Wentworth, a little gayer than usual. In another,
which followed immediately, were Rose, looking lovelier than ever and
perhaps a trifle more serious, and her mother, a quiet old lady, much
given to garrulity when she had a chance, and to self-effacement when she
found no one wanted to hear her. The poor old soul had no idea of being
married at the registrar’s. The business was a very simple one—merely to
make a declaration before the officer appointed for that purpose that
they were to be married, and to sign a declaration to that effect, which
was duly witnessed ere it was sent away to be preserved among our
national archives. This done and the registrar’s fee paid, they drove
away as quietly as they came to the Midland Railway Station in the Euston
Road, where they had a pleasant lunch; and thence the newly-married
couple took the train to the busy city of Liverpool, ever overflowing
with a very migratory population. Here to-day, gone to-morrow. Of
course they did not stop there long. The next day they left the dark
cloud of Liverpool smoke behind for the romantic Isle of Man.
One of the first things they did was to take a trip round the island, and
we will accompany them. For this purpose we step on board the _King
Orrey_, as she lies at the Douglas Pier. King Orrey was one of the
far-famed Monarchs of the Isle, and is now commemorated in a way of which
he could have no idea.
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