Waverley novels; . d vehement inevery new pursuit, but especially when his vanitywas piqued, encouraged their diligence by bribes,and threats, and commands. All was in vain, —They found nothing of the Mauritanian Princess,as she called herself, but the turban and the veil;both of which she had left in the thicket, togetherwith her satin slippers, which articles, doubtless,she had thrown aside as she exchanged them forothers less remarkable. Finding all his search in vain, the Duke of Buck-ingham, after the example of spoiled children of allages and stations, gave a loose to the frantic vehe-me
Waverley novels; . d vehement inevery new pursuit, but especially when his vanitywas piqued, encouraged their diligence by bribes,and threats, and commands. All was in vain, —They found nothing of the Mauritanian Princess,as she called herself, but the turban and the veil;both of which she had left in the thicket, togetherwith her satin slippers, which articles, doubtless,she had thrown aside as she exchanged them forothers less remarkable. Finding all his search in vain, the Duke of Buck-ingham, after the example of spoiled children of allages and stations, gave a loose to the frantic vehe-mence of passion; and fiercely he swore vengeanceon his late visitor, whom he termed by a thou-sand opprobrious epithets, of which the elegantphrase Jilt was most frequently repeated. Even Jerningham, who knew the depths andshallows of his masters mood, and was bold tofathom them at almost every state of his passions,kept out of his way on the present occasion; andicabineted with the pious old housekeeper, declared. ^.-.^ \vA2-y}\MT Hnpkms A RV.^S Etch^a ir. H on HUCKINGHAM AND FENELLA. PEtERlL OP THE PEAK. 145 to her, over a bottle of ratifia, that, in his appre-hension, if his Grace did not learn to put some con-trol on his temper, chains, darkness, straw, andBedlam would be the final doom of the gifted andadmired Duke of Buckingham. VOL. III. —10 CHAPTEK X. Contentions fierce,Ardent, and dire, spring from no petty cause. Albion. The quarrels between man and wife are prover-bial ; but let not these honest folks think that con-nexions of a less permanent nature are free fromsimilar jars. The frolic of the Duke of Bucking-ham, and the subsequent escape of Alice Bridge-north, had kindled fierce dissension in Chiffinchsfamily, when, on his arrival in town, he learnedthese two stunning events: I tell you, he saidto his obliging helpmate, who seemed but littlemoved by all that he could say on the subject, that your d—d carelessness has ruined the workof years. I thin
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