The sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, gent[pseud.] together with Abbotsford and other selections from the writings of Washington Irving .. . ountenanced and kept up. 14. When he joined so loudly in the service, it seemed more 24 THE SKETCH-BOOK by way of example to the lower orders, to show them that,though so great and wealthy, he was not above being religious;as I have seen a turtle-fed alderman swallow publicly a basinof charity soup, smacking his Ups at every mouthful, andpronouncing it excellent food for the poor. 15. When the service was at,an end, I was curious towitness the several exits
The sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, gent[pseud.] together with Abbotsford and other selections from the writings of Washington Irving .. . ountenanced and kept up. 14. When he joined so loudly in the service, it seemed more 24 THE SKETCH-BOOK by way of example to the lower orders, to show them that,though so great and wealthy, he was not above being religious;as I have seen a turtle-fed alderman swallow publicly a basinof charity soup, smacking his Ups at every mouthful, andpronouncing it excellent food for the poor. 15. When the service was at,an end, I was curious towitness the several exits of my groups. The young noblemenand their sisters, as the day was fine, preferred strolling homeacross the fields, chatting with the country people as theywent. The others departed as they came, in grand were the equipages wheeled up to the gate. There wasagain the smacking of whips, the clattering of hoofs, andthe glittering of harness. The horses started off almost at abound; the villagers again hurried to right and left; thewheels threw up a cloud of dust; and the aspiring family wasrapt out of sight in a THE WIDOW AND HER SON [Comment. — The essay called The Widow and her Son,is in narrative form, and, although it reads very easily andpleasantly, the form is more complex and difficult than inmany a long, exciting story. In fact, there are in it theelements or skeleton outlines of three different stories, eachinclosed within, or dependent upon, another. First, is thestory of the stranger travelling in England, who frequents thecountry church; this runs like a thread or setting to the endof the essay; the traveller is the narrator of the incidentIrving wishes to tell. A few lines, here and there, remind thereader of his personality, and outline his story as it originallyoccurred from the beginning when he first observed the oldwoman sitting alone on the steps of the altar, to the momentwhen he heard of her death. The story of the poor woman as it c
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