The sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, gent[pseud.] together with Abbotsford and other selections from the writings of Washington Irving .. . without thepresence of the were seated attable, and just on thepoint of commencing,when the sound of ahorn from without thegate gave notice ofthe approach of astranger. Anotherlong blast filled theold courts of the castlewith its echoes, andwas answered by thewarder from the baron hastenedto receive his futureson-in-law. 24. The drawbridgehad been let down,and the stranger was before the gate. He was a tall, gallant cavalier, mountedon a
The sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, gent[pseud.] together with Abbotsford and other selections from the writings of Washington Irving .. . without thepresence of the were seated attable, and just on thepoint of commencing,when the sound of ahorn from without thegate gave notice ofthe approach of astranger. Anotherlong blast filled theold courts of the castlewith its echoes, andwas answered by thewarder from the baron hastenedto receive his futureson-in-law. 24. The drawbridgehad been let down,and the stranger was before the gate. He was a tall, gallant cavalier, mountedon a black steed. His countenance was pale, but he had abeaming, romantic eye, and an air of stately baron was a little mortified that he should have come inthis simple, solitary style. His dignity for a moment wasruffled, and he felt disposed to consider it a want of properrespect for the important occasion, and the important familywith which he was to be connected. He pacified himself,however, with the conclusion, that it must have been youthfulimpatience which had induced him thus to spur on sooner thanhis He was a Tall, Gallant CavalierFrom the engraving by Charles O. Murray 342 THE SKETCH-BOOK 25. I am sorry, said the stranger, to break in uponyou thus unseasonably 26. Here the baron interrupted him with a world ofcompliments and greetings; for, to tell the truth, he pridedhimself upon his courtesy and eloquence. The stranger at-tempted, once or twice, to stem the torrent of words, but invain, so he bowed his head and suffered it to flow on. By thetime the baron had come to a pause, they had reached theinner court of the castle; and the stranger was again aboutto speak, when he was once more interrupted by the appear-ance of the female part of the family, leading forth the shrink-ing and blushing bride. He gazed on her for a moment as oneentranced; it seemed as if his whole soul beamed forth in thegaze, and rested upon that lovely form. One of the m
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