. Three weeks in the British Isles . fe Edith went crazy, as well she might,living in such a quiet spot and having only onediversion, listening to her husbands poetry. Shedied and he married again. His second wife wasCaroline Bowles. She wrote poetry herself andSouthey undoubtedly received some of his ownmedicine. At any rate, he lost his mind beforehe died. Grasmere disputes the claim of Keswick toDe Quincey. One or the other revived in him hisappetite for opiimi, and after visiting both youwonder how any narcotic could have been moredeadening than continued residence in theneighborhood. Most
. Three weeks in the British Isles . fe Edith went crazy, as well she might,living in such a quiet spot and having only onediversion, listening to her husbands poetry. Shedied and he married again. His second wife wasCaroline Bowles. She wrote poetry herself andSouthey undoubtedly received some of his ownmedicine. At any rate, he lost his mind beforehe died. Grasmere disputes the claim of Keswick toDe Quincey. One or the other revived in him hisappetite for opiimi, and after visiting both youwonder how any narcotic could have been moredeadening than continued residence in theneighborhood. Most of the fields which we pass display theswaying corpses of defunct crows. These flap-ping bodies frighten the living marauders fromthe grain. This is an adaptation of the ancientpractice of leaving criminals swinging in chains 136 Three Weeks in the British Isles from roadside gibbets as a warning to thepredatory. There are countless gray rocks on the hill-sides which on our nearer approach develop legs,become sheep and scamper THE SMALLEST CIITIRCH I?} RNGLANU Melrose and Abbots ford 137 XII Melrose and Abbotsford P«S|E want to take the train to Penrith fromIf fl Keswick at one forty-five. Melrose islyfcJI our destination, but they will not bookus to that town. They are willing tobook us to Edinburgh with stop-over privilegesat Melrose, or, as they say, You can break atMelrose if you wish. In order to facilitate (!) matters, it is therule at some stations to close the ticket windowsfive minutes before the time for the departureof the train. This gives the last purchaser fiveminutes in which to board the train. But itgives the man who arrives four minutes beforetrain time no chance. En route to Penrith we cross and re-cross theGreta, a pretty little tousy, tumbling sides of the hills are marked by irregularsutures of stone fence until they resemble crazy subdivisions indicate various plotsof ground leased to as many tenants. Sometimesa jog is made
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