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warm�察 �pleasant houses�察 �well white´limed�察 �scantily dotting the road。
Clean children coming out to look�察�carrying other clean children as big as
themselves。 Harvest still lying out and much rained upon�察�here and there�察�
harvest still unreaped。 Well´cultivated gardens attached to the cottages�察�
with plenty of produce forced out of their hard soil。 Lonely nooks�察 �and
wild�察�but people can be born�察�and married�察�and buried in such nooks�察�and
can live and love�察 �and be loved�察 �there as elsewhere�察 �thank God� 。�Mr。
Goodchild's remark。�� By´and´by�察 �the village。 Black�察 �coarse´stoned�察�
rough´windowed houses�察�some with outer staircases�察�like Swiss houses�察�a
sinuous and stony gutter winding up hill and round the corner�察�by way of
street。 All the children running out directly。 Women pausing in
washing�察�to peep from doorways and very little windows。 Such were the
observations of Messrs。 Idle and Goodchild�察�as their conveyance stopped
at the village shoemaker's。 Old Carrock gloomed down upon it all in a
very ill´tempered state�察�and rain was beginning。
The village shoemaker declined to have anything to do with Carrock。
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No visitors went up Carrock。 No visitors came there at all。 Aa' the
world ganged awa' yon。 The driver appealed to the Innkeeper。 The
Innkeeper had two men working in the fields�察�and one of them should be
called in�察�to go up Carrock as guide。 Messrs。 Idle and Goodchild�察�highly
approving�察 �entered the Innkeeper's house�察 �to drink whiskey and eat
oatcake。
The Innkeeper was not idle enough ´ was not idle at all�察�which was a
great fault in him ´ but was a fine specimen of a north´country man�察�or any
kind of man。 He had a ruddy cheek�察�a bright eye�察�a well´knit frame�察�an
immense hand�察�a cheery�察�outspeaking voice�察�and a straight�察�bright�察�broad
look。 He had a drawing´room�察�too�察�upstairs�察�which was worth a visit to
the Cumberland Fells。 ��This was Mr。 Francis Goodchild's opinion�察 �in
which Mr。 Thomas Idle did not concur。��
The ceiling of this drawing´room was so crossed and recrossed by
beams of unequal lengths�察 �radiating from a centre�察 �in a corner�察 �that it
looked like a broken star´fish。 The room was comfortably and solidly
furnished with good mahogany and horsehair。 It had a snug fireside�察�and
a couple of well´curtained windows�察 �looking out upon the wild country
behind the house。 What it most developed was�察�an unexpected taste for
little ornaments and nick´nacks�察 �of which it contained a most surprising
number。 They were not very various�察�consisting in great part of waxen
babies with their limbs more or less mutilated�察�appealing on one leg to the
parental affections from under little cupping glasses�察�but�察�Uncle Tom was
there�察�in crockery�察�receiving theological instructions from Miss Eva�察�who
grew out of his side like a wen�察�in an exceedingly rough state of profile
propagandism。 Engravings of Mr。 Hunt's country boy�察 �before and after
his pie�察�were on the wall�察�divided by a highly´coloured nautical piece�察�the
subject of which had all her colours ��and more�� flying�察�and was making
great way through a sea of a regular pattern�察 �like a lady's collar。 A
benevolent�察�elderly gentleman of the last century�察�with a powdered head�察�
kept guard�察�in oil and varnish�察�over a most perplexing piece of furniture on
a table�察�in appearance between a driving seat and an angular knife´ box�察�
but�察 �when opened�察 �a musical instrument of tinkling wires�察 �exactly like
David's harp packed for travelling。 Everything became a nick´nack in
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this curious room。 The copper tea´kettle�察 �burnished up to the highest
point of glory�察 �took his station on a stand of his own at the greatest
possible distance from the fireplace�察 �and said�此 �'By your leave�察 �not a
kettle�察�but a bijou。' The Staffordshire´ware butter´dish with the cover on�察�
got upon a little round occasional table in a window�察�with a worked top�察�
and announced itself to the two chairs accidentally placed there�察�as an aid
to polite conversation�察 �a graceful trifle in china to be chatted over by
callers�察 �as they airily trifled away the visiting moments of a butterfly
existence�察�in that rugged old village on the Cumberland Fells。 The very
footstool could not keep the floor�察 �but got upon a sofa�察 �and there´from
proclaimed itself�察 �in high relief of white and liver´coloured wool�察 �a
favourite spaniel coiled up for repose。 Though�察�truly�察�in spite of its bright
glass eyes�察 �the spaniel was the least successful assumption in the
collection�此 �being perfectly flat�察 �and dismally suggestive of a recent
mistake in sitting down on the part of some corpulent member of the
family。
There were books�察�too�察�in this room�察�books on the table�察�books on the
chimney´piece�察�books in an open press in the corner。 Fielding was there�察�
and Smollett was there�察�and Steele and Addison were there�察�in dispersed
volumes�察�and there were tales of those who go down to the sea in ships�察�
for windy nights�察�and there was really a choice of good books for rainy
days or fine。 It was so very pleasant to see these things in such a
lonesome by´place ´ so very agreeable to find these evidences of a taste�察�
however homely�察�that went beyond the beautiful cleanliness and trimness
of the house ´ so fanciful to imagine what a wonder a room must be to the
little children born in the gloomy village ´ what grand impressions of it
those of them who became wanderers over the earth would carry away�察�
and how�察 �at distant ends of the world�察 �some old voyagers would die�察�
cherishing the belief that the finest apartment known to men was once in
the Hesket´Newmarket Inn�察 �in rare old Cumberland ´ it was such a
charmingly lazy pursuit to entertain these rambling thoughts over the
choice oatcake and the genial whiskey�察�that Mr。 Idle and Mr。 Goodchild
never asked themselves how it came to pass that the men in the fields were
never heard of more�察 �how the stalwart landlord replaced them without
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explanation�察 �how his dog´cart came to be waiting at the door�察 �and how
everything was arranged without the least arrangement for climbing to old
Carrock's shoulders�察�and standing on his head。
Without a word of inquiry�察�therefore�察�the Two Idle Apprentices drifted
out resignedly into a fine�察�soft�察�close�察�drowsy�察�penetrating rain�察�got into the
landlord's light dog´cart�察�and rattled off through the village for the foot of
Carrock。 The journey at the outset was not remarkable。 The
Cumberland road went up and down like all other roads�察�the Cumberland
curs burst out from backs