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If
this
journey
had
taken
place
during
my
days
of
study
and
happiness
,
it
would
have
afforded
me
inexpressible
pleasure
.
But
a
blight
had
come
over
my
existence
,
and
I
only
visited
these
people
for
the
sake
of
the
information
they
might
give
me
on
the
subject
in
which
my
interest
was
so
terribly
profound
.
Company
was
irksome
to
me
;
when
alone
,
I
could
fill
my
mind
with
the
sights
of
heaven
and
earth
;
the
voice
of
Henry
soothed
me
,
and
I
could
thus
cheat
myself
into
a
transitory
peace
.
But
busy
,
uninteresting
,
joyous
faces
brought
back
despair
to
my
heart
.
I
saw
an
insurmountable
barrier
placed
between
me
and
my
fellow
men
;
this
barrier
was
sealed
with
the
blood
of
William
and
Justine
,
and
to
reflect
on
the
events
connected
with
those
names
filled
my
soul
with
anguish
.
But
in
Clerval
I
saw
the
image
of
my
former
self
;
he
was
inquisitive
and
anxious
to
gain
experience
and
instruction
.
The
difference
of
manners
which
he
observed
was
to
him
an
inexhaustible
source
of
instruction
and
amusement
.
He
was
also
pursuing
an
object
he
had
long
had
in
view
.
His
design
was
to
visit
India
,
in
the
belief
that
he
had
in
his
knowledge
of
its
various
languages
,
and
in
the
views
he
had
taken
of
its
society
,
the
means
of
materially
assisting
the
progress
of
European
colonization
and
trade
.
In
Britain
only
could
he
further
the
execution
of
his
plan
.
He
was
forever
busy
,
and
the
only
check
to
his
enjoyments
was
my
sorrowful
and
dejected
mind
.
I
tried
to
conceal
this
as
much
as
possible
,
that
I
might
not
debar
him
from
the
pleasures
natural
to
one
who
was
entering
on
a
new
scene
of
life
,
undisturbed
by
any
care
or
bitter
recollection
.
I
often
refused
to
accompany
him
,
alleging
another
engagement
,
that
I
might
remain
alone
.
I
now
also
began
to
collect
the
materials
necessary
for
my
new
creation
,
and
this
was
to
me
like
the
torture
of
single
drops
of
water
continually
falling
on
the
head
.
Every
thought
that
was
devoted
to
it
was
an
extreme
anguish
,
and
every
word
that
I
spoke
in
allusion
to
it
caused
my
lips
to
quiver
,
and
my
heart
to
palpitate
.
After
passing
some
months
in
London
,
we
received
a
letter
from
a
person
in
Scotland
who
had
formerly
been
our
visitor
at
Geneva
.
He
mentioned
the
beauties
of
his
native
country
and
asked
us
if
those
were
not
sufficient
allurements
to
induce
us
to
prolong
our
journey
as
far
north
as
Perth
,
where
he
resided
.
Clerval
eagerly
desired
to
accept
this
invitation
,
and
I
,
although
I
abhorred
society
,
wished
to
view
again
mountains
and
streams
and
all
the
wondrous
works
with
which
Nature
adorns
her
chosen
dwelling-places
.
We
had
arrived
in
England
at
the
beginning
of
October
,
and
it
was
now
February
.
We
accordingly
determined
to
commence
our
journey
towards
the
north
at
the
expiration
of
another
month
.
In
this
expedition
we
did
not
intend
to
follow
the
great
road
to
Edinburgh
,
but
to
visit
Windsor
,
Oxford
,
Matlock
,
and
the
Cumberland
lakes
,
resolving
to
arrive
at
the
completion
of
this
tour
about
the
end
of
July
.
I
packed
up
my
chemical
instruments
and
the
materials
I
had
collected
,
resolving
to
finish
my
labours
in
some
obscure
nook
in
the
northern
highlands
of
Scotland
.
We
quitted
London
on
the
27th
of
March
and
remained
a
few
days
at
Windsor
,
rambling
in
its
beautiful
forest
.
This
was
a
new
scene
to
us
mountaineers
;
the
majestic
oaks
,
the
quantity
of
game
,
and
the
herds
of
stately
deer
were
all
novelties
to
us
.
From
thence
we
proceeded
to
Oxford
.
As
we
entered
this
city
our
minds
were
filled
with
the
remembrance
of
the
events
that
had
been
transacted
there
more
than
a
century
and
a
half
before
.
It
was
here
that
Charles
I
had
collected
his
forces
.
This
city
had
remained
faithful
to
him
,
after
the
whole
nation
had
forsaken
his
cause
to
join
the
standard
of
Parliament
and
liberty
.
The
memory
of
that
unfortunate
king
and
his
companions
,
the
amiable
Falkland
,
the
insolent
Goring
,
his
queen
,
and
son
,
gave
a
peculiar
interest
to
every
part
of
the
city
which
they
might
be
supposed
to
have
inhabited
.
The
spirit
of
elder
days
found
a
dwelling
here
,
and
we
delighted
to
trace
its
footsteps
.
If
these
feelings
had
not
found
an
imaginary
gratification
,
the
appearance
of
the
city
had
yet
in
itself
sufficient
beauty
to
obtain
our
admiration
.
The
colleges
are
ancient
and
picturesque
;
the
streets
are
almost
magnificent
;
and
the
lovely
Isis
,
which
flows
beside
it
through
meadows
of
exquisite
verdure
,
is
spread
forth
into
a
placid
expanse
of
waters
,
which
reflects
its
majestic
assemblage
of
towers
,
and
spires
,
and
domes
,
embosomed
among
aged
trees
.
I
enjoyed
this
scene
,
and
yet
my
enjoyment
was
embittered
both
by
the
memory
of
the
past
and
the
anticipation
of
the
future
.
I
was
formed
for
peaceful
happiness
.
During
my
youthful
days
discontent
never
visited
my
mind
,
and
if
I
was
ever
overcome
by
ennui
,
the
sight
of
what
is
beautiful
in
nature
or
the
study
of
what
is
excellent
and
sublime
in
the
productions
of
man
could
always
interest
my
heart
and
communicate
elasticity
to
my
spirits
.
But
I
am
a
blasted
tree
;
the
bolt
has
entered
my
soul
;
and
I
felt
then
that
I
should
survive
to
exhibit
what
I
shall
soon
cease
to
be
--
a
miserable
spectacle
of
wrecked
humanity
,
pitiable
to
others
and
intolerable
to
myself
.
We
passed
a
considerable
period
at
Oxford
,
rambling
among
its
environs
and
endeavouring
to
identify
every
spot
which
might
relate
to
the
most
animating
epoch
of
English
history
.
Our
little
voyages
of
discovery
were
often
prolonged
by
the
successive
objects
that
presented
themselves
.
We
visited
the
tomb
of
the
illustrious
Hampden
and
the
field
on
which
that
patriot
fell
.
For
a
moment
my
soul
was
elevated
from
its
debasing
and
miserable
fears
to
contemplate
the
divine
ideas
of
liberty
and
self
sacrifice
of
which
these
sights
were
the
monuments
and
the
remembrancers
.
For
an
instant
I
dared
to
shake
off
my
chains
and
look
around
me
with
a
free
and
lofty
spirit
,
but
the
iron
had
eaten
into
my
flesh
,
and
I
sank
again
,
trembling
and
hopeless
,
into
my
miserable
self
.
We
left
Oxford
with
regret
and
proceeded
to
Matlock
,
which
was
our
next
place
of
rest
.
The
country
in
the
neighbourhood
of
this
village
resembled
,
to
a
greater
degree
,
the
scenery
of
Switzerland
;
but
everything
is
on
a
lower
scale
,
and
the
green
hills
want
the
crown
of
distant
white
Alps
which
always
attend
on
the
piny
mountains
of
my
native
country
.
We
visited
the
wondrous
cave
and
the
little
cabinets
of
natural
history
,
where
the
curiosities
are
disposed
in
the
same
manner
as
in
the
collections
at
Servox
and
Chamounix
.
The
latter
name
made
me
tremble
when
pronounced
by
Henry
,
and
I
hastened
to
quit
Matlock
,
with
which
that
terrible
scene
was
thus
associated
.
