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From
Derby
,
still
journeying
northwards
,
we
passed
two
months
in
Cumberland
and
Westmorland
.
I
could
now
almost
fancy
myself
among
the
Swiss
mountains
.
The
little
patches
of
snow
which
yet
lingered
on
the
northern
sides
of
the
mountains
,
the
lakes
,
and
the
dashing
of
the
rocky
streams
were
all
familiar
and
dear
sights
to
me
.
Here
also
we
made
some
acquaintances
,
who
almost
contrived
to
cheat
me
into
happiness
.
The
delight
of
Clerval
was
proportionably
greater
than
mine
;
his
mind
expanded
in
the
company
of
men
of
talent
,
and
he
found
in
his
own
nature
greater
capacities
and
resources
than
he
could
have
imagined
himself
to
have
possessed
while
he
associated
with
his
inferiors
.
"
I
could
pass
my
life
here
,
"
said
he
to
me
;
"
and
among
these
mountains
I
should
scarcely
regret
Switzerland
and
the
Rhine
.
"
But
he
found
that
a
traveller
's
life
is
one
that
includes
much
pain
amidst
its
enjoyments
.
His
feelings
are
forever
on
the
stretch
;
and
when
he
begins
to
sink
into
repose
,
he
finds
himself
obliged
to
quit
that
on
which
he
rests
in
pleasure
for
something
new
,
which
again
engages
his
attention
,
and
which
also
he
forsakes
for
other
novelties
.
We
had
scarcely
visited
the
various
lakes
of
Cumberland
and
Westmorland
and
conceived
an
affection
for
some
of
the
inhabitants
when
the
period
of
our
appointment
with
our
Scotch
friend
approached
,
and
we
left
them
to
travel
on
.
For
my
own
part
I
was
not
sorry
.
I
had
now
neglected
my
promise
for
some
time
,
and
I
feared
the
effects
of
the
daemon
's
disappointment
.
He
might
remain
in
Switzerland
and
wreak
his
vengeance
on
my
relatives
.
This
idea
pursued
me
and
tormented
me
at
every
moment
from
which
I
might
otherwise
have
snatched
repose
and
peace
.
I
waited
for
my
letters
with
feverish
impatience
;
if
they
were
delayed
I
was
miserable
and
overcome
by
a
thousand
fears
;
and
when
they
arrived
and
I
saw
the
superscription
of
Elizabeth
or
my
father
,
I
hardly
dared
to
read
and
ascertain
my
fate
.
Sometimes
I
thought
that
the
fiend
followed
me
and
might
expedite
my
remissness
by
murdering
my
companion
.
When
these
thoughts
possessed
me
,
I
would
not
quit
Henry
for
a
moment
,
but
followed
him
as
his
shadow
,
to
protect
him
from
the
fancied
rage
of
his
destroyer
.
I
felt
as
if
I
had
committed
some
great
crime
,
the
consciousness
of
which
haunted
me
.
I
was
guiltless
,
but
I
had
indeed
drawn
down
a
horrible
curse
upon
my
head
,
as
mortal
as
that
of
crime
.
I
visited
Edinburgh
with
languid
eyes
and
mind
;
and
yet
that
city
might
have
interested
the
most
unfortunate
being
.
Clerval
did
not
like
it
so
well
as
Oxford
,
for
the
antiquity
of
the
latter
city
was
more
pleasing
to
him
.
But
the
beauty
and
regularity
of
the
new
town
of
Edinburgh
,
its
romantic
castle
and
its
environs
,
the
most
delightful
in
the
world
,
Arthur
's
Seat
,
St.
Bernard
's
Well
,
and
the
Pentland
Hills
compensated
him
for
the
change
and
filled
him
with
cheerfulness
and
admiration
.
But
I
was
impatient
to
arrive
at
the
termination
of
my
journey
.
We
left
Edinburgh
in
a
week
,
passing
through
Coupar
,
St.
Andrew
's
,
and
along
the
banks
of
the
Tay
,
to
Perth
,
where
our
friend
expected
us
.
But
I
was
in
no
mood
to
laugh
and
talk
with
strangers
or
enter
into
their
feelings
or
plans
with
the
good
humour
expected
from
a
guest
;
and
accordingly
I
told
Clerval
that
I
wished
to
make
the
tour
of
Scotland
alone
.
"
Do
you
,
"
said
I
,
"
enjoy
yourself
,
and
let
this
be
our
rendezvous
.
I
may
be
absent
a
month
or
two
;
but
do
not
interfere
with
my
motions
,
I
entreat
you
;
leave
me
to
peace
and
solitude
for
a
short
time
;
and
when
I
return
,
I
hope
it
will
be
with
a
lighter
heart
,
more
congenial
to
your
own
temper
.
"
Henry
wished
to
dissuade
me
,
but
seeing
me
bent
on
this
plan
,
ceased
to
remonstrate
.
He
entreated
me
to
write
often
.
"
I
had
rather
be
with
you
,
"
he
said
,
"
in
your
solitary
rambles
,
than
with
these
Scotch
people
,
whom
I
do
not
know
;
hasten
,
then
,
my
dear
friend
,
to
return
,
that
I
may
again
feel
myself
somewhat
at
home
,
which
I
can
not
do
in
your
absence
.
"
Having
parted
from
my
friend
,
I
determined
to
visit
some
remote
spot
of
Scotland
and
finish
my
work
in
solitude
.
I
did
not
doubt
but
that
the
monster
followed
me
and
would
discover
himself
to
me
when
I
should
have
finished
,
that
he
might
receive
his
companion
.
With
this
resolution
I
traversed
the
northern
highlands
and
fixed
on
one
of
the
remotest
of
the
Orkneys
as
the
scene
of
my
labours
.
It
was
a
place
fitted
for
such
a
work
,
being
hardly
more
than
a
rock
whose
high
sides
were
continually
beaten
upon
by
the
waves
.
The
soil
was
barren
,
scarcely
affording
pasture
for
a
few
miserable
cows
,
and
oatmeal
for
its
inhabitants
,
which
consisted
of
five
persons
,
whose
gaunt
and
scraggy
limbs
gave
tokens
of
their
miserable
fare
.
Vegetables
and
bread
,
when
they
indulged
in
such
luxuries
,
and
even
fresh
water
,
was
to
be
procured
from
the
mainland
,
which
was
about
five
miles
distant
.
