Part 6

Mina Murray’s Journal

           24July. Whitby. Lucymetmeatthestation,lookingsweeterandlovelierthanever,andwedroveuptothehouseattheCrescentinwhichtheyhaverooms. Thisisalovelyplace. Thelittleriver,theEsk,runsthroughadeepvalley,whichbroadensoutasitcomesneartheharbour. Agreatviaductrunsacross,withhighpiers,throughwhichtheviewseemssomehowfurtherawaythanitreallyis. Thevalleyisbeautifullygreen,anditissosteepthatwhenyouareonthehighlandoneithersideyoulookrightacrossit,unlessyouarenearenoughtoseedown. Thehousesoftheoldtownthesideawayfromus,areallred-roofed,andseempileduponeovertheotheranyhow,likethepicturesweseeofNuremberg. RightoverthetownistheruinofWhitbyAbbey,whichwassackedbytheDanes,andwhichisthesceneofpartof"Marmion,"wherethegirlwasbuiltupinthewall. Itisamostnobleruin,ofimmensesize,andfullofbeautifulandromanticbits. Thereisalegendthatawhiteladyisseeninoneofthewindows. Betweenitandthetownthereisanotherchurch,theparishone,roundwhichisabiggraveyard,allfulloftombstones. ThisistomymindthenicestspotinWhitby,foritliesrightoverthetown,andhasafullviewoftheharbourandallupthebaytowheretheheadlandcalledKettlenessstretchesoutintothesea. Itdescendssosteeplyovertheharbourthatpartofthebankhasfallenaway,andsomeofthegraveshavebeendestroyed. 

           Inoneplacepartofthestoneworkofthegravesstretchesoutoverthesandypathwayfarbelow. Therearewalks,withseatsbesidethem,throughthechurchyard,andpeoplegoandsittherealldaylonglookingatthebeautifulviewandenjoyingthebreeze. 

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