Arcadian Simplicity

           BesidesthesehonestfolksattheHall(whosesimplicityandsweetruralpuritysurelyshowtheadvantageofacountrylifeoveratownone),wemustintroducethereadertotheirrelativesandneighboursattheRectory,ButeCrawleyandhiswife.

           TheReverendButeCrawleywasatall,stately,jolly,shovel-hattedman,farmorepopularinhiscountythantheBaronethisbrother.Atcollegehepulledstroke-oarintheChristchurchboat,andhadthrashedallthebestbruisersofthe"town."Hecarriedhistasteforboxingandathleticexercisesintoprivatelife;therewasnotafightwithintwentymilesatwhichhewasnotpresent,norarace,noracoursingmatch,noraregatta,noraball,noranelection,noravisitationdinner,norindeedagooddinnerinthewholecounty,buthefoundmeanstoattendit.Youmightseehisbaymareandgig-lampsascoreofmilesawayfromhisRectoryHouse,whenevertherewasanydinner-partyatFuddleston,oratRoxby,oratWapshotHall,oratthegreatlordsofthecounty,withallofwhomhewasintimate.Hehadafinevoice;sang"Asoutherlywindandacloudysky";andgavethe"whoop"inchoruswithgeneralapplause.Herodetohoundsinapepper-and-saltfrock,andwasoneofthebestfishermeninthecounty.

           Mrs.Crawley,therector’swife,wasasmartlittlebody,whowrotethisworthydivine’ssermons.Beingofadomesticturn,andkeepingthehouseagreatdealwithherdaughters,sheruledabsolutelywithintheRectory,wiselygivingherhusbandfulllibertywithout.

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