The Waverley novels, by Sir Walter Scott, complete in 12 vol., printed from the latest English ed., embracing the author's last corrections, prefaces & notes.

PEVERIL OF THE PEAK. 341
by so many, as would make it worth while to disturb the unanimous acquiescence in their delegate's proposal.
Nevertheless, each party being put upon the alert by the consequences of
Major Bridgenorth's embassy, so many points of doubt and delicate discussion were started in succession, that the Lady Peveril, the only person, perhaps, who was desirous of acbhieving an effectual reconciliation between
them, incurred, in reward for her good intentions, the censure of )both factions, and had much reason to regret her well-meant project of bringing the
Capulets and Montagues of Derbyshire together on the same occasion of
public festivity.
As it was now settled that the guests were to form two different parties,
it became not only a subject of dispute betwixt themselves, which should
be first admitted within the Castle of Martindale, but matter of serious
apprehension to Lady Peveril and Major Bridgenorth, lest, if they were to
approach by the same avenue and entrance, a quarrel might take place betwixt them., and proceed to extremities, even before they reached the place
of entertainment. The lady believed she had discovered an admirable expedient for preventing the possibility of such interference, by directing that
the Cavaliers should be admitted by the principal entrance, while the Roundheads should enter the Castle through a great breach which had been made
in the course of the siege, and across which there had been since made a
sort of by-path to drive the cattle down to their pasture in the wood. By
this contrivance the Lady Peveril imagined she had altogether avoided the
various risks which might occur from two such parties encountering each
other, and disputing for precedence. Several other circumstances of less
importance were adjusted at the same time, and apparently so much to the
satisfaction of the Presbyterian teacher, that, in a long lecture on the subject of the Marriage Garment, he was at the pains to explain to his hearers,
that outward apparel was not alone Bmeant by that scriptural expression,
but also a suitable frame of mind for enjoyment of peaceful festivity; and
therefore 1 exhorted the brethren, that whatever might be the errors of
the poor blinded malignants, with whom they were in some sort to eat and
drink upon the morrow, they ought not on this occasion to show any evil
will against them, lest they should therein become troublers of the peace
of Israel.
Hounest Doctor Dummerar, the ejected episcopal Vicar of Martindale curz
Moultrassie, preached to the Cavaliers on the same subject. IHe had served
the cure before the breaking out of the Rebellion, and was in high favour
with Sir Geoffrey, not merely on account of his sound orthodoxy and deep
learning, but his exquisite skill in playing at bowls, and his facetious conversation over a pipe and tankard of October. For these latter accomplishments, the Doctor had the honour to be recorded by old Century White
amongst the roll of lewd, incompetent, priofligate clergymen of the Church
of England, whom he denounced to God and man, on account chiefly of the
heinous sin of playing at games of skill and chance, and of occasionally
joining in the social meetings of their parishioners. When the King's
party began to lose ground, Doctor Dummerar left his vicarage, and, betaking himself to the camp, showed upon several occasions, when acting as
chaplain to Sir Geoffrey Peveril's regiment, that his portly bodily presence
included a stout and masculine heart. When all was lost, and he himself,
with most other loyal divines, was deprived of his living, he made such shift
as he could; now lurking in the garrets of old friends in the University,
who shared with him, and such as him, the slender means of livelihood
which the evil times had left them; and now lying hid in the houses of the
oppressed and sequestrated gentry, who respected at once his character and
sufferings.. When the Restoration took place, Doctor Dummerar emerged
from some one of his hiding places, and hied him to Martindale Castle, to
enjoy the triumph inseparable from this happy change.
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