The Elf–Child and the Minister

           GovernorBellingham,inaloosegownandeasycapsuchaselderlygentlemenlovedtoenduethemselveswith,intheirdomesticprivacywalkedforemost,andappearedtobeshowingoffhisestate,andexpatiatingonhisprojectedimprovements.Thewidecircumferenceofanelaborateruff,beneathhisgreybeard,intheantiquatedfashionofKingJames’sreign,causedhisheadtolooknotalittlelikethatofJohntheBaptistinacharger.Theimpressionmadebyhisaspect,sorigidandsevere,andfrost-bittenwithmorethanautumnalage,washardlyinkeepingwiththeappliancesofworldlyenjoymentwherewithhehadevidentlydonehisutmosttosurroundhimself.Butitisanerrortosupposethatourgreatforefathersthoughaccustomedtospeakandthinkofhumanexistenceasastatemerelyoftrialandwarfare,andthoughunfeignedlypreparedtosacrificegoodsandlifeatthebehestofdutymadeitamatterofconsciencetorejectsuchmeansofcomfort,orevenluxury,aslayfairlywithintheirgrasp.Thiscreedwasnevertaught,forinstance,bythevenerablepastor,JohnWilson,whosebeard,whiteasasnow-drift,wasseenoverGovernorBellingham’sshoulders,whileitswearersuggestedthatpearsandpeachesmightyetbenaturalisedintheNewEnglandclimate,andthatpurplegrapesmightpossiblybecompelledtoflourishagainstthesunnygarden-wall.

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