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spiritless�察�can you wonder that I love you��
'NOV。 17。 ´ 。 。 。 I am very glad we married young。 I would not
have missed these five years�察�no�察�not for any hopes�察�they are my
own。
'NOV。 30。 ´ I got through my Chatham lecture very fairly though
almost all my apparatus went astray。 I dined at the mess�察�and got
home to Isleworth the same evening�察�your father very kindly sitting
up for me。
'DEC。 1。 ´ Back at dear Claygate。 Many cuttings flourish�察�
especially those which do honour to your hand。 Your Californian
annuals are up and about。 Badger is fat�察�the grass green。 。 。 。
'DEC。 3。 ´ Odden will not talk of you�察�while you are away�察�having
inherited�察�as I suspect�察�his father's way of declining to consider
a subject which is painful�察�as your absence is。 。 。 。 I certainly
should like to learn Greek and I think it would be a capital
pastime for the long winter evenings。 。 。 。 How things are
misrated� �I declare croquet is a noble occupation compared to the
pursuits of business men。 As for so´called idleness ´ that is�察�one
form of it ´ I vow it is the noblest aim of man。 When idle�察�one
can love�察�one can be good�察�feel kindly to all�察�devote oneself to
others�察�be thankful for existence�察�educate one's mind�察�one's heart�察�
one's body。 When busy�察�as I am busy now or have been busy to´day�察�
one feels just as you sometimes felt when you were too busy�察�owing
to want of servants。
'DEC。 5。 ´ On Sunday I was at Isleworth�察�chiefly engaged in playing
with Odden。 We had the most enchanting walk together through the
brickfields。 It was very muddy�察�and�察�as he remarked�察�not fit for
Nanna�察�but fit for us MEN。 The dreary waste of bared earth�察�
thatched sheds and standing water�察�was a paradise to him�察�and when
we walked up planks to deserted mixing and crushing mills�察�and
actually saw where the clay was stirred with long iron prongs�察�and
chalk or lime ground with ;a tind of a mill�察─�his expression of
contentment and triumphant heroism knew no limit to its beauty。 Of
course on returning I found Mrs。 Austin looking out at the door in
an anxious manner�察�and thinking we had been out quite long enough。
。 。 。 I am reading Don Quixote chiefly and am his fervent admirer�察�
but I am so sorry he did not place his affections on a Dulcinea of
somewhat worthier stamp。 In fact I think there must be a mistake
about it。 Don Quixote might and would serve his lady in most
preposterous fashion�察�but I am sure he would have chosen a lady of
merit。 He imagined her to be such no doubt�察�and drew a charming
picture of her occupations by the banks of the river�察�but in his
other imaginations�察�there was some kind of peg on which to hang the
false costumes he created�察�windmills are big�察�and wave their arms
like giants�察�sheep in the distance are somewhat like an army�察�a
little boat on the river´side must look much the same whether
enchanted or belonging to millers�察�but except that Dulcinea is a
woman�察�she bears no resemblance at all to the damsel of his
imagination。'
At the time of these letters�察�the oldest son only was born to them。
In September of the next year�察�with the birth of the second�察�
Charles Frewen�察�there befell Fleeming a terrible alarm and what
proved to be a lifelong misfortune。 Mrs。 Jenkin was taken suddenly
and alarmingly ill�察�Fleeming ran a matter of two miles to fetch the
doctor�察�and�察�drenched with sweat as he was�察�returned with him at
once in an open gig。 On their arrival at the house�察�Mrs。 Jenkin
half unconsciously took and kept hold of her husband's hand。 By
the doctor's orders�察�windows and doors were set open to create a
thorough draught�察�and the patient was on no account to be
disturbed。 Thus�察�then�察�did Fleeming pass the whole of that night�察�
crouching on the floor in the draught�察�and not daring to move lest
he should wake the sleeper。 He had never been strong�察�energy had
stood him instead of vigour�察�and the result of that night's
exposure was flying rheumatism varied by settled sciatica。
Sometimes it quite disabled him�察�sometimes it was less acute�察�but
he was rarely free from it until his death。 I knew him for many
years�察�for more than ten we were closely intimate�察�I have lived
with him for weeks�察�and during all this time�察�he only once referred
to his infirmity and then perforce as an excuse for some trouble he
put me to�察�and so slightly worded that I paid no heed。 This is a
good measure of his courage under sufferings of which none but the
untried will think lightly。 And I think it worth noting how this
optimist was acquainted with pain。 It will seem strange only to
the superficial。 The disease of pessimism springs never from real
troubles�察�which it braces men to bear�察�which it delights men to
bear well。 Nor does it readily spring at all�察�in minds that have
conceived of life as a field of ordered duties�察�not as a chase in
which to hunt for gratifications。 'We are not here to be happy�察�
but to be good'�察�I wish he had mended the phrase�此 �'We are not here
to be happy�察�but to try to be good��' comes nearer the modesty of
truth。 With such old´fashioned morality�察�it is possible to get
through life�察�and see the worst of it�察�and feel some of the worst
of it�察�and still acquiesce piously and even gladly in man's fate。
Feel some of the worst of it�察�I say�察�for some of the rest of the
worst is�察�by this simple faith�察�excluded。
It was in the year 1868�察�that the clouds finally rose。 The
business in partnership with Mr。 Forde began suddenly to pay well�察�
about the same time the patents showed themselves a valuable
property�察�and but a little after�察�Fleeming was appointed to the new
chair of engineering in the University of Edinburgh。 Thus�察�almost
at once�察�pecuniary embarrassments passed for ever out of his life。
Here is his own epilogue to the time at Claygate�察�and his
anticipations of the future in Edinburgh。
' 。 。 。 。 The dear old house at Claygate is not let and the pretty
garden a mass of weeds。 I feel rather as if we had behaved
unkindly to them。 We were very happy there�察�but now that it is
over I am conscious of the weight of anxiety as to money which I
bore all the time。 With you in the garden�察�with Austin in the
coach´house�察�with pretty songs in the little�察�low white room�察�with
the moonlight in the dear room up´stairs�察�ah�察�it was perfect�察�but
the long walk�察�wondering�察�pondering�察�fearing�察�scheming�察�and the
dusty jolting railway�察�and the horrid fusty office with its endless
disappointments�察�they are well gone。 It is well enough to fight
and scheme and bustle about in the eager crowd here ��in London�А�for
a while now and then�察�but not for a lifetime。 What I have now is
just perfect。 Study for winter�察�action for summer�察�lovely country
for recreation�察�a pleasant town for talk 。 。 。'
CHAPTER V。 ´ NOTES OF TELEGRAPH VOYAGES�察�1858 TO 1873。
BUT it is now time to see Jenkin at his life's work。 I have before
me certain imperfect series of letters written�察�as he says�察�'at
hazard�察�for one does not know at the time what is important and
what is not'�此 �the earlier addressed to Miss Austin�察�after the
betrothal�察�the later to Mrs。 Jenkin the young wife。 I should
premise that I have allowed myself certain editorial freedoms�察�
leaving out and splicing together much as he himself did with the
Bona cable�此 �thus edited the letters speak for themselves�察�and will
fail to interest none who love adventure or activity。 Addressed as
they were to her whom he called his 'dear engineering pupil��' they
give a picture of his work so clear that a child may understand�察�
and so attractive that I am half afraid their publication may prove
harmful�察�and still further crowd the ranks of a profession already
overcrowded。 But their most engaging quality is the picture of the
writer�察�with his indomitable self´confidence and courage�察�his
readiness in every pinch of circumstance or change of plan�察�and his
ever fresh enjoyment of the whole web of human experience�察�nature�察�
adventure�察�science�察�toil and rest�察�society and solitude。 It should
be borne in mind that the writer of these buoyant pages was�察�even
while he wrote�察�harassed by responsibility�察�stinted in sleep and
often struggling with the prostration of sea´sickness。 To this
last enemy�察�which he never overcame�察�I have omitted�察�in my search
after condensation�察�a good many references�察�if they were all left�察�
such was the man's temper�察�they would not represent one hundredth
part of what he suffered�察�for he was never given to complaint。 But
indeed he had met this ugly trifle�察�as he met every thwart
circumstance of life�察�with a certain pleasure of pugnacity�察�and
suffered it not to check him�察�whether in the exercise of his
profession or the pursuit of amusement。
I。
'Birkenhead�此 �April 18�察�1858。
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