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Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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Dorothy Wordsworth
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After
Coleridge
came
up
to
us,
while
we
were
debating
whether
we
should
turn
back
or
go
forward,
we
espied
a
man
on
horseback
at
a
little
distance,
with
a
boy
following
him
on
foot,
no
doubt
a
welcome
sight,
and
we
hailed
him.
We
should
have
been
glad
to
have
seen
either
man,
woman,
or
child
at
this
time,
but
there
was
something
uncommon
and
interesting
in
this
man's
appearance,
which
would
have
fixed
our
attention
wherever
we
had
met
him.
He
was
a
complete
Highlander
in
dress,
figure,
and
face,
and
a
very
fine-looking
man,
hardy
and
vigorous,
though
past
his
prime.
While
he
stood
waiting
for
us
in
his
bonnet
and
plaid,
which
never
look
more
graceful
than
on
horseback,
I
forgot
our
errand,
and
only
felt
glad
that
we
were
in
the
Highlands.
William
accosted
him
with,
"Sir,
do
you
speak
English?"
He
replied,
"A
little."
He
spoke
however,
sufficiently
well
for
our
purpose,
and
very
distinctly,
as
all
the
Highlanders
do
who
learn
English
as
a
foreign
language;
but
in
a
long
conversation
they
want
words;
he
informed
us
that
he
himself
was
going
beyond
the
Trossachs,
to
Callander,
that
no
boats
were
kept
to
"let";
but
there
were
two
gentlemen's
houses
at
this
end
of
the
lake,
one
of
which
we
could
not
yet
see,
it
being
hidden
from
us
by
a
part
of
the
hill
on
which
we
stood.
The
other
house
was
that
which
we
saw
opposite
to
us;
both
the
gentlemen
kept
boats,
and
probably
might
be
able
to
spare
one
of
their
servants
to
go
with
us.
After
we
had
asked
many
questions,
which
the
Highlander
answered
with
patience
and
courtesy,
he
parted
from
us,
going
along
a
sort
of
horse-track,
which
a
foot-passenger,
if
he
once
get
into
it,
need
not
lose
if
he
be
careful.
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