Freaks on the Fells: Three Months' Rustication

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Robert Michael Ballantyne. Freaks on the Fells: Three Months' Rustication

Story 1

Story 1—Chapter 1. Mr Sudberry in his Counting-House

Story 1—Chapter 2. Mr Sudberry at Home

Story 1—Chapter 3. First Impressions

Story 1—Chapter 4. First Comers served first, etcetera

Story 1—Chapter 5. Some Account of a Great Fishing Expedition

Story 1—Chapter 6. The Picnic

Story 1—Chapter 7. The Picnic Concluded

Story 1—Chapter 8. Concerning Fowls and Pools

Story 1—Chapter 9. A Grand Excursion over the Mountains

Story 1—Chapter 10. Lost on the Mountains

Story 1—Chapter 11. Still Lost!

Story 1—Chapter 12. Found

Story 1—Chapter 13. Visiting the Poor

Story 1—Chapter 14. A Surprise and a Battle

Story 1—Chapter 15. A Dream and a Ball

Story 1—Chapter 16. The Effects of Compasses

Story 1—Chapter 17. The Trip to Glen Ogle

Story 1—Chapter 18. The Family go to Church under Difficulties

Story 1—Chapter 19. A Strange Home-Coming

Story 1—Chapter 20. Mysterious Matters—A Happy Return, etcetera

Story 1—Chapter 21. The End

Story 2

Story 2—Chapter 1. Why I did not become a Sailor

Story 2—Chapter 2

Story 2—Chapter 3

Story 2—Chapter 4

Story 2—Chapter 5

Story 2—Chapter 6

Story 2—Chapter 7

Story 2—Chapter 8

Story 2—Chapter 9

Story 2—Chapter 10

Story 3

Story 3—Chapter 1. Papers from Norway

Story 3—Chapter 2. Salmon-Fishing Extraordinary

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Mr John Sudberry was a successful London merchant. He was also a fat little man. Moreover, he was a sturdy little man, wore spectacles, and had a smooth bald head, over which, at the time we introduce him to the reader, fifty summers had passed, with their corresponding autumns, winters, and springs. The passage of so many seasons over him appeared to have exercised a polishing influence on the merchant, for Mr Sudberry’s cranium shone like a billiard-ball. In temperament Mr Sudberry was sanguine, and full of energy. He could scarcely have been a successful merchant without these qualities. He was also extremely violent.

Now, it is necessary here to guard the reader from falling into a mistake in reference to Mr Sudberry’s character. We have said that he was violent, but it must not be supposed that he was passionate. By no means. He was the most amiable and sweet-tempered of men. His violence was owing to physical rather than mental causes. He was hasty in his volitions, impulsive in his actions, madly reckless in his personal movements. His moral and physical being was capable of only two conditions—deep repose or wild activity.

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“Hush! pray spare my feelings, my dear John.”

“Remote districts, they are not so immaculate as one would wish. Then there are endless moors covered with game, and splendid lakes and rivers full of fish. Just think, Mary, what a region for our dear boys to revel in! Think of the shooting—”

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