The wind lulled about day-break, and by the afternoon the sea had gone down materially. Satisfied for I believe I should never be satiated with such delight as I have experienced to-day. My passion for solitude could scarcely have been more thoroughly gratified. I have passed this day in a species of ecstasy that I find it impossible to describe. To-morrow - and yet it can hardly be more than 190 or 200 miles. She will hardly get within sight of the Norland before noon but the cutter will have a rough passage home, nevertheless. To see what I can see indeed! - not very much. Now for a scramble to the lantern and a good look around to “see what I can see”. I do believe I am going to get nervous about my insulation. “alone”! I could half fancy there was some peculiarity in the echo of these cylindrical walls - but oh, no!. It is strange that I never observed, until this moment, how dreary a sound that word has. Have made any way with my book as long as he was within reach of me, with his intolerable gossip - not to mention that everlasting It never would have done to let Orndoff accompany me. Nothing and the printed instructions are as plain as possible. Quite as well as the three that are usually put in. One man had attended it before now - and got on Not be that the Consistory had any doubt of my ability to manage the light. What most surprises me, is the difficulty De Grät had in getting me the appointment - and I a noble of the realm! It could in such case I and “society” might never have parted - even for the year. Would to Heaven I had ever found in “society” one half as much faith as in this poor dog: Once in my life at least - thoroughly alone for, of course, Neptune, large as he is, is not to be taken into considerationĪs “society”. So far well! The cutter had a narrow escape - but whyĭwell on that, since I am here, all safe? My spirits are beginning to revive already, at the mere thought of being - for As regularly as I can keep the journal, I will - but there is no telling what may happen to a man all alone as IĪm - I may get sick, or worse. This day - my first on the light-house - I make this entry in my Diary, as agreed on with De
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