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"An almanac! an almanac!" said Oldbuck, starting up in great alarm "not that bauble!" flinging away a little pocket almanac which his niece offered him. "Great God! my poor dear Miss Isabella! Fetch me instantly the Fairport Almanac." It was brought, consulted, and added greatly to his agitation.
"There spoke all Fairport in one voice!" exclaimed Oldbuck "it is the very spirit of the borough has infected us all; I think I have smelled the smoke these two days, that the wind has stuck, like a remora, in the north-east and its prejudices fly farther than its vapours.
And besides, that habit of minute and troublesome accuracy leads to a mercantile manner of doing business, which ought to be beneath a landed proprietor whose family has stood two or three generations. I question if there's a dealer's clerk in Fairport that can sum an account of interest better than Monkbarns." "But you'll accept his invitation, sir?"
But it was in a state of dilapidation and littered with a jumble of odds and ends which looked like the ruins of a barroom. As he turned to ascend to the deck again, after possibly five minutes, intending to take a look at the forecastle next, he heard the sound of a motor. Looking out of the cabin he saw a taxicab approaching the boat from the direction of Fairport.
Jim picked it up and carried it a long way, before Jack discovered it. I often used to hear the Morrises speak about vessels that ran between Fairport and a place called the West Indies, carrying cargoes of lumber and fish, and bringing home molasses, spices, fruit, and other things.
The conversation of clam-diggers, he said, did not appeal to him; and he complained that at Fairport our only chance of adventure would be my capsizing the catboat or robbing a lobster-pot. He insisted we should go to the mountains, where we would meet what he always calls "our best people."
Oldbuck, everybody in Fairport is always willing to oblige you and besides, I know that you are a prudent man, and one that would be as unwilling to lose forty, as four hundred merks. So I will accept your bail, meo periculo what say you to that law phrase again? I had it from a learned counsel. I will vouch it, my lord, he said, meo periculo."
But what is a sectional bookcase to a man with $500,000 in his pocket and the Seven Seas before him? It was a few days later, when a goodly number of the late Uncle Tom's easily negotiable securities had been converted into cash, and the cash deposited in the bank, that Cleggett bought the Jasper B. He discovered her near the town of Fairport, Long Island, one afternoon.
I laid one hand on his, and pointed to the tin badge on his suspender. "He is the village constable himself," I explained. I turned to the lovely lady. "Lady Moya," I said, "I want to introduce you to my father!" I pointed to the vine-covered cottage. "That's my home," I said. I pointed to the sleeping town. "That," I told her, "is the village of Fairport. Most of it belongs to father.
Oldbuck, and Sir Arthur Wardour, to Fairport, and to his uncle's surprise and satisfaction, Captain M'Intyre acted as military adviser to the volunteers with remarkable presence of mind, giving instructions calmly and wisely. The arrival of an officer from headquarters was eagerly expected in Fairport, and at length a cry among the people announced "There's the brave Major Neville come at last!"
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