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The party then proceeded towards Cecil Place, Zillah entrenching herself under the protection of the Preacher Fleetword. Weep no more, nor sigh nor groan, Sorrow calls no time that's gone. Violets pluck'd, the sweetest rain Makes not fresh nor grow again. Trim thy locks, look cheerfully; Fate's hidden ends eyes cannot see. Joys, as winged dreams, fly fast: Why should sadness longer last?
In the course of his wanderings, however, he at length encountered Solomon Grundy, puffing and courtesying under the weight of a huge pasty he was conveying, by a prodigious effort, to the buttery. "Ah, Solomon, my friend," said Fleetword, "of a truth it is a pleasant thing to see thee." "You mean that you behold something pleasant with me," retorted the cook; "and of a verity, your reverence "
The Reverend Jonas Fleetword belonged partly to the one class, partly to the other: his progenitors, for upwards of a century, had been foremost in forwarding the religion of the Gospel; they had fought for it both with carnal and spiritual weapons, and he had followed in their footsteps without swerving either to the right hand or the left; but, to do him justice, he was stimulated to activity in his vocation by a better motive than that which arises either from custom or an estimate of hereditary right he was at heart, as well as in word, a Christian, and the promises contained in, together with the prospects held out by, the book he perused so eagerly, had been, from the moment when reason dawned, the ruling principle by which his life was governed.
Fleetword, inwardly rejoicing at the increase of his congregation, of whose presence, however, he deemed it wisdom to appear ignorant, had just exclaimed, "Has not the word of the Lord come to me, as to Elisha in the third year? and shall I not do His bidding?"
Ah, many's the signal I've hung out for the Fire-fly from that same spot; but, if perilous times are past, and we live in days as Master Fleetword hath it of peace, poor Hugh's trade will be soon over. I wish he were back the coast looks lonesome without him."
But again, some other said, as she was so pure a Christian, perhaps that would save her from such a fate; and one of the soldiers who sat with them reproved their folly, and lectured, and prayed for their edification, with much zeal and godliness; and when he had concluded, the thought came upon them that the Reverend Jonas Fleetword had not been there since the earliest morning, when somebody declared he was seen talking with Sir Willmott Burrell near the Gull's Nest, and fear for the preacher came over them all why, they could not tell.
Fleetword was the first to speak. "In the name of the Lord, I charge thee, avoid our path, young maniac! for, of a truth, there is little sobriety, little steadiness, in thy look, which savoureth neither of peace nor contentment. What wouldst thou with my friend? This is his bridal-day, and he has no leisure for such as thee."
We must leave Cecil Place for a while suffer Manasseh Ben Israel to pursue his journey to Hampton Court offer no intrusion upon the solitude of the preacher Fleetword take no note of aught concerning Walter De Guerre or Major Wellmore nor heed, for a time, whether the Buccaneer steered his course by land or water: attend to nothing, in fact, for the present, except the motives and actions of Zillah Ben Israel.
The Buccaneer pointed to where the skins had hung when Fleetword was in the chamber, and the Ranger attempted to move towards it; but his feet were as if rooted to the earth. Dalton watched his agitation with a curious eye; yet Robin perceived it not. He made several ineffectual attempts to stir from his position; but continued fixed in the same spot, unable to withdraw his gaze from the opening.
Fleetword little comprehended the meaning of this last sentence; but drawing forth a pocket Bible, which on more than one occasion had given much trouble to Sir Willmott Burrell, he told him he had considered that admirable portion of the Scripture touching the duty of husband and wife, so well set forth therein, and that he had composed a discourse thereon, which he meant to deliver unto them after the holy ceremony, but that he would now expound much upon the subject, as they journeyed homeward.
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