Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832 / 2008-09-17 00:00:00

EBOOK, PEVERIL OF THE PEAK ***


PEVERIL OF THE PEAK
By Sir Walter Scott, Bart.
First published in 1822.
Etext prepared by Emma Wong Shee,
John Bickers, jbickers@ihug.co.nz
and Dagny, dagnypg@yahoo.com

PEVERIL OF THE PEAK
BY
SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART.


PEVERIL OF THE PEAK

CHAPTER I
When civil dudgeon first grew high,
And men fell out, they knew not why;
When foul words, jealousies, and fears,
Set folk together by the ears--
--BUTLER.
William, the Conqueror of England, was, or supposed himself to be, the
father of a certain William Peveril, who attended him to the battle of
Hastings, and there distinguished himself. The liberal-minded monarch,
who assumed in his charters the veritable title of Gulielmus
Bastardus, was not likely to let his son's illegitimacy be any bar to
the course of his royal favour, when the laws of England were issued
from the mouth of the Norman victor, and the lands of the Saxons were
at his unlimited disposal. William Peveril obtained a liberal grant of
property and lordships in Derbyshire, and became the erecter of that
Gothic fortress, which, hanging over the mouth of the Devil's Cavern,
so well known to tourists, gives the name of Castleton to the adjacent
village.
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