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the tapestried chamber(挂花毯的房间)-第7部分
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indignation; horror; and despair; which; tradition says; was heard to a
preternatural distance; and resembled the cry of a dying lion more than a
human sound。
His friends received him in their arms as he sank utterly exhausted by
the effort; and bore him back to his castle in mute sorrow; while his
daughter at once wept for her brother; and endeavoured to mitigate and
soothe the despair of her father。 But this was impossible; the old man's
only tie to life was rent rudely asunder; and his heart had broken with it。
The death of his son had no part in his sorrow。 If he thought of him at all;
it was as the degenerate boy through whom the honour of his country and
clan had been lost; and he died in the course of three days; never even
mentioning his name; but pouring out unintermitted lamentations for the
loss of his noble sword。
I conceive that the moment when the disabled chief was roused into a
last exertion by the agony of the moment is favourable to the object of a
painter。 He might obtain the full advantage of contrasting the form of the
rugged old man; in the extremity of furious despair; with the softness and
beauty of the female form。 The fatal field might be thrown into
perspective; so as to give full effect to these two principal figures; and
with the single explanation that the piece represented a soldier beholding
his son slain; and the honour of his country lost; the picture would be
sufficiently intelligible at the first glance。 If it was thought necessary to
show more clearly the nature of the conflict; it might be indicated by the
pennon of Saint George being displayed at one end of the lists; and that of
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THE TAPESTRIED CHAMBER
Saint Andrew at the other。
I remain; sir;
Your obedient servant;
THE AUTHOR OF WAVERLEY。
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