They have, besides, when confronted with each other, a certain instinct for strife, as we see in other male animals, such as dogs, bulls, and so forth.

But high and perilous enterprise is not Waverley's forte.

He would never have been his celebrated ancestor Sir Nigel, but only Sir Nigel's eulogist and poet.

I will tell you where he will be at home, my dear, and in his place,--in the quiet circle of domestic happiness, lettered indolence, and elegant enjoyments, of Waverley-Honour.

And he will refit the old library in the most exquisite Gothic taste, and garnish its shelves, with the rarest and most valuable volumes; and he will draw plans and landscapes, and write verses, and rear temples, and dig grottoes;--and he will stand in a clear summer night in the colonnade before the hall, and gaze on the deer as they stray in the moonlight, or lie shadowed by the boughs of the huge old fantastic oaks;--and he will repeat verses to his beautiful wife, who will hang upon his arm;--and he will be a happy man.' 'And she will be a happy woman,' thought poor Rose.