It was not that any harm could be said concerning the vicar of that charming
rural parish to which Dorlcote Mill belonged; he was a man of excellent family, an irreproachable bachelor, of elegant pursuits,--had taken honors, and held a fellowship.
Nature, your descriptions of
rural scenes, your analysis of your own feelings- -the whole is beautifully written.
It would be very tiresome staying here, and so four of us ran the quarantine blockade and spent seven delightful days in Seville, Cordova, Cadiz, and wandering through the pleasant
rural scenery of Andalusia, the garden of Old Spain.
He could talk about
rural economy with the count, fashions with the countess and Natasha, and about albums and fancywork with Sonya.