" Kinglake knew his associates, and was not ashamed
desipere in loco, to frolic in their presence.
One point there was on which he never touched himself or suffered
others to interrogate him, his conception of and attitude towards
the Unseen. He wore his religion as Sir William Gull wore the fur
of his coat, INSIDE. Outwardly he died as he had lived, a Stoic;
that on the most personal and sacred of all topics he should
consult the Silences was in keeping with his idiosyncrasy. Another
famous man, questioned as to his religious creed, made answer that
he believed what all wise men believe. And what do all wise men
believe? "That all wise men keep to themselves?"
Footnotes:
{1} When "Heartsease" first appeared, Percy Fotheringham was
believed to be a portrait; but the accomplished authoress in a
letter written not long before her death told me that the character
was wholly imaginary.
{2} Pedigrees are perplexing unless tabulated; so here is
Kinglake's genealogical tree.
KINGLAKES OF SALTMOOR. WOODFORDES OF
CASTLE CARY.
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| WILLIAM=MARY WOODFORDE.
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