dations,andorderingadinneratoneoftheinns,thenextthingtobedonewasunquestionablytowalkdirectlydowntothesea.TheywerecometoolateintheyearforanyamusementorvarietywhichLyme,asapublicplace,mightoffer.Theroomswereshutup,thelodgersalmostallgone,scarcelyanyfamilybutoftheresidentsleftand,asthereisnothingtoadmireinthebuildingsthemselves,theremarkablesituationofthetown,theprincipalstreetalmosthurryingintothewater,thewalktotheCobb,skirtingroundthepleasantlittlebay,which,intheseason,isanimatedwithbathingmachinesandcompanytheCobbitself,itsoldwondersandnewimprovements,withtheverybeautifullineofcliffsstretchingouttotheeastofthetown,arewhatthestranger’seyewillseekandaverystrangestrangeritmustbe,whodoesnotseecharmsintheimmediateenvironsofLyme,tomakehimwishtoknowitbetter.Thescenesinitsneighbourhood,Charmouth,withitshighgroundsandextensivesweepsofcountry,andstillmore,itssweet,retiredbay,backedbydarkcliffs,wherefragmentsoflowrockamongthesands,makeitthehappiestspotforwatchingtheflowofthetide,forsittinginunweariedcontemplationthewoodyvarietiesofthecheerfulvillageofUpLymeand,aboveall,Pinny,withitsgreenchasmsbetweenromanticrocks,wherethescatteredforesttreesandorchardsofluxuriantgrowth,declarethatmanyagenerationmusthavepassedawaysincethefirstpartialfallingofthecliffpreparedthegroundforsuchastate,whereascenesowonderfulandsolovelyisexhibited,asmaymorethanequalanyoftheresemblingscenesofthefar-famedIsleofWight:theseplacesmustbevisited,andvisitedagain,tomaketheworthofLymeunderstood.
ThepartyfromUppercrosspassingdownbythenowdesertedandmelancholylookingrooms,andstilldescending,soonfoundthemselvesonthesea-shoreandlingeringonly,asallmustlingerandgazeonafirstreturntothesea,whoeverdeservedtolookonitatall,proceededtowardstheCobb,equallytheirobjectinitselfandonCaptainWentworth’saccount:forinasmallhouse,nearthe