Chapter 15: XIV

XIV Wargrave—Waxworks—Sonning—Our stew—Montmorency is sarcastic—Fight between Montmorency and the teakettle—George’s banjo studies—Meet with discouragement—Difficulties in the way of the musical amateur—Learning to play the bagpipes—Harris feels sad after supper—George and I go for a walk—Return hungry and wet—There is a strangeness about Harris—Harris and the swans, a remarkable story—Harris has a troubled night. We caught a breeze, after lunch, which took us gently up pas…