Waverley Volume 1 Chapter XIII - A More Rational Day than the Last

In which the Baron of Bradwardine and his guest embark on a genteel hunt and an enlightening ride across the pastoral landscape, exchanging their divergent yet complementary views on history and poetry, whilst the Baron regales tales of his youth and family honours. The evening unfolds in the charming abode of Miss Rose, whose singing and cultivated taste usher the company into legends and quaint local superstitions, closing with a lively debate on the nature of wit, fancy, and the marvellous.