CHAPTER I — START IN LIFE I was bornbearin the year 1632 , in the city of York , of a good family , though not of that country , my father being a foreigner of Bremen , who settledsettlefirst at Hull .
In the course of her rapid journeyjourneyshe had already settledsettleupon everything that had to be done ; or rather , to speak truly , had rehearsedrehearseeverything , according to the habit already acquiredacquireby a quick mind , a good deal occupied with itself .
Then followed the history and rise of the ancient and respectable family , in the usual terms ; how it had been first settledsettlein Cheshire ; how mentioned in Dugdale , serving the office of high sheriff , representing a borough in three successive parliaments , exertions of loyalty , and dignity of baronet , in the first year of Charles II , with all the Marys and Elizabeths they had marriedmarry; forming altogether two handsome duodecimo pages , and concluding with the arms and motto : -- " Principal seat , Kellynch Hall , in the county of Somerset , " and Sir Walter 's handwriting again in this finale : -- " Heir presumptive , William Walter Elliot , Esq. , great grandson of the second Sir Walter . "
CHAPTER 1 Mrs Gildea had settledsettleearly to her morning 's work in what she called the veranda-study of her cottage in Leichardt 's Town .