Franklin Blake taking healthful exercise — uncaptioned headnote vignette for the "The Story. Second Period," positioned at the start of the "Fourth Narrative. Extracted from the Journal of Ezra Jennings," p. 371, in the Doubleday (New York) 1946 edition of The Moonstone. 4.3 x 6.4 cm [Dated 15 June 1849, the line drawing establishes that Frizinghall is not that distant from picturesque country scenes through which Franklin Blake may walk daily as he prepares for the experimental laudanum treatment.] Scanned image and text by Philip V. Allingham. [You may use this image without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose as long as you (1) credit the person who scanned the image and (2) link your document to this URL.]
Passage Illustrated in Ezra Jennings' Account
My bad night made it late in the morning, before I could get to Mr. Franklin Blake. I found him stretched on the sofa, breakfasting on brandy and soda-water, and a dry biscuit.
"I am beginning, as well as you could possibly wish," he said. "A miserable, restless night; and a total failure of appetite this morning. Exactly what happened last year, when I gave up my cigars. The sooner I am ready for my second dose of laudanum, the better I shall be pleased."
"You shall have it on the earliest possible day,"I answered. "In the meantime, we must be as careful of your health as we can. If we allow you to become exhausted, we shall fail in that way. You must get an appetite for your dinner. In other words, you must get a ride or a walk this morning, in the fresh air." — "Fourth Narrative. "Extracted from the Journal of Ezra Jennings," p. 371.
Commentary
Although Franklin Blake suggests that he would rather ride than walk as his daily exercise, Collins does not develop this idea, and the reader hears nothing further about Blake's getting "a ride or a walk this morning." However, the headnote vignette for this further "Extract from the Journal of Ezra Jennings" (p. 371) implies that Blake goes walking every morning on the country roads near Frizinghall to counter the effects of nicotine withdrawal on 16 June 1849.
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_________. The Moonstone: A Romance. With four illustrations by John Sloan. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908.
_________. The Moonstone: A Romance. Illustrated by A. S. Pearse. London & Glasgow: Collins, 1910, rpt. 1930.
_________. The Moonstone. Illustrated by William Sharp. New York: Doubleday, 1946.
_________. The Moonstone: A Romance. With nine illustrations by Edwin La Dell. London: Folio Society, 1951.
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