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A young girl--the village slavey Dick had engaged--stood under the porch

to welcoe

They scrah a hasty meal, and Dick invited Nell--with a touch

of inity which made her snificent avenue, and stood for aupon one of the finest speciland

"Fine, isn't it?" said Dick, with bated breath "Like a picture in a

Christ the front, and the

terrace? And there's the peacock, there, perched behind that stone lion

Fancy such a place as this belonging to you, your very own Yes, Lord

Angleford's a lucky chap!"

They went up the stone steps to the terrace steps, up which Queen Bess

had ascended with stately stride, and, crossing the terrace, into the

hall

The staircase, broad enough for a coach and four, had sheets of brown

holland hanging froures in arh was

visible of the rand old hall to

i and decorating, and they stopped

their splashing to pero upstairs; and one or two

of the lady and her

brother