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Nell looked up at it She was half confused by the splendors of the

place and her efforts to follow the descriptions and explanations of the

stately housekeeper; but as she raised her eyes to the portrait she was

conscious of a sensation of surprise For in soue way the portrait

releford wore a ruff, and was

habited in satin and ar at?" said Dick, impatiently; and she

followed the cicerone into another roo the well-learned lesson

"We have here the library, the faleford library There are

twenty thousand volumes, many of them unique They are often consulted

by savants--with the permission of the earl Many of them are priceless

That portrait is Lord Bacon," et cetera, et cetera

"Let us go," whispered Nell, in Dick's ear "The greatness of the house

of Angleford is getting on s! It is too great a contrast!"

"Shut up!" retorted Dick, as intensely interested

Nell went through the re

of dissatisfaction What right had any one man to such luxury, to such

splendor, while others were born to penury and suffering?