THE TAPESTRIED CHAMBER

by Sir Walter Scott




INTRODUCTION.

This is another little story from The Keepsake of 1828. It was
told to me many years ago by the late Miss Anna Seward, who,
among other accomplishments that rendered her an amusing inmate
in a country house, had that of recounting narratives of this
sort with very considerable effect--much greater, indeed, than
any one would be apt to guess from the style of her written
performances. There are hours and moods when most people are not
displeased to listen to such things; and I have heard some of the
greatest and wisest of my contemporaries take their share in
telling them.

AUGUST 1831

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THE TAPESTRIED CHAMBER;

OR,

THE LADY IN THE SACQUE.