Night and Morning, Volume 1 by Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton
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CHAPTER III. "Stay, delightful Dream; Let him within his pleasant garden walk; Give him her arm--of blessings let them talk."--CRABBE. "There, Robert, there! now you can see the new stables. By Jove, they are the completest thing in the three kingdoms!" "Quite a pile! But is that the house? You lodge your horses more magnificently than yourself." "But is it not a beautiful cottage?--to be sure, it owes everything to Catherine's taste. Dear Catherine!" Mr. Robert Beaufort, for this colloquy took place between the brothers, as their britska rapidly descended the hill, at the foot of which lay Fernside Cottage and its miniature demesnes--Mr. Robert Beaufort pulled his travelling cap over his brows, and his countenance fell, whether at the name of Catherine, or the tone in which the name was uttered; and there was a pause, broken by a third occupant of the britska, a youth of about seventeen, who sat opposite the brothers. "And who are those boys on the lawn, uncle?" |
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