Chapter XXXVII

           Themanor-houseofFerndeanwasabuildingofconsiderableantiquity,moderatesize,andnoarchitecturalpretensions,deepburiedinawood.Ihadheardofitbefore.Mr.Rochesteroftenspokeofit,andsometimeswentthere.Hisfatherhadpurchasedtheestateforthesakeofthegamecovers.Hewouldhaveletthehouse,butcouldfindnotenant,inconsequenceofitsineligibleandinsalubrioussite.Ferndeanthenremaineduninhabitedandunfurnished,withtheexceptionofsometwoorthreeroomsfittedupfortheaccommodationofthesquirewhenhewentthereintheseasontoshoot. 

           TothishouseIcamejusteredarkonaneveningmarkedbythecharacteristicsofsadsky,coldgale,andcontinuedsmallpenetratingrain. ThelastmileIperformedonfoot,havingdismissedthechaiseanddriverwiththedoubleremunerationIhadpromised. Evenwhenwithinaveryshortdistanceofthemanor-house,youcouldseenothingofit,sothickanddarkgrewthetimberofthegloomywoodaboutit.Irongatesbetweengranitepillarsshowedmewheretoenter,andpassingthroughthem,Ifoundmyselfatonceinthetwilightofclose-rankedtrees. Therewasagrass-growntrackdescendingtheforestaislebetweenhoarandknottyshaftsandunderbranchedarches. Ifollowedit,expectingsoontoreachthedwelling;butitstretchedonandon,itwouldfarandfarther:nosignofhabitationorgroundswasvisible. 

           IthoughtIhadtakenawrongdirectionandlostmyway. Thedarknessofnaturalaswellasofsylvanduskgatheredoverme. Ilookedroundinsearchofanotherroad. 

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