Down in Lincolnshire

           ThereisahushuponChesneyWoldinthesealtereddays,asthereisuponaportionofthefamilyhistory.ThestorygoesthatSirLeicesterpaidsomewhocouldhavespokenouttoholdtheirpeace;butitisalamestory,feeblywhisperingandcreepingabout,andanybrightersparkoflifeitshowssoondiesaway.ItisknownforcertainthatthehandsomeLadyDedlockliesinthemausoleuminthepark,wherethetreesarchdarklyoverhead,andtheowlisheardatnightmakingthewoodsring;butwhenceshewasbroughthometobelaidamongtheechoesofthatsolitaryplace,orhowshedied,isallmystery.Someofheroldfriends,principallytobefoundamongthepeachy-cheekedcharmerswiththeskeletonthroats,didonceoccasionallysay,astheytoyedinaghastlymannerwithlargefanslikecharmersreducedtoflirtingwithgrimdeath,afterlosingalltheirotherbeauxdidonceoccasionallysay,whentheworldassembledtogether,thattheywonderedtheashesoftheDedlocks,entombedinthemausoleum,neverroseagainsttheprofanationofhercompany.Butthedead-and-goneDedlockstakeitverycalmlyandhaveneverbeenknowntoobject.Upfromamongtheferninthehollow,andwindingbythebridle-roadamongthetrees,comessometimestothislonelyspotthesoundofhorses’hoofs.ThenmaybeseenSirLeicesterinvalided,bent,andalmostblind,butofworthypresenceyetridingwithastalwartmanbesidehim,constanttohisbridle-rein.

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