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fruit察  the   gooseberry´bushes          were    so   laden   that   their   branches 

arched and rested on the earth察the strawberries and raspberries 

grew in like profusion察and the peaches basked by the hundred on 

the   wall。   Tumbled   about   among   the           spread   nets     and   the   glass 

frames sparkling and winking in the sun察there were such heaps of 

drooping   pods察  and   marrows察  and   cucumbers察  that   every   foot   of 

ground   appeared   a   vegetable   treasury察  while   the   smell   of   sweet 

herbs   and   all   kinds   of   wholesome   growth   to   say   nothing   of   the 

neighbouring   meadows             where   the   hay   was      carrying   made      the 

whole air a great nosegay。 Such stillness and   composure   reigned 

within     the   orderly   precincts      of  the   old   red   wall察  that   even   the 

feathers hung in garlands to scare the birds hardly stirred察and the 

wall had such a ripening influence that where察here and there high 

up察a disused nail and scrap of list still clung to it察it was easier to 

fancy that they had mellowed with the changing seasons察than that 

they had rusted and decayed according to the common fate。 

    The   house察  though   a   little   disorderly   in   comparison   with   the 

garden察  was   a   real   old   house察  with   settles   in   the   chimney   of   the 

brick´floored kitchen察and great beams across the ceilings。 On one 

side   of   it   was   the   terrible   piece   of   ground   in   dispute察  where   Mr 

Boythorn   maintained   a   sentry   in   a   smock´frock察  day   and   night察

whose duty was supposed to be察in case of aggression察immediately 

to   ring   a   large   bell   hung   up   there   for   the   purpose察  to   unchain   a 



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great bulldog established in a kennel as his ally察and generally to 

deal     destruction      on    the    enemy。      Not    content      with    these 

precautions察      Mr   Boythorn      had    himself    composed       and   posted 

there察on painted boards to which his name was attached in large 

letters察the following solemn warnings此 Beware of the Bulldog。 He 

is most ferocious。 Lawrence Boythorn。 ̄ 

    ^The blunderbuss is loaded with slugs。 Lawrence Boythorn。 ̄ 

    ^Mulldogs and spring´guns are set here at all times of the   day 

and night。 Lawrence Boythorn。 ̄ 

    ^Take      notice。    That     any    person     or   persons      audaciously 

presuming to trespass on this property察will be punished with the 

utmost severity of  private   chastisement察and   prosecuted  with  the 

utmost rigour of the law。 Lawrence Boythorn。 ̄ These he showed 

us察  from   the   drawing´room   window察  while   his   bird   was   hopping 

about his head察and he laughed察 Ha   ha   ha   ha  Ha  ha   ha   ha 院  to 

that extent as he pointed them out察that I really thought he would 

have hurt himself。 

    ^But this is taking a good deal of trouble察院said Mr Skimpole in 

his light way察 when you are not in earnest after all拭院

    ^Not    in   earnest 院   returned     Mr   Boythorn察    with    unspeakable 

warmth。   ^Not   in   earnest   If   I   could   have   hoped   to   train   him察  I 

would   have   bought   a   Lion   instead   of   that   dog察  and   would   have 

turned   him   loose   upon   the   first   intolerable   robber   who   should 

dare   to   make   an   encroachment   on   my   rights。   Let   Sir   Leicester 

Dedlock   consent   to   come   out   and   decide   this   question   by   single 

combat察and I will meet him with any weapon known to mankind 

in any age or country。 I am that much in earnest。 Not more 院

    We arrived at his house on a Saturday。 On the Sunday morning 

we all  set  forth  to  walk   to  the   little   church  in   the   park。   Entering 



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the park察almost immediately by the disputed ground察we pursued 

a   pleasant     footpath    winding     among      the   verdant     turf  and    the 

beautiful trees察until it brought us to the church porch。 

    The   congregation   was   extremely  small and   quite   a   rustic   one察

with the exception of a large muster of servants   from   the  House察

some of whom were already  in   their  seats察  while   others   were   yet 

dropping   in。   There   were   some   stately   footmen察  and   there   was   a 

perfect picture of an old coachman察who looked as if he were the 

official representative of all the pomps and vanities that had ever 

been put   into   his   coach。   There   was   a   very   pretty   show   of   young 

women察      and    above     them察    the   handsome       old    face   and    fine 

responsible       portly    figure    of   the   housekeeper察       towered      pre´ 

eminent。 The pretty girl察of whom Mr  Boythorn   had   told   us察  was 

close by her。 She was so very pretty察that I might have known her 

by her beauty察even if I had not seen how blushingly conscious she 

was of the eyes of the young fisherman察whom I discovered not far 

off。 One face察and not an agreeable one察though it was handsome察

seemed      maliciously      watchful    of  this   pretty   girl察 and   indeed     of 

everyone and everything there。 It was a Frenchwoman¨s。 

    As   the   bell  was   yet  ringing  and   the   great   people   were   not   yet 

come察  I   had   leisure   to   glance   over   the   church察   which   smelt   as 

earthly as a grave察and to think what a shady察ancient察solemn little 

church it was。 The windows察heavily shaded by  trees察  admitted a 

subdued light that made the faces around me pale察and darkened 

the   old   brasses   in   the   pavement察  and   the   time   and   damp´worn 

monuments察and rendered the sunshine in the little porch察where 

a monotonous ringer was working at the bell察inestimably bright。 

But  a   stir  in  that  direction察  a   gathering  of  reverential  awe   in   the 

rustic faces察and a blandly´ferocious assumption on the part of Mr 



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Boythorn of being resolutely unconscious of somebody¨s existence察

forewarned       me    that   the  great   people    were    come察  and    that   the 

service was going to begin。 

    ^`Enter not into judgment with thy servant察O Lord察  for  in   thy 

sight!¨ ̄ 

    Shall I ever forget the rapid beating of my heart察occasioned by 

the   look   I   met察  as   I   stood   up   Shall   I   ever   forget   the   manner   in 

which  those  handsome   proud   eyes  seemed   to   spring   out   of   their 

languor察  and   to   hold   mine   It   was   only   a   moment   before   I   cast 

mine  down!released   again察  if   I   may  say   so!on   my  book察  but察  I 

knew the beautiful face quite well察in that short space of time。 

    And察very strangely察there was something quickened within me察

associated with the lonely days at my godmother¨s察yes察away even 

to the days when I had stood on tiptoe to dress myself at my little 

glass察after dressing my doll。 And this察although I had never seen 

this   lady¨s   face   before    in  all  my   life!I    was   quite   sure   of  it! 

absolutely certain。 

    It   was   easy   to   know   that   the   ceremonious察  gouty察  grey´haired 

gentleman察      the   only   other   occupant     of  the   great   pew察   was   Sir 

Leicester Dedlock察and that the lady was Lady Dedlock。 But why 

her face should b

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