Chapter One.
The Dwellers at Selwick Hall.
“He would be on the mountain’s top, without the toil and travail of the climbing.”—Tupper.
Selwick Hall, Lake Derwentwater, October ye first, Mdlxxix.
It came about, as I have oft noted things to do, after a metely deal of talk, yet right suddenly in the end.
Aunt Joyce, Milly, Edith, and I, were in the long gallery. We had been talking a while touching olden times...
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