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You can sit with us.

You can sit with us.

I heard the dogs howl in the moonlight night;

I heard the dogs howl in the moonlight night;

It was the exact kind of abode that I had been looking after for weeks, for I was in that condition of mind when absolute renunciation of society was a necessity.

It was the exact kind of abode that I had been looking after for weeks, for I was in that condition of mind when absolute renunciation of society was a necessity.

“Get up, our Anna dear, from the weary spinning wheel;

“Get up, our Anna dear, from the weary spinning wheel;

You know, my dears, that your mother was an orphan, and an only child; and I dare say you have heard that your grandfather was a clergyman up in Westmoreland, where I come from.

You know, my dears, that your mother was an orphan, and an only child; and I dare say you have heard that your grandfather was a clergyman up in Westmoreland, where I come from.

The only ghost I ever saw Was dressed in mechlin, — so;

The only ghost I ever saw
Was dressed in mechlin, — so;

WHEN, through the death of a distant relative, I, John Lester, succeeded to the Martingdale Estate, there could not have been found in the length and breadth of England a happier pair than myself and my only sister Clare.

WHEN, through the death of a distant relative, I, John Lester, succeeded to the Martingdale Estate, there could not have been found in the length and breadth of England a happier pair than myself and my only sister Clare.

With a cup of tea and your favorite cat.

With a cup of tea and your favorite cat.