The Life of a Great Sportsman 



altogether. And this happy-go-lucky life continued until, in 

 1874, my eldest brother, to whom practically Great Limber 

 House belonged, married the eldest daughter of the Vicar of 

 Limber, Canon Chamberlain, and so this merry bachelor estab- 

 lishment — this open-house rendezvous for the sporting elect — 

 closed automatically. 



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