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"adscript!," of the charming, mellow, ashlar porch and its noble 

 arch framing it all. Think, lastly, of what must have given 

 splendid value to all these colours. Think of the black. There 

 is the Benedictine father, told off to be steward of the season's 

 work, and- giving a bit of a hand, too, with the neighbours, sable- 

 hued frock notwithstanding. Would that this porch could utter 

 speech and tell us of some of the far-off harvest-homes among 

 the five hundred which it has seen. 



