RED DEER. 



IX. 



A MANOR HOUSE IN DEER LAND. 



THERE is an old hall with a knight's helmet 

 carved above the porch. The black oak door 

 stands ajar, so massive and heavy with iron 

 rivets, that no gust of air can stir it. A 

 wind comes from the woods, and entering a 

 vaulted passage strays aside freely into the 

 dwelling rooms. For the door in the pass- 

 age is also ajar, being in like manner of 

 thick oak, iron studded, and unmoved. 



Within, the high windows set deep in the 

 wall do but just overcome with all their light 

 the heavy weight of the black oak furniture. 

 Dark oak shutters, dark oak window-seats, 

 dark oak beams overhead, a black table in 

 the midst of the great room, oak cabinets, 



