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other chambers more sunny and habitable 

 than this ; some pale and ancient, and valu- 

 able, some bright in colour, where Grecian 

 warriors charge, less valuable and more 

 showy. Still, even in these rooms, where 

 the carpets and the furniture are of a more 

 comfortable era than that which endured 

 stone floors, even here in corners are frag- 

 ments of the past porcelain, and old pot- 

 tery, and carved tokens of a century since. 

 But the sun of June shines in and does not 

 linger at the pane ; the twitter of birds and 

 the hum of insects, the laughter and shouts 

 of children come through the open window 

 with the rustle of green leaves. Bright, 

 happy life of sunny hours dwells round 

 about amid roses and carnations. 



Another iron-studded door opens on the 

 great kitchen, where the ancient settles are 

 still in use. Brands logs four or five feet 

 long can be thrown on the wide hearth. 



