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CHAPTER IV. 



POSITION. 



Where, is now our question, shall the Rosary 

 be ? In what part of our garden shall we find 

 the best situation, the most worthy site for a royal 

 throne ? Some, indeed, have treated our Queen 

 more as a menial than as a monarch ; they have 

 sent her Majesty by lobbies and back-stairs into 

 dismal chambers which look down on bottle-racks, 

 and to attics where, through clattering casement, 

 the wintry winds blow chill. And this when they 

 should have uncovered their drawing-room dam- 

 ask, and thoroughly aired their best bed. 



Some, having heard that a free circulation of 

 air and abundance of sunshine are essential ele- 

 ments of success, select a spot which would be 

 excellent for a windmill, observatory, beacon, or, 

 Martello tower; and there the poor Rose-trees 

 stand, or, more accurately speaking, wobble, with 

 their leaves, like King Lear's silver locks, rudely 

 blown and drenched by the " to-and-fro contend- 

 ing wind and rain." I have seen a garden of 

 Roses — I mean a collection of Roseless-trees — 

 in front of a " noble mansion proudly placed upon 



