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fisherman might require, and it speaks well for 

 the master's kindness, and the man's devotion, 

 that the latter after my brother's death told my 

 sister-in-law that he had taken charge of the 

 fishing rod to keep for her, for he ' couldn't 

 bear ' the thought that anyone should use it 

 now ' his Lordship was gone.' 



On land the bath-chair had other offices to 

 render to my brother. The terrace, facing 

 nearly east, is laid out in the somewhat formal 

 style prevalent in the fifties, with neat beds of 

 brightly-coloured flowers, and a regiment of Irish 

 yews on the lower walk whose bulky forms 

 somewhat disfigure that portion of the fore- 

 ground. They had one merit : their small 

 brightly-coloured berries possessed a great 

 attraction for Kedwings and Thrushes, and it 

 was a pleasure to my brother to watch the birds 

 on raiding expeditions, in search of these dainty 

 morsels of food. A mixed border of plants — 

 fair to sight and sweet of scent — lies close to the 

 house, and makes up to a considerable extent 

 for the stiff little parterres of a bygone taste. 

 The terrace, however, had other sights than 

 those of summer flowers. 



