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ever ventured to disturb his papers and furniture ; 

 this was his youngest brother Charles, formerly a 

 Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford, and afterwards 

 Professor of Latin and Greek in the University at 

 Baltimore, who paid periodical visits to England ; 

 and when, on these occasions, he came to Nunburn- 

 holme, one of the first things he did was to rush 

 into the study and, in a fit of playful mischief, turn 

 everything upside down that he could* lay hands 

 on, and put the place into a state of disorder. 

 Hearty laughter always accompanied these inroads, 

 and the two thoroughly enjoyed the practical joke ; 

 though, if the truth were known, the feelings of 

 the one played upon were not wholly unmingled. 

 With these rare exceptions, the room was at all 

 times the pink of tidiness and order. 



He was not long in settling down in his new 

 home at Nunburnholme. The claims of the parish 

 were light as compared with those of the one he 

 had just left, but whatever had to be done he did 

 thoroughly and conscientiously. At this time the 

 little church was not in a creditable condition for 

 the performance of Divine Service, and one of the 

 first things he did was to put it into something 

 like decent order, though it was not until 1871 that 

 the now well-nigh complete restoration, under Mr. 

 G. Gilbert Scott, junior, was carried into effect. 



There was no organ in the church at that time, 

 and harmoniums were only beginning to be much 

 used. A small band of instrumentalists and singers 

 formed the choir of Nunburnholme Church in those 



