CHAPTER XIV. 



SIR CHARLES KNIGHTLEY. — SI R 

 RAINALD KNIGHTLEY.— THE REV. 

 VALENTINE KNIGHTLEY. — MR. 

 SELBY- LOWNDES, M.F.H.— BOB 

 WARD, HUNTSMAN. 



It was in my early manhood that I first knew 

 Sir Charles Knightley, and as the acquaintance 

 grew I came to regard him in the same light as 

 Sydney Smith did Macaulay, namely as '' A book 

 in breeches ! '' Every word Sir Charles uttered 

 had a ring of knowledge that was delightful. 



When I first beheld the house at Fawsley 

 nestling in its picturesque surroundings, I was 

 greatly impressed with the beauties of the scene, 

 and keenly realised that Nature had lavished 

 loveliness upon it with no niggard hand. With 

 its broad pastures stretching afar, its stately timber 

 standing out in bold relief on Nature's elevations. 



