134 KENILWOKTH. 



most beautiful seats in the county of 

 Warwick. Afterwards I went to Kenil- 

 worth, now a ruin, but to me not half so 

 romantically situated or so interesting as 

 those of Corfe, although its history is rife 

 with incidents of the court of Queen Bess, 

 and is the scene of one of the most 

 admired fictions of the great Wizard of 

 the North. 



My evenings were spent in company 

 with my friend, who returned from his 

 drive about six, and daily we became 

 more closely allied; nor did he one day 

 omit to importune me to take hold, as 

 he termed it, in which he was always 

 backed by our little merry host. To this 

 I could give no satisfactory response, as 

 I felt considerable unwillingness to ask 

 even my father to displace any man on 

 my account. What was my surprise, 

 then, when, on his return one evening, 

 I could but observe, though always a 



