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houses have two or three of these bachelor 

 quarters dotted about in the grounds near the 

 house, and a very nice arrangement it is. The 

 present garden house was within ten yards of 

 the ' run,' and as Ray Danby had made a bath- 

 ing place just below it, they had nothing to do 

 but tumble out of bed, and take a header into 

 the stream. 



' I suppose you both feel inclined to take it 

 a bit easy, don't you ? ' said Ray Danby, as, 

 luncheon over, they settled themselves in the 

 verandah, or as the Virginians themselves call 

 it, the ' poach,' which is their way of pronoun- 

 cing '• porch.' 



* As far as I am concerned,' said Reginald, 

 . ' I don't mean to stir until the sun goes down. 

 It will surely be cooler then, and if yon have 

 any horses within an hour's ride, we might go 

 and have a look at them.' 



' You would have to look at them by candle- 

 light if you did that,' said Ray Danby. ' We 

 have not got the dear old English twilight here; 

 it is dark half an hour after sunset.' 



