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pink and yellow flowers inlaid. The grate is adorned with a 
Bend Or similar to the one Freddy wore on his sleeve in the 
Derby of 1880, painted in blue and black, and above the mantel- 
piece is a handsome glass, framed in gilt, with gilt supports on 
either side. At one end of the room is a gorgeous gilt-mounted 
mirror reaching from floor to ceiling, and at the other a cabinet 
which, like the King's daughter, is all glorious within, and 
contains among numerous nick-nacks sundry fans, wedding 
presents from Count Kinsky and others. The drawing-room 
opens into a conservatory well stocked with choice plants, 
and a table and chair in the centre which suggest an after- 
dinner cigarette. 
" Lighting a cigar, we face the elements again, visit a hot- 
house with an abundant supply of grapes, walk round a capital 
kitchen garden, and come to anchor in a well-kept four-stalled 
stable, in which are a couple of hunters, Mrs. Archer's pony, 
and a carriage horse, as well as a hunter in a loose box, which 
Mrs. Archer rides — a remarkably handsome, well-bred chesnut. 
A small saddle-room is kept in apple-pie order, and the carriage- 
house contains a pony trap, dog-cart, victoria, and a par- 
ticularly smart brougham, built by Peters. The canine element 
is represented by a handsome St. Bernard — Bernard by name ; 
Sultan, a mastiff, a fox-terrier, and a little pet of Mrs. Archer's 
— custodians who would, collectively, make it pretty warm 
for a burglar should he venture to ' go a-burgling ' at Falmouth 
House. 
" Our attention was attracted by a quaint-looking object 
on the wall of the stable-yard, which, on closer inspection, 
proved to be a representation of Archer winning the St. Leger 
on Dutch Oven, done in wire on a wooden background. In 
answer to our interrogatory as to how he came by this curious 
relic, ' The Tinman ' replied, ' Oh, some poor devil sent it me 
who won a few shillings on the race, I suppose.' 
" The next move was to the paddocks, which, together 
with the groom's cottage and that occupied by the gardener, 
