. Three weeks in the British Isles . nded was of solidoak timbers, for our attention was called to thefact. The drawing-room is on this upper floor,and hung with Flemish tapestry, concealing thedoors. There is a lovely view from the windowsof the terraces, and of Dorothy Vernons deep ornamental frieze is fine, but has beenwhitewashed. An old harpsichord stands mute inone corner of the room. We pass through the earls dressing-room,which is hung with tapestry portraying huntingscenes, but omitting the one hunting scene thatwould be appropriate in such a room, viz.: thechase of the col
. Three weeks in the British Isles . nded was of solidoak timbers, for our attention was called to thefact. The drawing-room is on this upper floor,and hung with Flemish tapestry, concealing thedoors. There is a lovely view from the windowsof the terraces, and of Dorothy Vernons deep ornamental frieze is fine, but has beenwhitewashed. An old harpsichord stands mute inone corner of the room. We pass through the earls dressing-room,which is hung with tapestry portraying huntingscenes, but omitting the one hunting scene thatwould be appropriate in such a room, viz.: thechase of the collar button. Off it is a smallerroom, set aside for his page. We return through the drawing-room and visitthe ballroom, over one hundred feet long, eight-een feet wide and fifteen feet high. It is wain-scoted with oak in beautiful panels. The peacockabounds in the decorations. This makes prob-able the theory that this room was built to cele-brate the marriage of John Manners and DorothyVernon in 1570. The greenish tinted old panes in. CRADLE OP THE FIRST EARL OF RUTLAND IX HADDON HALL Haddon Hall and Chatsworth iii the windows contrast sharply with the clearer,newer glass. In the state bedroom is a bed in which QueenElizabeth slept. It did not surprise us. We werelooking for it. There is in the same room thecradle of the first Earl of Rutland, All of us but B. and the guide struggle up anarrow stairway to the top of Peveril Tower, justfor a peek at the surrounding country. This isthe highest part of the hall and dates from thethirteenth century. From it you can get an ideaof the ground plan of the building. Thence we descend and leave the Hall by thesame short flight of steps down which ranDorothy Vernon to meet her lover, John Man-ners, not Sir John Manners until after the deathof Dorothy. The books say that she crossed the little foot-bridgje which spans the brook a distance from thedoor, but as there was a road within fifty feet ofher, it seems more probable that John was wai
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