The drama of Saint Helena . nd comprised forty rooms,including a hall, a luxuriously furnished drawing-room, a well-stocked library, a billiard-room and eventhat additional advantage : a concert-room. The meal given to the officers of the 66th provedan excellent one. Henry admired the arrangements ;he praises the dishes and extols the generous he noticed that his host, continually preoccupiedby Longwood and the responsibilities of his office,spoke little, and sometimes showed signs of absent-mindedness. Happily, says he, Lady Lowekept the conversation from flagging, and we wereall de
The drama of Saint Helena . nd comprised forty rooms,including a hall, a luxuriously furnished drawing-room, a well-stocked library, a billiard-room and eventhat additional advantage : a concert-room. The meal given to the officers of the 66th provedan excellent one. Henry admired the arrangements ;he praises the dishes and extols the generous he noticed that his host, continually preoccupiedby Longwood and the responsibilities of his office,spoke little, and sometimes showed signs of absent-mindedness. Happily, says he, Lady Lowekept the conversation from flagging, and we wereall delighted with her. Lady Lowes was not aperfect figure, but she had a fine face, laughing eyes,much conversational talent, a fair and beautiful neck,and a lovely arm. In short, she presided at herown table with much grace and brilliancy, and wasaltogether a very captivating woman. She had two grown-up daughters by a previousmarriage ; the elder at least, who resembled hermother, must have been equally attractive to THE GOVERNOR, HUDSON LOWE 65 Henry, no doubt, possessed some letter ofintroduction to the Governor, for he was one of threefavoured guests to whom, after dinner, Hudson Loweoffered hospitality for the night. The next day, before returning to Deadwood, hevisited the gardens of Plantation. In an island almost completely bare, but fortiny oases like The Briars, these gardens causedastonishment ; their extent was such that they mighthave been called a park, even in Europe. A grove of firs scaled a hillock behind the houseand formed a sombre background to its front, between two other hillocks planted with avariety of trees, tender green lawns spread out overalmost half a mile. They were formed by a kind ofgrass, common at Saint Helena, and known as mat-grass, which grows thick and close, and gives under-foot the sensation of felt. They sloped gentlytowards the north, and were followed by a kind ofstaircase of wooded terraces which hastened thedescen
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