. More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . a deal board near the geograph-ical globe on the headland bears a printed request to visitors to beso good as to inscribe their valuable names upon it rather thanon the orb of Purbeck stone ; a similar plan might well beadopted here. And the refinement of consideration for thetrippers propensities would be reached if a chained knife wereattached to the board, thus furnishing them with every facilitywherewith to do the deed, and gratify their predilections with aminimum of labour. Entering the quadrangle by the arched porch of the GuardTo
. More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . a deal board near the geograph-ical globe on the headland bears a printed request to visitors to beso good as to inscribe their valuable names upon it rather thanon the orb of Purbeck stone ; a similar plan might well beadopted here. And the refinement of consideration for thetrippers propensities would be reached if a chained knife wereattached to the board, thus furnishing them with every facilitywherewith to do the deed, and gratify their predilections with aminimum of labour. Entering the quadrangle by the arched porch of the GuardTower, there is the choice of three ways — to the Retainers Court,the Hall, or the eastern wing. It matters little which is taken, asnearly all the rooms connect with each other ; but one naturallymakes for the chief feature in all early houses — the Hall. One isstruck rather by its height than its size. The bare lime floor, thedark oak roof, and the somewhat feeble, stained-glass light,entering only from the quadrangle side, give it a weird, bygone. ki^:^^&j;uy/.&.-:;.^;.c:r/:.^.:v, .^^~^***i*±*&f- WEST SIDE OF THE QUADRANGLE 67 68 dotcbelc appearance at all times, except when long tables and the para-phernalia of a feast are introduced for some special lunch orpolitical function. Round the walls are all sorts of relics : copiesof the pennons of Sir Richard and Sir Piers ; cuirasses and head-pieces worn by cavaliers ; a two-handed state sword with theguard turned the wrong way ; a hide target with rapier-snappingboss ; cross-bows, small and large ; some halberds ; and firearmsof divers kinds. Also, two ancient cast bronze Irish horns,brought home, perhaps, by the great Sir Richard himself. Oneof these is a speaking-trumpet with oval hole into which to pro-ject the voice ; the other is an instrument composed of two pieces now solderedtogether, but prob-ably not belongingto each other: for itis only necessary toturn to the artisticcurves of Irish man-uscripts, brooches,etc.,
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