. More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . the present owner, after many years residence, canadd no testimony of his own on the subject, there are severalpersons of undoubted veracity still living who affirm that theyhave seen the little old lady in black. More recently greatalarm was occasioned to one of the guests by a visit from a gi-gantic monk with a deaths-head under his cowl. Whatever theexplanation of these mysterious appearances may be, it is certainthat the belief in them was both wide-spread and widely cred-ited ; for in an early Register of the parish church at Edwin-
. More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . the present owner, after many years residence, canadd no testimony of his own on the subject, there are severalpersons of undoubted veracity still living who affirm that theyhave seen the little old lady in black. More recently greatalarm was occasioned to one of the guests by a visit from a gi-gantic monk with a deaths-head under his cowl. Whatever theexplanation of these mysterious appearances may be, it is certainthat the belief in them was both wide-spread and widely cred-ited ; for in an early Register of the parish church at Edwin-stowe was entered the burial of a man who died from frightafter seeing the Rufford ghost. The Park is undulating and finely wooded. Round thehouse tall fences of yew and of holly are cut into fantastic streams run through the garden, and wind their way intoa lake dotted with islands with tine old clumps of trees uponthem. Below a winter garden filled with immense palms rises afountain, which flows into the ancient stew or fishpond bordered. RUFFORD ABBEY, FROM THE LAWN 253 254 IRuffoit) Hbbe? with daffodils. Here, when in the mood for dreaming, we canpicture to ourselves the white-clad forms of the Cistercian Broth-ers, engaged in the absorbing pursuit of procuring their Fridaysmeal, while not forgetting, let us hope, to breathe a prayer forthe soul of their departed benefactor, Gilbert of Gaunt. Compton W\m\>ate8 255
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