. The Houblon family, its story and times. <O Q<O id O HOME III meal. Two huge oaks stand on either side of the stonesteps, and deep grown into their rugged bark are thewrought-iron stanchions that formerly held the lanterns,which show the family and their guests to have been inno hurry to go home after dining by the lake in years ago these lanterns were found in a loft atthe cottage/ in which Sheldrake the forester and his wifehad lived for fifty-three years. As to the room itself, itmust not be forgotten, for it was decorated by Laetitia,the squires daughter, in the days of
. The Houblon family, its story and times. <O Q<O id O HOME III meal. Two huge oaks stand on either side of the stonesteps, and deep grown into their rugged bark are thewrought-iron stanchions that formerly held the lanterns,which show the family and their guests to have been inno hurry to go home after dining by the lake in years ago these lanterns were found in a loft atthe cottage/ in which Sheldrake the forester and his wifehad lived for fifty-three years. As to the room itself, itmust not be forgotten, for it was decorated by Laetitia,the squires daughter, in the days of its first it is, in accordance wuth the contemporarycraze for grottoes, encrusted with shells and split , the panelled walls and coved ceiling in theAdams style, are quaintly decorated, and hung withcases containing shell-work, feathers, moths, butterflies,and seaweeds ; some of the more elaborate shell decora-tion, representing festoons of flowers and leaves, beinga marvel of skill and industry. This gro
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