. More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . Fastolfe, who, at the battle of Patay, before a strokewas given, like to a trusty squire, did run away. Sir John issaid by Hall to have been degraded for cowardice ; but Heylin, inhis History of St. George, tells us that he was afterwards, upongood reason by him alledged in his defence, restored to hishonour. Skipping two bedrooms, one arrives at Lady Lothianssanctum, where may be seen the daintiest of English and Dresdenchina, set off against a black oak mantelpiece, some arras hang-ings from the Orford sale, and everything else which a
. More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . Fastolfe, who, at the battle of Patay, before a strokewas given, like to a trusty squire, did run away. Sir John issaid by Hall to have been degraded for cowardice ; but Heylin, inhis History of St. George, tells us that he was afterwards, upongood reason by him alledged in his defence, restored to hishonour. Skipping two bedrooms, one arrives at Lady Lothianssanctum, where may be seen the daintiest of English and Dresdenchina, set off against a black oak mantelpiece, some arras hang-ings from the Orford sale, and everything else which a boudoir inthe best possible taste should possess. Situated at the north-east angle on the ground floor there is a convenient exit (behindthe tapestry) direct into the garden ; another door, opposite,leads into the deserted study of the eighth Marquis, whose life,of the highest mental promise, was so prematurely cut shortin 1870. From this point it is possible to continue your course, eastand south, until you get back to the right of the Porch ; when,. 18 MicfelitiQ 1ball if so minded, you can proceed, by a subterranean passage, to thekitchens, etc., which are detached from the house itself, and aresupposed to be the successors of some previous almshouses. But we will ascend the main staircase instead. It is adouble-headed stairs having dark oak balusters, coeval with thehouse, but with figures thereupon placed here by the Earl ofBuckinghamshire, 1765, because, of the original figures, Hectorhad lost his spear, David his harp, Godfrey of Boulogne his ears,Alexander his shoulder. In canopies in the wall are statues, ofthe Georgian epoch, of Anne Boleyn and Elizabeth. The win-dows (one stained glass), opening into the small courts, give byno means sufficient light to show off the Hall to advantage. Thepictures are mostly by Aikman. At the top we enter a smallapartment over the Breakfast-room, where Abraham and Saraiand Lot, with swarthy Eastern mien, look out from the old tap-est
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