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Kenilworthlest the smoke should be seen without, you would think aCHAPTER XII.fair capon a more welcome dainty.”“If you are pleased, friend,” said Tressilian, “it is well. Nevertheless,hasten thy meal if thou canst, For this place is un-The wind hath blown away to other towers.Ah me! the flower and blossom of your house,friendly to thy safety, and my concerns crave travelling.”Allowing, therefore, their horses no more rest than was absolutelynecessary for them, they pursued their journey by aJoanna Baillie’s Family Legend.forced march as far as Bradford, where they reposed themselvesfor the night.lage of the same name, and adjoined the wild and extensiveTHE ANCIENT SEAT of Lidcote Hall was situated near the vil-The next morning found them early travellers. And, not to forest of Exmoor, plentifully stocked with game, in whichfatigue the reader with unnecessary particulars, they traversed some ancient rights belonging to the Robsart family entitledwithout adventure the counties of Wiltshire and Somerset, Sir Hugh to pursue his favourite amusement of the chase.and about noon of the third day after Tressilian’s leaving The old mansion was a low, venerable building, occupying aCumnor, arrived at Sir Hugh Robsart’s seat, called Lidcote considerable space of ground, which was surrounded by a deepHall, on the frontiers of Devonshire.moat. The approach and drawbridge were defended by anoctagonal tower, of ancient brickwork, but so clothed withivy and other creepers that it was difficult to discover of whatmaterials it was constructed. The angles of this tower wereeach decorated with a turret, whimsically various in form andin size, and, therefore, very unlike the monotonous stonepepperboxes which, in modern Gothic architecture, are em-140