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OONLIGHT shed its silvery lustre over the fair landscape in the midst of which stood the large and comfortable old house, known as Gay's Court, the home of Mr. Bouncer and his ancestors for many generations. The cold beams fell upon the village church, softening its hoar austerity, and,

though this Byronic quotation could scarcely be continued,