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220 Westminster in which it stood. If I were quite certain that the house had been taken down, T should have no difficulty about naming the street in which it stood. As what I have to tell, however, is not llikely to improve its letting value, and as I should not care to get into trouble, I prefer being silent on chat particular point.

How old the house was, I can't tell. People said it was built by Roger Harbottle, a Turkey merchant, in the reign of King James I. I am not a good opinion upon such questions; but having been in it, though in its forlorn and deserted state. I can tell you in a general way what it was like. It was built of dark-red brick, and the door and windows were faced with stone that had turned yellow by time. It receded some feet from the line of the other houses in the street; and it had a florid and fanciful rail of iron about the broad steps that invited your ascent