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square, a hostelry that was ancient when the railways still were young, and on the lamp that projected over the centre of this old house we further noticed the quaint legend "Harper ye Host," a conceit that pleased us much. "A host must surely be one of the right sort thus to proclaim himself," we reasoned, "we will place ourselves under his care"; so without more ado we drove beneath the archway into the courtyard, and confidently handed our horses over to the ready ostler's charge, and sought for ourselves entertainment and shelter beneath the sign of the "White Hart."