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Rh of any thing but "tired nature's sweet restorer;" and yet, when he drove up to the door, no one seemed willing to admit him. His arrival produced one general outcry—then silence—then whispering. "Are they all gone mad?" He had an opportunity of answering his own question, for the door was at last opened; and really the scene of confusion he witnessed might have justified a reply in the affirmative.

All the servants were collected together. That there is safety in numbers, always holds good with the lower classes in cases of thieves or ghosts. They had, obviously, none of them been in bed—all looked foolish and frightened—and some two or three had been evidently having recourse to spiritual consolation. The nurse had left her own regions, and the youngest child was asleep on her knee. The moment Lord Mandeville entered, all set up some several ejaculation, of which "Oh, my lady!"—"murdered!" &c. was the burden. The eldest boy, pale with late hours, and worked up with the horrible narratives which every one had been contributing, sprang into his father's arms, and sobbed, to the utter exclusion of all speech.