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 gloomy aspect with the former apartment, being covered with, half-rotten remains of broken furniture; another door led us at length into a spacious hall, where the cheering light of the day hailed us at last, many of the arched windows being either open or broken to pieces; the fresh air, the beautiful view meeting our eye from every side, chased at once from our countenance the solemn awe:"

"Here," exclaimed the Lieutenant, "here we will meet the airy Lords of this Manor: Let us try, gentlemen, whether we cannot fit a table and some seats, from the rotten relics of furniture."

"We succeeded in our attempt, dragged a round massy table in the middle of the hall, supported it by four worm-eaten poles, then we fetched some pieces of wood from the adjacent apartments, placing them upon large stones round the table, and thus secured a resting place for the night."