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Rh Count Richard's brother, into whose hands the castle passed, never dared take up their abode within its dreary walls.

INISHING his story, Sir Mandeville drew from his pocket a clipping of the Times of March 24, 1878, and handed it to me. It was a short article and the paper was yellow with age. To the living heir of Wrightstone it conveyed the proof of the curse of his ancient ancestors: