He spent a mint o' money in a wild project of founding a watering-place; and sunk thousands in a useless silver mine; so 'twas no wonder that the castle named after him vell into other hands....

The way it was done was curious.

Mr.Wilkins, who was the first owner after it went from Sir William, actually sat down as a guest at his table, and got up as the owner.

He took off, at a round sum, everything saleable, furniture, plate, pictures, even the milk and butter in the dairy.

That's how the pictures and furniture come to be in the castle still; wormeaten rubbish zome o' it, and hardly worth moving.' 'And off went the baronet to Myrtle Villa ?' 'O no! he went away for many years.