Ralph Cardinnock, father to the last squire, built it.

You'll see his initials up there, in the top corners of the frame--R.

C .-- one letter in each corner." As he spoke it, I knew this name--Cardinnock--for that which had been haunting me.

I seated myself at table, saying-- "They lived at Tremenhuel, I suppose.

Is the family gone ?--died out ?" "Why yes; and the way of it was a bit curious, too." "You might sit down and tell me about it," I said, "while I begin my dinner." "There's not much to tell," he answered, taking a chair; "and I'm not the man to tell it properly.