This was the second line of absentees.

The great estate of Castra Regis has had no knowledge of its owner for five generations--covering more than a hundred and twenty years.

It has been well administered, however, and no tenant or other connected with it has had anything of which to complain.

All the same, there has been much natural anxiety to see the new owner, and we are all excited about the event of his coming.

Even I am, though I own my own estate, which, though adjacent, is quite apart from Castra Regis .-- Here we are now in new ground for you.