He might leave the place in our care, he might bring his wife to it any day." "And how could you live with her ?" "It would be impossible.

I should feel as if I were living with my father's--with the one who really gave father the death-blow." So when Julius and Sophia arrived at Seat-Sandal, the walls of Latrigg Hall were rising above the green sod.

A most beautiful site had been chosen for it,--the lowest spur on the western side of the fell; a charming plateau facing the sea, shaded with great oaks, and sloping down into a little dale of lovely beauty.

The plan showed a fine central building, with lower wings on each side.

The wide porches, deep windows, and small stone balconies gave a picturesque irregularity to the general effect.