CHAPTER III.
LOVE VENTURES IN Man's life is all a mist, and in the dark Our fortunes meet us.
John had been thinking about building his own home for some time and he resolved to begin it at once.

Yet this ancient Hatton Hall, with its large, low rooms, its latticed windows and beautifully carved and polished oak panelings, was very dear to him.

Every room was full of stories of Cavaliers and Puritans.

The early followers of George Fox had there found secret shelter and hospitality.

John Wesley had preached in its great dining-room, and Charles Wesley filled all its spaces and corridors with the lyrical cry of his wonderful hymns.