[The Black Box by E. Phillips Oppenheim]@TWC D-Link bookThe Black Box CHAPTER IX 20/52
I shall go with you to England, Mr.Quest." 2. The Professor rose from his seat in some excitement as the carriage passed through the great gates of Hamblin Park.
He acknowledged with a smile the respectful curtsey of the woman who held it open. "You have now an opportunity, my dear Mr.Quest," he said, "of appreciating one feature of English life not entirely reproducible in your own wonderful country.
I mean the home life and surroundings of our aristocracy.
You see these oak trees ?" he went on, with a little wave of his hand.
"They were planted by my ancestors in the days of Henry the Eighth.
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