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The Castle Inn

CHAPTER I
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That is all.

Lord, how your folks stare! Have they never seen a lord before ?' 'Who is it ?' the landlord asked eagerly.

'I thought I knew his Grace's face.' Before the servant could answer or satisfy his inquisitiveness, the door of the carriage was opened in haste, and the landlord sprang to offer his shoulder.

A tall young man whose shaped riding-coat failed to hide that which his jewelled hands and small French hat would alone have betrayed--that he was dressed in the height of fashion--stepped down.

A room and a bottle of your best claret,' he said.


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