The house, a spreading Tudor mansion, is the seat of Lord Zouche, a descendant of the traveller, Robert Curzon, who wrote _The Monasteries of the Levant_, that long, leisurely, and fascinating narrative of travel.

In addition to Montaigne, it enshrines a priceless collection of armour, of incunabula and Eastern MSS.

Among the pictures are full lengths of Sir Philip Sidney and Lady Sidney, and that Penelope D'Arcy--one of Mr.
Hardy's "Noble Dames"-- who promised to marry three suitors in turn and did so.

We see her again at Firle Place.
A hiding hole for priests and other refugees is in the long gallery, access to it being gained through a window seat.

There was hidden Charles Paget after the Babington conspiracy.
[Sidenote: THE PARHAM HERONS] Parham Park has deer and a lake and an enchanted forest of sombre trees.
On the highest ground in this forest is the clump of firs in which the famous herons build.