I went
to the agent to make inquiries.
"'Is this flourishing advertisement correct?' asked I.
"'Perfectly.'
"'What! so many advantages are to be had for fifty pounds a year?'
"'Most certainly. I advise you to go and see for yourself.'
"I took the agent's advice, and Angela was enchanted with the
description I was able to give her on my return. A charming little park,
beautifully planted with rare shrubs and trees--a bowery, secluded spot,
so shut in by noble elms as to seem remote from the world. The
house--such a mansion as in Ireland would be called Manor-house or
Castle--large, lofty rooms thoroughly furnished, every modern
improvement. My wife, as surprised as myself that a place of the kind
should be going for a mere song, begged me to see the agent again, and
close with him. It was done at once. I would have taken the Hall for a
year, but Mr. Harold advised me not to do so. 'Take it by the quarter,
or at longest by the half-year,' he recommended.
"I replied that it appeared such a desirable bargain that I wished to
take it by the year. His answer to this was a reiteration of his first
advice.
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