ABSTRACT

Althea followed her conductress into a high and vaulted room, of which the greater part was in ruins, for the coppers and other fixed utensils of ancient hospitality had been torn away and sold; and as the kitchen was no longer used, no care had been taken to replace the bricks, or repair the walls. Beyond it was the buttery – and Mrs. Mosely bade her remark how the hatch was worn –