ABSTRACT

Colonel Cecil and his Caroline were settled at a small but beautiful house, situated near the foot of a woody hill, which sheltered it from the unfriendly North East. In front, over a small lawn fringed with shrubs, and shaded by a few venerable beeches, appeared the Channel, and behind were a lofty ridge of chalky downs, enlivened by innumerable flocks of sheep, and in some places varied with woods of ash and beech.