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"To which my soul made answer readily: / Trust me, in bliss I shall abide / In this great mansion, that is built for me, / So royal-rich and wide. / ". An English home -- grey twilight poured / On dewy pastures, dewy trees, / Softer than sleep -- all things in order stored, / A haunt of ancient peace. " / -- TENNYSON.
Gwendolen Cooper sat with her parents in the drawing-room of Fransdale Vicarage on an afternoon in late October. She had come home for a holiday, and also to condole with her parents over the family troubles.