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The country _chateau_ of the Earl of Bracondale, though modestly named the Villa Monplaisir, stood on the road to Fecamp amid the pines, about half a mile from the sea, at St. Addresse, the new seaside suburb of Havre.
St. Addresse is, perhaps, not so fashionable as Etretat or Yport, being quieter and more restful, yet with excellent sea-bathing. Along the broad _plage_ are numerous summer villas, with quaint gabled roofs and small pointed towers in the French style -- houses occupied in the season mostly by wealthy Parisians.