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"One to destroy is murder by the law, / And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe; / To murder thousands takes a specious name, / War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame." / --Young.
Hilary found great pleasure throughout the next few months in her friendship with Frances Hopton, and her sympathies gradually widened, not only from constant intercourse with her uncle, but from her frequent visits to Canon Frome Manor. The house was about two miles from Bosbury, one of those fine old moated residences often found in the counties bordering on Wales, strongly built and almost like small fortresses.