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"O many a shaft at random sent, / Finds mark the archer little meant."- Scott.
THE following morning Helen was formally conducted round the premises by her cousins. They explored the tangled shrubbery, the garden, and the yard; the latter was empty-save for a clutch of chickens, and a flock of voracious ducks,-and at least half the offices were minus roofs and windows.