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Updated: June 10, 2025

I found its scale scrawled down in a copy of the 'Eikon Basilike, with the name of 'Joannes Darrell, Esq., Aurat, written under it. That, by the date, was Sir John Darrell, the cavalier who fought for Charles I., father of the graceless Sir Ralph, who flourished under Charles II. Both their portraits are in the dining-room."

Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton - What Will He Do with It? — Volume 02