monkspool

Updated: August 29, 2026

"Have you heard anything of the Mayfords lately?" said Jim. "You know Ellen is married?" said Sam. "No! Is she?" I said. "And pray to whom?" "The Squire of Monkspool," he answered. "A very fine young fellow, and clever withal." "Did old Mrs. Mayford," asked Jim, "ever recover her reason before she died?" "Never, poor soul," said Sam.

Henry Kingsley - Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn