Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: May 19, 2025
Here the woman stopped, with a catch in her breath, as if the fear of that grim death-bed had communicated itself to her. I interjected calmness into an emotional situation by remarking in a commonplace tone, 'And it is the present Lord Rantremly who proposes to destroy the Castle, I suppose? 'Yes. 'Is he the son of the late lord? 'No; he is a distant relative.
It seemed strange to me that so sinister a man as Lord Rantremly, who, I had heard, cared for nothing but drink and gambling, should have desired to promote this historical research, and, indeed, I soon found he felt nothing but contempt for it. However, he had undertaken it at the instance of his only son, then a young man of my own age, at Oxford University.
'What was it? she whispered. 'Madam, I do not know. Very possibly the club-footed ghost of Rantremly. 'Do you believe in ghosts, Monsieur Valmont? 'Last night I did not, but at this hour I believe in only one thing, which is that it is time everyone was asleep.
He answered me with some impatience. 'How can a sane man hold a theory about a ghost? I can, however, advance a theory regarding the noises heard in the castle. For years that place has been the resort of questionable characters. 'I understand the Rantremly family is a very old one, I commented innocently, but his lordship did not notice the innuendo.
Who would believe my story? Besides this, Lord Rantremly retained possession of a letter, signed by myself, that would convict me of attempted blackmail, while the butler would swear to anything against me. 'You have no marriage certificate, of course? 'No. 'What has become of the clergyman? 'I do not know. 'And what of Lord Rantremly's son?
Nevertheless, I am quite certain that if you level Rantremly Castle with the ground, and build a modern mansion in its place, the law will not hinder you. 'I should hope not, sir, I should hope not, said his lordship gruffly. 'Nevertheless, I am not one who wishes to ride roughshod over public opinion. 'I am chairman of several companies which depend more or less on popular favour for success.
I, myself, told the chief constable my theory, and for six weeks he has been trying to run down the miscreants, who, I am sure, are making a rendezvous of the castle. Would you believe it, sir, that the constabulary, after a few nights' experience in the castle, threatened to resign in a body if they were placed on duty at Rantremly?
'Sir, she said, quite unmollified by my harangue, speaking with a lofty pride which somehow seemed much more natural than that so intermittently assumed by my recent visitor, 'Sir, have you come to offer me a situation as cook? 'Yes, madam, at Rantremly Castle. 'You are going there? she demanded, almost breathlessly. 'Yes, madam, I leave on the ten o'clock train tomorrow morning.
It proved to be a letter to the Times, and was headed: 'Proposed Destruction of Rantremly Castle'. The letter went on to say that this edifice was one of the most noted examples of Norman architecture in the north of England; that Charles II had hidden there for some days after his disastrous defeat at Worcester.
The butler produced a key, and unlocked a small, private door at the side of the chapel which led from the apartments of his lordship to the family pew. Then taking my husband by feet and shoulders, Lord Rantremly and the butler carried him out, locking the door, and leaving the clergyman and me prisoners in the chapel. The reverend old gentleman took no notice of me.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking