, Published in Jan 1970 by Nabu Press
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1870 edition. Excerpt: ...of arms, these mottoes, these devices theirs--all theirs? His brow darkened as he reflected that he, the heir, the last living representative of all these dead, was ignorant of the very insignia of the family. But before approaching any of these monuments, before deciphering one of those inscriptions, Temple Debenham looked round for the one tablet which, above all else, he had come there to see. "Under the north window," said his mother's letter. "Under the north window, facing the altar--a little to the left of the chancel." He had not yet advanced beyond the font, just inside the door; but he saw it instantly, --a small square tablet bordered with black marble; a tablet that, even at this distance, looked newer than the rest. In another moment he was standing before it, reading the inscription. That inscription was brief and simple enough; but it epitomised a history. TWENTY--EIGHTH BARON DE BENHAM or BENHAMPTON IN THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH, AND counr or THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE. BORN APRIL I4, 1809, DIED NOVEMBER 6, 1842. The young man read, and, as he read, a deep dark flush mounted slowly all over his face and brow. Then the flush faded, and left him very pale. For a long time he stood on the same spot, in the same attitude; motionless; absorbed in profound thought. Again and again he 'read that brief inscription; again and again recapitulatedto himself the facts which it recorded. But they were facts of which he found it difficult at first to realise the full significance. At length he drew a deep breath, sat himself down upon the altar-step, and covered his face with his hands. The sun had shifted from the painted window and the shadows had changed upon the floor, before he looked up from that reverie....
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