now i forgot to tell you that , about half a mile from where the old farmhouse stood , there was a beautiful castle , where a very rich young nobleman lived . he was both good and brave , as well as rich ; and all the mothers who had pretty daughters used to wish that he would come their way , some day , and fall in love with one of them . but he had never done so , and everyone said , " he is too grand to marry any country girl . one day he will go away to london town and marry a duke 's daughter . " well , this fine spring morning it chanced that this young nobleman 's favourite horse had lost a shoe , and he was so afraid that any of the grooms might ride it along the hard road , and not on the soft grass at the side , that he said that he would take it to the smithy himself . so it happened that he was riding along by maisie 's garden gate as her mother came into the garden singing these strange lines .
a beautiful castle .
where did the very rich young nobleman live ?
where did the very rich young nobleman live ?