The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-07-24
HEKNEW HE WAS RIGHT.
BY ANTHONY TROLLOPE.
CHAPTER LXXVIII.
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IL seemed to both of them to be most
singular abode for such man as Trevel-
van. At the top of the hill there was
huge entrance through wooden gate
way. which seemed TO have been con-
strncted with the intention of detying
auy intruders not provided with war
like ammunition. The gates were, in
deed, open at the period OF their visit,
but il must be supposed that they were
intended to be closed at any rate at
night Immediately on the right, as
they entered through the gates, there
was large barn, in which two men
were coopering wine-vats. From thence
a path led slaltiDg to the house, of
which the door was shut, and all the |
front windows blocked with shutters.
The house was very long, and only OF
one story for a portion of its length.
Over that end at which the door was
placed there were upper rooms, ana
there must have been space enough for
large family with many domestics.
There was nothing round or near the
residence which could be called gar
den, so that its look of desolatien was
extreme. There were various large
barns and outhouses, as though 1T had
been intended by the builder that corn
and hay and cattle should be kept there;
but it seemed now that there was
nothing there except the empty watts at
which the two men were cooperlnS.
Had the Englishmen gone farther into
the granary, they would have seen that
there were wine-presses stored away IN
the dark corners.
They stopped and looked at the men,
la n1ta1 for rnnmanf from
their work and looked at them; but the
men spoke never word. Mr.. Glascock
then asked after Mr.. Trerelyan, andOne
of the coopers pointed to the house:
Then they crossed over to the door, and
Mr.. Glascock, finding there neither
knocker nor bell, first tapped with his
knuckles, and then struck with his
stick. But no one came. There was
not q sound in the house, and no shutter
was removed. al don't believe that
there is a soul here" said Sir. Marina
duke.
We'll not give it up till we've seen
it all, at any rate" said Mr. Glascock.
And so they went round to the other
front.
On this side of the house the titled
ground, either plowed or dug with the
spade, came up to the very windows.
There was hardly even particle OF
grass to be seen. A short way down the
hill there were rows of olive-trees,
standing in prim order and at regular
distances, from which hung the vines
that made the coopering of the watts
Necessary. Olives and vines have pretty
names, and call up associations of land
scape beauty. But here they were in no
way beautiful. The ground beneath
them was turned up, and brown, and
arid, SO that there was not a blade of
grass to be seen. On some burrows the
maize or Indian corn was sprOuting and
there were patches of growth of other
kinds, each patch closely marked by its
own straight lines; and there were mar
row paths, so constructed as to take as
little room as possible. But all that had
been done had been done for economy,
and nothing for beauty. The occupiers
of Casalunga had thought more of the
produce of their land than of pictures
que or attractive appearance.
The sun was blazing fiercely hot, hot
ter on this side, Sir Marmaduke thought,
even than on the other; and there was
not a wavelet of cloud in the sky. A
balcony ran the whole length of the
house, and under this Sir Marmaduke
took shelter at once, leaning with his
back against the wall. There is not a
soul here at all" said he.
"The men in the barn told us that
there was" said Mr.. GlascOck; "and, at
any rate, We will try the windows"
So saying, he walked along the front of
the house, Sir Marmaduke following
him slowly, till they came to door, the
upper half of which was glazed, and
through which they looked into one of
the rooms. Two or three of the other
windows in this frontage of the house
came down to the ground, aud were
made for egress and ingress; but they
had all been closed with shutters, as
though the house was deserted. But
they now looked into a room which con-
tanned some signs of habitation. There
was q small table with n marble top, on
which lay two or three books, and there
were two arm chairs in the room, with
.gilded arms and legs, and msrsel OF
carpet, and clock on shelf over o
stove, and-a rocking horse. 1.-The boy
is here, you may be sure" said Mr..
Glascock. "The rocking horse makes
that certain. But how are we To get at
any onep
81 never saw such place for an Eng.
lishmau to come and live in before
said Sir Marmaduke. What OH earth
can he do here all day. AS be spoke
the door of the room was opened, and
there was Trevelyan standing before
.neM looking at them through the
WINDOW. lie wore an old red
English dressing gown, which came
down to his feet, and small
braided Italian cap on his hood H.
beard had been allowed 10 80. LIS
and he had neither collar nor 60
His trowsers were Embraced, and Ia
shuffied in with pair of slippers, which
would hardly cling to his feet. He was
paler and still thinner than when he
had been visited at Willesden, and his
eyes seemed to be larger, and shoDe al
most with a brighter brilliancy.
Mr.. Glascock tried to open the door,
but found that it was closed. ''Sir Mar.
msduke and have come to visit You,
said Mr.. Glascock, aloud. us there
any means by which we can get Into the