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his body as if he had been by commission
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CHAPTER III.

Vial iSih II.
The Castle of Doom, where the long
line OF the Earls of Morvah had reigned
in feudal splendor. commanded st. Ives
Bay, and, like most of the Cornish castles,
was quite close to the sea. On the ord
nance map it was marked Carbis Castle,
but for generations and generations Corn
ishmen had called it the Castle of Doom,
for its owners had always met with some
horrible fate. Not one Earl of Morvah,
not one Baron dc Carbis before them, had
died i'll the natural course, and the gloomy
Norman keep on the brow Of the bcctling
cliff, with the waves roaring in the gal
leries they had honcycombcd beneath,
seemed itself omninous. And now the
long line of Morvah had dwindlcd down
to two persons, Pctrock, eighteenth earl
and Lady Gwendolin Carbis, the Lily of
Cornwall. The carls had been all sorts,
| soldiers Of fortune, bandits, dcbauchcrs,
spcndthrifts, backlegs; they had only
tailed in coming to violent end. Earl
Alodrcd, the last, had been IL miscr and
usurer, SO grinding, so ficndishly brutal
TO his debtors and tenants that n family
of stalwart sons, ruined by one of the life
icnancics in vogue in Cornwall, and en-
forced upon their fathers death with more
than ordinary hcartlcssncss, had turned
upon their ruiner and killed him, though
they all swung for it aftcrward. His
miserliness made him keep up the family
, tradition; it had also an effect upon this
history, for he left his savings to his
daughter, which made her the richest heir
css in the west of England. Earl Petrocll
had no very distinguishing vices except his
lngovernablc temper; he was n member of
two or three crack fast clubs, nj one OF
which he SAW much of Charles lie Grey.
the brother of peer and Captain in the
Rifle Brigade. How Captain lie Grey
lived was mystery; he had long ago
sqmndercd his pntrmony. Lord Dlorvah
knew this, but for man of his tempcra-
mcnt the Captain had strong fascina-
ton. The Morvah blood was wild enough
i'll all conscience, and there was nothing
in gambling or darcdcvitry that would
staggcr lie Grey. He had lived life to the
drcgs. AT last, in an evil moment, the
Captain thought of Lady Gwen Carbis's
iointurc us means of satisfying his cred
TORS. Lord NIorvah was one of his most
intimate friends, and he imagined that his
consent went without asking Hers was
Il more delicate matter. She might not
think so we'll of dcbauchc. Making her
acquaintance was not difficult; he had
only 10 learn from mutual friends what
houses she went TO, and as Il member Of
the same set there were sure to he some
where he would have the cntrcc. So il
proved, and Lady Gwen proved an easy
victim. She heard Su much of his cN-
rloits from her brother, and she, too, hal
the wild blood running strongly in her
veins. The pure young girl gave her
whole heart 70 her blasc hero, whose cX-
PLOTS. il must be admitted, had many of
them been on the battle field
Not so Lord AIorvah. Captain Lr
Grey might be good enough to be his
friend, but he was not good enough to be
his sisters friend, much less her lover
l.aiy Owens spirit was equal to her
brothers, she WAS her own mistress. and
marry Charles lie Grew she would. Lord
Morvah forbade him the house.