Excerpt from Abigel Rowe, Vol. 1 of 3: A Chronicle of the Regency And yet, singularly enough, although the mansion is neglected, the surrounding grounds are neat and trim, showing that the owner, if careless in the main, can still display a vestige of respect for the Old place. These gardens, indeed, are celebrated throughout Yorkshire. The venerable yew-hedges, which enclose a square space of lawn below the terrace, are smoothly clipped; so are the arches pierced at intervals while the turf of less sombre green is close as velvet. A series of verdant slopes descends to the brink of the brawling Fosse, which is fringed by an unkempt growth of wild currant bushes, laden with blushing fruit. At this point the stream is permitted to meander as it wills, 'twixt blocks of stone over a pebbly bed, lingering in shady nook to form a pool, home of the glancing trout; then sparkling, singing on under the j ocund sun, until in wayward wandering it stays once. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.