WOODBURN GRANGE.
WOODBURN GRANGE.
A Story of English Country Life.
BY
WILLIAM HOWITT.
IN THREE VOLUMES.
VOL. III.
LONDON:
CHARLES W. WOOD, 13, TAVISTOCK ST., STRAND.
1867.
[Right of Translation reserved.]
LONDON:
BRADBURY, EVANS, AND CO., PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.
CONTENTS.
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| I. | —THE MURDER AT THE FERRY | 1 |
| II. | —WHO DID IT? | 34 |
| III. | —A WONDERFUL DREAM | 72 |
| IV. | —SCAMMEL’S DEATH | 121 |
| V. | —THE SKY BRIGHTENS | 168 |
| VI. | —THE TRIAL, AND TALK AT WOODBURN | 217 |
| VII. | —A QUAKER WEDDING, AND ANOTHER WEDDING | 242 |
| VIII. | —IT IS ALL OWING TO LETTY | 269 |
| IX. | —THE LONG LINE AND THIS BOOK END | 292 |
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WOODBURN GRANGE.
CHAPTER I.
THE MURDER AT THE FERRY.
The circumstances related in our lastchapter fearfully aggravated the state ofthings which had now continued two years:a year after the unfortunate visit of MissHeritage to London, and nearly ten monthsafter the embarkation of Dr. Leroy for India.The breach between Mr. Trant Drury andMr. Leonard Woodburn, as well as thatbetween different members of the community,had steadily grown wider and moreirrevocable. The irritation of Mr. Woodburnagainst Mr. Drury had become thus moredeeply intensified. As to Mr. Drury himself,[Pg 2]he would never seem to recognise any causeof offence between them. He would alwaysaccost Mr. Woodburn, when they met, in asomewhat brusque manner, intended to befriendly, though he seldom obtained morethan a “good day” from him, and a steadypassing on. These occasions of cursoryspeech, in fact, generally added some freshtouch of irritation to Mr. Woodburn. Heregarded this nonchalant and unabashedmanner of Mr. Drury’s, when he knew themany offences he had given him, as freshoffence, and proof of a hard and