Belinda [antikvár]

^ELIlSiDJL A TALE OF AFFECTION IN YOUTH AND AGE By Hilaire Belloc J^^'^ITHIN the parish, and adjoining y TTZ ^ the village, of Marlden, in a stately ^ ^ mansion known as The Towers, whose ample lawn sweeps down in smooth luxuriance to the pellucid waters of the River Avon, resided a gentleman re-speaed throughout the County of Wiltshire as Sir Robert Montgomery; for such was, indeed, his name. The baronet (for such was his rank) enjoyed the esteem of his equals, the respeafui affeaion of his inferiors, and the devotion of an only daughter, an only child, upon whom [1]