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Gaunt House

           

           Besideshistownpalace,theMarquishadcastlesandpalacesinvariousquartersofthethreekingdoms,whereofthedescriptionsmaybefoundintheroad-booksCastleStrongbow,withitswoods,ontheShannonshore;GauntCastle,inCarmarthenshire,whereRichardIIwastakenprisonerGauntlyHallinYorkshire,whereIhavebeeninformedthereweretwohundredsilverteapotsforthebreakfastsoftheguestsofthehouse,witheverythingtocorrespondinsplendour;andStillbrookinHampshire,whichwasmylord’sfarm,anhumbleplaceofresidence,ofwhichweallrememberthewonderfulfurniturewhichwassoldatmylord’sdemisebyalatecelebratedauctioneer.

           TheMarchionessofSteynewasoftherenownedandancientfamilyoftheCaerlyons,MarquisesofCamelot,whohavepreservedtheoldfaitheversincetheconversionofthevenerableDruid,theirfirstancestor,andwhosepedigreegoesfarbeyondthedateofthearrivalofKingBruteintheseislands.Pendragonisthetitleoftheeldestsonofthehouse.ThesonshavebeencalledArthurs,Uthers,andCaradocs,fromimmemorialtime.Theirheadshavefalleninmanyaloyalconspiracy.ElizabethchoppedofftheheadoftheArthurofherday,whohadbeenChamberlaintoPhilipandMary,andcarriedlettersbetweentheQueenofScotsandherunclestheGuises.AcadetofthehousewasanofficerofthegreatDukeanddistinguishedinthefamousSaintBartholomewconspiracy.DuringthewholeofMary’sconfinement,thehouseofCamelotconspiredinherbehalf.

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