northern

“See, count,” she said, with a smile so sad in its expression that one could almost detect the tears on her eyelids—“see, our French grapes are not to be compared, I know, with yours of Sicily and Cyprus, but you will make allowance for our northern sun.” The count bowed, but stepped back.

The time fixed for the beginning of their northern tour was now fast approaching; and a fortnight only was wanting of it, when a letter arrived from Mrs.

“When you have purchased the estate I desire, I want constant relays of horses at ten leagues apart along the northern and southern road.”

The village of Birlstone is a small and very ancient cluster of half-timbered cottages on the northern border of the county of Sussex.