Brougham castle Author:Jane Harvey Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: nor were they slow to discern or acknowledge the particular merits of each other. Prudence was convinced that Cadmus was the most learned man in the county, and.... more » Cadmus was certain that Prudence made the best butter and cheese, brewed the finest ale, and was the most skilful at potting char and moor-game of any wife in either Westmoreland or Cumberland. CHAPTER II. In the second spring of their union Cadmus made a journey to Aldston, with the ostensible motive of visiting an aunt who resided there, and such other friends and relations as still survived. He neither made Prudence an offer of accompanying him, nor appeared to understand the hints which she dropped, thatit would be agreeable to her to do so. She knew it would be vain to inquire his motive for not taking her with him, and, like a dutiful wife, she submitted, remained at home, and took care of her farm. The term of his absence, .he said, would be ten days; but he did not return until double that time had elapsed; he uppeared in good health, and said his friends were well also; but he was even more than usually grave and abstracted, yet not unhappy, as if some particular ,subject occupied his thoughts without much affecting his peace. He frequently received letters from Aldston, and wrote answers to them; but the contents of those epistles he kept to himself, highly to the dissatisfaction of Prudence, who vainly tried every means to discover what so much engaged his attention. A circumstance soon occurred, which, for the present at least, diverted the cur- Vql. i. c rent rent of her curiosity from her husband's affairs. About five miles from Brougham Castle, in the direct road to Appleby, is a little village, called Temple Sowerby, from its having belonged to the Knights .Templars, who'were suppre...« less