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"I should never believe I was living in an old house unless I was thoroughly uncomfortable," Ned Boyne, the more extravagant of the two, had jocosely insisted; "the least hint of 'convenience' would make me think it had been bought out of an exhibition, with the pieces numbered, and set up again." I SHOULD NEVER BELIEVE I WAS LIVING IN AN OLD HOUSE UNLESS I WAS THOROUGHLY UNCOMFORTABLE NED BOYNE THE MORE EXTRAVAGANT OF THE TWO HAD JOCOSELY INSISTED THE LEAST HINT OF CONVENIENCE WOULD MAKE ME THINK IT HAD BEEN BOUGHT OUT OF AN EXHIBITION WITH THE PIECES NUMBERED AND SET UP AGAIN
friend Alida Stair, as they sat at tea on her lawn at Pangbourne, in reference to the very house of which the library in question was the central, the pivotal "feature." Mary Boyne and her husband, in quest of a country place in one of the southern or southwestern counties, had, on their arrival in England, carried their problem straight to Alida Stair, who had successfully solved it in her own case; but it was not until they had rejected, almost capriciously, several practical and judicious suggestions that she threw it out: "Well, there's Lyng, in Dorsetshire. It belongs to Hugo's cousins, and you can get it for a song." The reasons she gave for its being obtainable on these terms -- its remoteness from a station, its lack of electric light, hot-water pipes, and other vulgar necessities -- were exactly those pleading in its favor with two romantic Americans perversely in search of the economic drawbacks which were associated, in their tradition, with unusual architectural felicities. HE WORDS HAD BEEN SPOKEN BY THEIR FRIEND ALIDA STAIR AS THEY SAT AT TEA ON HER LAWN AT PANGBURN IN REFERENCE TO THE VERY HOUSE OF WHICH THE LIBRARY IN QUESTION WAS THE CENTRAL THE PIVOTAL FEATURE MARY BOYNE AND HER HUSBAND IN QUEST OF A COUNTRY PLACE IN ONE OF THE SOUTHERN OR SOUTHWESTERN COUNTIES HAD ON THEIR ARRIVAL IN ENGLAND SO CARRIED THEIR PROBLEM STRAIGHT TO ALIDA STAIR WHO HAD SUCCESSFULLY SOLVED IT IN HER OWN CASE BUT IT WAS NOT UNTIL THEY HAD REJECTED ALMOST CAPRICIOUSLY SEVERAL PRACTICAL AND JUDICIOUS SUGGESTIONS THAT SHE THREW OUT WELL THERE'S LYING IN DORSETSHIRE IT BELONGS TO HUGO'S COUSINS AND YOU CAN GET IT FOR A SONG THE REASONS SHE GAVE FOR ITS BEING OBTAINABLE ON THESE TERMS ITS REMOTENESS FROM A STATION ITS LACK OF ELECTRIC LIGHT HOT WATER PIPES AND OTHER VULGAR NECESSITIES WERE EXACTLY THOSE PLEADING IN ITS FAVOUR WITH TWO ROMANTIC AMERICANS PERVERSELY IN SEARCH OF THE ECONOMIC DRAWBACKS WHICH WERE ASSOCIATED IN THEIR TRADITION WITH UNUSUAL ARCHITECTURAL FELICITIES
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