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It appeared that they had been on a visit in the neighbourhood, and had been obliged to leave at a moment's notice in consequence of a sudden death in the house where they were staying, and that, in the impossibility of getting a fly, their hosts had sent them over to Byfield. "We thought," Mrs. Hampshire went on to say, "that as we were coming here the end of next week, you would not mind having us a little sooner; or that, if the house were quite full, you would be willing to put us up anywhere till Monday, and let us come back later." IT APPEARED THAT THEY HAD BEEN ON A VISIT IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD AND HAD BEEN OBLIGED TO LEAVE AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE IN CONSEQUENCE OF A SUDDEN DEATH IN THE HOUSE WHERE THEY WERE STAYING AND THAT IN THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF GETTING A FLY THEIR HOSTS HAD SENT THEM OVER TO BYFIELD WE THOUGHT MISSUS HAMPSHIRE WENT ON TO SAY THAT AS WE WERE COMING HERE THE END OF NEXT WEEK YOU WOULD NOT MIND HAVING US A LITTLE SOONER OR THAT IF THE HOUSE WERE QUITE FULL YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO PUT US UP ANYWHERE TILL MONDAY AND LET US COME BACK LATER
-dusts, to decide whether the remains are dolichocephalous or brachycephalous, whether British, Danish, or--modern. What was the result?" Sir Francis hesitated for a moment, and then answered: "It is true, I had the remains removed." "Was there an inquest?" "No. I had been opening some of the tumuli on the Wolds. I had sent a crouched skeleton and some skulls to the Scarborough Museum. This I was doubtful about, whether it was a prehistoric interment--in fact, to what date it belonged. No one thought of an inquest." On reaching the house, one of the grooms who took the horses, in answer to a question from Lynton, said that Colonel and Mrs. Hampshire had arrived about an hour ago, and that, one of the horses being lame, the carriage in which they had driven over from Castle Frampton was to put up for the night. In the drawing-room we found Lady Lynton pouring out tea for her husband's youngest sister and her husband, who, as we came in, exclaimed: "We have come to beg a night's lodging.  OR ANTHROPOLOGIST ONE OR OTHER OF THOSE DRY AS DUSTS TO DECIDE WHETHER REMAINS ARE DELICOCEPHALUS OR BRACEPHALUS WHETHER BRITISH DANISH OR MODERN WHAT WAS THE RESULT SIR FRANCIS HESITATED FOR A MOMENT AND THEN ANSWERED IT IS TRUE I HAD THE REMAINS REMOVED WAS THERE AN INQUEST NO I HAD BEEN OPENING SOME OF THE TUMULI ON THE WORLDS I HAD SENT A CROUCHED SKELETON AND SOME SKULLS TO THE SCARBOROUGH MUSEUM THIS I WAS DOUBTFUL ABOUT WHETHER IT WAS A PREHISTORIC INTERMENT IN FACT TO WHAT DATE IT BELONGED NO ONE THOUGHT OF AN INQUEST ON REACHING THE HOUSE ONE OF THE GROOMS WHO TOOK THE HORSES IN ANSWER TO A QUESTION FROM LYNTON SAID THAT COLONEL AND MISSUS HAMPSHIRE HAD ARRIVED ABOUT AN HOUR AGO AND THAT ONE OF THE HORSES BEING LAME THE CARRIAGE IN WHICH THEY HAD DRIVEN OVER FROM CASTLE FRAMPTON WAS TO PUT UP FOR THE NIGHT IN THE DRAWING ROOM WE FOUND LADY LYNTON POURING OUT TEA FOR HER HUSBAND'S YOUNGEST SISTER AND HER HUSBAND WHO AS WE CAME IN EXCLAIMED WE HAVE COME TO BEG A NIGHT'S LODGING
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