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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. 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
sused kiln. I recollected the spot at once. I had been here with Sir Francis on my former visit, many years ago. "Why--bless me!" said I. "Do you remember, Lynton, what happened here when I was with you before? There had been men engaged removing chalk, and they came on a skeleton under some depth of rubble. We went together to see it removed, and you said you would have it preserved till it could be examined by some ethnologist or anthropologist, one or other of those dry-as-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. E ON AN OLD CHALK QUARRY AND THE REMAINS OF A DISUSED KILN I RECOLLECTED THE SPOT AT ONCE I HAD BEEN HERE WITH SIR FRANCIS ON MY FORMER VISIT MANY YEARS AGO WHY BLESS ME SAID I DO YOU REMEMBER LYNTON WHAT HAPPENED HERE WHEN I WAS WITH YOU BEFORE THERE HAD BEEN MEN ENGAGED REMOVING CHALK AND THEY HAD COME ON A SKELETON UNDER SOME DEPTH OF RUBBLE WE WENT TOGETHER TO SEE IT REMOVED AND YOU SAID YOU WOULD HAVE IT PRESERVED TILL IT COULD BE EXAMINED BY SOME ETHNOLOGIST 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
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