'You are early, Aunt Milly--at least, for a Londoner, though we are early people here, as you will find. I hope you have slept well.' 'Not very well; my thoughts were too busy. Is it too early to go over to the church yet, Richard?' 'The bells will not ring for another half-hour, if that is what you mean; but the key hangs in my father's study. I can take you over if you wish.' 'No, do not let me hinder you,' glancing at the Greek lexicon he held in his hand. 'Oh, my time is not so valuable as that,' he returned, good-humouredly. 'Of course you must see the restoration; it is my father's great work, and he is justly proud of it. If you go over, Aunt Milly, I will be with you in a minute.' Mildred obeyed, and waited in the grand old porch till Richard made his appearance, panting, and slightly disturbed. 'It was mislaid, as usual. When you get used to us a little more, Aunt Milly, you will find that no one puts anything in its proper place. It used not to be so' he continued, in a suppressed voice; 'but we have got into sad ways lately; and Olive is a wretched manager.' 'She is so young, Richard. What can you expect from a girl of fifteen?' 'I have seen little women and little mothers at that age,' he returned, with brusque quaintness. 'Some girls, placed as she is, would be quite different; but Livy cares for nothing but books.' 'She is clever then?' 'I suppose so,' indifferently. 'My father says so, and so did----(he paused, as though the word were difficult to utter)--'but--but she was always trying to make her more womanly. Don't you think clever women are intolerable, Aunt Milly?' 'Not if they have wise heads and good hearts; but they need peculiar training. Oh, how solemn and beautiful!' as Richard at last unlocked the door; and they entered the vast empty church, with the morning sun shining on its long aisles and glorious arcades. Richard's querulous voice was hushed in tender reverence now, as he called Mildred to admire the highly-decorated roof and massive pillars, and pointed out to her the different parts that had been restored. 'The nave is Early English, and was built in 1220; the north aisle is of the original width, and was restored in Perpendicular style; the window at the eastern end is Early English too. The south aisle was widened about 1500, and has been restored in the Perpendicular; and the transepts are Early English, in which style the chancel also has been rebuilt. Nothing of the original remains except the Sedilia, probably late Early English, or perhaps the period sometimes called Wavy, or Decorated.' 'You know it all by heart, Richard. How grand those arches are; the church itself is almost cathedral-like in its vast size.' 'We are very fond of it,' he returned, gravely. 'Do you recollect this chapel? It is called the Musgrave Chapel. One of these tombs belonged to Sir Thomas Musgrave, who is said to have killed the last wild boar seen in these parts, about the time of Edward III.'