Pickering 301 = 3.67 STEPHEN DUGARD. CHAPTER I. I pray thee tell me, For thou art a great dreamer. The Mad Lover. THERE had been a heavy fall of snow during the day, and the evening was dark and tempestuous; but Ephraim Bosley took his lantern in his hand, and buttoning up his greatcoat, set forth for Azledine Hall. Ephraim Bosley was the schoolmaster of Ashbourne, a small village on the borders of Herefordshire. Azledine Hall was the mansion of Sir Everton Azledine, Baronet, distant about three miles from Ashbourne. When he arrived, his look was so portent VOL. I. 3869 387 (RECAP) 871155 B |