The Haunted Room by Aloe Author:Charlotte Maria Tucker General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1876 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER II. COMING TO A DECISION. j| ES, I am satisfied in regard to educational advantages for my sons," said Mr. Trevor, in reply to a question asked by the captain, when, a few minutes afterwards, the family were gathered together in the drawing- room. " The tutor, Mr. Blair, appears to be in every way qualified to do full justice to his pupils ; I had a very satisfactory interview with him at S ." " But Myst Court itself, what do you think of the place ? " inquired Vibert. " The house was originally handsome, but it is now utterly out of repair," replied Mr. Trevor. " I don't suppose that painter or glazier has entered the door for these last fifty years," observed Bruce. " The grounds are extensive," continued Mr. Trevor; " but the trees are choking each other forlack of thinning ; and the brushwood, through neglect, has thickened into a jungle." " A good cover for rabbits and hares," observed Vibert, who had an eye to sport. " I never before saw such wretched cottages," said Bruce ; " and there are sixty-one of them on the estate, besides two farms. The hovels are dotted in groups of threes and fours in every corner where one would not expect to find them. Some lean forward, as if bending under the weight of their roofs; some to one side, as if trying to get away from their neighbours; some cottages look as if they were tired of standing at all. I cannot imagine how the men and women, and swarms of bare-footed children, manage to live in such dirty dens." " Is there no one to look after the people ? " asked Captain Arrows. " There is no church or school-house nearer than S ," replied M...« less