Windles

She felt that she belonged to Windles, and Windles to her.

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There is a somewhat hectic series of events at Windles, a country house in Hampshire, where Billie's ideals still block the way and Sam comes on in spite of everything.

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"Eustace let you Windles for the summer!" said Mrs. Hignett incredulously.

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There were times when the thought of Eustace marrying and bringing a strange woman to Windles chilled Mrs. Hignett to her very marrow.

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It was nearly ten years since he had last been inside Windles, and it never occurred to him that in this progressive age even a woman like his Aunt Adeline, of whom he could believe almost anything, would still be using candles and oil-lamps as a means of illumination.

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Windles for the day, Mr. Bennett had fallen in love with the place, and had begged her to name her own price.

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"But I thought you were letting Windles for the summer?"

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"Nothing will induce me ever to let Windles," she said with finality, and rose significantly.

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"Is Windles a very lovely place, Sir Mallaby?" asked Billie.

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More than anything else in the world she loved her charming home, Windles, in the county of Hampshire, for so many years the seat of the Hignett family.

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