Excerpt from The Gambler's Wife: A Novel

The servants, however, headed by a venera hle housekeeper, threw open wide the oaken door to receive their expected master, and on perceiving their mistake, civilly ushered him into the spacious hall, from the lofty walls of which hung many a portrait of the gallant knights and haughty dames of his ancient race.

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