INCONVENIENT ROMANCE.
■'. 'A'new /country has'its compensations (says a Sydney writer);, An .English' visitor here was being congratulated on. the historical old castln.'iri. which she lived at home. ' "Yes, it's very romantic," she.admitted; ."but it.has its .decided:disadvantages.' :When tho : wind blows •from.:the,ea'st"we l have our dinner, in one corner of Vthe dining hall, • but.as; it changes to ; west, north, or south, so we change our position, too;"and:if"thb weather breaks whilo we're at a meal you can understandif s jatherjawkward. Of course,: it's : most interesting Vto ; VhaTO : a lovely old' Gothic gateway; but there are times when.;,! vwonld, give,"ahyth,ing for, a' 'tradesmen's entrance/ instead of,-having to. see my butcher and baker jostling my ; most, important visitors 'through, the'only entrance' 'the .courtyard boasts;" There's' nothing, very --romantic :about, good;.s_anitation • and ;hygicric,'.'but; they have their: virtues, I .assure you." ...'.:■
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 630, 6 October 1909, Page 3
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135INCONVENIENT ROMANCE. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 630, 6 October 1909, Page 3
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