Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Weavers and Weft, Vol. 1 of 3: And Other Tales
The first is Sir Cyprian Davenant, the last scion Of a good Old Kentish family, and owner of one of the finest and Oldest places in the county of Kent. The Davenants have been a wild and reckless set for the last hundred years, and there is not an acre of Davenant Park or a tree in Davenant woods unen cumbered by mortgage. How Sir Cyprian lives and contrives to keep out of debt is a subject for the wonder of his numerous acquaintances. His inti mate friends know that the man has few expensive habits, and that he has a small income from an estate inherited from his mother.
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