Bram Stoker

Name: The Lair of the White Worm — Chapter II: The Caswalls Of Castra Regis
Author: Bram Stoker

The Lair of the White Worm — Chapter II: The Caswalls Of Castra Regis (1925)

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“The Lair of the White Worm — Chapter II: The Caswalls Of Castra Regis”, published in 1925, is a work by Bram Stoker. It explores elements such as Adam, owner and Nathaniel.

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Bram Stoker, The Lair of the White Worm — Chapter II: The Caswalls Of Castra Regis (1925)

“ Accordingly, Adam had only to listen and he must learn much that he wanted to know. When dinner was over and the servants had withdrawn, leaving the three men at their wine, Sir Nathaniel began.
"I gather from your uncle--by the way, I suppose we had better speak of you as uncle and nephew, instead of going into exact relationship? In fact, your uncle is so old and dear a friend, that, with your permission, I shall drop formality with you altogether and speak of you and to you as Adam, as though you were his son." ”

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Bram Stoker, The Lair of the White Worm — Chapter II: The Caswalls Of Castra Regis (1925)

“ Moreover, I want you to come with me for an early walk, during which we may notice, whilst the matter is fresh in our minds, the peculiar disposition of this place--not merely your grand-uncle's estate, but the lie of the country around it. There are many things on which we may seek--and perhaps find-- enlightenment. The more we know at the start, the more things which may come into our view will develop themselves. ”

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Bram Stoker, The Lair of the White Worm — Chapter II: The Caswalls Of Castra Regis (1925)

“ With such strange compelling qualities, is it any wonder that there is abroad an idea that in the race there is some demoniac possession, which tends to a more definite belief that certain individuals have in the past sold themselves to the Devil? ”

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Bram Stoker, The Lair of the White Worm — Chapter II: The Caswalls Of Castra Regis (1925)

“ My old friend, Sir Nathaniel de Salis, who, like myself, is a free- holder near Castra Regis--his estate, Doom Tower, is over the border of Derbyshire, on the Peak--is coming to stay with me for the festivities to welcome Edgar Caswall. He is just the sort of man you will like. ”

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Bram Stoker, The Lair of the White Worm — Chapter II: The Caswalls Of Castra Regis (1925)

“ It was not that they did not keep faith, though that was a matter which gave them little concern, but that they took care to think beforehand of what they should do in order to gain their own ends. If they should make a mistake, someone else should bear the burthen of it. ”

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Bram Stoker, The Lair of the White Worm — Chapter II: The Caswalls Of Castra Regis (1925)

“ Well, the first Caswall in our immediate record is an Edgar, head of the family and owner of the estate, who came into his kingdom just about the time that George III. did. He had one son of about twenty-four. There was a violent quarrel between the two. No one of this generation has any idea of the cause ”

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Bram Stoker, The Lair of the White Worm — Chapter II: The Caswalls Of Castra Regis (1925)

“ The thick black hair, growing low down on the neck, told of vast physical strength and endurance. But the most remarkable characteristic is the eyes. Black, piercing, almost unendurable, they seem to contain in themselves a remarkable will power which there is no gainsaying. ”

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Bram Stoker, The Lair of the White Worm — Chapter II: The Caswalls Of Castra Regis (1925)

“ He is also our local geologist and natural historian. So you and he will have many interests in common. Amongst other things he has a special knowledge of the Peak and its caverns, and knows all the old legends of prehistoric times."
They spent the night at Cheltenham, and on the following morning resumed their journey to Stafford. Adam's eyes were in constant employment, and it was not till Salton declared that they had now entered on the last stage of their journey, that he referred to Sir Nathaniel's coming. ”

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Bram Stoker, The Lair of the White Worm — Chapter II: The Caswalls Of Castra Regis (1925)

“ The result of the quarrel was that the son left the house without a reconciliation or without even telling his father where he was going. He never came back again. A few years after, he died, without having in the meantime exchanged a word or a letter with his father. He married abroad and left one son, who seems to have been brought up in ignorance of all belonging to him. ”

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