Show the duke dok was wai Alar alarmed tined that stately building sion alon bousa which shows so BO impressively oer a dull dill reach of the thames above brentford with the he lion of the dereys stretching himself on the topmost sa it ble came to tc the pei peicy ey family am aa everybody knows when henry vill VIII I 1 dissolved the monasteries and swallowed the greater reater pare part of at the inix mixture ture says saya household words worda I 1 here was some good sediment left however eve even better tha n h the scum at Ca Cima machos choa wedding 10 to be distributed among tho kings faithful sei vante and old slon sion nunnery with its pastures and gardens was given to the earl of northumberland um to serve him as a kind of summer house bouse the sisters bisters who hil hid formerly dwelt there emigrated en masse and still keeping together as aa a religious bod oil eventually founded a new slon sion not so BO stately as the old in the city of lisbon early in the present century the reigning duke of northumberland being on his travels looked in upon the humble sisterhood and was cordially received by the mother superior who showed him certain historic relics relic among samong which were the keys of tho the old homo home on the thames which kes ims the ali sisters had taken with them in their flight and 1 bald aid 1 the worthy prioress wo we still 1 cherish heri sli the hope of one day returning to our former home but madam exclaimed the duke a little bit alarmed at the notion since you left we have bavo changed all the locks |