mpfairweather
Rings of Saturn Henstead Hall6 April 2007
Sebald relates the bizarre story of Major Le Strange who lived in the manor house at Henstead. He employed Mrs Florence Barnes as his housekeeper on condition that she dined with him in silence every day. When the Major died, he left Mrs Barnes her fortune. Sebald says that "the great stone manor house in Henstead stood beyond the lake. There is no lake in Henstead, and no manor house made of stone.
Rings of Saturn Henstead Hall6 April 2007
Sebald relates the bizarre story of Major Le Strange who lived in the manor house at Henstead. He employed Mrs Florence Barnes as his housekeeper on condition that she dined with him in silence every day. When the Major died, he left Mrs Barnes her fortune. Sebald says that "the great stone manor house in Henstead stood beyond the lake. There is no lake in Henstead, and no manor house made of stone.