"Only the new part; there is one wing which is much older."
"But the new part was built when your family first went there, was it not?"
"Yes; it was built by my grandfather, when he returned from being ambassador to Turkey."
"I think the newest part of Emmerton has been built at least a hundred and fifty years," said Dora; "and the old part—I really cannot say exactly what the age of it is; but the first baron who is buried in the chapel died somewhere about 1470, and his was the elder branch of our family."
"But there is no title in your family now," observed Miss Cunningham.
"Indeed there is," replied Dora; "Lord Doringford is a cousin of ours."
"Oh! a hundredth cousin, I suppose. Any one may be that; for you know we are all descended from Adam."
"Yes; and of course, that is the reason why people think so much more of a family being an old one, than of a mere title."
Miss Cunningham turned sharply round to Amy.
"Do you live here?" she asked; and at being addressed so unceremoniously, Amy's colour rose, but she tried to answer gently, though she felt a little unwilling to acknowledge that her home was neither a park nor a hall.