CHAPTER XIII

The Fenland capital--Mother and daughter towns--“Boston stump”--One church built over another--The company at our inn--A desultory ramble--An ancient prison--The Pilgrim Fathers--The banks of the Witham--Hussey Tower--An English Arcadia--Kyme Castle--Benington--A country of many churches--Wrangle--In search of a ghost--A remote village--Gargoyles--The grotesque in art 248