text:  It suited them much better that there should be two families settled on the property than one; and as it was pretty generally reported that in the event of Sparks becoming the purchaser he intended to demolish the old house and reconsolidate the estate around his own more commodious mansion they were right glad to find it rescued from such a sentence--General Stanley who was the father of a family would probably settle the hall on one of his daughters after placing it in the state of repair so much needed