The Mysterious Key And What It Opened - Chapter 1

"Trevlyn lands and Trevlyn gold,,Heir nor heiress e'er shall hold,,Undisturbed, till, spite of rust ¹,,Truth is found in Trevlyn dust.","This is the third time I've found you poring over that old rhyme. What is the charm, Richard? Not its poetry I fancy." And the young wife laid a slender hand on the yellow, time-worn page where, in Old English text, appeared the lines she laughed at., , ,"God grant it!" softly echoed Lady Trevlyn, adding, with a look askance at the old book, "I read that history once, and fancied it must be a romance, such dreadful things are recorded in it. Is it all true, Richard?", ,"Yes, dear. I wish it was not. Ours has been a wild, unhappy race till the last generation or two. The stormy nature came in with old Sir Ralph, the fierce Norman knight ², who killed his only son in a fit of wrath ³, by a blow with his steel gauntlet, because the boy's strong will would not yield to his.", ,The rain will rust the iron roof.雨水会使铁皮屋顶生锈。,He was made an honourary knight.他被授予荣誉爵士称号 。