ing constant nourishment, but he became
weaker and weaker, till at last 'The silver cord was loosed.'
My dear father died about this time three years since, which
makes the blow more stunning. I feel very lonely now in my
secluded residence on the banks of the Broad--the music of the
wild birds adds not to my pleasure now. Trusting that yourself
and Mrs. S---- may long be spared.--Believe me to remain, yours
very truly,

HENRIETTA MACOUBREY.

The cottage at Oulton was soon afterwards pulled down, but the
summer-house where Borrow wrote a portion of his _Bible in Spain_ and
his other works remained for some years. That ultimately an entirely new
structure took its place may be seen by comparing the roof in Mrs.
MacOubrey's drawing with the illustration of the structure as it is
to-day. Mrs. MacOubrey died in 1903 at Yarmouth, and the following
inscription may be found on her tomb in Oulton Churchyard:

Sacred to the memory of Henrietta Mary, widow of William
MacOubrey, only daughter of Lieut. Henry Clarke, R.N., and Mary
Skepper, his wife, and stepdaughter of George Henry Borrow,
Esq., the celebrated author of _The Bible in Spain_, _The
Gypsies of Spain_, _Lavengro_, _The Romany Rye_, _Wild Wales_,
and other works and translations. Henrietta Mary MacOubrey was
born at Oulton Hall in this Parish, May 17th, 1818, and died
23rd December 1903. 'And He shall give His angels charge over
thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.'--Psalm xci. 11.

The following extract from her will is of interest as indicating the
trend of a singularly kindly nature. The intimate friends of Mrs.
MacOubrey's later years, whose opinion is of more value than that of
village gossips, speak of her in terms of sincere affection:

I give the following charitable legacies, namely, to the London
Bible Society, in remembrance of the great interest my dear
father, George Henry Borrow, took in the success of its great
work for the benefit of mankind, the sum of one hundred
pounds. To the Foreign Missionary Society the sum of one
hundred pounds. To the London Religious Tract Society the sum
of one hundred pounds. To the London Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals, the sum of one hundred pounds.

FOOTNOTES:

[252] Henrietta's guitar is now in my possession and is a very handsome
instrument.

[253] Henriett