Who is -----, and under what circumstances were all the Earls hurrying to her support?
"And after that, which?' Richmond had asked his sister. "Kent or Sussex?"
"Kent," she had decided; and then, flashing a smile at Hugo: "we have a foot in each county, you know. Here, we are in Kent , and it was here that the first Darracott-well, the first that was ever in England!-settled. There's nothing left of the old Saxon manor, but it was certainly on the site of the present house. Darracott tradition has it that he was a person of consequence, but we doubt that, because the original manor was quite small. That's why the house lies so close to the northern boundary. It was much later that the family crept over into Sussex. Today, that part of Grandpapa's lands is the most important, because of the rents, you know; but although Darracott Place has been pulled down, and rebuilt, and enlarged many times, no reigning Darracott has ever had the temerity to remove from the original site. That would be flying in the face of tradition! an unpardonable crime!"
The common law definition of breaking and entering involves entering at night with felonious intent, but I am willing to waive both those requirements. I do, however, require that the break-in involve someone entering a house stealthily, and in an unconventional manner. Forcing one's way in past the servants does not count. Nor does breaking into an office or a hotel. I mean someone's residence. Each novel counts only as one answer, even if there's more than one break-in.
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