. He is really
more associated with that place than this. You will see here, however,
what is known as 'Guy's Porridge Pot.' It is an interesting old
vessel, very large and made of metal. Most probably it had nothing
whatever to do with the great Guy; some authorities consider, because
of the existence of this little rhyme, that it belonged to a certain
Sir John Talbot, who died about 1365.

'There is nothing left of Talbot's name,
But Talbot's pot and Talbot's Lane.'

But let's go over to that door by which we enter. There comes a guide
with his party; perhaps we can go in with them."

They found the interior of Warwick Castle very delightful, and in a
perfect state of preservation, for the family of the present Earl
occupy it often. The ever-present Great Hall is here more grand and
lofty than that of Charlecote, though it has not the appearance of as
great antiquity as the one at beautiful Penshurst Place. Its walls are
lined with old suits of armor, but, nevertheless, the room is
furnished with comfortable easy-chairs, as the family, when in
residence, use this as their living-room. Among the collection of
armor is the helmet of Oliver Cromwell, and a whole miniature suit of
mail which was once worn by the little dwarfed son of Robert Dudley,
the famous Earl of Leicester. In a great bay-window, overlooking the
Avon, stands the huge caldron of Guy of Warwick. Strangely enough, an
exquisite Elizabethan saddle of green velvet had found a temporary
resting-place in its great depths.

"I think this Cedar Room is very beautiful," remarked Mrs. Pitt, as
they stepped into that apartment. "Do you see that the walls are
entirely of cedar wood from floor to ceiling? Isn't the effect rich,
and doesn't it smell good? Do you notice the fine carving, and the
pictures,--some of Van Dyck's best works? Oh! I must not call your
attention to so many things all at once!"

In the Green Drawing-room, the Red Drawing-room, the State Bed-room,
and the various other rooms and corridors, are priceless treasures of
art; for besides invaluable paintings by the greatest masters, there
are here beautiful pieces of furniture, made of tortoise-shell and
inlaid with gold or pearl, and ancient marriage-chests, which once
belonged to Italian princesses of bygone days. The armory contains one
of the most valuable collections in England, and in the State Bed-room
are many relics of Queen Anne. One really wearies of so much
costliness wh