What is "avon"

Usage examples of "avon".

Oak, a little Sussex village to the north of Brighton, which was recommended to us by my uncle, Sir Charles Tregellis, one of whose grand friends, Lord Avon, had had his seat near there.

Sir Charles Tregellis, was the nearest friend of Lord Avon, and was at this card-party when the thing happened.

Lord Avon lost, and Sir Lothian lost, and my uncle lost, and Captain Barrington won until he could win no more.

Lord Avon had no children, and Sir Lothian Hume - the same who was at the card-party - is his nephew and heir.

If Lord Avon had not given me a cast in his carriage, I had never got my flowers back to my lodgings in York Street, Westminster.

We had played for two days, the four of us: Lord Avon, his brother Captain Barrington, Sir Lothian Hume, and myself.

The fact is that the poor fellow was valet to Lord Avon, that he was at Cliffe Royal upon the fatal night of which I have spoken, and that he is most devoted to his old master.

When I thought of the way in which he had spoken of his unhappy friend, Lord Avon, upon the evening before, and of the emotion which he showed as he told the horrible story, I was glad to think that there was the heart of a man there, however much it might please him to conceal it.

Lord Avon staggered forward, and it was only his son on one aide and his wife on the other who kept his quivering hands from the throat of his insulter.

Lord Avon sank his face in his hands, and for a few moments there was silence in the dim grey room.

Lord Avon turned them over with trembling fingers, and then picking up half a dozen, he brought them to my uncle.

I have sinned in this matter, and I freely confess that I have done so, I only know one way in which I can atone for it, and that is by making the full and complete confession which my noble master, Lord Avon, has demanded.

Lord Avon had left him, the captain remained for some time in a kneeling attitude, with his face sunk upon a chair.

And that, Lady Avon and gentlemen, is an exact and honest account of how Captain Barrington came by his end.

Stone here, which showed me that some one was using the secret chambers of Cliffe Royal, convinced me that Lord Avon was in hiding there, and I lost no time in seeking him out and offering to do him all the justice in my power.