Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.....

When walking at Nymans Estate, the ruins of a Gothic mansion , partially destroyed by fire, reminded me of one of my favourite books......Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier, first published in 1938. The first lines in the book starts a masterpiece that anyone that reads it surely will not forget.....

'Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again'...........'no smoke came from the chimney and the little lattice windows gaped forlorn'....... the conclusion is just brilliant, just so moving .... 'and the ashes blew towards us with the salt wind from the sea'.