Crossword-Solution: HAMMONDS 8 letters, 1 clue 🏆 scrabble score: 16

The Kentish families, about this time, intermarried with each other to a very large extent, partly to indemnify themselves from the consequences of gravelkind tenure (though many had procured parliamentary relief); and the Lovelaces, the Stanleys, the Hammonds, the Sandyses, were all more or less bound together by the ties of kindred.

Our party and the Hammonds were going by boat, and were all ready to start for the pier when Boo and little Harry were missing.

Hammond to spend a day? They would so like the sea for the children.” “Certainly.” “Then perhaps you would write--oh, I forgot,” colouring up, “I never can forget the old days, it seems as if you were on the staff still.” “I always am on yours, and always hope to be,” he said, smiling, “though I am afraid I can’t write your note to the Hammonds for you.” “But you won’t go away,” she said.

But please let your dear little niece come up to-morrow and play with them; the little Hammonds will be there, she is just their age.” Ermine felt obliged to grant this at least, though she was as doubtful of her shy Rose’s happiness as of the expedience of the intimacy; but there was no being ungracious to the gentle visitor, and no doubt Ermine felt rejoiced and elevated.

Since the afternoon he had driven Victoria to the Hammonds' he had had daily debates with an imaginary man in his own likeness who, to the detriment of his reading of law, sat across his table and argued with him.