"The Red Lion Inn, Salisbury":

In Chapter Thirty-nine of The Hand of Ethelberta the characters disperse to two "Melchester" hotels, which exist today in Salisbury.

In the passage below, the old and jealous Lord Mountclere, anxious to test the fidelity of his fiancee, the young and captivating Ethelberta Petherwin, follows her into the town.

"Lord Mountclere gave up the chase, but as he wished to get into the town again, he followed in the same direction. When Ethelberta had proceeded as far as the Red Lion Hotel, she turned towards it with her companion, and being shown to a room, the two sisters shut themselves in. Lord Mountclere paused and entered the White Hart, the rival hotel to the Red Lion, which stood in an adjoining street."