11.   Preparations for the wedding bash were evident Sunday as security guards made regular sweeps of the sprawling estate on horseback.

12.   They were frustrated to learn they should have seen some during a visit to the sprawling estate of Governor General William Deane.

13.   Watched by a horde of journalists and camera crews, uniformed officials made regular sweeps of the sprawling estate on horseback, while a helicopter hovered overhead.

14.   Du Pont was arrested last January at his sprawling Maryland estate after a two-day standoff with police.