"In its previous state, the house was picturesque but uninhabitable.

As you see it now, it is an exact reproduction of the country home of one of the lesser known of the Borgias--Sodina, I believe the lady's name was.

You will find inside some beautiful arches, and a sense of space which all modern houses lack.

It cost me a great deal of money, and it is inhabited, when I am in Europe, about once a fortnight.

You know the river name for it?
'Timothy's Folly!"' "But what on earth made you build it, so long as you don't care to live there ?" Francis enquired.
Sir Timothy smiled reflectively.
"Well," he explained, "I like sometimes to entertain, and I like to entertain, when I do, on a grand scale.