Wide on each side extended the stone-coped windows.

It was in reality a mansion, and needed not the neighboring contrast of the cottages on either side to make it look imposing.

When they went in, they entered a large hall, cool even on that burning July day, with a black and white flag floor, and old settees round the walls, and great jars of curious china, which were filled with pot-pourrie.

The dusky gloom was pleasant, after the glare of the street outside; and the requisite light and cheerfulness were given by the peep into the garden, framed, as it were, by the large door-way that opened into it.

There were roses, and sweet-peas, and poppies--a rich mass of color, which looked well, set in the somewhat sombre coolness of the hall.