There was a sweep up to it, the road having been made from the debris of the stone out of which the gold had been crushed; but though there was the sweep up to the door carefully made for the length of a few dozen yards, there was nothing that could be called a road outside, though there were tracks here and there through the hillocks, along which the waggons employed about the place struggled through the mud.

The house itself was built with a large hall in the middle, and three large windows on each side.

On the floor there were four large rooms, with kitchens opening out behind, and above there were, of course, chambers in proportion and in the little garden there was a pond and a big bath-house, and there were coach-houses and stables;--so that it was quite a mansion.

It was called Polyeuka Hall, because while it was being built Mr.Crinkett was drawing large gains from the Polyeuka mine, about three miles distant on the other side of Nobble.

For the building of his mansion on this special site, no one could imagine any other reason than that love which a brave man has of overcoming difficulties.