Between the orchard and the house a lawn sloped easterly to the border of a brook, which straggled behind the outhouses into a meadow, and finally lost itself among the rocks on the shore.

Up by the lawn a willow hung over it, and its outer bank was fringed by the tangled wild-grape, sweet-briar, and alder bushes.

The premises, except on the seaside, were enclosed by a high wall of rough granite.
No houses were near us, on either side of the shore; up the north road they were scattered at intervals.
Mother said I must be considered a young lady, and should have my own room.

Veronica was to have one opposite, divided from it by a wide passage.

This passage extended beyond the angle of the stairway, and was cut off by a glass door.