They stood in silent, wondering admiration, and then little by little exclamations burst from their lips.

They had been trying hard to joke about it all with a touch of envy at heart, but this decidedly and immeasurably impressed them.

What a genius that Irma was! A sight like this gave you a rattling notion of the woman! The trees stretched away and away, and there were endlessly recurrent patches of ivy along the wall with glimpses of lofty roofs and screens of poplars interspersed with dense masses of elms and aspens.

Was there no end to it then?
The ladies would have liked to catch sight of the mansion house, for they were weary of circling on and on, weary of seeing nothing but leafy recesses through every opening they came to.

They took the rails of the gate in their hands and pressed their faces against the ironwork.