She must have been her mother's companion and helpmate in many a household and nursery experience, for Mr.Bronte was, of course, much engaged in his study; and besides, he was not naturally fond of children, and felt their frequent appearance on the scene as a drag both on his wife's strength, and as an interruption to the comfort of the household.
Haworth Parsonage is--as I mentioned in the first chapter--an oblong stone house, facing down the hill on which the village stands, and with the front door right opposite to the western door of the church, distant about a hundred yards.

Of this space twenty yards or so in depth are occupied by the grassy garden, which is scarcely wider than the house.
The graveyard lies on two sides of the house and garden.

The house consists of four rooms on each floor, and is two stories high.

When the Brontes took possession, they made the larger parlour, to the left of the entrance, the family sitting-room, while that on the right was appropriated to Mr.Bronte as a study.

Behind this was the kitchen; behind the former, a sort of flagged store-room.