idea of the general scale of grand effect that follows the carrying out of 

 the design and intention of its accomplished mistress. For here things 

 are done largely and yet without obtrusive ostentation. They seem just 

 right in scale. For instance, in the house are some great columns ; huge 

 monoliths of green Galway marble. It is only when details are examined 

 that it is perceived how splendid they are, and only when the master 

 tells the story, that the difficulty of transporting them from the West of 

 Ireland can be appreciated. For they were quarried in one piece, and 

 bridges broke under their immense weight. At one point in their 

 journey they sank into a bog, and their rescue, and indeed their whole 

 journey and final setting up at its end, entailed a series of engineering 

 feats of no small difficulty. 



