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walls ; and the double-curved braces above them help 

 to stiffen the roof. This room has an outer door of 

 its own leading to a few square yards of paved court 

 that is bounded on two sides by the cottage, and on 

 the other two by box-edged garden filled with Roses, 

 Lavender, Pseonies, and many simple cottage flowers. 



The other and more usual entrance to the Hut 

 is by a paved path through a short tunnel of Yew. 

 The door opens into a square entrance with the 

 lowest steps of the stairs in the further right-hand 

 corner. There is space for a large oak cupboard in 

 front against the stairs, an oak wardrobe against the 

 right-hand wall, an eight-legged table with one flap 

 down under the window that ranges with the door, 

 a tall clock, and a large rush-seated arm-chair. A 

 square of cocoa-matting is in the middle space, with 

 the well-kept brick flooring showing all round. It 

 looks well furnished without being crowded. Im- 

 mediately to the left on entering is my little bed- 

 room, next beyond it the sitting-room ; straight on 

 is the kitchen. Upstaks are two bedrooms and a 

 roomy landing, one room for my servant, the other 

 stored with furniture and things in use. 



The floors downstairs are all of brick, the walls 

 of unplastered brick white-washed. It is handy to 

 have no plaster, as one sees at once where to knock 

 in a nail to hang a picture. 



The outer walls are of nine-inch brickwork, coated 

 with rough-cast; all is sound and tight; the little 



