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added by each incumbent, just as a room, 

 a staircase, or a passage was wanting: 

 there were all kinds of projections ; of dif- 

 ferently shaped windows and chimneys ; of 

 rooms in odd corners ; of roofs crossing 

 each other in different directions. This cu- 

 rious old fabric was kept in the highest 

 order; part of it was rough-cast; part 

 only white-washed ; but the whole of a 

 pleasing quiet colour: vines, roses, jas- 

 mines, and honeysuckles, flourished agaipst 

 the walls, and hung over the old-fashioned 

 porch ; a luxuriant Virginia creeper grew 

 quite to the top of a massy stone chim- 

 ne}' ; and shrubs, and fruit-trees, were 

 very happily disposed, so as, in some de- 

 gree, to disguise and connect the extreme 

 irregularity of the building. 



They were all much pleased with the 

 neatness and comfortable look of this 

 dwelling, and with the whole scenery round 

 it. " If I were not afraid of worrying you," 

 said Mr. Seymour, " I could wish to know 

 what title you would give to this building : 

 where I see so much neatness, chearfulness 



