Cottage Garden at Steeple Ashton |
“Cottages are to be
had—yes,” she replied. “The question is—” She checked herself. “Two rooms are
all I should want,” she continued, with a curious sigh; “one for eating, one
for sleeping. Oh, but I should like another, a large one at the top, and a
little garden where one could grow flowers. A path — so — down to a river, or up to
a wood, and the sea not very far off, so that one could hear the waves at
night. Ships just vanishing on the horizon—”
Night and Day
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