human
Please generate a detailed description of a dreary scene outside of a manor house with a flower garden, steps, and a forest.
assistant
The road forms a circular drive directly in front of what once was an elegant manor house. Formal stone steps lead up to a sheltered porch. An ornamental flower garden marks the eye of the circle, though it has long since gone to seed and weeds. To the east, a thick copse of trees has grown into a tangled knot and grass rises, high and heavy, to the west. Beyond the house, runs a small river.