The avenue opened into a broad expanse of turf, and the house lay before us. In the fading light I could see that the centre was a heavy block of building from which a porch projected. The whole front was draped in ivy, with a patch clipped bare here and there where a window or a coat-of-arms broke through the dark veil. >From this central block rose the twin towers, ancient, crenelated, and pierced with many loopholes. To right and left of the turrets were more modern wings of black granite. A dull light shone through heavy mullioned windows, and from the high chimneys which rose from the steep, high-angled roof there sprang a single black column of smoke.
Minęliśmy ciemną aleję, i szerokim, wzniesionym podjazdem zajechaliśmy przed pałac. Środkowy korpus ozdobiony był wspaniałym portykiem; po bokach wznosiły się wieże, średniowieczne, zębate, ze strzelnicami.