A flat lawn extended before it, and close to the palings, which divided it from the road, was a grove of trees, some yards in depth.

The lawn was divided by a narrow middle gravel path, to which you gained access from the portico of the house.

You entered upon a large flagged hall with a reception room on either hand, and the staircase, a wide one, facing you; by the side of the staircase you passed on to the servants' apartments and offices.

That place was called the Grove, and was the property and residence of Richard Hare, Esq., commonly called Mr.Justice Hare.
The room to the left hand, as you went in, was the general sitting-room; the other was very much kept boxed up in lavender and brown Holland, to be opened on state occasions.

Justice and Mrs.Hare had three children, a son and two daughters.