15/21 A solitude in the centre of a wide park is now the only site that can be recognised as eligible. No cottage must be seen, unless the cottage _orne_ of the gardener. The village, if it cannot be abolished, must be got out of sight. The sound of the church bells is not desirable, and the road on which the profane vulgar travel by their own right must be at a distance. When some old Dale of Allington built his house, he thought differently. |