You see the house, sir.

Very pretty, isn't it?
Very pretty.

To my idea it's the prettiest built house I ever saw." "I won't go quite so far as that," said Crosbie.
"But you would if you'd lived there twelve years, as I did.

I lived in that house twelve years, and I don't think there's so sweet a spot on the earth's surface.

Did you ever see such turf as that ?" "Very nice indeed," said Crosbie, who began to make a comparison with Mrs Dale's turf at the Small House, and to determine that the Allington turf was better than that of the hospital.
"I had that turf laid down myself.