There were borders there when I first came, with hollyhocks, and those sort of things.

The turf was an improvement." "There's no doubt of that, I should say." "The turf was an improvement, certainly.

And I planted those shrubs, too.

There isn't such a Portugal laurel as that in the county." "Were you warden here, sir ?" And Crosbie, as he asked the question, remembered that, in his very young days, he had heard of some newspaper quarrel which had taken place about Hiram's hospital at Barchester.
"Yes, sir.

I was warden here for twelve years.