Across the little passage was his sitting-room, furnished in the style of most bachelors' rooms, an important item of furniture being a cupboard where whisky was always to be found.

At the back of the main cottage were servants' quarters and kitchen.

Behind the house, on a spare allotment, were two or three loose-boxes for racehorses, a saddle-room and a groom's room.

This was the whole establishment.

A woman came in every day to do up his rooms from the hotel, where he had his meals.