The exterior she left alone--to alter an exterior costs a heavy sum and often fails.

But the interior she gradually fitted in a novel fettle, almost entirely after her own design.
The gardens, too, under her supervision, became equally inviting.

The house got talked about, and was itself a social success.
On his part, the squire paid as much attention to the estate.

It was not large, far from sufficient of itself, indeed, to support any social or political pretensions without the most rigid economy.

And the pair were rigidly economical.