Mary Bell accordingly pushed with all her force, and at length the door flew open, and to their great joy they found themselves both fairly admitted to the house.
They rambled about for some time, looking at the different rooms, and at the various conveniences for house-keeping which Albert had planned, and which were all just ready for use when Albert had died.
There was a sink in the kitchen, with a little spout leading into it, from which the water was running in a constant stream.

It came from an aqueduct of logs brought under ground.

There was a tin dipper there upon the top of the post which the water-spout came out of, and Mary Bell and Bella had an excellent drink from it the first thing.

The kitchen floor was covered with shavings, and the children played in them for some time, until they were tired.

Then they went and got another drink.
When they at last got tired of the kitchen, they went to a window at the back side of the sitting-room, which looked out toward the garden, and commanded also a beautiful prospect beyond.