At one end was the bay window, at the other were glass doors which opened directly into the garden.

The kitchen was at the other end of the narrow hall, and this also looked on the garden.

Hannah, the one servant, was often heard to object to this arrangement.

She gave solid reasons for her objections, declaring roundly that human nature was far more agreeable to her than any part of the vegetable kingdom; but though Hannah found her small kitchen rather dull, and never during the years she stayed with them developed the slightest taste for the beauties of Nature, she was sincerely attached to the Mainwaring girls, and took care to serve them well.
Upstairs were two bedrooms--one looking to the street, in which the girls slept, the prettiest room with the garden view being reserved for Mrs.Mainwaring.Hannah occupied a small and attic-like apartment over the kitchen.
When Jasmine ran into the garden Primrose slowly rose from her seat and went upstairs.

It occurred to her that this was a fitting opportunity to do something which she longed and dreaded to accomplish.
Since her mother's death, since the moment when the three young girls had bent over the coffin and strewed flowers over the form they loved, the sisters had not gone near this room.
Hannah had dusted it and kept it tidy, but the blinds had been drawn down and the sun excluded.