A very unpretending entrance admitted him into a spacious hall, the hall being the largest and best part of the house.

Those great iron gates and the hall would have done honour to a large mansion; and they gave an appearance of pretension to Deerham Court which it did not deserve.
Lionel opened a door on the left, and entered a small ante-room.

This led him into the only really good room the house contained.

It was elegantly furnished and fitted up, and its two large windows looked towards the open country, and to Deerham Hall.

Seated by the fire, in a rich violet dress, a costly white lace cap shading her delicate face, that must have been so beautiful, indeed, that was beautiful still, was a lady of middle age.