A band of cement, in which no stones were allowed to show, surrounded each window with a sort of frame, where time had made some slight, capricious cracks, such as appear on plastered ceilings.

The outer blinds, of a clumsy pattern, were noticeable for their color, which was dragon-green.
A few mosses grew among the slates of the roof.

The type is that of Burgundian homesteads; the traveller will see thousands like it when visiting this part of France.
A double door opened upon a passage, half-way down which was the well of the staircase.

By the entrance was the door of a large room with three windows looking out upon the square.

The kitchen, built behind and beneath the staircase, was lighted from the courtyard, which was neatly paved with cobble-stones and entered by a porte-cochere.