It was stone walled and floored, with three small windows and a fireplace.

Now it contained a long table with a bench and three or four chairs, a desk and shelves for books.
One door opened upon the little green and the wall; a second gave access to a courtyard and the rear of the new house.
Here on a sunny, still August forenoon Strickland and the three Jardines went through the educational routine.

The ages of the pupils were not sufficiently near together to allow of a massed instruction.
The three made three classes.

Jamie and Alice worked in the school-room, under Strickland's eye.

But Alexander had or took a wider freedom.