The parlour window was an ordinary sash-window, with outside shutters; the kitchen window a small casement, protected by a fixed net-work of strong wire.

No one could get in or out, even when the casement was open, without tearing this wire away, which would not be a difficult matter to accomplish.

On the left of the cottage, but to your right as you face it, stands the mill, to which you ascend by steps.

It communicates inside with the upper floor of the cottage, which is used as a store-room for corn; and from this store-room a flight of stairs descends to the kitchen below.

Another flight of stairs from this store-room communicated with the open passage leading from the back-door to the stable.