None of the girls, however, had ever actually been inside the grounds.
Peachy's project was, of course, extremely audacious, and had the Count been at home she would hardly have dared to let it materialize.

She had heard Mrs.Clark mention on Sunday that their neighbor had started for a cruise in his yacht, and that he would probably be away for a considerable time.
"The Villa will be shut up, and only a few gardeners left about the place," declared Peachy, "and if I know anything of Italian gardeners, they'll all be sitting smoking inside the summer-house, so we needn't trouble ourselves to worry about them.

It's the opportunity of a lifetime.

I saw the whole thing in a flash from the roof.

There's a shed on our side of the wall and a shed on his.