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The house, a low, graceful building of white marble, was approached by a broad flight of steps, flanked by a balustrade almost hidden in early roses, which trailed in great clusters over it and along the velvet turf.
Fronting it was a great fountain, and a wide avenue of yew-trees, patched with sunshine, led up to the facade.