Excerpt from Peggy of the Bartons You come upon it suddenly at the end of a narrow road; first a great black barn, then a forge, with a huge pile Of rusty horse shoes at the entrance, next a venerable red cottage, extremely shy, with its back to the thoroughfare, now widening out to embrace a limpid stream, which trickles down the middle of the tree-shaded High Street, and is crossed in two places by a rustic bridge. Houses become more plentiful, some with clipped yew porches, overhanging eaves.

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