. The natvral man : a romance of the golden age . CHAPTER IF. RIGINALLY Cave Gableshad been a great rock on themountain. Crashing down insome ancient landslide it hadsplit crucially ^ now there were four rocksinstead of one, lying there on the terrace,close to the steep, ten feet high or so, andrather more feet apart. Forrest had leisure-ly erected a Gothicroof of peeled chestnutlogs, clapboarded with riven shingles,and then covered these with earth andstones, brought down from the steep above,till only the sharp gables emerged fromthe mound. 72 The Natural Man A curious building, half art, ha
. The natvral man : a romance of the golden age . CHAPTER IF. RIGINALLY Cave Gableshad been a great rock on themountain. Crashing down insome ancient landslide it hadsplit crucially ^ now there were four rocksinstead of one, lying there on the terrace,close to the steep, ten feet high or so, andrather more feet apart. Forrest had leisure-ly erected a Gothicroof of peeled chestnutlogs, clapboarded with riven shingles,and then covered these with earth andstones, brought down from the steep above,till only the sharp gables emerged fromthe mound. 72 The Natural Man A curious building, half art, half na-ture, part cave, part castle, with goatsrunning ^ birds nesting on the roof. Thegreater part of each gable taken up by aglass window above, and a massive doorof hewn planks and wooden hinges below. On each side of the front door, in thesoft sandstone, were little caverns scooped,where the great mastiffs lay — Watch and Ward. Leonine, yellow eyes gleamed kindlyat them as they entered and canine tailsbeat the welcome-tattoo. Because of the great trees
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