ocr: MobiBook X Book Edit View Go blowing over the edge by the excessive slant of a few stunted firs at the end of the house, and by a range of gaunt thorns all stretching their limbs one way,as if craving alms of the sun. Happily the architect had foresight to build it strong. The arrow windows are deeply set in the wall, and the corners detended with large jutting stones. Before passing the threshold, I F paused to admire a quantity of grotesque carving lavished over the front, and especially about the principal door; above which, among a wilderness of crumbling griffins and shameless little boys ...
