Excerpt Chapter Three

      As a result, the Bristol House, stately, orange, tan, and ivied, rose up and out of its surrounding gardens like a dignified man of noble bearing, splendidly attired in terraced hillsides, neatly trimmed hedges, liberal stretches of lawn, and dapples of trees. Further enhancing the mantle of finery were blooming vines; plots of hollyhocks, penstemon, lilies, and foxglove; and rows and rows of roses in the shape of tree and bush alike.