The jewel of a house had grown dark from the evening dusk. The gold spray-on light fixings glowed with yellow light in and around the premises. With dusk came the biting cold largely common in places with brooks and tall trees. Jim paced the length of his room as he waited for the sound of Mercy's door opening.
They had only occupied part of the ground level and first floor of the house. The serviceable areas like the large sitting room where the elderly women lounged most of the time, the kitchen, and store and rooms just enough for all of them, were the only places used in the large house.
