He was speaking loudly, she knew, so that the servants who were in the hall could hear him.
She ran down the stairs eagerly to join him.
They walked across the lawns and then down some steps, because The Castle was built on the highest point of the land, which led them towards the burn.
There was quite a lot of water in it, although Isa guessed that when the rains came it would be in a spate rushing into the sea.
The burn would then become a small torrent and perhaps flood over the lower part of the garden.
Everything, however, had been done to direct the source of the water into a series of smaller streams until it reached the cliffs.
What made the Rock Garden so delightful was that it was completely protected by fir trees.
Having inspected the lower part where there were a great n
