A. M. Williamson and C. N. Williamson, The House with the Twisted Chimneys… (1921)
“ Nearly all historic houses are what the agents always call 'rich in old oak.' But what about those 'exquisite oriels,' those famous fireplaces, those stairways, those celebrated ceilings and corbels—whatever they are? No one house, outside our brains, can have them all. ”
A. M. Williamson and C. N. Williamson, The House with the Twisted Chimneys… (1921)
“ Meanwhile, however, if grandmother were right, things were at a low ebb, and Lord Scarlett might snap at an offer for Dun Moat. Terry was immensely cheered by my story and opinion. But such a ready-made solution of the difficulty seemed too good to be true. He got our advertisement and read it out to me, pausing at each detail of perfection which we had light-heartedly bestowed upon our moated grange. “The twisted chimney and the moat aren't everything,” he groaned. “Carp and water lilies we might supply, if they don't exist; peacocks, too. ”
A. M. Williamson and C. N. Williamson, The House with the Twisted Chimneys… (1921)
“ Jim Courtenaye was at the other end, talking from the abbey. “Lord and Lady Scarlett are living at Dun Moat,” he said, “with their venomous little brute of a boy. They must be dashed hard up, because they have only one servant in their enormous house and not a single gardener on a place that needs a dozen. But it seems that Scarlett has refused several big offers both to sell and let. Heaven knows why! Perhaps the man's mad. Anyhow, that's all I have to tell at present. They say it's no good hoping he'll part. He sticks to the place closer than a leech. ”
