idea of the general scale of grand effect that follows the carrying out
of the design and intention of its accomplished mistress. For here
things are done largely and yet without obtrusive ostentation. They seem
just right in scale. For instance, in the house are some great columns;
huge monoliths of green Galway marble. It is only when details are
examined that it is perceived how splendid they are, and only when the
master tells the story, that the difficulty of transporting them from
the West of Ireland can be appreciated. For they were quarried in one
piece, and bridges broke under their immense weight. At one point in
their journey they sank into a bog, and their rescue, and indeed their
whole journey and final setting up at its end, entailed a series of
engineering feats of no small difficulty.