... the kitchen, where all the fair prospects of life were centered.

A house that is built according to every man's advice seldom gets a roof.

The national sport of England is obstacle-racing. People fill their rooms with useless and cumbersome furniture, and spend the rest of their lives in trying to dodge it.

Oh, this wasn't a very organized house ... The counters seemed to collect stray objects on their own.

Early relative-things relatives gave me.