flag-steps

Updated: May 27, 2025

Since he himself had known it he had seen that it was kept at its best. Its dark blue depths reflected in their pellucid clearness the water plants growing at its edge and the enclosing shrubs and trees. The turf bordering it was velvet-thick and green, and a few flag-steps led down to the water. Birds came there to drink and bathe and preen and dress their feathers.

Frances Hodgson Burnett - The Shuttle