stone-staircase

Updated: July 15, 2025

Sylvia walked through the gates, which stood hospitably open, and when she was half-way up the horseshoe stone-staircase which led to the front door, a man, dressed in the white dress of a French chef, and bearing an almost ludicrous resemblance to M. Girard, came hurrying out. "Madame Bailey?" he exclaimed joyously, and bowing very low. "Have I the honour of greeting Madame Bailey?

Marie Belloc Lowndes - The Chink in the Armour