They crossed a wide open space, half garden, half yard, passed in between clumps of bushes, went around a fenced fish-pond, then a well, and found themselves at last at the entrance of the central building.
Ils traversèrent une sorte de grande cour-jardin, passèrent entre des massifs, contournèrent un vivier enclos de palissades, un puits, et se trouvèrent enfin au seuil de la demeure centrale.