"I was born a native of these parts," answered their guide, and as he made the reply they stood before the mansion of Cedric;--a low irregular building, containing several court-yards or enclosures, extending over a considerable space of ground, and which, though its size argued the inhabitant to be a person of wealth, differed entirely from the tall, turretted, and castellated buildings in which the Norman nobility resided, and which had become the universal style of architecture throughout England.
Szabálytalan alakú, alacsony épület volt ez, amely több udvart zárt magába, és nagy területet foglalt el. A ház terjedelme arra vallott, hogy gazdája vagyonos ember, bár otthona egyébként cseppet sem hasonlított azokhoz a magas, tornyos, bástyákkal megerősített épüle­tek­hez, amelyekben a normann főnemesek fészkeltek.