The Southernmost and "front’ face of the house was accessed by way of a narrow causeway, which connected to a road of stone that snaked, with some abruptness, around a stream, that had been swelled into a greater body of water to form a small lake in front of the house. Its banks were well kept and not at all falsely adorned, and always gave Hermione the impression that this was a place for which nature could not have done more, and one which was lucky to have not been spoiled by a tasteless human hand.