0 Ulysses
bungalowshaped 2 storey dwellinghouse of southerly aspect,
surmounted by vane and lightning conductor, connect-
ed with the earth, with porch covered by parasitic plants
(ivy or Virginia creeper), halldoor, olive green, with smart
carriage finish and neat doorbrasses, stucco front with gilt
tracery at eaves and gable, rising, if possible, upon a gentle
eminence with agreeable prospect from balcony with stone
pillar parapet over unoccupied and unoccupyable interja-
cent pastures and standing in 5 or 6 acres of its own ground,
at such a distance from the nearest public thoroughfare as
to render its houselights visible at night above and through
a quickset hornbeam hedge of topiary cutting, situate at a
given point not less than 1 statute mile from the periphery
of the metropolis, within a time limit of not more than 15
minutes from tram or train line (e.g., Dundrum, south, or
Sutton, north, both localities equally reported by trial to re-
semble the terrestrial poles in being favourable climates for
phthisical subjects), the premises to be held under feefarm
grant, lease 999 years, the messuage to consist of 1 draw-
ingroom with baywindow (2 lancets), thermometer affixed,
1 sittingroom, 4 bedrooms, 2 servants’ rooms, tiled kitchen
with close range and scullery, lounge hall fitted with linen
wallpresses, fumed oak sectional bookcase containing the
Encyclopaedia Britannica and New Century Dictionary,
transverse obsolete medieval and oriental weapons, dinner
gong, alabaster lamp, bowl pendant, vulcanite automat-
ic telephone receiver with adjacent directory, handtufted
Axminster carpet with cream ground and trellis border,
loo table with pillar and claw legs, hearth with massive