Doctor Sandford's house is not large, but it is comfortable and well-planned. It is a small two-storeyed cottage. In front of the house there is a green lawn and a lot of flowers. Behind it there is a little orchard with a few fruit trees in it. On the ground floor there is a kitchen, a pantry, a dining-room, a cosy sitting-room and Dr. Sandford's study. There are also several rooms upstairs on the first floor: the Sand-fords' bedrooms, Grandmother's room, which is also Benny's nursery, Betty's room and the bathroom. The furniture is modern and quite new. But Doctor Sandford says he must pay a lot of money for the house and the furniture. He must pay the money for many years before he can call the house his own.