Aristocrat's country houses all had Roman-style gardens.

贵族的乡间别墅都有罗马式的花园。

It was a homely little room, with a low ceiling and a gaping fireplace, after the fashion of old country-houses.

这是一间简朴的小房间，按照乡村旧式邸宅的样式盖的，有低低的天花板和一个开口式的壁炉。

It is England between the two World Wars, where close-knit communities live in quiet villages or rich city folk assemble for weekends at grand country houses.

那是处于两次世界大战之间的英国，那儿的小村庄里社区关系紧密，生活安静，或者是城里的阔佬们在乡下的豪宅里度周末。