Terrace (#226)

(an instance of Generic Room with Stacking made by Calkins)

     You are standing on a flag-stone terrace next to the mansion. Wooden chairs with colored canvas webbing are set out. Beyond the balustrade the rocks are licked over with moss and topped by birches, maples and, here and there, thick oaks. Rain patters on the striped awning. To the south, steps descend to a path. To the east are sliding glass doors leading into the house.
     There is an aura here of a perpetual weekend outing in the country. Calkins and his visitors seem to deny the existence of the injured city beyond the walls of the estate.

[Citation: Dhalgren, p 286.]

You see a bench and teawagon here.

EXITS:
      You see steps and a path leading south. [ south ] Garden. You climb down the steps, walk down a path and through a vine-covered gate.
      Through glass doors you see into a dinning room. [ east ] Dining Room. You slide open the glass doors and enter, closing them behind you.