"The Lighthouse stood on a tongue of land that ran out into...

"The Lighthouse stood on a tongue of land that ran out into the sea. The living-rooms were on the ground floor, opening on to a terrace. The bedrooms were up a flight of stone steps. The kitchen was tucked away under the stairs."

Woolf, Virginia. To the Lighthouse. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1927.

In the passage from "To the Lighthouse" by Virginia Woolf, Lily Briscoe is describing the: