that bumpy path from the Old House to Collinwood
And there are the overhanging branches to be pushed out of the way. You'd think Barnabas would send Willie out with a pair of clippers once in a while.
Oh, yes, and I can't get over feeling so bad for the earnest Ben Stokes, who probably first had to clear all of those trees, rocks, shrubs, etc., so that the unfailingly "gracious" Josua Collins could conveniently walk over from the newly constructed Collinwood to the Old House, to "encourage" his newleywed son, Barnabas, to get "cracking" and head down to the Collins shipyard (at about 5:30 in the morning) and put in, say, about an "easy" 12 hours on the shipbuilding activity!
No doubt, Mrs, Angelique Collins was just absolutely "thrilled" by her father-in-law's daily, pre-sunrise visits.