“I allow you to raise the base.” The gatehouses didn’t have doors. “I allow doors, door frames, lower hinges, upper hinges, door jambs, bolt sockets, bolts, latches, keyholes, door-pulling holes, and door-pulling ropes.” Grass and dust fell into the gatehouses. “I allow you to firm up the structure and then plaster it inside and outside, including: treating with white color, black color, and red ocher; making garland patterns, creeper patterns, shark-teeth patterns, and the fivefold pattern.” The yards were muddy. “I allow you to cover them with gravel.” They were unable to do it. “I allow you to lay paving stones.”