his scheme was to rent the house himself the following winter , that he might have a home of his own in that neighbourhood ; not merely for the use of it in the hunting-season , ( as he said ) , for his attachment to that neighbourhood did not depend upon one amusement or one season of the year : he had set his heart upon having a place that he could come to at any time , a home where his holidays might be spent , so that he might continue that friendship with the mansfield park family which was increasing in value to him every day .