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As I surveyed this quaint apartment, I felt an increase in that aversion first excited by the bleak exterior of the house. AS I SURVEYED THIS QUAINT APARTMENT I FELT AN INCREASE IN THAT AVERSION FIRST EXCITED BY THE BLEAK EXTERIOR OF THE HOUSE
anked by a small door probably leading to the cellar, while to the left and right were closed doors leading to rooms on the ground floor. Leaning my cycle against the wall I opened the door at the left, and crossed into a small low-ceiled chamber but dimly lighted by its two dusty windows and furnished in the barest and most primitive possible way. It appeared to be a kind of sitting-room, for it had a table and several chairs, and an immense fireplace above which ticked an antique clock on a mantel. Books and papers were very few, and in the prevailing gloom I could not readily discern the titles. What interested me was the uniform air of archaism as displayed in every visible detail. Most of the houses in this region I had found rich in relics of the past, but here the antiquity was curiously complete; for in all the room I could not discover a single article of definitely post-revolutionary date. Had the furnishings been less humble, the place would have been a collector’s paradise. NARROW STAIRCASE FLANKED BY A SMALL DOOR PROBABLY LEADING TO THE CELLAR WHILE TO LEFT AND RIGHT WERE CLOSED DOORS LEADING TO ROOMS ON THE GROUND FLOOR LEANING MY CYCLE AGAINST THE WALL I OPENED THE DOOR AT THE LEFT AND CROSSED INTO A SMALL LOW SEALED CHAMBER BUT DIMLY LIGHTED BY ITS TWO DUSTY WINDOWS AND FURNISHED IN THE BAREST AND MOST PRIMITIVE POSSIBLE WAY IT APPEARED TO BE A KIND OF SITTING ROOM FOR IT HAD A TABLE AND SEVERAL CHAIRS AND AN IMMENSE FIREPLACE ABOVE WHICH TICKED AN ANTIQUE CLOCK ON A MANTEL BOOKS AND PAPERS WERE VERY FEW AND IN THE PREVAILING GLOOM I COULD NOT READILY DISCERN THE TITLES WHAT INTERESTED ME WAS THE UNIFORM AIR OF ARCHAISM AS DISPLAYED IN EVERY VISIBLE DETAIL MOST OF THE HOUSES IN THIS REGION I HAD FOUND RICH IN RELICS OF THE PAST BUT HERE THE ANTIQUITY WAS CURIOUSLY COMPLETE FOR IN ALL THE ROOM I COULD NOT DISCOVER A SINGLE ARTICLE OF DEFINITELY POST REVOLUTIONARY DATE HAD THE FURNISHINGS BEEN LESS HUMBLE THE PLACE WOULD HAVE BEEN A COLLECTOR'S PARADISE
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