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The intervening spaces were taken up with little jars and cups and saucers  gold inside, with a view of a town outside, and surrounding them, 'A Present from Clacton on Sea,' or, alliteratively, 'A Memento of Margate.' THE INTERVENING SPACES WERE TAKEN UP WITH LITTLE JARS AND CUPS AND SAUCERS GOLD INSIDE WITH A VIEW OF A TOWN OUTSIDE AND SURROUNDING THEM A PRESENT FROM CLAQUETON ON SEA OR ALLITERATIVELY A MEMENTO OF MARGATE
le knot, slipped a skirt over her nightdress, and sat on a chair near the window and began looking around. The decorations of the room had been centred on the mantelpiece; the chief ornament consisted of a pear and an apple, a pineapple, a bunch of grapes, and several fat plums, all very beautifully done in wax, as was the fashion about the middle of this most glorious reign. They were appropriately coloured--the apple blushing red, the grapes an inky black, emerald green leaves were scattered here and there to lend finish, and the whole was mounted on an ebonised stand covered with black velvet, and protected from dust and dirt by a beautiful glass cover bordered with red plush. Liza's eyes rested on this with approbation, and the pineapple quite made her mouth water. At either end of the mantelpiece were pink jars with blue flowers on the front; round the top in Gothic letters of gold was inscribed: 'A Present from a Friend'--these were products of a later, but not less artistic age. ED UP HER HAIR INTO A LITTLE KNOT SLIPPED A SKIRT OVER HER NIGHTDRESS AND SAT ON A CHAIR NEAR THE WINDOW AND BEGAN LOOKING ROUND THE DECORATIONS OF THE ROOM HAD BEEN CENTERED ON THE MANTELPIECE THE CHIEF ORNAMENT CONSISTED OF A PEAR AND AN APPLE A PINE APPLE A BUNCH OF GRAPES AND SEVERAL FAT PLUMS ALL VERY BEAUTIFULLY DONE IN WAX AS WAS THE FASHION ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF THIS MOST GLORIOUS RAIN THEY WERE APPROPRIATELY COLOURED THE APPLE BLUSHING RED THE GRAPES AN INKY BLACK EMERALD GREEN LEAVES WERE SCATTERED HERE AND THERE TO LEND FINISH AND THE WHOLE WAS MOUNTED ON AN EBONISED STAND COVERED WITH BLACK VELVET AND PROTECTED FROM DUST AND DIRT BY A BEAUTIFUL GLASS COVER BORDERED WITH RED PLUSH ELIZA'S EYES RESTED ON THIS WITH APPROBATION AND THE PINEAPPLE QUITE MADE HER MOUTH WATER AT THE END OF THE MANTELPIECE WERE PINK JARS WITH BLUE FLOWERS ON THE FRONT ROUND THE TOP IN GOTHIC LEFTERS OF GOLD WAS INSCRIBED A PRESENT FROM A FRIEND THESE WERE PRODUCTS OF A LATTER BUT NOT LESS ARTISTIC AGE
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