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Antony came and stood in front of her. ANTONY CAME AND STOOD IN FRONT OF HER
intly devised mantel, though it was summer—for the mists crept up the hill at night and chilled the souls of the books. A great old bureau, with a wonderful belly of mahogany, filled a corner of the room, breathing antique mystery and refinement. At one end of it, on a small vacant space of wall, hung a cast, apparently the death-mask of a woman, by which the eye was immediately attracted with something of a shock and held by a curious fascination. The face was smiling, a smile of great peace, and also of a strange cunning. One other characteristic it had: the woman looked as though at any moment she would suddenly open her eyes, and if you turned away from her and looked again, she seemed to be smiling to herself because she had opened them that moment behind your back, and just closed them again in time. It was a face that never changed and yet was always changing. She looked doubly strange in the evening light, and her smile softened and deepened as the shadows gathered in the room. ICKERED BENEATH A QUAINTLY DEVISED MANTLE THOUGH IT WAS SUMMER FOR THE MIST CREPT UP THE HILL AT NIGHT AND CHILLED THE SOULS OF THE BOOKS A GREAT OLD BUREAU WITH A WONDERFUL BELLY OF MAHOGANY FILLED A CORNER OF THE ROOM BREATHING ANTIQUE MYSTERY AND REFINEMENT AT ONE END OF IT ON A SMALL VACANT SPACE OF WALL HUNG A CAST APPARENTLY THE DEATH MASK OF A WOMAN BY WHICH THE EYE WAS IMMEDIATELY ATTRACTED WITH SOMETHING OF A SHOCK AND HAILED BY A CURIOUS FASCINATION THE FACE WAS SMILING A SMILE OF GREAT PEACE AND ALSO OF A STRANGE CUNNING ONE OTHER CHARACTERISTIC IT HAD THE WOMAN LOOKED AS THOUGH AT ANY MOMENT SHE WOULD SUDDENLY OPEN HER EYES AND IF YOU TURNED AWAY FROM HER AND LOOKED AGAIN SHE SEEMED TO BE SMILING TO HERSELF BECAUSE SHE HAD OPENED THEM THAT MOMENT BEHIND YOUR BACK AND JUST CLOSED THEM AGAIN IN TIME IT WAS A FACE THAT NEVER CHANGED AND YET WAS ALWAYS CHANGING SHE LOOKED DOUBLY STRANGE IN THE EVENING LIGHT AND HER SMILE SOFTENED AND DEEPENED AS THE SHADOWS GATHERED IN THE ROOM
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