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All the shabbiest furniture, and the Carey furniture was mostly shabby, was covered with a cheap, gay chintz, and crimson Jacqueminot roses clambered all over the wall paper, so that the room was a cool bower of beauty. ALL THE SHABBIEST FURNITURE AND THE CAREY FURNITURE WAS MOSTLY SHABBY WAS COVERED WITH A CHEAP GAY CHINTZ AND CRIMSON JACQUEMINOT ROSES CLAMBERED ALL OVER THE WALL PAPER SO THAT THE ROOM WAS A COOL BOWER OF BEAUTY
as finished too, and the whole family looked in at the doors a dozen times a day with admiring exclamations. It had six doors, opening into two entries, one small bedroom, one sitting room, one cellar, and one china closet; a passion for entrances and exits having been the whim of that generation. If the truth were known, Nancy had once lighted her candle and slipped downstairs at midnight to sit on the parlor sofa and feast her eyes on the room's loveliness. Gilbert had painted the white matting the color of a ripe cherry. Mrs. Popham had washed and ironed and fluted the old white ruffled muslin curtains from the Charlestown home, and they adorned the four windows. It was the north room, on the left as you entered the house, and would be closed during the cold winter months, so it was fitted entirely for summer use and comfort. The old-fashioned square piano looked in its element placed across one corner, with the four tall silver candlesticks and snuffer tray on the shining mahogany. EATHERBY'S STUDY WAS FINISHED TOO AND THE WHOLE FAMILY LOOKED IN AT THE DOORS A DOZEN TIMES A DAY WITH ADMIRING EXCLAMATIONS IT HAD SIX DOORS OPENING INTO TWO ENTRIES ONE SMALL BEDROOM ONE SITTING ROOM ONE CELLAR AND ONE CHINA CLOSET A PASSION FOR ENTRANCES AND EXITS HAVING BEEN THE WHIM OF THAT GENERATION IF THE TRUTH WERE KNOWN NANCY HAD ONCE LIGHTED HER CANDLE AND SLIPPED DOWNSTAIRS AT MIDNIGHT TO SIT ON THE PARLOR SOFA AND FEAST HER EYES ON THE ROOM'S LOVELINESS GILBERT HAD PAINTED THE WHITE MATTING THE COLOR OF A RIPE CHERRY MISSUS POPHAM HAD WASHED AND IRONED AND FLUTED THE OLD WHITE RUFFLED MUSLIN CURTAINS FROM THE CHARLESTOWN HOME AND THEY ADORNED THE FOUR WINDOWS IT WAS THE NORTH ROOM ON THE LEFT AS YOU ENTERED THE HOUSE AND WOULD BE CLOSED DURING THE COLD WINTER MONTHS SO IT WAS FITTED ENTIRELY FOR SUMMER USE AND COMFORT THE OLD FASHIONED SQUARE PIANO LOOKED IN ITS ELEMENT PLACED ACROSS ONE CORNER WITH THE FOUR TALL SILVER CANDLESTICKS AND SNUFFER TRAY ON THE SHINING MAHOGANY
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