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A top hat, well brushed and trim, was placed upon the floor beside him. His hands were clenched and his arms thrown abroad, while his lower limbs were interlocked as though his death struggle had been a grievous one. A TOP HAT WELL BRUSHED AND TRIM WAS PLACED UPON THE FLOOR BESIDE HIM HIS HANDS WERE CLENCHED AND HIS ARMS THROWN ABROAD WHILE HIS LOWER LIMBS WERE INTERLOCKED AS THOUGH HIS DEATH STRUGGLE HAD BEEN A GRIEVOUS ONE
t it was blotched in places with mildew, and here and there great strips had become detached and hung down, exposing the yellow plaster beneath. Opposite the door was a showy fireplace, surmounted by a mantelpiece of imitation white marble. On one corner of this was stuck the stump of a red wax candle. The solitary window was so dirty that the light was hazy and uncertain, giving a dull grey tinge to everything, which was intensified by the thick layer of dust which coated the whole apartment. All these details I observed afterwards. At present my attention was centred upon the single grim motionless figure which lay stretched upon the boards, with vacant sightless eyes staring up at the discoloured ceiling. It was that of a man about forty-three or forty-four years of age, middle-sized, broad shouldered, with crisp curling black hair, and a short stubbly beard. He was dressed in a heavy broadcloth frock coat and waistcoat, with light-coloured trousers, and immaculate collar and cuffs. DORNED THE WALLS BUT IT WAS BLOTCHED IN PLACES WITH MILDEW AND HERE AND THERE GREAT STRIPS HAD BECOME DETACHED AND HUNG DOWN EXPOSING THE YELLOW PLASTER BENEATH OPPOSITE THE DOOR WAS A SHOWY FIREPLACE SURMOUNTED BY A MANTLE PIECE OF IMITATION WHITE MARBLE ON ONE CORNER OF THIS WAS STUCK THE STUMP OF A RED WAX CANDLE THE SOLITARY WINDOW WAS SO DIRTY THAT THE LIGHT WAS HAZY AND UNCERTAIN GIVING A DULL GREY TINGE TO EVERYTHING WHICH WAS INTENSIFIED BY THE THICK LAYER OF DUST WHICH COATED THE WHOLE APARTMENT ALL THESE DETAILS I OBSERVED AFTERWARDS AT PRESENT MY ATTENTION WAS CENTERED UPON THE SINGLE GRIM MOTIONLESS FIGURE WHICH LAY STRETCHED UPON THE BOARDS WITH VACANT SIGHTLESS EYES STARING UP AT THE DISCOLOURED CEILING IT WAS THAT OF A MAN ABOUT FORTY THREE OR FORTY FOUR YEARS OF AGE MIDDLE SIZED BROAD SHOULDERED WITH CRISP CURLING BLACK HAIR AND A SHORT STUBBY BEARD HE WAS DRESSED IN A HEAVY BROAD CLOTH FROCK COAT AND WAISTCOAT WITH LIGHT COLORED TROUSERS AND IMMACULATE COLLAR AND CUFFS
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