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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. 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
governor's circ'lar steps; that used to be the liveliest entertainment parents could think up for their young ones, an' it _was_ a heap livelier than two sermons of a Sunday, each of 'em an hour and fifteen minutes long." Digby, a lad of eighteen and master of only one trade instead of a dozen, like his father, had been deputed to paper Mother Carey's bedroom while she moved for a few days into the newly fitted guest room, which was almost too beautiful to sleep in, with its white satiny walls, its yellow and green garlands hanging from the ceiling, its yellow floor, and its old white chamber set repainted by the faithful and clever Popham. The chintz parlor, once Governor Weatherby'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. THE VILLAGE AND LOOK AT THE GOV'NOR'S CIRC'LAR STEPS THAT USED TO BE THE LIVELIEST ENTERTAINMENT PARENTS COULD THINK UP FOR THEIR YOUNG ONES AND IT WAS A HEAP LIVELIER THAN TWO SERMONS OF A SUNDAY EACH OF EM AN HOUR AND FIFTEEN MINUTES LONG DIGBY A LAD OF EIGHTEEN AND MASTER OF ONLY ONE TRADE INSTEAD OF A DOZEN LIKE HIS FATHER HAD BEEN DEPUTED TO PAPER MOTHER CAREY'S BEDROOM WHILE SHE MOVED FOR A FEW DAYS INTO THE NEWLY FITTED GUEST ROOM WHICH WAS ALMOST TOO BEAUTIFUL TO SLEEP IN WITH ITS WHITE SENTINE WALLS ITS YELLOW AND GREEN GARLANDS HANGING FROM THE CEILING ITS YELLOW FLOOR AND ITS OLD WHITE CHAMBER SET REPAINTED BY THE FAITHFUL AND CLEVER POPHAM THE CHINTZ PARLOR ONCE GOVERNOR WEATHERBY'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
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