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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. 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
dusty, led to the kitchen and offices. Two doors opened out of it to the left and to the right. One of these had obviously been closed for many weeks. The other belonged to the dining-room, which was the apartment in which the mysterious affair had occurred. Holmes walked in, and I followed him with that subdued feeling at my heart which the presence of death inspires. It was a large square room, looking all the larger from the absence of all furniture. A vulgar flaring paper adorned 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 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. GE BARE PLANKED AND DUSTY LED TO THE KITCHEN AND OFFICES TWO DOORS OPENED OUT OF IT TO THE LEFT AND TO THE RIGHT ONE OF THESE HAD OBVIOUSLY BEEN CLOSED FOR MANY WEEKS THE OTHER BELONGED TO THE DINING ROOM WHICH WAS THE APARTMENT IN WHICH THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR HAD OCCURRED HOLMES WALKED IN AND I FOLLOWED HIM WITH THAT SUBDUED FEELING AT MY HEART WHICH THE PRESENCE OF DEATH INSPIRES IT WAS A LARGE SQUARE ROOM LOOKING ON THE LARGER FROM THE ABSENCE OF ALL FURNITURE A VULGAR FLARING PAPER ADORNED 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
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