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Here was Gilbert's green painted floor, smooth and glossy, with braided rugs bought from neighbors in East Beulah; here all the old fashioned Gilbert furniture that the Careys had kept during their many wanderings; here all the quaint chairs that Mr. Bill Harmon could pick up at a small price; here were two noble fireplaces, one with a crane and iron pot filled with flowers, the other filled sometimes with sprays of green asparagus and sometimes with fragrant hemlock boughs. HERE WAS GILBERT'S GREEN PAINTED FLOOR SMOOTH AND GLOSSY WITH BRAIDED RUGS BOUGHT FROM THE NEIGHBOURS IN EAST BEULAH HERE ALL THE OLD FASHIONED GILBERT FURNITURE THAT THE CAREYS HAD KEPT DURING THEIR MANY WANDERINGS HERE ALL THE QUAINT CHAIRS THAT MISTER BILL HARMON COULD PICK UP AT A SMALL PRICE HERE WERE TWO NOBLE FIREPLACES ONE WITH A CRANE AND IRON POT FILLED WITH FLOWERS THE OTHER FILLED SOMETIMES WITH SPRAYS OF GREEN ASPARAGUS AND SOMETIMES WITH FRAGRANT HEMLOCK BOUGHS
 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. 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. On the other side of the hall were the double parlors of the governor's time, made into a great living room. 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 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 ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HALL WERE THE DOUBLE PARLORS OF THE GOVERNOR'S TIME MADE INTO A GREAT LIVING ROOM
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