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And from all sides of the room, standing on the mantelpiece, hanging above it, on the wall and over the bed, they stared full face into the room, self consciously fixed for ever in their stiff discomfort. FROM ALL SIDES OF THE ROOM STANDING ON THE MANTELPIECE HANGING ABOVE IT ON THE WALL AND OVER THE BED THEY STARED FULL FACE INTO THE ROOM SELF CONSCIOUSLY FIXED FOR EVER IN THEIR STIFF DISCOMFORT
y a crack or two. Then there were portraits innumerable--little yellow cartes-de-visite in velvet frames, some of which were decorated with shells; they showed strange people with old-fashioned clothes, the women with bodices and sleeves fitting close to the figure, stern-featured females with hair carefully parted in the middle and plastered down on each side, firm chins and mouths, with small, pig-like eyes and wrinkled faces, and the men were uncomfortably clad in Sunday garments, very stiff and uneasy in their awkward postures, with large whiskers and shaved chins and upper lips and a general air of horny-handed toil. Then there were one or two daguerreotypes, little full-length figures framed in gold paper. There was one of Mrs. Kemp's father and one of her mother, and there were several photographs of betrothed or newly-married couples, the lady sitting down and the man standing behind her with his hand on the chair, or the man sitting and the woman with her hand on his shoulder. R LOSES NONE OF ITS VALUE BY A CRACKLETY THEN THERE WERE PORTRAITS INNUMERABLE LITTLE YELLOW CARSTE VISIT IN VELVET FRAMES SOME OF WHICH WERE DECORATED WITH SHELLS THEY SHOWED STRANGE PEOPLE WITH OLD FASHIONED CLOTHES THE WOMEN WITH BADISAS AND SLEEVES FITTING CLOSE TO THE FIGURE STERN FEATURED FEMALES WITH HAIR CAREFULLY PARTED IN THE MIDDLE AND PLASTERED DOWN ON EACH SIDE FIRM CHINS AND MOUTHS WITH SMALL PIGLIKE EYES AND WRINKLED FACES AND THE MEN WERE UNCOMFORTABLY CLAD IN SUNDAY GARMENTS VERY STIFF AND UNEASY IN THEIR AWKWARD POSTURES WITH LARGE WHISKERS AND SHAVED CHINS AND UPPER LIPS AND A GENERAL AIR OF HORNY HANDED TOIL THEN THERE WERE ONE OR TWO DAGGERATYPES LITTLE FULL LENGTH FIGURES FRAMED IN GOLD PAPER THERE WAS ONE OF MISSUS KEMP'S FATHER AND ONE OF HER MOTHER AND THERE WERE SEVERAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF BETROTHED OR NEWLY MARRIED COUPLES THE LADY SITTING DOWN AND THE MAN STANDING BEHIND HER WITH HIS HAND ON THE CHAIR OR THE MAN SITTING AND THE WOMAN WITH HER HAND ON HIS SHOULDER
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