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The furniture consisted of a wash hand stand and a little deal chest of drawers, which acted as sideboard to such pots and pans and crockery as could not find room in the grate; and besides the bed there was nothing but two kitchen chairs and a lamp. THE FURNITURE CONSISTED OF A WASHSTAND AND A LITTLE DEAL CHEST OF DRAWERS WHICH ACTED AS SIDEBOARD TO SUCH POTS AND PANS AND CROCKERY AS COULD NOT FIND ROOM IN THE GRATE AND BESIDES THE BED THERE WAS NOTHING BUT TWO KITCHEN CHAIRS AND A LAMP
nd the man standing behind her with his hand on the chair, or the man sitting and the woman with her hand on his shoulder. 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. The walls were covered with dingy, antiquated paper, and ornamented with coloured supplements from Christmas Numbers--there was a very patriotic picture of a soldier shaking the hand of a fallen comrade and waving his arm in defiance of a band of advancing Arabs; there was a 'Cherry Ripe,' almost black with age and dirt; there were two almanacks several years old, one with a coloured portrait of the Marquess of Lorne, very handsome and elegantly dressed, the object of Mrs. Kemp's adoration since her husband's demise; the other a Jubilee portrait of the Queen, somewhat losing in dignity by a moustache which Liza in an irreverent moment had smeared on with charcoal. E 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 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 THE WALLS WERE COVERED WITH DINGY ANTIQUATED PAPER AND ORNAMENTED WITH COLORED SUPPLEMENTS FROM CHRISTMAS NUMBERS THERE WAS A VERY PATRIOTIC PICTURE OF A SOLDIER SHAKING THE HAND OF A FALLEN COMRADE AND WAVING HIS ARM IN DEFIANCE OF A BAND OF ADVANCING ARABS THERE WAS A CHERRY RIPE ALMOST BLACK AND WITH AGE AND DIRT THERE WERE TWO ALMANACS SEVERAL YEARS OLD ONE WITH A COLORED PORTRAIT OF THE MARQUESSE OF LORN VERY HANDSOMELY AND ELEGANTLY DRESSED THE OBJECT OF MISSUS KEMP'S ADORATION SINCE HER HUSBAND'S DEMISE THE OTHER A JUBILEE PORTRAIT OF THE QUEEN SOMEWHAT LOSING IN DIGNITY BY A MOUSTACHE WHICH LIZA IN AN IRREVERENT MOMENT HAD SMEARED ON WITH CHARCOAL
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