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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: I 'm sure we shall, answered Richard, sincerely. She preceded him up the narrow, frowsy staircase, which was full of surprising turns. You 'll find these stairs a bit awkward at first, she apologised. I Ve often thought of getting a bit of nice carpet on them, but what's the use? It would be done for in a week. Now, here 's your room, sir, first floor front, with two nice French windows, you see, and a nice balcony. Now, about tidying it of a morning, sir. If you 'll step out for a walk as soon as you get up, my daughter shall make the bed, and dust, and you 'll come in and find it all nice and straight for breakfast. Very well, assented Richard. That's how I generally arrange with my young men. I like them to have their breakfast in a nice tidy room, you see, sir. Now, what will you have for tea, sir? A little nice bread and butter . . . When she was gone Richard formally surveyed his quarters: a long, rather low room, its length cut by the two windows which were Mrs. Rowbotham's particular pride; between the windows a table with a faded green cloth, and a small bed opposite; behind the door an artfully concealed washstand; the mantelpiece, painted mustard yellow, bore divers squat earthenware figures, and was surmounted by an oblong mirror framed in rosewood; over the mirror anilluminated text, Trust in Jesus, and over the text an oleograph, in collision with the ceiling, entitled, After the Battle of Culloden. The walls were 'decorated with a pattern of giant pink roses; and here and there, hiding the roses, were hung photographs of persons in their Sunday clothes, and landscapes hand-painted in oil, depicting bridges, trees, water, and white sails in the distance. But the furnishing of the room caused Richard no uneasiness; in a few moments ...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217425889 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217425887 |
| Weight | 0.55 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.37 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 162 pages |
| Publisher | |
| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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