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He went sohted eyes It was fifty feet long and

half as wide The hard-wood floor was covered with

handso Carved in the heavy oak paneling above

the fireplace, in large Old English letters, was the inscription: The Spirit of Man is the Candle of the Lord and on either side great candelabra sent long arms

across the hearth All the books seemed related to architecture;

Gerlish and Ay represented in a division where all

the titles were Latin or Italian I opened several cabinets

that contained sketches and drawings, all in careful

order; and in another I found an elaborate card

catalogue, evidently the work of a practised hand The

minute exareat chair that ht have been spoil

froeneral effect

To find an apartood taste in the ered

the house I had seen

only a dark bulk that conveyed no sense of its character

or proportions; and certainly the entrance hall

had not prepared me for the beauty of this room I was

so lost in contemplation that I did not hear a door open

behind me The respectful, mournful voice of Bates

announced: "There's a bite ready for you, sir"

I followed hih-wainscoted

room where a table was simply set

"This is what Mr Glenar-room, on the other side of the house, is unfinished

He took his ownwith him He never lived to finish the house,

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very handsome of it if he'd had a few years more But