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purchase soiven me CARTE

BLANCHE TO effect what alterations I pleased, and a su been

set aside for that purpose The ordinary sitting-room and bedrooms

I left much as they were: for I knew Diana and Mary would derive

ain the old homely tables, and chairs,

and beds, than from the spectacle of the sive to their return the

piquancy hich I wished it to be invested Dark handsoement of some carefully selected

antique ornas, and

-cases, for the toilet tables, answered the

end: they looked fresh without being glaring A spare parlour and

bedrooany and crie, and carpets on the

stairs When all was finished, I thought Moor House as coness within, as it was, at this season, a

specimen of wintry waste and desert dreariness without

The eventful Thursday at length came They were expected about

dark, and ere dusk fires were lit upstairs and below; the kitchen

was in perfect trim; Hannah and I were dressed, and all was in

readiness