Excerpt from Unseen Hands
Of dying flowers and the chill gloom which only so mourn ful a function can radiate seemed still to cling about the spacious room. It bore an air Of unfamiliarity, too, which was due in part to the fact that the massive old furniture had not been replaced with the exactitude which its long established position warranted.
The little faded woman who appeared noiselessly on the threshold and peered Within much as a mouse might have done seemed at once to sense the general atmosphere and perceive its source. She entered, and as a light footfall sounded upon the stairs she laid her slender arms about a huge Old arm chair and strove with all her frail strength to move it toward the table.
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