classic architecture, with pediment, balconied hall, echoing corridors, and furniture tha

were terrible by night, and thickly covered with the accumulated dust of many years. An ancient butler remained who recalled th

rules and regulations. He thereupon informed her that it was customary in the times of the old masters for relatives and friends to gather together on Christmas Eve, while for t

at eight; then served her with coffee. A

n go into the study to read books and work out the expenses and writ

She read thick, simply-written books-those in which the old script for sh is confused with that for t. Now and then, howe

en cradle. They drove to town with some mummers, and attended an amateur performance in a club. Polunin dressed up as

a red morning glow from the east, the daylight waxy