Deadly Nightshade (2013)
“Between the side windows a white mantelpiece, delicately carved, rose above a smoky brick hearth; a mellow landscape in an old gilt frame hung above it. The mahogany furniture might have been brought from England, in the mid-eighteenth century, by one of the Bartram ships; but the glass and pottery, and the big gilt and lacquer box that stood on a console below the mirror on the north wall, had made a longer journey—they were all from China. The pale Chinese rug was hardly darker than the old w...hite wallpaper, striped with gold, which had suffered with the passing of time; it showed blotches of damp near the ceiling, and a torn strip had been replaced beside the door.
Carroll Bartram sat on a davenport before the fire. His arm lay along the back of it, and his long, fine hand clasped and unclasped the carved rail. A clever-looking, beak-nosed little man stood behind him, and Miss Ridgeman hovered in the rear. She was holding a tray with a tumbler on it, and she looked as if she were afraid to advance and offer it to her employer.MoreLess
Carroll Bartram sat on a davenport before the fire. His arm lay along the back of it, and his long, fine hand clasped and unclasped the carved rail. A clever-looking, beak-nosed little man stood behind him, and Miss Ridgeman hovered in the rear. She was holding a tray with a tumbler on it, and she looked as if she were afraid to advance and offer it to her employer.MoreLess
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