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What Came Afterwards, A Novel: Being A Sequel To Nothing But Money
What Came Afterwards A Novel Being A Sequel To Nothing But Money Author:T. S. Arthur Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II. HE house was small and poor. A dim light shone through one of the second story windows, and the Doctor could see, as he looked up, a shadow o... more »n the ceiling, as of some person walking in the room above. His knock at the door was almost immediately answered by a child, who held a candle elevated above her head. " Does Mrs. Ewbank live here ? " " Oh, it's you, Doctor ! Walk in, please." Doctor Hofland recognized his visitor of the evening. The child stepped back, and he entered, closing the door. He was in a room instead of a hall, the door opening directly on the street. " I'll call mother," said the child, as she set the candlestick on a table. " Please to take a chair, sir." The few minutes that intervened before Mrs. Ewbank came' down, gave Doctor Hofland an opportunity tomake, by the feeble light of a single tallow candle, a running inventory of what was in the room. The floor had no carpet. Five old cane-seat chairs were against the walls, and a small mahogany table, dark and dim with age, stood under the window, which had neither shade nor blind. A papered fireboard concealed the hearth. Two small frames hung just over the mantel-piece, but the light was so feeble that the Doctor could not make out from where he sat, whether they contained miniature portraits or fancy pictures. An impulse of curiosity led him to cross the room for the purpose of examining them closely. They were evidently miniatures, one of a man, and the other of a woman, in the ripeness of early prime. The first impression was that of familiar faces ; but not being able to make out the features distinctly, he was turning for the candle, when a woman entered the apartment. She had descended the stairs so noiselessly, that her coming was not observed. Though scant and poor, the r...« less