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Chapter 10 Wrought Iron and Gold
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‘We are the trees whom shaking fastens more.’
GEORGE HERBERT.
Mr. Thornton left the house without coming into the dining-room again. He was rather late, and walked rapidly out to Crampton. He was anxious not to slight his new friend by any disrespectful unpunctuality. The church-clock struck half-past seven as he stood at the door awaiting Dixon’s slow movements; always doubly tardy1 when she had to degrade herself by answering the door-bell. He was ushered2 into the little drawing-room, and kindly3 greeted by Mr. Hale, who led him up to his wife, whose pale face, and shawl-draped figure made a silent excuse for the cold languor4 of her greeting. Margaret was lighting5 the lamp when he entered, for the darkness was coming on. The lamp threw a pretty light into the centre of the dusky room, from which, with country habits, they did not exclude the night-skies, and the outer darkness of air. Somehow, that room contrasted itself with the one he had lately left; handsome, ponderous6, with no sign of feminine habitation, except in the one spot where his mother sate7, and no convenience for any other employment than eating and drinking. To be sure, it was a dining-room; his mother preferred to sit in it; and her will was a household law. But the drawing-room was not like this. It was twice — twenty times as fine; not one quarter as comfortable. Here were no mirrors, not even a scrap8 of glass to reflect the light, and answer the same purpose as water in a landscape; no gilding9; a warm, sober breadth of colouring, well relieved by the dear old Helstone chintz-curtains and chair covers. An open davenport stood in the window opposite the door; in the other there was a stand, with a tall white china vase, from which
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subservient
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gambling
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passionate
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outlay
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odiousness
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distinguished
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warehouse
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dictating
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