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From the walls and ceiling hung curious weeds, and a few brightly colored shells lay in little holes and crevices formed in the rock. While thus employed in viewing his surroundings Sammy discovered a crab partly hidden in the mud on the floor of the cave.
This is the more probable from the circumstance of Mr Swiveller directing his observations to the ceiling, which these bodily personages are usually supposed to inhabit except in theatrical cases, when they live in the heart of the great chandelier.
The movement of these shadows and reflected lights was exactly that of the rays of an Aurora Borealis, minus colour. I can conceive no resemblance more perfect. They stalked across the ceiling with the same kind of movement absolutely. A Tragic Expression The three occasions when I have seen a really tragic expression upon a face were as follows: When Mrs.
"Are we such poor company as all that, Fatty!" laughed Reddy. "I've made a great find," announced Tom Gray in the midst of their chatter. He was standing on a bench examining something on a shelf suspended from the ceiling. "What?" demanded the others in great excitement. "A pair of snowshoes," he answered. There was a disappointed silence. "Well, don't all speak at once," said Tom at last.
The rest of the story was taken up by a long room, destined for myself, and which opened upon the terrace by a pair of folding- doors. At either end of this apartment stood a bed, extending transversely from wall to wall, the canopy touching the ceiling. A table and two or three chairs completed the furniture.
In a great room with a beamed ceiling and oak paneled walls a painted fresco or a frieze of tapestry or some fine fabric is a very fine thing, especially if it has a lot of primitive red and blue and gold in it, but in simple rooms beware! Lately there has been a great revival of interest in wood paneling.
Anthony looked about him as he went up: there was nothing remarkable or suspicious about the house in any way. It was cleaner than he had been led to expect by its outside aspect; wainscoted to the ceiling with oak; and the stairs were strong and well made.
He flung his long arms to the ceiling, as if invoking Heaven's aid; then he let them fall again heavily, all strength gone out of them. Galeotto stood an instant looking at him and turning very white. Suddenly he stepped forward, leaving Falcone upon his knees. "What is this?" he said, his voice a rumble of thunder. "Where is the boy? I say."
Hold a little feather fluff or blow a puff of flour above a hot stove, and it will go sailing up toward the ceiling. As the heated air rises, the cooler air around rushes in to fill the place that it has left, and the outdoor "drafts" are made that we call winds.
Clutching the butt of his Browning revolver in his pocket, the detective opened the door to the King's bedroom and entered. A thick carpet deadened the sound of his footsteps. After listening for a few moments he relit his pocket lamp and flashed it round the room. In the centre stood an immense bed of oak designed in Renaissance style, the posts of which reached to the ceiling.
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