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Updated: May 9, 2025
Far from being thrilled and inspired, her surroundings made her sick at heart the chill, the dampness, the bare walls, the dim, dreary lights, the coarsely-painted flats At last she was on the threshold of her chosen profession. What a profession for such a person as she had always been! She stood beside Moldini, seated at the piano.
The room in which they were assembled was large in dimensions, but with a low ceiling the windows were diminutive, and gave but a subdued light, on account of the vicinity of the houses opposite. The window-frames were small, and cut diamond-wise; and in the centre of each of the panes was a round of coarsely-painted glass.
The window-frames were small, and cut diamond-wise; and, in the centre of each of the panes, was a round of coarsely-painted glass. A narrow table ran nearly the length of the room, and, at each end of it, there was a large chimney, in both of which logs of wood were burning cheerfully.
As he cast his drowsy eyes around upon the homely little room, the coarsely-painted frescoes on the walls the gaudy cups and plates arranged in a cupboard opposite the bed and on a wax Gesù Bambino, placed in state upon the mantel-piece, surrounded by a flock of blue sheep, browsing on purple grass, he could not at first remember where he was.
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