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Updated: May 4, 2025
"Oh, I see; it is the old drawing-desk that no one used. And you have put legs to it how famous! You are the best contriver, Richard!" "Then see, you can raise it up for reading or writing; here's a corner for your ink to stand flat; and there it is down for your dinner." "Charming, you have made it go so easily, when it used to be so stiff.
Opposite were four large windows, now hidden by their ample curtains; and near them was at one end of the room a piano, at the other a drawing-desk. The walls were wainscoted with polished black oak, the panels reflecting the red fire-light like mirrors.
'Lily, said Claude the next morning, as he saw her prepare her drawing-desk, 'why are you not reading Peveril? 'You know what papa said yesterday, was the answer. 'Oh! but I thought your feelings were with poor Julian in the Tower, said Claude. 'My feelings prompt me to sacrifice my pleasure in reading about him to please papa, after he spoke so kindly.
In the middle of the table was a large drawing-desk, and on it was pinned a sheet of cartridge paper, which was almost covered with portions of designs. In one corner there was what might be the conception of an engine designed for a destroyer or a submarine.
This, being connected with the showroom, could be entered without passing through the gate with the inscription -'No admittance except on business. Indeed, the office had a private door, which, at Gillian's signal, was always opened to her. There, on the drawing-desk, lay a Greek exercise and a translation, with queries upon the difficulties for Gillian to correct, or answer in writing.
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