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Hepplewhite needed advice he sent for them and they came, chatted a while in subdued easy accents, and went away like cheerful undertakers. Nobody ever spoke in loud tones near Mr. Hepplewhite because Mr. Hepplewhite did not like anything loud not even clothes. He was, as we have said, quite one of the nicest men in New York. At the moment when Mrs.
No one had suggested that he would be called for the prosecution. Possibly O'Brien was actuated by a slight touch of malice; possibly he wanted to be able, if the case was lost, to accuse Hepplewhite of losing it on his own testimony. But at any rate he certainly had no anticipation of what the ultimate consequence of his act would be. Mr.
I still sleep in a Hepplewhite four-poster that he wheedled out of an old Pennsylvania Dutch woman for a mere song. The posts at the head were sawed off so that the bed could stand in a room with a sloping ceiling, but, fortunately, the thrifty owner had saved the pieces instead of using them for firewood, so I have had them neatly stuck on again.
The transition from Chippendale to Hepplewhite was not sudden, as the last style of Chippendale was simpler and had more of the classic feeling in it. Hepplewhite says, in the preface to his book: "To unite elegance and utility, and blend the useful with the agreeable, has ever been considered a difficult, but an honorable task." He sometimes failed and sometimes succeeded.
"Well, I supposed the arrest was just a formality." Mr. Edgerton smiled again rather unconvincingly. "Well, you see, you can't always tell what will happen when you once start something," he began. "But I didn't start anything," answered Mr. Hepplewhite. "I had nothing to say about it." At that moment Bibby appeared in the doorway. "Excuse me, sir," he said.
"Confidante" and "Duchesse," which were sofas of the time. "Gouty stool," a stool having an adjustable top. "Tea chest," "Urn stand," and other names which have now disappeared from ordinary use in describing similar articles. Hepplewhite had a specialité, to which he alludes in his book, and of which he gives several designs.
The following names taken from this list are probably those of men who had for many years conducted well known and old established businesses, but would now be but poor ones to "conjure" with, while those of Chippendale, Sheraton, or Hepplewhite, are a ready passport for a doubtful specimen. For instance: France, Cabinet Maker to His Majesty, St.
A man's house was his castle and to quote from that most famous of orators and statesmen Edmund Burke "the wind might enter, the rain might enter, but the King of England might not enter!" Thus Schmidt could not enter the house of Hepplewhite without making himself amenable to the law. Hepplewhite was filled with admiration for Mr.
The club room to the right of the entrance hall is done in Jacobean style, the reception room opposite shows fine copies of Chippendale, Sheraton, Hepplewhite and Adams originals, and is hung with a long series of historic portraits, lent by Massachusetts families and the State Historical Society.
Edgerton, his lawyer, who at once jumped into a taxi on the corner of Wall and Broad Streets and hurried uptown. "Edgerton," said Hepplewhite faintly as the lawyer entered his library, "this whole unfortunate affair has almost made me sick. I had nothing to do with the arrest of this man Schmidt. The police did everything. And now I'm ordered to appear as a witness!
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