invalid-table

Updated: May 2, 2025

I moved on its pivot the invalid-table on which she had taken her meals and written her poems, poor soul. The place was dreary and dreadful; the heavy air felt as if it were still burdened with its horrid load of misery and distrust. There was the bedroom, at the door of which Miserrimus Dexter had waited and watched.

Wilkie Collins - The Law and the Lady