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Updated: May 6, 2025
At places the plaster had fallen, and his fingers encountered the bare skeleton of the house. Farther on he narrowly escaped knocking down a heavily framed picture another, he thought, of Lichfield Stope's mezzotints but he caught it, left it hanging crazily awry.
There were bits of old china, pieces of tapestry, some rare prints, my choice collection of mezzotints, a picture or two of value one a Lancret, a very dear possession. And there were my books once I had a passion for rare bindings. Every thing had to me a personal significance, and I hated the idea of surrender more than I dared to confess even to myself. But I said to Lola: "Vanity of vanities!
From this dispiriting exercise I turned to the native amusements of the inn coffee-room, and studied for some time the mezzotints that frowned upon the wall. The railway guide, after showing me how soon I could leave Stallbridge and how quickly I could reach Paris, failed to hold my attention.
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