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Updated: June 23, 2025
A massive Dutch side-board, covered with beautiful carving, stood facing them; every inch of available space upon it was crowded with bottles, decanters and glasses. "The gentleman was not averse to an occasional nip, at any rate," said Pendleton. "And his taste was rather educated, too," examining the sideboard's contents carefully. "The best was none too good for him."
Turkish rugs and no carpets at all, except a Brussels carpet in the front parlour I hear they call it the 'reception-room. Hot and cold water upstairs and down, and stationary washstands in every last bedroom in the place! Their sideboard's built right into the house and goes all the way across one end of the dining room. It isn't walnut, it's solid mahogany! Not veneering solid mahogany!
But here, at all events, was our little store cupboard. 'Sideboard's all right then, was Ted's grinning comment. 'And a man could still see to shave in the glass. The saloon skylight had been removed bodily, perhaps to serve some cockatoo bush farmer for a cucumber frame!
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