smoke-tarnished

Updated: June 23, 2025

Somehow, the boy thought, the old housekeeper's humble kitchen seemed to gather more brightness and cheerfulness into its rough and smoke-tarnished precincts than the great library, with all its comforts and elegancies, ever held. The reason for this he did not seek; he only knew that it was so, and liked the wooden seat in the chimney-corner accordingly.

Glance Gaylord - Culm Rock: The Story of a Year: What it Brought and What it Taught