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Updated: June 10, 2025
Farther on the explorers came to a vast collection of old iron. It was as if numbers of travelling tinkers had here discharged their stock; fenders, gasoliers, stair-rods, tin-cans, officers' swords yes, at least a dozen frying pans and saucepans. Old clothes were needless to say, a prominent feature.
At half-past twelve the rain, wind, and thunder made such a din that Agatha and Gertrude wrapped themselves in shawls, stole downstairs to the window on the landing outside Miss Wilson's study, and stood watching the flashes give vivid glimpses of the landscape, and discussing in whispers whether it was dangerous to stand near a window, and whether brass stair-rods could attract lightning.
"Speak when you're spoke to, miss!" snarled her stepfather. "When we married we mixed our furniture up together mixed it up so that it would be impossible to tell which is which. Nobody could." "For the matter o' that, you could have all the kitchen chairs and all the stair-rods," said Mr. Letts, generously.
The stair-rods were of brass and beautifully polished, the banisters of iron painted to look like mahogany; and this staircase, which I may take to be the emblem of a good life lived for duty, went up one pair, and two pair, and three pair all in the same way, and did not stop till it got to the top. The hall that led to these steps was oblong and little furnished.
Use up all the material you can get your hands on, and when you run out of lightning-rods put up ramrods, cam-rods, stair-rods, piston-rods anything that will pander to your dismal appetite for artificial scenery, and bring respite to my raging brain and healing to my lacerated soul!"
"Speak when you're spoke to, miss!" snarled her stepfather. "When we married we mixed our furniture up together mixed it up so that it would be impossible to tell which is which. Nobody could." "For the matter o' that, you could have all the kitchen chairs and all the stair-rods," said Mr. Letts, generously.
The young people then began to congratulate themselves on their success as regarded Miss Crampton. "She scarcely stayed five minutes, and she was so afraid of the machine, and so shocked at the whittling and the talk, and Cray's whole appearance, that she will not come near us while he is here. After that, the stair-rods will protect us."
The holidays came, and one Thursday after breakfast his aunt produced a white waistcoat from the wardrobe, and Jean, dressed in his Sunday best, climbed on an omnibus which took him to the Rue de Rivoli. He mounted four flights of a staircase, the carpet and polished brass stair-rods of which filled him with surprise and admiration. On reaching the landing, he could hear the tinkling of a piano.
I explained, however, the importance of my errand, and promised faithfully to call and report any progress which we might make with the case. As we drove away I stole a glance back, and I still seem to see that little group on the step, the two graceful, clinging figures, the half-opened door, the hall light shining through stained glass, the barometer, and the bright stair-rods.
"If he don't treat your mother well, give him back his kitchen chair and his three stair-rods and pack him off." "Henry," said Mr. Green, with dangerous calm, "go and fetch a policeman." "I'm going," said Mr. Letts, hastily. "Good-by, Betty; good-by, mother. I sha'n't be long. I'm only going as far as the post-office. And that reminds me.
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