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The general character of the room was more cheerful than the statelier chambers I had hitherto passed through, for it had still the look of habitation, -- the armchair by the fireplace; the kneehole writing-table beside it; the sofa near the recess of a large bay-window, with book-prop and candlestick screwed to its back; maps, coiled in their cylinders, ranged under the cornice; low strong safes, skirting two sides of the room, and apparently intended to hold papers and title-deeds, seals carefully affixed to their jealous locks.

A Strange Story — Volume 03 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

The general character of the room was more cheerful than the statelier chambers I had hitherto passed through, for it had still the look of habitation, -- the armchair by the fireplace; the kneehole writing-table beside it; the sofa near the recess of a large bay-window, with book-prop and candlestick screwed to its back; maps, coiled in their cylinders, ranged under the cornice; low strong safes, skirting two sides of the room, and apparently intended to hold papers and title-deeds, seals carefully affixed to their jealous locks.

A Strange Story — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838