French, Lillie Hamilton, 1854-1939 · New York, Dodd, Mead and company · leaf 343
lve windowsin four blocks that had Nottingham lace curtainsdrawn just far enough apart to show a lamp ineach. A light in a window may have a certain au-thority lent it by poetry and sentiment, but certainlynot when the lamp is set on a pedestal and framedabout by lace draperies. Of course I knew… … T^riTi^lih from *n <iM tjouse mTKJo delist a owners had only desired to prove certain posses-sions to rival neighbors, like vain children whoparade the streets to show off new umbrellas.Growing plants in these windows would have indi-cated other sentiments, but lamps, cheap statuettes,and cut…
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