[McTeague by Frank Norris]@TWC D-Link bookMcTeague CHAPTER 9 17/59
Most of the sitting-room and bedroom furniture went with the suite; a few pieces they had bought; the remainder Trina had brought over from the B Street house. The presents had been set out on the extension table in the sitting-room.
Besides the parlor melodeon, Trina's parents had given her an ice-water set, and a carving knife and fork with elk-horn handles. Selina had painted a view of the Golden Gate upon a polished slice of redwood that answered the purposes of a paper weight.
Marcus Schouler--after impressing upon Trina that his gift was to HER, and not to McTeague--had sent a chatelaine watch of German silver; Uncle Oelbermann's present, however, had been awaited with a good deal of curiosity.
What would he send? He was very rich; in a sense Trina was his protege.
A couple of days before that upon which the wedding was to take place, two boxes arrived with his card.
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