Also some weird tree studies--mostly gum and gidia, where gnarled limbs and bulbous protuberances turned into the faces of gnomes and the forms of strange monsters.

Maule had no doubt that these were Lady Bridget's own.

There was an upright grand piano--the alleged cause of Steadbolt's conversion to Unionism, and all about the place a litter of newspapers, books and work.

The room was filled with flowers--sheaves of wattle and of the pale sandal-wood blossoms, as well as many sub-tropical blooms with which he was not familiar.

Blending with, yet dominating the mixture of perfumes, a peculiar scent resembling incense, appealed to him; and this he did not a first trace to a log of sandal-wood smouldering on the open hearth more for effect than warmth, for the early spring evenings had scarcely a touch of chill.