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The Secret Passage

CHAPTER I
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The furniture, strangely enough, was of white polished wood upholstered in crimson satin fringed with gold.

There were many pictures in large gilded frames and many mirrors similarly encircled with gilded wood.

The grate, fender and fire-irons were of polished brass, and round the walls were numerous electric lamps with yellow shades.

The whole room represented a bizarre appearance, flamboyant and rather tropical in looks.
Apparently Miss Loach was fond of vivid colors.

There was no piano, nor were there books or papers, and the only evidence as to how Miss Loach passed her time revealed itself in a work-basket and a pack of cards.


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