You know the beautiful bowl and pitcher that were in her chamber ?" "Yes." "Both handle and spout are off of the pitcher." "Edith!" "And the bowl is cracked from the rim to the centre.

Then the elegant rosewood washstand is completely ruined.

Two knobs are off of the dressing-bureau, the veneering stripped from the edge of one of the drawers, and the whole surface marked over in a thousand lines.

It looks as if the children had amused themselves by the hour in scratching it with pins.

Three chairs are broken.