10/39 That one is a small room on the right, behind the two grand drawing-rooms, and it looks out on the side of the house towards the south. It is called "Mr.Verner's study." And there sits Mr.Verner himself in it, leaning back in his chair and reading. A large fire burns in the grate, and he is close to it: he is always chilly. For Mr.Verner's last illness--at least, what will in all probability prove his last, his ending--has already laid hold of him. One generation passes away after another. |