8/14 'Tis so long ago that 'tis ghostly. Make ready the old red chambers for me," to her woman; "I will live there. They have been long closed, and are worm-eaten and mouldy perchance; but a great fire will warm them. And I will have furnishings from London to make them fit for habitation." The next day it seemed for a brief space as if she would have changed even from the red chambers. I would not have taken the room had I guessed it. |