There were a bronze clock and a whatnot and a few gilt-framed oil-paintings of the conventional landscape type, contemporary with the furniture in American best parlors.

Still, there were a few things in the room which directly excited comment on the part of the visitors.

Mrs.Lee pointed at some bronzes on the shelf.
"Those are theirs, aren't they ?" said she.
"Yes, the Ranger girls had some very handsome Royal Worcester vases.
I guess James Ranger saw to it that those weren't left here." Mrs.Van Dorn eyed the bronzes with outward respect, but she did not admire them.

Banbridge ladies, as a rule, unless they posed, did not admire bronzes.

She also viewed with some disapproval a number of exquisite little Chinese ivory carvings on the whatnot.