Asparagus plumes waved over all the old pictures also.

The whole room from this delicate garnishing, the faded green tone of the furniture covers and carpet, from the wall-paper in obscure arabesques of green and satiny white, appeared full of woodland shadows.

Miss Camilla, swaying her feather fan, served to set these shadows slowly eddying with a motion of repose.

She had dozed in her chair, and her mind had lapsed into peaceful dreams before her niece arrived.

Now she sat beaming gently at her.