A very modern touch, unusual in a remote country inn, was a rose coloured gas globe suspended from the ceiling, in the middle of the room.

The furniture belonged to a past period, but it was handsome and well-kept--a Spanish mahogany wardrobe, chest of drawers and washstand with chairs to match.

Modern articles, such as a small writing-desk near the window, some library books, a fountain pen, a reading-lamp by the bedside, and an attache case, suggested the personal possessions and modern tastes of the last occupant.

A comfortable carpet covered the floor, and some faded oil-paintings adorned the walls.
The bed--a large wooden one, but not a fourposter--stood on the left-hand side of the room from the entrance, with the head against the wall nearest the outside passage, and the foot partly in line with the open window, which was about eight feet away from it.

The door when pushed back swung just clear of a small bedroom table beside the bed, on which the reading lamp stood, with a book beside it.