No furniture of any kind.

Thankful's hope of finding a quilt or a wornout blanket, anything which would do to cover her sleeping and shivering relative, grew fainter with the opening of each door.
There were an astonishing number of rooms and closets.

Evidently this had been a big, commodious and comfortable house in its day.

But that day was long past its sunset.

Now the bigness only emphasized the dreariness and desolation.