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           AbrahaminredgoingtosacrificeIsaacinblue,andDanielinyellowcastintoadenofgreenlions,werethemostprominentofthese.Overthelittlemantelshelf,wasapictureofthe‘SarahJane’lugger,builtatSunderland,withareallittlewoodensternstuckontoit;aworkofart,combiningcompositionwithcarpentry,whichIconsideredtobeoneofthemostenviablepossessionsthattheworldcouldafford.Thereweresomehooksinthebeamsoftheceiling,theuseofwhichIdidnotdivinethen;andsomelockersandboxesandconveniencesofthatsort,whichservedforseatsandekedoutthechairs.

           AllthisIsawinthefirstglanceafterIcrossedthethreshold—child-like,accordingtomytheory—andthenPeggottyopenedalittledoorandshowedmemybedroom.Itwasthecompletestandmostdesirablebedroomeverseen—inthesternofthevessel;withalittlewindow,wheretherudderusedtogothrough;alittlelooking-glass,justtherightheightforme,nailedagainstthewall,andframedwithoyster-shells;alittlebed,whichtherewasjustroomenoughtogetinto;andanosegayofseaweedinabluemugonthetable.Thewallswerewhitewashedaswhiteasmilk,andthepatchworkcounterpanemademyeyesquiteachewithitsbrightness.OnethingIparticularlynoticedinthisdelightfulhouse,wasthesmelloffish;whichwassosearching,thatwhenItookoutmypocket-handkerchieftowipemynose,Ifounditsmeltexactlyasifithadwrappedupalobster.

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