butinthestatebed，overshadowingsolargeaportionofthefloor，thebirthsand，asfarasmaybe，thedeaths，ofthehouseholdtakeplace。
AttheCorneys\'，theunitedeffortsofsomeformergenerationofthefamilyhadproducedpatchworkcurtainsandcoverlet;andpatchworkwaspatchworkinthosedays，beforetheearlyYatesandPeelshadfoundoutthesecretofprintingtheparsley—leaf。ScrapsofcostlyIndianchintzesandpalempourswereintermixedwithcommonerblackandredcalicoinminutehexagons;
andthevarietyofpatternsservedfortheusefulpurposeofpromotingconversationaswellasthemoreobviousoneofdisplayingthework—woman\'staste。Sylvia，forinstance，beganatoncetoheroldfriend，MollyBrunton，whohadaccompaniedherintothischambertotakeoffherhatandcloak，witharemarkononeofthechintzes。Stoopingoverthecounterpane，withafaceintowhichtheflushwouldcomewhetherorno，shesaidtoMolly，——
\'Dear！Ineverseedthisoneafore——this——forallt\'worldliketh\'
eyesinapeacock\'stall。\'