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open the first business with which he had ever been intrusted,
but everything he saw upon his entrance filled him with courage
and contidence, as it was almost impossible for him to be
otherwise, as he was by nature a courageous youth.
In the corner of a massive brown-covered sofa, sat Master
Brun, with a pipe in his mouth, taking now and then a draught
from a pewter mug filled with beer, that stood on a table by his
side.
Directly opposite him stood a large bedstead, with yellow
checkered curtains, from the interior of which was suspended a
strong rope striped with red and yellow, with a huge tassel
attached, for the better convenience of those who occupied it, to
raise themselves. The wall near the bed was ornamented with
a blue velvet cushion, upon which hung Master Brun’s great
silver watch, with a huge chain ornamented with enormous seals
and on both sides, conspicuously placed, hung two silhouettes of
himself and wife, cut out in prepared black silk, and pasted on
sheepskin, which might have been white in former times. On
the top of the high bed, richly filled with feathers, a fat grey
cat was lying, stretched out on the green camelet quilt, in
harmless slumber, and on the other side Mrs. Brun’s half-finished
stocking of the same colour as the cat. If one will imagine, in
addition to the above, a cupboard, through the half-open door of
which, a row of shining silver spoons, and a mass of linen were
visible, little tables placed in each corner, with china of all colurs
arranged upon them, and besides these, a shelf in one corner,
whose mysterious curtain of grey canvas gave reason for the
supposition that it was a hidden sanctuary, then one will have
the complete room before him.
There were, in fact, neither new nor peculiarly neat things in
the above room. But everything looked so homely and
comfortable, that it is difficult to describe them by words, and this
comfort was still heightened by a bright, crackling fire, which
illumined objects animate and inanimate with its cheering rays.
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