The Thief in the Night (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from The Thief in the Night

A window-casement, looking out upon the garden, had been ajar all night, perhaps: the fresh morning breeze had pushed it Open now, had brushed the curtain from its fastenings, and lifted it high in the air within, while rioting round the room. You could see through this open window that the appointments of the room were costly: the carpet was like a soft and Springy depth of moss the bedstead was a mass of carved mother-of-pearl, its snowy silken cur tains, though heavy with their golden fringe, yet fluttered and dappled by the wind on the wall a solitary picture, a portrait set in a panel of unbur nished gold.

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