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...Helen and Tibby, and wire you 'yes' or 'no.' " "Right. The dining-room." And they began their survey. The dining-room was big, but over-furnished. Chelsea...wall-paper, amid whose foliage parrots sang. It would nevei do with her own furniture, but those heavy chairs, that immense sideboard loaded with presentation...

...value, as we can see from Margaret's first impressions of Henry's interior decoration at Ducie Street: The dining-room was big, but over-furnished. Chelsea...self-denial, Margaret viewed with relief the sumptuous dado, and frieze, the gilded wall-paper, amid whose foliage parrots sung. It would never do with her own...