Parload's truckle bed hid its gray sheets beneath an old patchworkcounterpane on one side of the room, and veiled his boxes andsuchlike oddments, and invading the two corners of the window werean old whatnot and the washhandstand, on which were distributedthe simple appliances of his toilet.This washhandstand had been made of deal by some one with anexcess of turnery appliances in a hurry, who had tried to distractattention from the rough economies of his workmanship by an arrestingornamentation... read more
