The two. She sat alone at her graceful ease in a richly furnished apartment which was manifestly the private parlor of a refined and sensible lady if signs and symbols may go for anything. For instance by a low comfortable chair stood a dainty top-heavy workstand whose summit was a fancifully embroidered shallow basket with varicolored crewels and other strings and odds and ends protruding from under the gaping lid and hanging down in negligent profusion. On the floor lay bright shreds of Turkey... read more
