“Dombey sat in the corner of the darkened room in the great arm-chair by the bedside, and Son lay tucked up warm in a little basket bedstead, carefully disposed on a low settee immediately in front of the fire and close to it, as if his constitution were analogous to that of a muffin, and it was essential to toast him brown while he was very new.” IfsLittlesFunnyRoomsFireFrontsSonArmsEssentialsLowsHumorousConstitutionLaysCornersWarmSatBrownChairsBasketsToastsMuffins Book:Dombey and Son Source: Dombey and Son
“A modest ring at the bell at length allayed her fears, and Miss Benton, hurrying into her own room and shutting herself up, in order that she might preserve that appearance of being taken by surprise which is so essential to the polite reception of visitors, awaited their coming with a smiling countenance.” MightFunnyOrderRoomsTakenMissingEssentialsHumorousSurpriseAppearanceRingsPreservesLengthBellsModestPoliteVisitorsCountenanceReceptionHurrying Book:THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD, MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK, AND SKETCHES BY Source: THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD, MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK, AND SKETCHES BY