It figures that somebody like him would be upset about the situation.

Even the mantelpiece is adorned with a totally unfunctional tasselled valance rather like an altar frontal.

[W]ater closet on mezzanine provided with opaque singlepane oblong window, tipup seat, bracket lamp, brass tierod brace, armrests, footstool and artistic oleograph on inner face of door: […]

Québecers have long had a reputation for gregariousness (Vallée, 1973). Foreign sociologists who have had the opportunity to systematically observe the social life of Québecers have been impressed by the density of their social relations.