In a large bedroom upstairs, the window of which was thickly curtained with a great woollen shawl lately discarded by the landlady, Mrs. Rolliver, were gathered on this evening nearly a dozen persons, all seeking vinous bliss; all old inhabitants of the nearer end of Marlott, and frequenters of this retreat.

Inside, somebody was playing a duet on syrinx and lyre.

Wallplate sockets may become obstructed when a room is repainted; be sure the gold contacts inside the socket are clean.

We copy instinctively the voices of our companions, their accents, and their modes of pronunciation.