Laura Brayton — page 172: what you’re looking at

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LAURA BRAYTON. 163 CHAPTER XXXIV. “TT LOOKS LIKE MAGIC.” . Laura, wondering at the mystery by which she > was surrounded, and scarcely knowing how she had been so suddenly relieved from the unpleasant position in which Enoch Sharp had placed her, glanced around the apartment in which she had been left by the lady who took Eldridge Putnam away. It was furnished comfortably, but in a very old style. The chairs were massive, cushioned with velvet, and carved curiously. The lamp which gave light was singularly contrived, hanging by the wall, and so arranged that to turn it around would -altogether conceal its light, thus enabling the room to be instantly darkened. Though the room was neither cold nor uncomfortable, there was a lack of air, or rather a feeling of damp close- ness, which, apart from her experience in descend- ing a stair-way, told her that it was located under ground. 3 In a little while the lady came back, and taking Laura by the hand, led her toa seat on a curious old sofa, and, in a tone of tender interest, led her by questions to relate all she knew of her previous life. The lady listened to her recital with a mournful] interest, and when at times Laura told how cruel, even in her infancy, Sharp had been, tears, indig- — comicbooks:co