Of old houses and the trickery of furniture

[eye_of_a_cat]

"At last she saw a pale flicker of daylight through the shutters. One by one the objects between the bed and the window recovered first their outline, then their bulk, and seemed to be stealthily regrouping themselves, after goodness knows what secret displacement during the night. Who that has lived in an old house could possibly believe that the furniture in it stays still all night? [She] almost fancied she saw one little slender-legged table slipping hastily back into place."

Edith Wharton, 'All Souls'' (1937)

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[kiaforrest.livejournal.com]

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[eye-of-a-cat.livejournal.com]

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