| Title | The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
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| Page | 111 |
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covered with a red cloth with a yellow crewel work design in the centreand in each of the four corners, the edges being overcast in the same material.] On the table were a lamp and a number of brightly bound books. Some of these things, as the couch and the chairs, Easton had bought second-hand and had done up himself. The table, oilcloth, fender, hearthrug, etc, had been obtained on the hire system and were not yet paid for. The windows were draped with white lace curtains and in the bay was a small bamboo table on which reposed a large Holy Bible, cheaply but showily bound. If anyone had ever opened this book they would have found that its pages were as clean as the other things in the room, and on the flyleaf might have been read the following inscription: `To dear Ruth, from her loving friend Mrs Starvem with the prayer that God's word may be her guide and that Jesus may be her very own Saviour. Oct. 12. 19--' Mrs Starvem was Ruth's former mistress, and this had been her parting gift |
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