[62] IthinksometimesthatifIwereonlywellenoughtowritealittleitwouldrelievethepressofideasandrestme.
[63] ButIfindIgetprettytiredwhenItry.
[64] , JohnsayswewillaskCousinHenryandJuliadownforalongvisit; buthesayshewouldassoonputfireworksinmypillow-caseastoletmehavethosestimulatingpeopleaboutnow.
[65] IwishIcouldgetwellfaster.
[66] !
[67] Thereisarecurrentspotwherethepatternlollslikeabrokenneckandtwobulbouseyesstareatyouupsidedown.
[68] , andthoseabsurd, ’tmatch, andtheeyesgoallupanddowntheline, onealittlehigherthantheother.
[69] Ineversawsomuchexpressioninaninanimatethingbefore, andweallknowhowmuchexpressiontheyhave! Iusedtolieawakeasachildandgetmoreentertainmentandterroroutofblankwallsandplainfurniturethanmostchildrencouldfindinatoystore.
[70] Irememberwhatakindlywinktheknobsofourbig, oldbureauusedtohave, andtherewasonechairthatalwaysseemedlikeastrongfriend.
[71] IusedtofeelthatifanyoftheotherthingslookedtoofierceIcouldalwayshopintothatchairandbesafe.
[72] Thefurnitureinthisroomisnoworsethaninharmonious, however, , andnowonder! Ineversawsuchravagesasthechildrenhavemadehere.
[73] Thewall-paper, asIsaidbefore, istornoffinspots, anditstickscloserthanabrother — theymusthavehadperseveranceaswellashatred.
[74] Thenthefloorisscratchedandgougedandsplintered, theplasteritselfisdugouthereandthere, andthisgreatheavybedwhichisallwefoundintheroom, looksasifithadbeenthroughthewars.
[75] ButIdon’tminditabit — onlythepaper.
[76] TherecomesJohn’, andsocarefulofme! Imustnotletherfindmewriting.
[77] Sheisaperfectandenthusiastichousekeeper, !
[78] ButIcanwritewhensheisout, andseeheralongwayofffromthesewindows.
[79] Thereisonethatcommandstheroad, alovelyshadedwindingroad, , too, fullofgreatelmsandvelvetmeadows.
[80] Thiswall-paperhasakindofsub-patterninadifferentshade, aparticularlyirritatingone, foryoucanonlyseeitincertainlights, andnotclearlythen.
[81] Butintheplaceswhereitisn’tfadedandwherethesunisjustso — Icanseeastrange, provoking, formlesssortoffigure, thatseemstoskulkaboutbehindthatsillyandconspicuousfrontdesign.
[82] There’ssisteronthestairs!
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