... over the little barrier of day which interposed between Monday morning and this rather subdued moment, and played with the things one does voluntarily and normally in the daylight But although she ... streets and in and out of traffic and foot-passengers, this drawing-room seemed very remote and still; and the faces of the elderly people were mellowed, at some distance from each other, and had ... different spots, lights sprang here and there, and revealed a square mass of red -and- gold books, and then a long skirt in blue -and- white paint lustrous behind glass, and then a mahogany writing-table,...