CHAPTER XV.
"What day so sacred, which no guilt profanes,
No secret fraud, no open rapine stains?"
Having attained the object of her wishes, Mrs. De Brooke lost no time in making every arrangement in her power towards rendering her new abode as convenient as its circumscribed limits would admit. The chamber which they had taken was soon in a condition to be occupied, even by its present inhabitants, without absolute disgust to its mistress,—from relative considerations more tolerable and delectable than a royal abode where home was wanting.
The apartment overlooking the court being destined for a sitting-room, its bedroom furniture was presently conveyed to the other, which, with the addition of a few more necessary articles, procured through the activity of Robert, soon gave to the chamber an appearance of positive comfort. The other in like manner underwent a similar change; the boarded table and wicker chairs were replaced by a Pembroke and neat japan elbow ones, and a
