She approached and saw thelikeness of Mr. Wickham, suspended, amongst several other miniatures,over the mantelpiece.
Reynolds, pointing to another of the miniatures,"is my master--and very like him.
This room was my latemaster's favourite room, and these miniatures are just as they used tobe then.
Everything wasso beautiful! The lawn in front, the garden behind, the miniatureconservatory, the dining-room, the drawing-room, the bedrooms,the smoking-room, and, above all, the study, with its pictures andeasy-chairs, and odd cabinets, and queer tables, and books out ofnumber, with a large cheerful window opening upon a pleasant lawn andcommanding a pretty landscape, dotted here and there with little housesalmost hidden by the trees; and then the curtains, and the carpets, andthe chairs, and the sofas! Everything was so beautiful, so compact, soneat, and in such exquisite taste, said everybody, that there really wasno deciding what to admire most.