ABSTRACT
Mrs. Sedley was discovered in the cold shadows of the morning-room which she had chosen for her special domain. It faced north, was severely furnished, and colour apparently had not been invented at the time of its upholstering. She was dressed in black, with dead white folds of muslin at the throat and wrists. Once she had been persuaded to order a gown of stone-colour, which she scarcely ever wore, on the ground that it was too gay for her.
