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Chapter 10 - (VERSO)

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little old maid, Olivia Sterling.

Aunt Olivia’s parlor was much like herself – painfully neat. Every article of furniture stood in exactly the same place it had always stood. Nothing was ever suffered to be disturbed. The tassels of the crazy cushion lay just so over the arm of the sofa, and the crochet antimacassar was always spread at precisely the same angle over the horsehair rocking chair. No speck of dust was ever visible; no fly ever invaded that sacred apartment.

Aunt Olivia pulled up a blind, to let in what light could sift finely through the vine leaves, and sat down in a high-backed old


TEXT ANNOTATION

From "Aunt Olivia's Beau."

TEXT ANNOTATION

"antimacassar": A decorative, often lacy, piece of fabric draped over the back or arms of furniture to protect from soil, particularly hair tonics and hair oils. From "macassar oil," the trade name of a hair tonic advertised in the early 19(begin superscript)th(end superscript) century as being from the Macassar region of Indonesia.