He had an enormous window
cut, that filled almost the whole of one side of the room, and which
looked out upon a beautiful view, especially at sunset.
Then the furnishings were chosen for comfort and ease as well as
preserving the dignified effect that should belong to a library. The book
cases were filled with the books already owned by the two and new ones
were chosen and bought by degrees as they were desired or needed.
The reference portion was complete and the cases devoted to poetry and
essays well filled. Fiction, too, of the lasting kind, and delightful
books of travel, biography and humour.
There were reading chairs, arranged near windows and with handy tables;
there were desks, perfectly appointed; racks of new books and magazines;
portfolios of pictures, and cosy window seats and _tete-a-tetes_.
There were a few fine pictures, and many little intimate sketches by
worth-while pencils or brushes. And there were treasured books, valuable
intrinsically or because of their inscriptions, that Farnsworth had
collected here and there.
Small wonder, then, that the library was the favourite room in the house
and that after dinner Patty proposed they go there for their coffee.
"Some room!" ejaculated Chick Channing, as they sauntered in and stood
about, gazing at the wealth of books.
"Glorious!" agreed Mona, who had a mere pretence of a library in her own
home.
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