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suggestion of dentist's " parlour," which still 

 further depresses the visitor's spirits. The view 

 from the windows is harmless enough, consisting 

 of a few stable-roofs and a chimney or two, but 

 the very existence of such a terrible thing as 



a mews is apparently considered so indecent that 

 it must be concealed by the presence of opaque 

 panes of ground glass, casting a blight upon every 

 room which they adorn. 



" Would you care to see the basement ?" the 

 caretaker now wearily inquires, to which the 



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