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chairs were of darkly polished old mahogany。 Out of these deep surrounding shades rose high； and glared white； the piled…up mattresses and pillows of the bed； spread with a snowy Marseilles counterpane。 Scarcely less prominent was an ample cushioned easy…chair near the head of the bed； also white； with a footstool before it； and looking； as I thought； like a pale throne。
This room was chill； because it seldom had a fire； it was silent； because remote from the nursery and kitchen； solemn； because it was known to be so seldom entered。 The house…maid alone came here on Saturdays； to wipe from the mirrors and the furniture a rs。 Reed herself； at far intervals； visited it to review the contents of a certain secret drawer in the wardrobe； where were stored divers parchments； her jewel…casket； and a miniature of her deceased husband； and in those last words lies the secret of the red…room—the spell which kept it so lonely in spite of its grandeur。
Mr。 Reed had been dead nine years： it was in this chamber he breathed his last； here he lay in state； hence his coffin was borne by the undertaker’s men； and； since that day； a sense of dreary consecration had guarded it from frequent intrusion。
My seat； to which Bessie and the bitter Miss Abbot had left me riveted； was a low ottoman near the marble chimney…piece； the bed rose before me； to my right hand there was the high； dark wardrobe； with subdued； broken reflections varying the gloss of its panels； to my left
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