asked Sara disbelievingly . `` I 've been poking about in the garret and in the carriage house loft , '' said Ray , `` and I 've found furniture galore . It 's very old and cobwebby -- witness my appearance -- and very much in want of scrubbing and a few nails . But it will do . '' `` I 'd forgotten about those old things , '' said Sara slowly . `` They 've never been used since I can remember , and long before . They were discarded before Mother came here . But I thought they were all broken and quite useless . '' `` Not at all . I believe we can furbish them up sufficiently to make the room habitable . It will be rather old-fashioned , but then it 's Hobson 's choice . There are the pieces of an old bed out in the loft , and they can be put together . There 's an old corner cupboard out there too , with leaded glass doors , two old solid wooden armchairs , and a funny old chest of drawers with a writing desk in place of the top drawer , all full of yellow old letters and trash . I found it under a pile of old carpet . Then there 's a washstand , and also a towel rack up in the garret , and the funniest old table with three claw legs , and a tippy top . One leg is broken off , but I hunted around and found it , and I guess we can fix it on . And there are two more old chairs and a queer little oval table with a cracked swing mirror on it . '' `` I have it , '' exclaimed Sara , with a burst of inspiration , `` let us fix up a real old-fashioned room for Aunt Josephina . It wo n't do to put anything modern with those old things . One would kill the other .
I 'll put Mother 's rag carpet down XXXXX it , and the four braided mats Grandma Sheldon gave me , and the old brass candlestick and the Irish chain coverlet .
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