On the washstand Sara placed a quaint old basin and ewer which had been Grandma Sheldon 's . Ray had fixed up the table as good as new ; Sara had polished the brass claws , and on the table she put the brass tray , two candlesticks , and snuffers which had been long stowed away in the kitchen loft . The dressing table and swing mirror , with its scroll frame of tarnished gilt , was in the window corner , and opposite it was the old chest of drawers . The cupboard was set up in a corner , and beside it stood the spinning-wheel from the kitchen loft . The big grandfather clock , which had always stood in the hall below was carried up , and two platters of blue willow-ware were set up over the mantel . Above them was hung the faded sampler that Grandma Sheldon had worked ninety years ago when she was a little girl . `` Do you know , '' said Sara , when they stood in the middle of the room and surveyed the result , `` I expected to have a good laugh over this , but it does n't look funny after all . The things all seem to suit each other , some way , and they look good , do n't they ? I mean they look real , clear through . I believe that table and those drawers are solid mahogany . And look at the carving on those bedposts . Cleaning them has made such a difference . I do hope Aunt Josephina wo n't mind their being so old . '' Aunt Josephina did n't . She was very philosophical about it when Sara explained that Cousin Caroline had the spare room , and the blue north room was all they had left . `` Oh , it will be all right , '' she said , plainly determined to make the best of things . `` Those old things are thought a lot of now , anyhow . I ca n't say I fancy them much myself -- I like something a little brighter . But the rich folks have gone cracked over them . I know a woman in Boston that 's got her whole house furnished with old truck , and as soon as she hears of any old furniture anywhere she 's not contented till she 's got it .
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