thered been little change to the room since she last saw it thirty years agothe enormous bookcase , the cabinet devoted to livestock and equestrian trophies , the photographs , the blue and white chinese vase that held the riding crops , the roll-top desk , the antique sideboard , the solid upright-piano at which she 'd learnt the rudiments of music , even a hopscotch layout chalked on the carpet as so often in her childhood .