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Book, page 111 / 260 "Er--but tell us about the new home," interrupted Mr. Smith quickly, "and the fine new furnishings." "Why, there isn't much to tell yet--about the furnishings, I mean. I haven't got them yet. But I can tell you what I'm GOING to have." Mrs. Hattie settled herself more comfortably, and began to look happy again. "As I was saying to Maggie, when you came in, I shall get almost everything new--for the rooms that show, I mean,--for, of course, my old things won't do at all. And I'm thinking of the pictures. I want oil paintings, of course, in gilt frames." She glanced a little disdainfully at the oak-framed prints on Miss Maggie's walls. "Going in for old masters, maybe," suggested Mr. Duff, with a sarcasm that fell pointless at Mrs. Hattie's feet. "Old masters?" "Yes--oil paintings." "Certainly not." Her chin came up a little. "I'm going to have anything old in my house--where it can be seen--For once I'm going to have NEW things--all new things. You have to make a show or you won't be recognized by the best people." "But, Hattie, my dear," began Miss Maggie, flushing a little, and carefully avoiding Mr. Smith's eyes, "old masters are--are very valuable, and--" "I don't care if they are," retorted Mrs. Hattie, with decision. "If they're old, I don't want them, and that settles it. I'm going to have velvet carpets and the handsomest lace curtains that I can find; and I'm going to have some of those gold chairs, like the Pennocks have, only nicer. Theirs are awfully dull, some of them. And I'm going to buy--" "Humph! Pity you can't buy a little common sense--somewhere!" snarled old man Duff, getting stiffly to his feet. "You'll need it, to swing all that style."
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