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The Crofts at Kellynch Hall Written by MarianneR (10/21/2008 3:59 a.m.)

Oh, I do love the report of all the "improvements" the Crofts made at Kellynch. I don´t know where to start. Here are just a few:

Concerning the laundry-door - The wonder was, how any family upon earth could bear with the inconvenience of its opening as it did so long! Can you imagine Sir Walter E. going through the laundry-door? No wonder it was never mended...

Concerning the mirrors - Such a number of looking-glasses! oh Lord! there was no getting away from oneself. What would Sir Walter say if he knew his new tenant only needed a little shaving glass in one corner?

Concerning the breakfast-room chimney - it smokes a little, I grant you, but it is only when the wind is due north and blows hard, which may not happen three times a winter. Now this astonishes me most - how could Sir Walter live with a smoking chimney? Or did he sleep so long that he actually never used his breakfast-room? Any ideas?

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The Crofts at Kellynch Hall MarianneR (10/21/2008 3:59 a.m.)

Appearances and improvements... Mandy N (10/21/2008 5:52 p.m.)
- Smoking chimney... MarianneR (10/22/2008 2:58 a.m.)
  - What does it mean when the chimney smokes? JanELT (10/22/2008 12:34 p.m.)
    - Yes, some smoke comes into the room Susan Elizabeth (10/22/2008 4:24 p.m.)
      - It might need more than cleaning   Susan Elizabeth (10/23/2008 3:23 p.m.)
        
        How funny   Patricia P (10/24/2008 1:43 p.m.)
        
        Well Great minds think alike :) !nfm   Susan Elizabeth (10/24/2008 9:32 p.m.)
      - Was the Adm saying that Sir Walter hadn't maintained the house?   JanELT (10/22/2008 8:22 p.m.)
        
        I dont think so.   Patricia P (10/23/2008 1:09 p.m.)
        
        Well said! ;o) *nfm*   MarianneR (10/24/2008 3:25 a.m.)
        
        "Have no fault at all to find with the place"   Graciela (10/22/2008 9:25 p.m.)
        
        As an Admiral,   nan duval (10/25/2008 3:12 p.m.)
        
        Oh yes   Patricia P (10/25/2008 11:33 p.m.)
- To think that after he'd taken mirrors to Bath... JanELT (10/21/2008 10:11 p.m.)
Sir Walter's mirrors, and his vanity! Cathy Allen (10/21/2008 1:10 p.m.)
- I suppose that Sir Walter would bath with cold water ... Graciela (10/21/2008 2:13 p.m.)
What a candid man! Anna Ruby (10/21/2008 9:05 a.m.)
Looking-glasses et al Rose G (10/21/2008 8:27 a.m.)

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