rheumatic old ladies had not to struggle in an undignified manner inorder to get to their feet. The seats of the chairs did not, as in so many modernhigh-priced armchairs, stop halfway between the high and the knee, thereby inflictingagony on those suffering from arthritis and sciatica; and they were not all of a pattern.There were straight backs and reclining backs, different widths to accommodate the slenderand the obese. People of almost any dimension could find a comfortable chair at Bertram's.
Since it was now the tea hour, the lounge hall wasfull. Not that the lounge hall was the only place where you could have tea. There was adrawing-room (chintz), a smoking-room, (by some hidden influence reserved for gentlemenonly) where vast chairs were of
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