The door had glass panes in it, you know, just like a window.

It made the relations so intimate with people only a few feet away." "Naturally," I cried, "I don't wonder you wanted to shut them off if you could." Then with a sudden access of interest which I vainly tried to hide, I thought of the closets and said with a smile, "The closets were for china, I suppose; old families have so much china." Miss Charity nodded, complacency in every feature; but Miss Thankful thought it more decorous to seem to be indifferent in this matter.
"Yes, china; old pieces, not very valuable.

We gave what we had of worth to our sister when she married.

We keep other things there, too, but they are not important.

We seldom go to those closets now, so we don't mind the darkness." "I--I dote on old china," I exclaimed, carefully restraining myself from appearing unduly curious.