The door by which Dick had centered was to the left of the fireplace.

On the wall at the farther end of the room, opposite both door and fireplace, hung an immense mirror in a massive gilt frame.
On the floor in the centre of the room lay Ronnie, unconscious, on his back.

The chair upon which he had been sitting and which had gone over backwards with him, lay broken beneath him.

His 'cello rested on his chest.

He gripped it there, with both his hands.