Curtains are rarely well disposed, or well chosen in respect to other decorations.
To keep silent before the
curtain went up was no hardship for him.
He heard a rustle behind him and a shadow appeared under the
curtain of the cot.
And with this, and a profound bow to his patrons, the Manager retires, and the
curtain rises.
But what think you of the plan of the
curtain, Barbara?
His hands were gripping the arms of the stall, his eyes were fixed upon the spot somewhere behind the
curtain where this sudden little drama had been played out, as though indeed they could pierce the heavy upholstery and see beyond into the room where the very air seemed quivering still with the vehemence of the woman's outpoured scorn.
A good deal of hammering went on before the
curtain rose again, but when it became evident what a masterpiece of stage carpentery had been got up, no one murmured at the delay.
The moment the
curtain went up, the light in the body of the house went down.
He was suspicious of the
curtain itself and observed it.
There was a Turkey carpet upon the floor which matched the
curtains, but to his surprise there was not a single chair of any sort to be seen.
All three were equally new, but numbers one and two were
curtained and sedate, with a human, sociable look to them; while number three, with yawning door and unkempt garden, had apparently only just received its furniture and made itself ready for its occupants.
When we arrived at the place, we found the shrine hidden from our view by a
curtain hung between two magnificent trees.