Hedda Gabler

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A spacious, handsome, and tastefully furnished drawing room,

decorated in dark colours. In the back, a wide doorway with

curtains drawn back, leading into a smaller room decorated

in the same style as the drawing-room. In the right-hand

wall of the front room, a folding door leading out to the

hall. In the opposite wall, on the left, a glass door, also

with curtains drawn back. Through the panes can be seen

part of a verandah outside, and trees covered with autumn

foliage. An oval table, with a cover on it, and surrounded

by chairs, stands well forward. In front, by the wall on

the right, a wide stove of dark porcelain, a high-backed

arm-chair, a cushioned foot-rest, and two footstools. A

settee, with a small round table in front of it, fills the

upper right-hand corner. In front, on the left, a little

way from the wall, a sofa. Further back than the glass

door, a piano. On either side of the doorway at the back

a whatnot with terra-cotta and majolica ornaments.?

Against the back wall of the inner room a sofa, with a

table, and one or two chairs. Over the sofa hangs the

portrait of a handsome elderly man in a General's uniform.

Over the table a hanging lamp, with an opal glass shade.?A

number of bouquets are arranged about the drawing-room, in

vases and glasses. Others lie upon the tables. The floors

in both rooms are covered with thick carpets.?Morning light.

The sun shines in through the glass door.