id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt oliphant-executor-1861 oliphant oliphant-executor-1861 1861 .txt text/plain 12907 680 81 With a sigh of general discontent Mr Brown pulled his bell violently, and had the fire made up, and asked for his tea. A parlour of very grim and homely aspect, furnished with dark mahogany and black haircloth, the blinds of the two windows solemnly drawn down, the shutters of one half-closed; two traditional decanters of wine standing reflected in the shining uncovered table; half-a-dozen people all in mourning, in various attitudes of surprise, disappointment, and displeasure; and close by one of the windows Mr Brown, the attorney, holding up to the light that extraordinary scrap of paper, which had fallen upon them all like a thunderbolt. cache/oliphant-executor-1861.txt txt/oliphant-executor-1861.txt