A new chapter in a novel is something like a new scene in a play; and when I draw up the curtain this time, reader, you must fancy you see a room in the George Inn at Millcote, with such large figured papering on the walls as inn rooms have; such a carpet, such furniture, such ornaments on the mantelpiece, such prints, including a portrait of George the Third, and another of the Prince of Wales, and a representation of the death of Wolfe.
Nel momento in cui si alza il sipario, figuratevi di aver davanti una camera dell'albergo Giorgio a Millcote. Le mura sono coperte di una carta istoriata, il tappeto, i mobili, la guernizione del caminetto sono simili a quelli di tutti gli alberghi.