code: def read_cell(self, x, y):
          
          cell = self._sheet.row(x)[y]
          if self._file.xf_list[
              cell.xf_index].background.pattern_colour_index == 64:
              self._file.xf_list[
                  cell.xf_index].background.pattern_colour_index = 9
          if self._file.xf_list[
              cell.xf_index].background.pattern_colour_index in self.colors.keys():
              style = self.colors[self._file.xf_list[
                  cell.xf_index].background.pattern_colour_index]
          else:
              style = self.xlwt.easyxf(
                  'pattern: pattern solid; border: top thin, right thin, bottom thin, left thin;')
              style.pattern.pattern_fore_colour = self._file.xf_list[
                  cell.xf_index].background.pattern_colour_index
              self.colors[self._file.xf_list[
                  cell.xf_index].background.pattern_colour_index] = style
          style.font.name = self._file.font_list[
              self._file.xf_list[cell.xf_index].font_index].name
          style.font.bold = self._file.font_list[
              self._file.xf_list[cell.xf_index].font_index].bold
          if isinstance(self.header[y], tuple):
              header = self.header[y][0]
          else:
              header = self.header[y]
          if self.strip:
              if is_str_or_unicode(cell.value):
                  cell.value = cell.value.strip()
          if self.style:
              return {header: (cell.value, style)}
          else:
              return {header: cell.value}
docs: reads the cell at position x and y; puts the default styles in xlwt