My "best" room, however, my withdrawing room, always ready for company… — Walden

Walden — Henry David Thoreau

My "best" room, however, my withdrawing room, always ready for company, on whose carpet the sun rarely fell, was the pine wood behind my house. Thither in summer days, when distinguished guests came, I took them, and a priceless domestic swept the floor and dusted the furniture and kept the things in order.

Place: ¶265
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