Maxioms by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
 The morning was as dark and cold as city snow could make it--a 
dingy whirl at the window; a read more 
 The morning was as dark and cold as city snow could make it--a 
dingy whirl at the window; a smoky gust through the fire-place; a 
shadow black as a bear's cave under the table. Nothing in all 
the cavernous room, loomed really warm or familiar except a glass 
of stale water, and a vapid, half-eaten grape-fruit.