on beauty.....

ok, so i really like this passage....the beginning of chapter 3....A tall, garnet colored building in the New Enlgand style, the Belsey residence roams over 4 creaky floors. The date of its construction (1856) is patterned in tile above the front door, and the windows retain their mottled green glass, spreading a dreamy pasture on the floorboards whenever strong light passes through them. They are not original, these windows, but replacements, the originals being too precious to be used as windows. Heavily insured, they are kept in a large safe in the basement. A significant portion of the value of the Belsey house resides in windows that nobody may look in or open. .......i am really enjoying this book......it has that page-turner quality.....