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Excerpt from Expiation
Now, however, there was a change. Mr. Elliot's agent, who had held nominal possession of the place, marshaled a small army of workmen and work women, and in an incredibly short space of time it was swept and garnished and made ready for its new owner. Shrubbery was trimmed, paths were freshly graveled, the lawn - green yet, although it was late in October - was freshly shaven, and all the rubbish that had accumulated through years of neglect was care fully removed. Paint had been cleaned, windows brightened, the new carpets that had been sent from the city had been laid down, and the old furniture, that had gone with the house, had been uncovered and rearranged.
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