Excerpt from The Passing of the Third Floor Back: An Idle Fancy, in a Prologue, a Play, and an Epilogue

The first floor front of 13, Bloomsbury Place, London, W.C. The furniture is of the Early Victorian or horsehair period. A worn Brussels carpet covers the floor. A large round table occupies the centre of the room. The high bay windows, looking out upon the street, are draped with red curtains, between them stands a small desk. Against the wall at back, on old-fashioned cottage piano, and a sideboard. From the wall to the right of the audience large folding doors lead into the dining-room. Two easy-chairs face the fire, which is supposed to be in front: a dull red glow spreads itself across the room. The door at back opens into the passage. Opposite to it is the front door, surmounted by a "fanlight:" and beyond, the ever-misty square, leafless in winter dreariness.

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