... seemed on the point of bursting with an excess of dignity. These were the chief incidents of the winter, though there were many others of less consequence that served to keep the boys in a delightful ... flowered-chintz curtains and mountainous eiderdown coverings which swelled up toward the ceiling. In the middle of the wall, opposite the windows, a big iron stove, like the one in the sitting-room ... congregate in large numbers at such places, assisting or annoying the watchers, riding on the logs, or teasing the girls who stand up on the hillside, admiring the daring feats of the lumbermen....