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The parlor in Cornelius Doyle's house. It communicates with the / garden by a half glazed door. The fireplace is at the other side / of the room, opposite the door and windows, the architect not / having been sensitive to draughts. The table, rescued from the / garden, is in the middle; and at it sits Keegan, the central / figure in a rather crowded apartment.
Nora, sitting with her back to the fire at the end of the table, / is playing backgammon across its corner with him, on his left / hand. Aunt Judy, a little further back, sits facing the fire / knitting, with her feet on the fender. A little to Keegan's / right, in front of the table, and almost sitting on it, is Barney / Doran. Half a dozen friends of his, all men, are between him and / the open door, supported by others outside. In the corner behind / them is the sofa, of mahogany and horsehair, made up as a bed for / Broadbent. Against the wall behind Keegan stands a mahogany / sideboard. A door leading to the interior of the house is near / the fireplace, behind Aunt Judy. There are chairs against the / wall, one at each end of the sideboard. Keegan's hat is on the / one nearest the inner door; and his stick is leaning against it. / A third chair, also against the wall, is near the garden door.