THE GREY ROOMTHE GREY ROOMby Eden Phillpotts1- Page 2-THE GREY ROOMCHAPTER ITHE HOUSE PARTYThe piers of the main entrance of Chadlands were of red brick, andupon each reposed a mighty sphere of grey granite. Behind themstretched away the park, where forest trees, nearly shorn of their leaves atthe edge of winter, still answered the setting sun with fires of thinningfoliage. They sank away through stretches of brake fern, and alreadyamid their trunks arose a thin, blue haze - breath of earth made visible bycoming cold. There was frost in the air, and the sickle of a new moon hung...
