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She walked away toward another door, which was masked with a curtain that she lifted.

CONFIDENCEHENRY JAMES

Mr. Jones swung round a large iron key he held in his hand, and light dawned upon him.

ELSTER'S FOLLYMRS. HENRY WOOD

I seized the opportunity to watch what I supposed would be a most interesting interview, from behind a curtain.

Now, the whole Northwest groaned beneath a cast-iron prohibition law at that time, and for some years thereafter.

RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIR

She was in a dream of oily odours and monstrous iron constructions, dominated by the grand foreman: and Edwin was in the dream.

The baron turned full upon him, and leaned his shoulders against the iron door of the recess.

CHECKMATEJOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU

She thrust a bare, white arm from the curtain which shielded her open door, and received the cup from his hands.

The churchyard was partly surrounded by houses, and in 1781 "iron pallisadoes" were affixed to the wall.

SHOWELL'S DICTIONARY OF BIRMINGHAMTHOMAS T. HARMAN AND WALTER SHOWELL

As the hopeless wish passed through his soul, the iron entered with it, but did not pass away.

We haven't even seen a review of the piece; the footlights go up with a jump, and now the curtain rises.

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OCTOBER 26, 1985