Although the room was spic and span, thick dust coated the floor and would have revealed clear tracks if anybody had gone into the room. The boxes—some full of old clothing, others containing broken odds and ends, all carefully labeled—sat in mournful silence in the low light from the dust-streaked window, with no expectation of being disturbed.
This is *not* ‘spic and span’. This is the exact opposite… 🤔
