4:19
said Tom ; `` the Lord help ye ! '' The Stratagem `` The way of the wicked is as darkness ; he knoweth not at what he stumbleth . '' * * Prov . 4:19 . The garret of the house that Legree occupied , like most other garrets , was a great , desolate space , dusty , hung with cobwebs , and littered with cast-off lumber . The opulent family that had inhabited the house in the days of its splendor had imported a great deal of splendid furniture , some of which they had taken away with them , while some remained standing desolate in mouldering , unoccupied rooms , or stored away in this place . One or two immense packing-boxes , in which this furniture was brought , stood against the sides of the garret .