Yes, it was as richly brown as the darkest horse-chestnut you ever saw in a burstingbur!
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The open rosewood case, with its soft white lining, was the burstingbur; and within lay his beautiful Infant!
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Look at those curves, and that wonderful polish, like the richest brown of the very darkest horse-chestnut you ever saw in a burstingbur!
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The whole thing carried out exactly Ronnie's favourite description of his 'cello: "just like the darkest horse-chestnut you ever saw in a burstingbur."