crowded as it was with tables , benches , stools , kegs of beer , bundles of hides , a small handloom in one corner , a chiffonier-with a most incongruous chiming clock , adorned with cupids-in another , a bed against the wall , two settles by the hearth , a musket and two fowling pieces hung above the chimney breast , and various aprons and cloaks on pegs by the door , the presence of a sick goat was surprisingly inconsequential .