all her clocks , which responded to her presence by resuming their count of minutes and hours ; her many bureaus full of things that had just re-lined themselves up , their pulls still clapping from the return to proper position ; her countless knives that were now once again facing point-first to the south ; and her most important possession-the most priceless thing of all , in spite of its ugly state of decay-her mirror , was right where she had left it in the far corner .