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us pass on. This suite runs to a greater extent than I had imagined;
it is many years since I was in them. But where is the bed-room you
speak of, Ludovico?--these are only anti-chambers to the great
drawing-room. I remember them in their splendour!'
'The bed, my Lord,' replied Ludovico, 'they told me, was in a room
that opens beyond the saloon, and terminates the suite.'
'O, here is the saloon,' said the Count, as they entered the spacious
apartment, in which Emily and Dorothee had rested. He here stood for
a moment, surveying the reliques of faded grandeur, which it
exhibited--the sumptuous tapestry--the long and low sophas of velvet,
with frames heavily carved and gilded--the floor inlaid with small
squares of fine marble, and covered in the centre with a piece of
very rich tapestry-work--the casements of painted glass, and the
large Venetian mirrors, of a size and quality, such as at that period
France could not make, which reflected, on every side, the spacious
apartment. These had formerly also reflected a gay and brilliant
scene, for this had been the state-room of the chateau, and here the
Marchioness had held the assemblies, that made part of the
festivities of her nuptials.
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