. Life in the Tuileries under the second empire. UNDER THE SECOND EMPIRE 17 one of the most distinguished men in appearancethat I had ever seen, whose eagle eye and aquilineprofile recalled the Duke of Wellington. There wasno time for conversation, the folding-doors beingthrown open and dinner announced. The large, handsome dining-room, where the nu-merous members of the family took their seats, theservants, in and out of livery, the display of plate,and all the ceremony of a formal dinner party,although no strangers were present, made me feelmore than ever like a poor little sparrow which had
. Life in the Tuileries under the second empire. UNDER THE SECOND EMPIRE 17 one of the most distinguished men in appearancethat I had ever seen, whose eagle eye and aquilineprofile recalled the Duke of Wellington. There wasno time for conversation, the folding-doors beingthrown open and dinner announced. The large, handsome dining-room, where the nu-merous members of the family took their seats, theservants, in and out of livery, the display of plate,and all the ceremony of a formal dinner party,although no strangers were present, made me feelmore than ever like a poor little sparrow which hadstrayed alone into an aviary of tropical birds. Con-versation was general and very animated. I wasseated next the (Princesse) Comtesse de Tascher, whofrom time to time spoke to me kindly, and urgedme to partake of the dishes handed round. Whenthe dinner was concluded, every one rose andmoved to the door, where they stood in two lines,while the Durchlaucht passed out first, the othersfollowing her in couples, my pupils coming last. Iwas then all
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