. Castles and chateaux of old Touraine and the Loire country. Chenonceaux 179 Long Gallery — was intended as a banquet-ing-hall, and possessed four great full-lengthwindows on either side looking up and downstream, from which, was seen — and is to-day. — an outlook as magnificently idyllic as is pos-sible to conceive. Jean Goujon had designedfor the ceiling one of those wonder-works forwhich he was famous, but if the complete planwas ever carried out, it has disappeared, foronly a tiny sketch of the whole scheme remainsto-day. 180 Old Touraine and the Loire Country Catherine came in the early
. Castles and chateaux of old Touraine and the Loire country. Chenonceaux 179 Long Gallery — was intended as a banquet-ing-hall, and possessed four great full-lengthwindows on either side looking up and downstream, from which, was seen — and is to-day. — an outlook as magnificently idyllic as is pos-sible to conceive. Jean Goujon had designedfor the ceiling one of those wonder-works forwhich he was famous, but if the complete planwas ever carried out, it has disappeared, foronly a tiny sketch of the whole scheme remainsto-day. 180 Old Touraine and the Loire Country Catherine came in the early summer to takepossession of her long-coveted domain. Beinga skilful horsewoman, she came on horseback,accompanied by a petite bande of femininecharmers destined to wheedle political secretsfrom friends and enemies alike, — a real es-cadron volant de la reine, as it was called bya contemporary. It was a gallant company that assembled hereat this time, — the young King Charles IX.,the Due de Guise, and two cardinals mountedon mules, — Lorraine, a true Guise, andDEste, newly arrived from Italy, and accom-panied by the poet Tasso, wearing a gabar-dine and a hood of satin. Catherine showedthe Italian great favour, as was due a country-man, b
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