Outing . fascinating suitewe have ever seen in any public or privatehouse. When I was told the price for ourparty, I could readily understand how theproprietor had been able to furnish thehouse throughout with the exquisite andclassic furniture and rare engravings whichhad been from time to time bought fromthe palace. It would be a sweet thing tosleep in a bed which has been occupied bythe great Napoleon and which is sur-mounted with the panoply of state; itwould be a desirable thing to bathe ina bowl and use water from a pitcherwhich had been used by the EmpressJosephine; it would be interest
Outing . fascinating suitewe have ever seen in any public or privatehouse. When I was told the price for ourparty, I could readily understand how theproprietor had been able to furnish thehouse throughout with the exquisite andclassic furniture and rare engravings whichhad been from time to time bought fromthe palace. It would be a sweet thing tosleep in a bed which has been occupied bythe great Napoleon and which is sur-mounted with the panoply of state; itwould be a desirable thing to bathe ina bowl and use water from a pitcherwhich had been used by the EmpressJosephine; it would be interesting to sitin front of the window looking out onthe palace in the chair often occupied byNapoleons Chief of Council—but thesethings come too high for an Americanbusiness man on an automobile trip, and Iconcluded that sixty dollars a night mightbe considered a trifle expensive for suchaccommodations. I, therefore, suggestedto the manager, in my politest and whatmy wife calls my best style, that while the. Steep and narrow are the streets leading down to the se^.
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