Mentone, Cairo and Corfu . , ormolu clocks, wreathsof painted roses, fat Cupids, and only trace of home life in all the shining vistawas a little picture of the present Prince, taken whenhe was a baby, a life-like, chubby little fellow, smilingunconcernedly out on all this cold splendor. It wasamusing to see how we women gathered around thislittle face, with a sort of involuntary comfort. In the Salle Grimaldi there was a vast chimney-pieceof one block of marble covered with carved devices. In the room where the Duke of York died there 126 was a broad bed on a platform, c
Mentone, Cairo and Corfu . , ormolu clocks, wreathsof painted roses, fat Cupids, and only trace of home life in all the shining vistawas a little picture of the present Prince, taken whenhe was a baby, a life-like, chubby little fellow, smilingunconcernedly out on all this cold splendor. It wasamusing to see how we women gathered around thislittle face, with a sort of involuntary comfort. In the Salle Grimaldi there was a vast chimney-pieceof one block of marble covered with carved devices. In the room where the Duke of York died there 126 was a broad bed on a platform, curtained and canopiedwith heavy damask, and surrounded by a gilded stood looking at this structure in silence. It is very impressive, murmured Mrs. Trescott atlast. Then, with a long reminiscent sigh, as if she hadbeen present and chief mourner on the occasion, sheadded: There is nothing more inscrutable than thefeet of the flying hours : they are winged !—winged ! On the whole, said Janet, as we went down the. THE SALLE GRIMALDI, IN THE PALACE, MONACO 127 marble steps towards the army— on the whole, taking-it as a palace, I am disappointed. What did you expect? said Verney. Oh, all the age of chivalry, she answered, smiling. The so-called age of chivalry— began the Profess-or ; but he never finished; because, by some unex-pected adjustment of places, he found himself in thephaeton with Baker, and that adventurous youth drovehim over to Monte Carlo at such a speed that he couldonly close his eyes and hold on. The Casino of Monte Carlo is now the most impor-tant part of the principality of Monaco; instead of be-ing subordinate to the palace, the latter has become butan appendage to the modern splendor across the Carlo occupies a site as beautiful as any in theworld. In front the blue sea laves its lovely garden;on the east the soft coast-line of Italy stretches awayin the distance; on the west is the bold curving rockof Monaco, with its castle and port
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