Финансист

Chapter X

           WhenhesuggestedtheyoungmantoLillian,sheplacidlyagreedwithhimandalsowithhisownideasofhowthehousecouldberevised.

           SowhiletheyweregoneontheirhoneymoonEllsworthbegantherevisiononanestimatedcostofthreethousanddollars,includingthefurniture.Itwasnotcompletedfornearlythreeweeksaftertheirreturn;butwhenfinishedmadeacomparativelynewhouse.Thedining-roombayhunglowoverthegrass,asFrankwished,andthewindowswerediamond-panedandleaded,swiveledonbrassrods.Theparloranddining-roomwereseparatedbyslidingdoors;buttheintentionwastohanginthisopeningasilkhangingdepictingaweddingsceneinNormandy.OldEnglishoakwasusedinthedining-room,anAmericanimitationofChippendaleandSheratonforthesitting-roomandthebedrooms.Therewereafewsimplewater-colorshunghereandthere,somebronzesofHosmerandPowers,amarblevenusbyPotter,anowforgottensculptor,andotherobjectsofartnothingofanydistinction.Pleasing,appropriatelycoloredrugscoveredthefloor.Mrs.CowperwoodwasshockedbythenudityoftheVenuswhichconveyedanatmosphereofEuropeanfreedomnotcommontoAmerica;butshesaidnothing.Itwasallharmoniousandsoothing,andshedidnotfeelherselfcapabletojudge.Frankknewaboutthesethingssomuchbetterthanshedid.Thenwithamaidandamanofallworkinstalled,aprogramofentertainingwasbegunonasmallscale.

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