Ghosts.

           Atfirstsight,theexteriorofthehouseatAuteuilgavenoindicationsofsplendor,nothingonewouldexpectfromthedestinedresidenceofthemagnificentCountofMonteCristo;butthissimplicitywasaccordingtothewillofitsmaster,whopositivelyorderednothingtobealteredoutside.Thesplendorwaswithin.Indeed,almostbeforethedooropened,thescenechanged.M.Bertucciohadoutdonehimselfinthetastedisplayedinfurnishing,andintherapiditywithwhichitwasexecuted.ItistoldthattheDucd’AntinremovedinasinglenightawholeavenueoftreesthatannoyedLouisXIV.;inthreedaysM.Bertuccioplantedanentirelybarecourtwithpoplars,largespreadingsycamorestoshadethedifferentpartsofthehouse,andintheforeground,insteadoftheusualpaving-stones,halfhiddenbythegrass,thereextendedalawnbutthatmorninglaiddown,anduponwhichthewaterwasyetglistening.Fortherest,theordershadbeenissuedbythecount;hehimselfhadgivenaplantoBertuccio,markingthespotwhereeachtreewastobeplanted,andtheshapeandextentofthelawnwhichwastotaketheplaceofthepaving-stones.Thusthehousehadbecomeunrecognizable,andBertucciohimselfdeclaredthathescarcelyknewit,encircledasitwasbyaframeworkoftrees.Theoverseerwouldnothaveobjected,whilehewasaboutit,tohavemadesomeimprovementsinthegarden,butthecounthadpositivelyforbiddenittobetouched.Bertucciomadeamends,however,byloadingtheante-chambers,staircases,andmantle-pieceswithflowers.

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