The Morrel Family.

           InaveryfewminutesthecountreachedNo.7intheRueMeslay.Thehousewasofwhitestone,andinasmallcourtbeforeitweretwosmallbedsfullofbeautifulflowers.IntheconciergethatopenedthegatethecountrecognizedCocles;butashehadbutoneeye,andthateyehadbecomesomewhatdiminthecourseofnineyears,Coclesdidnotrecognizethecount.Thecarriagesthatdroveuptothedoorwerecompelledtoturn,toavoidafountainthatplayedinabasinofrockworkanornamentthathadexcitedthejealousyofthewholequarter,andhadgainedfortheplacetheappellationof"TheLittleVersailles."Itisneedlesstoaddthatthereweregoldandsilverfishinthebasin.Thehouse,withkitchensandcellarsbelow,hadabovetheground-floor,twostoriesandattics.Thewholeoftheproperty,consistingofanimmenseworkshop,twopavilionsatthebottomofthegarden,andthegardenitself,hadbeenpurchasedbyEmmanuel,whohadseenataglancethathecouldmakeofitaprofitablespeculation.Hehadreservedthehouseandhalfthegarden,andbuildingawallbetweenthegardenandtheworkshops,hadletthemuponleasewiththepavilionsatthebottomofthegarden.Sothatforatriflingsumhewasaswelllodged,andasperfectlyshutoutfromobservation,astheinhabitantsofthefinestmansionintheFaubourgSt.Germain.Thebreakfast-roomwasfinishedinoak;thesaloninmahogany,andthefurnishingswereofbluevelvet;thebedroomwasincitronwoodandgreendamask.

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