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Gaunt House

           ForthepresentLordSteynelivesatNaples,preferringtheviewoftheBayandCapriandVesuviustothedrearyaspectofthewallinGauntSquare.

           AfewscoreyardsdownNewGauntStreet,andleadingintoGauntMewsindeed,isalittlemodestbackdoor,whichyouwouldnotremarkfromthatofanyoftheotherstables.Butmanyalittleclosecarriagehasstoppedatthatdoor,asmyinformant(littleTomEaves,whoknowseverything,andwhoshowedmetheplace)toldme."ThePrinceandPerditahavebeeninandoutofthatdoor,sir,"hehadoftentoldme;"MarianneClarkehasentereditwiththeDukeof———.ItconductstothefamouspetitsappartementsofLordSteyneone,sir,fittedupallinivoryandwhitesatin,anotherinebonyandblackvelvet;thereisalittlebanqueting-roomtakenfromSallust’shouseatPompeii,andpaintedbyCoswayalittleprivatekitchen,inwhicheverysaucepanwassilverandallthespitsweregold.ItwastherethatEgaliteOrleansroastedpartridgesonthenightwhenheandtheMarquisofSteynewonahundredthousandfromagreatpersonageatombre.HalfofthemoneywenttotheFrenchRevolution,halftopurchaseLordGaunt’sMarquisateandGarterandtheremainder—"butitformsnopartofourschemetotellwhatbecameoftheremainder,foreveryshillingofwhich,andagreatdealmore,littleTomEaves,whoknowseverybody’saffairs,isreadytoaccount.

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