They are known.

They have been illustrated in a magazine of decorative art in Paris.

And that dining-room through that door, with all the silver on the table, would you not think a fete had been prepared ?" "Baron," said Madame Gorka, "look at this material; it is of the eighteenth century, is it not ?" "Baron," asked Madame Maitland, "is this cup with the lid old Vienna or Capadimonte ?" "Baron," said Florent Chapron, "is this armor of Florentine or Milanese workmanship ?" The eyeglass was raised to the Baron's thin nose, his small eyes glittered, his lips were pursed up, and he replied, in words as exact as if he had studied all the details of the catalogue verbatim.

Their thanks were soon followed by many other questions, in which two voices alone did not join, that of Alba Steno and that of Dorsenne.

Under any other circumstances, the latter would have tried to dissipate the increasing sadness of the young girl, who said no more to him after he repulsed her amicable anxiety.