No, they should go to the hall--that had been modernized since the Baroness was last there.

The old chimney-piece with carved ornaments was removed, and a pretty porcelain stove had taken its place.

The walls were covered with new paper from Paris.

You could there contemplate all the public buildings of that city,--Notre Dame, Saint Sulpice, and the Tuileries.

Long red curtains, thrown over gilt rods, hung above the high windows.