The furniture of the apartment in which he sat presented odd and striking contrasts to an observer.

While some of the articles were remarkable for the richness and elegance of their modern style, there were chairs, tables, and cabinets whose sombre hue and elaborate carving denoted an antiquity of several centuries.

On the walls were numerous pictures, dimmed by smoke and time, encased in frames that had lost half their ornaments and gilding.

These were portraits of warriors, statesmen, priests, and prelates.

In the dim corners of the canvas armorial bearings of the house of De Vlierbeck might be seen, and many of the articles of furniture were embellished with the same blazonry.
We were told a while ago that a public sale at Grinselhof had dispersed among a crowd of competitors every thing that belonged to Monsieur De Vlierbeck.