Their host was almost as famous as a connoisseur as for his achievements in diplomacy, and the gallery was a large apartment in which every article of furniture, as well as the paintings, tapestries and specimens of pottery, was the careful choice of a thoroughly cultivated taste.
"It isn't merely an art gallery; it's the most beautiful room in America," murmured Mrs.Sanderson.
"I can well believe it.

There's my favorite Vibert,--I wondered what had become of it." "It isn't surprising that the Secretary is making a great reputation by his dealings with foreign powers.

It's a poor ambassador who could not be persuaded after an hour in this splendid room.

The ordinary affairs of life should not be mentioned here.

A king's coronation would not be out of place,--in fact, there's a chair in the corner against that Gobelin that would serve the situation.