The wax-candles flamed in the candelabra.
Tullia's footmen and those of Madame du Val-Noble and Florine, all in full livery, where serving the dainties on silver salvers.

The hangings, a marvel of Lyonnaise workmanship, fastened by gold cords, dazzled all eyes.

The flowers of the carpet were like a garden.

The richest "bibelots" and curiosities danced before the eyes of the new-comers.
At first, and in the state to which Georges had brought them, the clerks, and more particularly Oscar, believed in the Marquise de las Florentinas y Cabirolos.

Gold glittered on four card-tables in the bed-chamber.