Within the restored part of the chateau, however, all looks well.

Monsieur the Viscount has been fortunate, and if not so rich a man as his father, has yet regained enough of his property to live with comfort, and, as he thinks, luxury.

The long rooms are little less elegant than in former days, and Madame the present Viscountess's boudoir is a model of taste.

Not far from it is another room, to which it forms a singular contrast.

This room belongs to Monsieur the Viscount.