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Modeste Mignon

CHAPTER I
12/15

The out-buildings, painted in keeping with the cottage, stood with their backs to the wall of the adjoining property.
The interior of this charming dwelling harmonized with its exterior.
The salon, floored entirely with iron-wood, was painted in a style that suggested the beauties of Chinese lacquer.

On black panels edged with gold, birds of every color, foliage of impossible greens, and fantastic oriental designs glowed and shimmered.

The dining-room was entirely sheathed in Northern woods carved and cut in open-work like the beautiful Russian chalets.

The little antechamber formed by the landing and the well of the staircase was painted in old oak to represent Gothic ornament.

The bedrooms, hung with chintz, were charming in their costly simplicity.


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