The prettiest of tables were there;--the easiest of chairs;--the most costly of cabinets;--the quaintest of old china ornaments.

It was bright with the gayest colours,--made pleasant to the eye with the binding of many books, having nymphs painted on the ceiling and little Cupids on the doors.
"Isn't it pretty ?" she said, turning quickly on Alice.

"I call it my dressing-room because in that way I can keep people out of it, but I have my brushes and soap in a little closet there, and my clothes,--my clothes are everywhere I suppose, only there are none of them here.

Isn't it pretty ?" "Very pretty." "The Duke did it all.

He understands such things thoroughly.