Chapter 17

           ItwasahousehewnfromtheframeofCardinaldeRetz’spalaceintheRueMonsieur,butonceinsidethedoortherewasnothingofthepast,norofanypresentthatRosemaryknew.Theoutershell,themasonry,seemedrathertoenclosethefuturesothatitwasanelectric-likeshock,adefinitenervousexperience,pervertedasabreakfastofoatmealandhashish,tocrossthatthreshold,ifitcouldbesocalled,intothelonghallofbluesteel,silver-gilt,andthemyriadfacetsofmanyoddlybevelledmirrors.TheeffectwasunlikethatofanypartoftheDecorativeArtsExhibitionfortherewerepeopleINit,notinfrontofit.Rosemaryhadthedetachedfalse-and-exaltedfeelingofbeingonasetandsheguessedthateveryoneelsepresenthadthatfeelingtoo.

           Therewereaboutthirtypeople,mostlywomen,andallfashionedbyLouisaM.AlcottorMadamedeSégur;andtheyfunctionedonthissetascautiously,asprecisely,asdoesahumanhandpickingupjaggedbrokenglass.Neitherindividuallynorasacrowdcouldtheybesaidtodominatetheenvironment,asonecomestodominateaworkofarthemaypossess,nomatterhowesoteric,nooneknewwhatthisroommeantbecauseitwasevolvingintosomethingelse,becomingeverythingaroomwasnot;toexistinitwasasdifficultaswalkingonahighlypolishedmovingstairway,andnoonecouldsucceedatallsavewiththeaforementionedqualitiesofahandmovingamongbrokenglasswhichqualitieslimitedanddefinedthemajorityofthosepresent.

           Thesewereoftwosorts.

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