The Dappled Grays.

           Thebaron,followedbythecount,traversedalongseriesofapartments,inwhichtheprevailingcharacteristicswereheavymagnificenceandthegaudinessofostentatiouswealth,untilhereachedtheboudoirofMadameDanglarsasmalloctagonal-shapedroom,hungwithpinksatin,coveredwithwhiteIndianmuslin.Thechairswereofancientworkmanshipandmaterials;overthedoorswerepaintedsketchesofshepherdsandshepherdesses,afterthestyleandmannerofBoucher;andateachsideprettymedallionsincrayons,harmonizingwellwiththefurnishingsofthischarmingapartment,theonlyonethroughoutthegreatmansioninwhichanydistinctivetasteprevailed.Thetruthwas,ithadbeenentirelyoverlookedintheplanarrangedandfollowedoutbyM.Danglarsandhisarchitect,whohadbeenselectedtoaidthebaroninthegreatworkofimprovementsolelybecausehewasthemostfashionableandcelebrateddecoratoroftheday.ThedecorationsoftheboudoirhadthenbeenleftentirelytoMadameDanglarsandLucienDebray.M.

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