Excerpt: ...obliged to go back and make quite a long detour. The notary did his best to buy it for us, but the man would never sell-rather enjoyed, I think, having the power to annoy us. Mme. de Thury and I fraternised a little and I should have liked to see more of her, but soon after that evening they had great trouble. They had a great deal of illness and lost a son. I never saw Thury till after both of them were dead. The chateau had been sold, most of the furniture taken away and the whole place had a deserted, ...
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Excerpt: ...obliged to go back and make quite a long detour. The notary did his best to buy it for us, but the man would never sell-rather enjoyed, I think, having the power to annoy us. Mme. de Thury and I fraternised a little and I should have liked to see more of her, but soon after that evening they had great trouble. They had a great deal of illness and lost a son. I never saw Thury till after both of them were dead. The chateau had been sold, most of the furniture taken away and the whole place had a deserted, neglected look that made one feel quite miserable. The big drawing-room was piled up with straw, over the doors were still two charming dessus-de-porte, the colours quite fresh-not at all faded-chickens were walking about in another room, and upstairs in a pretty corner room, with a lovely view over woods and park, was a collection of photographs, engravings (one the mother of the late owner), a piece of unfinished tapestry, samplers, china vases, books, papers, two or three knots of faded ribbon, all tossed in a corner like a heap of rubbish. The things had evidently been forgotten in the big move, but it looked melancholy. The chateau must have been charming when it was furnished and lived in. Quantities of rooms, a long gallery with small rooms on one side, the "garconniere" or bachelors' quarters, led directly into the church, where many Thurys are sleeping their last sleep. The park was beautiful and there was capital shooting. W. had often shot there in the old days when their shooting parties were famous. We ended our evening with music, the bride playing extremely well. Mme. de Thury also sang very well. She had learnt in Italy and sang in quite bravura style. The evening didn't last very long after the men came in. Everybody was anxious to get the long, cold drive over. I enjoyed myself very much. It was my first experience of a French country entertainment and it was very different from what I had expected. Not at all stiff and a...
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Very Good. No Dustjacket. Book New York: Charles Scribner, 1908. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good/No Dust jacket. First Edition, with 1908 on title page and "Published October, 1908" on copyright page. Clean brown cloth boards with decorated binding (chateau in white, red, black and gold), unchipped gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, but front free endpaper is missing. Frontis illustration with clean tissue guard, 23 additional black & white plates (all present). Gilt top edges. 333 pp. No previous owner markings (other than missing front free endpaper).
