She thought of the silent antechambers hung with oriental tapestry, lit by tall bronze candelabra, land of the two great footman in knee-breeches two sleep in the big arm-chairs, made drowsy by the heavy warmth of the hot-air stove. She thought of the long salons fitted up with ancient silk of the delicate furniture carrying priceless curiosities, and of the coquettish perfumed boudoirs made for talks at five o’clock with intimate friends, with mea-famous and sought after, whom all women envy and whose attention they all desire.