Yet it was merely a very pretty drawing-room, and within it a boudoir, both spread with white carpets, on which seemed laid brilliant garlands of flowers; both ceiled with snowy mouldings of white grapes and vine-leaves, beneath which glowed in rich contrast crimson couches and ottomans; while the ornaments on the pale Parian mantelpiece were of sparkling Bohemian glass, ruby red; and between the windows large mirrors repeated the general blending of snow and fire.
Los artesonados eran blancos también y representaban uvas y hojas de vid. En contraste con aquellas blancas tonalidades, las otomanas y divanes eran de vivo carmesí. Vasos de centelleante cristal de Bohemia, color rojo rubí, ornaban la chimenea, de pálido mármol de Paros, y grandes espejos colocados entre las ventanas multiplicaban la decoración, toda nieve y fuego.