text:  Beyond the red door that intersected the passage was seen the coloured-glass entrance to a conservatory on the first landing of the drawing-room stairs; and a multitude of statues lined each side of the lobby like soldiers at a procession but which the inventive skill of the proprietor had converted to nearly as much use as ornament; for a plaster Apollo in addition to watching the "arrow's deathful flight " had been appointed custodier of a Taglioni and a Mackintosh which he wore with easy negligence over his head--a distracted Niobe in the same manner had undertaken the charge of a grey silk hat and a green umbrella