All old buildings of manorial aspect invariably attracted his attention.

These were great, reddish houses of the time of the Spanish viceroys, or palaces of the reign of Charles III.

Their broad staircases were adorned with polychrome busts brought from the first excavations in Herculaneum and Pompeii.
Ulysses had faint hopes of running across the widow while passing in front of one of these mansions, now rented in floors and displaying little metal door-plates indicative of office and warehouse.

In one of these undoubtedly must be living the family that was so friendly to Freya.
Then, noticing the whiteness of the showy constructions rising up around the old districts, he became dubious.

The doctor would dwell only in a modern and hygienic edifice.