Never was there such a nurse as his wife, and so he said.

Illness almost loses its irksomeness when the sick chamber is cheered by one who is as kind as she is clever.

Madame d'O---- is glad we have not taken the Hotel Monaco, for she resided in it a long time when it was occupied by her mother, and she thinks the sleeping-rooms are confined and gloomy.
"After serious consideration and mature deliberation," we have finally decided on taking the house in the Rue de Matignon.

It will be beautiful when completed, but nevertheless not to be compared to the Hotel Ney.

The _salons de reception_, are very good, and the decorations are rich and handsome.
The large _salon_ is separated from the lesser by an immense plate of unsilvered glass, which admits of the fireplaces in each room (they are _vis-a-vis_) being seen, and has a very good effect.