Twice already she had done the bedchamber up anew: on the first occasion in mauve satin, on the second in blue silk under lace.

But she had not been satisfied with this; it had struck her as "nohowish," and she was still unsuccessfully seeking for new colors and designs.

On the elaborately upholstered bed, which was as low as a sofa, there were twenty thousand francs' worth of POINT DE VENISE lace.

The furniture was lacquered blue and white under designs in silver filigree, and everywhere lay such numbers of white bearskins that they hid the carpet.

This was a luxurious caprice on Nana's part, she having never been able to break herself of the habit of sitting on the floor to take her stockings off.