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The Lesser Bourgeoisie

CHAPTER I
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From this vestibule we enter the dining-room, lighted from the courtyard, and the dining-room communicates at its side with the kitchen, which forms a continuation of the wing in which are the warerooms of Metivier and Barbet.

Behind the staircase extends, on the garden side, a fine study or office with two large windows.

The first and second floor form two complete apartments, and the servants' quarters are shown by the oval windows in the four-sided roof.
A large porcelain stove heats the square vestibule, the two glass doors of which, placed opposite to each other, light it.

This room, paved in black and white marble, is especially noticeable for a ceiling of beams formerly painted and gilt, but which had since received, probably under the Empire, a coat of plain white paint.

The three doors of the study, salon and dining-room, surmounted by oval panels, are awaiting a restoration that is more than needed.


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