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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1859 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER II. THE HOTEL, NO. 4, RUE TRUDON RACHEL. FOR those who like to study manners and customs, there are some curious phases of life to be noted at the fetes, the auctions, markets, and so forth, in Paris. About a year ago there was a sale of furniture advertised in a certain house in the Rue Trudon, one which will henceforth be sacred in the eyes of the devotees of the drama. It was crowded enough, for Dumas' observation held good; and certain exquisitely attired Parisiennes, who had had no chance of penetrating into the interior up to that time, eagerly seized the opportunity. You could, of course, effect an entrance, if you waited long enough; for, as has been happily remarked, "the quasi art of standing en queue is one of the characteristics of the Parisian people, distinguishing them from all other people whatsoever." You enter a small well-shaded courtyard, now filled with crowded benches. The walls are thickly clothed with green creepers, which give a deliciously cool effect. In the corner is a Cupid playing with Tritons, and a fountain flowing with perpetual waters, which pour in little streams round the court, wetting your feet as much as it refreshes the eye; a balcony runs all round the house, and that along with the rest is of a sombre cream colour; the shutters are closed. At one end of the court there is a semicircular recess, and from the vaulted roof an antique lamp is suspended; further there is a parapet shaded by a magnificent acacia-tree, such as you may often see in the interior of the hotels in Paris, and two concealed doors open from the recess into the house. What once used to pass here hardly matters now; at this instant there are two hundred gailydressed people disputing, criticizing, gossiping, perhaps...