Chapter 51. Pyramus and Thisbe
About two-thirds of the way along the Faubourg Saint-Honoré, and in the
rear of one of the most imposing mansions in this rich neighborhood,
where the various houses vie with each other for elegance of design and
magnificence of construction, extended a large garden, where the wide-
spreading chestnut-trees raised their heads high above the walls in a
solid rampart, and with the coming of every spring scattered a shower of
delicate pink and white blossoms into the large stone vases that stood
upon the two square pilasters of a curiously wrought iron gate, that
dated from the time of Louis XIII.
This noble entrance, however, in spite of its striking appearance and
the graceful effect of the geraniums planted in the two vases, as they
waved their va
