The True Adventures of Nicolo Zen (2014)
“I remember the details of the place clearly: a line of tall windows with sky-blue curtains, birch logs sprinkled with frankincense crackling in the fireplace, the strong perfume of lilies wafting up from a lush garden. There was also a vase of those lilies, freshly cut, on the drawing room table. Above the mantelpiece there were assorted paintings of horses: grazing beside the Danube, carrying cavalrymen into battle, racing around a track. The dining room was entirely walled in mirrors and illu...minated by purple candles. A portrait of the dowager Empress in her youth dressed up as Pallas Athena—armor, scepter, plumed helmet—hung beside the door. The marble sinks had gold fixtures. In the parlor there was a plush divan with golden pillows. The parquet floor was inlaid with suns and moons composed of quartz. I had never seen such things before, and imagined that only men like the Doge or the Pope could possess them. However, far more memorable and precious to me was the first kiss I received from Madeleine Pellier, the younger sister of the Marquise de Montal, on that divan.MoreLess
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