"And yet, Altdorff, I am not in a mood for much drink. Give us a touch
of those chords. I feel sad at times, and vapourish."
They entered into a well-furnished apartment. The ceiling was composed
of cross-beams curiously wrought. On one of these was represented a grim
head in the act of devouring a child--which tradition affirmed was the
great giant Tarquin at his morning's repast. The room was fitted up with
cumbrous elegance. A few pieces of faded tapestry covered one side of
the apartment. In a recess stood a tester bed, ornamented with black
velvet, together with curtains of black stuff and a figured coverlet. A
wainscot cupboard displayed its curiously-carved doors, near to which
hung two pictures, or tables as they were called, representing the fair
Lucretia and Mary Magdalen. A backgammon-board lay on the window-seat;
three shining tall-backed, oaken chairs, with a table of the same
well-wrought material, and irons beautifully embossed, and a striped
Turkey rug, formed a sumptuous catalogue, when we consider the manner of
furnishing that generally prevailed in those days.
The page sat on a corner seat beneath the window.
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