‘Mirrors on the pillars and on much of the wall space… Some thirty tables topped with pearl-smoked Indian marble. A swarm of fans buzzed in the high ceiling stirring the white-glass pendulum lights to a slow majestic sway. Mahogany trim lined the painted walls with their old sepia family portraits. A faded but sumptuous elegance struck and held the eyes of all who walked through those wide arches...’
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