" Don Camillo Monforte was searching among the papers of a secretaire.

He replaced the papers which had been deranged, and he closed the secretaire.

Butbut- -You may leave it.' Lancelot slipped silently out of the room, he hardly knew why; and when he was gone, Argemone caught up the drawing, pressed it to her bosom, covered it with kisses, and hid it, as too precious for any eyes but her own, in the farthest corner of her secretaire.

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Meantime "the Sections are organized," and Thirion becomes "Secretaire, Greffier, President, je ne scai quoi, de la notre."

The "Marie Antoinette" Writing Table Bedstead of Marie Antoinette A Cylinder Secretaire (Rothschild Collection)

A Norse Interior, Shewing French Influence A Secretaire with Sêvres Plaques A Clock by Robin (Jones Collection) Harpsichord, About 1750 Italian Sedan Chair Chapter VII.

Inlaid Tea Caddy and Tops of Pier Tables, From Hepplewhite's "Guide" Kneehole Table by Sheraton Chairs by Sheraton Chair Backs, From Sheraton's "Cabinet Maker" Urn Stand A Sideboard in the Style of Robert Adam Carved Jardiniere by Chippendale Cabinet and Bookcase with Secretaire, by Sheraton Chapter VIII.

Design of a Room, by T. Hope Library Fauteuil, From Smith's "Book of Designs" Parlor Chairs Bookcase by Sheraton Drawing Room Chairs, From Smith's Book Prie-dieu in Carved Oak, Designed by Mr. Pugin Secretaire and Bookcase (German Gothic Style)

An upright secretaire, en suite with the commode, was also sold at the same time for £4,620, and the writing table for £6,000.

There is no date on the table, but the secretaire is stamped 1790, and the commode 1791.

[Illustration: Cylinder Secretaire, In Marqueterie, with Bronze Gilt Mountings, by Gouthière.

A specimen of this kind of work (an upright secretaire, of which we have not been able to obtain a satisfactory representation) formed part of the Hamilton Palace collection, and realised £9,450, the highest price which the writer has ever seen a single piece of furniture bring by auction; it must be regarded as the chef d'oeuvre of Gouthière.

The shape and the gilt mounts of a secretaire of walnutwood with inlay of ebony and ivory, and some other furniture which, with the other specimens just described, may be seen in the Bethnal Green Museum, all manifest the influence of the French school, when the bombe-fronted commodes and curved lines of chair and table came into fashion.

[Illustration: Secretaire, In King and Tulip Wood, with Sêvres Plaques and Ormolu Mountings.

Tables, chairs, commodes, secretaires, wardrobes, porcelain vases, marble statuettes, they represent in a singularly complete way the mind and the work of the ancien régime.

[Illustration: Ladies' Secretaires, Designed by W. Ince.

A distinguishing feature of English furniture of the last century was the partiality for secret drawers and contrivances for hiding away papers or valued articles; and in old secretaires and writing tables we find a great many ingenious designs which remind us of the days when there were but few banks, and people kept money and deeds in their own custody.

[Illustration: A China Cabinet, and a Bookcase With Secretaire.

Many marqueterie secretaires, tables, chairs, and other like articles, are mounted with the heads and feet of animals, with lions' heads and sphinxes, designs which could have been derived from no other source; and the general design of the furniture loses its bombé form, and becomes rectangular and severe.

[Illustration: Secretaire And Bookcase, In Carved Oak, in the style of German Gothic.