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CHAPTER IV. FROM CLIME TO CLIME
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The chamber1 in which the bewildered Robert now found himself was more luxurious2, if less rich, than any which he had yet seen. Low settees of claret-coloured plush were scattered3 in orderly disorder4 over a mossy Eastern carpet. Deep lounges, reclining sofas, American rocking-chairs, all were to be had for the choosing. One end of the room was walled by glass, and appeared to open upon a luxuriant hot-house. At the further end a double line of gilt5 rails supported a profusion6 of the most recent magazines and periodicals. A rack at each side of the inlaid fireplace sustained a long line of the pipes of all places and nations—English cherrywoods, French briars, German china-bowls, carved meerschaums, scented7 cedar8 and myall-wood, with Eastern narghiles, Turkish chibooques, and two great golden-topped hookahs. To right and left were a series of small lockers9, extending in a treble row for the whole length of the room, with the names of the various brands of tobacco scrolled10 in ivory work across them. Above were other larger tiers of polished oak, which held cigars and cigarettes.
“Try that Damascus settee,” said the master of the house, as he threw himself into a rocking-chair. “It is from the Sultan's upholsterer. The Turks have a very good notion of comfort. I am a confirmed smoker11 myself, Mr. McIntyre, so I have been able, perhaps, to check my architect here more than in most of the other departments. Of pictures, for example, I know nothing, as you would very speedily find out. On a tobacco, I might, perhaps, offer an opinion. Now these”—he drew out some long, beautifully-rolled, mellow-coloured cigars—“these are really something a little out of the common. Do try one.”
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luxuriously
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virgin
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delusion
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velvet
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affinity
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aromatic
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intoxicated
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