'To this the Baron replied, "I am the only member of the family
living here, and I and the palace are entirely at your disposal."
From first to last we found this gentleman perfectly straightforward,
and most amiably willing to assist us.
'With the one exception of her ladyship's room, we went over
the whole of the palace the same day. It is an immense place
only partially furnished. The first floor and part of the second
floor were the portions of it that had been inhabited by Lord
Montbarry and the members of the household. We saw the bedchamber,
at one extremity of the palace, in which his lordship died,
and the small room communicating with it, which he used as a study.
Next to this was a large apartment or hall, the doors of which
he habitually kept locked, his object being (as we were informed)
to pursue his studies uninterruptedly in perfect solitude.
On the other side of the large hall were the bedchamber occupied
by her ladyship, and the dressing-room in which the maid slept
previous to her departure for England. Beyond these were the dining
and reception rooms, opening into an antechamber, which gave access
to the grand staircase of the palace.
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