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.

'The only inhabited rooms on the second floor were the sitting-room
and bedroom occupied by Baron Rivar, and another room at some
distance from it, which had been the bedroom of the courier Ferrari.

'The rooms on the third floor and on the basement were
completely unfurnished, and in a condition of great neglect.
We inquired if there was anything to be seen below the basement--
and we were at once informed that there were vaults beneath,
which we were at perfect liberty to visit.

'We went down, so as to leave no part of the palace unexplored.
The vaults were, it was believed, used as dungeons in the old times--
say, some centuries since. Air and light were only partially admitted
to these dismal places by two long shafts of winding construction,
which communicated with the back yard of the palace, and the openings