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above, but have the same ampleness of size that distinguishes all the rooms of the house. Mr. 

 Mackay's rooms consist of his bedroom, finished in a cool shade of green, and a sitting-room, 

 transformed at times into a place for exercise. 



A separate hall leads to my lady's apartments. Here, at last, is the queen's chamber, 

 the intimate home of the active mind that dominated the creation of this palatial residence 

 and the vast estate connected with it. A great curtain hangs across the hall, the farther end 

 of which is enclosed as an anteroom. Like the other rooms of this suite, it is carpeted, 

 curtained, paneled, and finished in mauve, a beautiful, gentle hue. The boudoir, or sitting-room, 

 opens immediately from the anteroom; it is large, thronged with ftuiiiture, curtained and 

 walled with my lady's color, and richly decked with the thousand and one articles — choice 

 pieces of furniture, vases, lamps, pictures, bric-a-l)rac, books, and, above all, plants — which 

 every great lady finds comforting to existence. Opposite the doorway is a canopied couch, 

 over which hangs a rich ermine robe — a trulv royal throne for the queen that rules here. 



•'HARBOR HILL"— MRS. MACKAY'S BATHROOM. 



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