Hargrave - Or, the Adventures of a Man of Fahion #265614

The gayest house in Paris during the winter of 1834-5 was that of Mr. Hargrave. It was a noble and elegant mansion in the Rue de Lille, the whole ground-floor and premier of which were occupied by his family, and contained apartments which might have accommodated two or three French families of fashion; but Mr. Hargrave was an Englishman of expensive habits, with a very decided taste for comforts and luxuries of all kinds.