vanished in the sense of adventure. He had been before in drawing-rooms hung with red damask, with pictures \"of the Italian school\"; what struck him was the way in which Medora Manson's shabby hired house, with its blighted background of pampas grass and Rogers statuettes, had, by a turn of the hand, and the skilful use of a few properties, been transformed into something intimate, \"foreign,\" subtly suggestive of old romantic
vanished in the sense of adventure. He had been before in drawing-rooms hung with red damask, with pictures \"of the Italian school\"; what struck him was the way in which Medora Manson's shabby hired house, with its blighted background of pampas grass and Rogers statuettes, had, by a turn of the hand, and the skilful use of a few properties, been transformed into something intimate, \"foreign,\" subtly suggestive of old romantic
