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Updated: May 28, 2025
'Tis a pity he does not dip it in one of his old mother's dye-pots, if he would have himself pass for a gentleman." Conrad overheard this last remark and was very angry. A scornful allusion to his friend was almost more than he could bear.
For instance, a woman who had fashioned for her husband a rudely knitted vest of wool of her own spinning; would bring the rather dingy garment to Frau Gensfleisch to have it made red or blue, so that, worn under his brown leather jerkin, it might look smart and gay; or the young hunter, on going to the chase, would come to her to have the tassels of his bow or horn made scarlet or yellow; or the knight equipping himself for war would send to her the soiled plume of his helmet, to be made of a brilliant crimson to say nothing of the knight's lady, who, as she sat at home in her dismal castle, with little else to amuse her but the embroidery frame, would be forever sending down her maidens and serving-men into the valley with skeins of wool and silk, to be dipped into Frau Gensfleisch's dye-pots, and brought back to her of every color of the rainbow.
The carvings and moldings are pointed in blue. The floor is covered with a Persian rug which glows with all the soft tones of the old Persian dye-pots. The day bed, a few of the chairs, and the chest of drawers, are of a soft brown walnut. There are other chairs covered with Louis XVI tapestries, brocade and needlework, quite in harmony with the modern chintz of the day bed and the hangings.
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