The
castle was a magnificent edifice, in the Renaissance style--of course.
Red sandstone and white marble had been used, with a beautiful effect
of colour, for the facade, which made a lavish display of pilasters
with foliage and vine work, niches containing statues, and bay windows
with beautiful wrought iron railings. The castle stood in the midst of
a lovely park filled with trees a century old, which extended up to the
summit of the hill and down to the river.
The master of the castle liked a lavish style. He had invited to his
house-warming numerous guests, to whom, in the spacious apartments
planned for this purpose, he could offer a really royal hospitality, at
once magnificent and refined. They were chiefly land-owners from the
province of the Main, rich merchants and manufacturers from Frankfort,
and acquaintances from places still more remote, who had flocked here
with their wives and grown children, so that from early morning the
mansion had been filled with joyous life.
The entire company assembled for the first time at the banquet which
took place in the evening.
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