Evidently the all-powerful flag had not protected this, for it was without doors, windows, and parquets.
"In the Courts of Memory 1858-1875."
L. de Hegermann-Lindencrone
His picture Les raboteurs de parquets made him formerly the butt of derision.
"The French Impressionists (1860-1900)"
Camille Mauclair
As I ran, I shuddered to think how defenceless all lay; and how quickly the wretches, bursting in the doors, would overrun the shining parquets, and sweep up the spacious staircase.
"The Red Cockade"
Stanley J. Weyman