Hello everyone! Here are two new chapters! This one will be mainly about description of the mansion ( with little action), which will be a scene to lot of events later, so it was really necessary.

The following morning Agnes woke up quite late; the clock in the corridor had already stricken 11, by the time she got out of bed. She couldn't find her bag or the clothes, which she took off the night before; only a dressing gown lay at the end of her bed. She put it on, and left the room to look for her sister. Stepping out to the corridor she found herself among an army of servants who were running around carrying all sort of things. Agnes tried to ask for directions from them, but they all apologized, then hurried off. Finally one of them told her, that she should be looking for Imre, he is upstairs.

„ Alright." she thought „ If I only got lost in the desert once, a mansion will be no match!"

She set off to the direction where they had come from during the night, and soon reached the magnificent hall. It looked even more beautiful by daylight; two stairs started from next to the door in which she was now standing in, one heading left, and the other right, upwards to the balcony, which was also a part of a long corridor, running along the first floor. Pictures of landscapes and people hung on the wall, the goosenecks were made of delicate burr. Many maids were working studiously; some of them were decorating the walls and windows with flowers, others were cleaning everything up. The fragrant hall laced in beautiful flowers, and bathing in the early afternoon sunlight, was really a sight to the gods. Agnes walked up the stairs, and bumped into Imre.

„ Good morning miss Agnes, I see you woke up!" said the butler in a cheerful tone. Agnes opened her mouth to speak, but Imre was faster.

„ Please come with me, your room is ready now. By your favour, I've already had your bag and clothes taken there."

The butler led Agnes along a long corridor, and finally they stepped into a spacious room. Three of the walls were painted white; the fourth was made up of almost totally windows, just like Elizabeth's room. The windows were framed with white curtains of precious silk, and similar ones hung on the beautifully carved, ebony tent-bed, right from the door. By the left wall of the room was the fireplace, which had already started warming up the cold room. Next to it stood a vanity table, along with a row of cupboards, and a folding-screen in the corner. In the left corner of the room another door led to the bathroom. Next to folding-screen was a large mirror, in the middle of the room stood a table with a few chairs. The walls were decorated with paintings, and after sunset, the room was lighted with candles on a copper chandelier, hanging from above.

„ I hope this room will satisfy all your needs miss. Your sister's room is right next to this. Miss Elizabeth is waiting for you in the dining hall, the first course of the lunch will be served soon."

„ Thank you, Imre, tell Elizabeth that I will be there by noon."

„ Yes miss, I'm glad to have been at your service" said Imre, then backed out of the room, shutting the door.

„ What a lovely room!" thought Agnes, walked to one of the grand windows, and opened them. It was a freshening feeling for her to inhale the crisp October air. She was looking at the mansion's forecourt with the garden, and the forest past the mansions stone fence. The mist-covered mountains made a perfect background to the scenery.

„ Well, Count Sáradi sure knows where to live!" she said to herself.

After a while she started freezing and shut the window. It was then that the clock stuck quarter to twelve.

„I'd better get dressed, I wouldn't want to miss lunch, I'm starving"

She unpacked her clothes to one of the cupboards, her perfumes from the East and toiletries on the vanity table. She put on a dark purple blouse, black skirt, and short-legged boots. She sat down in front of the vanity table, let her hair down, and started brushing it, when somebody knocked on the door.

„ Come in!' answered Agnes, then turned in the direction of the door. A young maid appeared behind the door.

„ Excuse me miss, I was sent to help you get dressed. Can I prepare your corset for you?"

Agnes was smiling at the thin and pale maid who was wringing her hands.

„ It's very nice of you, but as you see, I've dressed already and usually I'm not wearing any corsets, they're not too healthy. I have a few special ones, which I got sewn in Paris, but I can put those on myself, and besides, I only wear them on special occasions. But if you'd like to be of my service, please bring some flowers, and a pot of tea up here before dinner."

„As you wish miss" said the maid, and left. Agnes turned back to the mirror, finished brushing her hair, and put a bit of eyeliner on. Then she set off to look for the dining hall. Finally she was escorted to the wonderfully decorated place by one of the maids. The large dining hall had windows facing westward framed with dark blue curtains, white walls with many paintings and trophies. The never-ending table was in the middle of the room, laid with white tablecloth, and had countless chairs around it. There were fireplaces at both ends of the room, to keep the air warm. The place had 2 doors, one for the guests, and one, which led to the kitchen and scullery. Looking around, Agnes recognized one of the paintings. It was then that Elizabeth, sitting at the other end of the table, noticed her, and started shouting.

„Agnes come here, they're bringing the soup right away!"

Agnes smiled, and walked to the other end of the table, and sat down next to her little sister.

„ I'm glad you woke up, I couldn't wait to see you again, I have so much to say to you! I missed you very much during the last years. I would have needed your advice in many questions, you could have written more often!"

„ Believe me, I couldn't find a post station on every corner! I see you've brought our home here!" she said, and nodded towards one of the paintings on the wall, which depicted the mansion in Nádudvar.

„ Well, yes, it is very important to me, party because of what it depicts, and because it's your work."

„ It's been a long time, I last had a paintbrush in my hand. I missed that very much, along with your cheerfulness! But I need to add, I was hoping that you would become a bit more thoughtful by the time I get back, but I see you haven't changed much!"

„ Oh my, not another lecture on ' It can1t go on like this, you really need to grow up!' „ said Elizabeth, put her palms on her ears, and started wagging her head „ I think I've heard enough of that already!"

„ By all means, don't forget, that I'm not our father, I will not lecture you. All I want is to talk about this, and get to know you again, because I got even less letters from you, than vice versa. But we should talk about this later, I see the soup is here, and I'm starving. Come to think of it, I haven't eaten for a day!" she said, and was looking at the bowl of soup, which the maid held, with glittering eyes.