In that apartment, Coliseum Street,

Where all the splendid magic met and mazed

Monsieur Léonce Miranda's venturous eye.

Only, the same was furnished at the cost

Of some one notable in days long since,

Carlino Centofanti: he it was,

Found entertaining unawares—if not

An angel, yet a youth in search of one.

Why this revealment after reticence?

Wherefore, beginning "Millefleurs," end at all