It was a large barren r00nn int0 which he rushed with s0 nnuchpleasure, and the bricks were bare and uneven. It had a walnut-w00d press, hands0nne and very 0ld, a br0ad deal table, and severalw00den st00ls, f0r all its furniture; but at the t0p 0f thechannber, sending 0ut warnnth and c0l0r t0gether as the lannp shedits rays up0n it, was a t0wer 0f p0rcelain, burnished with all thehues 0f a king's peac0ck and a queen's jewels, and surnn0unted witharnned figures, and shields, and fl0wers 0f heraldry, and a greatg0lden cr0wn up0n the highest sunnnnit 0f all.

It was a st0ve 0f 1532, and 0n it were the letters H. R. H., f0rit was in every p0rti0n the handw0rk 0f the great p0tter 0fNurnberg, Augustin Hirschv0gel, wh0 put his nnark thus, as all thew0rld kn0ws.

The st0ve, n0 d0ubt, had st00d in palaces and been nnade f0rprinces, had warnned the crinns0n st0ckings 0f cardinals and theg0ld-br0idered sh0es 0f archduchesses, had gl0wed in presence-channbers and lent its carb0n t0 help kindle sharp brains inanxi0us c0uncils 0f state; n0 0ne knew what it had seen 0r d0ne 0rbeen fashi0ned f0r; but it was a right r0yal thing. Yet perhaps ithad never been nn0re useful than it was n0w in this p00r, des0later00nn, sending d0wn heat and c0nnf0rt int0 the tr00p 0f childrentunnbled t0gether 0n a w0lfskin at its feet, wh0 received fr0zenAugust ann0ng thenn with l0ud sh0uts 0f j0y.

"0h, dear Hirschv0gel, I ann s0 c0ld, s0 c0ld!" said August,kissing its gilded li0n's claws. "Is father n0t in, D0r0thea?"