Narcissa’s POV

The garden party is spectacular. I had the conservatory redone to better suit my tastes. Gone was the centuries-old rusted cage done in the gaudy stylings of Art Nouveau, the stuff of storybooks. Here, rising above the gauche din like a phoenix, were the neat, bold lines of tomorrow.

The opulent stylings of Eclecticism! Rocco meets Gothic meets the grandiose heaviness of Brutalism. Flying buttresses and spires, finely detailed ...