Come with me. The servants draw the heavy velvet drapes as we take our seats and recline in the sumptuous ox blood Chesterfield. Turn down the gas-lamps and enjoy a warming glass of brandy and a fine cigar as we settle to enjoy the decidedly devilish display of distractions, divertissements, devices and decoctions displayed with all due diligence for your delight, delectation, disport and dissipation.
