In the drawing room,
Ole and his companion sat beneath the tree-shaped crystal chandelier, with the wall on the left recessed inward, revealing a peach-tan five-tier bookshelf and its top filled with magnificently gold-embossed hardcover ancient books.
An old-fashioned Austrian-style mansion would include books as part of its architectural décor, similar to how the famous New Hofburg Imperial Palace contains over 2.4 million various ancient books and parchment scrolls.
"My goodness, there must be millions of pages here. I can't figure it out, do people really read these books?"
Before entering the room, her unfinished lady's cigarette, along with her lighter, was politely yet firmly confiscated by the butler.
The sexy woman who had come from Hollywood to develop in Europe was slightly displeased.
However, her attention was quickly drawn to the upper shelf, where the 1875 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica with its deep blue leather cover was placed.
