"It was so exciting to be with the people . At least we ate well then. Now ... well, now, we plan to entertain. We’ll be the Senator and Madam Senator, and we’ll be living in this sorry dump for six long years, and we plan to cut a swath through high society." She gazed about her drawing room, gazing at her newly peach-colored walls with the pensive look of an auto mechanic. "My own tastes run toward Transcendental Contemporary, but I’m doing this place entirely in Federal Period. A lot of Hepplewhite ... black walnut ... secretary bookcases, and shield back side chairs ... There was some good material in that period, if you stay away from all that tacky neoclassical."