The stylish but cozy interior, the informal decorous intimacy of people's manners, the curious and delightful details everywhere one turns one's eye, the luxury of sipping chocolate: all are galante.
This faade, that most readily seen from the town, presents a decorous and impassive public face with one of the most architecturally severe elevations of the palace ("see illustration right").
Official rules of dressing are declared periodically only to be promptly broken and the debate over what defines decorous dressing for youngsters continues unabated.
But to continue with the notebook analogy, the decorous prose, graceful penmanship and impressive paper stock can not disguise the banality of what is written.
