For form 's sake the chancellor paid a visit to the pieces of furniture named ; but he well knew that it was not in a piece of furniture that the queen would place the important letter she had written that day .
Для проформы канцлер осмотрел названные предметы мебели; но он прекрасно знал, что королева поместит важное письмо, написанное ею в тот день, не в предмет мебели.
