Sunblinds cast their shadows on the shop-fronts, and in the shade streamed the people dressed brightly for summer.

The windows were wide open, the sunblinds were drawn down outside, and the warm air, fragrant with mignonette, streamed in over the window boxes.

Or he wanted his own cool apartment, with drawn sunblinds, vases full of flowers, his immense writing table, and a deserted Paris around him.