The chemical halon fog drifted slowly out through the shattered arched windows of the grand hall, swept away by the howling mountain blizzard that blew into the estate. The soaring iron ribs of the Victorian conservatory, which hours earlier had supported an arched canopy of curved glass overlooking the Hudson gorge, now resembled the skeletal ribcage of a beached leviathan. Sharp shards of plate glass hung precariously from the blackened…
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