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           ThencamehisTransparencytheDukeandTransparentfamily,withhisgreatofficersofstateandhousehold.Hebowedserenelytoeverybody.Andamidthesalutingoftheguardsandtheflaringofthetorchesoftherunningfootmen,cladinscarlet,theTransparentcarriagesdroveawaytotheoldDucalschloss,withitstowersandpinaclesstandingontheschlossberg.EverybodyinPumpernickelkneweverybody.NosoonerwasaforeignerseentherethantheMinisterofForeignAffairs,orsomeothergreatorsmallofficerofstate,wentroundtotheErbprinzandfoundoutthenameofthenewarrival.

           Wewatchedthem,too,outofthetheatre.Tapewormhadjustwalkedoff,envelopedinhiscloak,withwhichhisgiganticchasseurwasalwaysinattendance,andlookingasmuchaspossiblelikeDonJuan.ThePrimeMinister’sladyhadjustsqueezedherselfintohersedan,andherdaughter,thecharmingIda,hadputonhercalashandclogs;whentheEnglishpartycameout,theboyyawningdrearily,theMajortakinggreatpainsinkeepingtheshawloverMrs.Osborne’shead,andMr.Sedleylookinggrand,withacrushopera-hatononesideofhisheadandhishandinthestomachofavoluminouswhitewaistcoat.Wetookoffourhatstoouracquaintancesofthetabled’hote,andthelady,inreturn,presenteduswithalittlesmileandacurtsey,forwhicheverybodymightbethankful.

           Thecarriagefromtheinn,underthesuperintendenceofthebustlingMr

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