Ярмарка тщеславия

In Which We Meet an Old Acquaintance

           Thearmyconsistedofamagnificentbandthatalsodiddutyonthestage,whereitwasquitepleasanttoseetheworthyfellowsmarchinginTurkishdresseswithrougeonandwoodenscimitars,orasRomanwarriorswithophicleidesandtrombonestoseethemagain,Isay,atnight,afteronehadlistenedtothemallthemorningintheAureliusPlatz,wheretheyperformedoppositethecafewherewebreakfasted.Besidestheband,therewasarichandnumerousstaffofofficers,and,Ibelieve,afewmen.Besidestheregularsentries,threeorfourmen,habitedashussars,usedtododutyatthePalace,butIneversawthemonhorseback,andaufait,whatwastheuseofcavalryinatimeofprofoundpeace?andwhitherthedeuceshouldthehussarsride?

           Everybodyeverybodythatwasnobleofcourse,forasforthebourgeoiswecouldnotquitebeexpectedtotakenoticeofTHEM—visitedhisneighbour.H.E.MadamedeBurstreceivedonceaweek,H.E.MadamedeSchnurrbarthadhernightthetheatrewasopentwiceaweek,theCourtgraciouslyreceivedonce,sothataman’slifemightinfactbeaperfectroundofpleasureintheunpretendingPumpernickelway.

           Thattherewerefeudsintheplace,noonecandeny.PoliticsranveryhighatPumpernickel,andpartieswereverybitter.TherewastheStrumpfffactionandtheLederlungparty,theonesupportedbyourenvoyandtheotherbytheFrenchCharged’Affaires,M.deMacabau.

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