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           Thelittleboy,too,weobserved,hadafamousappetite,andconsumedschinken,andbraten,andkartoffeln,andcranberryjam,andsalad,andpudding,androastfowls,andsweetmeats,withagallantrythatdidhonourtohisnation.Afteraboutfifteendishes,heconcludedtherepastwithdessert,someofwhichheevencarriedoutofdoors,forsomeyounggentlemenattable,amusedwithhiscoolnessandgallantfree-and-easymanner,inducedhimtopocketahandfulofmacaroons,whichhediscussedonhiswaytothetheatre,whithereverybodywentinthecheerysociallittleGermanplace.Theladyinblack,theboy’smamma,laughedandblushed,andlookedexceedinglypleasedandshyasthedinnerwenton,andatthevariousfeatsandinstancesofespieglerieonthepartofherson.TheColonelforsohebecameverysoonafterwardsIrememberjokedtheboywithagreatdealofgravefun,pointingoutdisheswhichhehadn’ttried,andentreatinghimnottobaulkhisappetite,buttohaveasecondsupplyofthisorthat.

           Itwaswhattheycallagast-rollenightattheRoyalGrandDucalPumpernickelischHoforCourttheatreandMadameSchroederDevrient,theninthebloomofherbeautyandgenius,performedthepartoftheheroineinthewonderfuloperaofFidelio.Fromourplacesinthestallswecouldseeourfourfriendsofthetabled’hoteinthelogewhichSchwendleroftheErbprinzkeptforhisbestguests,andIcouldnothelpremarkingtheeffectwhichthemagnificentactressandmusicproduceduponMrs.

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