Ярмарок марнославства

In Which We Meet an Old Acquaintance

           

           AttheFrenchChancellerietheyhadsixmorelampionsintheirilluminationthanourshad;butourtransparency,whichrepresentedtheyoungCoupleadvancingandDiscordflyingaway,withthemostludicrouslikenesstotheFrenchAmbassador,beattheFrenchpicturehollow;andIhavenodoubtgotTapewormtheadvancementandtheCrossoftheBathwhichhesubsequentlyattained.

           Crowdsofforeignersarrivedforthefetes,andofEnglish,ofcourse.BesidestheCourtballs,publicballsweregivenattheTownHallandtheRedoute,andintheformerplacetherewasaroomfortrente-et-quaranteandrouletteestablished,fortheweekofthefestivitiesonly,andbyoneofthegreatGermancompaniesfromEmsorAix-la-Chapelle.Theofficersorinhabitantsofthetownwerenotallowedtoplayatthesegames,butstrangers,peasants,ladieswereadmitted,andanyonewhochosetoloseorwinmoney.

           ThatlittlescapegraceGeorgyOsborneamongstothers,whosepocketswerealwaysfullofdollarsandwhoserelationswereawayatthegrandfestivaloftheCourt,cametotheStadthausBallincompanyofhisuncle’scourier,Mr.Kirsch,andhavingonlypeepedintoaplay-roomatBaden-BadenwhenhehungonDobbin’sarm,andwhere,ofcourse,hewasnotpermittedtogamble,cameeagerlytothispartoftheentertainmentandhankeredroundthetableswherethecroupiersandthepunterswereatwork.Womenwereplaying;theyweremasked,someofthem;thislicensewasallowedinthesewildtimesofcarnival.

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