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           Emmyhadpassedblushingthroughtheroomanon,whereallsortsofpeoplewerecollected;Tyroleseglove-sellersandDanubianlinen-merchants,withtheirpacks;studentsrecruitingthemselveswithbutterbrodsandmeat;idlers,playingcardsordominoesonthesloppy,beerytables;tumblersrefreshingduringthecessationoftheirperformancesinaword,allthefumumandstrepitusofaGermaninninfairtime.ThewaiterbroughttheMajoramugofbeer,asamatterofcourse,andhetookoutacigarandamusedhimselfwiththatperniciousvegetableandanewspaperuntilhischargeshouldcomedowntoclaimhim.

           MaxandFritzcamepresentlydownstairs,theircapsononeside,theirspursjingling,theirpipessplendidwithcoatsofarmsandfull-blowntassels,andtheyhungupthekeyofNo.90ontheboardandcalledfortherationofbutterbrodandbeer.ThepairsatdownbytheMajorandfellintoaconversationofwhichhecouldnothelphearingsomewhat.Itwasmainlyabout"Fuchs"and"Philister,"andduelsanddrinking-boutsattheneighbouringUniversityofSchoppenhausen,fromwhichrenownedseatoflearningtheyhadjustcomeintheEilwagen,withBecky,asitappeared,bytheirside,andinordertobepresentatthebridalfetesatPumpernickel.

           "ThetitleEnglanderinnseemstobeenbaysdegonnoisance,"saidMax,whoknewtheFrenchlanguage,toFritz,hiscomrade."Afterthefatgrandfatherwentaway,therecameaprettylittlecompatriot.

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