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Excerpt from Vain Forebodings
The rest did far less honour than usual to their wine, and there was a marked absence of the fun and merriment natural at the years of the company. The gorgeous silver bowl in its crystal setting of ice was more than two-thirds full, and the table, cleared of everything save the dessert, showed none of the litter and confusion of a prolonged entertainment.
You can consider yourselves off duty for the present, Count Buchberg said to the orderlies in waiting. Bring the cigars here, Gutmann, and be careful to close the doors after you, or we shall have that infernal draught in the room.
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