The Opposite House: A Novel — page 134: what you’re looking at

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@ fi —— — eM (IEP ae eT —=_zzae CHA LPR XIE: Ay CRISIS. A motley throng crowded the halls of the Kurhaus in Wiesbaden; gay melodies, in whose alluring waltz-measures the very heart and soul melted, were heard. A full-dress ball was being given in there. A large party of acquaintances had just returned from a promenade through the illuminated garden. The merry group assembled ina side-hall to consult what should next be done. “Suppose,” said Doctor Brand, “that we walk through the gaming-halls as swiftly as fate and as noiselessly as the wind, and watch the players at trente et quarante? We shall risk neither colds nor baths, and not stray too far from the fountain of champagne.”’ “ Bravo, so we will!” answered several laughing [129] comicbooks.com