Smith, F. Berkeley (Frank Berkeley), b. 1869 · New York : Funk & Wagnalls · leaf 54
he court of Louis XVI. in a perfect gown ofto-day, she would have been welcomed withwonder and delight. The curtain falls on the re^ue, smart equipagesoutside are being shouted for by the chasseur,Julie la Drolesse has juststepped in her boudoir-like coupe. It has be-gun to drizzle. I call myown… … ^» PARIS DINES^* /^ HE famous chef,Vatel, before a din-ner given to LouisXIV., killed himselfbecause the fish waslate.Nowadays he might simplyhave shrugged his shoulders inapology, a mode of reply mostpopular in France, and against which all argu-ment is as useless as so much steam in the air. Boil…
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