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, aband; for, asusual, theywereacollectionofpoordevils, pickedupgoodnessknowswhere, andyoungunknownplayerstoohappytolearntheirart, , andpassingthroughthelittleprincelytown, gavetheirperformancesthere.
Waldhaus' : theyusedtorepeatgossippickedupintheboulevardnewspapersandmoreorlessunderstood; ; , andtheyhadeverywhereassumedthenationalityandaspectofthecountry: thistribeoftheseedofAbrahamincludedanEnglishbaronet, aBelgiansenator, aFrenchminister, adeputyintheReichstag, andaPapalCount; andallofthem, althoughtheywereunitedandfilledwithrespectforthestockfromwhichtheysprang, weresincerelyEnglish, Belgian, French, German, orPapal, , butashewasalwaysextravagantinhistalk, and, bywayofpraisingtheParisians, usedtorepresentthemasaspeciesofscatterbrains, lewdandrowdy, whospenttheirtimeinlove-makingandrevolutionswithoutevertakingthemselvesseriously, Christophewasnotgreatlyattractedbythe "ByzantineanddecadentrepublicbeyondtheVosges." HeusedrathertoimagineParisasitwaspresentedinana?veengravingwhichhehadseenasafrontispiecetoabookthathadrecentlyappearedinaGermanartpublication; theDevilofNotreDameappearedhuddledupabovetheroofsofthetownwiththelegend:
"EternalluxurylikeaninsatiableVampiredevoursitspreyabovethegreatcity."
LikeagoodGermanhedespisedthedebauchedVolcaeandtheirliterature, ofwhichheonlyknewlivelybuffoonerieslikeL'Aiglon, MadameSansGêne, andafewcafé , wherethosepeoplewhoweremostnotoriouslyincapableofbeinginterestedinartflockednoisilytotakeplacesattheboxoffice, .
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