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They were all near the grand piano and Lady Clara, smoothing her vexed brow, swept her ruby velvets gracefully up to that quarter of the room. Before she could speak, the celebrated Herr Machtenklinken confronted her with some sternness. "Your ladyshib vill do me ze kindness to remember," he said, loftily, "zat I am here to blay!
"We want you to play. There is a lady here who heard you in Paris quite recently she admires you immensely. Won't you come and be introduced to her?" Herr Machtenklinken paused, and a smile softened his hitherto angry countenance. "You are fery goot, Mr. Lofelace," he remarked "and I would do moch for you but her ladyshib understands me not she has offend me it is better I should take my leave."
"Ze Emberor himself would not have speak to me so! I come here as a favor her ladyshib do not offer me one pfenning, ach! ze music is not for such beoble! I shall brefer to blay to bigs! Zere is no art in zis country! And he began to make his way out of the room, when he was overtaken by Beau Lovelace, who had followed him in haste. "Where are you off to, Hermann?" he asked good-naturedly.
Zere has been no obbortunity ze biano could not make itself to be heard in zis fery moch noise. It is bossible your ladyshib shall require not ze music zis efening? In zat case I shall take my fery goot leave." Lady Winsleigh raised her eyes with much superciliousness. "As you please," she said coolly.
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