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And they did all they could to prove to the rest of the company how much at ease they were in good German society. Madame Krisbay seemed very contented with her neighbors, especially when she discovered that the Rev. Sámuel Rafanidesz was a bachelor. What! did clergymen marry there? The schoolmaster was a much handsomer man, but he was older, and was, besides, married.
She had the Lutheran clergyman, Sámuel Rafanidesz, on her right, and the schoolmaster, Teofil Klempa, on her left, and to them was deputed the task of entertaining the unfortunate foreigner. Their invitations had been put in this form: "You must come, for there is to be a German lady at supper, whom you are to entertain."
Mravucsán knew the whole story, and even the lady, a certain Mrs. Bahó. She must have been a silly woman, for it was she herself who let the cat out of the bag, to her own husband too; and she was not a beauty either, as we can see from Mrs. Mravucsán's words: "Rafanidesz was a fool.
"A christening, another christening!" called out every one. "My best wishes," said Mr. Rafanidesz, turning to Mrs. Szliminszky, who blushed becomingly and told him not to talk nonsense. But the young lawyer would not let her continue the conversation; he drew his chair nearer to hers, and said: "Please go on."
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