masqeuraders

Updated: May 4, 2025

And along the yellow wall, which was brightly lit up by a gas lamp out of view, passed a string of rapidly moving shadows men in costume, women with shawls over their scant attire, in a word, the whole of the characters in the second act, who would shortly make their appearance as masqeuraders in the ball at the Boule Noire.

Émile Zola - Four Short Stories By Emile Zola