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Present at the Court of Common Council, where they voted the freedom of the City of London to Mr Stephenson, the American Minister, to be presented to him in a gold box of the value of 100 guineas. The following evening I went to Kensington Palace to a soiree given by the Duke of Sussex to the members of the Royal Society. The rooms were crowded.
'Mamma is out with Roger, said Hetta, endeavouring to save herself from confusion. 'There is a soirée of learned people somewhere, and she made poor Roger take her. The ticket was only for her and her friend, and therefore I could not go. 'I am so glad to see you. What an age it is since we met. 'Hardly since the Melmottes' ball, said Hetta. 'Hardly indeed. I have been here once since that.
He was just reading aloud at the duchess's soiree from the late edition of the almanach, and the society listened with earnest and kind attention, occasionally interrupted with an enthusiastic "Bravo!" or "Excellent!" from the duchess, followed by a murmur of assent around the table, which caused the poet's face to brighten with joy and satisfaction, and him to read on with increased energy.
She, too, might have desired, as Vaudrey did formerly to leave the soirée, to be with her husband again, and she thought that Sulpice found it necessary to remain longer, since he had not definitely decided on going away.
The strong drinks caused many a wordy war, and we made a point of exhorting the pagans, with poor success I own, to purer lives. We spent our soiree alternately bepreaching the Gallas, "chaffing" Mad Said, who, despite his seventy years, was a hale old Bedouin, with a salt and sullen repartee, and quarrelling with the slave-girls.
The soirée that was to follow it would be magnificent. The journals would most certainly report it. Gerson had invited one reporter in spite of his dislike of journalists. Ah! those gossipers and foolish fellows, they never forgot to describe the toilettes worn by "the pretty Madame Gerson" at first nights, at the Élysée or at Charity Bazaars.
We left Dundee at two o'clock, by cars, for Edinburgh again, and in the evening attended another soiree of the workingmen of Edinburgh. We have received letters from the workingmen, both in Dundee and Glasgow, desiring our return to attend soirees in those cities. Nothing could give us greater pleasure, had we time or strength.
Briggs's legs were trembling under him. "That is all, for the present, mister," announced the class sergeant. "But you will hold yourself in readiness, in case we call you out for a soiree this evening." "Yes, sir," assented the plebe. "You may go." Mr. Briggs judged that he had better salute the yearling class president very carefully as he passed out with his bucket.
"Such a Cabinet!" Sabine had exclaimed in a rage. "A Cabinet of pasteboard capuchins." "A Ministry of pasteboard, certainly," Guy had answered. Madame Marsy was quite beside herself. Granet indeed! Why could he not have waited a day or two longer before upsetting the whole administration. It would have been quite as easy to have overthrown Pichereau a day after her soirée as a few days before.
He would see for himself whether she was all that his dreaming fancy had painted her, or whether she was what men said a heartless coquette. He went to Rome, and found her, as usual, queen of all that was most brilliant and gay. It was at a soiree given by the Duchessa Sforza. He saw her again, beautiful, radiant and magnificent.
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