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Furthermore, before quitting the lobby, Roddy paused long enough to instruct the vestiaire to have a fire laid in his room. So he was stopping at Troyon's and didn't care who knew it!
Herr Freudenberg, with his arm resting lightly around Mademoiselle Ixe's waist, talked joyously and incessantly. It was not until some one lifted the blind and discovered that the sun was shining that they spoke of a move. Then, as the vestiaire came hurrying up with their coats and wraps, Herr Freudenberg lifted his glass. "One last toast!" he cried.
The vestiaire relieved us of our coats and hats. A suave maitre d'hotel bent over us with suggestions for supper, and an attendant sommelier waited by his side. Monsieur Carvin waved them away. "The gentlemen have probably supped," he remarked. "A bottle of the Pommery, Gout Anglais, and some biscuits. Is that right, Louis?" We both hastened to express our approval.
Selingman surrendered his hat and coat to the obsequious vestiaire, pulled down his waistcoat with a familiar gesture, spread his pudgy hands upon the table and looked around him with a smile of benevolent approval. "I shall amuse myself here," he declared confidently. "Pass the menu to me, Draconmeyer. You have no more idea how to eat than a rabbit. That is why you suffer from indigestion.
The vestiaire was taken by storm satin and lace cloaks lying on the ground, trampled upon by everybody, and at the end, various men not having been able to find their coats were disporting themselves in pink satin cloaks lined with swan's-down over their shoulders. Quantities of people never got into the palace not even on the staircase.
He explained Kendricks' idea. Her eyes glistened. "It's really splendid," she declared. "How I should love to have seen your first article!" "You shall read it afterwards," he told her. "I have a copy of Le Grand Journal in my overcoat pocket." She beckoned to the vestiaire. "I will not wait a moment," she insisted. "I shall read it while dinner is being served.
She showed him her vestiaire ticket, and the servant of the Casino was too polite to smile, as he explained that something else was necessary before she would be allowed to enter the gambling-rooms. He pointed toward three swing-doors at the far end of the hall, to the left. Through two of these, people were going into a room beyond.
She shivered a little as his fingers touched hers, although her eyes still besought him. The vestiaire was standing by with her lace coat. She rose slowly to her feet. "To the Rue Royale," she decided. "To-night I have no fancy for the Montmartre." Mrs. Carraby advanced into the library of the great house in Grosvenor Square.
It was indeed Herr Freudenberg who had mounted the stairs and was yielding now his coat to the attentive vestiaire Herr Freudenberg, unruffled and precisely attired in evening clothes. He showed not the slightest signs of his recent adventure. He chatted gayly to Albert and waved his hand to mademoiselle.
So I was forced to content myself with tipping the head-waiter and the vestiaire, the chausseur who opened the door, and the tall commissionnaire who welcomed us upon the pavement and whistled for a petite voiture. "Where to, messieurs?" the man asked, as the carriage drew up. Even then Louis hesitated.
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