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. [To the ] But this? What do you think of this? Allow me. Here is the best point of view.

. Marvellous! Magical!

. You are surprised to see this, eh? Now what do you say? Pardon, allow me. Here is another point of view.

. Marvellous! Magical!

. My own idea! It didn't occur to me in a moment. Ideas like this don't occur every day. The entire café converted into a grotto—rest for the body, recreation for the soul after the brilliancy of the spectacle. In all Europe, in all America, there is nothing to equal it. It is the most magnificent music-hall in the world—four million francs invested in it. You may say so in your paper.

. In my paper? Oh, Mr. Jacob, I am not a reporter!

. What? You are not the correspondent of the Dramatic Courier of Milan, of the Genoa Manager's Monitor?

. I did not say

. But the card you sent in to the office? 65