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Rh the only café where you can really dine,—that is, if you are on good terms with its waiters.

Maitre Pastrini remained silent a short time; it was evident that he was musing over this answer, which did not seem very clear.

"But," said Franz, in his turn interrupting his host's meditations, "you had some motive for coming here; may I beg to know what it was?":

"Ah, yes; you have ordered your carriage at eight o'clock precisely?"

"I have"