Book Excerpt: ...im to notice the obsequiousness of the waiters, who passed each thing to the dignified servant to be placed before the lady by his hand. Who was she to be served with this respect and rapidity?Only her red wine the ma tre d'h tel poured into her glass himself. She lifted it up to the light to see the clear ruby, then she sipped it and scented its bouquet, the ma tre d'h tel anxiously awaiting her verdict the while. "Bon," was all she said, and the weight of the world seemed to fall from the man's sloping shoulders as he bowed and moved aside.Paul's irritation grew. "She's well over thirty," he said to himself. "I suppose she has nothing else to live for I wonder what the devil she'll eat next "She ate a delicate truite bleu, but she did not touch her wine again the while. She had almost finished the fish before Paul's sole au vin blanc arrived upon the scene, and this angered him the more. Why should he wait for his...
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