Englandespeciallyhehadoftenvisited，andhespokethelanguagealmostwithoutaccent。IhadoncespentthreerainydayswithhiminthehouseofanEnglishfriendinthecountry。Hewasasharpobserver，andagooddealofagossip;heknewalittlesomethingabouteveryone，andaboutsomepeopleeverything。HisknowledgeonsocialmattersgenerallyhadthequalityofallGermanscience;itwascopious，minute，exhaustive。
\"Dotellme，\"Isaid，aswestoodlookingroundthehouse，\"whoandwhatistheladyinwhite，withtheyoungmansittingbehindher。\"
\"Who？\"heanswered，droppinghisglass。\"MadameBlumenthal！What！
Itwouldtakelongtosay。Beintroduced;it’seasilydone;youwillfindhercharming。Then，afteraweek，youwilltellmewhatsheis。\"
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