← There, on that October evening—there, in that exuberant vista of gilding and crimson velvet set amidst all those opposing mirrors and upholding caryatids, with fumes of tobacco ever rising to the painted and pagan ceiling, and with the hum of presumably cynical conversation broken into so sharply now and again by the clatter of dominoes shuffled on marble tables, I drew a deep breath and, "This indeed," said I to myself, "is life!" 🔊
← The tables were so narrow and were set so close together that there was space for twelve of them, six jutting from each wall. 🔊
← His eyes were handsome, but, like the Vingtième's tables, too narrow and set too close together. 🔊