Volume 4: Adventures in the South · Episode 16: Depart Switzerland
Chapter III
Rosalie—Toulon—Nice—I Arrive at Genoa—M. Grimaldi— Veronique and Her Sister
I noticed that the four principal boxes on both sides of the proscenium were adorned with pretty women, but not a single gentleman. In the interval between the first and second acts I saw gentlemen of all classes paying their devoirs to these ladies. Suddenly I heard a Knight of Malta say to a girl, who was the sole occupant of a box next to me,
“I will breakfast with you to-morrow.”
This was enough for me. I looked at her more closely and finding her to be a dainty morsel I said, as soon as the knight had gone—
“Will you give me my supper?”
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