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Bubbles And Ballast, Being A Description Of Life In Paris During The Brilliant Days Of Empire

Chapter 14

CHAPTER XIV.

Palace at Versailles — Patti in Italian Opera — Concert at the Hdtel de Ville — Baron and Baroness Haussman — The Ar- tists and their Operatic Selections — The Environs of Paris in Spring Verdure — St. Eustache on Good Friday — Amer- ican Episcopal Church on Easter Sunday — Easter Gifts —
The Cirque Napoleon — The Trained Dogs and the Am- phibious Man — Wedding in High Life — The English Char- ity Ball at the Grand Hotel — Lord Lyons — The English Admiral, and a gouty Marquis on the “ light fantastic toe,” 228