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To
one
not
inclined
to
drink
,
and
gifted
with
a
more
serious
turn
of
mind
,
such
a
bubbling
,
chattering
,
glittering
chamber
must
ever
seem
an
anomaly
,
a
strange
commentary
on
nature
and
life
.
Here
come
the
moths
,
in
endless
procession
,
to
bask
in
the
light
of
the
flame
.
Such
conversation
as
one
may
hear
would
not
warrant
a
commendation
of
the
scene
upon
intellectual
grounds
.
It
seems
plain
that
schemers
would
choose
more
sequestered
quarters
to
arrange
their
plans
,
that
politicians
would
not
gather
here
in
company
to
discuss
anything
save
formalities
,
where
the
sharp
-
eared
may
hear
,
and
it
would
scarcely
be
justified
on
the
score
of
thirst
,
for
the
majority
of
those
who
frequent
these
more
gorgeous
places
have
no
craving
for
liquor
.
Nevertheless
,
the
fact
that
here
men
gather
,
here
chatter
,
here
love
to
pass
and
rub
elbows
,
must
be
explained
upon
some
grounds
.
It
must
be
that
a
strange
bundle
of
passions
and
vague
desires
give
rise
to
such
a
curious
social
institution
or
it
would
not
be
.
Drouet
,
for
one
,
was
lured
as
much
by
his
longing
for
pleasure
as
by
his
desire
to
shine
among
his
betters
.
The
many
friends
he
met
here
dropped
in
because
they
craved
,
without
,
perhaps
,
consciously
analysing
it
,
the
company
,
the
glow
,
the
atmosphere
which
they
found
.
One
might
take
it
,
after
all
,
as
an
augur
of
the
better
social
order
,
for
the
things
which
they
satisfied
here
,
though
sensory
,
were
not
evil
.
No
evil
could
come
out
of
the
contemplation
of
an
expensively
decorated
chamber
.
The
worst
effect
of
such
a
thing
would
be
,
perhaps
,
to
stir
up
in
the
material
-
minded
an
ambition
to
arrange
their
lives
upon
a
similarly
splendid
basis
.
In
the
last
analysis
,
that
would
scarcely
be
called
the
fault
of
the
decorations
,
but
rather
of
the
innate
trend
of
the
mind
.
That
such
a
scene
might
stir
the
less
expensively
dressed
to
emulate
the
more
expensively
dressed
could
scarcely
be
laid
at
the
door
of
anything
save
the
false
ambition
of
the
minds
of
those
so
affected
.
Remove
the
element
so
thoroughly
and
solely
complained
of
—
liquor
—
and
there
would
not
be
one
to
gainsay
the
qualities
of
beauty
and
enthusiasm
which
would
remain
.
The
pleased
eye
with
which
our
modern
restaurants
of
fashion
are
looked
upon
is
proof
of
this
assertion
.
Yet
,
here
is
the
fact
of
the
lighted
chamber
,
the
dressy
,
greedy
company
,
the
small
,
self
-
interested
palaver
,
the
disorganized
,
aimless
,
wandering
mental
action
which
it
represents
—
the
love
of
light
and
show
and
finery
which
,
to
one
outside
,
under
the
serene
light
of
the
eternal
stars
,
must
seem
a
strange
and
shiny
thing
.
Under
the
stars
and
sweeping
night
winds
,
what
a
lamp
-
flower
it
must
bloom
;
a
strange
,
glittering
night
-
flower
,
odour
-
yielding
,
insect
-
drawing
,
insect
-
infested
rose
of
pleasure
.
“
See
that
fellow
coming
in
there
?
”
said
Hurstwood
,
glancing
at
a
gentleman
just
entering
,
arrayed
in
a
high
hat
and
Prince
Albert
coat
,
his
fat
cheeks
puffed
and
red
as
with
good
eating
.
“
No
,
where
?
”
said
Drouet
.
“
There
,
”
said
Hurstwood
,
indicating
the
direction
by
a
cast
of
his
eye
,
“
the
man
with
the
silk
hat
.
”
“
Oh
,
yes
,
”
said
Drouet
,
now
affecting
not
to
see
.
“
Who
is
he
?
”
“
That
’
s
Jules
Wallace
,
the
spiritualist
.
”
