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Ah! this is it," she added, taking a small bit of pasteboard from her card case. "Read that." AH THIS IS IT SHE ADDED TAKING A SMALL BIT OF PASTEBOARD FROM HER CARD CASE READ THAT
ere. Take Madame Récamier’s salon as it is now and compare it with what it used to be! In the early days, after her arrival here, everybody went because it was the swell thing, and you’d be sure of meeting the intellectually elect. On the one hand you’d find Sophocles; on the other, Cicero; across the room would be Horace chatting gayly with some such person as myself. Great warriors, from Alexander to Bonaparte, were there, and glad of the opportunity to be there, too; statesmen like Macchiavelli; artists like Cellini or Tintoretto. You couldn’t move without stepping on the toes of genius. But now all is different. The money-getting instinct has been aroused within them all, with the result that when I invited Mozart to meet a few friends at dinner at my place last autumn, he sent me a card stating his terms for dinners. Let me see, I think I have it with me; I’ve kept it by me for fear of losing it, it is such a complete revelation of the actual condition of affairs in this locality. EOPLE WILL STOP COMING HERE TAKE MADAME RACAMIER'S SALON AS IT IS NOW AND COMPARE IT WITH WHAT IT USED TO BE IN THE EARLY DAYS AFTER HER ARRIVAL HERE EVERYBODY WENT BECAUSE IT WAS THE SWELLED THING AND YOU'D BE SURE OF MEETING THE INTELLECTUALLY ELECT ON THE ONE HAND YOU'D FIND SOPHOCLES ON THE OTHER CICERO ACROSS THE ROOM WOULD BE HORACE CHATTING GAILY WITH SOME PERSON SUCH AS MYSELF GREAT WARRIORS FROM ALEXANDER TO BONAPARTE WERE THERE AND GLAD OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE THERE TOO STATESMEN LIKE MACCHIAVELLI ARTISTS LIKE CELLINI OR TINTORETTO YOU COULDN'T MOVE WITHOUT STEPPING ON THE TOES OF GENIUS BUT NOW ALL IS DIFFERENT THE MONEY GETTING INSTINCT HAS BEEN AROUSED WITHIN THEM ALL WITH THE RESULT THAT WHEN I INVITED MOZART TO MEET A FEW FRIENDS AT DINNER AT MY PLACE LAST AUTUMN HE SENT ME A CARD STATING HIS TERMS FOR DINNERS LET ME SEE I THINK I HAVE IT WITH ME I'VE KEPT IT BY ME FOR FEAR OF LOSING IT IT IS SUCH A COMPLETE REVELATION OF THE ACTUAL CONDITION OF AFFAIRS IN THIS LOCALITY
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