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Opposite, a family group sit discussing omelettes and a bottle of white wine. OPPOSITE A FAMILY GROUP SIT DISCUSSING OMELETS AND A BOTTLE OF WHITE WINE
oldier with his sweetheart, the students in twos and threes, the little grisette with her cousin, the shop-boy and the workman. Here come grey-haired Darby and Joan, and, over the mug of beer they share between them, they sit thinking of the children--of little Lisa, married to clever Karl, who is pushing his way in the far-off land that lies across the great sea; of laughing Elsie, settled in Hamburg, who has grandchildren of her own now; of fair-haired Franz, his mother's pet, who fell in sunny France, fighting for the fatherland. At the next table sits a blushing, happy little maid, full of haughty airs and graces, such as may be excused to a little maid who has just saved a no doubt promising, but at present somewhat awkward-looking, youth from lifelong misery, if not madness and suicide (depend upon it, that is the alternative he put before her), by at last condescending to give him the plump little hand, that he, thinking nobody sees him, holds so tightly beneath the table-cloth. R MOTHER A LACK AND WELL A DAY THE SOLDIER WITH HIS SWEETHEART THE STUDENTS IN TWOS AND THREES THE LITTLE GRISETTE WITH HER COUSIN THE SHOPBOY AND THE WORKMAN HERE COME GRAY HAIRED DARBY AND JOAN AND OVER THE MUG OF BEER THEY SHARE BETWEEN THEM THEY SIT THINKING OF THE CHILDREN OF LITTLE LISA MARRIED TO CLEVER CARL WHO IS PUSHING HIS WAY IN THE FAR OFF LAND THAT LIES ACROSS THE GREAT SEA OF LAUGHING ELSIE SETTLED IN HAMBURG WHO HAS GRANDCHILDREN OF OWN NOW HER FAIR HAIRED FRANCE HIS MOTHER'S PET WHO FELL IN SUNNY FRANCE FIGHTING FOR THE FATHERLAND AT THE NEXT TABLE SITS A BLUSHING HAPPY LITTLE MAID FULL OF HAUGHTY AIRS AND GRACES SUCH AS MAY BE EXCUSED TO A LITTLE MAID WHO IS JUST SAVED AND NO DOUBT PROMISING BUT AT PRESENT SOMEWHAT AWKWARD LOOKING YOUTH FROM LIFE LONG MISERY IF NOT MADNESS AND SUICIDE DEPEND UPON IT THAT IS THE ALTERNATIVE HE PUT BEFORE HER BY AT LAST CONDESCENDING TO GIVE HIM THE PLUMP LITTLE HAND THAT HE THINKING NOBODY SEES HIM HOLDS SO TIGHTLY BENEATH A TABLECLOTH
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