[The Son of Clemenceau by Alexandre (fils) Dumas]@TWC D-Link bookThe Son of Clemenceau CHAPTER III 13/17
The father of a beautiful woman is not like any other man in the world to a young man, who is not indifferent to her. Following the old Jew with his gaze to the narrow side-door leading to behind-the-scenes, Claudius thought that, in the brief period of its opening and closing, he spied the bright black orbs of the Jewess striving to catch a glimpse even so transient of him.
It did not need this encouragement to make him resolve to respond to the invitation. An hour would soon pass, even in this tedious recreation.
He felt also some resentment and curiosity to see the person whom the director of these Munich circeans considered in adequate succession to the peerless Stamboulane.
The announcement had at least kindled the public: being plebeian, the promised aristocrat was already discussed.
The family was existent, whether this variety vocalist was legitimately a daughter being another question.
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