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his great love of painting. A scholarship, granted him
by the late King Charles XV, had enabled him to pursue
his studies at Düsseldorf. This fact constituted a point
of contact between us, for I had had a scholarship from
the same king, only in my case it had been granted for
literary purposes.
We discussed painting, the theatre, the personality of
our patron. But gradually the flow of conversation
ceased, largely checked by the whist players, who joined
in every now and then, laying rude fingers on sensitive
spots, tearing open scarcely healed wounds. I began to
feel ill at ease in this heterogeneous society and rose to
go. The Baron and his wife, who accompanied me to
the door, dropped their constrained manner as soon as
they were out of earshot of the old people. They asked
me to a friendly dinner on the following Saturday, and
after a little chat in the passage we parted as old friends.
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