The Grand Babylon Hôtel — Arnold Bennett
Topics: класика
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THE GRAND BABYLON HÔTEL
By Arnold Bennett
T. Racksole & Daughter
Chapter One THE MILLIONAIRE AND THE WAITER
‘YES, sir?’
Jules, the celebrated head waiter of the Grand Babylon, was bending formally towards the alert, middle-aged man who had just entered the smoking-room and dropped into a basket-chair in the corner by the conservatory. It was 7.45 on a particularly sultry June night, and dinner was about to be served at the Grand Babylon. Men of all sizes, ages, and nationalities, but every one alike arrayed in faultless evening dress, were dotted about the large, dim apartment. A faint odour of flowers came from the conservatory, and the tinkle of a fountain. The waiters, commanded by Jules,…
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