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One day, just as I had ordered my lunch at a restaurant much frequented by journalists, a German, named Pfeifer, one of the largest stockholders in our paper, entered and seated himself at the table opposite me. He was a somewhat puffy and voluminous man with a very round bald head, and an air of defiant prosperity about him. He had retired from the brewery business some years ago, with a very handsome fortune.
"I have been hunting for you high and low," he began in his native tongue. "You know there is to be a ball in the _Turnverein_ to-morrow night, -- a very grand affair, they say. I suppose they have sent you tickets."