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As soon as Iván Volenski lost sight completely of Madame Demidoff's carriage, he, with a sigh of relief, retraced his steps up the wide stairs of the opera house, and joined a couple of dominoes, who, dressed like himself in uniform grey, stood isolated among the groups of masks that encumbered the entrance to the _foyer_. Together all three began sauntering in the direction of the Kolowrátring.
They walked on in silence for some time, smoking cigarettes and pushing their way through the crowd as best they could.