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Servants were waiting in the hall, the number and livery of whom seemed somehow reminiscent of musical comedy. One, with perfect gravity, handed the departing visitor his overcoat, another his hat, a third his stick and gloves.
"Taxicab or car, sir?" a superior person in plain evening clothes enquired from the background.