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Six years after, on the terrace of the Casino at Biarritz, Quentin was listlessly smoking a cigar. They were playing _La Fille de Madame Angot_, and the seducing music and the warm autumn air, made him sleepy.
Upon the table before him was the _liste rose_ of an hotel; and among the names of dukes and marquises could be seen: "Quentin García Roelas, Deputy, Madrid. " This made Quentin smile as at the memory of a childish vanity.