Youth and Egolatry

Barriovero, a conventionalist, according to Grandmontagne -- yes, and how keen the scent of this American for such matters! -- attended the opening of a radical club in the Calle del Principe with a party of friends. We were all drinking champagne. Like other revolutionists and parvenus generally, Lerroux is a victim of the superstition of champagne.

"Aha, suppose those workingmen should see us drinking champagne! " suggested some one.