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Mr. Mangles gave a dinner-party the same evening. "It is well," he had said, "to show the nations that the great powers are in perfect harmony. " He made this remark to Deulin and Cartoner, whom he met at the Cukiernia Lourse -- a large confectioner's shop and teahouse in the Krakow Faubourg -- which is the principal café in Warsaw. And he then and there had arranged that they should dine with him.
"I always accept the good Mangles' invitations. Firstly, I am in love with Miss Cahere. Secondly, Julia P. Mangles amuses me consumedly. In her presence I am dumb. My breath is taken away. I have nothing to say. But afterwards, in the night, I wake up and laugh into my pillow. It takes years off one's life," said Deulin, confidentially, to Cartoner, as they sipped their tea when Mr. Joseph P. Mangles had departed.