The supper was like most others of its kind in Paris. At first everyone was silent; then followed a few confused murmurs, and afterwards several insipid jokes passed and repassed, with false reports, false reasonings, a little politics, and a great deal of scandal. The conversation then turned upon the new productions in literature.
La cena se parecia á casi todas las cenas de Paris; primero mucho silencio, luego un estrépito de palabras que no se entendian, chistes luego, casi todos muy insulsos, noticias falsas, malos raciocinios, algo de política, y mucha murmuracion; despues habláron de obras nuevas.