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but more than the argument were the evidences of the rare viands before them.
The hall was a lofty and wide one, with everything that the imagination of man could think of to adorn a feast—flowers spread over the board, while course after course came on, so delicate, so refined, so all-sufficing, that they could not pause to consider what the ingredients of each dish were, simply that the feast was perfect and the wines without a flaw.
They had music also while they feasted, delicious strains of melody that wafted their spirits to a paradise of dreams.
At last it was over, and the guests, after wishing the happy pair all the joys which perfect love alone can impart, left them to themselves, the best boon to all true lovers.
