Konrad and Alexandra (pdf) - Rolf Gross

The ball became a great, albeit controversial, success. Even the older faculty members
risked a leg to the modern dance music, and the younger people loved it. The belly dancer,
who appeared late at night, became a scandal earning Konrad a reprimand by his superior.
The matter eventually died down, when it became known that the majority of the sedate
professors frequented the Armenian nightclubs regularly.
Alexandra became the talk of the faculty. Only much later would she find out that long
before her arrival, she had already been the object of titillating rumors. The academic
community attributed the novelties of the ball to her influence—la Géorgienne fatale! Alexandra
was delighted.
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