Beelzebubs-Tales-to-His-Grandson-by-G-I-Gurdjieff

a kind of reddish liquid to drink, squeezed out of a certain well-known flowerthere, while in the cafés on the continent of Europe, although they also serve aliquid, not only is it completely black but from what it is squeezed—no oneknows except the proprietor of the establishment."We began to drink the black liquid served to us, called 'coffee. '"Here too I noticed that all the employees of this Grand Café or, as theycall them, 'waiters,' were beings from other groups, chiefly from the Europeancommunity called 'Italy. '"You must know that in general in this part of the city of Paris—this'foreign Paris'—each 'business' is a specialty of the beings of one or anothercommunity of the continent of Europe or of other continents."And thus, seated at a table in that famous Grand Café, or rather outdoorsin front of it, we began to watch the passers-by strolling up and down on theother half of the pavement."Among the strolling crowd were beings of almost all the separate groupsof the continent of Europe and of other continents—mostly, of course, fromthose communities whose turn it was at that period to be rich, predominantlybeings from the continent of America."For in Paris the beings of the continent of America had by this timedefinitely taken the place of the beings of the great community of Russiasince the 'death' of that community."Most of those strolling by were beings belonging to the ruling class, whooften come to the 'capital of the world' to have, as they say, a 'good time.'"There were also many businessmen among them, who had come to Parisfor what is called the 'fashion trade,' chiefly perfumery and women's clothes"Among the motley crowd walking along the Boulevard