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

des Capucines, one could see many young people who had come to learn boththe 'latest dances' and how to design 'fashionable hats.'"While we were talking and watching that mixed crowd whose faces reflectedsatisfaction at the fulfillment of a long-cherished dream, my newacquaintance, the young Persian, suddenly turned to me in surprise and,pointing with his finger at a passing couple, exclaimed:" 'Look! Look at that! There go some "real French people!" '"I looked and saw that indeed this couple greatly resembled the beings Ihad seen in provincial towns of that country."After they had disappeared in the crowd, we began to speculate about thereason why this 'genuine' French couple came to be in that part of theircapital."After various surmises, we concluded that this couple probably lived insome outlying quarter of the real French Paris and had gone for some familycelebration or other to their relatives' in another part of this French Paris onthe opposite side of the city."Evidently they had drunk rather too much at that family feast, and afterthe celebration, not wanting to make a detour, they decided to return home bythe direct route, which happened to pass right by the Grand Café."Probably this was the only reason why these genuine French people wereto be seen in this part of Paris."Talking all the while, we continued to watch the passing crowd deckedout in the latest fashions."Although most of them were showing off the latest 'creations,' it wasobvious that these clothes had only just been bought—today or yesterday—and on close observation and by comparing their faces with their clothes, onecould be