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Perfidy and Farce in a Turbulent Night of Tales
The passage blends reflections on George Brandes and misadventures in youth with a chaotic collage of sketches. It recounts Brandes’s obsession with philosophy and a comic misdirection where a young girl’s restraint turns into a temporary bondage anecdote. The text then shifts to a burlesque scene with a quail thief, a Naples bay, and a performer avoiding a risky role amid audience suspicion, ending with crosscut vignettes of quirky parental wisdom and social oddities.
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George Brandes
Henrietta
Dr. Brandes
Brandéé
Naples