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Intruder at the Castle: An American in a French Enclave
An unnamed American narrator meets two aristocratic women, Gretchen and a Bouguereau-inspired companion, at an inn near Barscheit. He seeks hospitality, learns their language cues, and devolves into flirtation and foiled social play, ending with tension over misread signals and impending continuation.
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Kismet
Bouguéreau
England
Gretchen
Berlin
Paris
Faust
Grieg
Barscheit