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Even the Chamberlain was unusually gloomy and had no wish to

chat, observing that his daughters, handsome and well-dowered

young ladies as they were, in the flower of youth, by universal

opinion the best matches in the district, were silent and

neglected by the young men, who were also silent. This also

caused concern to the hospitable Judge; and the Seneschal,

noticing that all were thus silent, called the meal not a Polish

but a wolves' supper.