我发现自己在一个大的房子里，在哪里人们正围着一张小的桌子吃着午餐或是晚餐，正如我所被告知的风俗一样，在聚会上的都是贵族与上流社会人士。
I found myself in a large room, where people were sitting at lunch or supper around small tables, as is the custom, I am told, at parties in the houses of our nobility and gentry.
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