Folies Bergères“And all over the world,” Comte Raoul added. “It was the first music hall to be opened in Paris. I believe amongst its attractions was a woman with two heads and a magician who swallowed live snakes, ripped open his stomach and pulled out a rosary and pearls which he presented to ladies in the audience!”
Larisa laughed before she said,
“Many people tonight were not watching the stage, and there appeared to be lots of women unaccompanied.”
The Comte did not answer for a moment and then he said,
Comte“As I have already said, the Folies Bergères is not a place that a lady would visit alone or with anyone else!”
Folies BergèresLarisa turned to look at him, her eyes wide.
“But you took your party there!”
“My guests were not like you.”
She thought again of the beautiful la
