CHAPTER FIVEThe crowds were moving slowly and were obviously in a mood of gaiety and excitement.
The majority of people on the street, Zosina thought, were peasants who appeared to gape at everything and everybody.
But there were also a number of anonymous figures wearing dominos and masks, who were moving in through a huge doorway lit with dozens of electric globes and festooned with bunting and flags.
Because she felt nervous, Zosina moved closer to the King as he elbowed his way through the crowds to the door of what she guessed must be a beer hall.
She knew they existed in Lützelstein, although she had never actually been in one. She had heard that dances and entertainments often took place in them.
When she walked through the door, holding her domino tightly around her and afraid
