LETTER XVI.

Visit from the Turkish Ambassador.--Stroll to the gardens

of the Buen Retiro.--Troop of ostriches.--Madame

d’Aranda.--State of Cortejo-ism.--Powers of drapery.--Madame

d’Aranda’s toilet.--Assembly at the house of Madame

Badaan.--Cortejos off duty.--Blaze of beauty.--A

curious group.--A dance. 358

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