In this crowd of mannequins, names stand out such as Sibilla of Luxembourg, Gloria von Thurn und Taxis, Mette Marit of Norway, Rosario of Bulgaria and Sofia of Habsburg.

'Fürst Shcherbatsky sammt Gemahlin und Tochter,' Prince Shcherbatsky with his wife and daughter. by the premises they occupied, by their name, and by the people they were acquainted with, at once crystallized into their definite and preordained place.

Well, well, well.

Well I never!

Gee whiz!

I never did!

Well, well, well, what have we here?

Hold it like this. Like that? No, like this.

That s what it is, isn t it? Of course it is, of course it is.

'That's what it is, my friend!

It's taking something that's obvious .. that's obvious.

Why are you so pessimistic?

He is so sensible, so kind, and so good, and so amiable too.

'Yes!

Yes.

So what went wrong?

It was the climax of the story, the Year of the Fall, a turning point in history cliché transmuted into Truth.

So I lay, and so he stood.

It seemed so coarse and unwomanly.

Then why is she so pleased?

That's the way the world is made and the way man is made.

I'll do it anyway.

It works both ways.

So, you do admit that you've lied, right?

That's not so! It certainly is so.

So many languages, so little time...

You are so deeply hurt, so upset, that you see many things in the wrong light.'

So everything is fine and dandy, right?

But it could not be helped, it was necessary and had to be done.

Do you really think so? I know so.

There is so much to do and so little time.

How is it going with Tom?

So here.

Can you hear that?

That is exactly right.

So ...

You know.

I mean ...

It's so uninteresting.

Yes, all right.

Okay?

So ...

And it's by design.

'Then you will come?'

'It is true.'