VII
THE MAN WHO SHOT AT NOTHING
Max Schimmel had intended to ask Baraka if it was true that there was a flaw in the Surakarta; but he had forgotten this in the interest he had taken in the examination of the room. He recollected, as the elevator was dropping them to the first floor, but he at once forgot it a second time in his rapt contemplation of the dining rooms of the Hotel Tonty which were visible in all directions from the lobby.
These dining rooms reminded Max of the boastful tribal feasts he had seen among the most savage peoples. At this hour nearly every table was filled. Max observed that
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