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EmbassyA foreign embassy is the official diplomatic office of one country in the capital of another country. It is the official office of the ambassador of the home country, serves as the primary channel of communication between the two governments, negotiaties treaties between the home country and the host country, and promotes economic and cultural exchange between home country and host country.Many Commonwealth countries, by virtue of tradition and the technicality of sharing a common head of state, do not exchange embassies and ambassadors but high commissions and high commissioners, which are identical in all but name. See also: Consulate general In
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members in question, forced my hands first to raise themselves
ruffled my locks in doing so), and lastly commanded my legs to
though at one time with too much reluctance, and at another with
every moment on tiptoe). Some one called out to me, "Where are
guessed the voice to be Woloda's, and, feeling satisfied,
airily in reply, and continued on my way.
XVI
THE QUARREL
In the main salon I perceived sitting at a small table a short,
and was engaged in eating.html">eating something or another, while by his side
a conversation in French. Somehow the aspect of these two persons
at the candelabrum which was standing before them. Looking from
table, and applied my cigarette to the flame. When it was fairly
eating, and found his grey eyes fixed upon me with an expression
moustache moved a little, and he said in French:
"I do not like people to smoke.html">smoke when I am dining, my good sir."
I murmured something inaudible.
"No, I do not like it at all," he went on sternly, and with a
admire the way in which he was about to deal with me. "I do not
to puff their smoke up one's very nose."
By this time I had gathered that it was myself he was scolding,
least I did! You are a cad, young sir!" he shouted in reply.
"But what right have you to shout at me like that?" I exclaimed,
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