The Baron (Unabridged)

The Baron is a short story by Katherine Mansfield: «Who is he?» I said. «And why does he sit always alone, with his back to us, too?» – «Ah!» whispered the Frau Oberregierungsrat, «he is a Baron.» – She looked at me very solemnly, and yet with the slightest possible contempt – a «fancy-not-recognising-that-at-the-first-glance» expression.