A Memoir of a Day

Franz was in the middle of writing a short story, but he still wasn't quite sure how it would end. When he checked the last lines he had written, he saw that head left, his main character fast asleep. Franz awoke from his day dreams as the waitress returned carrying a silver trai. The tray was a tall glass of glack coffee covered with a layer of whipped cream and dusted with cocoa powder. There was also a glass of water and a serving of francis favorite dessert, apple trode. In vienna, this kind of coffee was known as einspenner, a word that also meant one horse carriage. Traditionally, coach drivers in vienna

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