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   archaic · historicalgas mantle

   Dort glühten schon die Auerstrümpfe in den gläsernen Lüstern, obgleich es unter den Linden der Bahnhofstraße kaum zu blauen begann.There, the gas mantles were already glowing in their glass chandeliers, although it was barely beginning to get dark under the linden trees of Bahnhofstrasse.