Quotation from: The Little Lady of the Big House

Written by: Jack London

Later, when the two sages were obliviously engrossed in a heated
battle as to whether Berlioz or Beethoven had exposited in their
compositions the deeper intellect, Graham managed his escape. Clearly,
his goal was to find his hostess again. But she had joined two of the
girls in the whispering, giggling seclusiveness of one of the big
chairs, and, most of the company being deep in bridge, Graham found
himself drifted into a group composed of Dick Forrest, Mr. Wombold,
Dar Hyal, and the correspondent of the _Breeders' Gazette_.