The Baront

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.