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A man in a black coat and white cravat sits at a riverside cafe on an autumn day, with a hand holding a coffee cup in the foreground.

A man in a black coat and white cravat sits at a riverside cafe on an autumn day, with a hand holding a coffee cup in the foreground.

A panoramic view from my seat in an open riverside café on a warm early autumn day. Only a corner of my table is visible, with my right arm holding a cup of coffee; I am not in the picture. At the next table, a tall, lean 50-year-old gentleman in a black smoking coat sits down. He wears a stiff upright collar with a white silk neckerchief, gray and black 19th-century trousers, brown gaiters, and brownish-yellow shoes. His face is clean-shaven with a well-shaped chin and a tiny trimmed moustache. Along the riverbank, linden trees show the first touches of yellow, their leaves still clinging to the branches. A light breeze cools the air, and the horizon is perfectly clear. Mehr sehen