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dance with you if you are agreeable." He nodded toward two men at a table across the room. They were well dressed, wearing dinner jackets, and they were dark and rather handsome. Helen and I exchanged glances. "Why not?" she said. the [[The]] two men came to our table. They spoke little English. I tried without much success to use my high school German. However, since we danced every dance, there was little need for conversation. Both were beautiful dancers. When the orchestra finished the closing waltz, they bowed, kissed our hands, and indicated that it had been a delightful evening. We agreed and went upstairs to our room, more than pleased with the thought that we, two middle-aged women, had held the attention of two handsome Hungarians for about two hours, and without the benefit of any real conversation.

The next morning, while checking out of the hotel, we found an item of 50 pengos, about $10 on our bill. Unable to decipher it, we asked the cashier what it was for.