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When we sat down and a vague murmur went around the entire ballroom, the ceremony began. I believe that the Philharmonic musicians played a piece by Mozart. Then there were some relatively long speeches on Grillparzer. Looking towards her, I saw at one point that Minister Firnberg, that is her …

But people flocked to go in and continually bumped against us and we realized we had chosen the worst place to wait. So nobody is coming to greet us? we thought. We looked at one another. The room was filled almost completely, just for the sole purpose of awarding the …