Cooking a good meal is akin to doing a good deed. Dining is not merely about survival, but about enjoying life.
——Alexander Dumas
On a cold autumn night, the sun had long set, and the streets were lit with gas lamps, casting a yellow glow on the cobblestone roads.
At 76 Weinde Street, in an elegant two-story building, warm lights shone through the windows, revealing the coziness of home.
The decor of the house bore the characteristics of a German middle-class family, with landscape paintings hanging on the walls and a piano placed in the corner. Facing the dining table stood a bookshelf, filled with various books from the owner's collection, including historical records, literary scripts, and works on natural philosophy. The most conspicuous spot on the bookshelf was occupied by various fashionable novels published by the British.
