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Given below are six sentences taken from a paragraph. The first and last sentences are numbered S1 and S2 and are fixed in their positions. The other four sentences between the first and last sentences are jumbled up and are numbered A, B, C, and D. Rearrange the jumbled sentences in a logical sequence to form a coherent paragraph. S1. I was an outsider, and, as I had no special matters to air, I was able to spend the evening independently of the others. A. He was tall, rather thin, very serious, and well dressed. B. He was the first to attract my attention. C. There was another gentleman present who like myself had just stumbled upon this affair of domestic bliss. D. His appearance was not that of a man of birth or high family. S2. Apparently he had no heart for the family festivities.