“It was the heart of any true moment of decadence: the knowledge that an epoque is already slipping from us, inexorably, even in the moment of its glory.” TimeKnowledgeSlippingEqoque Book:The Hotel on Place Vendome: Life, Death, and Betrayal at the Hotel Ritz in Paris Source: The Hotel on Place Vendome: Life, Death, and Betrayal at the Hotel Ritz in Paris