Sentence:  And he would tell her all sorts of wonders, old-world <WSD>gaieties</WSD>, long before she was born; and how finely the great Mr. Handel played upon the harpsichord in the Music Hall, and how his talk was in German, Latin, French, English, Italian, and half-a-dozen languages besides ... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Merrymaking or festivity.