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I have perused a writing, entitled Gigan " Here my uncle's unfortunate infirmity met him that of being unable in public to pronounce hard words. "The pamphlet entitled Gigan " He could get no further. "Giganteo " It was not to be done. The unlucky word would not come out. At the Johannæum there would have been a laugh.
He opened the door for himself without waiting for the footman, and leapt down. "My compliments," said he, furiously, "to the assassin you are to marry." He slammed the door. "Drive on," he bade the coachman. The carriage rolled away up the Faubourg Gigan, leaving him standing where he had alighted, quivering with rage. Gradually, as he walked back to the inn, his anger cooled.
Into his mind had flashed the memory of their last parting. He saw himself again, standing burning with indignation upon the pavement of Nantes, looking after her carriage as it receded down the Avenue de Gigan. She was coming towards him now with outstretched hands, a heightened colour in her cheeks, a smile of welcome on her lips. He bowed low and kissed her hand in silence.
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