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Hold yourself ready to make good those notes of Birotteau; the man has failed, and claims must be put in at once. I will send you the account to-morrow morning." Madame Madou's eyes contracted like those of a cat for a second, and then shot out flames. "Ah, the villain! Ah, the scoundrel! He came and told me himself he was a deputy-mayor, a trumped-up story!
I own nothing but my own person; if you wish to seize that and put me in prison, I give you my word of honor" the tears fell from his eyes "that I will wait here till you have me arrested." The tone and gesture were so completely in keeping with his words that Madame Madou's anger subsided.
He woke, recollected the dream, and vowed to give the oil of nuts that sacred name, accepting the sleeping fancy as a celestial mandate. Cesar and Popinot were at their work-shop in the Faubourg du Temple the next morning long before the arrival of the nuts. While waiting for Madame Madou's porters, Popinot triumphantly recounted his treaty of alliance with Gaudissart.
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