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Springing to the lion, he wrenched the loathsome bowl from between his royal jaws. The two Africans, believing they had a thief to contend with, rushed upon the foreigner with uplifted cudgels. There was a dreadful conflict: the blackamoors smiting, the women screaming, and the youngsters laughing. An old Jew cobbler bleated out of the hollow of his stall, "Dake him to the shustish of the beace!"
"I am M. Tabareau's head-clerk, sir," he said; "he sent me here to take charge of your interests, and to superintend the funeral arrangements. Is this your wish?" "You cannot safe my life, I haf not long to lif; but you vill leaf me in beace!" "Oh! you shall not be disturbed," said Villemot. "Ver' goot. Vat must I do for dat?"
"Go on, go on," said Schmucke; "I shall pe allowed to die in beace, I bresume?" "Oh, under any circumstances a man has a right to die," the clerk answered, laughing; "most of our business relates to wills. But, in my experience, the universal legatee very seldom follows the testator to the tomb." "I am going," said Schmucke. Blow after blow had given him an intolerable pain at the heart.
"Go on, go on," said Schmucke; "I shall pe allowed to die in beace, I bresume?" "Oh, under any circumstances a man has a right to die," the clerk answered, laughing; "most of our business relates to wills. But, in my experience, the universal legatee very seldom follows the testator to the tomb." "I am going," said Schmucke. Blow after blow had given him an intolerable pain at the heart.
"Ah! what an illness! I am not the same man, I can feel it," said Pons. "My dear Schmucke, if only you did not suffer through me!" "Scold me," Schmucke answered, "und leaf Montame Zipod in beace." As for Mme. Cibot, she soon recovered in Dr. Poulain's hands; and her restoration, bordering on the miraculous, shed additional lustre on her name and fame in the Marais.
The young clerk took Schmucke's orders for the funeral, the interment, and the burial service; undertaking that he should not be troubled again in any way, nor asked for money. "I vould gif all dat I haf to be left in beace," said the unhappy man. And once more he knelt beside the dead body of his friend. Fraisier had triumphed.
The young clerk took Schmucke's orders for the funeral, the interment, and the burial service; undertaking that he should not be troubled again in any way, nor asked for money. "I vould gif all dat I haf to be left in beace," said the unhappy man. And once more he knelt beside the dead body of his friend. Fraisier had triumphed.
"Ah! what an illness! I am not the same man, I can feel it," said Pons. "My dear Schmucke, if only you did not suffer through me!" "Scold me," Schmucke answered, "und leaf Montame Zipod in beace." As for Mme. Cibot, she soon recovered in Dr. Poulain's hands; and her restoration, bordering on the miraculous, shed additional lustre on her name and fame in the Marais.
"I am M. Tabareau's head-clerk, sir," he said; "he sent me here to take charge of your interests, and to superintend the funeral arrangements. Is this your wish?" "You cannot safe my life, I haf not long to lif; but you vill leaf me in beace!" "Oh! you shall not be disturbed," said Villemot. "Ver' goot. Vat must I do for dat?"
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