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Andy Plade, who now stood beside him, intensely absorbed. Of late Mr. Plade's affection had been transferred to Hugenot, the only possessor of an entire franc in the chamber. Hugenot was a short-set individual, in pumps and an eye-glass, who had been but a few days in the city. He was decidedly a man of sentiment.
And now, as he picked his way across the wet stones, his pale hair blown about in the wind, he presented a strange contrast with the short-set man who had just jumped down from the car, his thick legs encased in gaiters, and a long ulster about them. 'Howd' yer do, Barton? he exclaimed. 'D'yer know that I think things are gitting worse instid of bither.
A large and short-set woman was walking in one of the paths, wearing almost royal robes, and her train was held up by a company of young gallants, some of whom whistled and trolled stanzas of foreign music. "Can you tell me her name!" asked Waples, speaking to a bystander. "It is Madame Rush, the daughter of the banker who rivalled Girard.
"They say, Comrade," said a short-set, dark-featured Breton, whose black beard and mustache left little vestige of a human face visible, "they say that the cavalry of the Guard give themselves airs with us marines, and that our company is not good enough for them. Is this the case?"
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