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The church-bell rang the Angelus. "A very good evening, gentlemen! You will allow me, will you not?" At his suggestion they waited three weeks for Larsoneur's reply. At length it arrived. The name of the man who had dug up the tooth of the mastodon was Louis Bloche. Details were wanting.
The obscurity that enshrouded the mastodon provoked in Pécuchet's mind a longing to search for it. He would fain have gone to Villers forthwith. Bouvard objected that, to save themselves a possibly useless and certainly expensive journey, it would be desirable to make inquiries. So they wrote a letter to the mayor of the district, in which they asked him what had become of one Louis Bloche.
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