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On entering upon a hunt for M. Boucqueville a fortnight later, it turned out that no one had heard of such a person, and the Directory professed equal ignorance; but, under the head of 'Comestibles, there appeared a Gignoux-Bocquet, No. 34, Marché. Thirty-four, Marché, said, yes M. Bocquet it was quite true: nevertheless, it was clear that monsieur meant Sebastian aîné, on the Molard.
In my anxiety to learn the exact amount of ice now supplied by the glacière, I determined to find out the fermier; but Renaud could tell nothing of him beyond the fact that he lived in Geneva, which some promiscuous person supplemented by the information that his name was Boucqueville, and that he had something to do with comestibles.
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