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"Poor man!" said the gypsy, in whom these words revived the memory of the pillory. The captain burst out laughing. "Corne-de-boeuf! here's pity as well placed as a feather in a pig's tail! May I have as big a belly as a pope, if " He stopped short. "Pardon me, ladies; I believe that I was on the point of saying something foolish." "Fie, sir" said la Gaillefontaine.
"Oh!" she murmured, "this is the moment when one should die!" Phoebus found "the moment" favorable for robbing her of another kiss, which went to torture the unhappy archdeacon in his nook. "Die!" exclaimed the amorous captain, "What are you saying, my lovely angel? 'Tis a time for living, or Jupiter is only a scamp! Die at the beginning of so sweet a thing! Corne-de-boeuf, what a jest!
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