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"Take another year, Gambouge," screamed he; "two more ten more a century; roast me on Lawrence's gridiron, boil me in holy water, but don't ask that: don't, don't bid me live with Mrs. Gambouge!" Simon smiled sternly. "I have said it," he cried; "do this, or our contract is at an end."
"Upon my honor, as a gentleman," said Diabolus, bowing, and laying his hand upon his waistcoat. A whisper of applause ran round the room: all were charmed with the bland manners of the fascinating stranger. "My love," continued Gambouge, mildly addressing his lady, "will you be so polite as to step this way?
"Nay," said the man with the orders, "look closer at it, Signor Gambouge; it is astonishing how easy the language is." Wondering, Simon took a sheet of paper. He turned pale as he looked at it, and began to curse the ices and the waiter. "Come, M. l'Abbe," he said; "the heat and glare of this place are intolerable." The stranger rose with them.
He was to have all he wished for seven years, and at the end of that time was to become the property of the ; PROVIDED that, during the course of the seven years, every single wish which he might form should be gratified by the other of the contracting parties; otherwise the deed became null and non-avenue, and Gambouge should be left "to go to the his own way."
"Because you know that I had had the precaution to throw a blanket over it in the most approved Pottawattamie style, while my features were colored with gambouge and Indian ink." "Well, say no more about that I am ashamed to have been so taken in by a Johnny Raw. We will now suppose you kicked out of the Fort.
“Upon my honour, as a gentleman,” said Diabolus, bowing, and laying his hand upon his waistcoat. A whisper of applause ran round the room: all were charmed with the bland manners of the fascinating stranger. “My love,” continued Gambouge, mildly addressing his lady, “will you be so polite as to step this way?
And, so saying, he showed to the guilt-stricken Gambouge how the name of that coffee-house was inscribed upon every one of the articles which he had wished to pawn. The effects of conscience are dreadful indeed. Oh! how fearful is retribution, how deep is despair, how bitter is remorse for crime WHEN CRIME IS FOUND OUT! otherwise, conscience takes matters much more easily.
Simon Gambouge had seen, in the double-sheeted Times, the paper signed by himself, which the little Devil had pulled out of his fob. There was no doubt on the subject; and Simon, who had but a year to live, grew more pious, and more careful than ever. He had consultations with all the doctors of the Sorbonne and all the lawyers of the Palais.
Simon continued solemnly: "Come hither, Diabolus; you are bound to obey me in all things for the six months during which our contract has to run; take, then, Griskinissa Gambouge, live alone with her for half a year, never leave her from morning till night, obey all her caprices, follow all her whims, and listen to all the abuse which falls from her infernal tongue.
Gambouge picked out the nail from the bladder, and gave a squeeze; when, as sure as I am living, a little imp spurted out from the hole upon the palette, and began laughing in the most singular and oily manner.
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