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"And if it blew fire?" asked the Hammal with the air goguenard, meaning that from the calamity of Frankish obstinacy there was no refuge. A kind of death-wail arose, during which, to hide untimely laughter, I retreated to a large drawer, in the stern of the vessel, called a cabin. There my ears could distinguish the loud entreaties of the crew vainly urging my attendants to propose a day's delay.
"Who, in Heaven's name, is this unclean individual who used to like his vegetables underdone, and never washes?" whispered I in Müller's ear. "What Lemonnier! You don't mean to say you never heard of Lemonnier?" "Never, till now. Is he a cook?" Müller gave me a dig in the ribs that took my breath away. "Goguenard!" said he. "Lemonnier's an artist the foremost man of the water-color school.
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