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Lavienne, standing behind his master, ready to carry out his orders, served no doubt as a sort of police, and welcomed newcomers by encouraging them to get over their shyness. When the doctor appeared there was a stir on the benches. Lavienne turned his head, and was strangely surprised to see Bianchon. "Ah! It is you, old boy!" exclaimed Popinot, stretching himself. "What brings you so early?"
As he saw the thrill of delight that made the poor hawker tremble, Bianchon understood the apprehensions that must have agitated her on her way to the lawyer's house. "You next," said Lavienne to the old man with the white beard. Bianchon drew the servant aside, and asked him how long this audience would last.
The coat Lavienne had ordered of the tailor had not been sent, so Popinot put on his old stained coat, and was the Popinot unadorned whose appearance made those laugh who did not know the secrets of his private life.
Lavienne bent over his master, and whispered in his ear. "Well, how much do you want to buy fruit in the market?" "Why, my good monsieur, to carry on my business, I should want Yes, I should certainly want ten francs." Popinot signed to Lavienne, who took ten francs out of a large bag, and handed them to the woman, while the lawyer made a note of the loan in his ledger.
He had pleased by his drugs, which had frequently put the King in a state to enjoy himself more, and this road had led Lavienne to become one of the four chief valets de chambre. He was a very honest man, but coarse, rough, and free-spoken; it was this last quality which made him useful in the manner I have before mentioned.
In order to learn what had really taken place, the King sent for Lavienne, a man he was in the habit of consulting when he wanted to learn things no one else dared to tell him. This Lavienne had been a bath-keeper much in vogue in Paris, and had become bath-keeper to the King at the time of his amours.
From Lavienne the King, but not without difficulty, learned the truth: it threw him into despair. The other illegitimate children were favourites with him, but it was upon M. du Maine that all his hopes were placed.
There was no need for a stove in winter; the crowd was so dense that the air was warmed; only, Lavienne strewed straw on the wet floor. By long use the benches were as polished as varnished mahogany; at the height of a man's shoulders the wall had a coat of dark, indescribable color, given to it by the rags and tattered clothes of these poor creatures.
In order to learn what had really taken place, the King sent for Lavienne, a man he was in the habit of consulting when he wanted to learn things no one else dared to tell him. This Lavienne had been a bath-keeper much in vogue in Paris, and had become bath-keeper to the King at the time of his amours.
In order to learn what had really taken place, the King sent for Lavienne, a man he was in the habit of consulting when he wanted to learn things no one else dared to tell him. This Lavienne had been a bath-keeper much in vogue in Paris, and had become bath-keeper to the King at the time of his amours.
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