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I did as he requested; and the instant I placed the liqueur-frame before him, he seized the brandy carafe, and drank with fierce eagerness. 'For goodness' sake, I exclaimed, 'consider what you are about, Mr Arbuthnot: you will make yourself ill. 'No, no, he answered, after finishing his draught, 'It seems scarcely stronger than water. But I I am better now.
Bouvard's room, the floor of which was well waxed, and which had curtains of cotton cambric and mahogany furniture, had the advantage of a balcony overlooking the river. The two principal ornaments were a liqueur-frame in the middle of the chest of drawers, and, in a row beside the glass, daguerreotypes representing his friends. An oil painting occupied the alcove. "My uncle!" said Bouvard.
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