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Madame Margaritis, alarmed at the prospect of a suit in which the plaintiff would certainly win his case, brought thirty francs to the placable traveller, who thereupon considered himself quits with the happiest region of sunny France, a region which is also, we must add, the most recalcitrant to new and progressive ideas.
There is in this town a retired banker in whose wisdom I have I, particularly the greatest confidence. If you can obtain his support, I will add mine. When Madame Vernier heard the name of the lunatic she raised her head and looked at her husband. "Ah, precisely; my wife intends to call on Madame Margaritis with one of our neighbors.
You, who have understood the whole question of insurance so thoroughly, and who are willing to assist my work in this district " "Yes," said Margaritis, "if " "If I take your wine; I understand perfectly. Your wine is very good, Monsieur; it puts the stomach in a glow." "They make champagne out of it; there is a man from Paris who comes here and makes it in Tours."
You and Margaritis seemed to understand each other. The gentlemen here present can testify that if you had talked to the whole canton you couldn't have been as well understood." "That's all very well for you to say; but I have been insulted, Monsieur, and I demand satisfaction!" "Very good, Monsieur! consider yourself insulted, if you like.
But then the month of June came round he grew uneasy with the restless anxiety of a madman about the sale of the sack and the puncheons. Madame Margaritis could nearly always persuade him that the wine had been sold at an enormous price, which she paid over to him, and which he hid so cautiously that neither his wife nor the servant who watched him had ever been able to discover its hiding-place.
Moreover, who does not know the repugnance which these people feel to the payment of the two or three thousand francs required at Charenton or in the private lunatic asylums? If any one had spoken to Madame Margaritis of Doctors Dubuisson, Esquirol, Blanche, and others, she would have preferred, with noble indignation, to keep her thousands and take care of the "good-man" at home.
The two women went into Madame Margaritis' bedroom, leaving the door open so as to hear the conversation, and interpose if it became necessary. They were hardly installed before Monsieur Vernier crept softly up through the field and, opening a window, got into the bedroom without noise. "Monsieur has doubtless been in business ?" began Gaudissart.
"I have no doubt of it, Monsieur. The 'Globe, of which we were speaking " "Yes, I've gone over it," said Margaritis. "I was sure of it!" exclaimed Gaudissart. "Monsieur, you have a fine frontal development; a pate excuse the word which our gentlemen call 'horse-head. There's a horse element in the head of every great man.
"I want to send a summons to my good friend Margaritis to deliver the two casks of wine." "But he has not got them," said Vernier. "No matter for that; the affair can be arranged by the payment of an indemnity. I won't have it said that Vouvray outwitted the illustrious Gaudissart."
"I have no doubt of it, Monsieur. The 'Globe, of which we were speaking " "Yes, I've gone over it," said Margaritis. "I was sure of it!" exclaimed Gaudissart. "Monsieur, you have a fine frontal development; a pate excuse the word which our gentlemen call 'horse-head. There's a horse element in the head of every great man.
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