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"But still a remarkable phenomenon took place in me when I left San Remo, a sort of mysterious intuition which prompted me first to try and jump out of the train and the Masher prevented me and next to rush to the window, let down the glass and follow the porter of the Ambassadeurs-Palace, who had given me your message, with my eyes.
103. =Duchesse Potatoes.= Mash one quart of hot boiled potatoes through a fine colander with the potato masher; mix with them one ounce of butter, one level teaspoonful of salt, half a saltspoonful of white pepper, quarter of a saltspoonful of grated nutmeg, and the yolks of two raw eggs; pour the potato out on a plate, and then form it with a knife into small cakes, two inches long and one inch wide; lay them on a buttered tin, brush them over the top with an egg beaten up with a teaspoonful of cold water, and color them golden brown in a moderate oven.
'You can give the third seat at the Jubilee to somebody else. I'm provided for. 'Who are you going with? asked Ada. 'My masher, the girl replied with a giggle. 'Where? 'Shop-windows in the Strand, I think. She resumed her jingling; it was now 'Queen of my Heart. Beatrice, dropping her paper, looked fixedly at the girl's profile, with an eyelid droop which signified calculation.
The gal said, 'Do you understand? to-morrow. Then the swell chap, says he, 'Do you promise? and the gal, she answers back, 'Yes, at noon. Then they parted. She went off to the Rue Hachette, and the masher tumbled into his wheelbox. The jarvey cracked his whip, and off they went in a brace of shakes. Now hand over them five francs."
He did not like to refer to it as long as the melancholy masher was present, but as soon as he had gone in to fetch the papers, Horace inquired of his friend, "I say, Waterford, do you mean to say he chooses the very night he hasn't got a high collar to " "Hush!" cried Waterford, mysteriously, "it's a sore question with him; but he couldn't write if he had one. We never mention it, though."
Mash the potatoes with a wooden or a wire potato masher, being careful to reduce all the particles to a pulpy mass in order to prevent lumps, or put them through a ricer. When sufficiently mashed, season with additional salt, a dash of pepper, and a small piece of butter, and add hot milk until they are thinned to a mushy consistency, but not too soft to stand up well when dropped from a spoon.
He repeated the conversation that had just taken place in the superintendent's office. "Whew! That does sound like it!" said his companion, whose name was Ben Tyler. "He's off his trolley completely, especially about the money!" "Well, that makes two trow-downs I've got this week," said Hardy, sourly, "but I got the fifty from that masher that I was telling you about!
The discomfited masher was snarling like a vicious cur. The first swift glance that measured the intruder's proportions did not warrant any display of active resentment on his part. Out of the tail of his eye, however, he noticed a policeman approaching on the opposite side of the street. The sight lent a confidence which might have been lacking otherwise.
Every afternoon the Growler and the Masher watched the road which Daubrecq took between the Square Lamartine, the Chamber of Deputies and his club. Their instructions were to choose the most deserted street and the most favourable moment and, one evening, to hustle him into a motor-car.
He comes here every night to applaud and takes her home himself. Keeps himself sober on purpose." And then the lady appeared again in a wonderful costume of blue silk and tights, personating the Lion Masher. It was her third and last song. In the applause which followed, Mr. Chalker could discern plainly the stick as well as the voice of his old friend.
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