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In my great grief I had never thought of it till now, but now you make me see it clearly. Do you think there will be an investigation?" Pelletan answered that he should be compelled to ask for a post-mortem. "Ah! You will be doing me the greatest service," said Castaing, "I beg you to insist on a post-mortem. You will be acting as a second father to me in doing so."
But between seven and eight o'clock to-morrow morning, there will arrive an English ship of war " "A sheep-of-t'e-war!" echoed Pelletan, growing pale. "Certainly, a ship of war, and from it there will disembark a man named Vernon and his suite of four or five people. You will give him apartment A." Pelletan caught his breath. "Monsieur Vernon iss, I suppose, a friend?" he stammered.
"But to refuse a Prince!" murmured Pelletan. "Eet iss somet'ing unheard of!" "It will make you famous! It's a big ad for the house! 'The Grand Hôtel Royal refuses to receive the Prince of Zeit-Zeit. Think what a stir that will make! Besides, you have no choice I require it!" "Fery well, monsieur," agreed Pelletan, with a gesture of despairing obedience. "T'ere iss one t'ing more I haf an idea."
Of course, they called in others in a hurry; men better suited to their purpose. And one of these, the citizen Pelletan, has placed on record some preposterous lies. These doctors certified that this was the Dauphin. They had never seen him before, but what matter? Great care was taken to identify the body.
"T'ey haf peen t'ought fery beautiful, monsieur," murmured Pelletan, humbly. "Yes I've noticed that Europeans have a weakness for imitations. It's a defect of character, I suppose. But there's one thing you can do and right away. Send that boy at the desk up to his room and tell him to rip all that gold braid off his coat. To look at him, you'd think he was a major-general."
Pelletan is not well, and it would be very hard for him to sit up there all day, and, besides, he would be dreadfully stupid. It is a great deal pleasanter to have Toulan here with his jokes and jolly stories, and so I begged him to come and take Pelletan's place. He is going to accommodate me and come."
A strip of crimson carpet had been stretched across the sand to the very water's edge; on either side of it a dozen decorous footmen were aligned, and between them Monsieur Pelletan proudly marched, his head in air, his back very straight, preceding a big, hooded invalid's chair. Immediately a murmur arose. "He is ill then!" "Why the chair?" "He is coming to take the baths."
At first the change to a cheerful and airy room revived the Prince and gave him evident pleasure, but the improvement did not last. Next day M. Pelletan learned that the Government had acceded to his request for a colleague.
"If Madame la Duchesse had only notified us of t'is honour!" protested Pelletan, with upraised hands. "I swear t'at I haff not'ing not'ing not one single apartment wort'y off madame not efen one leetle room up under t'e gutters." "Nonsense!" she interrupted, vigorously. "I have heard all that a hundred times at least. Which apartment has my nephew?" "Madame's nephew?" "Certainly, imbecile!
"I lofe to look at t'em, monsieur," confessed Pelletan. "Personal acquaintances, perhaps." "Not all of t'em, monsieur; but t'ey haf about t'em t'e flavour off Paris off t'at tear Paris off which I tream each night; t'ey recall t'e tays off my yout'!" "Oh, are you a Parisian? I should never have suspected it. Your accent " "I am off Elsass, monsieur.
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