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"Jacques, enter alone!" said the Bacchanal Queen, notwithstanding these pressing summonses; then, addressing her court in a majestic tone, she added: "In ten minutes, I shall be at your service and then for a of a time!" "Long live the Bacchanal Queen," cried Dumoulin, shaking his rattle as he retired, followed by the deputation, whilst Sleepinbuff entered the room alone.
Unfortunately, I do not know his respectable name, having only had the advantage of making his acquaintance this night; he will excuse me, then, if I confine myself to proposing the health of Sleepinbuff a name by no means offensive to my modesty, as Adam never slept in any other manner. I drink to Sleepinbuff."
"'Jacques Rennepont, surnamed "Sleepinbuff," i.e. Lie naked, workman in Baron Tripeaud's factory. This artisan is drunken, idle, noisy, and prodigal; he is not without sense, but idleness and debauch have ruined him. A clever agent, on whom we rely, has become acquainted with his mistress, Cephyse Soliveau, nicknamed the Bacchanal Queen.
Morok was appeased, and said to Sleepinbuff in a hoarse voice: "Do you think me a coward?" "No, by heaven!" "Well! And yet this Englishman, with his grotesque face, frightens me more than any tiger or my panther!" "You say so, and I believe it," replied Jacques; "but I cannot understand why the presence of this man should alarm you."
"Oh, my! how I adore your Bossuet!" said Rose-Pompon. "As for my particular meditation, it concerns the question, whether the wine at the marriage of Cana was red or white. Sometimes I incline to one side, sometimes to the other and sometimes to both at once." "That is going to the bottom of the question," said Sleepinbuff.
Gabriel was therefore quite ignorant of the family ties which united him with the daughters of Marshal Simon, with Mdlle. de Cardoville, with M. Hardy, Prince Djalma, and Sleepinbuff. In a word, if it had then been revealed to him that he was the heir of Marius de Rennepont, he would have believed himself the only descendant of the family.
It was, indeed, important to Rodin to find out the Bacchanal Queen, the mistress of Sleepinbuff, and the sister of Mother Bunch, who had been noted as dangerous since her interview with the superior of the convent, and the part she had taken in the projected escape of Mdlle. de Cardoville.
"What! old Sleepinbuff!" he exclaimed, at sight of Morok's companion. "Myself. I have not seen you for an age, Olivier." "Simple enough, my boy. We do not work at the same place." "But you are alone!" cried Morok; and pointing to Sleepinbuff, he added: "You may speak before him he is one of us. But why are you alone?" "I come alone, but in the name of my comrades."
In it she saw Sleepinbuff, with one of the men who, two hours before, had been waiting on the Place du Chatelet. On the arrival of Cephyse, the man got down, and said to Jacques, as he drew out his watch: "I give you a quarter of an hour; it is all that I can do for you, my good fellow; after that we must start. Do not try to escape, for we'll be watching at the coach doors."
"The fact is, that the Bacchanal had cheek enough, in all conscience." "Not to speak of her fascinating the bobbies!" "And magnetizing the beaks." "They may get as angry as they please; she always finishes by making them laugh." "And they all call her: Queen!" "What a quadrille! Sleepinbuff and the Bacchanal Queen, having opposite to them Rose-Pompon and Ninny Moulin!"
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