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M. Vatel was resolutely painstaking in keeping up the reputation of the house, and yet the gardeners who supplied the kitchens complained of ruinous delays.
Let us return to Saint-Mande, I say." "To consult with Pelisson? we will." "No, monseigneur, to count your money." "So be it," said Fouquet, with angry eyes; "yes, yes, to Saint-Mande!" He got into his carriage again, and Gourville with him. Upon their road, at the end of the Faubourg Saint-Antoine, they overtook the humble equipage of Vatel, who was quietly conveying home his vin de Joigny.
Among other useful biographies of persons prominent during the Revolution, the following might be consulted with profit: J. H. Clapham, The Abbe Sieyes: an Essay in the Politics of the French Revolution ; E. D. Bradby, The Life of Barnave, 2 vols. , containing vivid descriptions of the National Constituent Assembly; Francois Chevremont, Jean-Paul Marat, 2 vols. ; Charles Vatel, Vergniaud, 2 vols. , and, by the same author, Charlotte de Corday et les girondins: pieces classees et annotees, 3 vols.
"But what?" replied Vatel. Gourville touched Fouquet's elbow. "Don't be angry, Vatel, I thought my cellar your cellar sufficiently well stocked for us to be able to dispense with recourse to the cellar of L'Image de-Notre-Dame."
Ha, the villains! there's no deceiving them; if they suspect you, you've got to undo the bundle. Dogs! all three are not worth a farthing! Yes, kill 'em, and it won't ruin France, I tell you." "Little Vatel is not so bad," said Madame Tonsard. "He!" said Laroche, "he does his business, like the others; when there's a joke going he'll joke with you, but you are none the better with him for that.
Trails of Bohemia Trails of Bohemia The Avenue and its Tributaries The "Musketeers of the Brush" The Voice of the Ghetto South Fifth Avenue and the Old French Quarter The Garibaldi "A la Ville de Rouen " The Restaurant du Grand Vatel The New Bohemia The Lane of the Mad Eccentrics Sheridan Square "The Pirate's Den" Absolam, a Slave Gonfarone's Maria's.
No science, not even that of statistics, can explain the rapidity with which news flies in the country, nor how it spreads over those ignorant and untaught regions which are, in France, a standing reproach to the government and to capitalists. So, not an hour after the encounter between old mother Tonsard and Vatel, a number of the customers of the Grand-I-Vert assembled there to hear the tale.
As Fouquet was giving, or appearing to give, all his attention to the brilliant illuminations, the languishing music of the violins and hautboys, the sparkling sheaves of the artificial fires, which, inflaming the heavens with glowing reflections, marked behind the trees the dark profile of the donjon of Vincennes; as, we say, the superintendent was smiling on the ladies and the poets the fete was every whit as gay as usual; and Vatel, whose restless, even jealous look, earnestly consulted the aspect of Fouquet, did not appear dissatisfied with the welcome given to the ordering of the evening's entertainment.
FOUR ENTREMETS. Potatoes a la Duchesse; Blanc mange; Apple tartlets; Semolina pudding. MENU OF A FIRST RATE CHRISTMAS DINNER. Turtle soup; Turbot a la Vatel; Fillets of sole a la Tartare. THREE REMOVES. Roast turkey, Perigueux sauce; Braized ham a la jardiniere; Spiced round of beef.
To Mr. Rideing we are indebted for certain items indicating the very moderate scale of prices at the Restaurant du Grand Vatel. Outside there was a sign that read: "Tous les plats, eight cents; plats extra variés; café superieur, three cents; café au lait, five cents." Here is a list of some of the dishes and their cost: Soup and a plate of beef and bread, ten cents; soupe aux croutons, five cents; boeuf, legumes, ten cents; veau
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