The notary's nose;

88 THE NOTARY'S NOSE.
of them who would like to sell his blood
for money, when he makes it so easily at
the Bourse."
"But possibly you may find one, who
from devotion-"
"Devotion! Those fellows! You're
joking, doctor; our fathers had devoted
servants; we've nothing but rascally hirelings. And at bottom, perhaps, we deserve them. Our fathers being loved by
their dependants, felt obliged to give them
some affection in return. They put up
with their faults, nursed them in their illnesses, and took care of them in their old
age,-and a devil of a job it was! As for
me, I pay my people to do my work; and
when the work is not well done, it's no
business of mine whether it is indifference,
old age, or sickness, I send them off."
( Then we shan't find the man we want
in your household; do you think of any
one else? "