The notary's nose;

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gentleman here had his nose cut off this
morning."
" Shaprishti! poor man; and who did
shuch a thing ash that? "
"(A Turk; but that's of no consequence."
"A shavage! Folks hash toold me
that Turksh was shavages, but I didn't
knoo that they let them looshe to come to
Parish. Jusht wait a bit, I'll goo and get
the pooleesh!"
M. Bernier stopped the worthy Auvergnat's outburst of zeal, and in a few words
explained the service required of him.
He thought at first that they were making
fun of him, for a man may be an excellent
water-carrier and not have any notion of
rhinoplasty. The doctor made him understand that they wanted to buy a month of
his time and about four square inches of
his skin."
"The operation is nothing," he said;
"you have very little to suffer; but I
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