The notary's nose;

102 THE NOTARY'S NOSE.
to perform every function of life with
him at hand and in the most awkward
positions.
Romagne was a worthy and excellent
young man, but he snored like an organ.
He adored his family, and loved his neighbor; but he never took a bath, for fear of
wasting the commodity he dealt in. His
sentiments were the most delicate in the
world, but he did not know how to impose upon himself the most elementary
constraints which civilization prescribes
for us. Poor M. l'Ambert! poor Romagne! what nights and days! what kicks
given and received! It is unnecessary to
say that Romagne received them without
complaining. His greatest fear was that
some wrong motion might spoil Doctor
Bernier's experiment.
The notary received a good many visits.
His boon companions came to see him,
and made sport of the Auvergnat. They