The notary's nose;

T11 THE NOTARY'S NOSE.
have been a little less unanimous if they
had known the episode of the cat. Possibly, indeed, the unjust and charming sex
would have declared M. l'Ambert in the
wrong, if he had permitted himself to return to the gaze of the world without a
nose. But all the seconds had kept the ridiculous side of the affair strictly to themselves. Moreover, M. l'Ambert, far from
being disfigured, appeared to have gained
by the change. A baroness remarked that
his expression was: much sweeter since he
had been wearing a straight nose. An old
canoness, who was kept preserved in malice, asked the Prince de B- if it would
not be a good idea to go off pretty soon,
and pick a quarrel with a Turk. Prince
de B -'s aquiline nose enjoyed an immense reputation.
Some one will ask, how ladies in society
could feel any interest in dangers which
had not been incurred for them. M. l'Am