The notary's nose;

134 THE NOTARY'S NOSE.
color only served to bring out the almost
incredible fineness of the straight line
"without thickness," which divided his
face. Just like the iron blade which rises
thin and sharp in the middle of a sun-dial,
was the fantastic nose of our desperate
notary.
In vain the rich native of the Rue de
Verneuil put himself upon the most substantial diet. Considering that good living, digested by a sound stomach, benefits
all parts of the body nearly equally, he imposed upon himself the agreeable task of
taking a great deal of rich soup, a great
deal of jelly, and a great deal of rare
meat, washed down with a great deal of
the most generous wines. To say that
these select aliments did him no good,
would be to deny the evidence, and blaspheme against good cheer. M. l'Ambert
in a short time gave himself handsome red
cheeks, a fine apoplectic bull neck, and a