The notary's nose;

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" Shertainly; for he hash toold me sho
more than a hundred timesh. Half hish
fortune'sh mine; but we'b not dibided
the cash yet. He'sh keeping it for me."
"Nonsense!"
" Nonshenshe? Shtop! here he comesh,
I'll go and ashk him for my share, and
I'll bring the big pennies to you in the
kitchen."
Poor innocent! He received from his
master a good lesson in the grammar of
high life. M. l'Ambert impressed upon
him that to promise and to fulfil are not
necessarily synonymes. He went so far as
to explain (for he was in a good humor)
the merits and dangers of the figure of
speech called hyperbole; and finally he
told him with a gentle firmness, that admitted of no reply:
" Romagne, I've done a good deal for
you; and I want to do more, by sending
you away from this house. Good sense