The notary's nose;

4 THE NOTARY S NOSE.
What do you suppose stirred his soul at
that heroic fJte, where blazed forth the
desperate enthusiasm of a great people?
The fact that Bonaparte's tie did not set
well.
Few men could contest the supremacy
of this peaceful field with Master Alfred
l'Ambert. I call him L'Ambert, not
Lambert2; there is a decision of the conseil d'Etat on that question. Master
l'Ambert succeeding his father, practised
his profession of notary as a birthright.
For two centuries and more, that glorious
family had transmitted from father to son
the office in the Rue Verneuil, and the very
highest clientage in the Faubourg Saint
Germain.
There was no way of telling what the
practice was worth, as it had never been
out of the family; but judging from the
income of the five years preceding, it
could not be called less than four hundred