The notary's nose;

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shome nonshensh! Let shome one find
him t No; never mind; I'll go sheek
him myshelf! "
He hurried off on foot to his pensioner,
climbed the five pairs of stairs, rapped without waking him, got angry, and in despair
kicked the door in.
"Moshoo l'Ambert! " cried Romagnd.
(' You rashcal ob an Oubregnat!" responded the notary.
"Gracioush goodnesh!"
"Goodnesh gracioush!"
The two seemed doing their best to
tear the language to pieces. Their discussion lasted a good quarter of an hour,
in the purest Auvergnese, without clearing up the mystery. The one complained
bitterly as a victim, and the other defended himself eloquently as an innocent
man.
" You shtop here for me!" said M.
l'Ambert at length; "M. Bernier, the