The notary's nose;

I92 UNCLE AND NEPHEW.
your sister! What would she say-my
poor mother!-if she were to see me here.
I bear you no ill will, and everything
can be arranged pleasantly. You have a
daughter, Mlle. Claire Morlot.. "
"Ah! there I have you! You see
clearly enough that you are out of your
head. I have a daughter? I? But I'm
a bachelor. A confirmed bachelor!"
" You have a daughter," replied Francois, mechanically.
"My poornephew! Let us see. Listen
to me carefully. Have you a cousin?"
"A cousin? No. I have no cousin.
Oh! you won't find me out of my reckoning; I have no cousins of either sex."
"I am your uncle; isn't that so? "
"Yes, you are my uncle, although you
forgot it this morning."
" If I had a daughter she would be your
cousin; now you have no cousin, therefore
I have no daughter."