The notary's nose;

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excellent table, and the cramps in the
stomach which he had complained of for
many years, were cured by magic. He
was waited upon, dressed, and shaved by
Germain, and he got used to it. Little by
little he consoled himself for seeing his
nephew sick. He fell into the habit of
thinking that perhaps Francois never
would get well; nevertheless, he repeated
to himself now and then, to keep his
conscience easy, "I'm not injuring anybody."
At the end of three months, he got
tired of having a crazy man in the house,
for he began to feel as if he were at home
there himself. Francois's perpetual drivelling, and his mania for asking Claire in
marriage, came to be an intolerable burden to the old man: he resolved to clear
the house and shut the sick man up at M.
Auvray's. "After all," he said to himself, "my nephew will get better care