The notary's nose;

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rapidity from extreme gayety to extreme
depression; it is a singular compound of
monomania proper and melancholy."
"He has not entirely lost his reason?"
"No, monsieur, he's not absolutely
demented; he's unsound on but one
point, so he comes entirely within your
specialty."
"( What's the characteristic of his malady? "
" Alas, monsieur, the characteristic of
our times-cupidity. The poor fellow is
certainly the man of the period. After
working from childhood, he finds himself
poor. My father, starting where he did,
left me considerable property. My uncle
began by being jealous; then realizing
that he was my only relation, and would
be my heir in case of death, or my guardian in case of insanity, as a weak mind
easily believes what it desires, the unhappy man persuaded himself that I had lost