The notary's nose;

218 UNCLE AND NEPHEW.
" Mad enough to be tied up, monsieur;
and the proof is, that I had fastened his
hands together with this rope."
" But you're the one whose hands were
tied. Don't you remember that I set you
free?"
" It was I? It was he! But let me explain the whole affair."
" Tut, my friend, you're getting excited:
you're very red in the face. I don't want
you to tire yourself. Just be content to
answer my questions. You say that your
nephew is ill? "
" Crazy, crazy, crazy!"
"And you are satisfied to see him
crazy?"
" I?"
"Answer me frankly. You're not anxious for him to get well: isn't that so?"
"Why? "
"So that his fortune can remain in your
hands. You want to be rich. You don't