The notary's nose;

THE NOTARY'S NOSE. 13
There was the little Duchess de Bietry
-young, pretty, and neglected; she was
weak enough to find fault with the ways
of conducting himself at the opera, which
her husband had fallen into.
" Aren't you ashamed of yourself?" she
said to him, " to leave me alone in your box,
with all your friends, while you run off
the Lord knows where?"
"Madam," he answered, " where one is
trying to get an embassy, oughtn't he to
study politics?"
" Perhaps; but there are better schools
in Paris, I fancy."
" None at all. Let me tell you, my
dear child, that the ballet and politics are
twins. To endeavor to please, by courting the public; to keep your eyes on the
leader of the orchestra; to control your
face; to change the color of your dress
every moment; to hop from right to left,
and from left to right; to spin round lightly;