The notary's nose;

30 THE NOTARY'S NOSE.
" But, my dear fellow, what will you do
with a sabre? I don't doubt your
courage; but I must say, without meaning
to offend you, that you are not quite as
skilful as Pons."
" What difference does that make? get
up, and go tell him to hold his nose subject to my orders to-morrow morning."
Ahmed was a sensible fellow, and
understood that logic would be entirely
out of place, and that he was reasoning
against the wind. What would be the use
in preaching to a deaf man who held on to
his idea like the Pope to the temporal
power? So he dressed himself, took
along his first dragoman Osman-Bey, who
had just gotten in from the Imperial Club,
and drove to Master l'Ambert's. The time
was perfectly unseasonable; but Ayvaz
would not stand the loss of a single moment. No more would the god of battles;
at least everything leads me to think so.