The notary's nose;

34 THE NOTARY'S NOSE.
forgotten by Death for the sake of recalling historic times to our degenerate age.
The record of his birth did not allow him
more than seventy-nine years, but in his
habits and sympathies he belonged to the
sixteenth century. He thought, spoke,
and acted as a man who had served in
the Army of the League, and put the
Bearnais to flight; a royalist from conviction, an austere Catholic, he brought to his
hates and to his friendships a warmth
which exaggerated everything. His courage, his loyalty, his rectitude, and even, to
a certain degree, his eccentric chivalrousness, made him a model for the admiration of the inconsistent youth of to-day.
He never laughed, was slow to take a
joke, and felt injured by a bon-mot, as if it
indicated a lack of respect. He was the
least tolerant, the least lovable, and the
most honorable old gentleman in the world.
He had accompanied Charles X. to Scot