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without getting things on perceptibly, At
seven o'clock, M. l'Ambert lost patience,
and said to his seconds: "This Turk bores
me. HIe is not satisfied with getting little
Tompain away from me, but the gentleman
finds it to his pleasure to make me pass
a sleepless night. Very well, let us go
ahead; he may end by thinking that I'm
afraid to meet him. But now push things
through, if you please; try and finish up
the matter this morning. I will have my
horses hitched in ten minutes; we will go
a couple of leagues outside Paris. I will
bring my Turk to his senses in a jiffy, and
get back to the office before the little
newspapers that delight in scandal can get
wind of our affair."
The Marquis still tried one or two objections; but he ended by owning that M.S
l'Ambert was forced into it. Ayvaz-Bey's
stubbornness was in the worst kind of taste,
and deserved a severe lesson. Nobody