The notary's nose;

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"0 women! women! women!"
"Bless me!" said the Marquis, "how
your compass does turn toward the women. Women are not everything; there's
something else in the world. Why the
devil shouldn't a man work out his salvation? He can enlarge his soul, cultivate
his mind, help his fellow-creatures, and
discharge the duties of his position. It's
not necessary to have a nose of any given
length to be a good Christian, a good citizen, and a good notary."
"Notary! " answered the victim, with
ill-concealed bitterness. " Yes; I'm still
that. Yesterday I was a man; a man of
the world; a gentleman; and even (I may
as well say it without any false modesty)
reasonably popular among the ladies of
the best society. To-day I'm nothing
but a notary; and who knows that I shall
be even that to-morrow? It only requires an indiscretion in my valet to noise
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