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Just then Nanine appeared, to tell us that supper was served

When we entered the dining-rooainst the

wall, and Gaston, holding her hands, was speaking to her in a low voice

"You are uerite "You know quite well that I don't

want you It is no good at the end of two years to make love to a woentleuerite ht at

table, me on her left, then called to Nanine: "Before you sit down, tell the"

This order was given at one o'clock in the hed, drank, and ate freely at this supper In a short while mirth

had reached its last limit, and the words that seerade the mouth that utters them, were

heard from time to tiuerite Gaston was thoroughly aood sort of

fellow, but somewhat spoiled by the habits of his youth For a et hts to becoht before aiety

which seemed like one of the courses of the lass remained full, and I felt al, talking like a

porter, and laughing the more loudly the more scandalous was the joke