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Nevertheless, as be harangued them, the satisfaction and admiration unanimously excited by his costume were dissipated by his words; and when he reached that untoward conclusion: "As soon as his illustrious ein," his voice was drowned in a thunder of hooting

"Begin instantly! The mystery! the mystery immediately!" shrieked the people And above all the voices, that of Johannes de Molendino was audible, piercing the uproar like the fife's derisive serenade: "Commence instantly!" yelped the scholar

"Doith Jupiter and the Cardinal de Bourbon!" vociferated Robin Poussepain and the other clerks perched in the

"The morality this very instant!" repeated the crowd; "this very instant! the sack and the rope for the cohtened, pale beneath his rouge, dropped his thunderbolt, took his cap in his hand; then he bowed and trembled and stauerite of Flanders--" He did not knohat to say In truth, he was afraid of being hung

Hung by the populace for waiting, hung by the cardinal for not having waited, he saeen the two dileallows

Luckily, some one came to rescue him from his embarrassment, and assu beyond the railing, in the free space around the ht of, since his long, thin body was completely sheltered froainst which he was leaning; this individual, we say, tall, gaunt, pallid, blond, still young, although already wrinkled about the brow and cheeks, with brilliant eyes and a se, worn and shining with age, approached the n to the poor sufferer But the other was so confused that he did not see him The new comer advanced another step

"Jupiter," said he, "my dear Jupiter!"

The other did not hear

At last, the tall blond, driven out of patience, shrieked almost in his face,-"Michel Giborne!"

"Who calls h awakened with a start

"I," replied the person clad in black

"Ah!" said Jupiter

"Begin at once," went on the other "Satisfy the populace; I undertake to appease the bailiff, ill appease monsieur the cardinal"

Jupiter breathed once eois," he cried, at the top of his lungs to the crohich continued to hoot hiin at once"

"~Evoe Jupiter! Plaudite cives~! All hail, Jupiter! Applaud, citizens!" shouted the scholars

"Noel! Noel! good, good," shouted the people