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"Jehan, my friend, you are drunk," said the other

The other replied staggering, "It pleases you to say so, Phoebus; but it hath been proved that Plato had the profile of a hound"

The reader has, no doubt, already recognized our two brave friends, the captain and the scholar It appears that the nized thes that the scholar caused the captain toa more hardened drinker had retained all his self-possession By listening to them attentively, theinteresting conversation,-"~Corbacque~! Do try to walk straight, master bachelor; you know that I must leave you Here it is seven o'clock I have an appointment with a woman"

"Leave me then! I see stars and lances of fire You are like the Chateau de Dahter"

"By the warts ofwith too much rabidness By the way, Jehan, have you any money left?"

"Monsieur Rector, there is no mistake; the little butcher's shop, ~parva boucheria~"

"Jehau! my friend Jehan! You know that I irl at the end of the Pont Saint- Michel, and I can only take her to the Falourdel's, the old crone of the bridge, and that I must pay for a chamber The old witch with a white moustache would not trust me Jehan! for pity's sake! Have we drunk up the whole of the curé's purse? Have you not a single parisis left?"

"The consciousness of having spent the other hours well is a just and savory condiment for the table"

"Belly and guts! a truce to your whimsical nonsense! Tell me, Jehan of the devil! have you any money left? Give it to me, ~bédieu~!" or I will search you, were you as leprous as Job, and as scabby as Caesar!"

"Monsieur, the Rue Galiache is a street which hath at one end the Rue de la Verrerie, and at the other the Rue de la Tixeranderie"

"Well, yes! ood, very good But in the name of heaven collect your wits I must have a sou parisis, and the appointment is for seven o'clock"

"Silence for the rondo, and attention to the refrain,-"~Quand les rats neur d'Arras; Quand la ele(e, On verra, par-dessus la glace, Sortir ceux d'Arras de leur place~"