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"What 'so' am I supposed to know?" he said "I don't knohat

you , Richard and Monchar like lunatics,

here, between the acts"

"I never noticed it," growled Gabriel, very much annoyed

"Then you're the only one!Do you think that I didn't see theer of the Credit Central, noticed

nothing?And that M de La Borderie, the ambassador, has no eyes to

see with?Why, all the subscribers were pointing at our ?" asked Gabriel, putting on his ? You know better than any one what they were

doing!You were there!And you atching them, you and

Mercier!And you were the only tho didn't laugh"

"I don't understand!"

Gabriel raised his aresture was meant to convey that the question did not interest him in

the least Remy continued: "What is the sense of this new mania of theirs? WHY WON'T THEY HAVE

ANY ONE COME NEAR THEM NOW?"

"What? WON'T THEY HAVE ANY ONE COME NEAR THEM?"

"AND THEY WON'T LET ANY ONE TOUCH THEM!"

"Really? Have you noticed THAT THEY WON'T LET ANY ONE TOUCH THEM?

That is certainly odd!"

"Oh, so you adh time, too! And THEN, THEY WALK

BACKWARD!"

"BACKWARD! You have seen our ht

that only crabs walked backward!"