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A Procurator’s Dinner

           Coquenarddrewthedishtowardher,skillfullydetachedthetwogreatblackfeet,whichsheplaceduponherhusband’splate,cutofftheneck,whichwiththeheadsheputononesideforherself,raisedthewingforPorthos,andthenreturnedthebirdotherwiseintacttotheservantwhohadbroughtitin,whodisappearedwithitbeforetheMusketeerhadtimetoexaminethevariationswhichdisappointmentproducesuponfaces,accordingtothecharactersandtemperamentsofthosewhoexperienceit.

           Intheplaceofthefowladishofharicotbeansmadeitsappearanceanenormousdishinwhichsomebonesofmuttonthatatfirstsightonemighthavebelievedtohavesomemeatonthempretendedtoshowthemselves.

           Buttheclerkswerenotthedupesofthisdeceit,andtheirlugubriouslookssettleddownintoresignedcountenances.

           Mme.Coquenarddistributedthisdishtotheyoungmenwiththemoderationofagoodhousewife.

           Thetimeforwinecame.M.Coquenardpouredfromaverysmallstonebottlethethirdofaglassforeachoftheyoungmen,servedhimselfinaboutthesameproportion,andpassedthebottletoPorthosandMme.Coquenard.

           Theyoungmenfilleduptheirthirdofaglasswithwater;then,whentheyhaddrunkhalftheglass,theyfilleditupagain,andcontinuedtodoso.Thisbroughtthem,bytheendoftherepast,toswallowingadrinkwhichfromthecoloroftherubyhadpassedtothatofapaletopaz.

           Porthosatehiswingofthefowltimidly,andshudderedwhenhefeltthekneeoftheprocurator’swifeunderthetable,asitcameinsearchofhis.

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