The Bell and Bottle Tavern.

           AndnowletusleaveMademoiselleDanglarsandherfriendpursuingtheirwaytoBrussels,andreturntopoorAndreaCavalcanti,soinopportunelyinterruptedinhisrisetofortune.Notwithstandinghisyouth,MasterAndreawasaveryskilfulandintelligentboy.Wehaveseenthatonthefirstrumorwhichreachedthesalonhehadgraduallyapproachedthedoor,andcrossingtwoorthreeroomsatlastdisappeared.Butwehaveforgottentomentiononecircumstance,whichneverthelessoughtnottobeomitted;inoneoftheroomshecrossed,thetrousseauofthebride-electwasonexhibition.Therewerecasketsofdiamonds,cashmereshawls,Valencienneslace,Englishveilings,andinfactallthetemptingthings,thebarementionofwhichmakestheheartsofyounggirlsboundwithjoy,andwhichiscalledthe"corbeille."22Now,inpassingthroughthisroom,Andreaprovedhimselfnotonlytobecleverandintelligent,butalsoprovident,forhehelpedhimselftothemostvaluableoftheornamentsbeforehim.

           22Literally,"thebasket,"becauseweddinggiftswereoriginallybroughtinsuchareceptacle.

           Furnishedwiththisplunder,Andrealeapedwithalighterheartfromthewindow,intendingtoslipthroughthehandsofthegendarmes.Tallandwellproportionedasanancientgladiator,andmuscularasaSpartan,hewalkedforaquarterofanhourwithoutknowingwheretodirecthissteps,actuatedbythesoleideaofgettingawayfromthespotwhereifhelingeredheknewthathewouldsurelybetaken.

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