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Chapter 8

           ThepyrotechnicpiecessenttoMonsieurTuvachehad,throughanexcessofcaution,beenshutupinhiscellar,andsothedamppowderwouldnotlight,andtheprincipalsetpiece,thatwastorepresentadragonbitinghistail,failedcompletely.NowandthenameagreRoman-candlewentoff;thenthegapingcrowdsentupashoutthatmingledwiththecryofthewomen,whosewaistswerebeingsqueezedinthedarkness.EmmasilentlynestledagainstCharles’sshoulder;then,raisingherchin,shewatchedtheluminousraysoftherocketsagainstthedarksky.Rodolphegazedatherinthelightoftheburninglanterns.

           Theywentoutonebyone.Thestarsshoneout.Afewcropsofrainbegantofall.Sheknottedherfichuroundherbarehead.

           Atthismomentthecouncillor’scarriagecameoutfromtheinn.

           Hiscoachman,whowasdrunk,suddenlydozedoff,andonecouldseefromthedistance,abovethehood,betweenthetwolanterns,themassofhisbody,thatswayedfromrighttoleftwiththegivingofthetraces.

           "Truly,"saidthedruggist,"oneoughttoproceedmostrigorouslyagainstdrunkenness!Ishouldliketoseewrittenupweeklyatthedoorofthetownhallonaboardadhocthenamesofallthosewhoduringtheweekgotintoxicatedonalcohol.Besides,withregardtostatistics,onewouldthushave,asitwere,publicrecordsthatonecouldrefertoincaseofneed.Butexcuseme!"

           Andheoncemoreranofftothecaptain.Thelatterwasgoingbacktoseehislatheagain.

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