, cautiously retreated.

"Before I was summoned away, the toothache drops and the snuff
together (both administered in large doses) seemed to have gradually
produced the effect of oil poured upon troubled waters.

"The sprightly Frenchwoman again ventured upon the theater of action.

"'You find yourself now much improved, madame?' she asked, with
considerable vivacity. A very slight nod was the only answer.

"'And you feel dis _fauteuil_ really very _com-for-ta-ble_?' pursued
the little woman, with augmented energy of voice. Another nod was just
discernible.

"No intonation of mine can do justice to the very ecstasy of
impatience with which the pertinacious questioner actually _screamed_
out:

"'_Bien_, madame, _vil you say so_, if you please?'

"_Henry Lunettes._"

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