say sar-vant, marm, to the women, and savant, sir, to the men ? and didnt he carry a gold-headed cane which he thumped along thesidewalks ? and did nt the butcher hang up venison all winterfor him, and then bring in great long bills in the spring, which hehad to turn over and over and over again… … FATHER AUTON. 91 ration. Now, reasoned we, how could he do all these wonderfulthings and have all these wonderful traits unless he was a wonder-ful man ? The fact was self-evident. I remember so well that delicate suspicion of tobacco which lin-gered about his hands, and which we used to sniff…
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