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Ball of Fat 34
Loiseau, fairly in his element, rose to his feet, holding aloft a glass of
champagne.
"I drink to our deliverance!" he shouted.
All stood up, and greeted the toast with acclamation. Even the two good sisters
yielded to the solicitations of the ladies, and consented to moisten their lips
with the foaming wine, which they had never before tasted. They declared it was
like effervescent lemonade, but with a pleasanter flavor.
"It is a pity," said Loiseau, "that we have no piano; we might have had a
quadrille."
Cornudet had not spoken a word or made a movement; he seemed plunged in serious
thought, and now and then tugged furiously at his great beard, as if trying to
add still further to its length. At last, toward midnight, when they were about
to separate, Loiseau, whose gait was far from steady, suddenly slapped him on
the back, saying thickly:
"You're not jolly to-night; why are you so silent, old man?"
Cornudet threw back his head, cast one swift and scornful glance over the
assemblage, and answered:
"I tell you all, you have done an infamous thing!"
He rose, reached the door, and repeating: "Infamous!" disappeared.
A chill fell on all. Loiseau himself looked foolish and disconcerted for a
moment, but soon recovered his aplomb, and, writhing with laughter, exclaimed:
"Really, you are all too green for anything!"
Pressed for an explanation, he related the "mysteries of the corridor," whereat
his listeners were hugely amused. The ladies could hardly contain their delight.
The count and Monsieur Carre-Lamadon laughed till they cried. They could
scarcely believe their ears.
"What! you are sure? He wanted——"
"I tell you I saw it with my own eyes."
"And she refused?"
"Because the Prussian was in the next room!"
"Surely you are mistaken?"
"I swear I'm telling you the truth."
The count was choking with laughter. The manufacturer held his sides. Loiseau
continued:
"So you may well imagine he doesn't think this evening's business at all
amusing."
And all three began to laugh again, choking, coughing, almost ill with
merriment.
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