"
"What sort?"
"It was cherry color, and of velvet, I believe; something like those worn
by the little broom girls."
"Like the Alsatians? it is very natural, since she is an Alsatian."
"You don't say so!"
"But I do! what is it that surprises you? The burnt child shuns the fire!"
"Chalamel! what relation between your proverb and this cap?"
"There is none."
"Why did you say it, then?"
"Because a benefit is never lost, and the dog is a friend of man!"
"Hold! If Chalamel opens his budget of proverbs, which mean nothing, we are
in for it. Come, tell us what you know of this new servant."
"The day before yesterday I was out in the yard: she had her back toward
one of the windows of the ground-floor."
"The yard's back?"
"What stupidity! No, the servant's. The glasses are so dirty that I could
see nothing of her figure; but I could see her cherry-colored cap, and a
profusion of curls, as black as jet; for she wears her hair in short
curls."
"I am sure that the governor would not have seen through his spectacles as
much as you did; for here you have one, as they say, who, if he remained
alone with a woman on the earth, the world would soon come to an end."
"That is not astonishing. He laughs best who laughs last, and, moreover,
punctuality is the politeness of kings."
"How wearisome Chalamel is when he lays himself out to it!"
"Tell me what company you keep, and I'll tell you what you are.
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