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CHOULETTE FINDS A NEW FRIEND.
She next day, as they were traversing the square where are planted, in imitation of antique amphitheatres, two marble pillars, Madame Marmet said to the Countess Martin: "I think I see Monsieur Choulette." Seated in a shoemaker's shop, his pipe in his hand, Choulette was making rhythmic gestures, and appeared to be reciting verses.

The Florentine cobbler listened with a kind smile.

He was a little, bald man, and represented one of the types familiar to Flemish painters.

On a table, among wooden lasts, nails, leather, and wax, a basilic plant displayed its round green head.