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BY THE DYING MOUNTEBANK.
They had sent for the doctor from Bourron before six.

About eight some villagers came round for the performance, and were told how matters stood.

It seemed a liberty for a mountebank to fall ill like real people, and they made off again in dudgeon.

By ten Madame Tentaillon was gravely alarmed, and had sent down the street for Doctor Desprez.
The Doctor was at work over his manuscripts in one corner of the little dining-room, and his wife was asleep over the fire in another, when the messenger arrived.
'Sapristi!' said the Doctor, 'you should have sent for me before.