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Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris

CHAPTER XIII
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He has many customers, but it is amusing to see them sneak into the shop after carefully looking round to make sure that none of their acquaintances are near.

A prejudice has arisen against rats, because the doctors say that their flesh is full of trichinae.

I own for my part I have a guilty feeling when I eat dog, the friend of man.

I had a slice of a spaniel the other day, it was by no means bad, something like lamb, but I felt like a cannibal.

Epicures in dog flesh tell me that poodle is by far the best, and recommend me to avoid bull dog, which is coarse and tasteless.


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