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Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris

CHAPTER XV
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One fortunate Briton has got ten pounds of camel, and has invited about twenty of his countrymen to aid him in devouring this singular substitute for turkey.

Another gives himself airs because he has some potted turkey, which is solemnly to be consumed to-day spread on bread.

I am myself going to dine with the correspondent of one of your contemporaries.

On the same floor as himself lives a family who left Paris before the commencement of the siege.

Necessity knows no law; so the other day he opened their door with a certain amount of gentle violence, and after a diligent search, discovered in the larder two onions, some potatoes, and a ham.


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