de Lorcy come to take it into her head that there was something of the appraiser about Samuel Brohl, and that his eyes took an inventory of her furniture?
If he had forgotten himself at Maisons, he never forgot himself at Cormeilles.
What cared he for the sordid affairs of the sublunary sphere?
He floated in ether; heaven had opened to him its portals; the blessed are too absorbed in their ecstasy to pay heed to details or to take an inventory of paradise.

Nevertheless, Samuel's ecstasies did not prevent him from embracing every opportunity to render himself useful or agreeable to M.Moriaz.He frequently asked permission to accompany him into his laboratory.

M.Moriaz flattered himself that he had discovered a new body to which he attributed most curious properties.

Since his return he had been occupied with some very delicate experiments, which he did not always carry out to his satisfaction; his movements were brusque, his hands all thumbs; very often he chanced to ruin everything by breaking his vessels.

Samuel proposed to assist him in a manipulation requiring considerable dexterity; he had very flexible fingers, was as expert as a juggler, and the manipulation succeeded beyond all hopes.
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