'Ah! he says, in his Impressions de Voyage, that he ate bear at your inn ... but, as you have none in the house at the moment, we will not trouble about it: we will have it some other time. Come, what have you got?'
'Monsieur can choose for himself, here is the menu!'
'Oh! I cannot be bothered! Give me what you like: since you have no bear, I don't care what it is.'
"And, with a disgusted air, finding it all very poor, the second traveller ate the dinner they served him.
"Next day, or the day after, or the following week, a traveller came in who, without saying anything, put his knapsack down, seated himself at the first table he came to and knocked against a glass with a knife, shouting—"'Garçon!'
"The waiter came.
"'What can I do for you, monsieur?'
"'A bear-steak.'
"'Ah! ah!'
"'Be quick and let it be underdone!'