"Would you like to compose an opera in three acts, The Chaste Suzannah, music by Meyerbeer?"
"I should like some supper first. Madame Gobillot, I beseech you, give me something to eat. Thanks to your mountain air, I am almost starved."
"But, Monsieur, we have been waiting two hours for you," retorted the landlady, as she made each stewpan dance in succession.
"That is a fact," said the artist; "let us go into the dining-room, then.
"Gia la mensa a preparata."
"While supping, I will explain my plans to you. I have just found a
Daniel in the ashes—"
"My dear Marillac, drop your Daniel and Suzannah," replied Gerfaut, as he sat down to the table; "I have something much more important to talk to you about."
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