By THÉOPHILE GAUTIER
Translated for this volume by Sara Goldman.
The Mummy's Foot
By THÉOPHILE GAUTIER
I had sauntered idly into the shop of one of those dealers in old curiosities—“bric-à-brac” as they say in that Parisian argot, so absolutely unintelligible elsewhere in France.
You have no doubt often glanced through the windows of some of these shops, which have become numerous since it is so fashionable to buy antique furniture, that the humblest stockbroker feels obliged to have a room furnished in medieval style.