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of cheese and required heavy dustings of " Keating ; " but 

 its hospitality was of the heartiest, and indeed the whole 

 community regarded us as their guests. Sylvestre, the 

 landlord, was especially genial in his greeting, though 



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I am bound to say he tried to make hay on the rare 

 occasions when strangers chanced to shine upon him. 

 The result of this was that each year, as the dav of our 

 departure drew near, a slight coolness arose between us 

 owing to the consciousness, which botli (5f us had, of the 



