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cut ; there was not more than six inches of the 

 stump left. 



" Mais mon cher, c'est pour donner de la force 

 dans les reins/' continued the imperturbable 

 Frenchman ; but noticing my look of surprise 

 that cutting off the tail should give strength to 

 the loins, resumed " Ne fait pas a chez vous, 

 n'est pas, mon cher ? Mais vous avez tort." 



I could stand no more, so looking at my watch 

 I pretended I was in a great hurry, and left 

 Jules et le beau Polydore in the streets of 

 Rennes. 



