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prevent the slice falling or breaking as they cut 

 through, they place the palm of their hand against 

 it, which manipulation marred my appetite, changed 

 my mind, and induced me to select some other viand. 

 On, on we went, the light and lively graceful soul 

 of France apparently mingling with my being, and 

 giving me almost a new existence ; with boars and 

 wolves the lively background to the exciting picture, 

 a happy traveller, I was whirled among the environs 

 of Paris. 



My friend. Monsieur d'Anchald, ever intent on my 

 comfort, had promised me that two of his sons should 

 meet me on my arrival in Paris, to assist me to care 

 for my dogs, and to aid in all matters touching my 

 welfare. So, when the train came to a stand-still 

 in the Paris terminus, I prepared myself for being 

 familiarly accosted by strangers. But no ; I had to 

 look to everything myself. No one spoke to me ; no 

 one seemed to care for me ; and all I remarked was, 

 that a tall soldier-like cuirassier in uniform looked 

 about from beneath his helmet in search of an indi- 

 vidual he could not find. Once or twice his eyes in 

 this search fell on me ; but, as I suppose I did not 

 look like his mental picture of the man he was to 

 meet, they passed off to the space around or beyond 

 me, till at length his eyes fell on some article of my 



