BOOK II.

LE GRAND BOURGEOIS.

I. NINETY YEARS AND TWO-AND-THIRTY TEETH II. LIKE MASTER, LIKE HOME III. LUC ESPRIT IV. AN ASPIRING CENTENARIAN V. BASQUE AND NICOLETTE VI. MAGNON AND HER TWO LITTLE ONES VII. RULE: NO ONE RECEIVED UNTIL EVENING VIII. TWO DO NOT MAKE A PAIR