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 as the kitchen knife—and as for fine clothes and a long pedigree, ha! ha!" Fifi pinched Toto, who seemed to laugh with her.

Cartouche remained silent a whole minute, and then said calmly:

"You seem to have fixed upon the man."

"Yes, Toto and I have agreed upon a suitable match for me. Haven't we, Toto?"

"Yap, yap, yap!" barked Toto.

"Have you consulted any one about this?" asked Cartouche in a low voice, after a moment.

"No one but Toto," replied Fifi, pinching Toto's ear.

Cartouche raised his arms in despair. He could only groan:

"Oh, Fifi! Oh, Fifi!"

"Don't 'Oh Fifi' me any more, Cartouche, after your behavior to me," cried Fifi indignantly, "and after I have taken your advice and given the money away, and Louis Bourcet has jilted me—as he did as soon as he found I had no fortune—"

"Didn't I tell you he would?"

"I didn't need anybody to tell me that. Louis Bourcet is one of the virtuous who make one sick