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 said the Lady Baussiere.—He has a good mien, said La Battarelle.—He is finely shaped, said La Guyol.—I never saw an officer of the horse-guards in my life, said La Maronette, with two such legs—Or who stood so well upon them, said La Sabatiere—But he has no whiskers, cried La Fosseuse—Not a pile, said La Rebours.

The queen went directly to her oratory, musing all the way, as she walked through the gallery, upon the subject; turning it this way and that way in her fancy—Ave Maria†—what can La Fosseuse mean? said she, kneeling down upon the cushion.

La Guyol, La Batterelle, La Maronette, La Sabatiere, retired instantly to their chambers—Whiskers! said all four of