. Bohemian Paris of to-day . ptite femme a faire LE BOUL MICH that they can identify a foreigner at a glance. Con-sequently our table was instantly a target, principallyon account of Mr, Pugson, whose nationality ema-nated from his every pore. Ah, milord, how do you do ? I spik Engleesh afew. Es eet notverra a beautiful night? is what hegot. You are si charmant, monsieur! protested. PAYEZ-MOI UN BOCK, MON CHERI ? another, stroking Bishops Valasquez beard; andthen, archly and coaxingly, Quest-ce que vousmoffrez, monsieur ? Payez-moi un bock ? Yes?Mr. Pugson made the gargons start. He ordered 13
. Bohemian Paris of to-day . ptite femme a faire LE BOUL MICH that they can identify a foreigner at a glance. Con-sequently our table was instantly a target, principallyon account of Mr, Pugson, whose nationality ema-nated from his every pore. Ah, milord, how do you do ? I spik Engleesh afew. Es eet notverra a beautiful night? is what hegot. You are si charmant, monsieur! protested. PAYEZ-MOI UN BOCK, MON CHERI ? another, stroking Bishops Valasquez beard; andthen, archly and coaxingly, Quest-ce que vousmoffrez, monsieur ? Payez-moi un bock ? Yes?Mr. Pugson made the gargons start. He ordered 135 BOHEMIAN PARIS * everything and the best in the house (in English);but it was the lordliness of his manner that told, ashe leaned back in his chair and smoked his Londresand eyed Madeleine with intense satisfaction. In theeyes of the beholders that action gave him the un-mistakable stamp of an American millionaire, Tellyou, boys, he puffed, Im not going to forget Pareein a hurry. And Mademoiselle Madeleine, how sherevelled ! Mr. Pugson bought her everything that thevenders had to sell, besides, for himself, a wretchedplaster cast of a dancing-girl that he declared wasdead swell. Ill take it home and startle thenatives, he added ; but he didnt, as we shall seelater. Then he boua^ht three bio- canes as souvenirsfor friends, besides a bicycle lamp, a mammoth pipe,and other th
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