The innocents abroad; . said : Ah, the palace of the Louvre: beautiful, beautiful edifice!Does the Emperor I^apoleon live here now, Ferguson ? Ah, doctor! you do jest; zis is not ze palace; we comethere directly. But since we pass right by zis store, where issuch beautiful silk— 122 SOLD. Ah! I see, I see. I meant to have told you that we didnot wish to purchase aiij silks to-day; but in my absent-mindedness I forgot it. I also meant to tell you wewished to go directly to the Louvre; but I forgot that , we will go there now. Pardon my seeming care-lessness, Ferguson. Drive on. With
The innocents abroad; . said : Ah, the palace of the Louvre: beautiful, beautiful edifice!Does the Emperor I^apoleon live here now, Ferguson ? Ah, doctor! you do jest; zis is not ze palace; we comethere directly. But since we pass right by zis store, where issuch beautiful silk— 122 SOLD. Ah! I see, I see. I meant to have told you that we didnot wish to purchase aiij silks to-day; but in my absent-mindedness I forgot it. I also meant to tell you wewished to go directly to the Louvre; but I forgot that , we will go there now. Pardon my seeming care-lessness, Ferguson. Drive on. Within the half hour, we stopped again—in front of anothersilk store. We were angry; but the doctor was always serene,always smooth-voiced. He said: At last! How imposing the Louvre is, and yet howsmall! how exquisitely fashioned ! how charmingly situated!—Yenerable, venerable pile— Pairdon, doctor, zis is not ze Louvie—it is— What h it V I have ze idea—it come to me in a moment—zat ze silk inzis magazin—. ze silk magazin. « Ferguson, how heedless I am. I fully intended to tell_you SOLD. 123 that we did not wish to buy any silks to-day, and I also in-tended to tell you that we yearned to go immediately to thepalace of the Louvre, but enjoying the happiness of seeing youdevour four breakfasts this morning has so lilled me withpleasurable emotions that I neglect the commonest interestsof the time. However, we will proceed now to the Louvre,Ferguson, But doctor, (excitedly,) it will take not a minute—notbut one small minute! Ze gentleman need not to buy if henot wish to—but only look at ze silk—look at ze beautifulfabric. [Then pleadingly.] Sair—just only one leetle mo-ment ! Dan said, Confound the idiot! I dont want to see anysilks to-day, and I wont look at them. Drive on. And the doctor: We need no silks now, Ferguson. Ourhearts yearn for the Louvre. Let us journey on—let us jour-ney on. But doctor! it is only one moment—one leetle ze time
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