A mummer's tale . dream this dreamwith kindness and joy, if it be possible, and let usgo to lunch. I am taking you to a little tavern inthe Rtie Vavin, kept by C16mence, who cooks onlyone dish, but a marvellous one at that: the Castelnau-dary cassoulet^ not to be confused with the cassouktprepared in the Carcassonne fashion, which is merelya leg of mutton with haricot beans. The cassouktof Castelnaudary comprises pickled goose legs,haricot beans that have been previously bleached,bacon, and a small sausage. To be good, it mustbe cooked for a long time over a slow cassoukt has be
A mummer's tale . dream this dreamwith kindness and joy, if it be possible, and let usgo to lunch. I am taking you to a little tavern inthe Rtie Vavin, kept by C16mence, who cooks onlyone dish, but a marvellous one at that: the Castelnau-dary cassoulet^ not to be confused with the cassouktprepared in the Carcassonne fashion, which is merelya leg of mutton with haricot beans. The cassouktof Castelnaudary comprises pickled goose legs,haricot beans that have been previously bleached,bacon, and a small sausage. To be good, it mustbe cooked for a long time over a slow cassoukt has been cooking for twentyyears. From time to time she puts in the sauce-pan, now a little bit of goose or bacon, now asausage or some haricots, but it is always the samecassoukt. The stock remains, and this ancient and A MUMMERS TALE 165 precious stock gives it the flavour which, in thepictures of the old Venetian masters, one finds inthe amber-coloured flesh of the women. Come, Iwant you to taste Cl^mences CHAPTER XI AVING said her prayer, Nanteuil,without waiting to hear Pradelsspeech, jumped into a carriage inorder to join Robert de Ligny, whowas waiting for her in front of theMontparnasse railway station. Amid the throng ofpassers-by they shook hands, gazing at one anotherwithout a word. More than ever did they feel thatthey were bound together. Robert loved her. He loved her without knowing it. She was forhim, or so he believed, merely one delight in theinfinite series of possible delights. But delight hadassumed for him the form of F61icie, and, had hereflected more deeply upon the innumerable womenwhom he promised himself in the vast remainder ofhis newly begun life, he would have recognized thatnow they were all Policies. He might at least haverealized that, without having any intention of beingfaithful to her, he did not dream of being unfaithful,and that since she had given herself to him he hadnot desired any other woman. But he did notrealize it. i66 A MUMME
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