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Title: Cherami / Charles Paul de Kock ; with a general introduction by Jules Claretie ; translated into English by Edith Mary Norris.
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Kock, Charles Paul de
Subjects: French Literature
Publisher: The Frederick J. Quinby Company
Contributing Library: Whitney Museum of American Art, Frances Mulhall Achilles Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Metropolitan New York Library Council - METRO

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Nearly all the quadrilles were formed, butnothing stopped Cherami; he placed himself infront of an undersized man and his partner, andwhen the young man said to him,— But, mon-sieur, that place is taken, we were there beforeyou, he answered arrogantly,— I dont know if you were here before I was,my good man; but I do know that I have the honorto be here with madame, and that nothing shortof a bayonet charge will dislodge me. The young man dared not resist, besides onall sides they were saying to each other,— This very original gentleman is dancing withAunt Merlin. What, is Aunt Merlin going to dance? Yes, with an individual with Scotch under-pinnings. It will be very funny. And from all sides those who were not dancingcame running to see the quadrille in whichCherami and Aunt Merlin were to figure. Confound it! I have lost one of my gloves,cried Arthur, pretending to feel in his pocket, andlooking on the ground around him. Fair lady,will you excuse me for dancing with one glove?
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CHARLES PAUL DE KOCK 121 Oh, certainly, monsieur, answered the ladywith the turban, simpering, you are quite excus-able, besides, the same thing has happened toM. Courbichon; on arriving this evening at theball, he perceived that he had lost one of hisgloves—only with him it is the left one that ismissing. Ah, that is very funny! then the two of uswould make a pair. I shall laugh at that forsome time to come. It is our turn, fair lady. The first figure passed off quietly enough. TheEnglish chain and the cats tail failed to affordCherami an opportunity to exhibit his talent,but in the second, where they advanced two bytwo, he began to execute some of the steps andposes of the cancan, in the boldest fashion. The men were laughing like mad, and thewomen also, though they murmured,— Why, it is frightful; where in the world doesthis gentleman suppose himself to be? The funniest part of the thing was that Cher-amis partner, stimulated by the strange andeccentric balancings of her squire

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