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Chicotin, a little sulky, obeyed his employer's unexpected summons a few mornings later, and presented himself in the latter's suite just before noon. He was wearing a mauve silk shirt, which came from a Paris _chemisier_, blue trousers from St. Tropez, and blue espadrilles, with a red handkerchief knotted around his neck. The whole effect was exceedingly chic according to the summer fashions of the moment. His master looked at him from head to foot with a faint smile of amusement upon his lips.
"Very nice, indeed, Chicotin," he observed. "The costume of Juan-les-Pins, without a doubt."