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With the first shock of his discomfiture over, Larose automatically brushed the dust of his fall from his clothes, and then, seating himself upon the stool that had been the cause of his misfortune, took out a cigarette and lighted it.
He was still feeling a little shaken from his fall and, quite content to rest for a few minutes, proceeded to take in his surroundings in more detail.