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TABLE talk and lovers' talk equally elude the grasp; lovers' talk is clouds, table talk is smoke.
Fameuil and Dahlia hummed airs; Tholomyes drank, Zphine laughed, Fantine smiled. Listolier blew a wooden trumpet that he had bought at Saint Cloud. Favourite looked tenderly at Blacheville, and said: "Blacheville, I adore you." This brought forth a question from Blacheville : "What would you do, Favourite, if I should leave you? " "Me!" cried Favourite. "Oh! do not say that, even in sport! If you should leave me, I would run after you, I would scratch you, I would pull your hair, I would throw water on you, I would have you arrested."