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The citizen Theophilus was at points of discussion with a rather dissipated-looking phantom of respectability that had descended upon him at an extremely early hour.
"Let the citizen -- and, moreover, monsieur the Englishman -- rest assured," he said, "that I accept his commission with a high sense of the compliment implied. But it is not specific: _oh, mon Dieu Jésus_! that is all I complain -- it is not specific."