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His greed at dinner, too, was closely in keeping with the greed of

Monsieur Rigaud at breakfast His avariciousall

the eatables about hi

others with his jaas the saard of

other people, as shown in his way of tossing the little wo favourite cushions under his boots for a

softer rest, and crushing delicate coverings with his big body and his

great black head, had the sa hands that were so busy a the dishes had the old

wicked facility of the hands that had clung to the bars And when he

could eat no ers one by one and

wiping the but the substitution of

vine-leaves to finish the picture

On thisdown in

thatas if they