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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Scenes from a Courtesan's Life by Honore de Balzac: day after to-morrow. That Contenson is certainly the man who sent the
porter after us from the Rue Taitbout; we must ascertain whether this
sham Englishman is our foe."
At noon Mr. Samuel Johnson's black servant was solemnly waiting on his
master, who always breakfasted too heartily, with a purpose. Peyrade
wished to pass for a tippling Englishman; he never went out till he
was half-seas over. He wore black cloth gaiters up to his knees, and
padded to make his legs look stouter; his trousers were lined with the
thickest fustian; his waistcoat was buttoned up to his cheeks; a red
scratch wig hid half his forehead, and he had added nearly three
inches to his height; in short, the oldest frequenter of the Cafe
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