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The clatter of knives in the kitchen was heard as far as the town gates. The whole of the market was laid under contributions, so much so that the judge and the deacon's wife found themselves obliged that day to be satisfied with hasty puddings and cakes of flour. THE CLATTER OF KNIVES IN THE KITCHEN WAS HEARD AS FAR AS THE TOWN GATES THE WHOLE OF THE MARKET WAS LAID UNDER CONTRIBUTIONS SO MUCH SO THAT THE JUDGE AND THE DEACON'S WIFE FOUND THEMSELVES OBLIGED THAT DAY TO BE SATISFIED WITH HASTY PUDDINGS AND CAKES OF FLOUR
rom all sides to make their purchases. The officers lent great animation to society at B--. Society consisted up till then of the judge who was living with a deacon’s wife, and of the chief of police, a very sensible man, but one who slept all day long from dinner till evening, and from evening till dinner-time. This general liveliness was still further increased when the town of B---- became the residence of the general commanding the brigade to which the regiment belonged. Many gentlemen of the neighbourhood, whose very existence no one had even suspected, began to come into the town with the intention of calling on the officers, or, perhaps, of playing bank, a game concerning which they had up till then only a very confused notion, occupied as they were with their crops and the commissions of their wives and their hare-hunting. I am very sorry that I cannot recollect for what reason the general made up his mind one fine day to give a grand dinner. The preparations were overwhelming. HE PLACE WHO FLOCKED THERE FROM ALL SIDES TO MAKE THEIR PURCHASES THE OFFICERS LENT GREAT ANIMATION TO SOCIETY AT B SOCIETY CONSISTED UP TILL THEN OF THE JUDGE WHO WAS LIVING WITH THE DEACON'S WIFE AND OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE A VERY SENSIBLE MAN BUT ONE WHO SLEPT ALL DAY LONG FROM DINNER TILL EVENING AND FROM EVENING TILL DINNER TIME THE GENERAL LIVELINESS WAS STILL FURTHER INCREASED WHEN THE TOWN OF B BECAME THE RESIDENCE OF THE GENERAL COMMANDING THE BRIGADE TO WHICH THE REGIMENT BELONGED MANY GENTLEMEN OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHOSE VERY EXISTENCE NO ONE HAD EVEN SUSPECTED BEGAN TO COME INTO TOWN WITH THE INTENTION OF CALLING ON THE OFFICERS OR PERHAPS OF PLAYING BANK A GAME CONCERNING WHICH THEY HAD UP TILL THEN ONLY A VERY CONFUSED NOTION OCCUPIED AS THEY WERE WITH THEIR CROPS AND THE COMMISSIONS OF THEIR WIVES AND THEIR HARE HUNTING I AM VERY SORRY THAT I CANNOT RECOLLECT FOR WHAT REASON THE GENERAL MADE UP HIS MIND ONE FINE DAY TO GIVE A GRAND DINNER THE PREPARATIONS WERE OVERWHELMING
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