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For example, for the little abbé, he held his hat under his arm and his breviary in his left hand; in his right hand he lifted up the train of his cloak. He came forward, with his head a little inclined towards his shoulders, his eyes lowered, imitating the hypocrite so perfectly that I believed I was looking at the author of the Refutations appearing before the Bishop of Orleans. For the flatterers and for the ambitious he crawled along on his belly  just like Bouret at the Ministry of Finance. FOR EXAMPLE FOR THE LITTLE ABBE HE HELD HIS HAT UNDER HIS ARM AND HIS BREVIARY IN HIS LEFT HAND IN HIS RIGHT HAND HE LIFTED UP THE TRAIN OF HIS CLOAK HE CAME FORWARD WITH HIS HEAD A LITTLE INCLINED TOWARD HIS SHOULDERS HIS EYES LOWERED IMITATING THE HYPOCRITE SO PERFECTLY THAT I BELIEVED I WAS LOOKING AT THE AUTHOR OF THE REFUTATIONS APPEARING BEFORE THE BISHOP OF ORLEANS FOR THE FLATTERERS AND FOR THE AMBITIOUS HE CRAWLED ALONG ON HIS BELLY JUST LIKE BOURIET AT THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE
t there more to it that that? Don't you think that, from time to time, he finds beside him a little foot, a little curl, a little nose which makes him go through a small pantomime? Whoever needs someone else is a beggar and takes up a position. The king takes up a position before his mistress and before God. He goes through the paces of his pantomime. The minister goes through the paces of prostitute, flatterer, valet, or beggar in front of his king. The crowds of ambitious people dance your positions in hundreds of ways, each more vile than the others, in front of the minister. The noble abbé in his bands of office and his long cloak goes at least once a week in front of the agent in charge of the list of benefices. My goodness, what you call the pantomime of beggars is what makes the earth go round. Everyone has his little Hus and his Bertin. HIM: That's a great consolation. But while I was speaking, he was imitating in a killingly funny way the positions of the persons I was naming. ITIONS ME THE KING ISN'T THERE MORE TO IT THAN THAT DON'T YOU THINK THAT FROM TIME TO TIME HE FINDS BESIDE HIM A LITTLE FOOT A LITTLE CURL A LITTLE NOSE WHICH MAKES HIM GO THROUGH A SMALL PANTOMIME WHOEVER NEEDS SOME ONE ELSE IS A BEGGAR AND TAKES UP A POSITION THE KING TAKES UP A POSITION BEFORE HIS MISTRESS AND BEFORE GOD HE GOES THROUGH THE PACES OF HIS PANTOMIME THE MINISTER GOES THROUGH THE PACES OF PROSTITUTE FLATTERER VALET OR BEGGAR IN FRONT OF HIS KING THE CROWDS OF AMBITIOUS PEOPLE DANCE YOUR POSITIONS IN HUNDREDS OF WAYS EACH MORE VILE THAN THE OTHERS IN FRONT OF THE MINISTER THE NOBLE ABBE IN HIS BANDS OF OFFICE AND HIS LONG CLOAK GOES AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK IN FRONT OF THE AGENT IN CHARGE OF THE LIST OF BENEFICES MY GOODNESS WHAT YOU CALL THE PANTOMIME OF BEGGARS IS WHAT MAKES THE EARTH GO ROUND EVERY ONE HAS HIS LITTLE HOO AND HIS BERTE HIM THAT'S A GREAT CONSOLATION BUT WHILE I WAS SPEAKING HE WAS IMITATING IN A KILLINGLY FUNNY WAY THE POSITIONS OF THE PERSONS I WAS NAMING
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