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my goodness I've no idea what he said it was, and neither does he. Sometimes our friend Robbé is with us. He amuses us with cynical stories, miracles about people in convulsions where he was a visual witness, and also with a few cantos from his poem on a subject which he knows really well. MY GOODNESS I'VE NO IDEA WHAT HE SAID IT WAS AND NEITHER DOES HE SOMETIMES OUR FRIEND RABBEY IS WITH US HE AMUSES US WITH CYNICAL STORIES MIRACLES ABOUT PEOPLE AND CONVULSIONS WHERE HE WAS A VISUAL WITNESS AND ALSO WITH A FEW CANTOS FROM HIS POEM ON A SUBJECT WHICH HE KNOWS REALLY WELL
living--that's really expensive bread. HIM: I've already told you we have no effect. We could injure the entire world, and we wouldn't hurt anyone. Sometimes our company includes the peasant Abbé d'Olivet, the fat Abbé Le Blanc, and the hypocrite Batteux. The fat abbé is malicious only before he's eaten. Once he's had his coffee, he throws himself into an armchair, rests his feet against the shelf by the chimney, and goes to sleep like an old parrot on its perch. If the noise gets violent, he yawns, stretches his arms, rubs his eyes, and says, "All right, what's up What is it?" "We're trying to find out if Piron has more wit than Voltaire." "Let's get this straight--are you talking about wit? It's not a question of taste, for your Piron has no notion of taste." "No idea at all?" "No." And then we set out on a discussion of taste. Then our patron signals with his hand that we should listen to him, because he's keener on taste than on anything, "Taste," he says, "taste is something..."-- THERS ME INSULTING SCIENCE AND VIRTUE IN ORDER TO MAKE A LIVING THAT'S REALLY EXPENSIVE BREAD HIM I'VE ALREADY TOLD YOU WE HAVE NO EFFECT WE COULD INJURE THE ENTIRE WORLD AND WE WOULDN'T HURT ANYONE SOMETIMES OUR COMPANY INCLUDES THE PEASANT ABBE DE LA VAIS THE FAT ABBE L'EBLANC AND THE HYPOCRITE BATU THE FAT ABBE IS MALICIOUS ONLY BEFORE HE'S EATEN ONCE HE'S HAD HIS COFFEE HE THROWS HIMSELF INTO AN ARMCHAIR RESTS HIS FEET AGAINST A SHELF BY THE CHIMNEY AND GOES TO SLEEP LIKE AN OLD PARROT ON ITS PERCH IF THE NOISE GETS VIOLENT HE YAWNS STRETCHES HIS ARMS RUBS HIS EYES AND SAYS ALL RIGHT WHAT'S UP WHAT IS IT WE'RE TRYING TO FIND OUT IF PIERROT HAS MORE WIT THAN VOLTAIRE LET'S GET THIS STRAIGHT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT WIT IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF TASTE FOR YOUR PIERO HAS NO NOTION OF TASTE NO IDEA AT ALL NO THEN WE SET OUT ON A DISCUSSION OF TASTE THEN OUR PATRON SIGNALS WITH HIS HAND THAT WE SHOULD LISTEN TO HIM BECAUSE HE'S KEENER ON TASTE THAN ON ANYTHING TASTE HE SAYS TASTE IS SOMETHING
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