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CHAPTER V.

THE CARLOVINGIAN COIN.

Towards the end of December the messengers of Bidault’s agency were entrusted with the distribution of about a hundred copies of a letter of invitation, of which we certify the following to be a true and genuine copy:

“———

M.M. Rodolphe and Marcel request the honor of your company on Saturday next, Christmas Eve. Fun!

P.S. Life is short!

Programme of the Entertainment.

PART I.

7 o’clock.—Opening of the saloons. Brisk and witty conversation.

8.—Appearance of the talented authors of “The Mountain in Labor” comedy refused at the Odeon Theatre.

8.30.—M. Alexander Schaunard, the eminent virtuoso, will play his imitative symphony, “The Influence of Blue in Art,” on the piano.

9.—First reading of the essay on the “Abolition of the penalty of tragedy.”

9.30.—Philosophical and metaphysical argument between M. Colline hyperphysical philosopher, and M. Schaunard. To avoid any collision between the two antagonists, they will both be securely fastened.

10.—M. Tristran, master of literature, will narrate his early loves, accompanied on the piano by M. Alexander Schaunard.

10.30.—Second reading of the essay on the “Abolition of the penalty of tragedy.”

11.—Narration of a cassowary hunt by a foreign prince.

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