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Opera I will sup with her, as she wishes. Take her six bottles of different wine—Cyprus, sherry, and Malaga, and a barrel of Ostend oysters; get them at Borel's, and be sure you say they are for me."
"At what o'clock, sir, do you breakfast?"
Albert Awaiting His Guests
"What time is it now?"
"A quarter to ten."
"Very well, precisely at half-past ten. Debray will, perhaps, be obliged to go to the minister—and besides" (Albert looked at his tab-
