The American

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Monsieur has bought my picture, said Mademoiselle Noemie. When it’s finished you’ll carry it to him in a cab.
A little, my daughter, a little? said M. Nioche perplexed. How much?
Two thousand! said Mademoiselle Noemie. Don’t make a fuss or he’ll take back his word.
Two thousand! cried the old man, and he began to fumble for his snuff-box. He looked at Newman from head to foot; he looked at his daughter and then at the picture. Take care you don’t spoil it! he cried almost sublimely.