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Faust and What Followed On the Saturday morning, on reaching their office, the joint managers found a letter from O. G. worded in these terms:My dear Managers:`Look here, I'm getting sick of him, sick of him!' shouted Richard, bringing his fists down on his officetable. Just then, Mercier, the acting-manager, entered. `Lachcnel would like to see one of you gentlemen,' he said. `He says that his business is urgent and he seems quite upset.' `Who's Lachcnel?' asked Richard. `He's your stud-groom.' `What do you mean? My stud-groom?' `Yes, sir,' explained Mercier, `there are several grooms at the Opera and M. Lachcnel is at the head of them.' `And what does this groom do?' `He has the chief management of the stable.' `What stable?' `Why, yours, sir, the stable of the Opera.' `Is there a stable at the Opera? Upon my word, I didn't know. Where is it?' `In the cellars, on the Rotunda side. It's a very important department; we have twelve horses.' `Twelve horses! And what for, in Heaven's name?' `Why, we want trained horses for the processions in the Juive, The Profeta and so on; horses `used to the boards.' It is the grooms' business to teach them. M. Lachcnel is very clever at it. He used to manage Franconi's stables.' |
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