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The unpleasant man enters and rouses you from sleep to converse with you. He detains men when they are hurrying on board ship. He asks peopie who come up to him to wait till he has had his walk. He takes his child from the nurse and feeds it from his own mouth, whistling to it and calling it pet names, 'daddy's little rogue and the like. At table he expatiates on the disastrous effects of a big dose of bellebore. He is fond of asking before his relations 'Say, mother, when I was born what day of the month was it?' He tells you he has cold cistern-water in his house and a kitchen garden full of exquisite vegetables and a cook wbo knows a thing or two about dainty dishes, and that his house is just like an inn, always packed full, and his friends, oh!, his friends are just like bored casks: give them all the benefits he may, they can't be filled. When he gives a dinner he calls the attention of the guest to his parasite and his qualities. He encourages his guests at the wine by saying entertainment has been provided, and that whenever they desire the slave will bring in the flute - girl so that they may be filled with music and be merry.
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