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This happy existence was at length dis turbed by the introduction of a new desk and stool in the quiet bureau, where for years no stranger had appeared. The owner of these portentous signs added to Monsieur Theophile Durand's sense of dismay by his unofficial appearance; he was a very young man, with something resembling a moustache struggling into existence above his upper lip. He had a thin, sallow, and melancholy, not to say morose-looking, face, and a slender droop ing figure. All that Monsieur Theophile could ascertain of him was, that he rejoiced in the name of Auguste Tondu, and entered the office as surnuméraire that is to say that he belonged to the class of unpaid employés, condemned to wait for their salary until death or promotion shall make some place vacant in the ranks of their companions.
The desk of the surnuméraire faced that of Theophile, to stare at whom seemed from the very first day his chief task and occupation. He did, indeed, occasionally vary it by sucking and nibbling every pen that came in his way.
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- Publication date2018
- ISBN 10 1331501768
- ISBN 13 9781331501763
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages294
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