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Now 1 want some vegetables

It dépends on the size, Madam, we hâve some at one franc, at two and even at five francs each.

They are nectarines, my dear.

You are right, my dear, without yon 1 should certainly not hâve thought of them.

We hâve walnuts,filberts, hazel-nuts, cocoa-nuts and chestnuts.

The walnuts thirty centimes a hundred, filberts sixty centimes a pound, hazel-nuts ten centimes a pound and cocoa-nuts fifty. centimes each.

On the contraryj Madam, this year they are very p lent) fui and much cheaper than last year.

We hâve not got any by us, Madam, but 1 could get you a few.

I could not tell the price of them, Madam, because we ne ver are asked for any.

Very good, Madam, I will send them up this morning.

Hère are pa ta toes, French beans, peas, cauliflowers, endive, lettuce and carrots.

CHEZ LA VERDUKIERE.

i. Maman, où vas-tu?

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