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Chapter 200
"Ah!" exclaimed the burgomaster, "haven't you also heard something of an escape of water which threatens to inundate the low quarter of Saint Jacques?" "I have. It is indeed unfortunate that this escape of water did not happen above the leather-market! It would naturally have checked the fire, and would thus have saved us a good deal of discussion." "What can you expect, Niklausse? There is nothing so illogical as accidents. They are bound by no rules, and we cannot profit by one, as we might wish, to remedy another." It took Van Tricasse's companion some time to digest this fine observation. "Well, but," resumed the Counsellor Niklausse, after the lapse of some moments, "we have not spoken of our great affair!" "What great affair? Have we, then, a great affair?" asked the burgomaster
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