"Good food and good amusement, my dear Heltzendorff, one can never find
together. The worse the food the better the entertainment. Do you
remember the 'Rat Mort'--eh?"
"No," I said sharply. "That is a long-past and unwelcome memory."
The Imperial profligate laughed heartily.
"Oh, my dear Heltzendorff, you are becoming quite pharisaical. You! Oh!
that is really amusing!"
"The 'Rat Mort' never amused me," I said, "a cafe of the Montmartre
where those who dined were----"