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binet
1. He went to the small parlour, but the three millers had to be got out first, and during the whole time necessary for laying the cloth, Binet remained silent in his place near the stove
2. On the days when his work was done early, he had, for want of something else to do, to come punctually, and endure from soup to cheese a tete-a-tete with Binet
3. Leon waited all day for six o'clock in the evening to come, but on going to the inn, he found no one but Monsieur Binet, already at table
4. Of the windows of the village there was one yet more often occupied; for on Sundays from morning to night, and every morning when the weather was bright, one could see at the dormer-window of the garret the profile of Monsieur Binet bending over his lathe, whose monotonous humming could be heard at the Lion d'Or
5. He explained to the company the future importance of this establishment, computed the strength of the floorings, the thickness of the walls, and regretted extremely not having a yard-stick such as Monsieur Binet possessed for his own special use
6. What was certain was that he made complex calculations in his head that would have frightened Binet himself
7. Binet answered roughly that he "wasn't paid by the police
8. The National Guard of Buchy (there was none at Yonville) had come to join the corps of firemen, of whom Binet was captain
9. The firemen at the foot of the platform rested on their bayonets; and Binet, motionless, stood with out-turned elbows, the point of his sabre in the air
10. "Monsieur Binet has assured me that all precautions have been taken
11. It was Captain Binet lying in ambush for wild ducks
12. The tax-collector was thus trying to hide the fright he had had, for a prefectorial order having prohibited duckhunting except in boats, Monsieur Binet, despite his respect for the laws, was infringing them, and so he every moment expected to see the rural guard turn up
13. Binet, then, would guess whence she came, and he would not keep silence; he would talk, that was certain
14. And to put his arm-chair back in its place he was darting away from the counter, when Binet asked him for half an ounce of sugar acid
15. Binet explained that he wanted a corrosive to make himself some copperwater with which to remove rust from his hunting things
16. But Binet, quite absorbed in looking over his bill, had probably heard nothing
17. It was Binet turning
18. Binet was there; that is to say, a little lower down against the terrace wall, fishing for crayfish
19. "I," said Binet, "once saw a piece called the 'Gamin de Paris,' in which there was the character of an old general that is really hit off to a T
20. He dined in the little room as of yore, but alone, without the tax-gatherer; for Binet, tired of waiting for the "Hirondelle," had definitely put forward his meal one hour, and now he dined punctually at five, and yet he declared usually the rickety old concern "was late
21. In the twilight of the workshop the white dust was flying from his tools like a shower of sparks under the hoofs of a galloping horse; the two wheels were turning, droning; Binet smiled, his chin lowered, his nostrils distended, and, in a word, seemed lost in one of those complete happinesses that, no doubt, belong only to commonplace occupations, which amuse the mind with facile difficulties, and satisfy by a realisation of that beyond which such minds have not a dream
22. They saw her walking up and down, examining the napkin-rings, the candlesticks, the banister rails against the walls, while Binet stroked his beard with satisfaction
23. Binet was scarlet to his very ears
24. He also noticed that Monsieur Binet had not been present, and that Tuvache had "made off" after mass, and that Theodore, the notary's servant wore a blue coat, "as if one could not have got a black coat, since that is the custom, by Jove!" And to share his observations with others he went from group to group
25. "Wait for him! And what about Monsieur Binet? As the clock
26. and of her wit; so much so, that Binet once roughly answered him—
27. Binet explained that he wanted a corrosive to make himself some
28. He also noticed that Monsieur Binet had not been present, and that Tuvache had "made off" after mass, and that Theodore, the notary's servant wore a blue coat, "as if one could not have got a black coat,
