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Before the Seneschal began to speak, Gerwazy had settled the

dispute. He walked attentively around the bear; finally he drew

his hanger, cut the snout in two, and in the rear of the head,

opening the layers of the brain, he found the bullet. He took it

out, wiped it on his coat, measured it with a cartridge, applied

it to the barrel of his flintlock, and then said, raising his

palm with the bullet resting upon it:-