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cried Terrapin , when they had finished the _ café _ and the _ eau-de-vie _ ; and as the parties ranged themselves about the greater table , Terrapin , who knew everybody , gave their names and avocations . `` That is Boetia , a journalist on the _ Siècle _ ; you will observe that he smokes his cigars quite down to the stump . The little man beside him , with a blouse , is Haynau , fellow of the College of Beaux Arts -- dead-broke , as usual ; and his friend , the sallow chap , is Moise , whose father died last week , leaving him ten thousand francs . Moise , you will see , has a wife , Feefine , though I suspect him of bigamy ; and the tall girl , with hair like midnight and a hard voice , is at present unmarried . Those four fellows and their dames are students of medicine . They have one hundred francs a month apiece , and keep house upon it . '' `` And Suzette , '' said Ralph Flare , impatiently .