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`` The captain did not get back until midnight , and I hurriedly purchased the things in the stores of Marseilles . '' Clary thought it was a tale out of the `` Arabian Nights . '' Wharton had thought it a question of honor to show the young lady that she had not paid too dearly for the Crocodile , and had he been able to take down the moon , he would have hung it as a night-lamp in her cabin . The captain and his wife had scoured the shops of Marseilles at one in the morning and bought all the things , paying dearly for them . The room of Madame Caraman was also a model of neatness . Next to the bed stood a small table , upon which was a silver service with a bottle of brandy on it . Madame Caraman was delighted , and when her sense of smell detected the fine quality of the brandy , she was almost moved to tears .