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Dutocq was intimate with Godard , under-head-clerk to Baudoyer , and the high esteem in which Dutocq held Baudoyer was the original cause of his acquaintance with Godard ; not that Dutocq was sincere even in this ; but by praising Baudoyer and saying nothing of Rabourdin he satisfied his hatred after the fashion of little minds . Joseph Godard , a cousin of Mitral on the mother 's side , made pretension to the hand of Mademoiselle Baudoyer , not perceiving that her mother was laying siege to Falliex as a son-in-law . He brought little gifts to the young lady , artificial flowers , bonbons on New-Year 's day and pretty boxes for her birthday . Twenty-six years of age , a worker working without purpose , steady as a girl , monotonous and apathetic , holding cafes , cigars , and horsemanship in detestation , going to bed regularly at ten o'clock and rising at seven , gifted with some social talents , such as playing quadrille music on the flute , which first brought him into favor with the Saillards and the Baudoyers . He was moreover a fifer in the National Guard , -- to escape his turn of sitting up all night in a barrack-room . Godard was devoted more especially to natural history . He made collections of shells and minerals , knew how to stuff birds , kept a mass of curiosities bought for nothing in his bedroom ; took possession of phials and empty perfume bottles for his specimens ; pinned butterflies and beetles under glass , hung Chinese parasols on the walls , together with dried fishskins .