text:  "But my dear Monsieur Menou " said I to the Creole as we sat after dinner discussing the second bottle of his Chambertin of which the excellent man had not forgotten to bring a provision on shore with him--"whence comes it that you have shown me so much and such undeserved sympathy and interest?" "Ha ha! You citizen aristocrats cannot understand that a man should take an interest in any one or any thing but himself " replied Menou half laughing half in earnest