m. coquenard drew the dish toward him , skillfully detached the two great black feet , which he placed upon his husband 's plate , cut off the neck , which with the head he put on one side for himself , raised the wing for porthys , and then returned the bird otherwise intact to the servant who had brought it in , who disappeared with it before the musketeer had time to examine the variations which disappointment produces upon faces , according to the characters and temperaments of those who experience it .