precious five-franc pieces that remained to him, the money was well laid out in preserving his coat...
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Vauquer's boarders were of her opinion. With the faculty for severe logic sedulously cultivated by ...
invariably attaches to a discarded lover. The lawyer proudly raised his head and looked at the stra...
usually so calm, some symptoms of ill-disguised agitation. A chair was vacant near hers, and the Co...
faces, as in those of the Countess and his friend Martial, the secrets of their agitation; and then...
they even count the sticks of wood." "Well, it can't last long if they go on that way." "Hush, we'...
impotence more keenly. At last the Baron had found a seat by Madame de Soulanges. His eyes stole a...
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ensconced yourself." "Oh, my dear, good Leon," said she in a coaxing tone, "I could not resist the...
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temperature!" cried the Colonel, a little nettled at so soon finding a rival in his friend. "What!...
Talleyrand was supposed to hail all events of whatever kind with a bon mot, so in these days of the...
"At last I find the husband of my dreams!" she cried. "My ignorance of your real merit has saved yo...
Fleury [leaving the room]. "I don't care; I am offered a place as responsible editor. I shall have ...