Chapter

 1 4|          to the virtuous Phellion. Vimeux was a young man of twenty-~
 2 4|            occupation of~his life. Vimeux had such aptitude for work
 3 4|        what a little dandy he is!" Vimeux breakfasted on a roll and~
 4 4|         his hair curled every day. Vimeux was prepared, in accordance~
 5 4|       ladies' boarding-school. But Vimeux's head~was so full of his
 6 4|           and bets depended on it. Vimeux was originally~appointed
 7 4|     private. Much ridicule pursued Vimeux in both bureaus~when the
 8 4|          wrote his little epigram; Vimeux himself, good-natured fellow~
 9 4|             Handsome clerks of the Vimeux style have their salaries
10 4|           writing quite as well as Vimeux. At the~office he kept in
11 4|            often half-starved like Vimeux, with ragged clothes and~
12 4| eccentricities of natural history. Vimeux informed him that one day~
13 4|         that one day~his hat--his, Vimeux's--had stained his forehead
14 6|           head of~the division."~ ~Vimeux. "I'll join in the bet;
15 6|            of Paris."~ ~Poiret [to Vimeux]. "Environs of Paris? I
16 6|        circulars for signature.]~ ~Vimeux. "Ah! there you are, my
17 6|           Well said, young man!"~ ~Vimeux. "The devil! well, you looked
18 6|          of~conversation here--"~ ~Vimeux. "All the more because the
19 6|       Fleury hands over~his paper, Vimeux the office sheet, and Phellion
20 8|    Baudoyer~appointed director."~ ~Vimeux [entering.] "Nonsense, no
21 8|          Bixiou. "By cochineal."~ ~Vimeux. "Yes, cochineal; he's a
22 8|         are due to a colleague."~ ~Vimeux. "It seems to me that if
23 8|           which makes us happy."~ ~Vimeux. "Heavens! do you teach
24 8|             Fleury, Thuillier, and~Vimeux are there, talking excitedly.] "
25 8|        among Plutarch's~heroes."~ ~Vimeux. "It is all true."~ ~Poiret [
26 8|            here at THIS MOMENT."~ ~Vimeux [enlightened]. "It is Dutocq!"~ ~
27 8|        Poiret goes hastily~out.]~ ~Vimeux. "The minister refused to