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1 I |    business, he had not cost his parent a farthing.~ ~ ~Now Nicolas
2 I | hiccoughs, that David begged his parent to~postpone serious matters
3 I |      could go at that pace?" the parent~asked of his astonished
4 I |         the sense of~shame for a parent; there was nothing for it
5 I |          David~would pay! Many a parent does in this way, and thinks
6 I |          therefore, the generous parent consented to abandon his
7 II|   mesalliance. Like many another parent, he resolved to marry~his
8 VI|         little rent," put in his parent.~ ~"I came to ask you something
9 VI|        that pattern of a thrifty~parent, kindly consenting not to