Chapter

 1 I   |      income of thirty thousand francs, I don’t suppose you’d be
 2 II  |       at the rate of a hundred francs a month.~But a season of
 3 II  |     obtain five or six hundred francs from London. Two letters
 4 V   |     least five or six thousand francs.”~“Are you in earnest?”~“
 5 V   |     woman who had ten thousand francs’ worth of jewels in her
 6 VI  |  pocket-book, containing seven francs and sixty centimes.~There
 7 VI  |      elder man had sixty-seven francs about him, and the younger
 8 VI  |        earring valued at 5,000 francs, had witnessed the struggle—
 9 VII |      My hundred and thirty-six francs and eight sous. I shall
10 VII |    your hundred and thirty-six francs and eight sous,” said he, “
11 VIII|     pieces for the fare—thirty francs in all. Cursed money! If
12 VIII|      the woman added: ‘And ten francs for the fare!’ I then drew
13 VIII|       at once handed me thirty francs, saying: ‘Above all, make
14 VIII|     you to ride out the thirty francs that those jades paid me.”~
15 IX  |        have offered her twenty francs a month to take charge of
16 XI  |      than two hundred thousand francs, and honest besides. In
17 XI  |     and worth several thousand francs.”~“So much as that!”~This
18 XIV |       away after giving me ten francs as security for the rent.”~“
19 XIV |        while I was finding ten francs to give him as change for
20 XV  |   cabman. “You know—the thirty francs those wretched women paid
21 XV  |      the sum of three thousand francs. Then her evil genius threw
22 XVII|        is worth eight thousand francs, and it was set by Doisty,
23 XVII|     only gave us nine thousand francs on account, and that we
24 XVII|       at least twenty thousand francs. Ah! Doisty, the man who
25 XVII|       Arlange first paid 9,000 francs on account and the balance
26 XVII|        five hundred and thirty francs, all expenses deducted.~“
27 XIX |       had happened to have ten francs in his pocket just then
28 XIX |     hundred and sixty thousand francs in bank-notes and coin had
29 XIX |    worth about twelve thousand francs. I will sell it, and spend
30 XIX | honesty. If a hundred thousand francs were counted out upon the
31 XX  |      she should refund the ten francs he paid her for his room.
32 XXII|       income of forty thousand francs was literally killing him,