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1 I | de l’Opera, a tall, young man passed him, whose face he
2 I | suddenly he saw the same man, but not so corpulent and
3 I | laid his hand upon the man’s shoulder. The latter turned,
4 I | in Paris had made another man of him; now he was stout
5 I | to foot like a practical man who is examining a subject;
6 I | here. A shrewd, observing man can sometimes become a minister.
7 I | arm-in-arm with a tall, thin man of thirty or forty, dressed
8 I | they met a stout, little man with long hair, who was
9 I | Morts,’—a very expensive man. Every poem he gives us
10 I | open at night, where a man could listen to good music
11 I | and said: “Tell, me, old man, did you know that you had
12 II | opened again and a short man entered, upon his arm a
13 II | deputy, financier, a moneyed man, and a man of business,
14 II | financier, a moneyed man, and a man of business, manager of “
15 II | pause, turning to the young man, he said: “You may write
16 II | drawing-room, the young man carefully surveyed it. It
17 II | what a miracle!”~The young man rose to take his leave,
18 III | unannounced. He halted on seeing a man. For a moment Mme. Forestier
19 III | It seemed to him that the man was displeased at finding
20 III | looked keenly at the young man and asked:~“Have you brought
21 III | smile: “Very good. You are a man of your word. Need I look
22 IV | table sat a short, pale man, very stout and bald. Forestier
23 IV | learn how to draw out a man in five minutes.” Then he
24 IV | cashier, a very affable man, said to him: “Come in,
25 IV | raised her eyes to the young man’s face, took his arm and
26 V | is a conquest.” The young man, having kissed the child,
27 V | door. A child screamed. A man’s angry voice cried: “What
28 V | it, if you please?”~The man, accustomed no doubt to
29 V | to pay for my cab.”~The man handed him three francs
30 V | The crowd applauded; one man said: “Bravo, little one!”
31 VI | reassured you. My dear friend, a man in love is not only foolish
32 VI | and the courtiers. The man at the head of that department
33 VI | well. Duroy was just the man for the place.~He was enjoying
34 VI | very friendly to the young man.~“Shall we walk along together?”~“
35 VI | you think so?”~The younger man hesitated in surprise: “
36 VI | it is difficult to find a man who is liberal in his ideas!
37 VI | Ponder upon all that, young man; think it over for days,
38 VI | standpoint. I am a lonely, old man. I have neither father,
39 VI | have said to you, young man, and live according to your
40 VI | door opened, and a tall man with a white beard, grave
41 VI | is doomed! He was a lucky man to obtain such a wife.”~
42 VI | She is a treasure to a man who wishes to succeed.”~
43 VII | let that pass.” The young man did not reply.~The manager
44 VII | What would a respectable man gain by risking his life?
45 VII | Nothing more! Who was the man? How old was he? How tall?
46 VII | pistol. Before him stood a man, short, stout, and bald,
47 VIII | drawing-room which the young man entered was covered with
48 VIII | The first words the sick man uttered were to ask for
49 VIII | prescribed for the sick man. When the journalist asked
50 VIII | make much fuss?”~The young man brought with him a kind,
51 VIII | time to permit the dying man to catch up to him.~Then
52 VIII | Now, confess.” The sick man murmured something. The
53 VIII | When he was gone, the dying man, who was panting, tried
54 VIII | happy, and died. Adieu! man or woman, you will never
55 VIII | sorrowful face. The young man’s heart grew hopeful. Why
56 VIII | consented to marry that man? Then he pondered upon all
57 VIII | intelligence, and I am advancing. A man who has attained his ambition
58 VIII | knows what to count on; a man who has his way to make
59 VIII | longer, if you are not a man who can understand and bear
60 VIII | compromise the name of the man I marry, nor to render him
61 VIII | eyes of the world. But that man must promise to look upon
62 VIII | of the station.~The young man leaned out of the carriage,
63 IX | all astonished. The young man, who signed his articles, “
64 IX | they are, I know them.”~The man was short, corpulent, florid,
65 IX | Father Duroy.”~Both the old man and his wife were struck
66 IX | it you, son?”~The young man replied: “Yes, it is I,
67 IX | with the luggage. The old man took his son’s arm and asked
68 XI | is true; he is a charming man!”~“How do you like your
69 XII | measured tread of a corpulent man whom he had noticed when
70 XII | beat?”~In a few moments the man Georges had noticed before
71 XII | face with them. After the man had disappeared, Du Roy
72 XII | The priest was a young man somewhat inclined to corpulence.~“
73 XII | is waiting for you?”~“A man—who will be my ruin if you
74 XII | when he met the stout, bold man wandering about, and he
75 XII | can he be doing here?”~The man slackened his pace and looked
76 XII | it very carefully.”~The man replied: “I am not visiting
77 XII | knows.”~He had given the man his address on the Rue de
78 XIII | cheek against the young man’s vest; as she did so, one
79 XIII | been ailing of late,” the man replied; “The Count is very
80 XIV | notary was a short, round man—round all over. His head
81 XIV | legacy of that kind from a man whom rumor has already assigned
82 XIV | hundred, I will take it.”~The man hesitated, then replied: “
83 XV | and above all toward the man who had deceived him, made
84 XV | and upon each one stood a man in livery, as rigid as marble.~
85 XV | to look at that handsome man and that bewitching girl.
86 XV | Suzanne—a tall, slender man with fair whiskers and a
87 XV | marriage, or rather the man you would marry.”~“Yes.”~“
88 XV | He replied calmly: “That man is only paying his debts;
89 XVI | Walter embraced the young man and whispered in his ear: “
90 XVI | confess it—I, a married man, to you, a young girl? I
91 XVI | waiting some time, a tall man with a military bearing
92 XVI | gave way, and the young man almost fell over Madeleine,
93 XVI | matter.”~They could see a man’s form concealed beneath
94 XVI | asked: “Who are you?”~As the man did not reply, he continued: “
95 XVI | husband.~In the meantime the man in the bed had dressed himself
96 XVI | to arrest you.”~Then the man cried: “Do not touch me.
97 XVI | to!” Then he added: “This man’s name is Laroche-Mathieu,
98 XVI | handled prudently.”~The old man hesitated, then said: “Do
99 XVII | might be the only young man in the party, for he could
100 XVII | He is a promising young man. He will be a deputy or
101 XVII | incensed, and like a practical man defended Bel-Ami. “Be silent!
102 XVIII| to treat you as an honest man.”~He rose; his lips twitched: “
103 XVIII| her as if she had been a man. Suddenly she ceased speaking,
104 XVIII| young, intelligent, handsome man—something like our friend
105 XVIII| But he threatened the old man with shocking revelations.
106 XVIII| Roy: “You are the vilest man I know; never speak to me
107 XVIII| not cry: “He is mine, that man is my lover. That union
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