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 1 V  | engagements. Duroy continued to accept money from Clotilde and
 2 VI |       Duroy begs Mme. Walter to accept the fruit which he~received
 3 IX |         Divining that she would accept him, he fell upon his knees,
 4 XI |          she whispered, “I will accept.”~When they were seated
 5 XIV|   unconditionally. I beg her to accept that gift from a dead~friend
 6 XIV|   understood that Madame cannot accept that legacy without your
 7 XIV|       finally said: “You cannot accept that.”~She answered indifferently: “
 8 XIV|        no difference; we cannot accept that bequest under those
 9 XIV|        cannot permit my wife to accept a legacy of that kind from
10 XIV|       and that I allowed it. To accept that legacy would be to
11 XIV|      all. You cannot, moreover, accept the legacy without my authority;
12 XIV|          From the moment that I accept a portion of the inheritance
13 XIV|         because I, her husband, accept’—I, who am the best judge
14 XV |        he would have refused to accept his share of the profits,
15 XV |       He refused: “No, I cannot accept that money.”~She became
16 XV |       receive a proposal and to accept no one without asking my