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502 XV | which wishes to bite and dares not. But he was often harsh
503 V | embraced her nervously, not daring to ask the question that
504 VIII | and the other? A few more dawns, that was all.~Duroy turned
505 XVIII| past, and before his eyes, dazzled by the bright sunlight,
506 VIII | three times a week, Mme. de-Marelle paid him visits. Duroy,
507 V | continued: “Have you grown deaf since Thursday?”~Still he
508 IV | rajah their opinions on the dealings of England in the extreme
509 VI | into the conversation which dealt with the admission of a
510 XIII | he any relatives at his death-bed?”~“Only a nephew.”~“Ah!
511 I | stopped at the Cafe Americain, debating as to whether he should
512 V | sous.~On the fourteenth of December, he was left without a sou
513 XIV | nothing to say. You must decide.”~It was some time before
514 I | take that “glass.” Before deciding, he glanced at a clock;
515 VIII | Paris, you can tell me your decision.”~He uttered these words
516 IX | admonished him that the decisive moment had arrived.~“I am
517 XI | escort you,” said he.~She declined his offer. He insisted: “
518 VI | entrance of a large woman, decollette, with red arms, red cheeks,
519 XIV | we will share it. After deducting fifty thousand francs each
520 I | one could not commit such deeds with impunity. He regretted
521 IX | she had seen a frightened deer clear an alley at a bound.
522 II | uncomfortable. He felt that it was defective; his boots were not glossy,
523 III | loves her. He only sees her defects and none of her good qualities.”~
524 XV | which four large swans of delftware emitted the water from their
525 XIII | one, and said: “They are delicious. I shall not leave one.
526 II | suburbs, the Seine, the delights of summer, of everything
527 XVIII| them forever, and then he delivered an address to the newly
528 XIV | hundred thousand francs he demands, and take them from my share
529 VII | read a scathing personal denunciation. Duroy, it seems, had written
530 VIII | Repeat with me: ‘Confiteor Deo omnipotenti; Beata Mariae
531 VIII | and I cannot allow you to depart without a word of reply.
532 I | see, my dear fellow, all depends on assurance, here. A shrewd,
533 XIV | drawing up my will, to be deposited with~M. Lamaneur.’”~“‘Having
534 IX | and set out.~As they were descending the side of the hill, Duroy
535 VI | work ascending, but one descends rapidly. At your age one
536 VI | that summit, one sees the descent and the end which is death.
537 VI | What for? To gratify your desires. Glory? What comes after
538 V | caught up with her, bade them desist, and together he and Clotilde
539 XVIII| beneath his blows. Finally he desisted, paced the room several
540 XVII | that her life was almost despaired of.~M. Walter explained
541 IX | looked at him with that despairing, tearful glance so charming
542 XV | These were the words of a desperate woman, capable of anything.
543 XVI | I love you! I love you desperately!”~But he always repulsed
544 XII | that to you? I feel guilty, despicable—I—who have two daughters—
545 V | issued from her lips. The dessert came and then followed the
546 XVII | look over his papers and destroy any compromising letters.
547 III | and I did not succeed—I destroyed all my attempts—I am not
548 XVI | and that thought almost destroys my reason. When I hear that
549 XVIII| assemble; at eleven o’clock, detachments of officers came to disperse
550 III | She questioned him in detail and finally said:~“Now,
551 XIII | dine at Mme. Walter’s, he detested his mature mistress more
552 X | question and, in his turn, developed another plan. His wife ceased
553 XIII | Then, too, she persisted in devising ruses for summoning him
554 II | glanced at his neighbor. A diamond upon a slight, golden thread
555 II | a fancy of mine to wear diamonds like this, simply on a thread.”~
556 XV | would marry according to the dictates of her heart.~He replied: “
557 XV | and when he wrote at his dictation, he felt a mad desire to
558 I | the rest can be found in a dictionary.”~He spoke like one who
559 XIII | but with the tears of a Dido and not of a Juliette. He
560 I | sweeping glance upon the diners, among whom were three saleswomen,
561 VI | with him.~The day of the dinner-party he left the office in good
562 IV | obtain it by means of his diplomacy.~When evening came, Duroy,
563 VI | offices at once. You are not diplomatic—” she hesitated. “May I
564 IV | cigars and stroll in that direction. Total—one hundred sous
565 XV | longer the Jew, Walter, the director of a bank, the proprietor
566 I | and the restaurants the disagreeable odors of cooking and of
567 V | her. Rachel, seeing him disappear, cried: “Stop her! she has
568 VIII | after him. Just as she was disappearing from his sight, he threw
569 IX | patiently, however, until I disclose the secret to you.”~He promised
570 V | betrayed woman, she cried disconnectedly: “Ah, you miserable fellow—
571 VII | and Jacques Rival muttered discontentedly: “That is always the way
572 XIII | longer loved her, and the discovery caused her unutterable anguish;
573 VIII | she returned with a more discreet wave of her hand.~
574 IX | made a good choice.”~And disengaging herself she left the room.~
575 V | are! Is it possible? What disgrace, oh, my God! You gave her
576 XVII | no good to yell! He has disgraced her. The best thing to be
577 XVI | woman’s voice, evidently disguised, asked:~“Who is there?”~
578 III | experienced a sensation of disgust and a desire to live as
579 III | sauce but I must have the dish.” She questioned him in
580 VIII | objects—the glasses—the dishes—the beds on which we rest—
581 VII | claims, was~arrested for disorderly conduct, which I deny. I
582 XIII | came at any hour, bringing dispatches or information, which he
583 XVIII| detachments of officers came to disperse the crowd. Soon after, the
584 XVIII| passed on. Finally the throng dispersed. Georges placed Suzanne’
585 VIII | However, I am entirely at your disposal” Duroy went to Mme. Forestier. “
586 XIV | fellow-journalists are already too much disposed to be jealous of me and
587 III | his window, and began to disrobe, muttering: “Bah, I shall
588 XIII | and rest,” said he.~She disrobed hastily and slipped into
589 VI | daughters as one thinks of a distant country one will never see.
590 II | he and much younger, with distinguished manners and a dignified
591 XI | She hesitated, almost distracted. As the coupe stopped at
592 XVI | in October in my native district, where I am known. I could
593 IX | Duroy grumbled at being disturbed. Madeleine rose and placed
594 XII | beg your pardon, sir, for disturbing you; but can you tell me
595 III | Rival, stretched upon a divan, was smoking a cigar. The
596 I | occurrence. The cafe concerts may divert my tailor and his wife,
597 XIV | add that we have agreed to divide it in order to avoid any
598 IX | let us speak of that yet.”~Divining that she would accept him,
599 XIII | She reseated herself with docility at his feet and asked:~“
600 I | opinions and the advice of the doctors and of the difficulty of
601 I | Francaise’; I report the doings of the Senate for ‘Le Salut,’
602 XVIII| be written by a Jean Le Dol, a young, intelligent, handsome
603 XV | To their left, under a dome of palms, was a marble basin,
604 IX | so as long as I have no domestic ties. If you knew. There
605 VI | the one who signs herself ‘Domino Rose’?”~“Yes, perfectly;
606 IX | to drink, smoke, and play dominoes. The smoke from the clay
607 XIII | enough for that—”~Hastily she donned her hat and veil, and when
608 VI | replied calmly: “No, he is doomed! He was a lucky man to obtain
609 IV | fellow named Vaudrec—he dotes upon her.”~Duroy felt as
610 VI | Boulevard Malesherbes in a double house which he owned. The
611 VI | him her hand; he took it doubtfully, fearing some perfidy. She
612 VIII | Count de Vaudrec who had dowered and given her in marriage.
613 XVII | come about. You saw how he downed Laroche-Mathieu in three
614 VIII | doctor, had arrived and was dozing by the window.~Duroy himself
615 X | cotton nightcap to keep the draft out of his ears?”~She replied
616 XII | seize her by the arm and drag her away; then he seated
617 XV | reverie. “Come,” said she, dragging Georges through a group
618 I | emptied his at a single draught, while Duroy sipped his
619 XV | When it lasts it becomes a drawback. I want none of it! However,
620 V | incessantly as she opened the drawers: “I must bring some linen
621 VI | because I look upon them with dread, as I would upon a mad dog.
622 V | hastily, clad in a Japanese dressing-gown. She exclaimed:~“How kind
623 VII | moment.”~He entered his dressing-room and soon reappeared, washed,
624 V | spread the collation on his dressing-table which was covered with a
625 XVIII| wore upon his coat, like a drop of blood, the red ribbon
626 XIII | toward home. He reached Rue Drouot when he paused; he had forgotten
627 II | that Jacques Rival’s was dry and warm and responded cordially
628 II | mistrusted newcomers. He replied dryly: “Yes, excellent, provided
629 XV | Madame la Marquise, Madame la Duchesse, or Madame la Princesse,
630 VII | briefly as if they were on the dueling ground. He was well satisfied
631 I | the celebrated writer and duelist. He came to correct his
632 VII | several moments, then the duelists and their friends entered
633 V | The various courses were duly served and then the guests
634 VII | excited all day and feverish during-the night. He rose early to
635 VI | another position and the duties are very arduous.”~“I know,
636 III | three o’clock, he lunched at Duval’s, and then lounged along
637 XV | took possession of his new dwelling. Then another idea occurred
638 II | Duroy was seized with an eager desire to embrace the child,
639 I | Don’t do it, for you can earn ten thousand francs. You
640 XIII | to give you the means of earning fifty thousand francs—or
641 I | writers we have in Paris. He earns thirty thousand francs a
642 XVI | boulevards. When she was out of earshot, he put his head out of
643 V | breast. He thought: “It is easier than I thought it would
644 IV | of England in the extreme East, their ideas of their system
645 II | couches and large and small easy-chairs, all covered with Louis
646 III | an article, seated in an easychair; Jacques Rival, stretched
647 III | returned to the game of ecarte he had been engaged in when
648 VI | For two weeks he lived economically, but at the end of that
649 XV | was a marble basin, on the edges of which four large swans
650 I | journalist in a responsible editorial position.~“I manage the
651 IX | had had the little girl educated. Her father without doubt.
652 IX | every nerve to give me an education. I am not ashamed of them,
653 VIII | PROPOSAL~Duroy moved his effects to the apartments in Rue
654 VI | As she was received with effusion, Duroy asked Mme. Forestier: “
655 XV | while Madeleine greeted her effusively. Georges left his wife near
656 XIII | time and which would cost eighteen hundred francs. He thought
657 XI | curly, flaxen hair. Her elder sister, Rose, was plain—
658 V | sensation on account of the elegance of her dress. They partook
659 II | came Jacques Rival, very elegant, followed by Norbert de
660 XIII | listening to Laroche-Mathieu’s eloquence for some time with jealousy
661 | elsewhere
662 VI | had not arrived, and that embarrassing silence which precedes dinners
663 VI | Only a few months.” His embarrassment wearing off, he began to
664 V | their conversation at dinner emboldened, but the fear of scandal
665 I | hair, likewise inclined to embonpoint, and said to her in a whisper
666 II | hangings covered with tiny embroidered flowers of yellow silk.
667 XIV | Madeleine took up a piece of embroidery upon which she worked occasionally,
668 XIV | I, the undersigned, Paul Emile Cyprien Gontran, Count de~
669 XV | large swans of delftware emitted the water from their beaks.~
670 XII | shaken by the violence of her emotion.~Georges murmured: “Give
671 XVI | from?”~Georges replied with emphasis: “I have just found out
672 XIV | anything!”~Georges replied, emphazing each word: “Yes, he could
673 VI | too, to be polite to his employer’s daughter, he addressed
674 IV | excited. He felt inclined to enact the part of a newsboy and
675 I | her face whitened with enamel, her black eyes penciled,
676 V | paid another visit to the enchantress. The maid ushered him into
677 XIII | but Du Roy, who feared an encounter with Mme. de Marelle, invented
678 II | my friend Forestier has encouraged me to hope that, thanks
679 XIII | La Vie Francaise” and he endeavored by means of coldness, and
680 VIII | everyone—and now all was ended for him forever.~Life lasted
681 XIV | legs and began to twist the ends of his mustache, as was
682 VI | proffered hand with exaggerated energy. M. de Marelle put a log
683 III | You know you promised to engage Duroy to replace Marambot.
684 XI | us, my husband having an engagement.”~Du Roy offered his services
685 V | Marelle had a number of engagements. Duroy continued to accept
686 IV | opinions on the dealings of England in the extreme East, their
687 VIII | was bowed; her fair hair enhanced the beauty of her sorrowful
688 VI | man for the place.~He was enjoying the fact of his promotion,
689 IX | rustic fashion. Father Duroy, enlivened by the cider and several
690 XVII | the room which held the enormous canvas, and fell upon her
691 XI | She said: “It will be very entertaining; but I am in despair, for
692 XI | of you to me with great enthusiasm. She said she would like
693 XV | the Water.” Art critics enthusiastically declared it to be the most
694 VIII | might not yield to another’s entreaties. He broke the oppressive
695 VI | letter-box at the office an envelope containing Mme, Walter’s
696 XI | guests departed. Clotilde, enveloped in laces, whispered to Madeleine
697 XVIII| Roy. The people of Paris envied him. Raising his eyes, he
698 XV | Paris to talk of him, to envy him, to censure or approve
699 XVII | Bel-Ami had posted that epistle when he left Paris, having
700 V | to be vainly seeking an epithet more forcible. Suddenly
701 VI | dinner which has never been equaled!”~Then he recalled his old
702 XVII | feet and confess all her errors and her agony—he would prevent
703 XI | Clotilde; he recalled their escapades, her kindness. He repeated
704 IX | With a sigh of relief at escaping so easily, he repaired to
705 V | hour and a half later he escorted her to a cab-stand on the
706 XI | the Sixth Ward.~Du Roy, escorting the Walters, awaited his
707 XIV | and over the door a large escutcheon surmounted by a coronet
708 XVIII| fill. Norbert de Varenne espied Jacques Rival, and joined
709 XVII | he shall marry her; it is essential.” And he left the room.~
710 VI | newspaper, their work being essentially different, he was very friendly
711 II | way,” said he, “you can establish a strong colony, familiar
712 V | mutual understanding, was established between those two beings
713 XV | replied: “My dear, love is not eternal. One loves and one ceases
714 IV | relative to the intervention of Europe and of France in particular.”
715 V | me—”~She shook her head, evaded his caresses and tried to
716 I | of those sultry, Parisian evenings when not a breath of air
717 XVIII| what was called a “Parisian event,” Georges du Roy and the
718 V | with a cordiality he never evinced at the office.~“The two
719 II | she uttered a remark which evoked a smile upon his lips. Duroy
720 XIII | he was worth?”~“No, not exactly—one or two millions perhaps.”~
721 XV | which vibrated a secret exaltation: “That Christ will save
722 VI | Duroy recommenced alone an examination of the canvas, as if he
723 XVIII| mission to fulfill—a fine example to set.”~Du Roy listened
724 XVIII| anything else, but that lie exasperated him. He repeated: “Be silent—
725 XV | the Legion of Honor for exceptional services. The name was written
726 XV | stocks.~Du Roy replied: “In exchange for that service I shall
727 XVIII| usual questions, rings were exchanged, words pronounced which
728 V | were in the midst of an exciting game, and Mme. de Marelle
729 IX | too?” His son uttered an exclamation and Madeleine offered her
730 III | the port of Algiers, an excursion to the province of Oran,
731 XIII | Bohemians by nature; they took excursions together to Argenteuil,
732 II | feet. He half thought of excusing himself, of inventing an
733 VI | Widow,” by Bouguereau; “An Execution,” by Jean Paul Laurens,
734 VII | good deal.”~“Good! Come and exercise while I attend to everything.
735 I | is stirring; the sewers exhaled poisonous gases and the
736 VI | and feeble, made Duroy’s existence at the office insupportable.
737 IX | no one suspected the tie existing between Duroy and Mme. Forestier,
738 VI | come to pass. At mine, one expects nothing but death.”~Duroy
739 V | soon began to tire of those expeditions, for he had exhausted all
740 I | Les Soleils Morts,’—a very expensive man. Every poem he gives
741 III | mounted the staircase he experienced a sensation of disgust and
742 II | Duroy. Simply relate your experiences; I am sure they will interest
743 III | his time of service had expired, he went thither, with what
744 XIV | I understand. No more explanations are necessary. Go to the
745 XIII | the secret for you would expose it.”~Du Roy placed his hat
746 II | and soft, without life, expressionless; Forestier’s fat and warm.~
747 V | Certainly,” with a smile more expressive than words. He thought her
748 XVIII| them. The men whispered:~“Exquisite, adorable!”~M. Walter walked
749 VI | that he would only have to extend his hand in order to gather
750 V | her smile, all seemed to extenuate the bold sallies which issued
751 V | soap, a bottle of Lubin’s extract, a sponge, a box of hairpins,
752 IV | dealings of England in the extreme East, their ideas of their
753 XIV | the other hand have been extremely surprising if he had left
754 III | Spanish maid employed in a factory.~When the article was concluded,
755 VII | to dress; when his heart failed him, he took more brandy.
756 XII | day, notwithstanding his failure at La Trinite. His wife
757 XVIII| herself along, ready to faint at every step. She had aged
758 XV | Carlsbourg who owned one of the fairest mansions on Rue du Faubourg
759 II | kissed it; his long hair falling upon his hostess’s bare
760 IX | The tenth of May, which falls on Saturday, would please
761 XI | associates not to continue the farce of calling him Forestier,
762 I | francs a month but your cab fare would be paid. Shall I speak
763 I | glasses of beer in an evening, farewell to the meager supper the
764 II | but weak in the art of farming. On the contrary, the new
765 III | Marelle?”~“I think her very fascinating,” he said; and he would
766 IX | served in a truly rustic fashion. Father Duroy, enlivened
767 I | Occasionally a gentleman entered, fashionably dressed, some reporter bringing
768 II | expressionless; Forestier’s fat and warm.~His friend whispered
769 XVIII| remembered Laroche-Mathieu’s fate and yielded at once; but
770 IX | order to wait until her father-in-law and his wife had finished
771 VIII | by saying:~“You must be fatigued.”~“Yes, but above all I
772 III | which the citizens of the faubourgs took their lunches on Sundays.
773 V | me explain. It is not my fault. I knew that woman—long
774 V | near their box, awaiting a favorable moment. When she saw that
775 VI | If you had confessed your fears to me sooner, I would have
776 VIII | live several hours, of the feasts which live several days,
777 VIII | It was almost the end of February. Duroy was free from care.
778 XII | have never seen it before.” Feeling interested in the stranger,
779 VII | the fear of showing his feelings or of losing his self-possession.
780 VI | ladder, one sees the top and feels hopeful; but when one has
781 VI | time he thought he should feign indisposition and return
782 XIV | about it and laugh at me. My fellow-journalists are already too much disposed
783 XI | really successful with the female sex, for Mme. de Marelle,
784 XI | his shooting-gallery and fencing-room, saying: “Downstairs, ladies,
785 II | there is good soil. Really fertile land costs as much as it
786 XVII | it. At first she prayed fervently, but as she raised her eyes
787 XI | lanterns and decorated with festoons of gauze. Nearly all the
788 VII | had a bottle of brandy; he fetched it from the cupboard and
789 III | Duroy’s room was on the fifth floor. He entered it, opened
790 IV | hauled over the coals by the ‘Figaro’ or ‘Gaulois.’ But on that
791 V | tried to read it, but the figures danced before her eyes;
792 IV | trying for an hour, and after filling five pages with sentences
793 XIII | great many political and financial matters to talk over.”~She
794 V | shoulder with the tip of her finger, and said:~“Good evening.
795 I | blushed and mechanically fingered the two pieces of gold in
796 IV | wait ten minutes till I finish this work.” He continued
797 VI | who arrived after him, M. Firmin and M. Laroche-Mathieu;
798 VI | who love me or pretend to; firstly, because they bore me, and
799 IX | on the partition with his fist: “Come, the soup is ready.”~
800 VII | to go.~The conversation flagged, although the doctor related
801 V | have you arrested.”~With flaming eyes, she cried: “Ah, is
802 XI | a fair skin, and curly, flaxen hair. Her elder sister,
803 XVII | suspicion possessed her and she flew to her husband. He was in
804 VIII | emaciated face which the flickering light made more hollow.
805 XVII | Remember that after that flight you must become my wife.
806 IX | man was short, corpulent, florid, and vigorous, notwithstanding
807 X | light heart. As he passed a florist’s on Rue Notre Dame de Lorette
808 IX | her tears continued to flow. She rose. Duroy saw that
809 VIII | corners of his mouth and flowed upon his night robe; his
810 V | last met. She replied in a flute-like voice and with the manner
811 XVII | room. That decided me to fly with you. And here I am;
812 IX | without glancing at the “city folks.”~Georges cried with a laugh: “
813 XIV | absurd. Vaudrec was very fond of me, very, but there was
814 XIV | they entered the house, the footman handed Madeleine a letter.
815 XII | on the High Altar, took a footstool, and kneeled down. Georges
816 I | three men their lives, a foray which had given his two
817 V | receive him? Suppose she forbade him to enter her house?
818 VII | him one day: “You are very forbearing.”~“What should I do? It
819 VII | at eleven o’clock in the forenoon, Duroy received a telegram:~“
820 XIV | did not reflect—he did not foresee the consequences. As you
821 X | boars, with here and there a forester’s house.” He paused for
822 V | I dine every week at the Foresters’, I return it from time
823 X | side.”~He replied: “In our forests there are nothing but stags,
824 II | conventional management of his fork, his spoon, or his glasses,
825 XVIII| honor dressed in pink and forming a charming court for so
826 VII | took place on the ground.”~Forthwith he proceeded to give her
827 X | turning which led to the fortifications, they kissed one another
828 XI | like you for her daughters. Fortunately she is not susceptible herself.”~
829 V | in his pocket and said: “Foucart, I have left my purse at
830 VII | if his adversary had ever fought before; if he were known?
831 VII | arrested; that report has no foundation.”~Duroy went at once to
832 I | glass of water from the fountain.” And the woman would mutter, “
833 I | garden in which two large fountains were playing. Under the
834 V | one hundred sous.~On the fourteenth of December, he was left
835 V | on Rue Verneuil, on the fourth floor. A maid answered his
836 I | comrades and himself seventy fowls, two sheep, money, and something
837 X | there are nothing but stags, foxes, roebucks, and boars, with
838 I | theater. In the spacious foyer which led to the circular
839 III | permeated with that delightful fragrance peculiar to her.~She asked
840 XII | love you too.’”~He felt her frame tremble as she involuntarily
841 V | said in serious tone: “That frankness does you honor and proves
842 XV | treated him as one would a fretful child. She was surprised,
843 VI | essentially different, he was very friendly to the young man.~“Shall
844 XIV | certainly have a mark of friendship.”~She said with a pensive
845 XVII | say? Tell me!”~“Oh, it was frightful! I entered her room and
846 V | together and afterward have a frolic?”~He replied at once: “Impossible
847 V | lover!”~Two men seized the fugitive by the shoulder, but Duroy,
848 XVIII| have a grand mission to fulfill—a fine example to set.”~
849 IX | my friend, I have not yet fully decided; but my answer may
850 V | opened his bedroom door and fumbled in his vest pocket for a
851 I | than no clothes.” Then, fumbling in his vest-pocket, he drew
852 IX | heavy with smoke and the fumes of liquor.~When they were
853 XV | those triumphs of art which furnishes one for years with food
854 III | shelves. The chairs, the furniture, the air—all were permeated
855 VII | come; they were wrapped in furs. After shaking hands, Rival
856 V | raised her head and with the fury of a betrayed woman, she
857 VIII | and who will not make much fuss?”~The young man brought
858 II | a mingled expression of gaiety, malice, and encouragement.
859 VII | would a respectable man gain by risking his life? And
860 XI | attempted to embrace her, but gaining her liberty for a moment,
861 VI | subject, and she always gains her point, as she wants
862 II | the mother. He asked in a gallant, yet paternal tone: “Will
863 X | if he were at home. After gallantly kissing Mme. Du Roy’s hand,
864 I | Shall we walk around the gallery?”~“If you like.”~Soon they
865 VII | Very well; talk to him of gardening and crops; he enjoys those
866 XIII | corners, in shops, or public gardens. She was very different
867 I | came to correct his proofs. Garin, Montel and he are the best
868 V | or to kiss the hem of her garment. When near Mme. de Marelle,
869 II | cream colored ground with garnet flowers.~“Do you take coffee,
870 XIV | returned home late. The gas was extinguished, and in
871 I | sewers exhaled poisonous gases and the restaurants the
872 VII | warm, and he was obliged to gasp in order to get breath.
873 VIII | Forestier broke the silence in a gasping voice, heartrending to listen
874 VIII | Forestier inhaled it in feverish gasps. He grasped the arms of
875 VII | I took the pistols to Gastine Renette. He loaded them.
876 I | their pipes at the carriage gates, and pedestrians strolled
877 IV | coals by the ‘Figaro’ or ‘Gaulois.’ But on that subject the
878 II | question: “Have you read the Gauthier case? How droll it was!”~
879 XI | decorated with festoons of gauze. Nearly all the benches
880 VIII | almost immediately with Dr. Gavant who prescribed for the sick
881 VIII | standing on the platform gazing after him. Just as she was
882 XIV | The sight of the brilliant gems made her eyes sparkle in
883 II | colonists, the poor, are generally cast out into the desert,
884 IV | all the cabinet ministers, generals, police agents, princes,
885 VI | little more or a little less genius make, since all must come
886 V | Marelle exclaimed: “Bring the gentle-men whatever they want; as for
887 VI | Visit to the Hospital,” by Gervex; “A Widow,” by Bouguereau; “
888 VIII | lay there motionless and ghastly. The hours dragged on; the
889 I | Forestier had been thin, giddy, noisy, and always in good
890 XIV | I beg her to accept that gift from a dead~friend as a
891 XV | the season for New Year’s gifts.”~“Yes.”~“Here is yours,
892 VII | aloud: “The brute!” and glared angrily at the card.~He
893 V | had he not seen her eyes glisten whenever a ray of light
894 VI | To gratify your desires. Glory? What comes after it all?
895 II | defective; his boots were not glossy, he had bought his shirt
896 VI | Marelle’s. He felt his cheeks glow and his heart throb. He
897 V | while he besought her with glowing eyes to hasten the day.
898 XV | and walls hung with old Gobelins tapestry. Walter spied his
899 XV | She refuses to see you and goes away when you are mentioned.”~
900 VI | no more.”~Duroy took the gold-piece, called upon more friends,
901 XIV | undersigned, Paul Emile Cyprien Gontran, Count de~Vaudrec, sound
902 XVIII| out of them. Be silent, good-for-nothing! Do you think I do not know
903 XVIII| had been a great deal of gossip about the entire affair,
904 II | blue cashmere which clung gracefully to her supple form and rounded
905 V | Forestier, whose impassive, gracious smile attracted yet held
906 VIII | of himself Duroy felt the grandeur of the closing day and exclaimed: “
907 II | military government with grants of land to all the officers
908 VII | proceeded to give her a graphic description of the duel.
909 VI | powerless. Money? What for? To gratify your desires. Glory? What
910 XVIII| for he was filled with gratitude for the blessings showered
911 II | The portieres were of a grayish blue and the chairs were
912 XVIII| circulated. Mme. Walter had aged greatly; her hair was gray and she
913 VIII | prefer the ancient form—the Greek.”~At length he made his
914 IV | ambassadors, men of the world, Greeks, cabmen, waiters at cafes,
915 IX | fear of giving you pain grieves me more than what I have
916 IX | speak, but sat at the board, grim and austere, glancing at
917 VI | blushed as if it were a gross indiscretion to reveal her
918 II | the desert, where nothing grows for lack of water.”~All
919 VIII | contents of that letter, grumblingly gave his consent. He repeated: “
920 XV | mistress of Tangiers, had guaranteed the debt of the annexed
921 VI | wide awake, always on his guard, quick to judge of what
922 VI | taken a fancy to you. But be guarded as to your compliments,
923 VI | Thanks; you are an angel—a guardian angel.”~As he took his leave,
924 XV | Have you seen Prince de Guerche? he just drank a glass of
925 IX | going to return home, they guessed whose wish it was.~His father
926 XVI | opened the door: “Is M. Guibert de Lorme at home?”~“Yes,
927 XVIII| write, instruct, counsel, guide the people, have a grand
928 VI | There were landscapes by Guillemet; “A Visit to the Hospital,”
929 IX | Georges Duroy resumed his old habits. Installed in the cozy apartments
930 VIII | still wintry. It snows, hails, rains, and is so dark that
931 V | extract, a sponge, a box of hairpins, a button-hook, and curling-tongs.
932 IV | the theaters, and in the halls and corridors of the chamber
933 XIII | bar the way, and drawing a handkerchief from her pocket she wiped
934 XVIII| What! Would you like me to handle you with gloves? You have
935 XVI | write the item; it must be handled prudently.”~The old man
936 III | chair, for they know my handwriting on the paper—we will write
937 VIII | my God—my God—what has happened to me? I cannot see. Oh,
938 VI | general reigned supreme.~Duroy happening to glance at the walls,
939 XVIII| a small estate and live happily.~The bishop had finished
940 XVIII| bishop had finished his harangue, a priest ascended the altar,
941 IX | cigarette. The sight of the harbor, of the river filled with
942 I | Wait, Forestier!” and hastening up to him, laid his hand
943 X | at the dead. He grew to hate the very name; it was to
944 XVIII| intolerable anguish. She hated Suzanne bitterly; her hatred
945 I | strolled leisurely along, hats in hand.~When Georges Duroy
946 IV | no error, or I shall be hauled over the coals by the ‘Figaro’
947 XIII | No, not to-day. I have a headache.”~She reseated herself with
948 IV | word for word, changing the heading, names, titles, and ages:
949 VI | woman was implacable and heaped coarse insults upon him,
950 VIII | silence in a gasping voice, heartrending to listen to: “How many
951 XIII | VIRGINIE.”~He exclaimed: “Heavens! what a bore!” and left
952 V | and De Marelle appeared, heavily veiled, surrounded by the
953 IX | narrow path among high trees, hedged in on either side by impenetrable
954 III | saw their tiny home on the heights overlooking Rouen and the
955 XIII | Will that nephew be his heir?”~“I do not know.”~“Was
956 XIV | constituted you his sole heiress and that I allowed it. To
957 V | her feet, or to kiss the hem of her garment. When near
958 IX | resolved to call himself, henceforth, “Du Roy,” or even “Du Roy
959 III | Begin this way: ‘My dear Henry, you wish to know something
960 I | middle, he recalled the hero of the popular romances.~
961 VIII | and turned to a sort of hiccough—a rattle; Forestier choked,
962 I | of tobacco smoke almost hid the stage and the opposite
963 XV | He would have played for higher stakes. What a brilliant
964 IX | descending the side of the hill, Duroy laughed. “You see,”
965 IX | Yes.”~They descended the hillside, hired a boat at Croisset,
966 V | twenty francs; that will not hinder me from returning the money
967 IV | hundred Chinese, Prussians, Hindoos, Chilians, and Japanese.
968 XIII | minister’s instructions, hinting to the readers that the
969 XV | to-day to inaugurate it; hitherto I have worn it in my heart.”~
970 VIII | flickering light made more hollow. That was his friend, Charles
971 III | month. His wife calls it ‘Holy Week.’ or ‘The week of duty.’
972 IX | hangings.~A crucifix above a holy-water basin and two colored prints,
973 VI | saw them seated at their homely board, eating their soup.
974 XVIII| want me to treat you as an honest man.”~He rose; his lips
975 VI | anticipated a delightful honeymoon and now my husband has come
976 XIV | would be more correct—more honorable. From the nature of the
977 VIII | bowed his head as if deep in hopeless meditation. Seeing that
978 VIII | window and pointing to the horizon, said, “Look at that? Is
979 XVII | six-seated carriage drawn by four horses. They were going to lunch
980 VI | Guillemet; “A Visit to the Hospital,” by Gervex; “A Widow,”
981 IV | subject the porter of the hotels will post me in five minutes.
982 XV | reigned supreme in the Du Roy household, having taken the place
983 V | any. I know nothing about housekeeping or cooking. I prefer a life
984 XIII | probably belongs to the housemaid.”~But she glanced at the
985 I | passers-by, and even to the houses, the entire city.~Tall,
986 XVI | smoked on calmly, a smile hovering about her lips. The officer
987 V | cried: “What is the brat howling about?”~A woman’s voice
988 IX | reproach or pardon, and he felt humbled, humiliated. He seized her
989 XIII | approached him timidly and humbly with the air of a beaten
990 XV | raving over a painting by the Hungarian, Karl Marcovitch, exhibited
991 I | station?”~Duroy replied: “I hunted everywhere and found nothing
992 XIII | said: “Come, come, let us hurry; it is after three o’clock.”~
993 I | attired in the uniform of a Hussar. He exclaimed: “Wait, Forestier!”
994 I | Georges Duroy of the Sixth Hussars.”~Forestier extended both
995 V | you will!”~Clotilde sobbed hysterically. Duroy did not know what
996 X | Shall we go to Tortoni’s for ices before returning home?”~
997 X | her husband’s lips were icy. However he smiled as usual
998 IX | with hostile reserve. Her ideal was a stout, rosy, country
999 I | They say that in Paris an idler can always find amusement,
1000 II | CHAPTER II. MADAME FORESTIER~“Where
1001 III | CHAPTER III. FIRST ATTEMPTS~When Georges
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