Chap.

 1        1|     fabrics, a continual march past of skirts and head dresses,
 2        1|     cook’s accounts. The march past of the gods, Neptune, Pluto,
 3        1|        stalls. For a long time past the theatrical public had
 4        2|      There’s a train at twenty past twelve. I’ve got time to
 5        2|        evening papers. At half–past five as usual, eh?”~“Bring
 6        2|        Lerat declared that the past was the past—oh yes, to
 7        2| declared that the past was the past—oh yes, to be sure, a dirty
 8        2|       yes, to be sure, a dirty past with things in it which
 9        2|          I shall take the half–past four o’clock train if you’
10        2|    this evening.”~At a quarter past four Nana was not in yet.
11        2|        don’t go on before half–past nine.”~Good old Labordette,
12        3|      vice, which for some days past had surrounded him, inflamed
13        4|        be later than a quarter past twelve, seeing that by dint
14        4| solitary state. Thus the march past could not be organized,
15        4|   change, and so for six weeks past the Mignons had been getting
16        4|       drunk.”~For some moments past La Faloise’s face opposite
17        4|       For a quarter of an hour past Daguenet and Georges had
18        5|   coming across her for a year past at the Cafe des Varietes.
19        5|  laughing aloud. For some time past the whole company had been
20        5|  influence which for some time past Nana’s presence had been
21        5|      episode. For some seconds past Mignon had been renewing
22        6|       a visit these five years past. This time, perhaps, he’
23        6|    good dinner these ten years past!”~Yet it was growing late,
24        6|    expected him for five years past.~“Well, here you are at
25        6|    gentleman! For three months past she had been keeping him
26        6|    here while he was strolling past, and he came in to bid us
27        6|        gossip of the week just past. By the by, and how about
28        6|       had to wait for her till past midnight. She appeared at
29        6| roadside. It was a superb ride past! The laughter in the carriages
30        6|       respect for that far–off past.~“Dear me, I was young then,”
31        6|        shrug. For some moments past she had been rather pale
32        7|        of economy. For a month past that thief Steiner had been
33        7|   preoccupied for some moments past, and a question was on her
34        7|       him much that for months past he had not cared to think
35        7|        everything. It was half–past twelve o’clock. How long
36        7|      at with me. For two hours past you’ve been worrying my
37        7|    avoid it these three months past. With blinking eyes he stood
38        7| Varieties every day for a week past, for she was smitten with
39        8|        Besides, for six months past her landlord had been threatening
40        8| exacting, monstrous in lust, a past master in corruption. But
41        8|       her again, and scurrying past shops and turning white
42        8|        Varietes for two months past. Why then had he not told
43        9|     had been raging for a week past. Just fancy, that beast
44        9|  wanted.”~For some little time past Mignon had been prowling
45        9|       For a quarter of an hour past Fontan had been listening
46       10|        s lovers.~For some time past Count Muffat had appeared
47       10|        the dad, the mamma, the past; in fact, whatever she chose.
48       10|      handsomely. For some time past Nana had noticed that he
49       11|   Hippodrome. For some minutes past the sun had disappeared,
50       11|  everything.”~For some seconds past she had been examining the
51       11|      apologized. For some time past he had suffered from such
52       11|      Price had just flung Nana past the post, thus beating Spirit
53       11|     evident now: for two years past Vandeuvres had been preparing
54       12|      in the family way for the past three months. For long she
55       12|        the drawing room of the past, through which flitted the
56       12|      bearing away the Muffats’ past, the age of honor and religious
57       13|     herself so much for an age past. Without letting go of him
58       13|      though it was barely half–past two, and with many loud
59       13|     room, had for some moments past been rubbing the carpet
60       13|        such was jealous of the past and apt at times to dream
61       13|     empty handed. For two days past she had been surfeiting
62       13|    been hatching for some time past.~These, again, were only
63       13| experience the delights of the past, and his muscles would twitch,
64       13|        in despair; for a month past she had been falling into
65       14|       Hotel for twenty minutes past, bandied from waiter to