Chap.

 1        1|       galleries. The overture had begun, but people were still coming
 2        4|      displayed by her guests, had begun talking with the greatest
 3        4|         Blond and Lea de Horn had begun squabbling at close quarters,
 4        5|   precedes the end of an act, had begun to pervade the empty greenroom.
 5        5|   startled as yet, though she had begun to laugh—he added in peevish,
 6        5|        the dressing table and had begun explaining the way grease
 7        5|           flight she had scarcely begun undressing and was rapidly
 8        5|        and said the third act had begun.~“Very well! I’m coming,”
 9        5|           of a novel kind and had begun flicking the other’s nose
10        5|         end of a play had already begun, the grand removal of white
11        6|       duly settled, Nana, who had begun by being furious, grew enchanted
12        6| priesthood. The two young men had begun joking at this, for they
13        7|      station to meet her. She had begun to walk more slowly than
14        7|           the subject, but he had begun to exasperate her at last.
15        7|         Blinded with rage, he had begun beating about the room like
16        8|     mistress. A month ago she had begun to take a fancy to him because
17        8|         The company had naturally begun talking about the Varietes.
18        8|          soon as read. Fontan had begun beating a tattoo on a windowpane;
19        9|            The second act’s being begun again.”~“Off with you then,”
20        9|          that when Labordette had begun to broach the subject of
21       10|          in a public place.”~Thus begun, the conversation proved
22       11|          Nana, upon her seat, had begun jerking her hips and waist
23       11|       aberration, but when it had begun to grow too warm it must
24       12|        Blonde Venus. Fauchery had begun by bowing to the countess,
25       13|          dirty than you!”~She had begun pacing about again, and