Chapter

  1  1,1|           see her." ~On entering the little parlor with his mother,
  2  1,1|          furnish her with food and a little money, which she vowed she
  3  1,1|             de Chalusse to ask for a little help, I heard of the great
  4  1,2|             pocketed the coin, not a little surprised by this sudden
  5  1,2|           dispel them. ~~He said but little during breakfast; for he
  6  2,1|            trouble to glance over my little bill, he would have seen - - " ~"
  7  2,2|              entreat. "I have been a little extravagant, perhaps," she
  8  2,2|              succeed in organizing a little crusade against you." And
  9  2,4|             there is a most enticing little mole. I had the satisfaction
 10  2,4|          restrained by the fear of a little paragraph which might disclose
 11  2,5|            playing him false. He had little conception of the terrible
 12  2,5|           besides, he was standing a little back in the shade. But he
 13  3,1|             the real man. ~ ~After a little while he succeeded in controlling
 14  3,2|              think he cares but very little for her." ~ ~"Then why - - " ~ ~"
 15  3,2|           fainting fit startled me a little. But it was a mere trifle.
 16  3,3|         advances for awhile - a very little while; but in less than
 17  3,3|           she gave birth to a pretty little daughter, Mademoiselle Marguerite.
 18  3,4|         astonished M. de Valorsay so little that he quietly concluded
 19  4,1|              things will cost a nice little sum." ~"A nice little sum,
 20  4,1|           nice little sum." ~"A nice little sum, indeed!" ~"Ah, well!
 21  4,1|             matter was worrying me a little, when I thought of you.
 22  4,2|           one. Come, let us reason a little. Mademoiselle Marguerite
 23  5,1|              Valorsay; they formed a little battalion of enemies who
 24  5,1|            place, he judged, with no little reason, that it was dangerous
 25  5,2|          long sea voyage when only a little child, and he looked upon
 26  5,3|              a mother. None of those little superfluities which delight
 27  5,5|             assured position - for a little capital that would insure
 28  5,5|              that was attended by no little danger. If he knew something
 29  5,5|              And drawing a beautiful little notebook from his pocket
 30  5,6|       difficulty; and he suggested a little plan which was a chef d'
 31  5,6|          than usual. "Let us say but little, and that to the point,"
 32  5,6|        Coralth silenced him. "Wait a little before you rejoice," said
 33  6,1|             she hastened back to the little boudoir where she usually
 34  6,1|          more or less would make but little difference. She had sent
 35  6,5|             to see that she had very little hope. "All this will end
 36  6,5|             daily drive in the Bois, little suspecting that M. Fortunat'
 37  6,5|          this seclusion might seem a little strange, she ordered her
 38  7,1|              and personally he cared little or nothing for his mother'
 39  7,3|           was ebbing away, your poor little arms no longer had strength
 40  7,3|          smile. "Oh! yes, I saw your little game," he said, with a knowing
 41  7,3|           are my mother; I care very little for public opinion. I begin
 42  7,6|             servant he met. ~"In the little sitting-room." ~"Alone?" ~"
 43  7,6|          hastened to the door of the little sitting-room and listened.
 44  7,6|             must mend your manners a little, you old - - " ~The word
 45  7,7|              Lia, he has only been a little in advance of you." ~She
 46  7,7|             he had dined and wined a little too much. The traitor was
 47  8,1|            francs - not counting the little gratuity." ~"Very well! -
 48  8,2|            manner, she declared this little room to be even much too
 49  8,2|         showed her contributed not a little to her resignation. Without
 50  8,2|            there were evidently many little mysteries and make-shifts
 51  8,3|            the contrary, he cared so little for his wife's displeasure
 52  8,3| communication, so that she was not a little surprised when Madame de
 53  8,4|            and had even brightened a little. "I am entirely at your
 54  8,4|          that thought make that cold little heart of yours throb more
 55  8,4|              must know then, my dear little ignoramus, that the Baroness
 56  8,5|             once before when she was little more than a child, when
 57  9,2|   night-dress, directly opposite the little crevice. She read line after
 58  9,4|            and know why they wish my little one to marry their son.
 59  9,5|        longer. He ushered her into a little sitting-room, and said, "
 60  9,6|              excitement had abated a little, she was inclined to disparage
 61  9,6|             that he understood their little game. What was their little
 62  9,6|          little game. What was their little game? No doubt they were
 63  9,6|                The General came in a little later, accompanied by a
 64  9,6|         first outlay frightened me a little; but that is made now, and
 65 10,1|         Fortunat did not remark this little circumstance. "We have them,
 66 10,1|            you've told me - which is little enough - and what I've guessed.
 67 10,2|              tell you. But give me a little time, and I'll find out
 68 10,2|            for public safety. Wait a little, Coralth - I owe you something,
 69 10,4|              took a last look in the little glass hanging over the table,
 70 10,5|             balcony, and adjoining a little apartment with silk hangings,
 71 10,6|            your work so as to have a little leisure, and the moment
 72 11,1|             prudent to reconnoitre a little before he went in. And certainly
 73 11,1|             in distinguishing a puny little boy, some three or four
 74 11,1|    frightened - he begs me to wait a little - look - read!" ~But M.
 75 11,2|           called him. "Come here, my little fellow," said he. ~The child
 76 11,2|             Still, he was a handsome little fellow, and seemed fairly
 77 11,2|            asked: "What's your name, little chap?" ~"Paul." ~"Do you
 78 11,3|         return before dinner-time. A little while later, Madame Leon
 79 11,4|         young girl could be the poor little apprentice whom he had seen
 80 12,2|           stopped his breath. ~"By a little tact I obtained the Greloux'
 81 12,2|       libertine. He fancied the poor little apprentice - she was then
 82 12,4|             a forgery? ~He slept but little that night and did not stir
 83 13,3|              he remained at home - a little smoking-room connected with
 84 13,4|        nobleman's appearance. He was little more than a shadow of his
 85 13,4|             Strange to say, I have a little leisure at my command just
 86 13,4|              look into this affair a little." ~A storm was decidedly
 87 13,5|          marquis had now recovered a little from the shock, though he
 88 13,5|             words: 'It consoles me a little,' he said, 'to think that
 89 13,8|              if he could only gain a little time, he had yielded to
 90 13,8|             Paris; but I must have a little time to bring the affair
 91 14,2|         dragged Wilkie back into the little drawing-room. "Yes, it's
 92 14,4|             Valorsay reflected for a little, and then, addressing M.
 93 14,4|      surprise, and puzzled him not a little. Three huge furniture vans,
 94 14,5|      eventually recovering himself a little, he exclaimed: "What! you
 95 15,1|             avoid me, but standing a little on one side, he watched
 96 15,2|           met him at night time in a little pavilion in our garden.
 97 15,4|          during which time I saw but little of your father. He had formed
 98 15,6|          some false step." ~"Ah! you little know him!" ~"I have warned
 99 16,1|              him. What you told me a little while ago is of great importance
100 17,1|      importance; and yet it mattered little to him, for his only object
101 17,2|              politely as he left the little office. "This is bad," he
102 17,3|            and so he rushed off to a little eating-house which he had
103 17,3|            reward for his toil, some little time had elapsed when he
104 17,3|           all this, Chupin slept but little that night, and the next
105 17,4|            Imprudent youth! alas, he little suspected what a liberty
106 17,4|              ready to attend to that little matter she spoke of." ~"
107 17,4|          disorder, and himself not a little hurt; but his delight made
108 18,3|       Perhaps you are exaggerating a little, mademoiselle," he replied. ~"
109 18,4|                   4~Having with some little difficulty obtained a candle
110 18,4|          wrung from her, it mattered little whether she had committed
111 18,4|            to find Pascal for her. A little after midnight Madame de
112 19,1|            knew, and it mattered but little after all, for the good
113 19,1|              she thought. "This is a little too much! And why doesn'
114 19,1|           alone and forgotten in her little room. The hours went by,
115 19,1|           exclaimed: "Follow me at a little; distance in the rear until
116 19,3|              deceived. I went to the little garden gate to await your
117 19,5|              honest name!" ~For some little time already the obstinate
118 20,1|         inquired: "Who is that queer little fellow?" with a touch of
119 20,2|            excitement had subsided a little, and the guests had an opportunity
120 20,3|       marquis and M. de Coralth to a little room at the end of the hall,
121 20,3|            one at once rushed to the little room, where the wretched