Chapter

 1  1,1|          easy enough to do. "Too dear!" said Madame Ferailleur; "
 2  2,2|       bow-string too tightly, my dear fellow - it will break.
 3  3,2|     genial tones: "Excuse me, my dear friend, for keeping you
 4  3,2|      come up to the mark. Ah! my dear baron, you have yet to learn
 5  3,3|   hesitate to confess to you, my dear baron, that the girl I am
 6  3,3|        feelings. I'm in love, my dear baron, as madly in love
 7  3,3|          I understand it now, my dear marquis," said he; "you
 8  3,3|          the matter with you, my dear baron? What is the matter?
 9  3,4|        omit many particulars, my dear baron. The count was not
10  5,1|   several occasions. "Accuse the dear marquis!" he exclaimed. "
11  5,4|         couched as follows: ~"MY DEAR SIR, a considerable sum
12  5,5|          added: "I have come, my dear Wilkie, to ask you what
13  6,3|           allow me to finish, my dear friend. I have my plan,
14  6,5|           he added: "Good-by, my dear madame, I will soon see
15  7,7|        and hope for the best, my dear Lia." ~She shook her head
16  7,7|          has no heart." ~"Ah! my dear friend, how do you know
17  8,1|         am giving you?" ~"Ah! my dear child, I've never been so
18  8,2|         excuse this disorder, my dear child. By this time to-morrow
19  8,2|    important advantage. Now her "dear child" had declared her
20  8,3|        the rescue. "You know, my dear, that I don't trust the
21  8,3|      keep you from your club, my dear. I want a chat with our
22  8,3|           I want a chat with our dear child." ~Since she dismissed
23  8,3|        for a couple of hours, my dear young lady. My relatives
24  8,3|        inform your relatives, my dear Leon," she said, without
25  8,3|         her, she began, "Now, my dear child, let us have a quiet
26  8,4|          an important matter, my dear - more important than you
27  8,4|     entirely at your service, my dear, if you wish any shopping
28  8,4|          Do you suppose, my poor dear, that I'm going to allow
29  8,4|      madame - - " ~"Tut! tut! my dear, I know what I am talking
30  8,4|         charms of solitude. Poor dear! I doubt if you have ever
31  8,4|           You must know then, my dear little ignoramus, that the
32  8,5| accompanied by a "sleep well, my dear child," she retired to her
33  8,5|            Don't speak of it, my dear young lady; they were all
34  8,5|           and, after kissing her dear young lady, she went into
35  9,2|        cease to congratulate her dear young lady upon having accepted
36  9,2|         fond of good living, the dear lady, as she confessed herself,
37  9,3|          the same reasons as her dear child for wishing to remain
38  9,3|       exclaiming: "Here I am, my dear countess. I'm ready." ~And
39  9,4|          unfolded it, and read: "Dear Madame Leon - " "Dear me,"
40  9,4|            Dear Madame Leon - " "Dear me," she muttered, "here
41  9,4|   respecting Dr. Jodon. I am, my dear madame, devotedly yours -
42  9,6|          has cost many a husband dear! ~On her side, Madame Leon
43  9,6|          Leon proudly showed her dear young lady a very pretty
44 10,3|       finest hand, he wrote: ~MY DEAR VISCOUNT - Here's the amount -
45 11,1|          his hand. "Ah, well! my dear child," he said, in an oily
46 12,1|     self-denial. If you knew, my dear mother, if you only knew - - " ~"
47 12,2|   mention this fact, however." ~"Dear Marguerite!" murmured Pascal, "
48 12,2|   Marguerite!" murmured Pascal, "dear Marguerite!" And then aloud: "
49 13,1|        the money I promised that dear Marquis de Valorsay - I
50 13,1|        to find it. "Ah, well, my dear Ferailleur," he said, kindly, "
51 13,1|          you must understand, my dear sir," he resumed, "that
52 13,2|         is quite unnecessary, my dear sir." ~"Excuse me; if I
53 13,2|        succeed in unmasking this dear marquis, and Coralth, his
54 13,6|        saying: "A speedy return, dear M. Maumejan." ~It is not
55 14,1|         despair, it was the once dear viscount that he blamed,
56 16,1|         his appointment with his dear friend the marquis. Wilkie
57 16,1|          fall upon? Upon you, my dear sir; and as your millions
58 16,1|       word, you overpower me, my dear marquis - you quite overpower
59 16,3|              3~"Pray tell me, my dear marquis," sighed Wilkie. "
60 16,3|      course would you pursue, my dear marquis? How would you set
61 16,3|    Wilkie. "You overpower me, my dear marquis, you do, upon my
62 16,3|       quickly exclaimed: "Ah, my dear doctor, if you have need
63 16,3|   Because I know where it is, my dear friend. It is in the count'
64 16,4|         thanks for your zeal, my dear lady," he replied, "but
65 17,2|          chanced to surprise her dear young lady in close conversation
66 18,1|      took hold of her hands: "My dear young lady," said she, "
67 18,1|    produced ran as follows: ~"MY DEAR CHILD - At last I am on
68 18,4|   between the lieutenant and her dear young lady. Marguerite had
69 18,4|        come to take you away, my dear child," she exclaimed. "
70 18,4|    exclaimed: "Poor child! poor, dear child! that's true. I had
71 18,4|     Mademoiselle de Chalusse, my dear baron," said she, "the daughter
72 19,1|      have a carriage at once, my dear madame." So saying, the
73 19,3|        come upon us unawares, my dear mother. Chupin has promised
74 19,3|         your good intentions, my dear count,' said he,' but suppose
75 19,4|     which read as follows: ~"'MY DEAR COUNT DE CHALUSSE - I hereby
76 19,4|          letter. And believe, my dear count, in the absolute devotion
77 20,1|            or, "Upon my word! my dear marquis!" ~M. de Valorsay
78 20,3|         the truth wounds you, my dear friends. Pray, don't pretend