Chapter

 1  2,2| twenty-seven thousand francs!" ~"Excuse me! Twenty-seven thousand
 2  2,5|        all! You had not even the excuse, if excuse it be, of a powerful,
 3  2,5|          not even the excuse, if excuse it be, of a powerful, all-absorbing
 4  3,2|          his most genial tones: "Excuse me, my dear friend, for
 5  3,3|  daughter." ~The baron started. "Excuse me," said he; "M. de Chalusse
 6  4,1|          your hands are itching. Excuse me for making you waste
 7  4,2|         You must see, then - " ~"Excuse me - all this does NOT explain
 8  5,6|       are ready to betray me." ~"Excuse me! The step I am about
 9  5,6|         cordiality, he resumed: "Excuse me for not keeping you to
10  6,3|     frown - I make no attempt to excuse myself - I am only explaining
11  7,2|          unintelligible answer. "Excuse me! I am much grieved, upon
12  7,4|     Wilkie sprang up in dismay. "Excuse me," he said, "I don't understand
13  7,7|   endeavoring to find some other excuse to crush him. This might
14  8,1|          did not stir. "Pardon - excuse me, monsieur," he said, "
15  8,1|       will pay you to-morrow." ~"Excuse me, monsieur; but if it
16  8,2|      said: "You will, I am sure, excuse this disorder, my dear child.
17  8,4|         in some of his ideas." ~"Excuse me, madame. What I did,
18  9,2|  remained for her to invent some excuse which would give her a couple
19  9,3|       she added, feeling that an excuse was indispensable. ~But
20  9,4|       relatives had only been an excuse invented by Madame Leon
21  9,5|      only a poor, ignorant girl: excuse me, and give me the benefit
22 10,1|         to give advice lightly. "Excuse me, m'sieur," said he, "
23 10,2|         my boy, too much - - " ~"Excuse me, it's because I have
24 10,4|         had chosen such a clever excuse that both his listeners
25 10,6|      ready in an instant with an excuse for his blunder, he replied, "
26 11,1|         You must be mistaken." ~"Excuse me; aren't you Madame Paul?" ~"
27 12,1|         on this subject. I don't excuse infidelity, but I can understand
28 12,3|       himself, he stammered some excuse, and abruptly retired to
29 12,4|        will be easy to find some excuse for sending her to the Hotel
30 13,2|     unnecessary, my dear sir." ~"Excuse me; if I follow my present
31 13,5|                               5~"Excuse me, Monsieur le Marquis,
32 13,5|  millions, at least." ~"Then the excuse is all the more absurd." ~
33 13,5|        rents to fall due." ~This excuse might not be true, but it
34 14,2|        idiotic prank as this." ~"Excuse me." ~"What did I recommend?
35 15,1|     bands which make politics an excuse for pillage and murder.
36 16,2|   reasons for keeping silent." ~"Excuse me," interrupted the marquis
37 16,3|         hat and cane. ~"You will excuse me for leaving you so abruptly,
38 16,3|       two spoonfuls is found." ~"Excuse me; it won't be found." ~"
39 17,3|        story that Chupin told to excuse his questions or not, at
40 18,1|  apprehension, and sought for an excuse calculated to satisfy any
41 18,2|     absolutely nothing about." ~"Excuse me - you forget that my