Chapter

 1 4 |         what it contained: ~"MY DEAR ARMAND: I have received
 2 4 |      and inflexible! ~"And now, dear love, you will come to my
 3 4 |         repeating my name, poor dear Marguerite!" ~And Armand,
 4 7 |       woman, very much kept, my dear fellow; don't be shy, say
 5 8 |      her from time to time, 'My dear child, there's the man for
 6 9 |    Chapter 9 ~"Good-evening, my dear Gaston," said Marguerite
 7 9 |     Marguerite rose. "Adieu, my dear count. Are you going already?" ~"
 8 9 | frightfully on my nerves!" ~"My dear child," said Prudence, "
 9 9 |        with covetous eyes. ~"My dear," said Marguerite, sitting
10 10|         to?" ~"Better still, my dear fellow. You wouldn't think
11 11|    thing to be had more or less dear, according to the season. ~
12 11|        me! What have I done, my dear Marguerite?" ~"My dear friend,
13 11|       my dear Marguerite?" ~"My dear friend, you have done nothing.
14 11|      quite time," she said. "My dear Prudence, are you in want
15 11|    devoted to him?" ~"Crazy, my dear! I will see you to-morrow.
16 13|         is very fond of you, my dear fellow, but your liaison
17 13|       you are not satisfied. My dear fellow, you ask too much!" ~"
18 13|       of their trade." ~"Ah, my dear fellow, how old-fashioned
19 13|      enormous fortune; well, my dear friend, five hundred thousand
20 13|      them. Life is pleasant, my dear fellow; it all depends on
21 13|          You must permit me, my dear Marguerite, to share only
22 13|       containing these words: ~"DEAR CHILD: I am not very well,
23 14|         sorrow in my eyes: ~"MY DEAR MARGUERITE: I hope that
24 14|        father's. ~"Good-bye, my dear Marguerite. I am not rich
25 14|      you my congratulations, my dear fellow; she is a charming
26 14|      about it?" ~"She said: 'My dear Prudence, your protege is
27 15|         at me attentively. ~"My dear Prudence," I answered, "
28 17|       take every precaution, my dear Armand, for he will have
29 17|      every single thing. Ah, my dear," she added, kissing me, "
30 17|         of mind. Only think, my dear child, of the position that
31 18|          or thereabouts. Ah, my dear fellow, didn't I tell you?
32 18|         another. Believe me, my dear Armand, I know women better
33 18|         how things are done, my dear fellow!" ~And Prudence appeared
34 19|         But why?" ~"Because, my dear child, I can not allow your
35 19|        seemed to Marguerite too dear, and to me too simple. However,
36 20|  mantel-piece, said to me: ~"My dear Armand, we have serious
37 21|        even came to ask you, my dear Prudence, if you have nothing
38 21|   reflection?" ~"The result, my dear boy, is that I have exaggerated
39 21|     cried joyously. ~"I say, my dear child, that every young
40 21|     than of any one else." ~"My dear father, how happy you make
41 22|          There is no danger, my dear Nanine; I will see you to-morrow." ~
42 23|     quite time she left you, my dear fellow. The rascal of an
43 23|          The Comte de N. Ah, my dear friend, there are men made
44 24|     deceive a woman like me, my dear friend; unluckily, I am
45 24|         then. Think it over, my dear Olympe; if I had sent some
46 24|        will not do that. So, my dear Armand, let her alone. If
47 25|       of his son! ~"Finally, my dear child, let me tell you all,
48 26|        body that people paid so dear for once, how much would
49 26|         on the forehead. ~Poor, dear Marguerite, I wish I were