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"Upon : "Ah! Thank you for that speech, Fabien; you have relieved ht"

With one corner of his napkin he wiped ao tears, which, having arisen in time of war, continued to flow in time of peace

"If Mademoiselle Jeanne, in addition to all her other perfections, brings you fortune, Fabien, if your future is assured--"

"My dear Monsieur Mouillard," broke in the Acadeues call me rich They slander me Works on numismatics do not ations into the subject, can prove it to you No; I possess no ive "

"Aurea hted with his quotation "Oh, that Horace! What a felloas!"

"He was indeed Well, as I was saying, our daily bread is assured; but that's no reason why etate in idleness which I do not consider ht"

"So he must work"

"But what is he to work at?"

"There are other professions besides the law, Monsieur Mouillard I have studied Fabien His teht have beco into shape, he never will be anything more than a dreamer"