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Page 164 - be unpardonable. A man must not miss his shot when he wants to kill his wife. — Let me set things straight ; you are only a big child. Go now. Take care of yourself ; she is capable of setting some trap for you and shutting you up in Charenton. I will notify her of our proceedings to protect you against a surprise.
Page 180 - He has had his Monday treat. He was here, Monsieur, so long ago as 1820. At that time a Prussian officer, whose chaise was crawling up the hill of Villejuif, came by on foot. We two were together, Hyacinthe and I, by the roadside. The officer, as he walked, was talking to another, a Russian, or some animal of the same species, and when the Prussian saw the old boy, just to make fun, he said to him, 'Here is an old cavalry man who must have been at Rossbach.'28 'I was too young to be there,