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dred francs a month, and his rent free.
That'll be about enough."
"Perhaps it's too much; not as far as
the expense is concerned, but I'd like to
give him enough to eat, without giving
him anything to drink."
" Well, then, try four louis, payable in
four instalments; say every Tuesday."
Romagn6 was offered a pension of eighty
francs a month. But at first he was reluctant.
"Ish that all?" he said with scorn,
"It washn't worth while to take me out
of the Rue de S&Avres; I had three
francsh ten shoush a day; and I shent
money to my family; let me work among
the glashesh, or gib me three francsh ten
shoush."
It was absolutely necessary to go that
high, for he was master of the situation.
M. l'Ambert soon perceived that he had
done a wise thing. The year rolled round
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