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the carriage

I did not go any farther in the direction of the Champs-Elysees I

looked at the advertise her There was a first night at the Palais Royal Marguerite

was sure to be there I was at the theatre by seven The boxes filled

one after another, but Marguerite was not there I left the Palais Royal

and went to all the theatres where she was most often to be seen: to the

Vaudeville, the Varietes, the Opera Comique She was nowhere

Either o to

the theatre, or she feared to come across me, and so wished to avoid an

explanation Soto me on the boulevards, when I

met Gaston, who asked me where I had been

"At the Palais Royal"

"And I at the Opera," said he; "I expected to see you there"

"Why?"

"Because Marguerite was there"