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Forgive ive you all these details, but you will see that they

were the cause of as to follow What I tell you is a true and

simple story, and I leave to it all the naivete of its details and all

the simplicity of its develop in the world would et my

the expenses

into which she drew

an influence upon uerite was

like a year, and that I felt the need of consu thesethean by borrowing five or six thousand francs on aoes on everywhere Formerly, when one went to Frascati, one

had the chance of ainst money, and if

one lost, there was always the consolation of saying that one ained; whereas now, except in the clubs, where there is still a certain

rigour in regard to payains a considerable sum, not to receive it You will readily understand

why Ga people verythe fortune necessary for supporting

the life they lead; they gaain, and then those who lose serve to pay for their horses

and reeable Debts are contracted,

acquaintances begun about a green table end by quarrels in which life