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The American

CHAPTER VII
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Some day I will tell you.

Meanwhile, I'm right, eh?
You are a success?
You have made a fortune?
It's none of my business, but, in short, you are rich ?" "That's another thing that it sounds foolish to say," said Newman.

"Hang it, no man is rich!" "I have heard philosophers affirm," laughed M.de Bellegarde, "that no man was poor; but your formula strikes me as an improvement.

As a general thing, I confess, I don't like successful people, and I find clever men who have made great fortunes very offensive.

They tread on my toes; they make me uncomfortable.


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