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Bah! on my word, it is enough to disgust the human race with filial piety!" M.Tabaret's anger, albeit very real and justified, was so highly ludicrous, that M.Daburon had much difficulty to restrain his laughter, in spite of the real sadness of the recital.
"At least," said he, "this fortune must have given you pleasure." "Not at all, sir, it came too late.

Of what avail to have the bread when one has no longer the teeth?
The marriageable age had passed.

I resigned my situation, however, to make way for some one poorer than myself.

At the end of a month I was sick and tired of life; and, to replace the affections that had been denied me, I resolved to give myself a passion, a hobby, a mania.